Li Liang has seen that Asuka, the all-round fighter in the midfield of Manchester City and the Brazilian national team, is indeed standing in the left-back position.

As the opening whistle blew, Falcao dialed the ball to Li Liang, who turned around and passed to Fabinho.

Yaldim's tactical thinking is very clear, try to avoid too much entanglement with the opponent in the midfield, and if you have to organize in the midfield, then hand the ball to Li Liang.

Manchester City were not in a hurry to press at the beginning, paying great attention to the defense of the two wings, and made a detailed arrangement for Li Liang Guardiola. Although Monaco did not let the ball run too much in the midfield in the opening stages, Li Liang still felt unprecedented pressure.

He found that his off-ball runs seemed to be placed under the microscope by his opponents, and his every true intention and every expected movement route was ruthlessly discovered and accurately interfered with by his opponents.

So even though Li Liang didn't touch the ball for a few minutes, he felt like he was passively away from the game!

Vieira lamented from the stands: "Lee's body has really changed completely! Now he deserves it! I'd be glad he didn't decide to go to New York with us. ”

Cook was also amazed: "You can see his running posture, he is a seasoned professional!"

It's only been a year, what has he been through? ”

Mendes said to Mourinho: "Jose, Lee doesn't seem to be in good shape? ”

Mourinho shook his head and replied: "Pep is too good at containing players like Lee, if this continues, the game will soon lose its suspense!" ”

Darke, a veteran commentator at BT, was introducing the formation of the two sides and asked Frank Lampard: 'Frank, what do you think Pep Guardiola used Fernandinho to play left wing-back? ”

Frank Lampard frowned: "This is a very good player, we knew there was such a great guy when he was in Kyiv.

I'm guessing City are hoping for him to control Bernardo Silva's breakthrough on the wing, and it will take further observation. ”

After a few more moments, Darke couldn't help but secretly applaud Lampard's eyes.

Mbappe has been trying to get close to Falcao on the left, running and receiving more like a striker.

Bernardo Silva kept trying to switch positions with Li Liang, but thanks to the combined efforts of Fernandinho and Toure, Monaco's usual attacking tactics never worked.

Yaldim frowned, and for at least the first 10 minutes of the match, his opponent's tactical arrangements were all understood and resolved one by one, which made him extremely anxious.

He had long heard of Pep Guardiola's obsession with tactical research, but he didn't expect the Spaniard to have an exceptional sense of insight and judgment.

Thanks to the hard work put in by Pep Guardiola and his huge coaching staff of 16 assistants, it is clear that City have traded less movement for successful control of the game.

Manchester City's second assistant coach Mikel Arteta knows very well that this is La Masia's football philosophy, using possession and passing to occupy space on the pitch and ultimately translate into a decisive advantage.

And all of this, for the ultimate goal - to achieve victory with a beautiful attack.

In the 13th minute, Manchester City, who had been holding the ball steadily, finally began to exert their strength. Under the siege of Li Liang and Fabinho, David Silva unexpectedly cleverly stuffed the ball to the German teenager Sane on the left, and the tall and dexterous Sane successfully broke through the Sidibi defense and knocked the ball back to De Bruyne in the middle when he was close to the bottom line in the penalty area.

The Belgian quickly moved the ball behind Mendy on the right before Bakayoko could press, and City winger Raheem Sterling cut in at high speed before he got past the substitute Jemerson and fed David Silva at the top of the box.

Li Liang has been chasing relentlessly, he strode towards David Silva who was adjusting the ball, the Spaniard turned around on the spot to avoid Li Liang, and then immediately turned again to completely get rid of Li Liang's defense!

Before Fabinho could catch up, David Silva stealthily sent a through ball into the box, and Aguero, who was ambushed between the two central defenders, suddenly started to catch up with the ball instantly!

Li Liang's scalp was numb in an instant, Aguero's run and David Silva's through plug happened almost simultaneously, Glick and Jemelson didn't even have time to make the decision to create an offside position, and they were successfully surpassed by Aguero!

In less than half a second, Aguero will face Subasic head-on, who has not had time to react!

Glick immediately put the tackle without thinking, and Aguero, who had already picked up the ball, screamed and fell straight forward on the turf!

The referee blew his whistle almost at the same time, strode towards the place of the incident, and had already taken out a yellow card from his trouser pocket!

Li's conscience sank, he could see very clearly behind the two, and at the moment when Aguero almost jumped past Glick, the Polish who fell to the ground and slid slightly raised his right leg and tripped over the left foot that Aguero was dragging behind him.

Although Argentina's fall was at least half exaggerated, it was undoubtedly a penalty!

Glick, who caused the accident, the Monaco players around him, including Li Liang, and everyone on the away team's bench were terrified to the extreme at this moment!

The referee abruptly stopped in front of Aguero and gestured with a firm gesture for him to get up.

In the huge boos and angry scolding of the audience, the referee showed a yellow card like a stunned Aguero, signaling the Argentine striker to fake a fall!

Aguero put his head in his hands and complained loudly, but the referee kept shaking his head resolutely.

The rest of Manchester City's players all rushed up, angrily saying that this was a pure misjudgment and an absolute penalty!

Other Monaco players who didn't know what was going on also ran over, accusing the home team of trying to put pressure on the referee and scolding Sergio Aguero for his shameless fake fall.

Pep Guardiola burst into a rage and roared at the fourth official, and the referee calmed down the players' entanglements before rushing to the touchline to warn the City manager.

After appealing to the linesman and the baseline referee to no avail, Sergio Aguero waved his hand angrily and cursed, and the Manchester City players reluctantly left the visiting penalty area.

Li Liang was still in place, and he didn't come back to his senses.

Monsters with a total rating of more than 90, including my brother and daughter-in-law, have already seen 3 in the official competition.

However, two minutes ago, the moment Aguero in front of him made that world-class run, he saw the Argentine striker's overall rating go from 92 to a flashing 95!

On the home team's bench, Pep Guardiola smiled bitterly at first assistant coach Torrent: "This is too unfair to Kun!" ”

Torrent's eyes widened in surprise and asked, "Pep, what kind of magic did you do to Kun?"

It's been a long time since I've seen him reach such a state! It's so much stronger than when he was in Spain! ”

Guardiola replied: "He has proven himself to the world many years ago, and after more than a decade, he is tired of facing the accolade, he is no longer so hungry.

So I'm sure that's where his recent problem is—"

Guardiola pointed to his head and continued: "I just told him that he never lost my trust."

I still believe he's the best striker in the world! ”