At first glance, Li Liang thought he was wrong.

The total ratings of the Manchester City players who began to warm up with the ball appeared in his eyes one by one, which was very different from his expectations.

The tallest Eva, Sergio Aguero and De Bruyne all have "only" 90!

Li Liang immediately reacted, they, like himself, had not yet reached their best state.

The two centre-backs, Vincent Kompany and Otamendi, are both 86, and the rest of the players are not very well rated overall.

There's also a huge difference – compared to last season's two-legged clash with smiles on the faces of the City players and the overall atmosphere looking light-hearted.

It's a familiar feeling, and it's always the case at Monaco when the team goes on a winning streak and when they get through big games.

Yibu patted Li Liang on the back: "Li, why are you in a daze?" ”

Li Liang turned his head and replied, "I want to take their smiles away again." ”

Eevee had a question mark on his face.

Sky Sports still lined out a combination of Thierry Henry, Big Neville and Carragher, with Henry exclaiming: "It's probably the best Manchester City I've ever seen.

They are even stronger than they were when they won the first two victories! ”

Carragher also chimed in: "Yes, Pep (Guardiola) announced his starting line-up early on-

This shows that they are very confident! ”

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and a smiling old man appeared on the big screen, this time accompanied by Beckham and Bart.

In the studio of Seven Star Sports, Tang Meng and Lu Yue also saw Manchester United's appearance list, and Lu Yue was still a little dissatisfied: "This lineup, it is estimated that Li Liang is still placed on the right side!"

I don't know what Mourinho thinks, there are Rashford and Lingard in the front, it is estimated that Rashford will be on the left, and Lingard is in the middle -

Frankly speaking, who in the whole Manchester United team is more suitable for the position of the central attacking core than Li Liang?! ”

In the home dressing room, Pogba was cheering on his team-mates like a leader: "...... Come on!

Brethren, show the world who is the best team in Manchester! ”

With the singing and cheers of the whole audience, the players of both sides walked out of the players' tunnel under the leadership of the referee to start the pre-game procedures.

While waiting to play, Li Liang saw that compared with last season, Blue Moon's starting lineup had quietly changed.

The goalkeeper and both wing-backs were all replaced, with captain Vincent Kompany also in the starting line-up, with Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus starting in place of Sergio Aguero.

The biggest change is still those who are nothing, from the eyes of the opponents,

There are also things that come out of various body language in the tone.

This is what Li Liang wants to help his teammates win together with Smile - self-confidence.

The successive big wins on all fronts of the European competition and the league made the blue moon sweep away the haze of last season, and it was faintly domineering at Old Trafford.

There is another point that makes Li Liang feel a little indescribable, when the two teams stand together, the Red Devils' bodies seem to be much taller and stronger than their opponents.

Many people think that Magic Bird and Pep Guardiola have two very different tactical ideas, the former always prefers to use tall players with a strong style of play, and the latter always prefers players with considerable skill at the feet, even in the goalkeeper position, which emphasizes the ability to play the ball.

The game is about to start, the atmosphere has fallen into a frenzy, Henry said with emotion: "This is no less than the English national derby, Manchester United and Manchester City, the two sworn enemies of the city, meet each time, every time there are fierce sparks!" ”

Big Neville continued: "Let's look at a very interesting set of data --

United have lost seven of their last 12 Premier League derbies in the last six seasons (three wins, two draws), with City having a slight advantage.

Jose Mourinho, on the other hand, has won just four of his last 19 meetings with Pep Guardiola (seven draws, eight defeats) and only one in the league. ”

Carragher laughed: "So your conclusion is that Manchester City have the advantage? I agree with you! ”

Big Neville continued: "I'm not done yet.

So far this season, Manchester City have won all of their games away from home, while Manchester United have won all of them at home.

At the same time, judging from various statistical results, Manchester City is now the best attacking team in the Premier League, while Manchester United is the best defensive team.

So one of the highlights of this game is also the contest between the best offense and the best defense! ”

The referee blew the whistle, and the game officially began, and Li Liang happened to be Sane and Xiwa.

There was a fierce battle from the first minute, with Faria asking his players to focus on containing the opposition's midfield advantage and disrupting their passes near the 30-metre area.

After several battles, Manchester City gradually reversed the away game, and the overall formation became more and more up, and the ball was firmly controlled at the feet through the flexible interspersed runs and skillful foot skills of the players.

In the less than five minutes after the opening kick, boos rang out several times in the stands of the Theater of Dreams, because the home team never made more than three passes after conceding the goal, and the ball was occupied by the opponent for a long time.

This is what Faria also has in place - when the opponent has possession of the ball for a long time, he takes the initiative to recover and firmly defend the 30-metre area of his side to prevent penetration.

Li Liang knew that this was actually a bus.

As Big Bear said: "Patrick Vieira and they all think that Mourinho is better at winning games when he faces strong opponents. ”

He stepped back behind Romelu Lukaku and Jesse Lingard in the middle, focusing on helping his team-mates defend Shiva and Leroy Sane.

The 32-year-old was in astonishing form, with the ball as if by his magic, and it was difficult for several home players to break the ball when they scrambled together.

Li Liang soon discovered that Xiwa's personal ability is strong, and Manchester City's overall support is the key to Xiwa's play!

Manchester City's main tactical routines have been clearly analyzed by Mourinho's team, Li Liang's positioning and movement in defense, as well as Matic and Valencia on the same side as him, also have a strict division of labor, but Xiwa and her teammates can always use faster actions to defuse the defensive pressure.

In the 8th minute, after a series of dazzling combinations, Xiwa sent a through ball forward in the face of Li Liang, Sane's running on the sideline attracted Valencia, and Delph, who was playing at left wing-back in this game, strode in and hit the ball into the box, and Jesus flew before Smalling and Rojo to shovel the ball into the gate!

The Brazilian turned around excitedly, immediately froze in place, and then quickly rushed to the referee with his teammates and asked loudly!

It turned out that at the same time as the ball flew into the goal, the referee had raised his arm high to signal that the attacker was offside.

Nevertheless, for the first time in the stands, boos from the home team's fans rang out for their side!

Replays on the big screen showed that Gabriel Jesus had only surpassed the last centre-back, Chris Smalling, by less than half a position!

Seeing that the Manchester City players did not dwell too much on the penalty, Li Liang felt a lot of pressure.

The opponents are getting more and more relaxed, but their teammates are getting more and more entangled.

In less than 10 minutes of play, everyone has seen and felt the increasingly obvious gap between the two teams.