Chapter 157: The pressure is great

After a short break, the ninth round of the English Premier League arrived as scheduled, and Leeds United met a key opponent on the way to the title...... "Blue Moon" Manchester City.

This season, Manchester City's manager Italian Mancini has departed, the new coach Chilean engineer Manci has taken over, and the delicacy brought by the South Americans has made the "Blue Moon" stronger, even in the run-in period at the beginning of the season, it has achieved a good record, with a good record of 6 wins and 2 losses in 8 games in the league, and the most important thing is that the team is becoming stronger than ever.

Bosnian striker Dzeko, who has five goals and four assists in eight games, has been the arrowhead of Manuel Pellegrini's 4-2-3-1 tactics and has done his job well and has been much more consistent than Mancini's time.

Aguero, who is hiding behind Dzeko, also has 4 goals, which provides a good boost to the team, "duck" Nasri is still the protagonist of the midfield attack, the Frenchman does not score many goals, and there is no direct assist data at all, but his presence is the key to making Manchester City's midfield attack smooth and fast.

If not David? Silva has only played twice this season due to injury, and Manchester City should have more firepower, but in place of David? Silva's Portuguese Danny is also a great player, although without David? Silva is so crucial, but it also plays a role in complementing the "Blue Moon" attacking lineup.

In midfield, due to Yaya? Toure and Italian defender Palombo, who came on a free transfer this season, were both injured, and the Chilean could only reuse Milner and pushed captain Kompany to the front, but fortunately, the two worked well together to keep Manchester City's waist from collapsing.

Despite the fact that a number of key players were in the wounded barracks, the coaching standards of Chilean engineers were quite high. Manchester City's strong overall strength is further reflected in his hands, and the team's results have shown strong stamina while steadily rising, and this season's "Blue Moon" is still a title contender.

This season's English Premier League is particularly exciting, and it has been seen by many fans as the beginning of an era of chaos, which is also the most important season for several clubs aspiring to become the Premier League hegemon, who can become the first champion in the "post-Ferguson era". Whoever is likely to dominate for a long time.

To this end, the "Blues" brought back Mourinho, Tottenham Hotspur's Villas-Boas did his best to keep Bale for another year, the "Blue Moon" investment is still very large, and Manchester United also bought a top defender like Subotic.

Although the "Young Guards" did not complete any blockbuster transactions, the further growth of the "Leeds Three Musketeers" and the team's own strong hematopoietic function still ensured Simon? Strong competitiveness of Grayson's team.

Leeds United drew 1:1 with the "Reds" Liverpool in the league and defeated Arsenal and Chelsea 4-0 in a row. In the clash of traditional powerhouses, only Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur can stop Leeds United's progress, so this "Young Guards" away game against Manchester City has also been taken seriously by the entire Premier League.

Similarly, the Chilean engineers see this battle at home to Leeds United as the most crucial game on the road to the title, and a win would close the gap between them and the leaders, if they lose...... The rest of the hope is that Leeds United make a mistake themselves.

In the pre-match predictions, the "Blue Moon" playing at home was not favored by bookmakers and the media. Although the overall strength of this team is indeed frighteningly strong, their current lineup is not neat. On the contrary, there are no injured soldiers in the "Young Guards" team playing away, captain Jonny? Howson has also passed the suspension period and Leeds United can give 100 per cent of their fighting power for this crucial away game.

This was also reflected in the starting line-ups of both sides in the game, Leeds United's "Leeds Three", Tevez, Nelson? Oliveira, "Divine Tower Second" Pivkovsky, prune? Vrsarico, Clegg? Dawson, Red, Carusso, Ronaldan and other main players all started, and Ameobi, Bannetta, "Little Ben", Ashley? Hood, Vogt and others also have good strength, which is a good reflection of the perfect reloading of the current "Young Guard".

The lineup on the "Blue Moon" side is still strong, although it is a little incomplete. Dzeko, Sergio Aguero, Nasri, Danny, Milner, Kompany, Klich, Bochetti, Richards, Nicolas? Otamendi, Joe Hart, although this is not the strongest Manchester City in the world, but it is already a championship lineup, and there is more David who has recovered from injury on the bench? Silva, Lescott and Brazilian teenager Douglas? A cadre like Costa.

When two equally strong teams collide passionately, the result of victory and defeat is ...... It's really something that no one can predict.

Simon, who beat the "old man" to win the best coach award last season? Grayson. Now he is no longer a junior brother, before the game starts, he is constantly instilling in his players the difficulty of this game in the dressing room.

'Boys, you have to remember that we are playing against a lot of Manchester City, they are completely different from Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea that we have played before, this is a really fighting team, their players are in their prime age, they are more experienced than us and they are not inferior to us physically, and this is the Etihad Stadium, so we have to be prepared for the game.

"It's going to be more difficult than we imagined! We may be behind in the game, but I hope you don't panic when you are behind, you play according to our tactics and do your best to make the opponent play at our pace! ”

Simon? Grayson's face is serious, so are the players of Leeds United, the pre-game media hype has already made these young boys realize the importance of this game, as long as they win this game, Leeds United will be very likely to further expand the score advantage in the standings, Tottenham Hotspur is indeed chasing behind him, but Boas's team is the same, they have not encountered a real strong opponent this season, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea are waiting for them at the end of the year, As long as Leeds United passes the Manchester City level, the following games will be better and better, as for the "Red Devils" Manchester United...... Hehe, can Manchester United this season still be called the "Red Devils"?

Simon? Grayson's worries were really necessary, and at the beginning of the game, the "Blue Moon" Manchester City launched an offensive with the advantage of home field.

Dzeko headed the ball to the right side of the top of the arc just one minute into the penalty area with a header to the right side of the arc.

Argentine little man Sergio Aguero quickly plugged in, almost to the point where Caruzo didn't have time to react!

But just as Aguero was about to receive the ball, a white figure grabbed him at a speed faster than him...... Sark!

"Bang!"

The retreating Shaq swept the ball out with one kick!

"Oops, Shaq! It's so timely! ”

The fans of the Manchester City team in the Etihad Stadium have lamented, but they can't help but be a little secretly proud in their hearts, as a representative of the new generation of players in England, Shaq is now the absolute leader of the "Three Lions" midfield, seeing that the Brazil World Cup is coming, the better the state of this young man, the greater the possibility of the England team to create good results, as England fans are really full of expectations for next year's Brazil World Cup, even as an opponent, Manchester City fans are difficult to hate Shaq.

When Leeds United attacked, Manchester City immediately showed their defensive hardness again, Shaq's pass to Pifkowski was collided by Klich with a very rough and almost foul charge, and the ball was snatched over, and Pifkowski, who fell to the ground, raised his arms to signal but failed to get any response from the referee.

When it's City's turn to attack, Simon? Grayson found the opponent different, Aguero, Nasri, Danny, Milner almost around Shaq passing, and then through the cycle of running, passing, running again, passing the ball, slowly advancing Manchester City's attack in front of Leeds United's penalty area.

This is...... What the!?

Simon? Grayson is stupid, Shaq has always been the core of Leeds United's midfield, and his strong defensive ability is an insurance to protect the team's back line, Leeds United's opponents often have to avoid Shaq's middle to hit the ball to the front, but Manchester City is actually coming for this this time, they are actually attacking Shak's middle side, which is ...... What the hell is the conspiracy!?

Although Manchester City's pass to Dzeko was hit by goalkeeper Ronedgan, but after the "Blue Moon" broke the ball, he immediately pushed his offensive again, Aguero kept taking the ball, and as soon as Shaq came up, he distributed it to Danny and Nasri on both sides, as soon as Shaq set aside Aguero, the ball returned to his feet, and then Manchester City's offensive pressed again.

Four minutes into the game, Nasri received a pass from Sergio Aguero in front of the Leeds United penalty area on the right, but this time he did not pass the ball back again, but suddenly tucked it into the right side of the box.

Manchester City right-back Richards showed up in the passing lane, and the black player met the ball with a kick!

"Bang!"

The ball flew in an arc to the top right corner of the Leeds United goal, and the focused Ronegan punched the ball to the right side, and Simei shook his head hard, and the ball was pushed directly off the sideline, which was the only way to defuse City's attack.

Off the field, Simon? Grayson frowned tightly, he had walked to the edge of the field unconsciously, although the game had just begun, he had already felt the huge pressure brought by Manchester City, especially when Manchester City shook Shaq with four players, with Aguero as the center through the cooperation of four people to tear away Shaq's middle, this tactical play seems fierce and sharp, I believe that Shaq on the field must also feel the pressure, right? (To be continued......)