After Manchester City pulled a goal back, the game intensified.

Every player at Manchester City showed their form, and they played fierce battles and scrambles, but they also played with control of the tempo and extremely fluid coordination.

However, United are also doing well, defensively doing quite well.

Every time Manchester City attacked, they kept falling on the perimeter, and once they passed the ball to the defensive dense area in front, it was difficult to control it.

Facing Manchester United's solid defence, Manchester City also had a headache.

Several players on the periphery are constantly running, looking for opportunities to break through the defense.

At this time, Wan Sheng made another substitution, he replaced the teenager Ozil, and let the German kid replace Bergkamp as the second striker.

This substitution was a bit unexpected.

Few people in the media can understand the meaning of replacing Ozil, they don't understand what Ozil is doing at this time, and it is understandable to replace Bergkamp, after all, Bergkamp is too old, and no matter how passionate Manchester City is now, the Dutch star does not have much physical fitness, and there is no way to do more on the field.

But Ozil, a German youngster?

Is Manchester City unavailable!

But the players on the pitch understood the substitution, and it was like a signal to guide them on how to play next.

Mesut Ozil has been with Manchester City for eight months, and in that time he has seen a lot of improvement in his individual qualities, and at the same time, his strengths in individual ability have also been revealed.

Although he doesn't have much experience, his ability has been recognized by the whole team.

Mesut Ozil can now only be used as a substitute up front. But almost every appearance is an important position - either in the middle of the midfield with Morris to organize the attack, or to organize the attack himself before the midfield, and then in the current position - second striker. It is also the second firepower point of the team, as an important connection point between the midfield and the striker.

There's a reason Ozil can be used so heavily, and his best point is his passing.

He has a special talent for passing the ball and is already showing it.

Mesut Ozil has a very clear mind and a fairly accurate footwork, which is especially important. His aura and creative passing can make the attack varied and make it easier to score goals.

After seeing this substitution, the City players knew what to do. That is to use more ground penetrating passes, and play the ball in the middle of the opponent's tight defense to seek opportunities, which is quite dangerous. But only one success. It will pose a substantial threat to the opponent's goal.

United didn't take Mesut Ozil seriously at first.

In their view, the German brat was unavailable at City and had to replace the physically exerted Bergkamp to get a chance to play, but they soon learned their lesson, with Mesut Ozil using his footwork and creativity to help City create chances on the edge of the box, after a couple of dangerous passes. United also know they have to take his defence seriously.

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David Silva has not been in a good performance for this game. He was a little annoyed by this.

David Silva has been in the team for two years and his goal has always been to overtake Morris and become the heart of the team's midfield, but Morris has been so strong that he has become Morris's partner, and instead has pushed another rival, Joey Barton, to the bench, who also left in the winter.

Silva had always felt that he and Morris were not much different.

But when Morris was injured, he felt a huge pressure, Morris went off, he became the only core player who could organize the attack, this position was what he had been looking forward to, but he felt that it was difficult for him to do a good job, after all, the task of organizing the offense and converting the core of attack and defense, the two were too heavy.

He couldn't do it all by himself.

Morris has to shoulder such a heavy responsibility in every game, and Silva also knows the gap with Morris.

Of course, this has no effect on his performance in the game, he still feels a lot of pressure, although at halftime, under Wan Sheng's words, he recovered a lot of fighting spirit, and has been working hard in the second half, but he can only barely do a good job of switching the core of attack and defense, the rhythm of the whole team must be guided by him, this alone is tired enough, so in attack, he has not yet had any performance worth mentioning.

Silva was not reconciled.

Especially when he sees that his attacking teammates are doing well, he also hopes to be better, but he knows what to do now, if he can't do a good job of driving the rhythm of the whole team, he will lose his role in the middle of the midfield, after all, he is a core player in the midfield, not a striker, and it is not what he should do to step forward and look for opportunities.

After Mesut Ozil's appearance, Silva also felt a lot more relaxed.

Bergkamp's technical ability is quite good, but the Dutch star is old after all, and he doesn't run too much on the pitch at all, and it is not easy for Silva to pass the ball in the past, and the current Ozil is different, the German kid is still young, but he has a lot of energy, and he has just played, so he has been running in front, although sometimes, the German kid's running will make some mistakes, but in general he still runs with the tactical rhythm, so there are still a lot of gaps.

This time, when Silva dribbled across the halfway line and signalled the whole team to 'fast break', he found a good opportunity.

Mesut Ozil was running diagonally up from the right and down the middle, and Park Ji-sung, who was following him, didn't seem to pay much attention, or the South Koreans thought that Ozil couldn't have received the pass at this point.

So Silva moved.

He opted to push the ball straight to the line of the penalty area.

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Mesut Ozil has been running.

A lot of times his running doesn't make a difference, but he always has a strong message in his heart about the manager's words, "You have to keep running, keep running, it will help you pull up more space, maybe a lot of times, the ball can't be passed, but as long as the ball comes once, you can have a good chance!" ”

All players of the team. They all have a lot of trust in Wansheng, and so does Mesut Ozil, who believes what the coach says. It has also been in accordance with its implementation.

Mesut Ozil has been working hard since joining the team eight months ago and he feels his improvement, but with that, it will not be easy to secure a place in the squad, after all, the competition is fierce, and he will have to compete against Morris, David Silva and Ivan Crewe. There's even Bergkamp, who would definitely retire after this season if it weren't for the latter's age. He didn't think he would have a chance.

Mesut Ozil is not happy with this, he wants to be a big star, so the first thing is to try to be the best in the playing time. So every appearance. He's very serious, especially when he plays in a high-profile game like this, and he will be 100% energetic.

David Silva passes the ball.

At that moment, Ozil had already reacted, thinking about his position and the defense around him, and this was probably the opportunity that the coach was talking about, and he forced the excitement in his heart and rushed in the direction where the football had come.

Football, just ahead.

Park Ji-sung didn't have time to defend. Mesut Ozil received the pass with ease.

The whole Manchester stadium was like following him to receive a pass. Directly sobering up, the Manchester City fans in the stands saw this pass and immediately let out a huge cry of anticipation, and the media reporters all looked at the front end of the Manchester United penalty line.

There, Mesut Ozil easily received the pass and immediately rushed to the penalty area with the ball!

"Ozil! Mesut Ozil, he stormed into the United penalty area! This is a great opportunity! ”

Live broadcast Belbart yelled loudly.

After dribbling into the box, Ozil did not directly threaten the goal, because O'Shea was next to him and Heinze was desperately rushing to block it.

Ozil kept moving at his feet.

At this time, the German kid was quite nervous and excited, but his mind was blank, he only knew that he needed to protect the ball and not be stopped by the opposing player, as for who the player who came to defend next to him, he had no time to think about it.

After a few dribbles, Mesut Ozil knew that he would be stopped any further, or just dribble off the line.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a figure in a light blue jersey diagonally behind him.

Almost subconsciously, he pushed the ball over.

With Ozil's movements, O'Shea also subconsciously blocked with his legs, but his movements were a little slow, and he couldn't block the path of the ball at all, and the ball rushed past him on tiptoe.

At this time, almost all eyes are on football.

On the other side, Ferdinand, who was defending, squeezed Darren Bent's body hard to prevent Bent from having a chance to touch the ball, and he also made a move to clear the ball.

At this moment, Ivan Crewe, who was following him, rushed out!

He leaped forward hard to get ahead of Ferdinand, touched the ball with his toes, and the ball suddenly changed direction and crossed the goal line without any suspense.

At that moment, there was a dead silence at Manchester Stadium.

In less than a second......

In that second, the Manchester City fans and Manchester United fans in the audience, the many reporters in the media box, all the players of the two teams, the players on the bench, the coaches and the staff watching the game, including the team doctor, the security guards, the FA officials and even the referee on the spot, everyone's minds were blank.

After that second, the Manchester Stadium was in a state of extreme madness!

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At half-time, almost everyone was not optimistic that Manchester City would be able to equalise the score.

This is a Manchester derby, and it is also a clash between the first and second in the league, Manchester City is the first in the league and playing at home, so it stands to reason that they should have an advantage, but when they are two goals behind Manchester United, who can say that Manchester City can recover it?

Someone thought about it, but didn't dare to think about it.

Because I didn't dare to think about it, I couldn't believe it even more when I really faced it now, so all the fans who supported Manchester City went crazy, they carnivaled unscrupulously in the stands, hugged each other with familiar and unfamiliar people around them, and shared the joy that burst out from the heart at this moment.

“Gooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！！” Led by the broadcast of Belbart, the entire Manchester City fans shouted along.

They use the loudest sound their throats can make to express their inner joy.

Surrounded by frantic shouts, many people at the scene felt incredible, they didn't think Manchester City had a chance to tie the score before, the difference between a goal on the football field is heaven and earth, especially in this chess opponent's Manchester derby, a goal is likely to decide the outcome of the game, not to mention that Manchester United led by two goals at half-time.

Two balls, just tied like that?

Isn't this really a hallucination?

Some media and fans kept staring at the scoreboard and looked at it carefully for many times before they were sure that what was happening in front of them was real.

2：2！

Manchester City equalised!

Some reporters in the media can't believe that at half-time, some people have already started to write about the game, which is nothing more than Manchester United playing well, beating Manchester City away, completing the 'away revenge', winning the Manchester derby at the same time, and winning the hope and dawn of Manchester United's title, but now Manchester City equalised?

The gap between before and after is too big!

What they had hoped was that there was no hope for Manchester City in the second half, but Manchester United could score another big goal, and the goal went in, but it was two, but the side that scored the goal was replaced by Manchester City.

How did this happen?

Some media couldn't help but start reminiscing about past games in the second half, and they found that City in the second half burst with a spirit of aggressive fighting for victory, which was not present in the first half.

In the first half, with Morris injured, Manchester City's formation was a little chaotic, the midfield single David Silva, could not control the situation at all, and due to the loss of Anelka, it was difficult to find opportunities in the front, and the result was once suppressed by Manchester United in the half.

In the second half, Manchester City looked scrappy, not only David Beckham and Mesut Ozil, who came off the bench, but also other Manchester City players who looked energetic, completely different from the lifeless in the first half.

Manchester City in both halves was almost two teams.

That's it!

This was the main reason why United could no longer press Manchester City in the second half, and Manchester City frequently found chances in front of the United goal - they seemed to be doing well in every player.

This is directly related to the fighting spirit of the whole team!

Who gave Manchester City such a strong fighting spirit and desire to survive?

There is no doubt that the young Chinese who is standing on the sidelines and celebrating, even no longer caring about his demeanor, after only one halftime, he restored the fighting spirit and spirit of the whole team, and made everyone in the team full of confidence in the game.

Thinking of this, even the hostile media have to admire Wan Sheng's influence at Manchester City.

Even if many foreign reports about this young Chinese are negative, at least he is respected by all the players in the Manchester City team, and is the backbone and spiritual leader of the whole Manchester City team, he can let the Manchester City players find the backbone, let all the Manchester City players believe that the team will win, and let them work hard for it.

Not every coach can do that!

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