Many teams will play against Manchester City with a full-court pressing style of play, and at the same time, they will play more toughly, so that they can force Manchester City to pass the ball and disrupt their rhythm to fight for the initiative.

If you have studied Manchester City's style of play, you will know that doing so will restrain Manchester City's style of play.

Chelsea and Manchester City play like this, so the game between Manchester City and Chelsea will be difficult to play, not only the question of Chelsea's strength, but also the tactical style of play.

It must also be mentioned that Bolton Wanderers, a Premier League powerhouse in the Manchester region is of average quality, but their tough style of play still gives Manchester City a headache.

That's what City did today, they pressed very high up front, they kept running to force City to pass the ball, and they were tough defensively, and they wanted to take the initiative in that way.

This is actually a matter of active and passive, the whole of England knows that it is difficult to win the initiative in the game with Manchester City, because Manchester City's control ability is too strong, their passing coordination is the first in the Premier League, if they are not forced, they will be allowed to pass the ball constantly, just possession is a big problem, although this data does not fully represent anything, but think about the game, most of the time the football is at the feet of the opponent, the players on the field will feel very passive, this psychological effect has a great impact on the play.

So now Manchester United have opted to defend from the front and force City to pass the ball.

All of their players, including Wayne Rooney and Saha up front, have defensive responsibilities, and each person is responsible for the area and the person in charge is duplicated, so that even if Manchester City uses the combination to get rid of one player, another player will soon fill in and there will be no holes in the defence.

But United can't afford to juggle defending in all positions. Even if they increase the movement of their players, it is not possible, so the defense is still targeted, and the main area they deal with is the middle.

Manchester City's strongest is also in the middle.

Now Morris has become a banner in England's technical midfield, and his style is completely different from Gerrard and Frank Lampard, not so powerful from long range, not as strong as individual ability. But with him in midfield, he will play very flexibly and playfully, and he is much better than the latter two in terms of playmaking.

The above are all evaluations from various professionals and the media, and they are still positive about Morris's ability.

As Manchester City's opponents, Manchester United will also study Manchester City, and they naturally know the importance of Morris to Manchester City, and they also know that Manchester City's central midfield is the most threatening, so their main defense is still in the middle.

As long as you can hold the middle, it doesn't matter if you can put it on the side. What's more, they have no disadvantage on the wings, compared to Musampa and Reina, the combination of C-Ronaldo and Park Ji-sung is obviously more powerful, and Manchester United's main attack is also launched from the wings.

In this game, Manchester United's central combination is O'Shea and Ryan Giggs.

This may be a reluctant choice.

With Paul Scholes unavailable and Fletcher unavailable, Ferguson had no choice but to let the experienced Ryan Giggs play in the middle and Park Ji-sung fill in on the wing.

Ryan Giggs is Manchester United's 'king of the left'. But his experience and individual ability are enough to make him competent in any position. He is a bit ahead of his partner O'Shea and when the football is at the feet of Manchester City, he still has to step back to set up a second line of defence for United – the first being Wayne Rooney and Saha up front.

If City break through Ryan Giggs' defence, it doesn't matter, he has O'Shea behind him. There are also Rio Ferdinand and Brown, with two full-backs Silvestre and captain Gary Neville also available in the middle if necessary.

In short, Manchester United has put a lot of effort into defending and fighting for the initiative.

After two matches with Manchester City this season. Ferguson feels that he has figured out a way to play against Manchester City, which is to press them, limit them, deal with them in a tough way, and as long as they can win the initiative, Manchester City have nothing to fear.

The most important thing is to put on a tough stance and put City under pressure at all times, even if it is in the form of fouls.

That's how Ferguson explained the way he played to his players.

Now that the ball was at the feet of Ivan Crewe, Ryan Giggs immediately posted on, while Rooney in front of him retreated to defend and O'Shea pounced on Morris.

The whole of Manchester United was moving.

Seeing this scene, Ferguson in the coach's box felt very pleased, this is the way he specially prepared for Manchester City, using tough defense to force them, so that if they want to attack, they can almost only pass the ball to the wing, and on the side, Manchester United actually has more advantages, because whether it is C-Ronaldo or Park Ji-sung, the individual ability is quite good.

Now the most important thing is to win this game.

The Carabao Cup is not so important for Manchester United, even if they didn't win anything last season, but the Carabao Cup is still a chicken rib, and for United fans, it is more important to win against Manchester City - they can't stand to lose to their local rivals, which is even more difficult to accept than not being able to win the title.

In the last two years, Manchester United have been suppressed by Wansheng's team, last year it was Derby County, this year it is Manchester City, Ferguson does not think that his coaching ability is not as good as the young Chinese next to him, he believes that as long as he can win one game, it will not be a problem to deal with Manchester City in the future

Ivan Crewe sensed the threat from Ryan Giggs and didn't need his team-mates to remind him that it was time for him to pass the ball.

The football was passed to Copele Ferreira behind him.

Kopel Ferreira received the pass and Saha immediately pressed it over, he glanced around, captain Distin's position was close to Rooney, a bit dangerous, so he passed to Leto Ziegler on the wing.

In front of Ziegler was Park Ji-sung, and the South Koreans pressed forward, while Saha ran forward and tried to intercept between Kopele-Ferreira and Ziegler, at which point Ziegler wanted to pass the ball hard, and he could almost only pass forward or pass back to goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei.

Don't think about the goalkeeper back, Ziegler will definitely not do that, because he knows that Wang Xiaolei is a rare starter, and young players have psychological pressure when they start in major tournaments, and it will be too dangerous if he makes a mistake in the pressure again.

Ziegler hesitated, and Park Ji-sung had already pounced.

But Ziegler didn't panic. He slipped the ball in front of Kopelle, a pass that surprised the South Korean, who looked over and saw that Koppelle had run to position and received the pass.

Ziegler curled the corners of his mouth.

You know, Manchester City's pass is not a pass that stands still, they keep running, they keep running. The 'kill' tactic itself relies on running to open up gaps, and even the backcourt players still have to keep running, so it's useless to just intercept on the route.

Reluctantly, Saha ran towards Kopel again, but Kopel had already passed the ball back to captain Distin.

Distin had already run out of the vacancy, he was more than five meters away from Rooney, Rooney didn't have time to run over and had to let Giggs fill the position, but immediately the football was handed to Morris, and the situation suddenly became tense.

Just now, Manchester City has made a series of wonderful passes. provoked many fans in the stands to chant along.

This is the world's best fit.

If you don't know, you still think that it is Manchester United half, Manchester City is attacking, but before it was just the passing of Manchester City's backfield, when the football reached the feet of Morris, Manchester United became nervous, because Morris is a key player, no one knows if he will lead Manchester City to launch a wave of fast attack in the next moment.

When the football got to Morris. The running speed of all the players in the whole Manchester City seems to be a little faster. Many people held their breath and waited for Morris's choice in the next moment.

All cameras are also pointed at Morris.

It felt as if the earth was suddenly revolving around Maurice, everyone was looking at him, everyone was paying attention to him, as if for a moment he had become the main character.

It was only then that United began to retreat.

They knew that the wave of persecution had not had a good effect. Instead, it allows the core of the opposition midfield to easily get the ball unguarded, and if they drop back slowly, they may give the opponent a chance.

But under everyone's attention, Morris did not choose to attack, but passed the ball to the back again, and the football returned to the feet of Copelle Ferreira.

See this pass. Many Manchester City players suddenly felt as disgusted as flies, they had just experienced a wave of pressing, although it didn't play a big role, but they were ready to retreat, but at this time, the opponent continued to pass the ball in the backfield?

Don't they have to attack?

Just when they were stunned, the football passed through three players, and then reached the feet of Ziegler on the wing, when Ziegler took the ball, there was no one to defend at all, and Park Ji-sung, who was opposite him, was still in the middle line, so he could calmly dribble forward.

Park Ji-sung had no choice but to come forward and press, and then he saw Ziegler pass the ball back to Manchester City captain Distin, even though he knew that what he was doing was useless, but he still felt depressed when he saw this pass.

The rest of the United players didn't feel too good, they went back to the front, they ran and pressed again, and every time they thought City were going to attack, they were still passing and passing the ball at the back, and it felt like they were being played like monkeys.

As a result, this time when Distin got the ball, Rooney was directly annoyed by a tackle.

Distin was tackled to the ground and the referee blew the whistle for a timeout.

This scene made many people in the audience worried, but in the end, the referee still didn't take out the card, just gave Rooney a warning, and at the same time, Distin was pulled up by his teammates, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong.

Soon the game continued, and then City started passing each other at the back again

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and saw Rooney's tackle, he was a little worried about Distin, but when he saw Distin stand up, he smiled.

The current style of play is what he laid out before the game.

He doesn't know what United will do, but he believes that playing conservatively is right, it is easier to win in football, and patience is also very important, as long as you keep the football firmly under your feet, it doesn't matter what the opponent does, because without football, they have no ability to threaten their own goal.

His advice to Morris was, "If you don't have a chance, just keep controlling the ball and don't attack rashly." ”

The conversion of possession is always threatening, if Manchester United get the ball and suddenly attack, even if the defense is well arranged, they will panic, and then Manchester United will have a chance, but what if they are not given a chance?

Are they all pressing?

Come on!

We pass in the backfield, you press tightly, no matter how hard you press, the football is under our control, and the initiative will be in our hands.

Then it's a contest of our control and your pressing ability.

Wansheng is still very confident in this.

One season, enough for the whole team to improve the passing ability of each player by a few points, Manchester City as a top league powerhouse, the ability of each player itself is not bad, and then a few points up, the passing ability is very good, plus the coaching skills of the '3' point ability bonus of the 'passing increase', as well as the training and cooperation of the whole team for nearly a season, now this Manchester City on the field is the best team in England to pass and cooperate, it is not an exaggeration to say this.

And what about Manchester United's full-pitch pressing?

They don't pay attention to this aspect themselves, and they just play like this temporarily, which is equivalent to dealing with what they are good at with what they are not good at, and the latter will have no pressure at all.

If such a competition can also be lost, Wan Sheng really has nothing to say

Ferguson didn't know Wan Sheng's thoughts, but when he saw the game on the field, the old jazz's brow was already furrowed.

He didn't understand what City were doing.

Don't they have to attack?

In Ferguson's view, it is undoubtedly very dangerous to keep passing in his own half, this is not a chance for Manchester City, but a chance for Manchester United, as long as they can get the ball, the team is likely to find a good opportunity.

So he doesn't think Manchester United has any disadvantages, but looks patiently and looks forward to the team finding good opportunities.

One minute

Two minutes

Five minutes.

In this way, five minutes later, the first time Manchester City attacked was to pass the football to the front of the Manchester United penalty area, but soon did not find a good opportunity, Ivan Crewe, again passed the ball back to Reina, Reina passed back to Ziegler, and soon the football was at the feet of captain Distin.

Rooney came over to press, and Distin didn't even hesitate and handed the ball directly to goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei.

In this way, after three or two passes, the football returned to the Manchester City goal from the Manchester United penalty area, if you don't know, you still think that the half-time change between the two teams is Manchester United attacking, but in fact, it is Manchester City itself who is passing back.

Wang Xiaolei faced the ball and kicked directly to Sun Jihai on the other side.

The exchange between the two Chinese players also made the Chinese media excited, but in fact, it was just an ordinary pass.

At this point, it was as if everything was back to square one.

After five minutes, the football returned to the Manchester City half, and it was still Manchester City who controlled the ball, and the Manchester United players kept running and running throughout the whole process, during which there was an expectation of grabbing the ball, there were worries about their own defense, they thought a lot, and ran a lot, but in the end they didn't even touch the ball.

A set of stats from the commentators of various countries is telling: "Less than ten minutes into the game, neither team had a shot on goal. Manchester City had 87 per cent possession and United had just 13 per cent, and so far several United players, including Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Saha and Park Ji-sung, have yet to touch the ball" (to be continued......