What happened in the first half was actually very simple, in the first 20 minutes, Manchester City and Aston Villa played against each other, and as a result, Aston Villa scored two goals, Manchester City did not score a goal, and then Manchester City strengthened their defense, and the two teams did not score again.

The two-goal lead pleased the Birmingham media.

The media supporting Aston Villa and those hostile to Manchester City are happily talking about the game, and some people have already made up their minds about the result of the game, "Aston Villa is two goals ahead, and there is not much suspense in the game!" ”

'So far this season, after four league games, Manchester City have been quite strong, unbeaten with three wins and one draw, but after this round they will have the same points as Chelsea.

'It's hard to chase two goals, even for Manchester City.

'The first half has proven that Aston Villa and Manchester City are playing against each other, Manchester City are also difficult to score, maybe Manchester City's weak performance has something to do with the impact of the international break, their main squad has changed more than half, but for whatever reason, now they are behind ......'"

"Don't forget Manchester City's unbeaten run in 42 league games, and that's where their strength comes from!"

"When this is over, their undefeated golden body will be shattered!"

“…………”

A lot of the commentators were talking as if City had already lost, but in reality, the game was just over halfway through and there were still 45 minutes left for both sides.

There are also pro-Manchester City media who said, "It's just two goals down, they still have a chance. ”

'It's not that Manchester City haven't settled down, they have fallen behind more than once since last season, they have survived against Manchester United, Chelsea, it is just Aston Villa on the pitch, Manchester City still have a chance!'

Intermission. The media on both sides engaged in a war of words over the issue.

One side thinks the winner is decided, while the other side thinks it's unclear who will win and who will lose.

Media reporters are all professional talkers, even reporters are the same, they all have a certain foundation, analysis tactics, citing history are all handy, neither side is convinced, they are speaking for the teams they support.

But the media reporters who supported Aston Villa were a little more aggressive because the score backed them up.

０:２。

A two-goal lead.

If you are one goal ahead. They don't dare to say for sure yet, but in football, two goals can almost directly decide the winner, with the advantage of these two goals, the two sides are already in an asymmetrical position, Aston Villa can cope with the game in full stride, and it is conceivable what adjustments Manchester City will make - they will almost certainly step up their attack.

It was with this discussion that the second half began.

When the whole Manchester City squad returned to the pitch, the Manchester stadium resounded with the cheers of Manchester City fans. These shouts completely silenced the voices of the Birmingham fans, and the Manchester City fans told everyone with cheers --

Even if Aston Villa are ahead, this is Manchester City's turf!

But no matter how loud the Manchester City fans shouted, they couldn't change the scoreline. In the opinion of Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill, Aston Villa have won!

Manchester City's attacking ability is good, and the strength is stronger than Aston Villa, and Manchester Stadium is also their turf. But so what? Now it's Aston Villa with a 2-goal lead!

In football, the difference between two goals is too big to decide the outcome of the game.

Aston Villa. In other words, he, Martin O'Neill will not make careless mistakes, especially against a strong team like Manchester City, at halftime, O'Neill focused on defense.

"Be sure to defend! Even if we don't score, we can't let them score easily! ”

"As long as we hold on to the end, we win!"

"Man City are unbeaten in 42 league games, they have a great record and now we have a chance to beat them!"

'After the game, we're going to make headlines, we're going to be in the spotlight in England and Europe, because we won against Manchester City!'

Inspired by Martin O'Neill, all the Aston Villa players are very scrappy and at the same time, they are also eager to take the manager's advice and pay a lot of attention to defence.

O'Neill believes that as long as the team is solid defensively, this Manchester City team will be able to score two goals in 45 minutes, which is simply ...... Dream!

Aston Villa are already invincible!

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The second half began.

Just as Aston Villa coach O'Neill thought, at the beginning of the second half, Manchester City put up a substitution card, but this substitution adjustment is incomprehensible.

"Boateng replaces Giovanni Mauricio?"

"Defenders for strikers?"

'What are City going to do? Is it to strengthen the defense? ”

This statement is naturally ridiculous.

Manchester City is two goals behind, why shouldn't they strengthen their defense, they must be thinking about attack, but how to explain the change of defender to striker? Even if Giovanni Mauricio didn't show much in the first half, he should be replaced with at least one midfielder, right? Torres and David Silvak are both on the bench, even if you replace Martin Petrov, it is better than replacing a defender, not to mention, Boateng is not a famous guy, he is only 19 years old, he is one of the youngest players in Manchester City, even if he changes defenders to strengthen the defense, it will not be his turn.

Manchester City's adjustment is very confusing.

Wan Sheng naturally won't tell the opponent why.

Like others, Boateng is indeed not an outstanding figure at Manchester City, he is still very young, and compared with Kopele Ferreira, Dunn and others, his defensive performance can only be regarded as barely qualified, and his coordination ability is not outstanding.

But Boateng has something that no one else has, which is that he is tall, has a great ability to grab high balls, and his legs are strong enough to kick a good long-range shot.

Of course, Torres, David Silva and others would have been better off playing, but their bodies haven't fully recovered yet, and letting them play would be tantamount to risking the players' bodies, and Wansheng wouldn't do that kind of thing unless there were special circumstances.

So Boateng had a chance.

As for Giovanni Mauricio...... His quality is really much worse, and he can only barely be used as a player to supplement the depth of the bench, and he should be replaced after 45 minutes of performance in the first half.

When Manchester City completed the adjustment, many people were puzzled, and even the on-site commentator Berbart said, "Wansheng's substitution choice is incomprehensible......"

The hostile media said directly, "Maybe Wan Sheng has given up the game." We should understand, after all, they are two goals behind...... "'Understanding' is a complete irony.

In the commentary of the media, the game has begun.

In the second half, Manchester City were no longer conservative and used their control of the game to suppress Aston Villa in one fell swoop and gain the advantage of the situation.

This is not unexpected.

The two teams play normally, Manchester City has the strength and tactical advantage, and will definitely achieve suppression, not to mention, Aston Villa has obviously strengthened the defense. It is no surprise that Manchester City have been pressed.

But what is puzzling is the way Manchester City play up front.

On several consecutive attacks, Manchester City passed the ball in front of the penalty area, and then the player who took the ball almost 'symbolic' came to the goal, and the attack was over, and soon the next wave of advances.

There were a lot of shots, but it was too difficult to threaten the Aston Villa goal.

'They played very unmotivated, maybe they really gave up the game.' Some neutral media outlets also said.

Follow the narrator's words. The camera camera pointed to the Manchester City coach's box, and Wan Sheng stood in the scene solemnly, as if the situation was tense, but he didn't give up the game.

can be on the field. Manchester City really didn't play any good games.

In the opinion of many people now, wonderful coordination is the label of Manchester City, and every time they attack, they can play dazzling cooperation. In comparison, the suppression on the scene is much more prosaic.

But I have to admit that Manchester City are playing very well at the moment.

At least before choosing a shot. They worked well together, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to create chances on goal, and in the face of City's constant cooperation, Aston Villa could only hold on to the goal.

When they saw City shooting from outside the box, some Aston Villa players tried to block the area, but they quickly gave up because the range outside the box was too big, and they ran over and gave City the opportunity to pass the ball into the box.

You know, there's still a Darren Bent in the box!

Darren Bent's ability was fully recognized last season, compared to last season, Manchester City have one less Anelka, but Darren Bent alone cannot be underestimated, this young striker who has risen in the second division, but has already made the England squad.

Then Aston Villa retreated into the box, Manchester City continued to shoot from the perimeter, and of course, when they had the chance, they would also pass the ball into the box, either from a distance, or to grab a point, or directly to the box.

Ten minutes later, many people also saw the mystery - Manchester City did not give up the game, but changed the way they played in front of goal, and they were constantly creating shooting opportunities.

When they find their chance, it's a shot!

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Aston Villa is aware of the crisis.

Although City have not been too dangerous in goal, they have had too many shots in the half-time press, every attack is a shot, and every time they are very nervous.

Suddenly, they felt the pressure they had never felt before.

Aston Villa had players who also thought about attacking, but the core of the team in the second half was defense, and referee O'Neill specifically told the defense, they knew that if they wanted to attack, they would definitely give Manchester City a chance, so they could only play counter-attacks, and they couldn't pose much threat to Manchester City at all, and they couldn't kill much time.

Football is still at the feet of Manchester City for the most part.

In the 60th minute, a Manchester City attack finally came to a risk, Ljungberg passed the ball straight to Ozil, who hoisted the ball into the penalty area, Darren Bent grabbed the header and hit the goal, with strength and angle, but unfortunately the ball was blocked by goalkeeper Sorosson with his left hand.

City were awarded a corner.

Ljungberg walked to the corner flagpole to take a penalty, Morris gestured at him, City still opted for a tactical foot ball, and Ljungberg handed the ball to Morris.

The restricted area is in chaos.

The Aston Villa players rushed out to interfere with Morris, and it was at this moment that Morris suddenly picked up the ball and passed towards the back of the box.

The soccer ball flies backwards in an arc!

Many people followed the trajectory of the football, only to see that Boateng had already followed, the 190CM size was too dominant, he squeezed Melberg and jumped, but he did not choose to attack, but pointed the ball to the edge of the penalty area.

Football is at the feet of Mesut Ozil.

Ozil glanced at the goal, it seemed that he was about to shoot, but Ganard had already rushed to the front, Ozil made a shooting action, Ganard remembered several shots from Manchester City before, and almost subconsciously jumped up to block with his body, only to see the German kid in front of him hook the ball to the left.

Scammed!

By the time Garnard realized that he had been deceived, it was too late, he had already done his actions and could not do anything more.

"Stop him!"

"Don't let him get on his feet!"

The Aston Villa player next to him hurriedly shouted, but Ozil had already swung his right foot, and the two Aston Villa defenders in the penalty area, seeing Ozil raise his foot, subconsciously blocked it with his body.

But the next moment, they saw Mesut Ozil pushing the ball into the box.

Or passing!

"Aston Villa player, twice in a row!" Belbart exclaimed when he saw the situation on the field.

In his exclamation, the ball rolled straight to the right side of the penalty area, where it was--

Darren Bent!

"Bent! Bent! Golden opportunity! ”

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Commentator Belbart exclaimed Darren Bent's name, but in reality, Darren Bent did not run out of the open space, he was a key defensive player for Aston Villa, and even if Ozil deceived the opponent's three players in two moves, he still had a defender next to him.

Darren Bent can only half-bend and protect the ball with his body.

In normal times, Darren Bent would definitely want to give the ball to his teammates again, because he didn't have too good chances himself, but when he received the ball, Darren Bent suddenly thought of Wan Sheng's words, "We don't always need to pass the ball to the opponent's goal!" ”

Yes, now is your chance!

I think back to the past, if I used to play for Ipswich, I would almost have to do it alone without thinking about this kind of opportunity, but since I came to Manchester City, passing has become much more important, and after a long time, I am used to cooperating with my teammates, and when the opportunity is not good, I always think of passing to my teammates.

"Since the boss has already said it, let's do it myself now!"

In an instant, a lot of thoughts crossed his mind, and Darren Bent became determined.

Facing the rolling football, he overtook and slammed it hard!

Laursen was seriously defending Darren Bent, and when he saw the ball coming, he was still thinking about stretching his foot to destroy, but he suddenly felt a surge of force.

He was unsteady on his feet and almost fell!

At this moment, Darren Bent had already turned in the direction of the football rolling, and swung his right foot with the momentum, and without even looking at the goal, his right foot hit the ball hard!

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the ball went straight to the goal!

"Shoot-"

Belbart's roar.

Aston Villa goalkeeper Sorensen had his vision blocked, and by the time he could react to the opposition's shot, it was too late, and he almost watched the ball fly in, standing still and not moving. (To be continued.) )