Etihad Stadium.

The Manchester derby is in full swing!

Manchester United counter-attacked and forced City to be more aggressive from the start.

Manchester City's attacking front court put on a pass-and-control posture but can't be too ink, and there have been too many cases in the past when they were killed steadily until the end.

Therefore, he attacked and pulled the rhythm, trying to crush Manchester United's defence with a devastating momentum.

Foden and Torres cut inside frequently on the left and right wings, and De Bruyne was a little too hasty when he ran aggressively to deliver the ball.

Frequently cleared by Manchester United.

But in the fast-paced world, Manchester United's counter-attack is not a threat if you want to play.

Manchester City's defensive skills and tactics of high-pressure pressing in front of the court have also been perfected.

It's just that the personnel capabilities are not up to a more world-class level.

But basically every player has touched the ceiling of their ability.

In the 13th minute of the game, Ye Yifeng scrambled for the clearance ball from Varane behind the center circle.

Chested the ball down and pulled back to complete the turn, at which point Sancho made a quick run into the front court.

Ye Yifeng, who was about to be besieged, immediately sent a precise straight stopper.

Jadon Sancho got rid of Joao Cancelo and was dragged to the ground when he was about to dappe Laporte on the inside.

The referee stopped the game and gave Laporte a yellow card.

Manchester City's hearts are heavy, the situation is serious, and they can't afford to spend it with Manchester United.

I don't dare to gamble.

The only way to stifle United's threatening counter-attack is to be fouled and card-based.

Pep Guardiola's apathetic expression and strategic passivity meant City had to score first to have any chance of staying in the title zone.

In terms of tactical play, it is right in the middle for Manchester United.

Manchester United's thinking and style of play are extremely simple.

The midfield and backfield are huddled and defended, and B Fei is not a forward at all, but a central midfielder, who is responsible for the transition of attack and defense in front of the three backs, and if there is a counterattack offensive, he will not even pass half the court.

In the 19th minute, Harry Kane met Cancelo's cross in the box and headed the ball over the crossbar with De Gea's one hand.

Manchester City fans sighed.

In terms of chance creation, Manchester City are definitely the top team in the Premier League, but the player with the strongest ability to take chances is not Manchester City!

Whether it is Liverpool's Robert Lewandowski, Manchester United's Ye Yifeng, or even Chelsea's Haaland, the ability to seize opportunities in the center forward position is obviously stronger than Kane.

Three minutes later, when Adams and Luke Shaw combined to cut inside Torres, Fernandes ran aggressively to pick up the ball and then sent in a through ball.

After Ye Yifeng received the ball, he cut the ball inside the middle of the field.

Kyle Walker quickly rushed in for a foul, and he shrank inside.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yifeng smashed the ball again and returned to the outside to complete the breakthrough.

Neither the opportunity for a close foul was given to the other side.

Walker, however, was fast, and he turned around and immediately sprinted.

Trying to press or foul from behind the side when Ye Yifeng turns to the inside track again.

Ye Yifeng quickly entered the dangerous area of the attack, and saw that Dias and Walker were about to form a front and back attack on him, and he immediately crossed the ball to the middle.

Sancho took the initiative to run to meet and stopped the ball in the front of the box before sprinting forward, with Laporte ready to intercept in front of him.

Laporte was the last defender and naturally could no longer afford to foul him.

Therefore, the defensive posture is extremely cautious.

Sancho dribbled forward and then pulled the ball and spun around.

At this time, Ye Yifeng changed direction and ran behind him, and Sancho ran forward after passing the ball short.

Laporte immediately moved laterally to the front of Ye Yifeng to intercept.

Ye Yifeng touched the ball and then slashed the ball behind the opponent.

He combined it with Jadon Sancho's simple cross.

Sancho also formed a single knife!

After taking a step into the penalty area, he took a step forward and fired into the far corner from goalkeeper Ederson.

When the image of the football rolling into the bottom right corner of the goal was revealed, the Manchester City fans collapsed almost instantly!

Finished!

Sancho raced to the sidelines to celebrate.

Manchester City only reacted at this time.

I thought that Sancho was assisting Ye Yifeng in the front line.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yifeng willingly gave Sancho a green leaf!

It was Sancho who really rushed forward to cast a killer blow, not Ye Yifeng!

"Sancho scored with a single shot! Manchester United use defensive counter-attacks to take the lead!

The game was too much more difficult for Manchester City all at once.

Failing to beat Manchester United at home would almost have declared Manchester City out of the Premier League title race.

Just looking at the arrangement and tactical play of the two teams today, Manchester City is desperate, while Manchester United looks old and mature.

Carrick is now impressive, and he has at least the big picture and strong mental qualities of a top coach.

He bets that Manchester City will go on a home rampage in order to win the title, which seems simple, but the stakes between success and failure are too high.

If Manchester City play back at home with a jade-burning mentality, Manchester United may only get a draw!

But Carrick must have learned a lot from Mourinho.

In this case, I think if I change to Mourinho, I will definitely be unswerving!

Now that United are 1-0 up at Manchester City, the next game will be even more favourable for the Reds as they are likely to see a negative change in mentality. ”

It is true that the mentality of Manchester City as a team has started to get delicate.

There will be anger at Manchester United's defensive backlash.

is obviously the leader of the league, and it is also the contemporary hegemon of the Premier League and even European football.

But at the most critical juncture of the championship, he used such a utilitarian style of play.

And Manchester City themselves know that there is an ambush but still want to send their heads, which can easily make them hate themselves.

Hate yourself for not being angry!

If there is more strength and crushes Manchester United, then there is no problem.

The point is that it will not be easy to penetrate United's defence.

They have already experienced similar pain in the Carabao Cup final.

Now that their lives are hanging by a thread, Manchester City have to attack even more.

After kick-off, the rhythm was full and continued to attack.

Manchester United, on the other hand, were more calm and confident in the game after taking the lead.

Carrick looked calm and confident when directing from the sidelines.

He found that as a coach, as long as he doesn't want to be as obsessed as Guardiola and doesn't try to start a sect, there is actually a lot of room for choice.

Typical examples like Mourinho and Pep Guardiola who go to extremes will become good if they don't succeed, and ordinary people can't learn from them.

If you want to learn, you are likely to follow the example of others and mislead yourself.

Since he took over as Manchester United, as long as United have played aggressively, Fleet Street has said that he has taken over the mantle of Alex Ferguson.

If Manchester United played conservatively, especially on the counter-attack, they were super efficient, Fleet Street would say that he did not serve Mourinho as an assistant coach for nothing, not only learned the surface, but also condensed the essence.

Who he studied with didn't matter to Carrick.

Perhaps it is the lack of Skywalker-like persistence that he can adapt more flexibly to the complex and changeable competitive situation, whether it is the external environment or the internal situation, it is always the same every week.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.

He just tried his best to solve the problem, and then used some tactics suitable for the team, and he would never delve into those technical and tactical plays dressed in the coat of "high pressing", which was purely to increase the difficulty for himself.

There is still a long way to go, but City seem to be racing against the clock early.

Even De Bruyne seemed anxious when he instigated the offensive.

Successively delivered a straight plug to a teammate and sent the ball out of the baseline.

The mentality of Manchester City's generals is as agitated as a contagion spreads rapidly.

When Cancelo's mid-length pass was cut off by Tielemans when Jadon Sancho was forced to deliver, the mistake was fatal.

B fee backfield response after sending a direct pass.

Ye Yifeng ran to the center circle to respond but missed the ball, and then he ran forward around Rodri to control the ball.

Rodri didn't keep up and the ball didn't come down.

Ye Yifeng touched the ball in front of Dias and crossed.

Sancho followed up with an inside cut and the ball went forward to pass Laporte.

Seeing him form a single knife, Dias immediately turned around and retreated to pursue.

Jadon Sancho crosses the ball to the edge of the box.

Edson is utterly desperate!

Because Ye Yifeng even took the ball into the penalty area!

It's better to let Sancho go it alone.

Ye Yifeng kicked near the penalty spot.

Absolutely calm, and nine out of ten.

Ederson's save was in the right direction, but it was too late.

Tricky angles.

The ball grazed the inside of the right post and rolled into the goal!

Manchester City fans looked like mourners.

Many fans couldn't help but hold their heads.

It's completely out of play!

Ye Yifeng ran to the sidelines and danced a mechanical dance for the first time in a long time, which reminded Red Devils fans of the former Manchester United atmosphere group leader Lin Huang and the anti-king.

"Ye Yifeng scored with a single knife! Manchester United is the next city!

City's own mistake gave United a great chance to counter-attack.

Cancelo's mistake was too fatal.

Manchester City may have little hope of recovering the two-goal deficit.

Manchester United played efficiently today, and it was the opponent's mistakes that were caught!

Manchester City not only gave Manchester United an excellent counter-attacking environment, but also gave a big gift for mistakes.

This shows that Manchester City's mentality has gone terribly wrong.

This is also the reason why in recent years Guardiola has become more and more vocal about stepping down.

Every time it comes to crunch time, Manchester City will have problems of one kind or another.

In the past, the performance in European competition was the most prominent, and now it is a league in the past few years.

We don't know what City's problems are.

Is it a question of player ability?

Or is it a question of coaching ability?

Of course, this is in the context of our talk that Manchester City are going to end the Manchester United dynasty.

Compared with other teams in European football, Manchester City is definitely the top five teams in terms of overall strength in European football.

But the cruel thing about football is that if you're not number one, sometimes you're nothing.

Now Manchester United lead Manchester City 2-0, and the trend of the game is extremely negative for Manchester City. ”

Pep Guardiola looked bitter in the face of his own players' mistakes.

Carrick, on the other hand, did not show excessive excitement, but smiled and shook his fist twice.

He knew that the trend of this game would be extreme, either Manchester City would make a shocking comeback, or Manchester United would slaughter Manchester City!