Chapter 163 Premier League Galaxy Battleship
"Alexander, don't be discouraged, just let them have a ball."
"It's just the beginning of the game and we still have time."
Tottenham players cheered and celebrated on the sidelines, while Manchester City players took advantage of the moment to comfort Kolarov.
Zhang Chaoqiang also stepped forward and stroked the back of the other party's head, sending simple comfort.
With two own goals in a row, Manchester City have indeed had a bit of a bad time.
Tottenham, on the other hand, were in high spirits and it was clear that the own goal gave them a lot of confidence.
So after the celebration, Tottenham behaved more ferociously on the pitch.
But City's chance came first.
In the 27th minute, Manchester City regained possession and organized an attack and smoothly advanced to the front.
Fernandinho and Sergio Aguero passed the ball quickly in succession and sent the ball to Zhang Chaoqiang in front of the penalty area, Zhang Chaoqiang received the ball and turned around, accelerated forward two steps, and then made a sharp stop, dodging Lamela and Wanyama through a change of rhythm, and transferred the ball to the empty right side with one kick.
Raheem Sterling dribbled forward and swept in front of goal at the right time.
"Pretty!!"
"Good shot!!"
Countless commentators cheered.
City's attack was fast and fluid, and it managed to penetrate the Tottenham defence.
David Silva cut in front of goal and met the ball just two metres from goal.
As long as this ball is firmly pushed, it is definitely a must-score.
But the moment David Silva stepped forward, Alderweireld also reacted extremely quickly to keep up with the interference.
So under the interference of the Belgian defender, David Silva kicked the ball and let the ball fly directly off the baseline.
"Oops, that's a shame."
'It was City's most successful attack since the start and it came close to the goal.
After Manchester City missed a great opportunity, Tottenham's morale was even higher.
So for the rest of the first half, Tottenham played more actively.
Manchester City still had more than half of the possession, but they were clearly suppressed on the field.
So City's second goal came naturally.
In the 39th minute, Fernando was tackled by Lamela in midfield, and Tottenham launched a counterattack on the spot.
Ali and Eriksen hit the wall in the front court and combined with the spirit of the fake goal, but lightly buckled, and sent the ball to Son Heung-min who stepped forward into the penalty area.
Son Heung-min burst the ball towards the Manchester City goal, successfully attracted the attention of Otamendi and Kolarov, and then knocked the ball sideways.
Alli followed up with a low shot and the ball flew into the City goal for the second time.
"The ball is in! 2:0!! Tottenham lead Manchester City 2-0 at home!! ”
'It's a surprising scoreline and everyone knows that Tottenham have the ability to take on Manchester City and even have a chance to beat them at home.
"But before the end of the first half, we had a two-goal lead, which was still a bit unexpected!"
Tottenham scored another goal, which made the South Korean commentator very happy.
"Beautiful goal!"
"We Heungmin provided the assist, Alli scored and Tottenham took a two-goal lead!"
"Tottenham completely dominated the game in this high-profile Premier League Asian derby, and Manchester City, the Premier League Galacticos who are considered invincible, are not so strong and they are about to be knocked down by Tottenham!"
"And in terms of individual performance, we Xingmin are also better than the Chinese!"
At this moment, the South Koreans have made this match infinitely more representative.
South Korea's football level is among the best in Asia, but in the whole world, they can still only be regarded as a weak country in football.
So every time a player plays in the big five leagues of the world, it represents their entire country.
In fact, Zhang Chaoqiang is the same.
From the very beginning of his achievements in Ligue 1, he has inevitably become a role model for China in the football world.
Therefore, this Asian derby is largely endowed with the meaning of a war between China and South Korea.
Now that Tottenham are two goals ahead and Son Heung-min is doing well, the South Koreans are of course very excited, and they only need to open champagne at half-time to celebrate.
It would have been even more perfect if Son Heung-min had scored one more goal.
Tottenham were not satisfied with a two-goal lead and continued to be brave in the final minutes of the first half.
Crazy pressing, quick attack, they hit another wave of attacks.
However, the whole Manchester City team held steady under the command of Pep Guardiola and did not give them another chance.
However, in the 42nd minute of the game, Manchester City snatched back the ball and advanced quickly, Zhang Chaoqiang suddenly shot a cold arrow outside the penalty area to bombard the goal, and the arc of the world wave has come out, but the football was saved by Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris.
In this way, Manchester City had to return to the dressing room with a score of 0:2.
'In terms of performance throughout the first half, Tottenham were better at home, they dominated City for almost the entire first half, so a 2-0 lead was a fair scoreline.
'But Manchester City are not without chances because they are the galaxy of the Premier League and have a lot of stars in the team.
'Even if they were tactically suppressed, they had chances to score through the individual ability of their stars, such as David Silva and Super Zhang who almost broke the Tottenham goal in the first half......
At halftime, commentators from various countries were summarizing the performance of both teams in the first half.
The Premier League's Galaxy Battleship is the new nickname that the English media recently gave Manchester City to Manchester City.
The summer transfer price was sky-high to bring in Zhang Chaoqiang, and Guardiola was invited to coach, plus the team already had well-known stars such as Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling, De Bruyne, David Silva, and then won 11 consecutive games in all competitions.
As a result, Manchester City was dubbed the Premier League Galacticos by the English media, who like to boast.
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'Tottenham played well in the first half but they couldn't run as hard as a sprinter for 90 minutes and in the second half we continued to play at the same pace as ......'
At half-time, Pep Guardiola tried to boost the confidence of the whole team while making key adjustments.
Fernando came off and was replaced by Gundogan.
It was an admission of a tactical failure in the first half.
Kevin De Bruyne was injured in the last game against Celtic and Pep Guardiola brought Gundogan off the bench, but the German did not help Manchester City to stabilize the rhythm and instead played an inexplicably chaotic confrontation with the opposition.
So in this game against Tottenham, Guardiola came up with a good idea to start Brazilian Fernando.
According to the performance in the first half, Fernando was missing the whole time, and the Manchester City midfielder couldn't control the ball at all and was scrambling.
So there's no way, it's better to change Gundogan to try again.
At the start of the second half, Gundogan immediately put in an active performance.
In the 48th minute, Gundogan broke through in front of the penalty area and caused a foul on Sissoko.
'It's a free-kick from the front of the box and it's a good position to hit straight at goal.
Zhang Chaoqiang stepped forward and patted Gundogan on the shoulder to show encouragement.
At the same time, it is also a persuasion.
This kid just makes a free kick, and he still wants to take the penalty himself.
was patted on the shoulder by Zhang Chaoqiang, but Gundogan didn't insist, nodded and stepped aside.
"Zhang Chaoqiang stood at the penalty spot, he was not only Manchester City's first penalty taker, but also the free kick taker."
At this time, the tone of the Korean commentary was a little unpleasant.
Son Heung-min was a key player in the Tottenham spur squad, but it was not his turn to take a penalty free-kick.
When Zhang Chaoqiang set up the football, Tottenham also lined up the human wall.
Son Heung-min is also in the human wall.
Referee Marriner whistled, Zhang Chaoqiang took a deep breath, ran forward, and kicked hard with the instep of his right foot.
Boom!!!
The football took off sharply under the watchful eyes of the fans, just past the head of Son Heung-min in the human wall, and went straight to the top left corner of the goal.
Lloris didn't react as quickly as he did in the first half, and by the time he did, the ball had flown into the net from the top left corner and pulled out a net.
“Gooooooooooooal——————————”
"Super Zhang!! Mr. Billion at Manchester City!! He scored the Spurs goal!! ”
"It's a direct free-kick goal, super Zhang's free-kick is precisely guided and goes straight into the goal!!"
'It was just the start of the second half and City managed to pull a goal back.
"There is still a lot of suspense in this game, and the two sides are not scored."
Zhang Chaoqiang scored from a free kick and immediately rushed to the sidelines, waving his fists excitedly.
It was a bad first half, and now I finally got a goal back, so I can vent.
On the sidelines of the pitch, Guardiola also waved his fists excitedly.
Substitute Gundogan took a free-kick to prove that his substitutions worked.
It was a crucial goal that brought City back into the game and had to play again.
It's best to be able to reverse the scoreline, and even if you can't, it's good to equalise.
Tottenham are second in the table and a draw would be enough for City to hold on to the lead.