Chapter 748: Manchester City's undefeated golden body is about to be broken?!
Li Chuanqi set a new record for the fastest hat trick in the Premier League, which became the focus of heated discussions among the entire Premier League fans.
They brought up the previous article in The Guardian and argued that Li Chuanqi had indeed changed the concept of a "hat-trick" that had made strikers crazy.
"It's as if in Lee's dictionary there is no difference between a hat-trick and scoring a goal......"
"Three minutes and twenty-one seconds?! God, there are not many records left in front of Lee......"
"The next thing he should break is the Premier League goal record!"
"Maybe he'll give you a 'record for the fastest senior in the Premier League' in a few days!"
"Yes, and the Premier League single-game goal record!"
"Upstairs, this record has been attributed to Lee's name!"
"No, that record is held by two people, Lee and Kerr are both five goals in a single game, how can a player like Lee be willing to share this glory with others!"
"This ...... It depends on how much game time Pep Guardiola gives him. β
"That's right! Guardiola's use of Lee, which is accurate to the second, does not give more than a second! β
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Manchester City are now in a packed schedule, with four Premier League games and one Champions League game to play in just two weeks!
Five games are played in 15 days, with an average of one game in three days.
This is the real reason why Li Chuanqi, De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero did not enter the starting line-up when playing against Bournemouth.
On the fourth day after the match against Bournemouth, the fifteenth round of the Premier League began.
After this game, only three days apart, the 16th round of the Premier League will start.
Manchester City will meet Chelsea in the round of 16!
This game will have a major impact on Manchester City's title grabbing.
Manchester City's biggest rivals in the Premier League this season, Liverpool, have won 12 so far, drawn one and lost one, with that one of those draws happening to Chelsea.
Chelsea are now third and are also contenders for the Premier League title.
The close proximity between the fifteen and sixteenth rounds of the game has put a lot of demands on Guardiola's formation.
Manchester City's opponent in the round of 15 is Watford, who are currently in tenth place.
They just lost 3-0 at home to Liverpool in the last round.
Therefore, the media generally believes that Manchester City, who are playing away, should not have much problem taking all three points against Watford.
Watford is a team founded in 1898 and have finished runners-up in the English top flight once and in the FA Cup twice.
Singer Elton John is Watford's former proprietor, two-time chairman and permanent honorary president.
On December 5, the fifteenth round of the Premier League began.
Manchester City's away game against Watford kicked off at Vicarage Road Stadium!
Pep Guardiola sent the whole main starter!
"Is this to lock in the win in advance, and then let Lee clock out early?"
'Almost, Pep Guardiola is thinking a lot about the game against Chelsea in three days' time, so he wants to win the game early and rest the players!'
A group of reporters on the sidelines discussed Pep Guardiola's line-up.
This is also Guardiola's regular operation this season, and I don't know if it has anything to do with Li Chuanqi's arrival.
In fact, according to Li Chuanqi's age and physical fitness, it is no problem to let him play full in every game, and Guardiola may consider more injury problems.
The Premier League is known for its strong confrontation and fast pace with the world, and people like Li Chuanqi are the main targets of fouls by other teams.
With the overall situation in hand, Guardiola replaced Li Chuanqi in advance, not only to let him enjoy the heroic treatment given to him by the fans in advance, but also for his health.
After the game began, Watford took advantage of the home advantage to set off a wave of attacking surge, forming a series of attacks in the first eight minutes.
Manchester City did not expect the opponent's attack to be so ferocious, and for a while they could only focus on defense.
Over time, Manchester City have regained control of the situation on the pitch with the advantage of strength.
However, Watford did not play conservatively on the counter-attack, perhaps this is the attraction of the Premier League, and one of the reasons why the big scores are frequent.
There was a new twist on City's attack today, and although Li Chuanqi returned to the right, he often switched positions with Sergio Aguero in the middle.
In the fourteenth minute of the first half, Li Chuanqi came to the middle, and Aguero moved to the wing.
This change was something the Watford defender did not expect.
When De BranΓ© moved the ball to Sergio Aguero's feet, the Watford defenders didn't cover him, allowing the Argentine striker to break through and play the ball down the middle.
Sergio Aguero is not good at moving around the wings, so the quality of his passing is very average, falling behind Li Chuanqi.
Li Chuanqi passed the football to De Bruyne with his chest when he couldn't shoot directly!
"Peng! β¦β¦β
De Blanet unloaded the ball in the air and fired a direct volley!
The soccer ball blasted towards the goal like a cannonball!
The Watford goalkeeper made a brilliant save and the centre-back cleared the ball out of the box.
David Silva from outside the box takes the ball and dodges the defense and shoots from distance!
The soccer ball is over the crossbar!
Manchester City broke the deadlock in the 24th minute of the first half.
Li Chuanqi moved to the middle and played with Sergio Aguero as a two-striker.
He transferred De Bruyne's through ball to Aguero with his heel, and Aguero pushed it straight away!
The ball flies towards the bottom left corner of the goal!
The Watford goalkeeper showed his prowess once again to keep the ball out.
But this time they weren't so lucky, as Raheem Sterling made a clever save and finished in front of goal!
Football hits the net!
1 to 0!
"The game is getting into the rhythm of Manchester City again......"
"yes, it's ...... them leading again"
"You say, is this going to be another big score?"
'Who knows, but considering that they have to play Chelsea in three days' time, so ......'
"Well, Manchester City's goal tonight should be to win!"
There was a lot of discussion among the reporters on the sidelines.
Manchester City fans expected their side to take advantage of the deadlock and end the suspense in the first half, but the game did not go their way.
In the upcoming game, Watford not only improved in attack, but also defensively did well, completely different from the defeat to Liverpool three days ago.
Manchester City's defense is still doing well, defusing Watford's attack one by one, but the offensive end is ...... It's like losing the crosshairs.
Even Li Chuanqi, a guy who scores goals, doesn't seem to be in shape today, and he has missed scoring opportunities in a row.
Until the end of the first half, Manchester City failed to score a second goal and could only enter the second half by one goal.
This score undoubtedly disrupted Guardiola's strategic deployment.
After the start of the second half, Watford still relied on the advantage of home to play against Manchester City.
Watford equalised in the seventh minute of the second half!
They took advantage of a corner kick and centre-back Kabatele headed the ball into the Manchester City goal!
One-to-one!
This completely disrupted Pep Guardiola's substitution plans.
After the resumption of the game, Manchester City launched a fierce attack.
In the 11th minute of the second half, Li Chuanqi broke through with the ball on the side and entered the Watford penalty area strongly.
When he was about to shoot with his feet, he was knocked to the ground by the opposing defender!
However, the referee did not award a foul!
This has changed the mentality of the Manchester City players.
Two minutes later, Fernandinho came to a back tackle and was sent off by the referee with a red card!
The score is 1-1, and Manchester City, who are playing away, has one less person to fight?!
"Holy! People all over the world are speculating about who can end Manchester City's unbeaten golden body, could it be that Watford who finishes it?! β
"Here's your chance! Manchester City were affected by the match against Chelsea in three days' time, they were too anxious! β
Something happened that excites the journalists.
In the seventeenth minute of the second half, Manchester City defender John Stones made a mistake in defense and kicked the ball directly to the opposing striker Deaney.
How can you miss such a big gift?
Deeney made a slight adjustment on the line of the penalty area and fired a direct volley!
The football pierced Ederson's ten fingers!
Two to one!