Chapter 76: Manchester City Derby's Hat-trick, Who Is the King of Old Trafford?
βGOALοΌοΌ Just 1 minute into the game, Manchester City's Lin broke the deadlock with a lightning goal! β
"Manchester United have been pushed to the brink of a cliff and if they lose this game, their chances of securing a ticket to next season's Champions League are greatly reduced!"
At Old Trafford, the Red Devils fans who were waiting for their team to make a comeback after the kick-off began to freeze when they saw their opponents celebrating in their own stadium.
It's a Manchester derby, are we going to lose again at home to our own home?
Moyes made a rare flare on the sidelines to remind his players to brace themselves and focus.
He seems to blame the distractions of his players for conceding so early.
The Manchester United players on the field were all dejected, and their eyes were full of confusion.
Doesn't it mean that the opponent is not in good shape?
Does this look like a bad form?
The team was behind so early and against a strong Manchester City, and they had a sense of foreboding.
I'm afraid this game will be very difficult!
The camera at the scene found Manchester United's legendary coach Alex Ferguson in the stands, and the gentleman's expression looked very serious.
He knows that there are already signs of turmoil in the Manchester United dressing room, and if he loses to Manchester City at home again, not only will the club be dissatisfied with Moyes, but even these players on the pitch will be afraid that Moyes will be reversed.
Moyes' roots at Manchester United are basically not deep, and if he loses even the support of the players, then he will most likely leave next season.
It's easy for United to sack David Moyes, but where can they find a qualified replacement?
You can't let yourself come back as a retired old man, right?
Although there have been such calls among Red Devils fans in recent times, Ferguson knows in his heart that even if he returns, he will not be able to solve the problem.
After all, his age is here, and it won't take long at all.
What United need now is a manager who can help United rebuild from the top, and it will take a long time.
As soon as he thought of this, the lord's mood became worse and worse, and the frequency of chewing gum couldn't help but become faster.
"What's wrong with Manchester United? How did you pull your hips to this extent this season? β
"Whoever made it, it's Moyes's fault!"
"Wasn't David Moyes quite good when he was at Everton? How did it come to this after arriving at Manchester United? β
"Everton is a civilian team, Manchester United is a giant, Moyes is suitable for a civilian team, but not necessarily for a giant!"
"So, is the lord's successor wrong?"
"It must be a mistake, Manchester United wanted to invite Guardiola to come, but Guardiola was abducted by Bayern in advance!"
"Alas, it would have been nice if Manchester United had acted earlier and really brought Pep Guardiola in!"
"Indeed, if Guardiola is invited to Manchester United, then Lin Huang will most likely join, Manchester United not only won the top coach, but also gained the top and the most potential demon star!"
"It's a pity that there is no if!"
"Alas, pity me Red Devils, I'm afraid I'm going to play in the Europa League next season!"
"Hehe, after losing this game, they all fell to eighth in the league, and they may not be able to qualify for the Europa League!"
There are a total of seven European places in the Premier League, with the top four qualifying for Europe, fifth and sixth qualifying for the Europa League, and the FA Cup winners qualifying for the remaining Europa League.
Manchester United are currently in an awkward league position, not only are they very far from the Champions League zone, but they may not even be able to grab a place in the Europa League.
If they don't even qualify for the Europa League, Manchester United will be in a miserable position next season.
Immediately after falling behind, United launched a counter-attack on Manchester City in an attempt to equalise.
Manchester City are not afraid of opponents attacking against them, they are afraid of the opponent shrinking their defense and then playing counter-attack.
So, Manchester United attacked, it was really to their heart.
In the 16th minute of the game, Manchester City broke the ball at the back, and Kroos quickly moved the ball to the wing.
David Silva went forward to make a through ball, and Lin Quan received the ball and strode towards the United penalty area.
Fellaini didn't dare to let Lin Quan pass, and reached out from behind to push Lin Quan to the ground, stopping Manchester City's attack with a yellow card.
The place where the foul was committed was about 35 meters away from the goal, and Lin Quan discussed it with Kroos, De Bruyne and others.
This shot was a bit far away from the goal, and the three were not too sure, so they decided to play a tactical combination.
Lin Quan pretended to make a free throw, he took a dozen steps back, and then ran quickly, but when he got close to the ball, he made a false shot and jumped over the ball.
De Bruyne, who was nearby, immediately passed the ball to Kroos near the left edge of the box, and the United players in the wall saw the opponent's tactical free-kick, immediately dispersed, and pounced on Kroos who was holding the ball.
Kroos unhurriedly hoisted the ball into the penalty area and found Lin Quan at the back point.
At this time, Manchester United's players were rushing outside the penalty area, but his ball was passed into the penalty area, and Manchester United's players hurriedly braked to intercept, but it was too late.
I don't know when, Lin Quan, who pretended to take a free kick, had already run here.
The speed of the ball was very fast, but Lin Quan didn't even look at it, he raised his foot very freely, the football seemed to be glued, and after touching his foot, it stopped very obediently and landed at his feet.
This stop made even the Red Devils fans want to applaud him.
When Ferguson saw this stoppage, he couldn't help but think of Bergkamp, the former star of Arsenal.
Broken!
The kid stopped the ball so well and he had enough time to make adjustments and shoot, can De Gea stop him?
Seeing Lin Quan receive the ball, De Gea's forehead was already sweating.
As Lin Quan's national team teammate, De Gea has played against Lin Quan in the team's training matches.
He knows very well how perverted Lin Quan's shooting skills are, and you don't know which foot he is going to shoot with or in what way until this guy finishes shooting.
Therefore, De Gea chose to attack at the first time.
Lin Quan seemed to have guessed De Gea's move, and the moment De Gea attacked, he completed the shot.
De Gea knows him and he knows De Gea, so he already thinks about what to do with the ball when he receives it.
Seeing the ball flying towards him, De Gea tried his best to stop it, but Lin Quan's angle was too tricky, and he couldn't make the best preparation in the process of moving.
So, in the duel with Lin Quan, De Gea was defeated, the score became 2:0, and Lin Quan scored a brace at Old Trafford.
And, it's only 16 minutes now!
There are still seventy or eighty minutes left for him to complete his hat-trick!
In the stands, the United fans were deadly silent.
If conceding the first goal just makes them feel bad and think that there is still hope for the team to equalise or even turn the game around.
Then with the team conceding the second goal, they finally came to their senses.
Manchester City and Manchester United are no longer teams of the same grade.
The 'noisy neighbors' they once looked down upon have now turned into an insurmountable giant in front of them!
I don't know when it started, but trying to beat this Manchester City team seems to have become a luxury.
"Woo, I'm a Red Devils fan, I'm also a fan of Lin Huang, Lin Huang is light, it's painful!"
"Red Devils fans say that people are numb, this is not the Red Devils I know at all, you look at the expressions of the players on the field, they are all about to be beaten into muggles!"
"Alas, it's so uncomfortable, it's only been one season, the team's record has dropped so much, it was the Premier League champion last season, this season it has been reduced to the middle, is it going to fight for relegation next season?"
"The vampire Grayson family should do something good, pay more money to buy more people, with Manchester United's current squad, how can they play with Manchester City?"
"Who to buy? With Van Persie and Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata in the front, and Carrick, Fellaini and Shinji Kagawa in the midfield, the back line is a little weak, but the problem in this game is not at all in the backline! β
The questions that the fans are discussing are actually the same ones that Ferguson is thinking about.
Manchester United's squad needs to be strengthened, and since Paul Scholes' retirement, they have been missing a core in their midfield.
Fellaini, Shinji Kagawa, etc. are not of great use.
They need a player who has good skills, a strong sense of the big picture and fits into United's tactical system.
There seems to be only one such player, and that is Juventus' midfielder Pogba.
Pogba is a player who came through the Academy of Manchester United, and although he has not proven himself at Manchester United, he is certainly familiar with this tactical style of play at Manchester United.
Moreover, his skills at his feet are outstanding, his overall situation is good, and his physical fitness is also very outstanding, which almost perfectly meets the various requirements of Manchester United.
It's just that, given his importance to Juventus, to bring him back to Old Trafford, Manchester United may have to pay a lot of money.
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After conceding the second goal, Manchester United's players did not dare to attack easily.
After they focused on defence, they managed to stabilize the situation and didn't concede any more goals.
The first half passed quickly and City returned to the dressing room with a 2-0 scoreline.
At the start of the second half, United were the first to make personnel changes.
Moyes made a bold substitution, replacing Cleverly with Shinji Kagawa, who had been sitting on the cold bench for a long time.
Clearly, David Moyes also sees the crux of United's problem, with a lack of creativity in midfield and a lack of dangerous attacks.
On the other hand, on Manchester City's side, Kroos's command and dispatch, and De Bruyne's various bizarre passes, all made Manchester United frightened.
If they had a passer like Kevin De Bruyne, Van Persie and Wayne Rooney wouldn't have been left without a decent shot.
Seeing that the coach named him to be good at it, the soul of the middle two in Kagawa Shinji's heart immediately burned:
Have you finally realized how important I am?
Have you finally decided to let me play to save the team?
Come on, Lin, let's have a showdown at the top!
After Shinji Kagawa came on the field, he saw Lin Quan, who was attacking with the ball, and he rushed forward with confidence.
He had already noticed on the bench that Lin Quan was the heart of Manchester City's attack, and if he could freeze him, he would become a hero for Manchester United!
The thought of enjoying the collective cheers of sixty or seventy thousand Red Devils fans at Old Trafford made Shinji Kagawa intoxicated.
Lin Quan glanced at this guy, to be honest, he really didn't recognize all the Japanese players who played in the five major leagues.
Maybe it's because he doesn't pay much attention to the Japanese players, or maybe it's because they like to dye their hair in other colors, making it hard for him to remember what these guys look like.
And Shinji Kagawa's appearance rate at Manchester United is so low that Lin Quan almost forgot that Manchester United still has such a number one.
Seeing where Shinji Kagawa was smirking after he came on the field, Lin Quan was a little speechless in his heart.
It didn't work for him to feint, so he relied on his speed and body to fight off, knock away Shinji Kagawa, and dribble towards Manchester United's backfield.
Manchester United fans originally saw Shinji Kagawa volunteering to rush towards Lin Quan, and thought they could surprise them.
As a result, I didn't expect Shinji Kagawa to not even hold on for a round, and was directly passed by the other party.
This made them quickly lose confidence in Shinji Kagawa, Moyes actually replaced this guy at this time, is he crazy?
After being passed by Lin Quan, Shinji Kagawa came back to his senses.
Not this time, I'm not ready!
Next time I will definitely not be so easily passed!
Five minutes later, City attacked again, and the ball came to Lin Quan's feet again.
Shinji Kagawa, as before, plucked up the courage to meet him.
Lin Quan didn't even look at him this time, and used his speed and strength to eat him raw as before.
Here it comes!
Seeing that the opponent used the same move, Shinji Kagawa immediately prepared for a physical confrontation, and had already thought about how to organize a counterattack after intercepting Lin Quan to help the team recover the score.
However, the cruel facts prove that Shinji Kagawa thinks too much!
With a loud bang, the two collided fiercely.
Shinji Kagawa, who has a height advantage, is like a kite with a broken string, and he was actually knocked away by Lin Quan!
There were exclamations from the Red Devils fans at the scene, although they didn't expect Shinji Kagawa to be able to prevent Lin Quan.
But they didn't expect the Japanese to be crushed unilaterally and lose so badly!
Moyes on the sidelines is getting mad!
I didn't let you be a sapper, I asked you to organize an attack.
Defensive things, aren't Fellaini and Carrick better than you?
Fortunately, after two failures, Shinji Kagawa seems to have reacted.
When Lin Quan attacked with the ball again, Shinji Kagawa didn't dare to come to him again.
It's just that after bullying him twice in a row, in Lin Quan's heart, Shinji Kagawa has been rewarded with the mark of 'soft persimmon'.
So even if Shinji Kagawa doesn't come to trouble Lin Quan, Lin Quan will go to him for trouble!
In the 67th minute, Shinji Kagawa received a pass from his teammates.
He was about to look up at his opponent's defensive position and the position of his teammates when he saw a figure rushing towards him.
Before Shinji Kagawa could react, with a bang, he felt like he had been knocked away.
With people in the air, Shinji Kagawa finally saw clearly who was flying into him - or Lin Quan!
He's going to cry, I'm not going to look for you anymore, why are you still pestering!
Lin Quan thought that the referee would give him a foul, because his range of action was indeed a little larger.
However, this is the Premier League, and the referee scale of the Premier League is much more relaxed than other leagues!
Isn't this blown?
Then you're welcome!
Encouraged Lin Quan quickly dribbled the ball and continued to advance, Fellaini secretly scolded Kagawa Shinji for being wasted, and had to abandon De Bruyne and rushed towards Lin Quan.
It's just that as soon as he left, Lin Quan immediately passed the ball to De Bruyne, who was in an empty position.
De Bruyne received the ball and then handed it to Lin Quan's feet to help him get rid of Fellaini's entanglement.
Lin Quan took two steps and then passed to David Silva, who cut inside on the wing, and completed a two-by-one cooperation with the opponent, passed Manchester United's full-back Evra, and took advantage of the situation to enter the penalty area!
Come back!
De Gea saw Lin Quan appear in the penalty area again, and his whole scalp was numb.
He hurriedly instructed Ferdinand to make up for the defense, but as long as Ferdinand moved, Lin Quan would definitely pass to the vacant Aguero.
Rio Ferdinand obviously knows this, but he has to bite the bullet and make up for it because Lin Quan is a bigger threat than Sergio Aguero and with two goals already scored, he must not be given the chance to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford.
Sure enough, after Ferdinand moved, Lin Quan passed the ball to Aguero as soon as possible.
Seeing his actions, Ferdinand was stunned.
Don't you force a kick?
It was a hat-trick in the Manchester derby!
Thinking of this, Ferdinand couldn't help but admire the other party a little.
This guy is really too team, if it were someone else, I'm afraid most people would choose to shoot by themselves!
Aguero originally thought that Lin Quan would come by himself, because if it was him, he would definitely hit a hat-trick in this case!
However, Lin Quan passed the ball over.
This was a big surprise to Aguero, and his shot was a bit rushed.
De Gea reacted quickly and made an immediate save when he saw Sergio Aguero's shot on goal.
His judgment was accurate, and the football was saved by him.
But the danger is not gone!
De Gea's save ball landed in the box and rolled just at the feet of Lin Quan.
Lin Quan didn't really pursue a hat-trick, as long as the team could win, it didn't matter how many goals he scored.
However, if the football itself runs in front of him, then he is not welcome!
He didn't adjust, he just picked up his foot and shot.
De Gea is really powerless this time, Lin Quan's shot is much more tricky than Aguero's!
With a bang, the ball flew into the net.
Lin Quan scored a hat-trick at Old Trafford, becoming only the second player in Manchester City's history to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford!
The last time a Manchester City player scored a hat-trick at Old Trafford was back in 1970 when Francis Lee was in 1970.
Lin didn't celebrate much on the first two goals, but this time, after scoring the third goal to complete the feat of a hat-trick, he raised the collar of his jersey on a whim and looked around the stadium domineeringly, like a king patrolling his territory!
(End of chapter)