"Anthony Martial's start is a little bit early!"

"It was Juan Mata's pass that was half a beat slower!"

"I think it's a conscious offside trap created by the Manchester City backline, just waiting for Anthony Martial!"

Fans have different opinions on Anthony Martial's offside, but they all feel it's a pity.

Since the start of the game, United have had very little possession and even fewer attacking opportunities, and the counter-attack just now looked like a great opportunity, but unfortunately they couldn't take it.

This counterattack failed, and it made Manchester City vigilant, and it will be even more difficult to succeed in the future!

The fans' worries were right, and Mourinho was also worried, and he subconsciously moved his butt to make himself sit more comfortably.

On the pitch, Manchester City did not make much adjustment after Manchester United's counterattack failed, and still followed the previous tactics, methodical passing, running, attacking and shooting.

Once again, the pace of the game was in the hands of Manchester City, as it had been at the start of the game.

But unlike before, this time, Manchester City have more attacking means.

Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and Lin Quan frequently switched positions on the pitch to pull the Reds' backline.

The advantage of cross-switching is that it is easy for defenders to lose position and hesitate to defend against whom.

Originally, their positioning could form an airtight defensive line, but through cross-switching, they can mobilize defenders, and then widen the distance between the two defenders, artificially creating gaps, allowing masters like Lin Quan and David Silva to be good at breaking and dribbling in small areas to create opportunities.

If the opponent's defender doesn't have a strong sense of position or doesn't concentrate enough, it's easy to make such mistakes.

The strength of pass-controlled football is that by constantly passing the ball, pulling and mobilizing the opponent's defense, making the opponent make mistakes, and then seizing the opportunity of the opponent's mistakes to launch a fatal blow.

Manchester United's players know this very well, it is not the first day they have known pass-and-control football, they know a lot about this attacking method.

But even if you know very well what the other party is going to do, your body may not be able to keep up with the rhythm of the other party.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Lin Quan and David Silva crossed the position again, with the help of the latter's cover, Lin Quan very concealed lateral flick of the ball, and then suddenly started, and approached Manchester United's defender Smalling in one step.

Smalling was just about to grab and put pressure on Lin Quan and David Silva, but he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to come up and catch him off guard.

Smalling was startled, and hurriedly stopped his steps, using his hands and feet together, trying to prevent Lin Quan from breaking through from his side, but Lin Quan's first step was already on the penalty line, the referee was nearby, and Smalling's actions did not dare to be too obvious.

Therefore, his actions can only play a symbolic role, and they can't stop Lin Quan at all.

Lin Quan smoothly broke into the forbidden area!

Seeing the opponent's No. 10 dribbling into their own penalty area, all the Manchester United fans on the scene gasped, and they couldn't help but stand up one by one, stretching their necks to look at their own goal:

But don't score!

Lin Quan's scoring ability is obvious to all in the Premier League, and since he joined the Premier League, he has almost monopolized the Premier League's scorer list.

Even if Kane has such a ferocious momentum in the past two seasons, he can only follow his ass and eat ashes.

Such a dangerous guy, let him burst into the penalty area, the players of Manchester United all sighed in their hearts, and almost all the players nearby almost subconsciously pounced towards Lin Quan!

You have to stop him, you can't let him shoot, you can't let him score!

De Gea stared at his teammates in the national team, he knew Lin Quan's strength very well, knew that the ball was at the opponent's feet, and he could shoot at any time, so he was ready to save at any time!

Seeing that all the Manchester United generals rushed towards him, Lin Quan glanced at the goal, and then raised his right leg.

De Gea's eyes widened, this guy is about to shoot!

Where is he going to shoot?

Left or right?

Seeing Lin Quan's leg swing, another defender of Manchester United, Rojo, tackled the ball directly.

However, just when everyone thought that Lin Quan was about to shoot, he suddenly knocked the ball with his half-raised heel, and passed the ball backwards to his teammates without looking at anyone.

After switching positions with Lin Quan, David Silva took the initiative to go to the side in order to help Lin Quan attract firepower, and by the way, he also took away one of the opponent's fullbacks.

In other words, Lin Quan's passing position at this time was empty, and there was no one!

Was it a mistake?

Seeing Lin Quan's action, the little pig who had returned to the vicinity of the penalty area line couldn't help but think like this.

However, just as he thought so, a blue figure rushed past him at a gallop and slammed it on the football.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the ball flew like a cannonball towards the United goal.

De Gea was shaken by Lin Quan's action just now, and when he went to save other people's shots at this time, his movements were half a beat slower.

With a bang, the ball flew into the goal and made a close contact with the net.

After more than 20 minutes of trying, Manchester City finally broke through the opponent's goal.

The score also became 1:0!

The scorer is Tony Kroos!

After scoring the goal, Mr. Tony spread his arms and ran happily along the pitch with a big smile on his face.

It's a great feeling to score at Old Trafford!

No wonder that guy Lin was so energetic when he played Manchester United!

Kroos' goal made Mourinho unable to sit still any longer, and when Lin Quan passed the ball to Kroos with his heel, he slammed into his feet and stood up from the dugout.

Shoot from the back of the midfield?

Fooled!

The reason why this guy didn't arrange a striker was because he had such a plan!

The other side seems to have no striker on the surface, but in fact, Manchester City has a striker, and that is Lin Quan!

Although he is not a center forward, he has a similar effect to a center forward.

He can burst out, shoot, pass, enter can be used as the team's offensive fulcrum, and retreat can be the team's organizational core.

The best thing is that Lin Quan's position is not on the front line, which allows him not to have to fight with the defenders, not only has more space to attack, but also saves a lot of physical energy.

Although he knew that Lin Quan was very important to Manchester City and was the core of Manchester City's attack, he didn't expect Guardiola to be so crazy and develop an offensive strategy that almost completely revolved around Lin Quan.

Isn't he afraid that Lin Quan is in poor condition and plays abnormally?

Pep Guardiola gave a round of applause to Chris who scored the goal and the players who participated in the attack, this set of tactics was indeed tailor-made for Lin, and it was a step further on the basis of the original strikerless formation!

He wanted to see where Lin Quan's limit was, and he could afford his expectations of him and the heavy responsibility of the entire team?

At present, it seems that Lin Quan's performance is completely trustworthy, and even exceeded his expectations.

I don't know what other surprises this kid can bring to himself in the next game?

The reason why Pep Guardiola is so lined up in this game is to implement his consistent strategy of seeking stability in the league.

Outsiders think that he works every time he plays a key game, but in fact, this time it's really not a whole job.

It is clear from his last three midfielders that he does not intend to give United the slightest chance in this game.

The three midfielders are to completely lock up Manchester United's midfield and not give them any chance to counterattack, and tactics such as offside traps specially designed for this purpose are also based on these.

Of course, you can't win a game just by defending alone, it's just a draw at best.

If you want to win the game, you still have to see if the strikers can score!

After removing the striker, whether Manchester City's attacking system in the front field can be maintained and whether it can tear apart the opponent's defense under the opposition's dense defense, Guardiola does not know.

Now, though, he's not worried about it.

After falling behind, Manchester United shouldn't be able to continue to defend, right?

At that time, the three backs arranged by yourself can really come in handy!

He wanted to see how Manchester United could organise an effective attack with such a terrifying midfield control from Manchester City.

Mourinho is also having a headache with this problem, and the opponent's three-back tactical system is indeed strong, which is a bit unreasonable.

Kroos is good to say that the key is the other two N'Golo Kante and Fernandinho, who are defensive midfielders.

How do you break through their interception?

The score behind changed the atmosphere at Old Trafford, and even the cheers became much quieter.

Manchester United's fans and players have taken a big toll on morale, and if they lose again, it will be their sixth straight defeat against Manchester City!

So, after the restart, there was almost no need for Mourinho to stand up and shout, and they immediately launched an attack in a hurry.

Seeing that the team finally stopped reining in defense and began to take the initiative to attack, the morale of the fans at the scene was slightly boosted, and they began to shout loudly again to cheer for the players.

There is only the Red Devils who die standing, and there is no Manchester United who lives on their knees.

If it weren't for the poor record of the Red Devils before, and Mourinho's retrenchment defense at Old Trafford, the Red Devils fans would have stopped doing it a long time ago!

At this time, seeing the Red Devils players like the old Red Devils under Sir Alex Ferguson, launching a fierce attack on each other at their home stadium, countless Red Devils fans were excited!

This is the right taste, this is the Red Devil they are familiar with!

No reversal, no Red Devils!

What is a goal behind?

They have all seen the situation of falling behind by more goals and then turning the tables!

Manchester United have the most reversals in Premier League history, and it seems that the Red Devils are good at putting on a super-comeback.

For the slow-burning Red Devils, falling behind in the opening game only showed that they weren't quite into the groove yet.

Once they have stimulated the blood and courage in adversity, then the opponent's lead is not worth mentioning in their eyes!

However, Red Devils fans seem to have forgotten that the Red Devils at Old Trafford are no longer the same Red Devils they were familiar with.

They did fight back, and the momentum was truly enormous.

However......

They can't even get past the Manchester City midfield!

When Manchester United attacked, N'Golo Kante became the brightest boy on the pitch!

With his strong running ability and excellent interception awareness, he has become a hurdle in front of Manchester United's players, making it difficult for them to cross the thunder pool by half a step.

Mata, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Schneiderlin......

There are so many Manchester United players who have fallen in front of Kante that when they see Kante, they can't wait to take a detour.

N'Golo Kante has become a nightmare for all midfielders!

N'Golo Kante's strong interception and tackling ability meant City had plenty of opportunities to counter-attack.

When Manchester United's formation was shrinking very much, it was difficult for them to play their attacking threat.

But at this time, the opponent took the initiative to attack, and the stage for the attacking group in the front court of Manchester City immediately became much bigger!

In the 38th minute, Kante broke the ball and played it straight to De Bruyne, who moved wide to the other wing.

David Silva received the ball and cut directly inside, attracting the attention of the goalkeeper and defenders, and then passed the ball to Lin Quan, who was outflanked in the middle.

Lin Quan accelerated the ball into the penalty area and calmly pushed the ball into the right side of the goal in the face of De Gea.

De Gea fell to the ground and was half a beat slow to save, and could only watch helplessly as the football rolled into his own goal again.

2:0！

The rhythm of the singing of the Red Devils fans was interrupted by the sudden goal.

There was silence for two seconds, followed by boos and curses.

Manchester United fans were outraged, why were the opponents scoring and not them?

They're attacking, but why is it the opponent who scores?

It only took one counter-attack for Manchester City to break through their defence, breach their goal and leave countless Red Devils fans in place.

"Don't panic, it's a small scene, it's just two goals, I believe our players, they will definitely be able to kick back!"

Someone is forced to comfort his companions, no matter how big the disadvantage is, the Red Devils have not experienced it, 2 goals only, what is it?

It's just that this time there are many fewer people who echo him than before.

Falling behind by two goals is a real chance for a giant team like Manchester United, especially when the game is still early.

However, their opponents are Manchester City!

I hate to admit it, but Manchester City are now the strongest team in the entire Premier League.

Such a strong team, let alone 2 goals, even if it is one goal behind, it is not easy to catch it back.

Especially when the opponent arranges three backs, they can't even pass the midfield!

How easy is it to reverse an opponent?

In the coach's seat, Mourinho's expression was already quite solemn.

He glanced at the direction of the Manchester City dugout with some anger, Guardiola not only stole his own three-back system, but even the counter-attacking tactics were exactly the same as when he was at Real Madrid.

Simple and efficient passing, each pass is forward, and the frontcourt players all do their best to run to the opponent's goal as fast as possible, without giving the opposing defenders time to settle down.

This simple and efficient counter-attacking tactic, once successful, can often produce goals within ten seconds.

Just like Manchester City this time, from the moment Kante passed the ball after breaking the ball to the end of the second when Lin Quan pushed the shot, the entire offensive process probably only took seven or eight seconds.

The time was so fast that the Reds had no time to replay or stop the opponent except for the defenders who were dragging the defenders behind.

It can be said that Guardiola used his Mourinho tactics to break him!

So, is this sarcastic to me?

A flash of anger flashed in Mourinho's eyes!

Are you telling me that you Pep Guardiola will not only pass the control, but also defend against the counter, and I will only defend the counter?

(End of chapter)