If you want to limit City's attack, you must first block his passes.

Inle and Drinkwater cover a small area defensively, with the midfield being a barrier between the two.

N'Golo Kante was tasked with blocking De Bruyne's pass.

As a result, Lyicester City's defence was deprived of vertical protection, with the midfield line and the back line being pressed too close to each other, allowing the opposition to look for opportunities through low crosses.

Fortunately, Manchester City did not have a high striker, so they gave up the play of wide crosses, and still used short passes to penetrate and threaten the opponent's goal.

David Silva is in charge of organising the ball, using his superb dribbling to create a threat at the edge of the opposition box.

When the Lyrc defence shrinks towards the middle, he immediately finds the perfect passing route and splits the ball wide to the feet of Kevin De Bruyne.

N'Golo Kante's marking was quickly put in place, his centre of gravity was low, and when his opponent started to accelerate, he turned back and was able to reach out and poke the ball out in the first place.

De Bruyne didn't expect the small man in front of him to move fast and get down faster, not only lost the ball, but also was put to the ground.

N'Golo Kante managed to break the ball but the second penalty was saved by Yaya Toure.

Without saying a word, he pounced again.

Yaya Toure first made a light dunk to shake off N'Golo Kante's steal.

However, after Kante failed to sweep the ball on the first shot, he immediately dug his legs into the ground, adjusted his body's center of gravity, and moved in the direction of the opponent's dribble at any time.

"Why is he still here?"

Yaya Toure, who thought he was shaking off the defense, was startled by Kante, who blocked in time.

Seeing that De Bruyne had already gotten up and demanded, he first leaned on his opponent with his body and then pushed the ball to his teammate.

N'Golo Kante once again showed incredible movement and reflexes, sprinting quickly towards Kevin De Bruyne with the ball.

The Belgian midfielder, who suffered a loss first, first took a few steps forward, faced the hot Kante, and sent the iconic curling ball to the left front, penetrating the Lyrcester City defense and running to the back post of Raheem Sterling.

With a disposition, Hutter slid forward and took advantage of his long legs to shovel the ball towards the baseline.

Ooh!

This tackle is very risky, and if you don't get the direction of the tackle right, you are very likely to swing your own goal.

Fortunately, the ball flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post, shocking the fans behind the goal into a cold sweat.

Kante alone will not be able to blockade De Bruyne.

Because by Tintin's side, there are strong teammates who come to support in time.

Pellegrini found that the opponent was interested in blocking De Bruyne, and he immediately made adjustments, allowing several attackers up front to switch positions flexibly.

This not only makes it more difficult to defend, but also allows opponents to be on the lookout for De Bruyne's passes at all times.

In the 10th minute, Kevin De Bruyne came to the middle, Sergio Aguero pulled on the side, and Raheem Sterling cut forward.

After receiving a pass from Silva, De Bruyne did not stop the ball and picked the ball directly into the box and gave it to the feet of Raheem Sterling, who was cutting forward.

Huter's recovery was noticeably slower, but it was Danny Simpson who made up the ball quickly from the wing.

[Pick the pass over, Sterling single-handedly! ] 】

[The defender can't catch up, good chance, shoot!] 】

[Oops, Sterling's right-footed shot is high!] 】

Raheem Sterling was brought to the ground by Danny Simpson the moment he finished shooting.

He raised his hand to signal that the ball was a defensive foul and should have been a penalty.

But the referee didn't blow for a foul, but gave a goal kick.

Pellegrini's eyes off the field are as disappointed as they are.

Not a single goal was wasted, and a clever pass from De Bruyne was wasted.

In the first 10 minutes, Lyicester City were in danger and Ranieri had to consolidate his defence, bringing in Riyad Mahrez and Rossi to make the formation change from 4-3-3 to 4-5-1.

Rossi is in the position of the forward midfielder, not fixed, and always approaches the direction of the ball.

This is the high degree of freedom that Ranieri gave him.

Although the team was forced to switch to the defensive, the necessary counter-attack points still need to be retained.

Pellegrini was optimistic about Rossi last season, but the club buys people, and has always only bought expensive ones, not the right ones.

And after buying the golden boy Raheem Sterling from Liverpool, there is no need to buy another replacement.

In this game, Pellegrini also aimed at Rossi and arranged defensive tactics.

The two midfielders, Yaya Toure and Fernandinho, one in front of the attack, the other in the back.

With Rossi having a high degree of freedom up front, he will have a conscious insertion behind Yaya Toure.

If Yaya Toure gets forward and Fernandinho is sure to fill in the space behind him if there is a counter-attack, then the other side will be exposed.

If Fernandinho attacks, then Rossi will cut into the space behind him, leaving Yaya Toure with no time to distract.

City used possession and patience to find opportunities, and as the game progressed, their formation gradually pressed up.

In order to increase the numerical advantage in midfield, Pellegrini put Yaya Toure up and central defender Otamendi to defend the space where he was leaving.

After Yaya Toure was involved in the attack, Lyicester City began to see confusion in midfield.

David Silva continued to dribble down the middle, harassing the defence and looking for opportunities.

In the 25th minute, Inler followed Silva, but he deftly passed the ball under his crotch, and Hute saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward to block.

Sergio Aguero saw the opportunity to step forward and a team-mate's pass was the first to get to his feet.

[Nice pass, Aguero is not offside, into the box.] 】

[His shooting is much more reassuring than Sterling!] 】

【Shoot!】 】

[Saved by the goalkeeper!] 】

[Schmeichel has made a meritorious service, he gave a wonderful save and can be selected as one of the top ten saves in this round. 】

Aguero aimed at the bottom left corner of the goal, and the angle and strength of his shot were exactly right.

The defender on the wing blocked his shot in the near corner for the first time, so Schmeichel did not hesitate to pounce on the far corner when he fell to the ground.

The ball didn't go out of bounds, but was saved by Morgan near the baseline, and Drinkwater in midfield was reaching for the ball.

Morgan was near the baseline and had a hard time passing the ball to his teammates, so he had to distribute it to Fuchs on the wing first.

After Fuchs got the ball, he took only one step, adjusted his body balance, and passed to Drinkwater in the middle.

It was Lyicester's first counter-attack in the first half.

Drinkwater picked up the ball in midfield and was instantly caught by Fernandinho and Kolarov.

He returned from injury and remained in very good shape and fitness.

While his body broke through to the left suit, he quickly flicked the ball to the other side with his right foot and shifted his center of gravity.

He shook off the defence and distributed the ball to Rossi in front of him.

Rossi pretended to have the ball with his back, stuck in a good position, quickly half-turned, and moved sideways to the right.

Yaya Toure was confused by his feints, but he was not slow to turn and chase back.

Moreover, Rossi moved laterally, not forward, and he quickly blocked the forward line.

Always young!

Yaya Toure sneered, and Rossi could turn directly and face the goal.

Even if you dribble the ball horizontally, you should go to the left.

Because on the right side, there are no teammates in front.

Bang!

Rossi took a small step laterally and passed the ball straight forward.

The ball went through the gap between the two centre-backs and into the feet of Jamie Vardy.

This pass is not subtle, but it is unexpected.

Because he took the ball from Rossi's back and half-turned to dribble the ball, he hardly even glanced at Vardy in front.

No one even knew that he was actually passing the ball to Jamie Vardy.

So how did he know that Vardy would be on this line?

The sudden pass surprised and delighted Vardy.

However, due to lack of preparation, when receiving the ball and taking it to the penalty area, the power was too great, and the goalkeeper who was attacked quickly fell to the ground and held the ball in his arms.

The home fans applauded, and although the attack did not result in a shot on goal, it was already a threat to the goal.

What's more, City have De Bruyne's close-to-the-ground arc cut.

We had Rossi's lethal through ball.

In this game, who will win and who will lose, it is not yet known.

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