0043 3 points of loss

"Let's all run, you guys."

In the dressing room, George Lee was asking his players.

It is now the 19th round of the Premier League, Leeds United hosts Manchester City, halfway through the game, and the score is now 1-1.

But what George Lee couldn't accept was that in just one first half, two players went off the field with injuries.

Ian Hart was running straight ahead and suddenly sat on the ground, and the team doctor found that he had a thigh muscle strain, which was the second time this season, and the third time including the offseason training warm-up.

Not long after he replaced Hart with Layton Baines, the team's midfielder Edgar Davies was injured in a scramble with opposing striker Anelka, and George Lee had to replace Davis with Pederson.

Counting the two in the first half, Leeds United have already injured six players.

Most of them are still the main players of the team, the front court is now missing Van Persie and Romedahl, and the Leeds United attack is constipated again, and the remaining frontcourt players really need speed and skill, technology and speed, but there are no two who are good at it.

Then there is the defensive line, Matteo is injured and has not played a few games this season. This basically means that after this season, George Lee is going to give the former Leeds United captain a hand.

Another injury at the back is Albuchesen, the Danish centre-back sprained his ankle in training, and after a slight sprain, he will be sidelined for more than ten days.

So now Leeds United is basically in a semi-main state, otherwise it would not have been drawn by Manchester City, which is ranked 10th.

I Leeds United have played against Arsenal, Manchester United, and Chelsea before, and I have played back and forth, and even Liverpool has won, and now I am being pressed by you Manchester City.

'In the second half, we switched positions.

"James, you come to midfield and leave the right side to Jespe."

Lee put James Milner in midfield and sent Glen Charles to play on the right.

"Morten, you come here, play on the left and cross a little bit more with Leyton."

George Lee put Pedersen, who had been playing in midfield, on the left side.

"Ori, try to score another one in the second half."

Oscarson nodded, and it was Oscarson who received a corner kick from Pederson in the first half to help Leeds equalize.

After talking about the tactics of the second half, George Li asked the players to rest and replenish their water.

"Fxxk......" he turned around and slapped the table, venting his anger.

Two substitutions have been used in the first half, and now he doesn't dare to make any substitutions in the second half, and he must leave a substitution in his hand just in case.

In fact, in this game, Manchester City played away, and the action was not too big, but in the first half, Leeds United inexplicably injured two people.

George Lee now feels the feeling that Ferguson didn't have enough cards in his hand during that game against Manchester United.

One of the reasons why the giants hoard a lot of excellent players is because they have to fight on multiple fronts and can rotate players appropriately. Another is that there is an injury in a position, and there can be players who can be on top, so as not to reduce the strength of the team.

George Lee asked Ferguson a few times, and Ferguson refused to sell Wiese Brown to Leeds United, and there are reasons for this.

"It seems that we need to make some moves in the winter window, and we can't go on like this." Brian Kidd, who was standing next to Lee, said to George Lee.

"Let's take a look, it doesn't have to be injured for a long time, we can't make up for someone because someone is injured, it's not good for the injured players, I suggest you take a look first, don't be blind." Jordi Cruyff, on the other side, gave a different advice.

"Let's finish the game now." George Li sighed, after venting just now, he felt much more comfortable.

"I hope these guys on the field can play well." Kidd glanced at the players who were resting.

"Basically, you can't make any substitutions, and hopefully they can stick to it."

The time of the half-time passed quickly.

The referee blew the sound of the kick-off of the second half.

Manchester City kicked off first in the second half, with Anelka passing the ball to Fowler and running forward himself.

Fowler didn't return the pass and gave it to Wright-Phillips on the left.

Now other Premier League teams are familiar with Leeds United's routines, and seeing that Leeds United's frontcourt players will not easily pass back too deep after all, but will drive the ball away in advance, because once Leeds United's frontcourt pressure loses the ball, they are basically waiting to catch the ball in the goal.

Several teams have already suffered losses before.

Manchester City's manager today, Stuart Pearce, has obviously studied Leeds United, and basically did not give Leeds United the opportunity to face his centre-back directly when pressing, and tried to play the ball on both wings.

City's two wingers, Wright-Phillips and Boswell, also played well today, threatening Leeds on a number of occasions.

It was Manchester City who opened the scoring in the first half, with Wright-Phillips using his pace to shake off Mills on the left and sweep the ball in front of goal after entering the box, where Anelka scrambled to score.

Wright-Phillips' excellent performances this season are said to have caught the eye of Chelsea, who are keeping a close eye on the black brat with Jamaican and Grenada descent as they prepare to bring him in the summer.

And Anelka, who scored the goal, also played well today, and the French striker, who had played extremely unstable before, was drawn in the draw today, and the wind was very smooth.

In short, George Lee has already explained the backcourt at halftime, and special attention should be paid to this point.

In the second half, Leeds United also strengthened the defense of Phillips, and Milner and Mills, who came in the midfield, kept an eye on Phillips and tried not to give him a chance to receive the ball comfortably.

But such a defense gave Manchester City a chance in the middle.

In the 58th minute of the game, Manchester City midfielder Stephen Jordan made a through pass, a penetrating pass from the midfielder to Anelka, who was outside the Leeds penalty area, and Anelka cleverly came to the ball and passed it to Robbie Fowler, who ran to the Leeds penalty area.

Fowler faced the onrushing Robinson and calmly pushed the ball into the near corner.

Before Fowler could celebrate, he saw the linesman raise the flag.

Leeds United escaped.

George Lee found that today is the first time he has hung his heart in the air, and he has been worried that his back line will be blown up, after all, Matthew Kilgallen's Premier League experience is still too little, and he is still a little lacking in the face of Fowler and Anelka, two old fritters.

George Lee turned around, holding his head and thinking about what to do in order to cope with the next game.

Suddenly, I heard the referee's whistle.

Turning around again, I found that the players were rushing to the sideline of the opponent's half.

Because Lee was on this side of the court, he couldn't see what was happening on the other side, just a group of people gathered around.

At this time, several members of Leeds United's coaching staff walked up to George Lee, and George Lee asked Kidd to find out that it was Glen Charles who was kicked down by Manchester City defender Sun Jihai.

Now from the crowd that gradually dispersed, Glen Charles was holding his calf and did not get up.

"Ness!" George Lee shouted into the distance and called Delwig back.

He no longer dared to let Glenschal stay on the court, as the only player in the front trio who was not injured, Glenschal could not go down again, and George Lee decided to replace Glenschal regardless of whether he was injured or not.

Leeds United used up their last substitution, with 22 good Derwig coming on for No.7 Glen Shire.

After Glen Charles left the game, the team doctor told Li George that it should be fine, but the specific situation still needs to go back for a detailed examination.

De Welch came on and gave the Leeds United players the latest instructions from George Lee. First, he found the captain Smith and talked to him by ear, and Smith called several other midfielders to talk in a circle.

It wasn't until the referee came to urge the set-pieces to be taken that they dispersed one by one.

The second half of the game was quite anxious, with the two sides going back and forth, attacking and defending each other.

Just when the game was about to end and everyone thought it was going to end in a draw, someone stepped up.

That man was Derwig, who was substituted in the second half.

Just when the fourth official raised his card, there were five minutes of stoppage time in the second half.

Leeds United's Mills threw the ball out of the touchline and tossed it straight to Derwig, who accelerated past Manchester City's midfielder Stephen Jordan.

After the pass, Delwig was on the right side of the centre circle.

At this point, Manchester City's left wing-back Sylvain Distin pounced, while centre-back Dunn was dropping back.

Del Vig opted to take on Distin, flicking the outside of his right foot and sprinting towards Distin, a slash to the ball.

The ball seemed a bit big, as if it was going to be taken directly to the soles of Distin's feet.

But everyone underestimated Delvich's speed, and Delvich was the first to touch the ball before Distin's foot touched it, changed its direction and rolled past Distin.

Because Distin had already stretched his foot, he was completely out of position, and Delwig flashed past him.

When Distin looked back and wanted to pull, it was too late, and he didn't even touch the corner of Delwig's clothes, only the remnant of the Norwegian, and his figure was gradually expanding with him.

After the distin, Dunn can't step back and is ready to make up for it.

Just as Dunn was about to leave, Delwig, who was already on the line of the penalty area, passed the ball to Smith, who was diagonally behind him.

Smith started running when Delwig passed the first Jordan, but the Norwegian was too fast to hold up, and he hurried all the way to catch up with his teammate near the penalty area.

It was as if Del Vig hadn't been there until Smith was there, and he passed the ball without looking.

Smith watched the ball roll towards him, straight behind Dunn, a two-two, and a pass behind Dunn.

Dunn was just about to move forward when he saw that Smith was about to pass the ball behind him, and it was too late to block it, so he watched the ball fly behind him.

The ball was a bit big, and by the time we got to the box, Manchester City goalkeeper James had already attacked.

But it was Del Vig who was a little faster, touched the ball before James, and sent the ball into the goal, while he was hit by James on the ground and flipped twice.

“Nessi! Goooooooooooooooal! The live broadcast shouted out in the loudest voice.

When Delwig heard the goal, he spread himself on the ground and did not get up.

The other Leeds players all raced towards Delwig, pounced on him and folded up.

The stacks of Arhats were stacked higher and higher, and Gravison, who came at the end, pulled the people down one by one.

"Don't pull me, my legs...... I can't move. De Lvich said at the bottom.

"Get up, Ness." Smith said to Del Vig.

"Captain, I really can't get up, my legs, my knees don't seem to be able to move, they hurt...... Hiss~"

The teammates who had just dispersed gathered around again to check on the situation.

The referee also stepped forward and urged the Leeds players to return to the game, as the Manchester City players had already protested to him against the Leeds United players' delays.

But seeing Delwig hugging his knees, his expression didn't look like a fake.

I hurriedly called the medical staff to come over, but fortunately it was outside the stadium and did not affect the game.

Until the end, Delwig did not return to the field, he was taken on a stretcher all the way from the sidelines to the bench for treatment.

Leeds came up with 10 men to hold on for the final minutes and win 2-1.

George Lee acknowledged Delwig's performance in his post-match interview, calling him Leeds' savior today.

However, then he received a report on the team's inspection of Delwig.

Cruciate ligament tear, season reimbursement.

Leeds United injured four players for the three points against Manchester City.

It's a big loss.