Mancini's ability to adjust tactics is indeed very powerful. This is also one of the characteristics of Italian coaches. Even if they have various problems, they often have two brushes in on-the-spot command, and sometimes more than two.
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Aguero's appearance made an immediate impact.
Manchester City's players soon discovered that in the face of Southampton's pressing, they became more comfortable in the midfield and were able to launch attacks better.
They didn't organize a serious attack in the first half. Even so, they created some opportunities.
Opportunities can be created even more now.
Southampton's running and defense are still very good, constantly blocking Manchester City's offense, but what is different from the first half is that Manchester City's offense is more and more able to create real threats!
After Silva broke through, he passed back. Adam Johnson followed up and shot directly without stopping the ball. Blind flew over and used his body to block the baseline.
Silva took a corner kick, Wundt took the lead to clear the ball with a header, and Yaya Toure shot high from the outside.
Bari distributed the ball in the midfield. Yaya Toure received the ball and broke through directly from the midfield. Matuidi's entanglement was forcefully knocked away by him. After breaking into the penalty area, Yaya Toure took a shot. Lovren
Missed due to timely interference.
Yaya Toure sent a direct pass from the center, and Dzeko shot a semi-single shot. Navas, who was attacking, saved the ball.
Being pressed like this by Manchester City, Southampton also counterattacked. Willian passed the ball after breaking through, and Vidal's long shot was blocked by Hart.
At this moment, Manchester City's offensive finally achieved results.
It's Silva again. He got rid of Dembele's defense on the wing and then passed it to Aguero in the penalty area. Aguero turned around and shot at the first time. Wundt's block was a step slower, but Navas still
Made a wonderful save!
He reacted almost instinctively, flying up and reaching out to block the ball. The ball bounced into the penalty area, but fell right in front of Dzeko who was advancing forward. The Bosnian striker immediately took a shot and the ball went into the net without any suspense!
Manchester City fans gave a huge cheer. In their view, the series of fierce attacks just now proved that Manchester City's offense has returned to normal state, and their attacks will only get smoother and smoother in the future!
From this perspective, their guess is not wrong.
After the midfielder recovered, Manchester City's offense began to become more sharp.
Noriya made a move on the field.
The high press can no longer suppress Manchester City - this is related to their lack of proficiency in high press. This is not a problem that can be solved in a short time. Now the tactics must be changed.
The decision Noriya made was to fight.
Suppress Manchester City's offensive through offense.
This approach allowed Southampton to slowly regain its disadvantage in the next ten minutes. The two sides began to continuously attack on the field, and the scene began to become extremely exciting and intense, which made fans on both sides excited.
However, in such a confrontation, whoever can seize the opportunity better will be able to achieve the final victory.
Under such circumstances, Aguero, as a top shooter, immediately showed his value!
In the 68th and 71st minutes, Manchester City scored two goals in a row and overtook the score!
First, after a series of cooperation by Manchester City in the midfield, Silva cleverly distributed the ball to the wing. Richards, the right back who advanced to assist, received the ball and then passed the ground to the back point. Southampton's defense was concentrated in front.
From one point to the middle, Aguero cleverly appeared at the back point and scored with ease!
Just three minutes later, Aguero made another timely forward move. After receiving a pass from Yaya Toure, he shot. Navas flew to save the ball. The ball fell to Aguero's feet again. Aguero picked the ball.
Passed Navas, and then hooked the ball back just as the ball was about to leave the baseline...
Silva, who moved forward at high speed, scored with a stab!
The shouts of Manchester City fans in the stands were like a landslide and a tsunami.
After falling behind by two goals, they scored three goals in a row in more than 20 minutes in the second half, completing a great comeback!
How could this not be exciting!
"Aguero is such an excellent striker..."
Ji Ya shook his head helplessly. During the confrontation just now, the two sides had almost the same chances. As a result, Aguero passed and shot, and Manchester City immediately took an absolute advantage!
The performance of Southampton's attackers is not bad, but compared with Aguero's performance after coming off the bench, the collective performance looks bleak!
But of course Noriya would not choose to just surrender.
He still has many good offensive players, so there is no reason to give up like this.
Giroud came on and replaced Klose, who was in declining physical condition.
Giroud's impact is obviously more threatening at this time.
At the same time, Vidal and Dembélé, whose physical fitness dropped significantly, also left the game, and were replaced by two new players, Schneiderlin and Mkhitaryan.
As a result, Southampton's offense began to focus more on a few players who can break through - William, Ronaldo, Mkhitaryan.
Southampton's offense just now was basically based on passing and coordination, but now, their offense is starting to become more focused.
This change also made Manchester City's defense very uncomfortable.
Especially Lescott - this central defender who is considered a famous player in the Premier League is actually the weakest link in Manchester City's defense. He has good physical fitness and excellent confrontation, but his judgment and reaction are poor.
It's a bit slow, which is a common problem among ordinary Premier League central defenders.
So when faced with James Ronaldo and Mkhitaryan taking turns dribbling the ball through, he struggled to resist.
In addition, Manchester City's midfielder now lacks De Jong, and the defense is actually declining. Kompany is restrained by Giroud, who has just come on, and cannot come to help him. The midfielder also lacks players to protect him.
Although Richards and others continued to cover for him, Lescott still made a fatal mistake. After receiving the ball, Mkhitaryan broke into the penalty area and then changed direction to get rid of him. Obviously, he could not cause any damage to the goal.
Threatening, Lescott rashly stretched out his foot and tripped Mkhitaryan...
The referee's whistle sounded amidst the angry curses of the Manchester City fans, and the Southampton fans began to clap their hands crazily - a penalty kick!
Southampton's penalty kicker last season was Lambert, but he has left. During the training camp, Nori found that the most stable penalty kicker was winger William. He often took penalty kicks when he was at Shakhtar, so he took the penalty kick.
He became the first penalty kick taker.
William did not disappoint everyone this time. He calmly deceived Joe Hart and scored the penalty kick into the dead center of the goal!
Three to three ties!
"Tenacious Southampton! After being reversed, they relied on wave after wave of attacks to finally equalize the score! I have to say that the level of this newly promoted team is indeed outstanding. Considering that they were the Europa League champions last season,
It is enough to distinguish them from other upgraded teams! It is now the 86th minute of the game, and this game will most likely end in a draw!"
