Although timely adjustments were made, there was no good effect, which gave Mancini a headache.
During the halftime break, he emphasized that he should control the ball more when attacking - after all, Manchester City's technical content is also very sufficient. When playing ball-control tactics, Southampton's midfielder is not as strong as usual, so Manchester City's offense will also be weak.
It will go smoothly.
This wave of response made the players feel suddenly enlightened. Indeed, since our pressing is not enough to prevent Southampton from controlling the ball, Southampton's pressing is not enough to prevent us from controlling the ball!
They can control it, but I can’t?
Manchester City went on the field with high morale.
However, Noriya changed two people during the intermission.
Drinkwater came on and replaced Mkhitaryan, Ronaldo came on and replaced Nolito.
Increase the running and defense of the midfield. As for Mkhitaryan's ball control role, it will be completed by Ronaldo who comes on the bench...
Manchester City's players were stunned.
Now they no longer play possession tactics and start to stick to counterattacks? Is this still accurate?
Mancini sensed something was wrong. Every time Ji Ya made a change, he seemed to have calculated what he was going to do. If this were the case, this game would really be a bit dangerous.
But now he has no other choice but to launch an attack.
We are already lagging behind, what can we do if we don’t attack?
Fortunately, Manchester City does not lack offensive means.
In the following time, they began to continuously create opportunities.
However, Southampton's defense is quite strong and they firmly guard the penalty area. Even if they want to take a long shot from the outside, someone will immediately come up to interfere.
Under such circumstances, if you can still score a world-beating goal, we will admit it!
Southampton's attitude is very bachelor, and Manchester City's attitude can only be the same.
They started to attack constantly, while Southampton kept defending.
Silva broke through and created a corner kick. Nasri took the corner kick and Kolo Toure missed the header.
Balotelli passed the ball after pulling out of the penalty area. Aguero received the ball and shot directly. The shot missed due to timely interference from Drinkwater.
Yaya Toure's long shot was blocked by Matuidi. After taking the ball again, Yaya Toure made a cross. After receiving the ball, Silva received the ball and missed the far corner with a curved ball under the interference of Dembele.
Yaya Toure passed the ball, Nasri shot low from the corner of the penalty area and was pinned down by Navas.
"Manchester City is in a bad situation right now. Although their offense is constantly creating opportunities, they rarely hit the penalty area. They are all long-range shots... This kind of offensive efficiency is indeed too low."
"It is indeed rare for Southampton to be able to execute tactics to this extent. However, even if they lost before, they were always able to control the situation on the field. Against mid-to-lower teams, they might not be able to win due to bad luck.
Score goals, but when you play against a strong team, you can often seize the opportunity better."
"Yes, Southampton's performance may not be stable enough now, but when facing top teams, it can do no less well!"
The commentators praised Southampton's performance one after another. Indeed, their performance in this game is worthy of praise. Although only 70 minutes have passed in the game, Manchester City really has no hope of scoring.
Mancini made a desperate move and replaced Barry with Dzeko to increase their ability to grab points in the penalty area. However, as a result, their ability to return to defense became even weaker...
Southampton established the victory in the 80th minute. A direct pass from the midfielder to William created an opportunity. William broke through from the wing and passed the ball. Ronaldo scored with a header from a small angle at the back point, scoring the first goal of the game.
Two goals!
2-0, Southampton defeated Manchester City at home!
This is not an upset, but it makes the entire season start to move in an unknown direction!
"You...really beat me..." Mancini couldn't help but say.
"We also have to grab points to keep the top four." Ji Ya sighed.
Mancini shook his head. He had no other ideas. After all, Southampton had no reason to let go. Southampton also performed very well in this game.
"I hope you can perform as well when playing against Manchester United." Mancini could only say this in the end.
"I'll try my best." Ji Ya replied.
"I am very satisfied with the performance of the players in this game...especially Luke Shaw. Yes, he is still young, but he is already an outstanding member of the Southampton youth academy. I will not use him blindly.
, the biggest fear for young players is to encourage others to succeed, so I did not bring him to this press conference. Southampton can always cultivate excellent players. Is this the characteristics of our club that determines Manchester City? Manchester City is still a team
With a strong team, our win in this game was actually a bit of a fluke," Noriya said at the press conference.
Mancini admitted that he was suppressed by Ji Ya in terms of tactical adjustments in this game. However, there are still ten rounds in the league and Manchester City will not easily give up the opportunity to win the championship. Manchester City has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
years.
But it is obvious that Manchester City's defeat caused them to lose the top spot that they had maintained for 20 rounds.
Since the eighth round, they have never lost from this position, but in the twenty-eighth round, they were overtaken by Manchester United!
"Thank you Southampton for doing us a small favor, but we will perform better next time." Ferguson said after leading his team to defeat West Bromwich Albion with two goals.
It is obvious that the competition between the two teams in Manchester has become fierce. Southampton is still eight points behind Manchester United. In fact, it is difficult to hit the top few.
However, Southampton has consolidated its third position. Now they are six points ahead of Tottenham. In the last round, Tottenham lost to Manchester United. In this round, Tottenham lost to Everton and was suddenly beaten by Southampton.
Suddenly he was thrown away.
Arsenal, with 52 points, and Chelsea, with 49 points, are still quite far behind them.
Next up is Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea competing for fourth place.
Southampton can focus more on the Europa League.
Defeating Manchester City undoubtedly gave Southampton enough confidence to successfully get out of their previous predicament.
Then their games began to return to normal.
In the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals against Standard Liege at home in midweek, Southampton completed a hearty victory at home.
Ronaldo scored twice, plus goals from Klose and Vidal, Southampton swept Standard Liege 4-0 at home and entered the quarterfinals of the Europa League!
This victory once again earned Southampton numerous compliments. The reason is very simple. In this wave of knockout rounds, the Manchester duo failed...
Manchester City was eliminated by Sporting Lisbon, and Manchester United was eliminated by Athletic Bilbao. In the blink of an eye, Southampton became the last hope of the Premier League in the Europa League!
