After conceding the goal, Southampton players were as unhappy as their head coach.
Especially when they conceded the goal, they didn't actually make too many mistakes, but they allowed Manchester City to play a smooth attack. They were even more unhappy when they saw their opponents celebrating, even though the nationalities of the two sides on the field overlapped quite a bit.
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Southampton quickly launched a counterattack.
Shortly after losing the ball, Ronaldo broke through from the wing and passed a pass that was blocked by the opponent's defender. De Bruyne took a corner kick. Otamendi, who stepped forward to assist, grabbed the first spot and shook his head to attack the goal. Unfortunately, the ball
Slightly off.
A few minutes later, De Bruyne took the ball at the edge of the penalty area and Yaya Toure was forced to bring him down. The referee showed him a yellow card. However, Southampton has many players with good skills on the field and is good at free kicks.
There were not many players. Mkhitaryan took the free kick. The ball bounced off the wall. De Bruyne followed up with another kick, but was blocked by the defender again.
The ball flew to the other side of the penalty area. Ronaldo took another long shot to meet the flying ball. The ball flew high into the sky, and then began to fall rapidly!
Everyone's eyes followed the ball as it flew up and down, and then they saw the ball flying past the hands of goalkeeper Pandi Limon who was struggling to take off. The next moment, it hit the top of the crossbar hard and flew out of the baseline!
"What a risk! James almost scored a wonderful long-range shot! But this is a very common thing for Colombians... This shot missed by just a little bit!"
Ronaldo looked up to the sky with regret and sighed, but he had nothing to do with it. In order to accumulate enough fame in the first two seasons, it would not be a big problem if his performance this season was a little worse.
Moreover, the end of the season is the World Cup, and his desire for the World Cup is also great.
After missing this goal, Southampton's offense weakened slightly. After ten minutes of boredom and adjustments, Southampton began to exert renewed pressure!
Mkhitaryan took a long shot, but Pantilimon saved it.
Luke Shaw crossed the ball from the wing, and Lukaku struggled to reach the top, but it went over the crossbar.
Klein stepped forward to assist, and then passed the ball to De Bruyne. De Bruyne scored the ball again. Casemiro followed up with a long shot, which was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.
While Southampton continued to attack, Manchester City also waited for opportunities to counterattack. However, Aguero's grab in the penalty area was interfered with by Otamendi and hit high, while Negredo was unable to do so under Font's defense.
If there is any performance, the only way to create some trouble is by pulling the ball out of the penalty area.
Ronaldo soon took another long shot. After such a continuous attack, they finally scored!
De Bruyne passed the ball to Suarez in the middle. Suarez started to move forward after receiving the ball. Kompany made a mistake this time. He rushed out of the penalty area to defend Suarez. When there was enough space,
Next, Suarez pulled the ball and turned around, then passed him.
The big Kompany had no time to turn around, but fortunately, there were many Manchester City players in the penalty area, so Suarez would not be able to break through easily.
After breaking through Kompany, Suarez continued to dribble forward. While dribbling the ball, he kept shaking, making the Manchester City defenders in front of him afraid to come up. Then he took off and made a fake shot. This realistic movement
The fake move shook the defender and goalkeeper at the same time, and then Suarez quickly swung his calf and shot a curve ball!
Pantilimon was shaken and couldn't even react. He could only watch the ball fly into the upper right corner of the goal!
"The ball went in! A beautiful personal performance! Suarez! This was his first shot in the game and he scored! He was silent for forty minutes before, but at this time, he was extremely dazzling.
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The commentator shouted wildly, and Suarez opened his arms and rushed to the sideline. As soon as he was halfway through, Ronaldo grabbed him from behind and fell down. Other Southampton players swarmed up.
, putting the goalscorer at the bottom.
"The atmosphere within the Southampton team is really good..."
Looking at the Southampton players celebrating together, the commentator couldn't help but say something.
Ji Ya waved his fist, so what if Manchester City scored first? Didn't we equalize? In the second half, we'll see!
The score in the first half was one to one, but in Noriya's opinion, Southampton played much better than Manchester City. Manchester City had been suppressed by them and their physical energy was not reduced. In the second half, only Southampton performed better and better.
Good portion.
In terms of physical fitness, they have an advantage. In the midweek league, Manchester City does not have the luxury to use all the substitutes.
"Their goalkeeper is indeed prone to overreaction, or he relies on instinct to save, so Luis did a good job. He made a fake move before shooting, letting him move first, and then shooting, and he was easily unable to react. This is a little trick
, but little tricks can be useful too.”
Ji Ya said in the locker room, and the players nodded. They had a lot of shots in the first half, but Pandi Limon also made a good save. This is normal. If he hadn't had a certain strength, Pelleg
Rini would not think of using him to stimulate Joe Hart, but in this game, it is an area that Southampton can make good use of.
The Manchester City dressing room was rather dull at this time. Being beaten like this by Southampton made the Manchester City stars very unhappy. However, even though they were unhappy, they couldn't say anything more. After all, Southampton had strictly followed the rules for the past two seasons.
It is said that the overall performance is not worse than them at all.
Last season they were the league champions and Southampton was third.
Last season Southampton was the league champion and they were third.
So no matter how proud they are, they can only admit that Southampton is at least an opponent of the same level as them.
When playing against opponents of the same level, it is normal to be passive on the court.
"We have to attack more in the second half, otherwise we would be too passive... We are a little more passive in the midfield, but we can still compete with them, so we have to be stronger on the wing, do you understand? Their
The wing mainly relies on their two full-backs, we can't lose to them, put pressure on both wings, and then create opportunities for the center!"
Pellegrini said that the Manchester City players were nodding, but they were murmuring in their hearts.
If we have the advantage on the wing, we have to grab points in the middle. However, in the first half of the game, only Aguero could get the ball. Negredo had almost no effect on the court. Now that we can use the advantage of the wing, we can really score goals.
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As the player that Pellegrini actively introduced after taking office, Negredo can be regarded as his direct descendant. However, the performance of this Spanish center is indeed not good. No wonder the Manchester City players are murmuring in their hearts.
