Pellegrini's confidence certainly didn't fall from the sky.
Manchester City has scored 87 goals so far, which is only four less than Southampton's 91. This is mainly due to the last round. They played Arsenal 1-1, while Southampton scored 4-0.
A big win over their opponent, otherwise they would have only scored one fewer goal than Southampton.
Among other teams, Liverpool has only scored 76 goals, less than 80. This is because they scored more points. Sturridge, Firmino, and Sterling all scored more than ten goals.
Coupled with their crazy offensive pressure this season, they have such a score.
Apart from them, even strong teams like Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham, and Arsenal have only scored around 60 goals so far.
To be able to score so many goals, Manchester City's offense is of course very strong. They don't have any player who scores a lot of goals, but there are many players who score.
Bailly did a good job of marking Dzeko, relying on his body and speed to constantly interfere with the Bosnia and Herzegovina forward's ability to get the ball. However, he could not stop Dzeko from making contributions in other ways.
Southampton's goal occurred in the third minute, and in the tenth minute, Dzeko received a pass from Silva in the penalty area. He did not make any unnecessary movements after taking possession of the ball, but raised his foot.
Passed the ball to Nasri who followed up at the edge of the penalty area.
Nasri made a wonderful pass. When facing Font who rushed to defend, his continuous shaking caused Font to make a mistake in his judgment. Nasri immediately took a shot after seeing a gap for shooting.
, the ball drew an arc in the air and flew into the lower right corner of the goal!
Navas also made an effort to save, but was still a step too late.
"Damn it, he scored a goal!" Bailly was a little unhappy.
"It's okay. I believe our teammates will chase him back." Wundt patted him on the shoulder.
Soon, Bailly knew why Wundt could be the captain.
Strictly speaking, the goal conceded just now was Wundt's mistake. Bailly felt that if it were him, his mood would definitely be affected. However, in fact Wundt seemed not to be affected at all. The next time Manchester City attacked, Nasri also
Wanting to repeat the same trick, Wundt stood still and then stretched out his foot to break the ball!
A clean steal!
The visiting fans of Southampton immediately gave out enthusiastic cheers, but Wundt remained calm and passed the ball to Casemiro who was receiving the ball, and then quickly got into the game.
Bailey looked at Wundt with some admiration. He felt that he should also learn such a general's demeanor.
So five minutes later, Manchester City launched an attack, and when Silva passed the ball from the center and handed it to Dzeko in the penalty area, Bailly stepped forward to meet him.
Originally, Bailly should have been the first to defend closely, but because Dzeko pulled out of the penalty area to get the ball this time, he did not dare to go up for the first time and could only defend head-on.
After receiving the ball, Dzeko started to break into the penalty area, then made a fake move, and then spiked the ball to prepare for the pass.
Bailly saw the direction the ball was rolling and decisively stretched his foot!
The next moment, he kicked Dzeko's supporting foot. The Bosnian forward screamed and fell to the ground. The referee's whistle sounded. He ran into the penalty area, warned Bailly twice, and then awarded a penalty kick.
"He moved his feet here by himself!"
Bailey still wanted to argue, but Wundt grabbed his neck and pulled him back.
"He moved his foot over, and you committed a foul. Next time, you must pay attention. If you are not absolutely sure in the penalty area, don't take a shot easily, get stuck in the position, and block his shot route. Do you understand? This is the most basic
defensive strategy," Wundt told Bailey.
Bailey nodded obediently. Now he was convinced. Being able to become a captain did not just rely on his general style, but also his real strength!
Ji Ya shook his head off the court. If you use a young central defender, you will have to bear such consequences, but fortunately now, Wundt can give some guidance.
He didn't care about the penalty kick. The defenders were under a lot of pressure when the attack was open. Didn't you see that Wundt had made mistakes before? Bailly's penalty kick was still within his tolerance.
Yaya Toure stood up, and his next penalty kick was also clean and neat. Although Navas judged the direction correctly, he was still a step too slow!
Two to one, Manchester City overtook the score!
Now it was the turn of Manchester City fans to start shouting crazily. Although Southampton scored shortly after the opening, so what? They still took the lead!
Unfortunately, their excitement only lasted for more than ten minutes.
In the 37th minute of the game, Suarez received a pass from De Bruyne in the penalty area, and then passed Demichelis's defense beautifully. Demichelis was caught off guard and turned around to foul.
He received a yellow card and the referee also awarded a penalty kick...
"He is already the last defensive player! It should be a red card!" Ji Ya complained loudly on the sidelines.
What he said made sense, but it was obvious that the referee did not want the game to lose its suspense early. If Manchester City was given a red dot package, there would be one less person in the entire second half, and then they would be kicking the butt...
Lukaku stood up, and he also hit the next penalty kick very cleanly, kicking the ball directly into the dead corner of the goal!
"Two draws to two! The first half was really exciting. Both sides played offensive football. I hope this rhythm can be maintained! This is worthy of the Battle of Tianwangshan in the Premier League!"
The commentator shouted crazily that such an exciting game is what they want to see. The commercialization of the Premier League is not simply commercialization, but to entertain the public in all aspects. The excitement of the game is
What everyone wants to see.
In the rest of the first half, the two sides did not show any outstanding performance, but invariably slowed down the pace. After all, under such circumstances, the second half should be the key to the game.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Southampton's players ran off the field one after another, looking very relaxed.
If their previous defensive tactics did not consume a lot of physical energy and put a lot of mental pressure, then in this first half of the attack, although they consumed a lot of physical energy, they played relatively happily...
This is equivalent to letting their minds and bodies take turns to rest. In this state, the game will show a better state, and the players' mentality will appear more relaxed and comfortable.
At least at this moment, that's how they behave.
"If we continue to attack in the second half, I don't believe Manchester City can beat us in this aspect!" Ji Ya looked at the relaxed expressions of the players and thought silently in his heart.
