"Continue to attack in the second half...just like that, play fast with them. Their defense is not as good as ours in this aspect. Our defense's athletic ability is much better than theirs. Four people have such athletic ability, while they only have two
Also, when the game is open, Demichelis is prone to making mistakes, so try to get him down. In this way, he will perform better in face-to-face confrontations. I think our Nicholas can also play better as the main force in the national team.
Right." Ji Ya said with a smile.
The players laughed one after another. The World Cup is coming soon. The topic of the national team is often mentioned in the locker room. People like Navas, De Bruyne, and Ronaldo have very stable positions in the national team. It’s okay.
It’s easy to say, and Otamendi’s position in the national team is very stable, but it’s hard to say whether he can play the main role. Among the main central defenders of the Argentina national team, only Mascherano’s position is stable, and the other central defender is
Otamendi and Demichelis are both important candidates, and Kiya's words really make sense.
Otamendi smiled sheepishly. Although he did not play in this game, his previous performance at Southampton was very good. At least he felt that he was much better than Demichelis. Demichelis
Besides being five centimeters taller than him, what else is there? Whether it is speed, confrontation, marking ability or foot movement, he is better, and his performance in the past two years has also been even better.
In the home team's locker room, Pellegrini emphasized not to make more mistakes than the opponent in the second half. Since Southampton is going to attack, Manchester City cannot show weakness and must use offense to solve the opponent!
Manchester City also has many attackers on the bench, Negredo, Jovetic, Milner... these are all good attackers, otherwise they would not have scored so many goals this season.
After the halftime break, players from both sides came on the field at the same time, and neither side made any substitutions. It was obvious that both Noriya and Pellegrini were very satisfied with the performance of their players.
At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City launched a fierce attack!
Amid the cheers and cheers of the home fans, they fully demonstrated their offensive abilities.
Nasri took the ball in the middle and passed it beautifully to Silva. Silva started to break through the middle from the wing. Yaya Toure stepped forward to prepare for the response, attracting Casemiro's attention, but he stepped forward.
Shake, pass the ball directly into the penalty area!
Dzeko grabbed the ball in front of Bailly. Bailly flew over and blocked Dzeko's shooting path. However, Dzeko faked a shot and dunked it, tempting Bailly to make a defensive move, and then prepared to kick.
Shoot!
However, Bailly's physical fitness is extremely good. After he had already reacted, he took control of his body and stretched his feet again, trying to stop the ball midway.
This surprised Dzeko. He did not expect that the young central defender on the opposite side had such good physical fitness, but unfortunately he was still too young...
Dzeko, who was sighing in his heart, once again slightly adjusted the ball laterally. This time Bailly had no chance at all. The Bosnian forward shot again, and the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew into the goal.
Dead spot!
Three to two, Manchester City once again took the lead at home!
"Wonderful! Dzeko scored the third goal for Manchester City! Just three minutes into the second half, Manchester City took the lead again! At the Etihad Stadium, they showed the level of a top team!"
Amid the shouts of the commentator, Dzeko rushed to the sidelines with his fists waving. As one of the contributors to the previous league championship, Dzeko's main position in the past two years has not been stable. Balotelli competed with him before. This year
Negredo and Jovetic were added, but the Bosnian still relied on its outstanding ability to score goals one after another.
"What a good striker, but we also have a lot of good strikers." Ji Ya thought in his heart.
Southampton certainly has a lot of good forwards. Although they lose important strength in the forward line every year, the players who come in to make up for it every year are also stronger...
When they were in the English League One, they lost two previous scorers. Noriya changed hands and introduced Lambert and Giroud. This strike partnership allowed them to have no shortage of scorers all the way to the English Championship. After they were promoted to the Premier League, they
They lost Lambert, Lallana and Chamberlain, but Noriya changed hands and introduced the South American combination of James Ronaldo and Willian. At the same time, Klose was exempted from signing a visa to increase his striker experience. After losing Giroud last season, Noriya introduced
The young Benteke suddenly became the top scorer in the Premier League. After losing Benteke and Willian this season, Ji Ya introduced Suarez and Lukaku...
One step at a time, we will become bigger and stronger.
This game has been played so lively and Southampton's top scorer hasn't started yet.
Of course, this is also related to Manchester City's strict marking of him. It is precisely because of this that when Coutinho shot, there were not many defenders around him, and Lukaku's penalty kick was also made by Suarez.
He just doesn't like taking penalty kicks.
He previously created a penalty kick for Lukaku to score, and Lukaku needs to use his own performance to help Suarez score!
Suarez now has 30 league goals, which is only four short of the Premier League record of 34. There are still six rounds of the league. Of course, they must help Suarez score when they have the chance!
The game reached the 67th minute.
Lukaku forced a breakthrough from the wing. This was not his first breakthrough. In previous games, he repeatedly broke through from the right, turning Manchester City's defense upside down.
Kolarov suffered terribly from being broken through by Lukaku. In terms of height and weight, he and Lukaku are not much different, but in terms of physical confrontation and strength, they are really far behind.
When Lukaku forced a breakthrough again, this time he cut in along the baseline and relied on his strong body to squeeze Kolarov behind.
Kompany was forced to defend him, and Lukaku seized the fleeting gap in Manchester City's defense, raised his foot and passed the ball to the center of the penalty area.
Demichelis was about to make a clearance, but Suarez kicked him first...
The ball, which was touched first by Suarez's toe, suddenly changed direction and then flew into the gate of Manchester City!
Three to three draws! Suarez’s 31st goal!
Suddenly, all eyes were on the man who got up from the ground and rushed to the Southampton coaching bench with joy!
At this moment, he tied with Ronaldo and scored the second most goals in a single season in the Premier League!
