He patted his arm and signaled Fran to stop the ball first.
Forlan argued that he stopped the ball with his shoulder.
But the referee believed what he saw more.
The replay on the big screen also confirmed this.
Twenty-four minutes.
Deng Kai once again took a long shot. He could get many opportunities from this position today without having to pass the ball inside.
This time Fletcher was finally in position and blocked the football from the bottom line.
Thirty-three minutes.
Forlan's long shot creates a corner kick.
Davis took a corner kick, Forlan fought for the top, headed the ball back and scored directly.
One to one!
Young Manchester United actually scored a goal.
In other words, Fran's personal ability was clearly reflected in this game.
He is a player who can change the score on his own.
But even so, he can only rank fourth among Manchester United's powerful strikers!
Not to mention Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo, Solskjaer is ranked higher than him in the starting order.
Ronaldo: Why did you say Ruud van Nistelrooy's name first? Am I not standing high enough?
Thirty-eight minutes.
Deng Kai passed the panicked Fletcher in the middle of Marseille, and then distributed the ball to Ribery.
After receiving the ball, Ribery dribbled into the penalty area in two steps, and finally completed a shot from a small angle.
Unfortunately, it hit the post and ejected.
Forty-four minutes.
Deng Kai crossed the ball to find Baggio.
Baggio took a shot from the outside of the left side of the penalty area, but it did not make a big arc and was saved by Butters.
In the first half, the two sides shook hands one to one.
Manchester United performed quite well.
This group of youth training actually withstood Manchester City's attack.
You know, although Manchester City's Premier League ranking is outside the top ten, their offense is definitely among the top three in the Premier League.
Excluding goals conceded, they have scored more goals than Arsenal this season!
Second half, fifty-first minute.
Deng Kai moved forward and drew the attention of Manchester United players.
Toure took the opportunity to kick the ball through.
Ribery scored with a low shot.
But again, the linesman raised it immediately.
Ribery was offside.
Manchester United escaped disaster.
Fifty-five minutes.
Deng Kai dodges from the wing and eats up Roach before making a pass.
O'Shea, who was well prepared, flew forward and raised his leg to block the ball, and the football bounced back.
Grosso stepped in from the back.
Deng Kai bent down directly.
Grosso passed the ball without stopping, grazing the back of Deng Kai's head and flying into the penalty area.
Deng Kai's pass had already caused chaos in the penalty area.
Robbie Fowler was the first to react to Grosso's pass. He didn't even take off, he just jumped forward and flicked his head down.
The football hit the ground and bounced into the Manchester United goal.
Two to one!
Manchester City takes the lead again!
Manchester United's young players began to get anxious, and their actions obviously increased.
Although it is a good thing that the confrontation has increased, if the positioning sense is poor, it is easy to overshoot.
And the sense of position, except for a few geniuses, requires a lot of experience.
Isn’t it just experience that young people lack?
For a time, although Manchester United's offensive was strong, it also began to have more loopholes.
Sixty-one minutes.
After Davis passed the ball, he looked for Fran in an inverted triangle.
Fran hit the wall and hit the ball straight.
Danny Webb gets a solo chance.
But he was so nervous that he pushed it aside.
Manchester United fans howled.
This is definitely a sign of too much psychological pressure.
And this is definitely not just a situation faced by Danny Webb.
Many Manchester United players are in this situation now.
Sixty-eight minutes.
Deng Kai dodged from the wing and passed through to complete the inside cut, and then passed the ball to the back post.
Ribery was knocked down by Brown while grabbing a point in the penalty area.
The referee did not award a penalty kick.
Ribery received a yellow card for complaining.
To be fair, it should be a penalty kick.
In the 72nd minute, Manchester City replaced Baggio with Adriano.
Fowler went to Baggio's position as shadow forward, and Adriano played center.
In the 74th minute, the turning point of the game occurred.
Adriano dropped back to catch the ball, turned around and prepared to shoot.
Davis was eager to defend and brought down Adriano with a flying tackle from the side.
This was a very dangerous move, and Adriano was almost injured.
The referee directly showed the red card.
Davis left the court in tears.
Seventy-nine minutes.
Maicon and Ribery worked together and successfully broke through.
boom!
Maicon passed the ball to the center.
Adriano's running stretched the Manchester United defense and leaked the football to the back post.
Fowler reached over and kicked the ball, which was enough to bypass Butters's hands.
Three to one!
The overall situation of the game has been decided!
Then Maxa replaced Ribery with Torres and replaced Hierro with Thiago Silva.
Eighty-four minutes.
Torres advanced and was brought down by Fletcher, creating a free kick opportunity.
Deng Kai took a tactical free kick and pushed it to Maicon in front.
Maicon made a pass.
Toure leaped high and hit Taishan with a header to score the goal.
Four to one!
Manchester City killed the game.
With three whistles, the game ended with a score of four to one.
The Manchester City players were delighted.
Because the bonus is in hand!
The Manchester City fans at the scene were delighted.
Twenty-eight years!
The last time Manchester City won the EFL Cup was 28 years ago!
And this is the latest time they have won the English top league, FA Cup, EFL Cup, and Community Shield.
Although they also won the English League One championship last season, this second-level league championship is rarely counted in real honor calculations.
Every Manchester City fan was moved to tears.
There are only a few championships every season, and they never thought that Manchester City could win one of them.
This season is enough!
The camera quickly focused on one particular fan.
It's Keira Knightley.
She came to watch the game today.
This British rose is now becoming more and more famous. She successfully entered the stadium and ran to Deng Kai.
"Congratulations! Can you sign your name for me?" Kayla came over and gave Deng Kai a hug, and handed Deng Kai a marker pen by the way.
"Of course!" Deng Kai held the marker and felt embarrassed the next moment.
Because Keira actually pulled open the collar, revealing the white bra underneath: "Write it here!"
Forehead……
"This..." Deng Kai was a little reluctant to do anything.
After all, next to that white bra is the white flesh.
"I have to use this to hit back at Katie Price." Keira explained why, "Her fans and friends have been chasing me for bites lately."
"So I plan to do something that she will never be able to do in her life."
"You can't sign her like this, otherwise my efforts will be in vain."
"Besides, don't look so stressed. This is just a piece of cloth, and I don't ask you to sign it directly on my chest!"
Keira said so, what can Deng Kai do?
He quickly signed his name to avoid a long night of nightmares.
Later, when Deng Kai won the championship trophy as captain, the lingering fragrance still remained in his hands.
In this way, Manchester City's first championship is full of special fragrance.