653: The ending has been decided, and the process is very unsatisfactory!
At the end of the half, Crystal Palace temporarily led the home team Manchester City 2-0.
Manchester City fans felt a headache after seeing it.
They are all a bit confused about what Guardiola was thinking in this game? Could it be that this game was given up from the beginning, and Manchester City's goal is entirely in the league? Is this to reserve strength for the subsequent leagues?
It is indeed possible!
Because three days later they will go away to face Liverpool!
If Manchester City has not given up its intention to compete for the Premier League championship now, then this game three days later will be particularly important!
Therefore, it is actually understandable for Manchester City to give up this game and consider the league at this time.
However, Manchester City fans still can't accept it.
They want to see Manchester City beat Crystal Palace.
Manchester City fans all hope that Manchester City can set an example to other Premier League teams and let other teams see the possibility of defeating Crystal Palace.
I really can't afford to lose this game.
Fortunately, Crystal Palace did not field its entire main lineup, and their Manchester City team still had a chance to give it a try.
However, it is obvious that the Manchester City players did not play well in the first half and performed very poorly. They are currently trailing 0 to 2. It seems that the gap is not big, but in fact it is more dangerous.
Because Manchester City fans feel that they have little chance in this game.
In this game, these young players of Manchester City really did not play well, and they probably did not have many opportunities.
So if Manchester City loses to Liverpool in the next round of the league, it will really be more gain than loss.
Therefore, whether they are right to give up on this game depends on whether they can win in the next round of the league.
However, the Manchester City players are still a little worried at this time.
The game against Liverpool is not easy to play!
Of course, what they have to consider now is not this game, but the game against Crystal Palace in front of them.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, Manchester City did not make any substitutions.
Sterling, who was Happy Forest today, was not replaced and stayed on the field. It can be seen that Guardiola still wants to believe in Sterling again and hopes that Sterling can play in the second half.
to prove himself.
Moreover, Crystal Palace does not have all the main players in this game, so it should be easier for Sterling to score, right?
Manchester City still has ideas for this second half of the game, they want to win.
At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City also launched a ferocious attack.
The young player Dias once again sent a very exciting through ball. Although the ball did not completely penetrate the Crystal Palace defense, it still created a good opportunity for Sterling. And this time Sterling's reaction
Very quickly, he took control of the football first, and then volleyed the football hard towards the Crystal Palace goal before Dias pounced on him. The ball speed is very fast and the line pressure is very low, full of threats!
The Manchester City fans at the scene jumped up excitedly, thinking that the goal would definitely be scored.
Unfortunately, just when the football was about to fly into the goal, Lu Ning put his palm in front of the football and blocked it from the bottom line.
Beautiful defense, Crystal Palace fans praised Luning one after another.
Manchester City fans can’t blame Sterling for this goal at all. Sterling performed very well this time and showed his value. It’s a pity that he was a little unlucky and did not send the football into the Crystal Palace goal.
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However, Manchester City has seen an opportunity and firmly believes that if they continue to play like this, they will definitely score.
Manchester City immediately pressed forward and wanted to continue the attack.
The Manchester City fans at the scene also kept shouting and cheering for the Manchester City players.
They hope that Manchester City can create a miracle!
But at this time, Diaz's ball in the midfield was intercepted again.
This is the case for Dias, a young man who has performed well but also exposed many problems. His problem of sticking to the ball has appeared many times in this game, and it has also caused danger before.
To be honest, there would be no problem with Diaz's earthly style if he was in the youth team.
In the youth team, he is at the peak of his strength. His ability is enough to support him to stick to the ball, find the best time to play, and provide the most exquisite assists. But this is not possible in the adult team, which has a faster pace.
, the opponent is stronger and the pressure is stronger, it is easy for them to be interrupted when they play like this.
Just like today, he has stuck to the ball more often than he has stolen it.
The main reason is that Dias is not yet familiar with the rhythm of the adult team, nor has he found the rhythm that he is most comfortable with in the adult team.
If found, Dias will still perform very well.
However, it is dangerous now!
Dias was intercepted again, and Joan Armene quickly sent the football out immediately. The football quickly rolled to the wing. Ashraf from the wing immediately rushed up and intercepted the ball.
In Manchester City's half, facing Jingdong'an who rushed up quickly, he quickly passed the ball past Jingdong'an.
Manchester City's full-back Zinchenko immediately rushed forward, and the moment he rushed out, Salah quickly rushed into the Manchester City penalty area. This made the Manchester City fans a little nervous.
worried.
No way, this ball is going to be dangerous!
Zinchenko hesitated a little, but Ashraf immediately passed the ball diagonally to the front of the penalty area.
Yes, Achraf did not push the football to Gnabry who was advancing from the wing, but passed the football diagonally into the frontcourt.
Along the way, found Sabitzer!
Sabitzer saw Salah coming in diagonally. This was a good opportunity!
The Manchester City defender immediately moved sideways towards Salah.
At this moment, Sabitzer suddenly made a pass and sent the football directly into the middle of Manchester City's penalty area.
The football rolled directly to Giroud's feet in the penalty area.
Manchester City fans were all nervous. How could this goal allow Giroud to easily get a chance?
Guardiola stood up immediately on the sidelines and stared at the court nervously. He was in a very bad mood. He really hated the defense of his players.
How to defend this ball?
With a bang, Giroud in the penalty area immediately swung his legs and fired hard, shooting the football towards the far lower corner.
The ball was so fast that Bravo, who was in front of the goal, made a sideways dive and still didn't touch the ball!
In the desperate eyes of the Manchester City fans, the football rubbed the far post and rolled out of the bottom line!
Crystal Palace was still a little short of scoring a goal and was a little unlucky.
The Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. Fortunately, they were lucky. Otherwise, they would have been three goals behind. There would really be nothing to play in this game. But now it looks like
There didn't seem to be many opportunities. Guardiola immediately turned around and looked at the bench, inspected it for a while, and then asked Nmecha on the bench to warm up.
Sterling in the stadium saw Nmecha going out to warm up, and his heart tightened, secretly thinking that it was not good!
When the game restarted, Sterling was even more committed. It was obvious that he also wanted to change Guardiola's view of him. He was going to fight hard in this game.
He immediately raised his hand and signaled Dias, who was holding the ball, to pass the ball to him!
Dias immediately looked up to the frontcourt, looking for an opening. He instantly saw Sterling raising his hands. With a good opportunity, he immediately stretched his legs and prepared to pass through!
There was a bang, and as soon as he swung the football under his feet, he was stabbed out by Joan Armene.
Sticky ball, Diaz still has a problem with sticky ball this time.
Seeing this, Guardiola was speechless. He kept shaking his head. This advantage of Dias is actually very obvious, but he has not yet found his own way of playing and has not fully adapted to the first team game.
He immediately turned his head to look at the bench, then glanced around and stopped directly on the baby face.
He immediately shouted "Phil, go warm up!"
Yes, Guardiola is preparing to make substitutions again and wants to replace Dias with Foden.
This guy Dias played a bright spot in this game, but he also has a big problem. Dias is responsible for the terrible situation that Manchester City has played, and there should be no problem in replacing him at this time.
At this time, the Crystal Palace players had already launched a counterattack, counterattack quickly!
Manchester City The fans of the team were really worried. They were scared when they saw Crystal Palace's counterattack.
The football rolled to Llorente's feet, and Llorente made a long pass and quickly passed the football to the frontcourt.
Giroud in the frontcourt immediately jumped up, overwhelmed Mangala who rushed out, and quickly swung the football to the wing with a flick of his head.
Salah from the wing rushed forward and thrust the football forward before Danilo made the save.
Then Salah quickly rushed from the other side and directly caught up with the football!
Crystal Palace broke into Manchester City's penalty area again, and Manchester City fans were desperate.
The gap between the two teams in this game is still a bit big.
Manchester City's young players are very talented and unique, but they are not particularly adapted to the rhythm and playing style of the first team. The young players at Crystal Palace have been playing in the first team since last season.
Well, he has played a lot of games this season, so he is naturally better than these young people from Manchester City in this aspect.
Therefore, Crystal Palace should win this game without much problem.
Guardiola actually understands this, but this process does make him a little uncomfortable. He hopes that his players can perform better and there should not be such a big gap!
And in his opinion, these young people from Manchester City are no worse than those from Crystal Palace!
At this time, Manchester City was in great danger.
Guardiola couldn't help but become nervous. He felt that this was a special despair, and he was afraid that he could not hold the ball.
Catching up with the football, Salah quickly cut inside and headed directly into the penalty area.
Adarabioyu in the middle of the penalty area quickly moved over and went directly towards Salah.
Unexpectedly, Salah was already prepared. The moment Adarabioyu moved quickly, he skillfully poked the football forward, and the football rolled directly under Adarabioyu's crotch.
Lage dodged and passed Adarabioyo directly.
The Manchester City fans at the scene were also desperate when they saw this.
This ball is out of play!
Even if they saw Bravo rushing out, they felt there was little chance.
Sure enough, Salah dodged over and immediately poked the football first.
Seeing this, Bravo jumped out quickly. Unfortunately, he was still a little too late. The football quickly rolled past his armpit and quickly rolled into the Manchester City goal.
Three to zero, Crystal Palace once again expanded the score.
Seeing this score, both Manchester City fans and Guardiola thought this game was completely lost.
Fortunately, Guardiola was well prepared to lose before this game, so he is not feeling very uncomfortable now.
But the process of this game still made him a little dissatisfied.