808 As long as Su Dong does not fall, Manchester City will never lose!
"Bah bang bang!"
In the silent dressing room, the only sound left was the sound of the masseur slapping his muscles.
It is too difficult for Manchester City to have one less player than the opponent. Every player is under heavy pressure.
Modern football tactics are all interlocking. If one person is missing, it is often not as simple as everyone working harder to make up for the lack of numbers, but a more disparity that is difficult to make up for.
Su Dong sat on his seat, leaning against the wardrobe, with his head raised, eyes closed, and his breathing gradually calmed down.
Personal physiotherapist Grant Downing is leaning over to massage the muscles of Su Dong's legs.
Su Dong's personal coaching staff are the only non-Manchester City employees allowed into the dressing room by Guardiola.
They even know Su Dong's physical condition better than Manchester City's team doctors. Many times, Manchester City team doctors need to consult and communicate with them when making decisions. This is also allowed by Guardiola.
When the masseur stopped, the huge locker room fell into a terrible silence, with only the heavy breathing of the players vaguely.
The first half ended with a score of 2-2.
Fabregas finally scored a penalty kick.
Taking the lead twice and being equalized twice, Manchester City was really in trouble.
But if it is after getting a red card, all this will seem extremely tragic.
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I don't know whether it was the heavy pressure brought by the dead silence or the difficulty in his heart. After Kompany took a deep breath, he finally stood up and walked to the middle of the locker room.
"I'm sorry!" Kompany apologized to the players. "I really just wanted to stop him at the time. I didn't get the timing of the shot right, and the result was just a little bit worse." After finishing speaking, Kompany looked sad.
An expression of wanting to commit suicide and apologizing.
The Belgian central defender is still very responsible.
But sometimes this is the case. The more responsible you are and the more you do, the easier it is to make mistakes.
Just like some own goals, sometimes players really do bad things with good intentions.
Does that mean the players can be blamed for this?
Su Dong thinks not.
Professional football is a team sport, and a player's personal ability should be an integral part of the team. This requires every player to work together, stay focused, and do their best.
Therefore, in the sport of football, responsibility is the most important thing.
Su Dong stood up from his seat, walked to Kompany's side, put his arm around his shoulders, patted him gently, and comforted: "It's okay, no one will blame you, you have already behaved."
It has to be good enough.”
Kompany looked at Su Dong gratefully, nodded, and followed Su Dong's hand and returned to his position.
"I know that everyone has tried their best and worked very hard. No one has any qualifications to ask everyone to do more. Everyone has performed well enough and is worthy of wearing this jersey."
Su Dong's words made all the Manchester City players present heartily agree that they had indeed tried their best.
Facing a powerful team like Arsenal, one player was missing from the fourth minute. In such a game, the score was two to two until the end of the first half. What else could you want?
If the opponent is a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, then such results can indeed be achieved again, but the opponent is Arsenal!
Especially Arsenal in the first half!
But just when everyone agreed with Su Dong's words, Su Dong clenched his hands hard and continued with gritted teeth: "But I just won't give in! I won't give in no matter what! I won't give in!!!!"
At the end, Su Dong vented his uncontrollable unwillingness with a deep roar.
"We took the lead in 45 seconds and gave us a red card in the fourth minute. Then they tied the score, but we scored another goal. As a result, they gave us another penalty kick..."
At the end of Su Dong's words, he looked up at the ceiling and took a deep breath, "If they score our goals based on their strength, then there is nothing to say. We admit it, it's a reliable penalty..."
"They just want to knock us off our leadership position!" Pepe suddenly stood up and shouted loudly.
"In the past so many years, we are the first team to challenge the traditional top four. They don't want to see us continue to lead the standings. They are trying every possible means to pull us down and defend their position in the Premier League.
Dominance, red cards! Penalties! That's the best evidence of that!"
Su Dong's roar was like a bell that struck the players' hearts, arousing their resonance, while Pepe's roar tore everything apart.
In the past few years, the Premier League has been dominated by the traditional top four, first Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, and later Chelsea joined the championship team and became the so-called four major families of the Premier League.
But now, Manchester City is on the rise.
The league has reached the ninth round, and Manchester City is still the leader of the Premier League.
Some people are getting anxious!
Pepe's statement is somewhat of a conspiracy theory, but the red card and penalty kick actually happened. Are they really just coincidences?
Players in the locker room have also been infected one after another, and this possibility does exist.
How to explain the red card and penalty kick given to Manchester City when they met Arsenal?
"I will not be convinced. If any team or opponent wants to defeat me in this way, then I can only answer them by thinking too much!" Su Dong said loudly.
"I don't know what everyone is thinking at this moment, but from the moment I got the red card, I only had one thought: I want to beat them to death, and I want them to know that no matter whether it is a red card or a penalty kick, I will take it.
Don’t defeat us!”
"I want to tell them that we are not a mess, we are not an upstart, we are not mercenaries, we are Manchester City! We are an iron-blooded army that aims to win the Premier League championship and the Champions League championship! We are the only team in the Premier League so far.
Support the undefeated Iron Lion!"
"Anyone or team who wants to beat us must be mentally prepared to bear the price!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The players in the locker room were obviously infected by Su Dong. David Silva, Marcelo, Toni Kroos and Kompany all stood in unison.
When he got up, Sanchez, like Su Dong, looked very excited and clenched his fists tightly.
The Chilean winger was deeply influenced by Bielsa and has crazy and unyielding blood flowing in his bones.
"I, in the second half, will definitely fight to the end with Arsenal!"
"I will use my last ounce of strength, I will do everything I can to win, and I will never give up!"
"Well said! Never give up!" Pepe also became excited and walked directly to Su Dong and stood with him.
"Yes, we will fight them!"
"What the hell, isn't it just a red card? Isn't it just a penalty kick? Who is afraid of whom?"
"Just do it and it's done!"
"Even if we only have ten people, we can still defeat Arsenal!"
"Tonight, we will never let Arsenal take away three points!"
"That's right! If you want to take away three points, defeat us first!"
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Guardiola was in the coaching area next door, and he was deeply inspired by what was happening on the players' side.
He has never been an emotional person, on the contrary, he has always felt that he is very rational.
But he is by no means emotionless.
On the contrary, he is easily indifferent to emotions, but once he becomes emotional, he is more enthusiastic than anyone else.
At this moment, he even had the urge to put on the jersey, rush into the field, and fight alongside everyone.
But in the end, he tried to restrain himself.
"Josep, do you want to go over and say something?" assistant coach Domenech Torrent asked.
Guardiola shook his head, "No, they don't need me now!"
Seeing Torrent showing doubts in his eyes, Manel Estiarte immediately explained: "The game has reached this point, and any techniques and tactics are useless. We only have these people, and the more we get to this point, the more we get to this point."
At the end of the game, it becomes more difficult for us. What supports the players is no longer the skills and tactics, but the energy in the heart!"
He was once an Olympic water polo champion, and he knows very well how important this spirit is in competitive sports.
In various sports, countless athletes lose their temper every year and have plummeted ever since.
Whether Manchester City is a nouveau riche or a mercenary depends on this spirit!
Guardiola can bring the most advanced technical and tactical concepts to the team and the most meticulous tactical details, but he cannot inject such energy into the team. This is due to his character.
Unexpectedly, Su Dong made up for this shortcoming!
Tonight's Manchester City truly showed the temperament a strong team should have, and Su Dong is the leader of Manchester City!
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At the Etihad Stadium goal, Sterling and Phil Foden just watched Cesc Fabregas score a penalty kick.
At this moment, they were watching the players from both teams warming up on both sides of the court.
Like the fans in the stands, they are full of confusion and anxiety.
"Do you think we can hold on?" Phil Foden, who was only ten years old, asked with concern.
It was the first time for him to experience such a cruel game at the scene, which had a huge impact on his young mind.
He doesn't understand anything, but he has the simplest wish.
Manchester City can beat Arsenal!
"It can't be defended!" Sterling told a very cruel truth.
This should be the truth that everyone, including the Manchester City manager and players, knows.
One player was sent off within four minutes and another penalty was awarded before halftime. This kind of game was impossible to play.
If you can't hold it, it's a sure thing, but if you can hold it, it's a miracle!
"What should we do?" Phil Foden asked anxiously.
A white smile appeared on Sterling's dark face, "Then fight with them and try to score more goals!"
Phil Foden can't think of such a complicated thing in his little head.
He doesn't understand, doesn't it mean he can't defend? Why should he still try to score a goal?
"We have Su Dong. He is the most powerful center and the most powerful player in the world. With him, we will definitely be able to score goals again and again!" Sterling said with a tone that seemed like
Believe in common things.
This makes him firmly believe that Manchester City can still play.
As long as Su Dongfeng does not fall, Manchester City will never lose!
