After the start of the second half, Arsenal still took advantage of their numerical advantage to control the initiative on the field.
Anyone can clearly see that after entering the second half, Manchester City's situation became more passive.
This is inevitable.
In the first half, Manchester City could still make up for the shortcomings in its personnel by relying on their abundant physical energy and running without hesitation. However, the players are human beings after all, not robots. After being exhausted to a certain extent, they began to feel weak.
This is why, reflected in the data, the later the red card occurs, the smaller the impact on the game.
And for a game like this where a red card occurs just four minutes into the game, it is fatal to the team that sent off one person.
Even the commentator of Sky Sports said during the halftime break that Manchester City was able to score 2-2 in the first half, which was already quite remarkable. Even if they lost the game in the end, Manchester City could hold their heads high.
But after the start of the second half, everyone discovered that Manchester City was indeed in a passive situation, and the players' physical energy was indeed consumed a lot, but each of them was running and defending hard, cherishing every opportunity the team had to get the ball.
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The 4-4-1 formation always maintained a compact formation and did not allow Arsenal to easily penetrate its own defense.
The ball possession rate is constantly tilting towards Arsenal, but Manchester City's defense is still very tenacious.
In the 48th minute of the second half, Chamakh forced Boateng from the left, went to the left side of the penalty area and knocked back. After a cooperation between Fabregas and Nasri, he pushed the shot from the left side of the penalty spot in the penalty area.
However, under the pressure of center backs Kompany and Pepe, this push failed to create a threat and was easily confiscated by Joe Hart.
Just five minutes later, Arsenal organized another offensive.
First, Sagna made a pass from the right, creating a danger in the penalty area, but Pepe got ahead of Cesc Fabregas and Chamakh and headed the ball out of the penalty area.
Outside the penalty area, Arsenal reorganized. Nasri counterattacked and sent a diagonal pass. Arshavin once again went to the left side of the penalty area and passed the ball to the goal. Chamakh and Nasri rushed to the goal at the same time to grab the point.
However, due to the interference of Kompany and Pepe, he failed to grab the shooting opportunity and the ball slipped past the goal.
Sagna on the right again picked up the ball and passed the ball. Near the penalty spot, Sudong headed the ball out of the penalty area to save Manchester City.
But then Sanchez's counterattack failed to cross the center line.
This wave of Arsenal's offensive was very fierce, constantly threatening Manchester City's goal, making Manchester City's goal look precarious and could be breached at any time.
"Even Su Dong has returned to defend in the penalty area, which shows that Manchester City is really determined to defend to the end."
"The performance of this team tonight is really impressive, especially the tenacity and tenacity."
"We really can't believe that this is the same Manchester City team that was always passively beaten in strong dialogues last season."
"It can be said that after Su Dong joined and put on the captain's armband, what he brought to Manchester City was not only his goals and assists, but also the power of his leader and example."
"More than one Manchester City player has said that Sudong is the central point for all of them to work towards."
"Look at this time, Arsenal has organized another offensive."
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In the 57th minute, Cesc Fabregas sent a wonderful pass. After Arshavin stopped the ball on the left, he passed Boateng and volleyed a powerful long-range shot, which was missed by goalkeeper Joe.
·Hart lifted the crossbar and took a corner kick.
Arsenal took a corner kick and it fell to the back post. Sudong got ahead of Squillaci and headed the ball out of the penalty area.
But the ball is still in Arsenal's hands, the Gunners are still organizing attacks, and Manchester City's goal is in turmoil.
Chamakh's shot was blocked by Kompany's foot, giving Arsenal another chance for a corner kick.
The ensuing corner kick was blocked by a Manchester City player, and this wave of offensive came to an end when Alexander Song stepped in with a long-range shot that barely missed the post and went out of the bottom line.
Arsenal's offense was fierce one after another. The Gunners obviously wanted to defeat Manchester City in the away game and win these precious three points.
This is what all strong teams must do.
A team will never become a champion if it always loses points in direct competition with its competitors.
Arsenal is like this, Manchester City is like this, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are like this!
After losing 0-2 to Chelsea, Arsenal urgently needed Manchester City's three points to make up for the loss in the strong dialogue.
What's more, it was a God-given opportunity, a red card and a penalty kick. Arsenal's players themselves felt that it was unjustifiable not to get three points.
But in the second half, Manchester City became extremely tenacious.
They obviously consumed a huge amount of energy, and many players gasped for air as soon as the game stopped. But when the game started again, they immediately got back into the game. Even the opponents Arsenal players were impressed by their tenacity.
They really don't know that Manchester City has such a tenacious and tenacious side.
In the stadium, all Manchester City fans were clutching their hearts. They seemed to have seen the goal conceded, but they just didn't know when or how it would appear.
But everyone's face was full of surprise, surprise and amazement.
Manchester City are tenacious tonight and are proud of their defeat!
The time has entered sixty minutes, but Guardiola has no plans to make substitutions yet.
The live TV camera went to the sidelines and gave him a big close-up, letting people see that he was clenching his teeth as if he was waiting for something, but his eyes were filled with confusion. It was obvious that he was not sure whether what he was waiting for would happen.
Appear.
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In the 63rd minute, Clichy made a forward attack and successfully intercepted the ball when Toni Kroos chased back and intercepted him. Together with Boateng, he successfully intercepted the ball.
Boateng quickly poked Toni Kroos, and the German midfielder directly transferred the ball with a long pass before Arsenal players could get to it, sending the ball to Arsenal's weaker left side.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Marcelo stopped the ball on his chest, moved forward with his left foot, quickly dribbled the ball forward, and looked ahead while rushing.
Arsenal's defense is retreating quickly.
Just after crossing the center line, Marcelo made a diagonal pass with his left foot and sent the ball to Su Dong, who was retreating in the 30-meter area.
Su Dong blocked Squillac with his body, stopped the ball with his chest, skillfully stopped the ball with his right foot, quickly passed the ball back, and turned forward.
David Silva stepped in and sent a through ball without stopping the ball, reaching Su Dong's side.
Su Dong rushed to the front of the penalty area and sprinted forward. Facing David Silva's through ball, he stopped the ball with his right foot to the left, barely avoiding Alexander Song who tried to intercept it. His left foot
Stopping the ball again, just in time to avoid Squillac, and at the same time blocked Cesc Fabregas behind him with his body.
After continuously controlling the ball with his left and right feet, Su Dong, who was already on the left side of the arc outside the penalty area, stopped the ball with his right foot. Before Alexander Song and Zhu Lu could form a circle, he immediately swung his right foot again and took a shot directly.
Curve ball.
The ball flew out from the two thick legs stretched out by Djurou and Alexander Song. After crossing an arc, it flew into the upper right corner of Arsenal's goal with Fabianski struggling to save.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Su Dong!!! Su Dong!!!!!!"
Su Dong clenched his hands into fists, roared angrily, turned around quickly and rushed to the sidelines.
Manchester City fans throughout the Etihad Stadium rushed out of their seats and roared crazily.
Manchester City's players rushed towards Su Dong's direction.
"Oh my God, in the 63rd minute, Su Dong was surrounded by Arsenal's tight double-team. He just moved around and relied on his personal ability to shoot with a curve ball, which once again opened Arsenal's defense.
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"hat trick!"
"He is the unstoppable God of War!!!!"
"We can only worship Su Dong!"
Su Dong rushed to the sidelines, waving his fists at the fans in the stands, and finally kissed the ring on his left hand vigorously. He took two steps from the sidelines and hugged his teammates who were rushing over.
Together.
Who dares to believe it?
He actually scored again!
Three to two!
Manchester City, who were missing one man, actually took the lead again!
The Manchester City players couldn't believe their eyes, and they all hugged Su Dong in stunned silence.
The live broadcast footage even captured the scene on the sidelines, where two ball boys from Manchester City rushed out and hugged the players.
After Su Dong let go of his teammates, he clenched his fists with both hands and roared at the orbiting camera.
He wants to use this method to tell his teammates, tell Manchester City fans, and tell the world that neither red cards nor penalty kicks can defeat Manchester City!
"From the slow-motion replay, we can feel that there were five Arsenal defensive players around Su Dong at that time. In almost impossible circumstances, he just relied on his skillful foot skills and his outstanding performance.
He took a small swing shot, grabbed a small gap, and scored this key goal for Manchester City!"
"We must praise Manchester City and Sudong. They are great!"
"With a red card in four minutes and a penalty kick in the first half, they managed to withstand the pressure and took the lead three times. This is incredible."
"Especially Su Dong, he almost single-handedly provoked Manchester City's attack."
"Who dares to say that they can easily defeat Sudong like this and Manchester City like this?"
"Who dares to say that this is a scattered mercenary army?"
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When the entire Etihad Stadium was filled with overwhelming shouts of "Su Dong", far away in Oxford, in the south of England, Wang Chuqing had just watched Su Dong's goal from the live broadcast and saw him rushing to the sidelines and roaring.
I saw him kissing the ring hard.
She was so excited that she screamed, and she jumped up without knowing when.
At this moment, she felt extremely proud and proud.
Not for anything else, just because of Su Dong!
Just because he kissed the ring after scoring a goal!
She suddenly had a strong impulse.
She wanted to see him! Immediately! Immediately!
She wanted to tell him without reservation that she had been completely conquered by him!
