On Fulham's bench, Senderos felt head coach Martin Jol's eyes return to the court, and he turned his head again, but he felt extremely ashamed because no one noticed his abnormality.
But he still felt like countless eyes were piercing his face like steel needles.
In fact, he couldn't accept himself like this, but he really had no choice.
He didn't know why, but every time he met Su Dong, he would feel frightened. In the most serious cases, he would even tremble all over.
That is the humble mentality of the weak when facing the invincible strong.
He doesn't like it very much. He prefers his fearless self who would fight tooth and nail on the court even if he bleeds.
That's the real Felipe Senderos!
But he really couldn't control it.
Su Dong was like a nightmare lurking in his heart. Every time he mentioned it, it would devour his soul and make his whole body feel cold, as if he was in the end of the world.
Even occasionally when he dreamed back in the middle of the night, when he had nightmares, he couldn't help but dream about the tragic situation when he was suddenly knocked away by Su Dong.
It was a nightmare that he could never get rid of in his life until he retired.
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Su Dong was quickly substituted, replacing Dzeko.
This is also the first time Su Dong has partnered with Aguero this season.
After hugging Dzeko on the sidelines, Su Dong sprinted straight into the court and waved to Zabaleta.
The Argentine defender wanted to hand over the captain's armband to Su Dong, but Su Dong felt it was not necessary.
His status in Manchester City, whether he has the captain's armband or not, is not important at all.
Whether it was Gareth Barry, Toni Kroos, or Hazard, they all took the initiative to come over and give Su Dong a high-five.
"I control the two central defenders, please pass the ball to me." Su Dong said without any doubt.
Hazard, Toni Kroos, and even Aguero all nodded to show that they heard it.
"Pay more attention to that Hangeland." Aguero came over and reminded him.
Hangeland is not well-known, but his performance in the Premier League has always been outstanding.
Standing 1.95 meters tall, the Norwegian central defender has the strong body and strength of a Nordic and is also very stable defensively. He can be said to be the anchor of Fulham's defense. Before Arsenal introduced Per Mertesacker, they once contacted Fulham.
When discussing the introduction of Hangeland, Fulham offered a price of 10 million pounds.
The shrewd Wenger later made a comparison and chose the cheaper Mertesacker, but there is no doubt about Hangeland's strength.
In the previous games, he has always restricted Dzeko. Except for the header pass to Aguero, Dzeko did not get any advantage from Hangeland in the whole game, which shows his defensive strength.
Su Dong understood that Aguero had good intentions when he reminded him, so he immediately smiled and patted Aguero on the shoulder.
"It's okay, you see how I deal with him!"
Aguero was a little dumbfounded.
Just...so...confident?!
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But after the game started, Aguero did feel the changes brought about by Su Dong.
Obviously, the defensive pressure he faces is much less.
When Dzeko was here just now, Aguero was under a lot of pressure. Obviously, Fulham's defenders still had enough energy to deal with Aguero after defending Dzeko. But after Su Dong came on, Fulham
Whether the defenders were on precaution or the real pressure brought by Su Dong, they had no time to care.
Aguero's performance has become active, and Manchester City's offense has also improved.
They had the advantage in passing and controlling the ball, and the forward line suppressed Fulham's defense. Manchester City began to occupy an overwhelming advantage on the court. This was very different from when Dzeko was here just now.
Manchester City had the advantage just now, but Fulham was still able to resist and even counterattacked frequently.
But now Fulham can really only retreat and defend.
Even so, in the 87th minute, Fulham's defense still had problems.
After Aguero's attack on the right was frustrated, he passed the ball back to Toni Kroos.
The German midfielder stopped the ball near the center and sent an overhead pass to the defense on the left side of the penalty area.
Fulham's defense was pulled by Su Dong, and Hazard easily stepped in and took the ball out of the air.
Stephen Kelly immediately retreated to the inside to intercept, but after Hazard stopped the ball and was about to make a fake move, he suddenly dunked the ball back and passed it crosswise to the penalty spot.
Su Dong was originally on the right side of the penalty spot, facing the goal, blocking Hangeland with his body. When he saw the ball coming, he immediately stepped forward and looked like he was going to hit the goal directly.
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Given the situation at the time, Su Dong could have started directly.
Therefore, Fulham's two central defenders Baird and Hangeland intercepted at the same time, which was like two doors closing, blocking all Sudong's shooting angles.
But what they didn't expect was that after Su Dong caught up, he didn't kick off the ball directly, but just made a fake move. After deceiving the two of them, he suddenly moved the ball to the right and turned around flexibly.
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After turning around, he pulled the ball to the right with his right foot, creating a gap from Hangeland's body, and fired an angry shot.
The ball shot like a cannonball into the lower right corner of Fulham's goal.
Three to two!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"At the critical moment, another goal from Su Dong!"
"Three to two, Manchester City surpassed the score again!"
"Look at the slow-motion replay, this is the strength of the world's top superstars."
"If he had taken a direct kick at that time, he would have had a chance to score, but Hangeland and Baird had already blocked the shooting angle, and the probability of being blocked if he barely took a kick was very high. And a superstar like Su Dong,
He's just able to change his strategy based on the ever-changing situation on the court."
"The shot just now was very beautiful, and it completely demonstrated Su Dong's personal ability and his value to Manchester City."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The same opportunity, whether it is Dzeko or Aguero, is difficult to grasp like Su Dong."
After Su Dong scored, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly.
Aguero followed closely behind him, full of admiration.
He now somewhat understands why Messi has that complicated expression of admiration and depression every time he mentions Su Dong.
The reason for admiration is that Su Dong's strength is indeed admirable, especially those who are also top professional football players. They know Su Dong's strength and value better than anyone else, so they admire him.
But the depression is also because Su Dong is too strong, so as a teammate with him, you will always have to live in his shadow.
Messi before and Aguero now are all like this.
But the charm of Su Dong is that it is difficult for you to feel jealous of him.
Not only because he is too strong, but also because he is so good at being a human being.
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Manchester City finally relied on Su Dong's critical moment victory to defeat Fulham 3-2 and win their fifth consecutive victory.
After the game, what the media discussed most was Su Dong's goal and Joe Hart's misfortune.
The two goals he conceded had little to do with him, but they both happened when he was on the field, which has to be said to be problematic.
On the one hand, Courtois is becoming more and more stable and outstanding, on the other hand, Joe Hart is losing the ball frequently, and now even the British media has begun to be unable to hold on.
There's no way they could be brazen enough to brag about Joe Hart all the time, right?
From a performance point of view, the England national team as a whole is indeed not as good as Courtois. The key is that in terms of the number of goals conceded, the gap between the two sides is even more obvious. Courtois has always conceded zero goals so far this season.
Joe Hart can be said to be unlucky, he can be unlucky, and he can find a lot of reasons, but in the cruel football competition, the more goals he concedes, the more goals he concedes, and no amount of explanations are of any use.
So much so that even the authoritative Times believed that Joe Hart should probably take a break, calm down, find out the reasons, and start again, hoping to win back the main position.
Yes, the Times has obviously believed that Joe Hart has lost his main position and been replaced by Courtois.
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Three days later, Manchester City ushered in their first League Cup game of the season at home.
This is the third knockout round of the League Cup. Manchester City was lucky in the draw, and they were drawn at home. Their opponent was Birmingham from the English Championship.
Although it was the League Cup, Manchester City still made a large rotation and played with a full substitute lineup. The goalkeeper arranged veteran Given, which was his first appearance this season.
As for other positions, they are basically a combination of substitutes and young players.
But even so, Manchester City still relied on their home court advantage and overall tactics to suppress Birmingham, seize the initiative, and successfully take the lead in the 17th minute. Gareth Barry took advantage of a melee and kicked at the front of the penalty area.
The long shot penetrated Birmingham's goal and opened the scoring for Manchester City.
In the 38th minute, Leighton Baines sent a pass from the left and Milner passed it into the penalty area. Dzeko stopped the ball on his chest and turned around and hit the goal. Manchester City won another victory and further expanded the score to 2-0.
After changing sides in the second half, Manchester City continued to attack.
In the 60th minute, three 16-year-old youngsters came on the bench respectively, namely Sterling on the wing and Bellerin and Rekik on the defense.
Sterling and Bellerin performed very well in the Manchester City youth training camp. After Bellerin was arranged to play, Trippier was switched to the midfielder position, pushing Thiago to the front.
This is also a characteristic of Guardiola, he likes to specially transform players according to them.
Rekik was the main defender of the U17 European Youth Championship champion team and performed well. Manchester City is also giving him some opportunities to play.
This is true for all European teams. Once the young talents in the youth team see no hope of emerging, their progress will be frustrated at worst, or they will leave the team at worst. This is true for all teams.
After the three young players came on the court, Manchester City performed steadily.
In the 79th minute, Bellerin and Sterling cooperated on the wing. Sterling dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was fouled by his opponent and fell to the ground, creating a penalty kick opportunity. Dzeko calmly took the penalty.
Another victory for Manchester City.
Three to zero!
In the end, Manchester City defeated Birmingham 3-0 with Dzeko's brace and Gareth Barry's goal, and successfully advanced to the next round of the league.
But the most important thing is that this League Cup game allowed the entire Premier League to see the thickness of Manchester City's increasingly strong bench.
