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In almost the same way, Liverpool created two excellent chances to score within a few minutes.

The first goal was called offside by the linesman, and the second goal was finally approved.

This goal is not only a 1-0 lead in the score on the field, but also the threat of Liverpool's offense to Manchester City's defense, which is already somewhat unstoppable.

Kororav was originally a very good full-back, but in this game, facing the young and impactful Sterling, it was obvious that Kororav suffered a big loss in speed.

Both times, Sterling stepped on the offside line and completed the final oblique penetration to get rid of. This time, the side defense was obviously not enough for Kororav alone. Sterling faced Kororav's defense at a single point. At that time, there was a huge personal advantage, and now other people in Manchester City's defense line are needed to form more support and protection for Kororav's side to limit Sterling's offense.

After Liverpool took the lead in the score, Manchester City, who were playing at home, naturally had no reason to back down.

Especially after Manchester City fell behind, the offensive rhythm on the offensive end has become faster, hoping to use the advantage of the home court to recover the gap of one goal behind.

Manchester City, playing at home, took advantage of the huge advantages of the two wingers to start long passes again and again, or used the speed of the wingers to specifically hit the ribs between the Liverpool winger and the central defender.

The pass from the wing constantly threatens Liverpool's penalty area, but under Yang Feng's guard, even Silva, Fei Bird or Yaya Toure will attack, but the threat to Liverpool's center , but has not reached the maximum level.

However, on the defensive end, Liverpool still had to send a large number of corner kicks, giving Manchester City a chance to score with a set kick.

Today's Manchester City is not a few years later, Gua Shuai's best pass control team in Europe.

In today's Manchester City tactical philosophy, there is pass control, but there are also quite simple offensive tactics.

Looking at Negredo and Dzeko who have the characteristics of traditional center forwards, you know that at the critical moment, Manchester City also has a huge threat when the most traditional long pass is used.

The set ball is one of Manchester City's sharp weapons at this time.

On the back line, the partners of Kompany and Lescott themselves have a very good ability to compete for points. Coupled with Negredo and Yaya Toure, Manchester City is not in the top position in the competition for high points. downwind.

In the 31st minute of the game, Manchester City's fourth corner kick of the game.

Silva's corner kick draws a wonderful arc and falls straight to the front of the six-yard box.

Under the entanglement of Skrtel, Kompany moved forward "slowly", but forcibly completed the take-off.

Skrtel's pulling action has not stopped, and he has even lifted Kompany's entire jersey, making Kompany almost in a physical state, but he still can't stop Kompany from jumping.

Jumping forward, shaking his head and rubbing his head, Skrtel behind him couldn't complete the block after taking off. Kompany made a bouncing ball. The ball first landed and then rebounded, flying directly into the goal.

1 to 1!

Kompany equalized for City.

Whenever Manchester City plays a key game, Kompany, who is healthy, will always be the most reassuring point in Manchester City. He can always use the opportunity of set kicks to give the team's offense a considerable impact. contribute.

For Kompany's goal, Skrtel was also quite helpless.

Kompany, who is not considered tall, is a type like Yang Feng, who has excellent judgment ability for landing points.

Kompany, who was standing in the middle at the beginning, has been fighting with Scott about the position. However, during the hand-to-hand fight between the two, Kompany suddenly withdrew his force and moved to the left. He wanted to follow the defense, but Kompany relied on his very strong body to completely block Skrtel's forward route.

This also makes Skrtel can only pull Kompany's jersey frantically behind Kompany's side and back, interfering with Kompany's take-off, but under such a pull, he can still complete the full take-off, Kompany's body The strength of the core strength can be seen.

Yang Feng comforted his frustrated partner. When the score changed back to 1-1, the game had just returned to the same starting line.

When it was 0-0, the two sides still restrained on the offensive end. They both defended well first and then tried to attack.

But when the two teams each scored a goal, the rhythm of the game has undergone fundamental changes.

Neither team is satisfied with the current draw situation.

Liverpool's lead was pulled back, and naturally they were unwilling to lose their advantage.

As for Manchester City, they entered the field with great momentum. After equalizing the score, they naturally wanted to further complete the reversal of the game.

The counterattack that the audience was looking forward to was finally staged in the final stage of the first half.

The two teams opened their posture, relying on the strong impact of the offensive players, and launched a fierce impact on the opponent's defense.

When the two sides open up their posture and fight each other, each team can get a larger counterattack space, making the game extremely open and beautiful.

Especially Manchester City, which is playing at home, is familiar with the playing field, and the fans are cheering and cheering. Compared with Liverpool, they can use every attack more reasonably and create more threatening opportunities.

Especially the two wingers of Manchester City can rely on speed to create a great threat in the counterattack.

Manchester City's midfielder, with an all-round midfielder like David Silva, can easily take on the heavy responsibility of sorting out the ball during the counterattack.

During a Manchester City counterattack in the 36th minute of the game, Silva received a direct pass from Yaya Toure on the left side of Liverpool's penalty area, easily unloaded the football, and avoided Yang Feng's tackle.

Then, after taking a step back easily, he directly sent a diagonal through ball with his left foot to find Nasri who succeeded in anti-offside.

The through ball given by Silva was so powerful that Nasri didn't need to slow down at all, and kept accelerating to get the ball and start attacking directly.

Nas continued to go down with the ball. Fortunately, Flanagan held the inside line and did not allow Nasri to break through and create a greater offensive threat.

In the end, Nasri could only choose a sudden emergency stop to dial the ball, and then took advantage of the opportunity that Flanagan could not step forward to defend, and directly completed a volley to hit the goal.

Luckily Mignolet was paying attention.

In the face of Nasri's kick, Mignolet reacted quickly and blocked the ball with a side attack. Yang Feng reacted quickly and cleared the ball with a big kick, defusing Manchester City's dangerous counterattack this time. .