Chapter 241 Hat trick in Manchester City derby, who is the king of Old Trafford?
"GOAL!! Just one minute into the game, Manchester City's Lin broke the deadlock with a lightning-fast goal!"
"Manchester United has been pushed to the edge of the cliff. If they lose this game, their chances of getting a ticket to the Champions League next season will be greatly reduced!"
At Old Trafford, the Red Devils fans, who were expecting their team to make a comeback after the game started, began to freeze their expressions when they saw their opponents celebrating wildly in their own stadium.
This is the Manchester derby. Are we going to lose to our opponents again at home?
Moyes rarely got angry on the sidelines, reminding the players to cheer up and stay focused.
He seemed to blame the team's early loss on the players' distraction.
The Manchester United players on the field were all dejected, with confusion in their eyes.
Didn’t you say that the opponent is in poor condition?
Does this look like a bad state? The team fell behind so early, and faced a strong Manchester City. They had a bad feeling.
This match is going to be very difficult! The camera on the scene found Manchester United's legendary coach Ferguson in the stands, and his expression looked very serious.
He knew that there were already signs of unrest in the Manchester United locker room. If they lost to Manchester City at home again, not only would the entire club be dissatisfied with Moyes, but even the players on the field would probably rebel against Moyes.
Moyes' roots in Manchester United are not deep. If he loses the support of even the players, he will most likely leave next season.
It is easy for Manchester United to fire Moyes, but where can they find a qualified replacement?
You can't let an old man like me come back from retirement, right? Although there have been calls for this among the Red Devils fans in recent times, Ferguson knows that even if he comes back, it won't solve the problem.
After all, considering his age, he can't be with us for long.
What Manchester United needs now is a coach who can help Manchester United complete the reconstruction, which will take a long time.
When he thought of this, the Sir's mood became worse and worse, and he couldn't help but chew his gum faster.
"What's wrong with Manchester United? How come this season is so bad?"
"Who made it? Blame it on Moyes!"
"Wasn't Moyes very good when he was at Everton? How come he has become like this after joining Manchester United?"
"Everton is a civilian team, Manchester United is a wealthy club. Moyes is suitable for civilian teams but not necessarily for wealthy clubs!"
"So, the lord has chosen the wrong successor?"
"They must have made a mistake. Manchester United wanted to invite Guardiola, but Guardiola was kidnapped by Bayern Munich in advance!"
"Oh, it would be great if Manchester United had taken action earlier and really invited Guardiola!"
"Indeed, if Guardiola is invited to Manchester United, then Lin Huang will most likely join as well. Manchester United will not only get the best coach, but also the best and most promising star!"
"Unfortunately there is no if!"
"Alas, poor Red Devils, I'm afraid they will have to play in the Europa League next season!"
"Haha, after losing this game we've dropped to eighth place in the league, and we may not even qualify for the Europa League!"
There are a total of 7 European competition places in the Premier League, of which the top four will qualify for the European competition, the fifth and sixth will qualify for the Europa League, and the FA Cup champion will qualify for the remaining Europa League.
Manchester United's current league ranking is very embarrassing. Not only is it far away from the Champions League zone, it is not even sure it can get a place in the Europa League.
If they can't even qualify for the Europa League, Manchester United's situation next season will be very miserable.
After falling behind, Manchester United immediately launched a counterattack against Manchester City, trying to equalize the score.
Manchester City is not afraid of their opponents attacking them head-on, what they are afraid of is that the opponent will retreat to defense and then counterattack.
Therefore, Manchester United's attack was exactly what they wanted.
In the 16th minute of the game, Manchester City intercepted the ball in the backcourt and Kroos quickly transferred the ball to the wing.
David Silva made a straight pass forward, and after receiving the ball, Lin Quan strode towards Manchester United's penalty area.
Fellaini didn't dare let Lin Quan pass. He reached out from behind and pushed Lin Quan to the ground, stopping Manchester City's attack with a yellow card.
The foul was committed about 35 meters away from the goal. Lin Quan discussed it with Kroos, De Bruyne and others.
This ball was a bit far to shoot directly, and none of the three players were very confident, so they decided to use a tactical combination.
Lin Quan pretended to take a free throw. He took more than ten steps back and then took a quick run-up. However, when he got close to the ball, he feinted and jumped over the ball.
De Bruyne next to him immediately passed the ball to Kroos near the left edge of the penalty area. The Manchester United players in the human wall saw the opponent taking a tactical free kick, and immediately dispersed and rushed towards Kroos who had the ball.
Kroos calmly lifted the ball into the penalty area, looking for Lin Quan at the back post.
At this time, Manchester United players were all rushing out of the penalty area, but his ball was passed into the penalty area. Manchester United players hurriedly braked to intercept, but it was too late.
I don’t know when, Lin Quan, who was pretending to take a free kick, had already run here.
The ball was passed very quickly, but Lin Quan didn't even look at it. He raised his foot leisurely, and the football seemed to be stuck to his foot. After it touched his foot, it stopped very obediently and landed at his feet.
Even the Red Devils fans couldn't help but cheer for him when he stopped the ball.
When Ferguson saw this stop, he couldn't help but think of former Arsenal star Bergkamp.
broken!
This kid is so good at stopping the ball, he has enough time to adjust and shoot. Can De Gea stop him?
When De Gea saw Lin Quan receive the ball, sweat began to appear on his forehead.
As Lin Quan's national team teammate, De Gea has often played against Lin Quan in the team's training matches.
He knew very well how abnormal Lin Quan's shooting skills were. Before this guy completed the shot, you had no idea which foot he would use to shoot or how he would shoot.
Therefore, De Gea chose to attack at the first moment.
Lin Quan seemed to have guessed De Gea's move, and he completed the shot the moment De Gea attacked.
De Gea knows him and he knows De Gea, so when he received the ball, he had already thought about what to do with it.
Seeing the ball flying towards him, De Gea tried his best to stop the ball, but Lin Quan's shot was too tricky and he was unable to make the most adequate preparation while moving.
So, in the duel with Lin Quan, De Gea lost, the score became 2:0, and Lin Quan scored twice at Old Trafford.
Besides, it’s only 16 minutes!
There are still 70 or 80 minutes for him to complete his hat trick! In the stands, Manchester United fans were dead silent.
If losing the first goal only made them feel bad, they would think that the team still had hope of equalizing the score or even reversing the game.
Then as the team lost the second goal, they finally woke up.
Manchester City and Manchester United are no longer teams of the same level.
The "noisy neighbor" that they once looked down upon has now transformed into an insurmountable giant standing in front of them!
I don’t know when it started, but defeating this Manchester City team seems to have become a luxury.
"Woo woo, I'm a fan of the Red Devils. I'm also a fan of Lin Huang. Lin Huang, please be gentle, it hurts!"
"Red Devils fans are so scared, this is not the Red Devils team I know. Look at the expressions of the players on the field, they are almost beaten into Muggles!"
"Oh, it's so sad. It's only been one season and the team's performance has dropped so much. They were the Premier League champions last season, but this season they have fallen to the middle of the table. Will they have to fight for relegation next season?"
"The Vampire Grayson Family should do something good and spend more money to buy more players. With Manchester United's current lineup, how can they compete with Manchester City?"
"Who should we buy? We have Van Persie, Rooney and Mata up front, Carrick, Fellaini and Shinji Kagawa in the midfield, and the defense is a little bit weak. But the problem in this game is not the defense at all!"
The issues that the fans are discussing are actually what Ferguson is thinking about.
Manchester United's squad needs to be strengthened. Since Scholes retired, their midfield has been lacking a core.
Fellaini, Shinji Kagawa and others are of little use.
They need a player with good skills, a strong sense of the overall situation and who fits Manchester United's tactical system.
After much thought, there seems to be only one such player, and that is Juventus midfielder Pogba.
Pogba is a player from Manchester United's youth training. Although he has not proven his strength at Manchester United, he must be familiar with Manchester United's tactical style of play.
Moreover, he has outstanding footwork, a good overall view, and outstanding physical fitness, which almost perfectly meets all the requirements of Manchester United.
However, given his importance to Juventus, Manchester United will probably have to pay a hefty price to bring him back to Old Trafford.
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After conceding the second goal, Manchester United players did not dare to attack easily.
After they focused on defense, they finally stabilized the situation and stopped losing the ball.
The first half passed quickly and Manchester City returned to the locker room with a score of 2:0.
After the start of the second half, Manchester United took the lead in making personnel adjustments.
Moyes made a bold substitution, replacing Cleverley with Shinji Kagawa, who had been sitting on the bench for a long time.
Obviously, Moyes also saw the crux of Manchester United's problem. Their midfield lacked creativity and could not pass out threatening attacks.
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On the other hand, on the Manchester City side, Kroos's command and De Bruyne's various incredible passes made Manchester United frightened.
If they had a passer like De Bruyne, Van Persie and Rooney wouldn't be without a decent shot.
Seeing the coach name him as someone he should be good at, the second-year soul in Shinji Kagawa immediately burned: Has the coach finally realized my importance? Has he finally decided to let me play and save the team?
Come on, Lin, let’s have a peak showdown!
After Shinji Kagawa came on the court, he saw Lin Quan dribbling the ball and rushed forward with full confidence.
He had already noticed on the bench that Lin Quan was the core of Manchester City's attack. If he could freeze him, he would become Manchester United's hero! Shinji Kagawa was intoxicated at the thought of enjoying the collective cheers of 60,000 to 70,000 Red Devils fans at Old Trafford.
Lin Quan glanced at this guy. To be honest, he couldn't recognize all the Japanese players playing in the top five leagues.
Maybe it's because he doesn't pay much attention to Japanese players, or maybe it's because these guys always like to dye their hair other colors, making it difficult for him to remember what they look like.
Shinji Kagawa's appearance rate for Manchester United is so low that Lin Quan almost forgot that Manchester United has such a person.
Seeing Shinji Kagawa grinning foolishly after he came on the court, Lin Quan was a little speechless.
He didn't use any feints, but relied on his speed and physical confrontation to push Shinji Kagawa away and dribbled the ball towards Manchester United's backcourt.
Manchester United fans originally saw Shinji Kagawa volunteering to rush towards Lin Quan and thought he could give them a surprise.
Unexpectedly, Shinji Kagawa couldn't even last one round and was directly passed by the opponent.
This made them quickly lose confidence in Shinji Kagawa. Moyes actually substituted this guy at this time. Is he crazy?
After being passed by Lin Quan, Shinji Kagawa finally came to his senses.
Not this time, I'm not ready yet!
Next time I won’t be passed so easily!
Five minutes later, Manchester City launched another attack and the ball came to Lin Quan's feet again.
Shinji Kagawa, like before, mustered up the courage to come forward.
This time, Lin Quan didn't even look at him. Just like before, he used speed and strength to eat him alive.
Here we come!
When Shinji Kagawa saw that his opponent used the same trick, he immediately prepared for physical confrontation. He had already thought about how to organize a counterattack after intercepting Lin Quan to help the team equalize the score.
However, the cruel fact proved that Shinji Kagawa thought too much!
With a loud bang, the two of them collided violently.
Shinji Kagawa, who had the height advantage, was knocked away by Lin Quan like a kite with a broken string! The Red Devils fans exclaimed at the scene, although they did not expect Shinji Kagawa to be able to defend Lin Quan.
But they never expected that the Japanese would be crushed unilaterally and lose so badly! Moyes on the sidelines was almost furious! I didn't replace you to let you be an engineer, I let you organize the attack.
Aren't Fellaini and Carrick better than you in defense? Fortunately, after two failures, Shinji Kagawa seemed to have reacted.
When Lin Quan was attacking with the ball again, Shinji Kagawa didn't dare to look for him again.
However, after bullying him twice in a row, in Lin Quan's heart, Shinji Kagawa has been labeled as a "soft persimmon".
So even if Shinji Kagawa didn't come to trouble Lin Quan, Lin Quan would still go to trouble him! In the 67th minute, Shinji Kagawa received a pass from his teammate.
He was just about to look up to observe his opponent's defensive position and the location of his teammates when he saw a figure rushing towards him.
Before Shinji Kagawa could react, he felt himself being knocked away with a bang.
While in the air, Shinji Kagawa finally saw who had knocked him down - it was Lin Quan again! He was about to cry, "I didn't even bother to find you, why are you still pestering me?"
Lin Quan thought the referee would call a foul because his movements were indeed a bit too big.
However, this is the Premier League, and the standards of Premier League referees are much more lenient than in other leagues! Isn't this just a gimmick?
Then I won't be polite! Encouraged, Lin Quan quickly dribbled the ball forward. Fellaini cursed Shinji Kagawa as a waste and had to abandon De Bruyne and rushed towards Lin Quan.
But as soon as he left, Lin Quan immediately passed the ball to De Bruyne who was in an open position.
After receiving the ball, De Bruyne passed it to Lin Quan, helping him get rid of Fellaini's entanglement.
Lin Quan took two steps and passed the ball to David Silva who cut in from the wing. He completed a two-on-one combination with the opponent, passed Manchester United's full-back Evra, and broke into the penalty area!
Come again!
De Gea felt his scalp tingling when he saw Lin Quan appear in the penalty area again.
He quickly directed Ferdinand to make up for the defense, but as long as Ferdinand moved, Lin Quan would definitely pass the ball to Aguero in the open space.
Ferdinand obviously knew this, but he had to bite the bullet and make up for the defense, because Lin Quan was a greater threat than Aguero, and the opponent had already scored two goals, and he must not be given the opportunity to complete a hat trick at Old Trafford.
Sure enough, after Ferdinand moved, Lin Quan passed the ball to Aguero immediately.
Ferdinand was stunned when he saw his actions.
Don't you want to force a kick?
This is a hat trick in the Manchester derby! Thinking of this, Ferdinand couldn't help but admire the other party.
This guy is such a team player. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid most people would choose to shoot by themselves! Aguero originally thought that Lin Quan would do it by himself, because if it were him, he would definitely try to score a hat trick in this situation!
However, Lin Quan passed the ball.
This was beyond Aguero's expectations and made his shot a little hasty.
De Gea reacted quickly and made a save immediately after seeing Aguero's shot.
His judgment was very accurate and he saved the ball.
But the danger is not over!
The ball saved by De Gea fell into the penalty area and rolled right to Lin Quan's feet.
Lin Quan actually didn't particularly pursue a hat trick. As long as the team could win, it didn't matter how many goals he scored.
However, the football ran to him by itself, so he didn't show any mercy!
He didn't adjust, he just swung his foot and shot.
De Gea was really helpless this time, Lin Quan's shot was much trickier than Aguero's! With a swish, the football flew into the net.
Lin Quan completed his hat-trick at Old Trafford, becoming the second player in Manchester City's history to complete a hat-trick at Old Trafford!
The last Manchester City player to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford was Francis Lee in 1970.
Lin Quan didn't celebrate much for the first two goals, but this time, after scoring the third goal and completing the hat trick, he suddenly had an idea, turned up the collar of his jersey, and looked around the entire stadium domineeringly, like a king inspecting his territory! (End of this chapter)