Chapter 778 Scorpion Tail
After David Silva placed the ball in the corner area, he slowly took two steps back, took deep breaths continuously, and tried to adjust his breathing rhythm and frequency. At the same time, he raised his head and looked at the situation in the penalty area.
In Sunderland's penalty area, all the tall guys rushed in, it looked crowded and the scene was a bit chaotic.
Su Dong was standing in front of the small penalty area, while Pepe and Kompany were both standing at the back.
This is completely unpredictable. How does Manchester City plan to cooperate with this corner kick?
Sunderland's two central defenders are also very tall and strong, especially Bramble, a giant central defender with African ancestry who has played for Premier League teams such as Ipswich, Newcastle and Wigan Athletic. At this moment, he is sticking behind Su Dong, clinging to him closely, with his hands ready to hug him at any time.
This made David Silva feel a little funny. He guessed that Bramble had never been so focused even when he hugged his girlfriend.
The Manchester City players in the penalty area were also preparing to score. After seeing David Silva put the ball in place, they all made their own gestures. Pepe and Kompany were ready, and Su Dong was ready at the front point. It all depended on which spot David Silva would take the penalty.
As the referee blew the whistle, David Silva quickly ran forward and kicked a curved ball with his left foot.
The ball drew an elegant arc and quickly fell into the penalty area.
David Silva's corner kick did not go directly to Su Dong, but fell to the back point.
Pepe, disturbed by Michael Turner, jumped up forcefully and got the first point, but when he headed the ball, the ball hit Michael Turner's head and fell towards the middle of the goal.
Manchester City's corner attack just now was mainly concentrated in the front point, the back point and the periphery, so was Sunderland's defense.
At this moment, there was no one in the small area right in the middle of the goal.
Su Dong was facing the right side and originally wanted to grab the front point, but David Silva went to the back point, which prevented him from grabbing the ball.
He tried to turn around, but found himself blocked by Bramble.
Su Dong turned his head and looked behind him, and found that Pepe and Michael Turner jumped almost at the same time, and Pepe's header hit Michael Turner's head and bounced to the center of the front of the small penalty area.
Almost in an instant, Su Dong quickly took a step to the outside, avoided Bramble, and quickly kicked his right foot to the side and back, using his heel to meet the falling ball and directly performed a back kick.
This was originally an instinctive and subconscious action of Su Dong, but he actually kicked the ball.
With a touch of his heel, the ball, which was originally falling, immediately changed direction and slid towards Sunderland's goal.
Goalkeeper Minnow Wright was standing on the right side and was startled by Su Dong's sudden heel shot. He reflexively tried to grab the ball, but it was too late! The ball fell directly into Sunderland's goal, 3-0!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
“Oh my god!!!”
"Scorpion's tail!"
"Su Dong actually used a scorpion tail to help Manchester City score another goal!"
"It's incredible. We couldn't believe it. He scored in this way. It was so imaginative!"
Not only the commentator of the game, but even the visiting team coach Guardiola on the sidelines was so surprised that he grabbed his head with both hands, his mouth opened so wide that a fist could be stuffed in, and his face was full of disbelief.
This goal is simply amazing!
The home team's head coach Steve Bruce was so surprised that he cursed loudly, thinking that this was just a jerk! How could a goal be scored like this? What on earth does Bramble do? He could score a goal like this? On the contrary, after Su Dong scored the goal, he laughed loudly, rushed to the sidelines, rushed straight to the live camera, kissed the ring on his left hand vigorously, and excitedly swung his right fist.
Soon, he was surrounded by his teammates.
"Oh my god, how did you think of scoring a goal in this way?"
"Damn it, that was clearly my header!"
"No, no, Sue, I have to kneel down for you!"
The reactions of his teammates varied, but one thing was very clear: Su Dong's goal was truly incredible and unbelievable.
Before, the scorpion's tail swing appeared more in media reports and TV videos. It was extremely rare, and every time it happened, it would be talked about by media and fans all over the world.
But they didn't expect that they would actually witness such a goal with their own eyes.
Although, during the process of scoring the goal, many of them didn't even see clearly how the ball was scored, this did not prevent them from surrounding Su Dong on the sidelines and giving him heartfelt praise.
Oh shit!
"Let's replay Su Dong's goal in slow motion."
"Scorpion's tail!"
"Bramble used his body to block Su Dong, which was obviously a last resort, but Su Dong is tall and has long legs."
"Look at how flexible and swift these long legs are. After turning around and seeing Pepe's header blocked, Su Dong directly used a scorpion kick and scored with his heel. It was really exciting!"
The live broadcast on TV also repeatedly watched the moment when Su Dong swung his scorpion tail and shot the ball with his heel from multiple different angles.
Obviously, such a team is hopeless.
Especially for Bramble who was defending him.
He had tried his best, but he couldn't stop Su Dong's two assists. Now he finally stopped him, but Su Dong played him like this. What else could he do? …………
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After Su Dong scored a goal, the game basically lost its suspense.
Sunderland completely lost its fighting spirit and just kept defending, while Manchester City also slowed down its offensive appropriately.
After all, the team had to play two games in a row for a week, which consumed a lot of physical energy, so the players slowed down the pace appropriately and focused more on passing and controlling the ball to mobilize the opponent.
In the end, Manchester City beat Sunderland 3-0 away from home.
This is the most painful defeat Sunderland has experienced at home in the past two seasons.
The last time they lost so badly at home was in 2008, when they lost 1-4 to Bolton.
Su Dong was once again elected as the best player of the game thanks to two assists and one goal.
After three rounds of the Premier League, Su Dong topped both the Premier League scorer and assist lists with five goals and five assists.
Among them, he is tied with Drogba in the scorer list.
Chelsea's game starts two hours later than Manchester City's.
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Two hours later, Chelsea faced Stoke City at Stamford Bridge.
With a hat-trick, a brace and an assist hat-trick in the first two rounds, Drogba threatened before the game that he would score another hat-trick.
At the beginning of the game, he was also quite active.
In the 14th minute, he almost scored against Stoke City with a direct free kick.
Afterwards, Drogba took free kicks, shot the ball with long feet and headed the ball. He was quite active and frequently threatened Stoke City's goal, but he was just a little bit away from scoring.
Especially in the 33rd minute, one minute after Malouda scored a goal for Chelsea, Drogba had a very wonderful cross from the left, but unfortunately his teammate wasted the opportunity in front of the goal.
Drogba also missed a brilliant cross from teammate Ashley Cole just before the end of the first half.
After the change of sides, in the second half, Chelsea really concentrated all their strength on helping Drogba.
In the 50th minute, Anelka made a cross from the left side of the penalty area and passed the ball to Drogba who was unguarded.
The Ivorian Elephant King, without any defensive pressure, actually headed the ball off target when he could have scored with just a header in front of the goal.
This has to be said to be a very shocking thing.
Was it that Drogba's shooting skills were not good at the crucial moment or that he was just unlucky?
Chelsea firmly controlled the situation and created opportunities frequently, but were unable to create threatening shots.
Drogba was frustrated by his inability to score and was patiently looking for opportunities.
It was not until the 77th minute that Anelka dribbled into the penalty area and was tripped by a defender.
Despite the protests of Stoke City players, who believed that Anelka was suspected of diving, the referee still awarded a penalty.
Needless to say, Drogba stood directly on the penalty spot, positioned the ball, and slowly backed away.
Soon, the Ivorian scored a goal against Stoke City with a powerful shot.
2-0! Drogba scored in three consecutive games! …
Su Dong only received the news of Drogba's goal after the team returned to Manchester.
He and his teammates watched Chelsea's game and Drogba's goal at the Carrington base.
His only feeling was, damn, this is simply cheating!
"I have every reason to suspect that the entire Chelsea team is helping Drogba score goals. Look at Anelka's move of dribbling into the penalty area. It's obvious that he wants to earn a penalty." Sanchez himself is a winger and is considered an expert in this area.
"If it weren't for this penalty, Drogba wouldn't have expected to score tonight, his footwork was terrible!"
"Who said it wasn't? It's funny to think that we could still maintain the lead by relying on penalties."
This is actually not impossible.
Many times, when players are competing for the Golden Boot, they will often take the initiative to take penalty kicks.
Throughout history, how many goal scorers are like Su Dong who have never taken penalty kicks?
However, it is not necessarily a bad thing that Drogba is leading.
Su Dong was quite open-minded about this.
Drogba's performance this season is indeed surprising. He has scored six goals and made three assists in three games. This transcript is indeed amazing.
It is even not inferior to Su Dong's five shots and five passes.
However, after seeing Drogba's performance tonight, Su Dong became more open-minded.
"Even in the home game against Stoke City, he had such a hard time, and finally took the lead through a penalty kick. I doubt how long he can lead the scorer list!"
After saying this, Su Dong grinned confidently.
"I hope he can hold on for a while longer, otherwise, it would be too boring!"
(End of this chapter)
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