Chapter 781 Manchester City’s fatal hidden danger
On the afternoon of September 11, in the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Blackburn Rovers at the Etihad Stadium.
In the second minute of the game, Manchester City launched a quick attack on the left.
Adam Johnson retreated to press, successfully intercepted the ball from Blackburn and quickly passed it to Busquets.
Busquets stopped the ball, turned around, got rid of the defender, and passed the ball to Marcelo.
The Brazilian left-back didn't stop the ball, but made a lob pass behind him and sent the ball to the frontcourt.
Adam Johnson advanced at top speed. The England winger was very fast. After catching up with Marcelo's pass in Blackburn's half, he took big strides and rushed forward with the ball.
Su Dong in the middle also moved forward at the fastest speed and pointed far ahead of him.
Adam Johnson dribbled the ball to the left side of the penalty area, kicked a cross with his left foot, and lifted the ball to the middle of the penalty area.
Su Dong judged the landing point, rushed forward, jumped high, overpowered central defender Nelson, and headed the ball into the goal.
Blackburn goalkeeper Robinson tried hard to save the ball, but it was too late.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Just two minutes into the game, Manchester City scored the first goal!"
"A wonderful goal from Su Dong, one to zero!"
"Manchester City played very aggressively after the opening."
"Due to the impact of the national team games, Di Maria and Sanchez, who traveled a long distance back to South America to participate in the game, did not start this game, but were replaced by Adam Johnson and Wright-Phillips."
"In the attack just now, Adam Johnson performed very well and fully utilized his speed advantage."
"Of course, the most important thing is Su Dong, who can accurately predict the landing point of the cross."
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After taking the lead, Manchester City took advantage of their home field and firmly controlled the situation on the field.
Su Dong also frequently created threats in the frontcourt.
First, he received a cross from Adam Johnson on the left, then Su Dong stopped the ball with his back to the goal, turned to the right, and made a wonderful pass to Wright-Phillips.
But unfortunately, Manchester City's right winger quickly entered the penalty area and shot, but the ball was saved by goalkeeper Robinson and the opportunity was missed.
In the 15th minute, Manchester City launched another attack.
Toni Kroos dribbled forward and passed the ball to Su Dong.
Su Dong turned to the right, made a wall pass with Wright-Phillips, and then he cut diagonally to the right side of the penalty area. After getting the ball, he suddenly passed it back to the penalty spot.
At this time, Toni Kroos came in from behind and shot the ball directly into the lower left corner of the Blackburn goal.
2-0! The entire Etihad Stadium was boiling with excitement! After scoring two goals in a row, Su Dong assisted and shot, all the Manchester City fans in the stadium were so excited! Su Dong even hugged his teammates on the sidelines to celebrate the goal.
But just when everyone on the team was full of confidence, a huge change suddenly occurred on the court.
Manchester City's quick attack was intercepted by Blackburn in the frontcourt. Pedersen made a long pass from the backcourt and passed the ball directly to the front of Manchester City's penalty area.
At this moment, Joe Hart, who was pressing outside the penalty area, made a very fatal low-level mistake.
I don't know if it was because the game was going too smoothly, which resulted in him not feeling much threat and becoming less focused. He seemed to suddenly forget that he was outside the penalty area. Facing Pedersen's long pass, he initially wanted to reach out to receive it, but suddenly realized that he was standing outside the penalty area and couldn't use his hands.
This was originally a very, very simple pass that could be easily intercepted by ordinary players, not to mention professional players. However, because Joe Hart did this all of a sudden, he hurriedly tried to retract his hand and use his body to stop the ball, but ended up stopping it too far.
The opponent's forward Kalinic seized the opportunity cleverly, poked the ball behind him, accelerated into the penalty area, and easily shot into the empty goal, pulling a goal back for Blackburn.
One to two!
This sudden goal loss was extremely disappointing.
Joe Hart was stunned outside the penalty area.
Guardiola requires the goalkeeper to expand his range of activities. He even hopes that Joe Hart can integrate into the team's passing and controlling system in the midfield and backcourt. This is a very common requirement in La Liga, especially in Barcelona, but it is extremely special in the Premier League.
At Bayern, Neuer often does this thanks to his excellent technical skills, but Joe Hart obviously can't do that.
Apart from anything else, the Premier League's midfielders and forwards do not have such delicate passing and receiving skills. Isn't it too much to ask a goalkeeper to integrate into passing and controlling the ball?
Just now, after Manchester City pressed forward, Joe Hart also followed out of the penalty area, but he obviously still thought he was in front of the goal, so he instinctively wanted to reach out to receive the ball. When he reacted, he immediately retracted his hand and used his body to stop the ball, but it ended up being too big, which led to this low-level mistake.
Joe Hart's mistake dealt a heavy blow to the team.
Blackburn continued to build on their momentum. During a corner attack, former Real Madrid veteran Salgado quickly sent the ball into the penalty area after Manchester City cleared the ball with a header. Diouf shot from the front of the small penalty area and once again penetrated Manchester City's goal.
Joe Hart, who was hit by the goal just now, didn't even react to it and watched the opponent score a goal.
2-2! Just as Manchester City fans were excited after scoring two goals in a row, they were disappointed after losing two goals in a row. Even the players were hit hard.
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After Su Dong loudly encouraged his teammates, he continued to work hard to find opportunities in the frontcourt.
In the 38th minute, Marcelo made a long diagonal pass near the center line and sent the ball into the penalty area.
Su Dong quickly inserted himself and kicked the ball to stop it in mid-air before the defender could do so.
The moment the ball hit Su Dong's instep, it seemed to turn into a shot put and fell directly to the ground along his feet.
After stopping the ball, Su Dong suddenly pushed the ball horizontally to the right without waiting for Nelson to get close, creating a gap behind Nelson. He quickly shot with his right foot and the ball went into the net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
“Three to two!!!!”
Su Dong shouted excitedly, ran all the way, waving his hands constantly, signaling the fans at the scene to shout louder.
Manchester City players also rushed to catch up and surrounded Su Dong on the sidelines.
"This is definitely a goal that stabilizes the morale of the team!"
"After Blackburn equalized the score, Su Dong made a wonderful stop and shot in the 38th minute, scoring another goal for Manchester City, 3-2!"
“It’s really wonderful!”
"Manchester City's defense was problematic tonight, especially goalkeeper Joe Hart, who made many low-level mistakes, but Su Dong in the frontcourt played as if he had divine help and performed exceptionally bravely."
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Before the end of the first half, Manchester City formed an siege on Blackburn.
David Silva received a straight pass from Busquets, dribbled the ball forward in the middle, and passed it to Su Dong who retreated to receive the ball.
Su Dong pulled to the edge of the penalty area, retreated to receive the pass from David Silva, turned around to get rid of Nelson, and quickly dribbled forward, breaking into the edge of the penalty area, attracting another central defender Samba to steal the ball, and then passed the ball directly into the penalty area.
David Silva broke into the penalty area and calmly shot the ball into the goal, making it 4-2!
The young Spanish player was so excited that he rushed towards Su Dong, jumped directly on Su Dong, and celebrated loudly.
"In the first half, both teams played too freely."
"Even Blackburn were not conservative at all, and Manchester City's own defense also had frequent problems."
"Six goals in one half was really surprising."
"However, Manchester City still needs to be careful. Blackburn's actions were a bit too aggressive and the referee's enforcement today was a bit soft."
Blackburn has a nickname, Violent Ben.
From this nickname, we can understand the playing style of this team. The actions are very rough and it is the most typical English team.
Facing Manchester City's delicate passing and controlling style of play, Blackburn, after figuring out the referee's tactics, decisively stepped up their actions. Especially when Su Dong was active, he became the target of attention of Blackburn's defensive players.
Near the end of the first half, Su Dong and defender Nelson both fell to the ground during a fight. When they stood up, the socks on Su Dong's right calf were stained with blood, obviously scratched by Nelson's studs.
The referee had to suspend the game and signaled Manchester City's team doctor to come in and stop Su Dong's bleeding.
In the end, Manchester City temporarily took the lead with a score of 4 to 2 in the first half.
At halftime, Guardiola replaced Su Dong with Santa Cruz.
The injury to his right calf is quite serious and Guardiola is very worried.
In addition to this wound, Su Dong's legs had suffered countless injuries of varying sizes. Guardiola was afraid that Su Dong would get injured, so he didn't care about anything else and immediately replaced him.
Blackburn was also forced to make substitutions, and made two substitutions in a row.
Former Real Madrid veteran Salgado was injured by himself. Although center back Nelson scratched Su Dong with his studs, he also sprained his foot. Both of them were substituted during the half-time break.
Manchester City continued to maintain its advantage in passing and controlling the ball in the second half and created many opportunities.
The best one was in the 63rd minute, when Adam Johnson suddenly appeared on the right, broke through and made a low cross to the front of the goal. Santa Cruz was at the front of the small penalty area, occupied the most advantageous position, faced the goal so close, and made a push shot, which went directly out of bounds.
There was a sigh of disappointment throughout the entire stadium!
What a great opportunity!
Manchester City then created several more chances, but failed to convert them into goals, so that at the end of the game, Manchester City defeated the visiting Blackburn 4-2 in a thrilling victory.
Although Su Dong only played half the game, he still won the title of best player of the game with two shots and two assists. He was given another bottle of champagne. He also fulfilled his previous promise and gave the champagne to Marcelo, which made the Brazilian left-back so happy that he danced a striptease in the locker room.
But the two goals conceded still left hidden dangers for Manchester City's victory.
(End of this chapter)
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