Chapter 803 It’s Arsenal’s turn!
"A quick counterattack by Poznan Lech into the Manchester City penalty area."
"Pepe returned to defense in time and used his body to block the No. 20 center forward of Poznan Lech, but Given got the ball first."
"In the two games when Joe Hart was rested, veteran Given also performed well."
"Manchester City's defense has indeed improved significantly compared to last season."
"Look at this time, Given kicked the ball forward."
"Su Dong judged the landing point, grabbed it, and headed the ball back to the midfield."
"David Silva chested the ball, got rid of it beautifully, moved to the left and passed it to Marcelo."
“Manchester City’s attack from the left.”
"Marcelo passed the ball straight to Di Maria in front, and the two players approached the penalty area of Poznan Lech on the left."
"The Polish team's defense speed is also very fast, and the back line has returned to its position."
"Let's see how Manchester City will attack this time?"
"It was Di Maria who got the ball, approached the penalty area and passed it to the bottom line."
"Marcelo didn't follow up, but David Silva suddenly cut in from the left rib to the left side of the penalty area."
"It was a very unexpected combination, look at David Silva's attack with the ball."
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When David Silva caught up with Di Maria's pass on the left side of the penalty area, he did not slow down, but suddenly accelerated, shook off the midfield defender who was returning to defense, and passed the ball to the center of the goal with his left foot.
Su Dong, who had just grabbed the first point, had already rushed to the outside of the small penalty area. Facing David Silva's pass, he jumped high. His burly body completely suppressed the two central defenders who were defending him, and he headed the ball directly into the far corner.
The ball went straight to the right side of the goal! "GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 23rd minute, Su Dong scored again, scoring twice!!!"
“It’s really wonderful!”
"We saw that Manchester City played this positional attack very beautifully."
"Starting from when Su Dong grabbed Given's long pass, David Silva, Di Maria and Marcelo launched a series of dazzling cooperation on the left side, especially at the end, when Di Maria passed the ball to the bottom line, everyone thought it was Marcelo, but it turned out that David Silva cut in from the outside to receive the ball."
"It was very unexpected, but also very deadly."
"I guess many people have forgotten that David Silva played as a left winger during his time at Valencia. He was regarded as a left attacking midfielder with good ball-carrying and breakthrough abilities."
"David Silva played a vital role in Manchester City's attack this time!"
After scoring the goal, Su Dong generously gave his best friend the highest praise. He simply carried David Silva on his back, and the two celebrated the goal wildly on the sidelines.
David Silva also seemed unusually excited, making people suspect that it was he who scored the goal, not Su Dong.
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After scoring two goals in a row, Manchester City still firmly controlled the situation on the field.
Everyone also clearly saw that Manchester City's positional warfare offense was very active, the coordination was very detailed, and various routines emerged one after another, which made Poznan Lech only able to passively defend, and even unable to free up their hands to attack and counterattack.
The Polish team was forced to retreat continuously due to Manchester City's passing and control of the ball.
With the team's advantage on the field, David Silva was particularly active.
The characteristics of the Spanish midfielder are actually very similar to Iniesta. He is not tall, but very flexible. His dribbling skills are very delicate, and his straight passes are even more lethal. He can play in many different positions. All these allow David Silva to be at ease in Manchester City's style of play and perform better and better.
After Su Dong scored two goals, David Silva planned two more attacks. One was to allow Di Maria to shoot, but it was blocked by the goalkeeper. The next was Toni Kroos' long shot, which was slightly higher than the crossbar.
It can be said that both attacks were very threatening.
During the half-time break, Guardiola also singled out David Silva for praise, saying that this was his best performance for Manchester City, while the Spanish midfielder looked at Su Dong with a smile.
"The defense is pressing down, and I feel relieved because there are big guys holding up the defense!"
And in fact it is true.
At the beginning of the second half, as Su Dong attracted the attention of the defense, David Silva played more actively. He even dribbled past three opposing players in a row, broke into the penalty area and shot.
As a result, this shot was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper with his foot.
As Su Dong walked back, he jokingly commented on his best friend's attack.
"Before the shot, you were as good as Maradona, but the final shot was a letdown for your previous performance!"
This made David Silva very depressed, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh?
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Influenced by David Silva, Manchester City is very active.
In the 56th minute, Sanchez broke through on the right and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. Toni Kroos followed up with another long shot, which slipped slightly out of the goal.
The German midfield seriously lacked shooting accuracy today.
In the 61st minute, Sanchez broke through on the right and made a cross. After Su Dong stopped the ball with his chest, he immediately turned around to protect the ball and quickly knocked it back. David Silva quickly followed up and shot with a low left foot. He finally got what he wanted and broke through Poznan Lech's goal.
Three to zero! After scoring the goal, David Silva knelt down in front of Su Dong on the sidelines and wiped his boots with his own hands.
The Spanish midfielder was too excited tonight.
In the 68th minute, Manchester City's attack on the right failed, Sanchez passed the ball back to Toni Kroos, who then passed it to David Silva. The Spanish midfielder broke through with the ball, attracted the attention of the defense, and suddenly sent a straight pass.
At almost the same position as the first goal in the first half, Su Dong stopped the ball, turned around, and shot in one go.
"hat trick!!!!!"
“Oh my god, Su Dong scored a hat trick!!!”
“Four to zero!”
The entire Etihad Stadium was completely boiling!
All the Manchester City fans in the stadium were shouting Su Dong's name at the top of their lungs.
In the stands, club executives such as Mansour, Mubarak, Soriano and Begiristain all applauded loudly when they saw Sudong excitedly rush to the sidelines, kiss the ring on his left hand and celebrate the goal.
"Hat trick and an assist, my God, he is such a goal-scoring maniac!" Mansour said excitedly.
Who would mind having such a crazy goal-scoring player on their team?
What's more, he was the one who insisted on bringing in this player! Mansour's excitement was more obvious than anyone else around him, and his smile was filled with a sense of proud achievement.
He is a fan of Su Dong! ...
When Su Dong was substituted by Guardiola in the 75th minute, all the Manchester City fans stood up again and gave him warm applause.
This is a special treatment given to Su Dong! But on the field, Manchester City's performance remains unchanged, and the team is still suppressing Poznan Lech.
It seems that the Blue Moon team wants to tell all the media and fans who have underestimated them before in this way that Manchester City is definitely not the nouveau riche or mercenaries in their eyes.
They came to Manchester City with only one goal, and that was the championship! When the game reached the 82nd minute, Sanchez on the right also had a flash of inspiration.
The Chilean winger dribbled past three opposing players, broke into the penalty area, shot and scored, sending the ball into Poznan Lech's goal from the bottom right corner again.
Five to zero! Manchester City fans were so happy! We knew the team was getting better, but we didn't know the team would play so hard! Manchester City seemed to be telling everyone, telling Arsenal, isn't it just five goals? If you can score, so can we!
In fact, not only can we score five goals, we can also prevent the opponent from scoring! …………
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In the end, Manchester City defeated Poznan Lech 5-0 at home.
But surprisingly, the player elected as the best player of the game was not Su Dong, who scored a hat trick and contributed an assist, but his best friend, David Silva.
When the result was announced on the stadium radio, not only everyone but even David Silva himself was shocked.
"You deserve it, David, you performed great tonight!" Su Dong walked over first, hugged David Silva with a smile, and offered his congratulations.
Su Dong doesn’t care whether he gets the best player of the match or not, because he doesn’t need this award at all.
What's more, this is just an honor and there is no real benefit.
On the contrary, it is a cause for celebration for David Silva to be elected.
Even after Su Dong scored a hat-trick, David Silva was able to win the best player of the game, which is extremely rare. But on the other hand, it can also be seen that David Silva's performance in tonight's game was indeed of a very high level.
The pass success rate is as high as 91%, a large part of which are through passes and diagonal passes. It is really rare to achieve such a pass success rate.
Judging from his performance this season, David Silva is gradually showing the level of a master midfielder, especially under Guardiola's tactical system, his cooperation with Toni Kroos complements each other very well, and the two are very complementary partners.
This once again proves Su Dong's original vision. He has always believed that David Silva's best partner is not Modric, but Toni Kroos, and the facts are proving his judgment.
In a subsequent interview with the media, Su Dong publicly congratulated David Silva and supported his friend.
"He is one of the strongest midfielders I have ever worked with. He is a world-class midfielder!"
This is undoubtedly the best affirmation of David Silva by Su Dong.
Su Dong said he had no doubt that David Silva would be able to maintain this high level and continue to demonstrate his extraordinary talent and dominance over the game.
At the same time, Su Dong also firmly believes that the team is getting better and better and its performance will get better and better.
"As many people said before the game, we have faced two strong opponents in a row. Now the game against Poznan Lech is over, and next it is Arsenal's turn!"
Su Dong said murderously.
(End of this chapter)
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