Chapter 921 Look how I deal with him!
In Fulham's bench, Senderos felt that head coach Martin Jol had turned his attention back to the field, so he turned his head again, but he felt extremely ashamed. Although no one noticed his abnormality, he still felt that countless gazes were like steel needles, constantly piercing his face.
In fact, he couldn't accept himself like this, but he really had no choice.
For some reason, every time he met Su Dong, he would feel scared, and at the worst times, he would even tremble all over.
That is the humble mentality of the weak when facing the invincible strong.
He really didn't like it. He preferred the fearless self he was back then who would fight hard on the court even if it meant bleeding.
That's the real Felipe Senderos! But he can't really control it.
Su Dong was like a nightmare hidden deep in his heart. Whenever he was mentioned, it would devour his soul and make his whole body shiver, as if he were at the end of the world.
Even sometimes when he woke up in the middle of the night and had nightmares, he couldn't help but dream about the tragic scene when he was knocked away by Su Dong.
That was a nightmare that he would never be able to get rid of until he retired.
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Su Dong was soon substituted on, replacing Dzeko.
This is also the first time Su Dong has partnered with Aguero this season.
After hugging Dzeko on the sidelines, Su Dong sprinted directly into the field and waved to Zabaleta.
The Argentine defender wanted to give the captain's armband to Su Dong, but Su Dong felt it was unnecessary.
His position in Manchester City is not important at all whether he has the captain's armband or not.
Whether it was Gareth Barry, Toni Kroos, or Hazard, they all ran over and high-fived Su Dong.
"I will control the two central defenders, and you guys pass the ball to me more often." Su Dong said without question.
Hazard, Toni Kroos, and even Aguero all nodded to show that they heard it.
"Pay more attention to that Hangeland." Aguero came over and reminded.
Hangeland is not very famous, but his performance in the Premier League has always been outstanding.
Standing at 1.95 meters tall, the Norwegian central defender has the strong physique and power of a Nordic man, and is also very stable in defense. He can be said to be the mainstay of Fulham's back line. Before Arsenal introduced Mertesacker, they once contacted Fulham to discuss the introduction of Hangeland. At that time, Fulham offered a price of 10 million pounds.
The shrewd Wenger later made a comparison and chose the cheaper Mertesacker, but Hangeland's strength is unquestionable.
In the previous games, he had been restricting Dzeko. Except for the header pass to Aguero, Dzeko did not get any advantage from Hangeland throughout the game, which shows his defensive strength.
Su Dong understood that Aguero meant well by reminding him, so he smiled and patted Aguero on the shoulder.
"It's okay, just wait and see how I deal with him!"
Aguero was a little dumbfounded.
Are you...so...confident?!
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But after the game started, Aguero did feel the changes brought about by Su Dong.
Obviously, the defensive pressure he faces is much less.
When Dzeko was there just now, Aguero had to bear a lot of pressure. Obviously, Fulham's defenders still had the energy to deal with Aguero after defending Dzeko. But after Sudong came on the court, Fulham's defenders, whether for prevention or the actual pressure brought by Sudong, had no time to take care of other things.
Aguero became more active and Manchester City's offense also improved.
With the advantage in passing and controlling the ball, and the forward line suppressing Fulham's defense, Manchester City began to have an overwhelming advantage on the field. This was very different from when Dzeko was there just now.
Manchester City had the advantage just now, but Fulham was still able to fight back and even counterattack frequently.
But now Fulham can only retreat and defend.
Even so, Fulham's defense still had problems in the 87th minute.
After Aguero's attack on the right was thwarted, he passed the ball back to Toni Kroos.
After stopping the ball near the middle, the German midfielder sent an over-the-top diagonal pass to the defense line on the left side of the penalty area.
Fulham's defense was drawn by Sudon, and Hazard easily made a run in and kicked the ball off the air.
Stephen Kelly immediately retreated to the inside to block the ball, but after Hazard stopped the ball, he made a fake move to go to the bottom, then suddenly pulled the ball back and passed it horizontally to the penalty spot.
Su Dong was originally on the right side of the penalty spot, facing the goal, using his body to block Hangeland. When he saw the ball coming, he immediately rushed forward and made an attitude as if he was going to kick the ball directly.
Given the situation at the time, Su Dong could have just taken the initiative.
Therefore, Fulham's two central defenders Baird and Hangeland blocked the ball at the same time, just like two doors closed, blocking all of Su Dong's shooting angles.
But what they didn't expect was that after Su Dong caught up, he didn't kick the ball directly, but just made a fake move. After fooling the two of them, he suddenly pushed the ball to the right and turned around flexibly.
After turning around, he pulled the ball to the right with his right foot, created a gap through Hangeland, and shot.
The ball flew like a cannonball into the lower right corner of Fulham's goal.
Three to two! "GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"At the critical moment, Su Dong scored again!"
"3-2, Manchester City takes the lead again!"
"Look at the slow-motion replay, this is the strength of the world's top superstar."
"If he had kicked directly, he would have had a chance to score, but Hangeland and Baird had already blocked the shooting angle, and there was a high chance that his shot would be blocked. A superstar like Su Dong is able to change his strategy according to the ever-changing situation on the court."
"The shot just now was very beautiful, which fully demonstrated Su Dong's personal ability and his value to Manchester City."
"For the same opportunity, whether it's Dzeko or Aguero, it's hard for them to seize it like Su Dong did."
After scoring the goal, Su Dong rushed out of the stadium excitedly.
Aguero followed closely behind, full of admiration.
He now somewhat understood why Messi always had a complex expression of admiration and depression whenever he mentioned Su Dong.
The admiration is because Su Dong's strength is indeed admirable, especially as top professional football players, they know Su Dong's strength and value better than anyone else, so they admire him very much.
But the reason why I feel depressed is that Su Dong is too strong, which means that if you are his teammate, you will always have to live under his shadow.
This was true for Messi in the past and Aguero now.
But the charm of Su Dong lies in the fact that it is difficult for you to feel jealous of him.
It's not just because he's too strong, but also because he's such a good human being.
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Manchester City finally defeated Fulham 3-2 thanks to Sudon's winning goal at the critical moment, and won five consecutive victories.
After the game, the media discussed most about Su Dong's goal and Joe Hart's bad luck.
The two goals conceded had little to do with him, but both happened when he was on the field, which is problematic.
On one hand, Courtois is becoming more and more stable and outstanding, while on the other hand, Joe Hart keeps losing the ball. Now even the British media can't stand it anymore.
It's impossible for them to shamelessly praise Joe Hart all the time, right? Judging from the performance, the England goalkeeper is indeed not as good as Courtois as a whole. The key is that the gap between the two sides is even more obvious in terms of the number of goals conceded. Courtois has not conceded a goal so far this season.
Joe Hart can be said to be unlucky, or have bad luck, and you can find a lot of reasons, but in the cruel competition of football, conceding a lot of goals is a lot, and no amount of explanations will be of any use.
So much so that even the authoritative Times believes that Joe Hart should perhaps take a break, calm down, find out the reasons, and start again, hoping to win back his starting position.
Yes, The Times has apparently already believed that Joe Hart has lost his starting position and Courtois has taken his place.
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Three days later, Manchester City hosted their first League Cup match of the season at home.
This is the third knockout round of the League Cup. Manchester City was lucky in the draw and was drawn to play at home. Their opponent is Birmingham from the Championship.
Although it was the League Cup, Manchester City still made a major rotation and played with an all-substitute lineup. The goalkeeper arranged for veteran Given to start, which was his first appearance this season.
As for other positions, it is basically a combination of substitutes and young players.
But even so, Manchester City still relied on its home advantage and overall tactics to suppress Birmingham, seize the initiative, and successfully take the lead in the 17th minute. Gareth Barry took advantage of a melee and made a long shot in front of the penalty area, penetrating Birmingham's goal and scoring the first goal for Manchester City.
In the 38th minute, Leighton Baines passed the ball from the left, Milner passed it into the penalty area, Dzeko stopped the ball with his chest and turned around to shoot, scoring another goal for Manchester City and further expanding the score to 2-0.
After the change of sides in the second half, Manchester City continued to attack.
In the 60th minute, three 16-year-old players came on as substitutes, namely Sterling on the wing and Bellerin and Rekik on the back line.
Sterling and Bellerin performed quite well in Manchester City's youth training camp. After Bellerin was arranged to play, Trippier was replaced by the defensive midfielder position, pushing Thiago to the front.
This is also a characteristic of Guardiola. He likes to transform players specifically according to their abilities.
Rekik is the main defender of the U17 European Championship champion team. He has performed well and Manchester City is also giving him some playing opportunities.
This is true for all European teams. Once the young talents in the youth teams see no hope of emerging, their progress will be frustrated at best, and at best they will leave the team. This is true for all teams.
After the three young players came on the field, Manchester City played steadily.
In the 79th minute, Bellerin and Sterling cooperated on the wing. Sterling dribbled into the penalty area and was fouled by the opponent, creating a penalty opportunity. Dzeko calmly took the penalty and scored another goal for Manchester City.
3-0! Manchester City finally defeated Birmingham 3-0 with Dzeko's double and Gareth Barry's goal, and successfully advanced to the next round of the league.
But the most important thing is that this League Cup match allowed the entire Premier League to see Manchester City’s increasingly strong bench depth.
(End of this chapter)
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