Manchester United led the home team Manchester City 3:1 as a guest. Their positional offense was not particularly good. Their signature quick counterattacks led to Manchester City defensive players receiving yellow cards, which also greatly restricted Manchester City, which was lagging behind, from strengthening its offense.

The on-site director gave Guardiola a close-up shot. The fans sitting in front of the TV could clearly see the Manchester City coach's brows furrowed and his face worried, obviously worried about the next game.

PP sports commentator Zhan Jun said loudly:"Manchester City players look forward and backward. The frontcourt players want to score goals, and the backcourt players want to defend. The inconsistent thinking in the frontcourt and frontcourt means that Manchester City's offense cannot pose a direct threat to Manchester United's defensive system led by Van Dijk. If Manchester United can score another goal during this period, there is a high probability of sealing the victory!!"

Immediately, the broadcast screen showed the high-spirited Manchester United coach Mourinho.

Still holding a substitution adjustment in his hand, he did not rush to play, but waited for the opportunity.

If the victory can be secured before the 85 minutes, the third card is used to strengthen the defense. Once the goal is not scored, then this card is used to legally consume the game time in stoppage time.

The game time passed one second after another, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the critical point of physical fitness at seventy-five minutes.

Manchester United is leading the score, and the players are as if they have been beaten to death. They look like they want to avenge the Manchester Derby in the first round of the league this season. There is wind at their feet and they are full of energy when running. On the other hand, Manchester City players are suffering from two goals behind and being unable to close for a long time. Affected by the score difference, fighting spirit is constantly declining, and it is even distracting from Manchester United's possible efficient counterattack.

In the blink of an eye, two minutes passed and Manchester City played their last card. Post-2000 player Foden replaced Zinchenko, and the formation changed from 433 to 343.

Otamendi, Stones and Kyle Walker serve as the three central defenders, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Fernandinho and Foden serve as the three midfielders, Sane, Aguero and B. The tile roof is at the forefront of the front line.

Mourinho glanced at Guardiola meaningfully, raised the corners of his mouth, and showed a confident smile.

The effect of Foden coming off the bench is quite obvious. His skills are very good and he can put some pressure on Luke Shaw on the right. However, due to his weak body, he is at a clear disadvantage in confrontation and often loses contact at the moment of contact. Football control.

The English game advocates physical confrontation, and the referee will generally not blow the whistle for a foul unless there is an obvious foul.

In the 81st minute, Foden received a pass from Gundogan and passed Luke Shaw. Van de Beek, who was defending, took the initiative to seek physical confrontation. Foden immediately lost control of the football and was physically better. Van de Beek directly handed the football to central defender Van Dijk, who in turn gave it to Pogba, and Manchester United switched from defense to offense.

Foden stood by the sideline, spreading his arms and looking helplessly at the linesman.

"Return to defense!"

At this moment, Guardiola's shouts reached Foden's ears.

I saw Pogba turning around to meet the ball in one go, using the change of body center of gravity to shake B Silva away and face the direction of his attack.

"wowoowowooooooooooo——"

Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium subconsciously let out a burst of exclamations.

Pogba did not stick to the ball after passing B Silva, and directly passed the long ball to find Martial who moved forward to the right wing of the attack.

Van Carey's movement attracted the attention of many Manchester City defenders, leaving Martial with only left center back Otamendi to mark him.

Pogba's wide-range long pass from the defensive left rib has a relatively large advance, which is in line with Martial's sprint.

Otamendi knew that Martial had excellent foot skills, so he did not dare to grab the landing point to make a clearance. Instead, he consciously blocked Martial's cutting route and passing route during the retreat.

Many Manchester City players received yellow cards on Van Kerry and did not dare to foul when running without the ball. Therefore, Fernandinho, Gundogan and Kyle Walker restricted their positions.

Van Kerry's movement was very strange. When Pogba passed the ball to Martial, he made a sudden stop and then ran to the left front. This is equivalent to bypassing the Manchester City defender and then running forward.

Kyle Walker is the fastest defender in Manchester City and can even be said to be one of the fastest players in the entire Manchester City team.

It is precisely because of this that the Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium truly realized Van Kerry's terrifying speed.

Both Van Carey and Kyle Walker were running without the ball. Kyle Walker was even further forward, about two positions ahead of Van Carey.

The on-site director was showing Martial receiving the ball, but the fans at the scene could see clearly that Kyle Walker was in front and Van Kerry was in the back. The two crossed the center line one after another, narrowing the distance between the horizontal lines at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"wowoowoowoooooooo——"

The Manchester City fans in the main stand subconsciously let out a burst of exclamation. Guardiola, who was standing in the home team coach's command area, suddenly looked from the defensive left to the defensive right.

He clearly saw Van Carey go from one body behind Kyle Walker to half a body, then even to half a body ahead...

In just ten meters, Van Carey completed the transition from falling behind to overtaking Kyle Walker..

Due to the coach's tactical extension thinking, Guardiola suddenly came up with such an offensive tactical routine in his brain - if Martial receives the football, he passes the ball to the left with great force.

Kyle Walker, who had accelerated to the extreme, still had no hope of chasing back. He suddenly shouted hysterically at the center defender Stones:"John! Offside!!!"

Stones was now thinking about making up defense in the center, dragging him behind. The back of the line of defense.

As long as Martial catches the ball and looks for Van Carey, he is 100% offside, unless... Stones runs back, putting Van Carey, who is beyond Kyle Walker, in an offside state.

But the atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium was so fanatical and so loud that Kyle Walker's voice could not reach Stones' ears at all.

At this moment, Martial, who was full of speed, caught up with the football about 40 meters away from the baseline. After a slight adjustment, he sent a wide-range transfer ball from the inside of the instep of his right foot. The football shot up from the ground and came from Manchester United. The attacking right wing flies to the attacking left rib.

Guardiola's heart thumped. Isn't this the tactic that just appeared in his mind?

Farke!

His eyes followed the football to his defensive right rib, which was Manchester United's offensive left rib.

Stones, who was at the end of the defense, suddenly realized something and thought about causing offside, but it was too late. His raised right arm did not affect the assistant referee's judgment at all.

The on-site director switched the camera to show Manchester United attacking the left flank. PP sports commentator Zhan Jun looked at Fan Carey who appeared on the broadcast screen and his voice rose an octave:"Fan Carey——"

The fans sitting in front of the TV clearly saw Van Carey running at full speed, using his chest to push the football to the right front of the running body, and rushing towards the Manchester City penalty area without losing speed.

"Ruined!"

Guardiola closed his eyes in pain.

Ederson, who was shot from a long distance by Van Kerry, defended very honestly this time and stood near the penalty spot waiting.

"wuuwuwuuwuwuuuuuuuu——"

The Manchester City fans in the audience were still making their final struggle, creating an overwhelming booing, trying to influence Van Kerry, who was single.

Once this goal is scored, the team you support has a high probability of being eliminated early.

Van Carey turned a deaf ear and concentrated on passing the ball into the penalty area. Kyle Walker and Stones, who were still following him closely, gave up the pursuit one after another.

They know that the next step is a head-to-head confrontation between Van Carey and Ederson.

Whether he can maintain his hope of advancing to the League Cup final depends on Ederson.

Van Carey, who entered the penalty area with the ball, did not make any fancy moves. He raised his foot and dropped it. The football rolled quickly from the crotch of Ederson who was adjusting in small steps on the spot. It crossed the goal line and hit the snow-white net.……

"Goal! Goal! Goal!"

BBC commentator Lineker was ecstatic:"Kerry completed a hat-trick! Manchester United leads Manchester City 4:1 as a guest, with eight minutes left in the game, which almost means the victory is sealed!"

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