Author: Xue Niao

Seeing Manchester City gradually taking control of the midfield, Moyes couldn't sit still.

He asked Rooney to drop back and join in the midfield battle.

Lu Xiaopang is a little reluctant, why can Van Persie stay in front but he can't?

I am also a forward!

But Moyes treated him well, and he didn't want to fall out with Moyes for the time being, so he still carried out Moyes' order.

After Rooney retreated, Manchester United formed two strangulation lines in the midfield.

In front are Rooney, Ashley Young and Valencia.

Behind are Fellaini and Carrick.

After the two levels of interception lines are clear, their midfield defensive capabilities have been greatly enhanced.

Lin Quan once again imagined that it would be very difficult to take advantage of the disconnection between the opponent's back line and midfielder line to counterattack the opponent like before.

However, he soon noticed that after everyone from Manchester United ran to the midfield, the defense on the wing was empty.

As a result, Lin Quan gave up attacking from the center, and instead pulled more teammates to attack the opponent's two flanks.

It's not that Manchester City has never played on the wing before, but Navas and Nasri on both wings do not have the organizational ability like David Silva.

They are qualified as wing blasters, but if they are asked to organize the team's frontcourt offense, they are still short of firepower.

This resulted in Manchester City's attack on the wing being loud but rainy, failing to pose a threat.

When Manchester United played against Chelsea before, Chelsea also used two wings to launch an attack, but in the end it was successfully defended by Manchester United.

After having previous successful defensive experience, Manchester United's players are not very worried about this attack.

But after Lin Quan stepped aside, the situation was different again.

He is different from ordinary wing players. He is very versatile and can serve as a wing blaster and organize attacks on the wing.

Moreover, his addition gives Manchester City one more person when attacking from the wing, which greatly increases the difficulty of Manchester United's defense.

The situation began to tilt towards Manchester City again, and Manchester United's defense on the wing became shaky under Manchester City's crazy attack.

In the stands, after seeing Lin Quan's choice, Guardiola showed a happy smile on his face.

This kid is thinking about himself!

After he brought the team's organizational work to the wing, he bypassed the fight in the midfield and completely disabled the opponent's defensive arrangement.

Now, Manchester United is feeling uncomfortable!

"Coach, are Manchester United encountering any trouble?"

Ten Hag's ability to read the game is not as good as Guardiola's, but he can also see at this time that Manchester United is in a very passive situation on the court.

"Well, they are at a disadvantage in wing defense, and the entire defense is beginning to be shaky. If they can't make adjustments immediately, I'm afraid they will lose the ball soon."

After hearing Guardiola's words, Ten Hag's eyes widened and he stared at the game on the field.

Trying to see it more realistically.

Seeing how serious the other party was, Guardiola asked:

"If you were the manager of Manchester United, what do you think you should do now?"

Ten Hag just heard Guardiola's analysis of Manchester United's wing defense problems, so he naturally felt that the wing defense should be strengthened.

"Is that so?"

After hearing his answer, Guardiola did not comment and seemed to be waiting for Moyes to make adjustments.

…

Moyes is not blind, and of course he can see that Manchester United's situation is precarious.

However, he did not directly strengthen the defense on the wing as Ten Hahe thought.

There are only so many players on the field, so strengthening the wings means weakening the center.

They have seen Manchester City's offensive power in the middle before. Lin Quan is a free man with extremely high football intelligence.

Once Manchester United makes adjustments, he will definitely return to the center and exploit Manchester United's weaknesses.

In this case, unless he, the head coach, personally takes the field and adjusts the team's tactics anytime and anywhere, it will not work at all.

So, what should Manchester United do?

Moyes only thought of one way, and that was to send people specifically to restrict Lin Quan.

Since the problem lies with this guy, let’s deal with him in a targeted manner!

If he can be beaten to death, Manchester City's offensive threat will plummet.

Thinking of this, Moyes took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to call Fellaini over and gave him some instructions.

…

A few minutes later, Lin Quan on the court discovered that Manchester United seemed to have adopted a special man-marking arrangement for him.

Fellaini is like a follower, following him all the time.

Seeing Manchester United's choice, Lin Quan simply couldn't ask for it.

I am worried that Manchester United's defensive strength in the middle is still too strong, making it difficult for teammates to seize opportunities.

It's better now that Manchester United has abandoned its martial arts skills.

Then you're welcome!

He did not return to the center, but continued to cooperate with his teammates on the wing.

However, Manchester City's offensive line has undergone great changes.

Lin Quan started to cooperate more with the team's forward Aguero!

In the 36th minute of the first half, Lin Quan received the ball in the frontcourt. Fellaini quickly came over. Lin Quan did not take the ball, but quickly passed the ball to Navas' feet.

Navas ran away with the ball, and Lin Quan responded from behind.

Fellaini thought for a moment and stayed with Lin Quan.

Evra rushed to intercept, Navas passed the ball back to Lin Quan, and took Evra away himself.

Lin Quan did not stop the ball and directly kicked Aguero in the middle.

With Fellaini gone, Manchester United is left with only a single defensive midfielder, which makes their defense in the backcourt slightly empty.

Carrick rushed forward immediately, but Aguero and Nasri hit the wall and cooperated, passing each other, and he entered the penalty area.

Vidic rushed forward, and Aguero did not try to get past the opponent or hit the goal himself, but passed the ball across to his teammate.

Navas, who cut in from the wing, received Aguero's pass. Facing his national team teammate De Gea, he calmly pushed and shot past the goal guarded by De Gea.

The score became 2:0.

Although Aguero was the one who assisted the ball in the end, it was Lin Quan's through ball that sent the most critical pass.

Although he moved to the wing, he is still the core organizer of Manchester City's frontcourt.

And precisely because he is on the wing, he receives far less defense than in the center.

Although Moyes arranged for Fellaini to defend him, there was too much space on the wing.

After Lin Quan reduced his dribbling time and continued to cooperate with his teammates, Fellaini couldn't stop him at all.

I saw that Lin Quan was able to help his teammates score goals despite his close defense.

Fellaini looked a little confused!

After the game restarted, he increased the intensity of physical confrontation and even used fouls to prevent Lin Quan from organizing the offense.

"Boy, don't think about playing football as comfortably as before, I will kill you!"

After knocking down Lin Quan in a collision, Fellaini said viciously to Lin Quan who fell to the ground.

He hopes to disturb his opponents and leave a psychological shadow on them through harsh words.

However, Lin Quan didn't pay attention to his threats at all, and didn't even bother to waste time lying on the ground.

He stood up quickly, took advantage of Fellaini's harsh words, took a free kick and handed the ball to Aguero.

Aguero passed to Fernandinho, who moved wide to the left and handed it to Nasri.

After receiving the ball, Nasri chose to cut inside and shoot. De Gea made a key save and lifted the ball over the crossbar.

"Concentrate and don't get distracted!"

After saving the ball, De Gea was very dissatisfied with the performance of his teammates.

Quick free kicks are very common on the field. As long as the teammates are more focused, the opponent will not be able to take a shot.

Fellaini made an apologetic gesture to his teammates. The goal was obviously his fault.

He glared at Lin Quan fiercely, but Lin Quan had a smile on his face and nodded to him.
To be continued...