Chapter 221 Wenger’s harsh words, Manchester City faces internal and external troubles

Author: Xue Niao

Chapter 221 Wenger’s harsh words, Manchester City faces internal and external troubles

"Manchester City's players have behaved very strangely on the field during this period. They seem to be reluctant to attack."

In the commentary box, He Wei also discovered something unusual about Manchester City.

"Man City now has one less player to play, and the opponents have gained momentum during this period, so it seems reasonable to play more conservatively!"

Xu Yang tried to find some reasons for Manchester City and tried to explain why they made this choice.

"Isn't that right? If that's the case, then why did they replace Lin Quan in the final stage? Can't they just replace him with a defensive player?"

He Wei obviously didn't believe his partner's explanation, because Manchester City replaced Lin Quan, which meant that they wanted to win by attacking.

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On the field, taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Lin Quan found captain Kompany.

"Captain, we need to strengthen our offense, we can't continue to passively defend like this!"

Kompany was a little hesitant. He was in poor condition in this game and made several mistakes. Pantilimon's red card was directly related to him.

"Let's be careful. We are missing one person. If we launch an attack at this time and are counterattacked by the opponent, we will probably lose."

"If you lose, you lose. In my opinion, there is no difference between 0 points and 1 point. Moreover, if we continue to defend passively like this, we may not be able to maintain this draw."

Lin Quan was a little dissatisfied with Kompany's hesitation. In his opinion, Manchester City is stronger in offense and weaker in defense.

If we continue to launch an attack, there might be a glimmer of hope.

But if they continue to defend passively like this, they might really lose!

Kompany knew what Lin Quan said made sense.

My state in this game was so bad, and I had already made several mistakes before.

If he continues to defend passively like this, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make the same major mistakes as before.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, nodded heavily and said:

"Okay, it's up to you, attack!"

Lin Quan breathed a sigh of relief. Kompany was the captain. After convincing him, it would be easy to convince others.

Sure enough, when he took the ball to attack again, the Manchester City players were finally willing to step forward and participate in the attack.

Although Manchester City was missing one player on the field, their lineup was much more luxurious than the opponent's after all. In addition, with Lin Quan present, the Manchester City players unified their thinking and attacked with all their strength. West Bromwich Albion quickly

was suppressed.

After being beaten by Manchester City in a highly threatening attack, West Bromwich Albion's coach also calmed down.

"Hold!"

"Everyone come back and defend!"

The game is about to end. If they are defeated by the opponent at this time, then their work will really be in vain.

Although he really wanted to defeat Manchester City and score 3 points, in this situation, the opponent's offensive threat was far greater than theirs.

If we continue to attack Manchester City, the opponent may be the first to score.

The game has reached this point, and whoever scores the first goal will almost be the winner.

West Bromwich Albion's offensive power is not strong, at least it is much weaker than Manchester City, so it is obviously unwise to attack with the opponent at this time.

On the contrary, if they withdraw all their troops to participate in the defense and use the iron barrel formation to defend the last few minutes, they can maintain a draw.

After all, a draw resulted in 1 point, and it was 1 point from Manchester City. He was already satisfied with this result!

West Bromwich Albion's coach didn't know that what he thought was an extremely correct order was the decisive reason for their loss at the last minute.

Manchester City's players are participating in the attack, but they are very wary of West Bromwich Albion's counterattack ability. The defense does not dare to press too far forward, and the midfielder is always wary of the opponent's counterattack.

In this case, Manchester City's offensive firepower is far from being used to its extreme!

However, West Bromwich Albion abandoned their martial arts and took the initiative to withdraw all the players back to set up buses, which made everyone in Manchester City breathe a sigh of relief.

Kompany and others saw that things were exactly as Lin Quan said. Manchester City suppressed the enemy with their offense and eliminated the threat posed by the opponent to their own defense, so they were reassured.

They no longer had any worries and boldly pressed forward, delivering shells and providing support for the offensive players in the frontcourt.

For a moment, the situation on the field turned into Manchester City besieging West Bromwich Albion's goal.

On the sidelines, the coach of West Bromwich Albion saw how fierce Manchester City's offensive firepower was and how difficult it was to defend despite all the team retreating. He couldn't help but secretly rejoice:

Fortunately, I pulled all the players back in advance. If I still had any luck at this time and thought about playing against Manchester City, my goal would have been breached by the opponent long ago.

Unconsciously, the game has reached the 90th minute, and the score on the field is still 2:2.

The fans at Hawthorn Stadium stood up nervously, craned their necks and looked at their own half.

In the past few minutes, Manchester City's offensive was overwhelming, suppressing their players within a thirty-meter area and unable to move.

West Bromwich Albion's defense lines have been compressed to the extreme, and the penalty area is densely packed with people.

Lin Quan tried to break through, but because there were too many people, he would often get past one or two players before others stretched their feet to destroy the ball.

There is no way, there are too many people!

This is no longer a case of two fists against four, this is simply one person versus an entire team.

Moreover, there are too many people in the penalty area, and almost all forward passing routes are cut off by the opponent, making it difficult for him to pass the ball to his teammates.

This may not be because the opposing players' defensive awareness is very good, but simply the effect of too many people piling up.

If this doesn't work, let's take a long shot!

Two ways to break a dense defense: set kicks and long shots!

Set kicks are a waste of time. Manchester City don't have much time now. Even if they need to use this move, they have to wait until the last opportunity to attack.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan no longer forced the penalty area. He withdrew from the penalty area, passed the ball to David Silva, and came to the area near the top of the penalty area.

David Silva made a move to break through the penalty area from the left, attracting the opponent's defensive players, and then decisively passed the ball to his teammates below.

Navas received the ball and quickly passed the ball to find his teammates in the penalty area.

Kompany and Yaya Toure jumped up hard, trying to compete for a header.

West Bromwich Albion's players couldn't let them get what they wanted. While they interfered with the two, they also joined in the battle for the top, trying to grab the landing spot and destroy the ball.

Kompany, who was in poor form throughout the game, bravely grabbed the spot this time.

However, he was pushed by his opponent, his center of gravity was unstable, and his body posture was difficult to adjust, making it difficult for him to attack the goal.

At this time, he saw Lin Quan at the top of the penalty area. When the defensive players were focusing on the football, there was no one around Lin Quan!

good chance!

Kompany didn't think much and used his forehead to point the ball to Lin Quan in the air.

Well done!

Seeing Kompany pass the ball to him, Lin Quan secretly praised in his heart.

West Bromwich Albion players were scared to death when they saw Kompany passing the ball to Lin Quan, who was unguarded.

Oops, I missed this guy!

Because of Lin Quan's height, he did not pose much of a threat in the aerial battle. In addition, he left the penalty area, so West Bromwich Albion players lowered their defense against him.

However, this choice is a fatal mistake, because the biggest threat in the Manchester City team is always Lin Quan!

Seeing the football flying over, Lin Quan didn't wait for the opponent's defensive players to rush over. He omitted the step of stopping the ball, directly raised his legs and aimed at the football flying towards him, using a volley!

Bang!

With a loud bang, the football flew out and flew towards West Bromwich Albion's goal.

The West Bromwich Albion players, who had just completed the aerial challenge and had not yet landed, had no time to take off a second time to intercept Lin Quan's shot.

What's even more tragic is that the goalkeeper's view was blocked by players from both sides jumping up to compete for the top, and he was unable to detect Lin Quan's shot immediately.

"careful!"

"Danger!"

The West Bromwich Albion fans in the stands behind the goal were shocked and shouted loudly, trying to alert the goalkeeper.

However, the flight speed of the football was so fast that almost the moment the goalkeeper heard their reminder, the ball had already flown in front of him.

Whoosh!

The goalkeeper raised his hand symbolically and heard the sound of the ball flying into the goal and making close contact with the net.

Seeing the football fly into the goal, all 21 players on the field were stunned.

Lin Quan, who was the first to react, started running excitedly, taking off his jersey as he ran!

He threw away his jersey, revealing his strong muscles, ran to the corner where the fans of the visiting team were, and roared at the camera in the corner!
To be continued...