Chapter 889 Unexpectedly Behind
Chapter 889 Unexpectedly Behind
It seems that even luck is on Manchester City's side. In the draw for the top [-] of the League Cup, Manchester City actually drew a team from League One. You know, the Premier League, the Championship, League One, and League One are the third-tier teams in the English League, called Swindon.
But that was a month later. Now, Manchester City's attention needs to return to the league first, because the sixth round of the league is about to start.
It is still a team from London, and even this time, Manchester City still needs to be a guest in London, but it is not the three strong teams in London, but going to Craven Farm Stadium to face the challenge of Fulham.
In fact, Fulham's performance last season was not bad. Of course, today's Fulham must not be compared with two years ago. You must know that two years ago, Fulham defeated many strong teams in the UEFA Cup and broke into the UEFA Cup final, but lost to Atletico Madrid in the final.
Speaking of it, Manchester City can still avenge Fulham for two years. In this year's European Super Cup, Manchester City stepped on Atletico Madrid's corpse to win the second championship trophy.
And this summer, Fulham's strength declined again. The two cores of the team, Belgium Dembele and American striker Dempsey, were all bought by Tottenham.
Although Fulham also bought the handsome brother Berbatov from Manchester United, but whether the handsome brother, who is no longer at the peak, can carry the banner of Fulham's offense remains to be verified.
In a season, not to mention whether the two cups can catch up with the London team, the league alone needs to come to London at least five times in each season. It can be said that London is the second city of the other teams in the Premier League.
Although there is still the Champions League in the middle of next week, Manchester City's opponent in the next round is the weakest opponent in the group stage, the Danish team North Zealand.
Therefore, Manchester City does not need to preserve any strength, and after the mid-week rest of this week, there is no problem with the physical fitness of Manchester City players.
The main force is out, goalkeeper Joe Hart, defender Clichy, Boateng, Kompany, Zabaleta, midfielder De Jong, Yaya Toure and Li Feng, striker Silva, Van Persie and Aguero.
On the other hand, Fulham also has the strongest lineup, but Brother Xiaosa was injured in the last game. In this game, Petric from Croatia is the lone striker.
This can be regarded as Li Feng's old acquaintance. They had joined hands in the Bundesliga. Before moving to Fulham, Petric played for Hamburg in the Bundesliga. He and Sun Xingmin were teammates. The two even had a good relationship. Last year, the two cooperated well in Hamburg.
Unfortunately, this summer.Both of them left the team, and now they meet on another stadium, they have changed from teammates to opponents.
Although the media had been optimistic about Manchester City winning the sixth game before the game, the result of the opening game was not as expected by the media.
After the opening, Fulham played very fiercely. I have to say that Fulham's tactics have achieved certain results. Manchester City did not expect Fulham to play so fiercely.
And in the 5th minute, they achieved the ideal result, that is, they scored a goal. In the 5th minute, the Norwegian heavy artillery Riise came in from behind, and a long-range shot from outside the Manchester City penalty area was finally blocked by Kompany.
The referee pointed directly at the penalty kick, and Petric was not soft-footed, and it was done overnight, and Fulham unexpectedly took the lead.
However, who would have thought that this was just the beginning. Five minutes later, Fulham scored again, this time from the wonderful cooperation between Irish midfielder Duff and Rodariega, who had just joined from Wigan for free in the summer.
Although the old Duff has lost the speed he had when he was young, he still has good skills and sophisticated passing.
Rodariega's goal was a diagonal pass from Duff. After receiving a pass from his teammate on the wing, Duff sent a diagonal pass under the defense of Zabaleta.
The ball passed through Manchester City's defenders and came to the back point. Rodariega inserted at high speed. Although Joe Hart reacted quickly, he still couldn't stop the ball from flying into the gate he was guarding.
It has to be said that Manchester City has not encountered this situation for a long time. For a long time, Manchester City has always been accustomed to taking the lead and scoring the first goal. Even if they are behind, they rarely have two goals.
This time, not only the Fulham fans were excited, but even the media and even the Premier League teams were excited. It has to be said that in the past two seasons, the hatred of Manchester City has been a bit too great, and the other teams, who are in even better form, are a little breathless.
The truth that the wood is beautiful in the woods, the wind will destroy it applies to people, and it also applies to the team. No one wants to let Manchester City continue to win. This is not only the strong teams in the Premier League, but also the mentality of the entire Premier League team.
However, did Manchester City just admit defeat?This is of course impossible, not to mention the head coach Van Basten, even Manchester City's players are not reconciled, let alone Li Feng, a guy who doesn't like to lose the most.
After falling behind by two goals, Van Basten rushed out to express his dissatisfaction. Although he made a tactical mistake, it was the player's problem that his opponent scored two goals in 10 minutes.
But the more it is like this, the less impatient, this point, Van Basten is very clear, and on the court, Li Feng is also very clear.
Therefore, in the next period of time, with Li Feng conscious, Manchester City began to control the ball and control the rhythm of the game.
Van Basten at the stadium finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this situation. I have to say that Li Feng's maturity and vision far surpassed others. This is not the first time he has done such a thing, so Van Basten returned to the coaching bench with peace of mind.
As long as the goal is not conceded in the first half, it is acceptable to be 0:2 behind Van Basten. Van Basten put the real bet on the second half.
At the same time, on the coaching bench on the other side, Martin Jol naturally discovered the situation of Manchester City. Although the tactics at the beginning were somewhat unexpected success, but now, he knows very well that Manchester City has reacted.
As a result, Martin Jol left his seat, walked to the sidelines, took advantage of the dead ball, and called captain Hangeland to his side, "Recover the defense, and then we will start to counterattack."
"Oh oh oh~~~ Fulham has shrunk the defense. It seems that Martin Jol has found that Manchester City has calmed down. With two goals in hand, Fulham is ready to play a defensive counterattack."
Seeing the changes in Fulham, Manchester City fans began to scold Fulham for being shameless, but no matter what Manchester City fans can do, they can't change the situation on the pitch. Now, apart from scolding Fulham, the only thing they have to do is to believe in their own team players.
For Fulham's shrinking defense, the soldiers of Manchester City are not polite. Of course, Manchester City will not take it lightly.
(End of this chapter)