PDLP Chapter 51: Freeze David Silva!
Chapter 51: Freeze David Silva!
Chapter 51: Freezing David. Silva!
The game goes into a parity.
It made Mourinho happy on the sidelines because that's exactly what he wanted to see.
Manchester United leads, the pace is slow, Manchester City are throwing rats.
So.
Manchester United are much more relaxed on the pitch.
For neutral fans, of course, they are not very satisfied with such a game scene.
Because the pace of the game is slow, the viewing is greatly reduced.
There are not many effective attacks, and the two sides are more engaged in hand-to-hand combat in midfield.
The tug-of-war between the two sides in midfield is indeed not exciting, and the game is often interrupted by fouls.
Manchester City's four midfielders are arguably the Premier League's strongest midfield pairing.
Keylor Navas, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Fernandinho are all first-class players.
And on United's side.
Carrick and Fellaini's partner lacks speed and mobility.
But with the addition of Li Ao.
23 The combination of these three midfielders did not fall behind against Manchester City's midfield, coupled with the frequent retreats of Wayne Rooney and others.
The two sides fought evenly in midfield.
This is also the reason why the game has reached an impasse.
Manchester United are clearly happy to see that because they are ahead in terms of scoreline.
And Manchester City?
They certainly won't let this continue, and they must find a way to break the deadlock.
Overall.
Manchester City, playing at home, got more possession.
They kept passing the ball and looking for gaps in United's defence.
Manchester United, on the other hand, are relieved to play defensively and counterattack.
However, it is different from the previous squat pit counterattack.
This time United's tactics were very aggressive, with a counter-attack that strangled the defence in midfield.
A counterattack from the back is certainly not as fast as a counterattack after a direct break in midfield.
David Silva now feels completely frozen by Li Ao.
Li Ao is well aware of where City's attacking threat comes from.
As long as David Silva is frozen.
Seventy or eighty percent of Manchester City's attacking threat is gone.
Li Ao's defense is quite tough.
And his physical confrontation ability is much stronger than David Silva.
This has caused a headache for David Silva, and Li Ao is more difficult to deal with now than when he did not get a yellow card.
He tried everything he could, but he couldn't get rid of Ji's defense.
Yaya Toure passed the football to David Silva from the side.
He didn't catch the ball right away.
Although he made a catch motion, it was only a feint.
David Silva made a tempo change, intending to turn the ball around and create a breakthrough from the other side.
The average person may be shaken by him.
But Li Ao was not affected by his feint in the slightest.
As David Silva turned to break through, along with the football was Li Ao's foot.
The captain of Manchester United made a direct tackle and shoveled the football out.
Then David Silva turned around and tripped Li Ao's leg, and since David Silva didn't notice Li Ao's tackle at all, so... He flew directly because of the collision and landed heavily on the ground.
In the stands.
Manchester City fans booed like crazy.
"Foul 1: This is a fucking foul!"
Yaya Toure, who was next to David Silva, also immediately raised his arm to signal Li Ao to foul.
They all thought it was a foul.
And every foul increases Li Ao's risk of playing cards.
However, no one heard the whistle of referee Dean.
Dean waved his hand, got David Silva up, and then signaled Manchester United to attack!
"No foul! It was a very clean shovel!!"
In the commentary table, Manchester United's commentators were chanting.
And the sidelines.
Pellegrini and his coaching staff were so furious that they rushed to the sidelines and yelled at the referee.
Pellegrini's saliva was all sprayed in the face of the fourth official - which gave him a yellow card.
Of course.
This will have to wait until Manchester United's counter-attack is completed.
Because now the referee doesn't have time to pay attention to him – but the fourth official has already put him on the record.
Li Ao directly launched a long pass, Rooney stopped the ball in the chest and turned to volley!
Slightly deflected off the goal.
The Etihad Stadium exclaimed.
And at this time.
The televised footage was free to show the scene of Li Ao's defense just now.
In slow motion.
Clear display.
Li Ao was not shaken by David Silva's feint at all.
He made a decisive tackle.
After tacling the ball out first, Silva turned around and tripped on Li Ao's leg.
Li Ao simply could not have committed a foul.
The commentators who previously supported Manchester City are now silent when they see this scene.
Even the commentary of Manchester City TV has nothing to say now.
This defense is so clean.
There is no possibility of foul play.
"Li Ao's defense is too strong, David Silva is almost completely frozen, he is an insurmountable Great Wall of the Dragon Kingdom!"
Manchester United TV commentator Hansen sighed.
Everyone thought that carrying a yellow card would definitely have an impact on Li Ao's defense.
Didn't expect that.
Li Ao is still so robust.
He told everyone with practical actions.
Even without relying on fouls.
He can freeze David 443 Silva as well.
The international of Banduck Country now has no temper with Li Ao.
Pellegrini's brow furrowed.
David Silva, Manchester City's midfield core frozen.
The core is frozen, and Manchester City's attack is naturally impossible to talk about.
So what now?
Manchester City squad is strong though.
But because their players are bought from the transfer market.
And it brings with it a problem that cannot be ignored - these stars can easily go their separate games and fall apart.
There is no tandem of David Silva, a midfielder.
Manchester City, which looks quite luxurious, is not strong in actual combat.
This can be seen from the fact that they were at the bottom of the Champions League group stage for the previous two seasons.
They are not a cosmic invincible team.
And now Manchester City are facing the danger of gradually falling into a situation of fragmentation after the core is frozen, and the other players are in danger of gradually falling into a situation of separate fighting.
While Pellegrini frowned and pondered the strategy.
Mourinho on the sidelines was also thinking about ways to extend the scoreline.
A one-goal lead is not safe.
After all, accidents are prone to occur on the football field.
So.
If there are two balls in hand.
That's relatively safer....