584. Return to normal second half
Wensheng didn't expect Manchester United to be very timid. After only a few minutes of the second half, Wensheng could clearly feel that the opponent's defensive strategy was changing quietly, and they no longer adopted a very high-level defense.
"What does this mean?!" Carragher is unknown, so Van Gaal is not an Italian coach. He is a coach with stronger offensive attributes. However, the second half has just started, so Manchester United would not have retreated so early to defend.
Sones, who partnered with the game, said: "If Manchester United cannot maintain the pace of the first half, it is better to make a decision as early as possible! Otherwise, it would be easier to implement the decision on the spot by the players as soon as possible?"
Neville is actually not angry that Van Gaal actually wanted to withdraw his troops so early. I was too afraid of losing or why?! According to his opinion, Manchester United is not so crisis in the standings now. There is no need to shrink its hands. It’s all done against an opponent like Manchester City!
"I think it's not good to retract too much now!"
It's true that Van Gaal's idea is quite consistent with what Sones said. After all, the opponent is Manchester City, and he is not sure that his on-site command can be fully effective.
But in this way, Manchester United's lack of midfield control is also exposed. It is indeed a bit difficult for them to compete with Manchester City in the midfield!
Van Gaal trusted his defense, but unexpectedly, Manchester City quickly broke through Manchester United's defense with the exquisite cooperation of the frontcourt.
In the 53rd minute, Manchester City suddenly accelerated during the offensive position battle in the frontcourt. Manchester United made a man-tapping mistake in defense. Suarez received a pass from Kolarov and shot in front of the goal to break through the goal guarded by De Gea!
Wen Sheng let out a long sigh, and Hawking and the others stood up to cheer for Suarez's goal.
As for Neville, unfortunately, he was slapped in the face by Suarez. Of course, he didn't know that Suarez's injury was just a lie.
Of course, objectively speaking, this lie did not work at all, and Van Gaal was not affected by this deliberately fabricated lie. Suarez generally made this goal, and his previous performance can only be said to be very average!
After scoring the goal, the pace of the game changed with it. Van Gaal made a quick decision. He also agreed that the derby game is always different. Manchester United should give a strong response after conceding the goal!
The situation he was worried about was disconnected from the front and back courts.
Manchester City players were still immersed in the joy of scoring goals, but Manchester United also scored soon.
In the 57th minute, Dembele made a mistake in the midfield pass, and Manchester United made a quick counterattack. After Herrera passed the ball to Rooney, Rooney passed the ball directly, Mata inserted it, went to the meeting alone, and easily sent the ball into Manchester City goal against Navas.
But Mata's goal is very controversial, so Wen Sheng's angle is naturally not too good, but he can feel that Mata should be offside.
"This goal is wrong!" Carragher looked back at the defense and immediately said, "Mata was at least one meter offside!"
Neville's old face turned red, "This ball is indeed offside! But between the light of the calcium carbide flames, it is not easy for the lineman to make an accurate penalty, and Mata moves very quickly!"
The referee on duty today is Mike Dean. He listened to the linebacker's opinion and the penalty score was valid.
Manchester City players were very dissatisfied, and captain Kompany even received a yellow card for this.
"Daniel is smiling bitterly!" Carragher cleverly discovered that Wen Sheng, who was under the camera, smiled bitterly after the argument was fruitless.
"Manchester City is not very lucky this season. This is not the first time they have encountered such a misjudgment!" Sones was a little sympathetic to Manchester City.
After Manchester City lost this controversial goal, they were obviously a little angry, and the players' movements became bigger. Well, anyway, the two teams were not calm today, and the game was going on quite fiercely.
"Calm down! Calm down!" Wen Sheng shouted loudly to his players. Even if he was misjudged, it would definitely be bad to play with emotion!
After several minutes, the players on Manchester City returned to normal and finally made their efforts to go on a regular basis.
Van Gaal dared not let the team recover too much, and Manchester City still insisted on dragging it to a slower pace. As time goes by, Manchester United's changes are very obvious. They cannot maintain a strong fighting force, and their running cannot keep up, resulting in frequent quick passes by Manchester City to their dangerous areas.
After seventy minutes of time, Manchester City finally found a good opportunity again. When Manchester United failed to attack corner kicks, they took advantage of Manchester United's failure to retreat and defend in time. Costa, who came on the bench, scored a goal, and Manchester City took the lead again.
Van Gaal also made substitution adjustments after this, but unfortunately Manchester United was really boring. Manchester City's strategy in the second half was successful, especially after Van Gaal allowed Manchester United to continue the tactics of the first half, Manchester City worked hard in the backcourt to stabilize their position and attract Manchester United's unremitting running, which took them a lot of physical strength. Unexpectedly, Manchester United, who had been resting for a week, became the first side to fall.
"Terrent too much!" Sones commented, "Did this derby make Manchester United stand out? Compared with the Ferguson era, there are too many new players in this team, and the team's ideas are not unified, and Van Gaal's strategy is a bit crazy!"
"It's true that there are too many running!" Neville knew the running data. Manchester United ran a lot more than Manchester City. Unfortunately, this kind of running was not reflected in control. Manchester City took the initiative. Of course, Manchester City's offense was not active enough. Neville seemed to see Manchester City in the past, using control to wipe out the opponent's patience.
As the game was approaching the end, De Bruyne scored another free kick, and Manchester City took a 3:1 lead!
The Derby story is completely over!
Van Gaal slowly walked towards Wensheng. Losing this game made him feel depressed. Although he spent a lot of money, he knew that Manchester United under his command still had a certain gap with Manchester City.
"We will compete again next season!" Van Gaal couldn't help but speak harshly.
"Haha, Mr. Van Gaal, I'm happy to accompany you! This game is not fair. We should have been 3:0!" Wen Sheng said unwillingly, his hands were also very strong. Today's offside goal made him angry!
"We are always targeted! I don't understand why we always suffer the loss! This is true against Chelsea and Manchester United. Maybe some people don't want us to win the championship!" Wen Sheng made a big fuss in the interview area.
"Some people don't want us to win the championship!" Wen Sheng looked like a rude man always wanted to harm me, cold as if he was cold.
Chapter completed!