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257. Finished

The fifteen-minute break has come, and Mancini and his assistants have already returned to the coaching seat.

The players on both sides began the second half.

Just after the opening, Crystal Palace obviously had the intention of exerting force. The formation moved forward and the pace became very fast. The players on Manchester City did not expect Crystal Palace to be like this. They were not well prepared and were firmly suppressed on the court, and were in danger in front of the goal.

Mancini couldn't sit still in the coaching seat, and stood on the sidelines to keep commanding the team's defense. Silva and Nasri kept recycling under his command. Nasri was not interested in listening to Mancini's words, but his arms could not resist his thighs and had to recycle them. He was full of annoyance.

Not only him, but also other Manchester City players have some thoughts. The situation shown on the court is that they are doing a bit messy in both offense and defense.

In the 53rd minute, Crystal Palace, which took the initiative to put pressure, finally reaped results. Mkhitaryan, Valdy and Mertens made a very beautiful pass inside and outside Manchester City's penalty area. In the end, Mertens scored a cross-cutting arc shot in the penalty area to help Crystal Palace win another goal.

Manchester City lost the ball, and Mancini was a little angry about how to send it.

After Mkhitaryan broke through Yaya Toure in the middle, he passed the penalty area directly. Vardy quickly started. After getting the ball, he passed the ball with his heel. Mertens thrust from behind him and took the ball. He took a small step and avoided Barry's block and then shot. The three of them had a very outstanding tacit understanding throughout the process. The short short pass was like a needle-embroidered embroidery. It was hard to say who would blame him for losing the ball. Who would have thought that these players in Crystal Palace had such a skill?!

Even Wensheng was a little surprised at the infiltration and passing between the three. After all, Crystal Palace often scored goals without such meticulous work.

Especially Vardy's heel pass is like a stroke of a magical comedy, and fans of Crystal Palace who are familiar with Vardy's technical characteristics are incredible in the stands.

It's no wonder that Mancini doesn't know who to get angry with him for such a goal.

Once this goal was scored, the mental blow to Manchester City players was heavy. It was not a joke to fall behind two goals. It was difficult to win back against a team like Crystal Palace and lose two goals.

"Operation! Promote the whole line! We can't hesitate anymore!" Assistant coach Brian Kidd made suggestions to Mancini.

Brian Kidd assisted Ferguson in the early years and was a witness of the 1992 generation. He is a good assistant coach, but his record as a head coach is not very good. When Mancini arrived, Brian Kean served as head coach for the Manchester City youth team. He not only has the mark of Manchester United, but also has the experience of playing for Manchester City. Because of this background, Mancini later promoted him to be his assistant coach.

Brian Kidd still agrees with Mancini and doesn't think it's a bad thing to be conservative, but this game is already 0:2 behind. Manchester City really has no need to hesitate. If you don't chase after him, everything will be done!

However, Mancini shook her head and looked at her watch, "Wait a little longer!".

He was still worried about Crystal Palace's counterattack.

He could not wait for Manchester City players, and his style on the court began to become a little casual.

For players with mediocre abilities, playing casually is definitely not a good thing, but for Manchester City players with strong abilities, they have to be treated in two ways. The more casual the style, the more free their creativity.

Therefore, although Manchester City played apart, these players actually did not follow the routine and instead posed some threats to Crystal Palace.

The players obviously didn't play the football that Mancini wanted, but he was powerless to stop it, so they could only play like this by Manchester City players.

In the 64th minute, Tevez broke through the middle and passed the ball. Silva cut in from the bottom of the side and passed back to the middle. After Aguero took the ball with his back, he got a beautiful escape and found the space for shooting. He made a quick decision and shot. Speroni was slow to get down and the ball drilled into the Crystal Palace's goal from his crotch.

Manchester City's goal is completely unreasonable, which also makes Wen Sheng a little helpless. Although Stroman made a mistake in defense and was shaken by Tevez, the defensive players in other positions did not have much problems. Marjo's intercepting Silva's pass was only a little bit successful, and Benatia's close fit against Aguero was almost a little bit successful, but it was each of these "nearly" that caused the final concealment.

"Akun is great!" Mubarak also applauded Aguero's goals in the stands. Manchester City has been a sucker in recent years and has often become a laughing stock, but there are those few people who have proved their value, for example, Aguero, for example, Tessie Hometown.

Soriano complained in his heart, "Can 40 million euros not reliable?!"

After scoring the goal, Manchester City's morale increased, but Crystal Palace is not a vegetarian. The biggest benefit of beating Manchester United is that the team is more calm. Currently, Crystal Palace is still one goal ahead. Wen Sheng chose to recycle strategically and build a defense line in his own half to attract Manchester City to attack.

As soon as the bus slammed, Manchester City suddenly became silent again.

It is undeniable that these players in Manchester City are indeed very good in their personal abilities, but even the best players are a bit difficult to deal with when facing the bus. Nasri fell into a kind of obstacle and wanted to surpass people on Hills' side. The success rate was not very high. Mertens was very active in returning to defense, Hills and Kante had outstanding defensive skills, and they were restricted to this point of his death. Midfielder Yaya Toure always liked to press up and often missed Mkhitaryan's point.

From this steal, Crystal Palace has been able to succeed in organizing counterattacks.

Mancini has realized the danger, but who will listen to him on the court at this moment?!

As expected, Crystal Palace, which was in good condition, widened the score gap to two goals in the 72nd minute. The counterattack goal was launched from Nasri's side, and the final goal was Tarabut.

The ball was not over. After only 5 minutes, in the 77th minute, it was Nasri's mistake again. Crystal Palace made another counterattack, and the routine was almost the same. Tarabut scored a long-range shot and scored twice. Crystal Palace led Manchester City 4:1 at home.

Tarabut never expected that he would score twice in such a heavyweight match. He was excited and took off his jersey, and of course he inevitably gave himself a yellow card.

Mancini cursed on the sidelines again, but the game did not come as expected. Manchester City players were too anxious and forgot who they were facing. The lessons they learned were very painful.

The morale of Manchester City players fell sharply with Crystal Palace's fourth goal, and no one believed that their team could save the defeat.

"We have lost this game!" Mubarak said to Soriano with a expressionless face. "It's hard for me to believe that this is a team we spent a lot of money to build. We should perform better than them!"

After saying this, Mubarak turned and left, apparently he would not continue to stay here to watch the game, and Mancini's fate was already doomed.
Chapter completed!
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