Manchester City fans' concerns were finally released, and Etihad made a huge cheer.

De Bruyne didn't feel anything after scoring the goal. He smiled and accepted the congratulations from his teammates. It was obvious that he felt that this was not a particularly difficult thing for him. Of course, he also knew that the timing was crucial.

Wen Sheng felt relieved, "At the critical moment, it's still reliable for his own people!"

Adkins waved his head gently. Manchester City players were too strong in their personal abilities. It was said that De Bruyne's series of shaking was indeed too easy for the players to lose their center of gravity. Southampton players failed to double-team him in time. In addition, he shot a lot of elves, so Adkins couldn't blame his players.

"Do I really want to put on the bus?!" Adkins thought to himself that putting on the bus finally makes him feel uncomfortable. This does not mean that putting on the bus in front of Manchester City makes him feel embarrassed. You must have two factors to take the first part of the battle. The first factor is that you have a player with strong ball-holding ability and can carry the ball for a long distance. The second factor is either you have a forward who can hold the ball.

When the bus is set, Southampton is sixty or seventy meters away from Manchester City's goal. As the name suggests, counterattacks are fast, the ball must move quickly, and personnel must move quickly. If the ball is fast, you either need a strong propulsion ability to force the breakthrough, or you have to pass the ball and find the forward as soon as possible and let the forward help.

The movement ability is not strong, the passing and receiving level is not high, and it is impossible to fight back. Manchester City itself is a team with strong movement ability. The progress is slow and they have already returned to the defense. How good can you have?!

What is most commendable in the Champions League last season is their offensive ability. They scored the most goals in the Champions League, and Adkins obviously has a little fantasy about his team's offense.

Although he scored a goal, Wen Sheng was also observing the real performance of Southampton players. Soon he adjusted his tactics again, requiring his players to control the ball, slowly press down, and push the opponent's players back to halftime as much as possible.

Manchester City's control is still unknown. At this time, Yaya Toure finally played his key role. His ability to pass the ball is really unknown. After all, there has been such a long cooperation with Silva. The two of them are very active and firmly helping Manchester City control the ball. Manchester City's control rate has increased significantly. Nasri seems to be eager to prove his value on the wing and is very active.

"It seems that this kid has not completely fallen!" Wen Sheng remembered that this guy was basically in a degenerate state later. He could get it as long as he had money, and he would not work hard.

The reason why he wanted to drive Nasri away as soon as he joined the team was that he knew what kind of player Nasri was in his previous life. He didn't work hard, and occasionally performed better. He spent most of his time squandering his talents and abilities.

Now it seems that Nasri doesn't want to be with the water dispenser after all.

In the 34th minute, Manchester City scored another goal.

Nasri, who performed outstandingly, passed the ball after passing the ball on the left, and Krish cut in the back, and Dzeko beat Wonter in the middle to head the ball to break through Davis's ten fingers again.

Dzeko is no match for De Bruyne. After coming to Manchester City, this guy has never been valued. He was only given a heavy responsibility by Wen Shengxu this season, so after scoring the goal, he seemed particularly excited and celebrated in front of Manchester City fans frantically.

Manchester City fans actually criticized him. Sometimes this guy can score goals in key battles, but often waste opportunities and make fans hold grudges.

This goal finally changed fans' impression of Dzeko.

Adkins was extremely disappointed, and the gap in players' abilities was obvious. "It seems that we still need some luck to fight them!"

Luck is of course essential for weak teams to fight against strong teams. Southampton has neither good luck nor shows a superman state. Instead, Manchester City seems to be in better shape.

Wen Sheng was very satisfied. Southampton has a common problem with many weak teams. The players themselves are not very capable, but they are more aggressive in defense and have sufficient aggressiveness. They do not have buses and are not compact enough in defense. The gap is easily exploited by Manchester City.

Of course, Wensheng thinks Adkins is very smart. After playing for a while, he should probably realize this problem and will definitely seek some changes. But today, Wensheng hopes Adkins can continue to be confused.

After playing for more than ten minutes, at the end of the first half, Manchester City created several good opportunities. Dzeko showed his flaws in wasting opportunities. He was not sure about the two good opportunities. The Manchester City fans' favor for him just now seemed to have been almost wiped out. Fortunately, Dzeko had already scored a goal and his confidence should not be hit.

Entering the halftime break, Manchester City temporarily led Southampton 2:0.

"How is Akun's situation?!" Wensheng quickly asked his assistant coach Hawking.

"The team doctor believes that it may not be a big problem, but it still needs to go to the hospital for further examination before confirming it!" Hawking said with a frown.

"Have they gone?!"

"Go, Matthew took him there!"

"Notify me in time if there is any news!" Wen Sheng reminded.

From a tactical perspective, Aguero's injury is not a completely bad thing, because according to Wen Sheng's idea, the three-midfield configuration is a relatively stable offensive and defensive balance midfield. He would rather use the 4231 formation. The reason why he changed the formation to Manchester City was that the tactical characteristics of Aguero and Dzeko cannot be ignored. They are really good. He had to use a double center formation, and correspondingly adjusted the tactical and formation. Now that Aguero is injured, he can use the 4231 formation with justification.

However, this is still temporary. As long as Aguero returns, Wen Sheng will definitely give him room to play. Even if 442 is not as easy as 4231, he will definitely not do it if he wastes the power of Aguero, a world-class striker.

Manchester City players were very relaxed and talked and laughed in the locker room. In the first half, Southampton did not pose too much threat to Manchester City. Joe Hart was idle in front of the goal, and the combination of Kompany and Van Dijk was not tested much. The main reason was that they had to thank Melo and Yaya Toure for their good condition and were quite powerful. The opponent had few opportunities to counterattack, and the midfielder was intercepted a lot, so naturally the defense was easier.

Wen Sheng waited for everyone to arrive in the locker room, and patted his palms to signal everyone to pay attention.

"We performed very well in the first half! Each of you performed very well, so I don't need to praise you one by one!" Wen Sheng joked, then changed the subject and said: "But we are only two goals ahead! The difference between the two goals is not big. Southampton has a very strong attack power in the English Championship. Adkins is also a very thoughtful coach. They will definitely counterattack in the second half! I hope you don't take it lightly!"
Chapter completed!