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161. Goodison Park 1

Manchester City's previous record against Everton was a bit bad, and they were sniped by Everton in three consecutive away games. Everton was not afraid of Manchester City at home, not to mention that Everton's home record this season is very good, and only lost one of 14 home games.

After the opening, the two sides fought fiercely. Everton is a team with excellent physical conditions and good at using their bodies. Wen Sheng also intended to grab a start at the beginning, which led to Everton having to rely more on strong aggressive play and frequent fouls. Of course, Manchester City is not a vegetarian. Wan Yama and Dembele have also very good physical conditions. If you do the first day of the junior high school, I will do the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.

None of the brothers talks about each other.

What Wensheng hates most is this kind of playing style. If you want to grab a fast break, you must make a fuss about tactical fouls. Everton is very strong in defending the set ball. The closest set ball was cleared by Everton twice in the penalty area. At this time, Wensheng had to read Toure and Dzeko's. If these two were there, Everton might not be so unscrupulous.

Another problem with this style of play is that Everton can seize the opportunity to counterattack. Everton had a chance to counterattack once or twice in the first ten minutes, but they did not handle the ball well in the frontcourt and did not form a shot.

Wen Sheng had to change the attack from a rush to a slow attack and slowed down the rhythm first.

There is no problem with fast-paced balls themselves. The faster the pace means that the probability of mistakes between both sides will increase greatly, especially in the fast balls in the backcourt. Correspondingly, for both sides, the opportunity to attack and the number of offensive and defensive conversions available will also increase. Manchester City may do better than Everton in seizing such opportunities, but Wensheng really hates this uncertainty.

This uncertainty always makes Wen Sheng feel like the game is out of control.

If a plan fails, he would rather lower the pace, and he can shoot the ball faster in the frontcourt and not too fast in the backcourt.

Manchester City wants to lower the pace, but Everton doesn't want Manchester City to be happy

So Everton's snatch was very fierce, and Wensheng didn't know where Moyes got the confidence. The formation has always maintained a pressure on Manchester City, rather than just being like other teams, and immediately retracted.

Everton plays very smartly. It’s not that Manchester City has no chance to fight back, but Everton is very careful about Manchester City’s counterattack. After conceding the ball in the frontcourt, they are close to each other as soon as possible. They are very suitable for the timing. They can always use tactical fouls to delay and disrupt Manchester City’s offensive rhythm.

Wensheng was very disgusted with this style of play and frequently complained to the referee on the sidelines. Referee Jones also hated Everton playing like this. The game was very inconsistent, and Manchester City players were almost out of their anger. If this continues, the two teams might have to perform all the martial arts. So Jones gave Everton two yellow cards in just five minutes from the 19th to 24th minutes.

One was given to Pinal. The South African national football team failed to succeed in the 19th minute. In turn, Krish dribbled the ball. In order to stop Manchester City's counterattack, he tackled Krish from behind. Wensheng thought it was a red card, but Jones only gave Pinal a yellow card, which made Wensheng take a account for Jones in his small notebook.

One shot was given to Fellaini, which was also a very excessive move. When he took off, he elbowed De Bruyne. Not only did the two of them have an inequality in their figure, but they were still teammates of the national team. They didn't even talk about this. Wen Sheng wanted to kick Fellaini away with one kick.

Soon Manchester City was completely hurt by this tactic. Krish persisted for a while and finally couldn't hold on. Wen Sheng had no choice but to replace Krish with Kolarov.

"Fuck, I should kick them down!" Wen Sheng cursed in his heart.

Maybe he was really furious by Everton's rogue tactics. Dembele made a big mistake in the 38th minute. When intercepting Ottoman, Dembele deliberately showed off his sole and kicked Ottoman off the field with one kick. This move was really too dangerous. Jones directly showed Dembele a red card. In the 38th minute, Manchester City had to fight alone.

Just when Everton was working hard to bully Manchester City, which was one less, the fans of Goodison Park Stadium were looking forward to their team winning four consecutive home wins from Manchester City, but Manchester City scored the goal first!

Under Wen Sheng's call, the team began to shrink after Dembele left the court and focused on defense. For him, he had less expectation for three-pointers, and three-pointers had to be based on one point. At this important stage, even one point is very important, so he chose to recycle without any suspense.

Everton gained the upper hand on the scene and the control ball began to increase. Moyes never dreamed that this was a disaster.

In the 41st minute, when Everton was controlling the ball in the frontcourt, Gibson concedes the ball and is hit by Manchester City with a quick counterattack. De Bruyne's over-top pass from the backcourt directly allowed Aguero to successfully get a one-on-one opportunity.

Aguero wasted a lot of single-handed opportunities this season, but this time he did not disappoint Wen Sheng, and easily sent the ball into the goal guarded by Mucha.

Moyes looked dumbfounded, and he never expected this to be the result.

Who would have thought of it?!

In fact, Everton was responsible for getting such an opportunity. After Dembele left the court, Everton, who was overly nervous, obviously relaxed.

This goal loss also has a lot to do with Moyes. He doesn't pay much attention to the details of the frontcourt, and his offensive methods are too single. Everton is not a team that is very suitable for passing and control from the bottom of his bones. Manchester City gave up the ball, and they control it, but the problem of passing and cutting from the ball to the frontcourt is very serious. The attack depends on the number of people to pile up. How can this be done?! Manchester City's defense is not a tofu, how can it be achieved by relying on someone alone?!

So Everton's misfortune happened. The players tried to use their personal abilities to bring changes to the frontcourt offense, but reality gave them a heavy blow.

With one goal in hand, Wen Sheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the next step was to firmly launch a defensive counterattack, and the team's formation became 441.

Everton did not make any decent attacks at the end of the first half, and there were a lot of crosses, but Aniche was always at a disadvantage in this game and was eaten by Kompany. Miraras tried to cut in and shot twice, just a little bit.

At the end of the half, Manchester City, who played away, temporarily led Everton 1:0 with one less player.

Wensheng waited for Jones specifically, complaining that Everton was not a football player at all. He made at least ten fouls in the first half. The reason why Dembele took cards was because Everton's style of playing was too dirty, which made Dembele lose his mind.

In short, the root of the problem lies in Everton.
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