Chapter 67
The ball was thrown out of the goal, but the ball was not in the right position.
Clichy's skill was obviously quite accomplished, which made Lei Ming very annoyed.
With De Bruyne's corner kick, the penalty area was in chaos. In an instant, Lei Ming had predicted the flight path of the football, but when he was about to block it, he suddenly found that there was a body in front of him blocking him.
Because Germelson's position was relatively far back, this also caused the position of the Manchester City player to be just not offside!
"Oops, it's Sane!"
Seeing that the high point was not working, Lei Ming quickly changed the direction of the save to the left again, but because of the hesitation just now, he was out of reach, and he even collided with Sane when he fell down.
Sane scored a goal with an uncoordinated thigh refraction in the crowd, and Lei Ming's huge body followed, knocking the opponent down to the side of the goal post.
But despite this, after hearing the referee blow the whistle to score a goal, he still excitedly got up and ran to the fans' stands behind him to celebrate.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooal~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
"Sane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
1:1 Manchester City finally used the corner kick tactic to equalize the score in the 82nd minute.
However, this ball made Monaco's players more or less dissatisfied, especially Lei Ming. He walked to the referee to indicate that the opponent intended to block his position, but the referee listened to his opinion and also asked the VR referee to intervene, but in the end he still said that there was no problem with the ball.
Jardim and the coaching staff began to put pressure on the linesman, indicating that the opponent's substitute player had just harassed their goalkeeper, which was absolutely unforgivable.
The linesman indicated that it was a normal game rule and did not constitute a foul.
Manchester City fans were celebrating, and the entire Etihad Stadium, which had been silent for a long time, began to shake, celebrating Sane's goal.
Guardiola on the sidelines saw that this trick was effective and signaled the players to continue doing so.
On the Monaco side, Jardim kept telling the players that there was no need to give corner kicks to the opponent again. Based on his understanding of Lei Ming, if it had not been blocked just now, the ball would definitely not have gone in.
Lei Ming himself felt the same way, so in the following time, he told his teammates not to give corner kicks easily. With Manchester City's rogue style of play, it was obvious that they had specially trained for corner kicks before the game.
On the Monaco side, Jardim replaced two people in one breath. Moutinho and Xuedibi came on the court one after another, replacing Fabinho, who was a little exhausted, and Bakayoko, who had a yellow card.
This also made Guardiola feel a little regretful. He originally wanted to find some breakthroughs from Bakayoko, but he didn't expect the opponent to be so cautious, so he replaced him at this time.
Seeing that the opponent increased the defensive strength, he replaced another attacking defender, intending to take advantage of the momentum to attack Monaco again and again.
After the game resumed, Monaco's attack was not as fierce as expected.
For them, a draw is also fine. After all, they got an away ball, and it is acceptable to end like this.
But Manchester City doesn't think so. This is their home court. The expensive price makes them unable to tolerate this result. They want more.
So Manchester City began to counter-grab more actively.
At the Etihad Stadium, as long as the Monaco players hold the ball, they will definitely be accompanied by boos from the home fans.
"Are these guys cowards? Why do they always hide in their own half?"
"A small team is a small team. They don't even have the courage to attack."
"Go back to France, you cowards!"
Faced with such ugly football, Manchester City fans don't tolerate them at all and keep venting their dissatisfaction.
But even in the face of so much abuse and booing, Monaco's players remain unmoved.
Fortunately, through more efforts, Manchester City finally got an opportunity in the 88th minute of the game.
After a few minutes of passing, Monaco finally made a small mistake.
Moutinho's strength was a little weak when he passed to the front court, so Manchester City players intercepted it.
Seeing that there were only 6 minutes of game time plus injury time, Monaco was serious again.
The whole Manchester City team could not help but press forward, even Guardiola, who was not far away, reminded them.
However, no one noticed that Moutinho was not upset about the loss of the ball, but his mouth curled up slightly. When the Monaco players saw the mistake of the big brother, they almost immediately understood that the game had reached the most critical moment.
And the Monaco coach Jardim on the sidelines also gestured meaningfully to the front court, indicating that it should be steady.
"Let's go, professor, there is no need to watch it anymore. I will pay for the wine tonight. Let's go to the backcourt!"
Mourinho straightened his clothes and stood up and said.
Although there were still a few minutes left in the game, in Mourinho's opinion, Manchester City's move was no different from the end.
"Heh, Jose's Jose, you know the true meaning of counterattack the most. Are you sure Manchester City can't defend?"
"What can they defend with? The goalkeeper is standing on the penalty area line. It can be seen how blind they have been led by the rhythm. Controlling the ball does not mean strength!"
"Okay, let's go to the backcourt now. There are fewer people. There is really no need to watch."
The two people standing up did not attract too many people's attention at the scene, because almost everyone was paying attention to Manchester City's attack.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure gave the ball to De Bruyne to organize. De Bruyne only attracted a firepower and gave the ball to Sane on the wing.
At this time, the midfield was almost crowded with people, so it was better to give it to the wing and let Sane or Sterling play a role.
Sane took the ball to the wing, facing Monaco full-back Toure who was defending him. He just faked a shot but did not pass it, but made an inverted triangle pass.
D. 席 just received the ball and also attracted the other two defensive forces of Monaco. He achieved his goal and made a subtle through ball. There was a blue warrior approaching the small penalty area.
It was Manchester City's No. 10 player Aguero. Although the data in this game was dazzling, the leading striker who had no achievements was holding back. In the last ten minutes, he had been enduring and moving.