Chapter 907: The Core of Pride

City opened the scoring and their players were excited on the pitch.

Phelan off the court was a little anxious: "It's too unfair to lose this ball, I feel aggrieved!"

Jin Taige was not in a hurry: "It's okay, time is still long, we have plenty of opportunities."

Scholes looked at Kintag, and he knew in his heart: Kintag is full of confidence in the current Manchester United team, and any victory in any game is only a matter of time.

Jin Taige stood up and came to the sidelines to greet the players: "Guys, it was just an accident just now, keep cheering up and give the new season a good start!"

The conceded goal just now did cause some psychological burdens on the Manchester United players, especially the midfielders did not prevent Pogba's shot, they all blamed themselves. But after hearing Jin Taige's words of encouragement and seeing Jin Taige's calm expression, they gradually calmed down again.

What's the hurry! The lost ball will be doubled back in a while!

Under Kintag's pillar spiritual support, Manchester United quickly recovered their form and scored goals as scheduled.

In the 34th minute of the game, Manchester United got a set kick in a good position in the frontcourt.

The ball is on the left side of the goal, about 35 meters away from the goal. It is very difficult to shoot, and passing the ball can get a better chance.

Both Kroos and Alonso stood in front of the goal, and strikers such as Lewandowski and Griezmann were also ready.

"Alonso's run-up, will he take the penalty? If it is left-footed, then the possibility of the forward point will be greater."

"Kroos kicked suddenly! The ball was passed to the back! Griezmann jumped high and grabbed the point!"

"Strong header! Goal in!!!"

"Ten minutes after Manchester City took the lead, Manchester United fought back and quickly equalized the score! 1 to 1! The two sides are back on the same starting line!"

Manchester United's goal is not over yet, they continue their performance.

"De Bruyne took the ball forward, he swayed Pogba's defense! Pass the ball to Lewandowski in the center of the penalty area!"

"Lewandowski has attracted Stones' defense, and Kompany is also protecting it!"

"Lewandow turned around to shoot! He made a move, didn't shoot, and passed the ball directly!"

"The ball was passed back to De Bruyne, and De Bruyne took a long shot! The ball went in!!!"

"This time Manchester United's cooperation is very tacit! After De Bruyne broke through the midfielder Pogba, he got a chance in an instant. And Lewand attracted the defense of two Manchester City defenders alone, which made De Bruyne Here's a chance!"

"2 to 1! Manchester United took the lead!"

At this time, the first half of the game was coming to an end, and Manchester United regained the advantage, and Kintag showed a satisfied smile.

"It's a solid game, so it should be fine."

Jin Taige looked confident.

At this time, Guardiola was a little unhappy.

The ball just now was not so much a successful cooperation by Manchester United as it was a defensive error by Manchester City. And the first part of the mistake is Pogba.

When De Bruyne dribbled the ball from midfield just now, Pogba was taken too easily. He just stretched out his feet to block, and after De Bruyne passed him, Pogba did not chase back. If he can chase back more actively, then De Bruyne will at least not have such a good chance to shoot, and the final loss of the ball will be largely avoided.

Pogba is mainly responsible for this ball.

Guardiola recalled some games of last season. Although Pogba performed well on the offensive end, Pogba was always unwilling to spend energy on defense. He completely left the midfield defensive task to Fernando. Dinho and even the older Silva are more aggressive than him.

Guardiola knows that Pogba likes to attack and doesn't like to defend. But in some special cases, Pogba's inaction in defense often put Manchester City in trouble.

The first half of the game ended quickly, with a 2-1 lead, which made Jin Taige very satisfied. He greeted his players on the sidelines with a smile.

And on the other side,

Guardiola was a little angry, he even went back to the locker room early, waiting for the players to return.

Five minutes later, in Manchester City's dressing room, the atmosphere was tense.

"I am very dissatisfied with your performance in the first half!" Guardiola said in a low voice.

None of the Manchester City players spoke, and many of them lowered their heads, thinking about the situation in the first half of the game.

Everyone knew that Guardiola was angry.

Guardiola looked at everyone and said with dissatisfaction: "In the first half of the game, except for Aguero's goal, the whole team performed unsatisfactorily. After the pressing came up, your state has declined rapidly. Especially when Manchester United counterattacked, our defense was too poor!"

"Especially the second conceded goal, which is entirely our own problem! The midfielder's defense is out of touch, and the defenders didn't make a quick attack. This is a big reason for conceding the goal!"

Captain Kompany felt a little wronged. He never thought that Pogba would put De Bruyne in so easily and give him a chance to shoot. He even felt that if there was no Pogba, then he would have come out to grab De Bruyne early, and it would not have resulted in the final result.

Kompany took a look at Pogba, and still put the responsibility on himself. He said sincerely: "Coach, it was my defensive problem just now. I am responsible for conceding the ball."

Hearing Kompany's confession, Guardiola's irritability calmed down a little. He didn't say Kompany, but directly said to Pogba: "Paul, if you can make more contributions on the defensive end , then the team's second goal won't happen, I hope you make some changes in the second half."

Pogba frowned slightly: "Coach, I'm an attacking midfielder and an offensive player. Excessive participation in defense will consume my energy and stamina, and it will also be detrimental to the team's offensive operation. I am the core of the team and should Focus on more important things instead of doing this kind of rough work."

Hearing Pogba's rebuttal, Guardiola was very upset: "Pogba, I didn't ask you to retreat, but to make more contributions to defense if you can! Just say defense De Bruyne that time, even if you were passed by him, if you could pull back and follow him, he would not shoot so easily! After you have participated in the defense, go back to attack, what's wrong with this? It will consume How much energy and stamina!"

Pogba was also a little unhappy: "Coach, didn't you just lose a goal? As for being so anxious. In the second half, I must score more goals and win the game. Isn't that enough!"