Chapter 1,221 It’s Better to Gain than to Lose Quickly

"Why is it always me? He always scores the goals. Isn't this a bit exaggerated?"

"Is he always the one who makes the headlines?"

"Is he always the one who gets scolded by reporters for being crazy?"

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The fans were a little confused and didn't know what Balotelli meant by his words, so they all made guesses.

Mancini didn't have time to guess the slogan on Balotelli's clothes, it was too late for him to get excited.

Mancini jumped up and punched in the air repeatedly, "Beautiful! Mario! Super Mario! You did a great job!"

Manchester City's assistant coaches and substitutes also rushed to the sidelines, shook their fists and roared at the court, and some turned around to demonstrate and provoke the Manchester United fans.

Of course, Manchester United fans will not show weakness. They were in a daze at first, and now they are booing Balotelli and Manchester United's coaching substitutes.

"Sand dollar! Why don't you just score a goal? What are you so proud of!"

"Bitch! Just wait and see, I'll overtake you in a minute!"

"Bastard! This is not the place for you to run wild!"

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Ferguson felt a little uneasy, not only because Manchester City was ahead, but mainly because of the fighting spirit of Manchester City players.

Manchester City is running so crazy. Manchester United was also known for running crazy in the past, but today's Manchester City is running even more fiercely than the original Manchester City.

More importantly, Manchester United now has many older players, so their running is not as good as before.

Ferguson is the most experienced coach in the world. He knows what it means for a team full of stars to run hard.

Manchester City's strength is worse than Manchester United (Ferguson believes), but if Manchester City runs like this in every game, it will be very difficult for Manchester United to win.

Manchester City plays so actively, so hard, and so well run. If Manchester United wants to compete with Manchester City, it must either be as active as him, or shrink back and hit Manchester City with a few counterattacks to make them more honest.

If it weren't for Old Trafford, if the opponent wasn't this "noisy neighbor", Ferguson would definitely shrink back and hit the opponent on the counterattack, just like he did against Liverpool.

But for Manchester City, a team that has always been looked down upon by Ferguson,

Ferguson really couldn't put down this face.

So while Ferguson was celebrating in Manchester City, he gave instructions to the players to step up their running and fight.

Manchester United has many veterans, but there are also many young ones. They may not be unable to compete with Manchester City physically. Even if they cannot compete, there are still three substitutions. Ferguson is not afraid of fighting a war of attrition with Manchester City.

After Manchester City celebrated, referee Clattenburg showed Balotelli a yellow card and the game restarted.

Manchester United strengthened the attack of the full-backs, and Evra and Smalling both reached the center line to put pressure on Manchester City.

Manchester City knew that their one-goal advantage over Manchester United was not safe at all, and they were not conservative and continued to compete with Manchester United in every corner of the stadium.

Both sides have stepped up their running and fighting, and the pace of the game has become very fast. The ball is often in Manchester City's penalty area. In the blink of an eye, or when fans are distracted, the ball has already reached Manchester United's penalty area.

The pace of the game was so fast, there were a lot of shots, but because the pace was too fast, the shots were hasty, most of them were long shots, and the game went on for more than ten minutes without scoring.

In the 35th minute of the game, Richards took a powerful long shot from about 40 meters, and the ball was easily picked up by goalkeeper De Gea.

De Gea threw the ball directly to Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong dribbled the ball past Silva's press and quickly passed through the center circle.

Three Manchester City players immediately came over to double-team and intercept, preventing Gao Xiaodong from continuing to dribble.

Gao Xiaodong passed the ball to Giggs and ran towards Manchester City's 30-meter area.

Giggs very cleverly passed the ball to Rooney.

Rooney turned his back to the goal and passed the ball directly to Gao Xiaodong who was cutting and running.

There were still more than thirty meters away from the goal, but Gao Xiaodong raised his foot and shot without hesitation while running.

Even though he was running, Gao Xiaodong exerted full force, and the ball flew out with the sound of howling wind.

Hart was a little unprepared. He really didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to shoot from this place. Gao Xiaodong didn't have any warning before shooting. He seemed to just go up to get the ball, and suddenly the kick came with a "bang".

What's even worse is that the angle of this kick is extremely tricky, going straight to the angle between the column and the beam.

Hart looked at the flying ball and moved to the left with all his strength. He planted his feet on the ground and prepared to fly to pounce. But as soon as his body was in the air, he became desperate because the ball had already flown into the net.

1:1

Gao Xiaodong penetrated Hart's fingers with a long-range shot from 35 meters away.

In an instant, the entire Old Trafford fans applauded and cheered, and the momentum was ten times and a hundred times louder than Balotelli's goal.

The Manchester United players all ran towards Gao Xiaodong, and they pressed Gao Xiaodong, who was still standing with his hands in the air after shooting, to the ground and rubbed him.

Ferguson clenched his fists and rushed out, spit out his gum, and shouted loudly: "Boy! Well done! You are the pride of Manchester United."

Mancini was fully expecting to score another goal and seal the victory, but Manchester United equalized the score.

Before the game, Mancini formulated a zone-marking tactic for Gao Xiaodong to ensure that Gao Xiaodong would be marked at any time and anywhere. Now it is obvious that someone failed to keep up with Gao Xiaodong.

Mancini was so angry that he punched the windshield, "Asshole! Why didn't you keep an eye on him! Where are all the defenders dead!"

The Manchester City players were all in a daze. It wasn't that they weren't watching, it was that they weren't watching. Gao Xiaodong was running like a ghost without the ball, and he couldn't follow him even if he wanted to.

The Manchester United commentator at the scene cheered and clapped excitedly like fans. After calming down for a while, he joked: "Richards just finished a long shot, and Xiao Donggao immediately returned one. Xiao Donggao was teaching Richards a long shot on the spot." "

After the celebration, Manchester City kicked off and they attacked Manchester United in a more violent way.

Manchester United equalized the game, confidence and excitement rose.

Manchester City attacked fiercely, and Manchester United also showed no signs of weakness and attacked Manchester City to see who could break through the opponent's goal again.

The two sides fought back and forth for almost five minutes, and Manchester City got a free kick in the backcourt.

Milner passed the ball to Toure.

Under pressure from Manchester United, Toure passed back to centre-back captain Kompany, who then passed it to Lescott.

Seeing that there was too much pressure in the middle, Lescott passed the ball to Richards on the right.

Richards then handed it to Milner, who then passed it to David Silva.

Manchester City played very patiently when attacking and kept pouring the ball. Mobilize Manchester United's defense. ]

At this moment, Silva has come to the right side of the penalty area to move. He saw Milner weaving from the center to the side and immediately gave the ball to Milner on the baseline!

Milner passed the ball directly to the goal without stopping!

Smalling stretched out his foot to intercept but did not touch it. The ball flew towards the small penalty area.

When Silva got the ball, Balotelli was still at the front of the penalty area, but when David Silva passed the cross, Balotelli had already entered the small penalty area and blocked it with the arch of his foot in front of the goal. Blocked the ball into the goal! !

2:1

Manchester City took the lead again. , Balotelli scored twice, becoming the ninth Italian in history to score double figures in the Premier League.