Chapter 276 Difficult
Today is obviously Manchester City's home court, but Manchester City's offense is not so good today.
On the contrary, the opponent Monaco's offense is very off the field. The few threatening offenses so far have basically been completed by Monaco.
The fans of Manchester City on the sidelines are getting more and more uneasy. Are they going to lose to the Ligue 1 team at their home court?
Unknowingly, the time came to the 26th minute, and Manchester City's central defender Stones took the ball.
He passed the football to Lu Yunlong on the right, and Lu Yunlong received the pass near the penalty area line.
After he got the football, he pushed forward, and soon two players surrounded him.
Mendy, who was facing up, stretched out his foot towards the football under his feet, but Lu Yunlong reacted very quickly.
I saw his right foot pointing towards the football, successfully avoiding Mendy's leg stretching.
But Fabinho rushed over from his left rear, and his teammates quickly reminded him.
Lu Yunlong, who was about to speed up, suddenly stopped suddenly, but this sudden stop actually gave way to Fabinho.
It has to be said that Lu Yunlong's reaction was really fast, and even avoided Fabinho under such circumstances.
He drives forward with the ball, but the third player defends.
He is the left winger Lemar, and he managed to touch football.
But Lemar had no way to control the football. Fortunately, Manchester City's full-back Sagna stepped in.
He managed to catch the ball and Sania took two steps behind.
Lu Yunlong yelled at him, motioning for him to pass it back to him.
Lu Yunlong now has a great status in Manchester City and has also been recognized by all his teammates.
So Sarnia pushed the football forward, and Lu Yunlong accelerated and successfully received the football.
Soon Lu Yunlong took the ball to the right outside the penalty area, and he dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Monaco's central defender Andre Raj rushed to defend the past when he saw this, and it would be dangerous if he was allowed to rush in again.
Seeing that he attracted the opponent's defensive player, Lu Yunlong did not choose to hit the goal rashly.
He kicked the football with his right foot,
Swept the football towards the goal.
His pass was well timed and the ball rolled into the penalty area.
Although striker Aguero is not in place, left winger Sterling is nearby.
He shoveled directly towards the football, and Monaco's goalkeeper Subasic quickly fell to the ground to save it.
But he was obviously not as good as Caballero today, and he failed to touch football.
The football was shoveled into the goal by Sterling!
This time he was not happy!
Manchester City leads Monaco 1-0!
"Beautiful! Manchester City still scored at home!" Liu Jiayuan celebrated the goal excitedly.
"Lu Yunlong should take a lot of credit for this goal. It was his pass from the wing that assisted Sterling to score the first goal of the game!"
"And Sterling didn't waste this goal and scored the football steadily."
"In fact, Manchester City's performance today is not that good, but Monaco has the advantage." Gong Lei continued to explain.
"And there were two very threatening shots. If it weren't for the excellent performance of goalkeeper Caballero, Manchester City would have conceded the goal at home."
"But I didn't expect that it was still Manchester City who scored the first goal."
After scoring, Sterling celebrated the goal excitedly.
The fans at the scene cheered excitedly, the status of the Champions League in their hearts needless to say.
Several Manchester City players hugged happily, leading the game made them very happy.
Guardiola, who is the head coach, saw the goal scored, clenched his fist and waved it twice before walking to the coach's bench.
This time he was relieved a lot. The state of Monaco before did make him a little uneasy.
The game restarted soon, and although Monaco conceded a goal, it did not affect their mentality.
After all, today they are facing Manchester City, and it is also Manchester City's home court.
Conceding a goal at their home court is actually not unacceptable.
But that doesn't mean they've given up on the game.
They then launched a counterattack, which really made it very difficult for Manchester City.
Only six minutes into the game, Manchester City had the ball in their own half.
Faced with the pressing of the opponent, the football was passed back to the goalkeeper Caballero.
Monaco's striker Falcao rushed towards him, and Caballero quickly drove wide.
But his big foot didn't go far, and the football flew to the left side of his own half.
The big foot in a hurry did not find his teammates, but passed to the opponent's winger B seat.
Seat B faced the falling football and unloaded it steadily.
After he stopped the ball, Fernandinho quickly defended and the B seat passed the football to the middle.
Fabinho successfully received the pass, and the moment he received the pass, he saw seat B running along the wing to the right outside the penalty area.
He first stepped on the football, and then directly picked the football to the right outside the penalty area.
His pass did find seat B, and seat B received the pass again.
Seeing that Seat B got the football, Yaya Toure quickly defended him.
But he was a little far from the B seat, so he made a slight adjustment and kicked a cross directly.
The football was hoisted into the penalty area, and now there is only one point in the penalty area, Falcao.
In fact, Falcao is not tall, only 1.77 meters tall.
But his heading ability is quite good, he actually hit the football.
Of course, it is also because the pass from the B seat is very accurate. The goalkeeper Caballero is in good condition today.
But such a header in the penalty area, even he can't help it.
He could only watch the football and was headed into the goal by Falcao.
Monaco tied the score 1-1!
"Oh! A header in the middle!" Liu Jiayuan's commentator said.
"Beautiful! Falcao scored the goal!"
"Not long after the last goal, Monaco successfully equalized the score!"
"The score is back to square one, but this is a knockout game in the Champions League and this goal represents an away goal for Monaco."
"Manchester City central defender Stones needs to pay some responsibility for this ball. He let Falcao hit the ball so easily." Gong Lei continued to explain.
After scoring the goal, Falcao rushed to the sidelines excitedly, then jumped up high, and punched vigorously in the air.
The stadium, which was still lively before, became much quieter in an instant.
Only the visiting team Monaco was celebrating and cheering. They did not expect their team to perform so well today.
Facing a team like Manchester City, they played against the opponent.
Cai Jian on the sidelines also had some regrets when he saw the ball.
Monaco is really good this season. Falcao has experienced two failed seasons with Manchester United and Chelsea.
After returning to Monaco, the state recovered, although the team's supernova Mbappe scored a lot of goals.
But Falcao is still one of the team's most important offensive points, and he is currently Monaco's Golden Boot.
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