Chapter 523 Guardiola: It’s so Hard for Me!

"Red card! Delph was sent off. As the last defensive player, he pushed down Bruno who was about to get a single chance!"

"Such an action should indeed be given a red card, so the referee sent him off the field." Lineker said, "Delph was not calm enough. There is still time in the game. Even if Bruno was allowed to enter the penalty area and shoot, there was still Ederson, and it might be possible to avoid conceding a goal. But now that the score is behind, he was sent off with a red card. It's really not worth it."

Guardiola was very angry. He jumped and jumped, and impatiently scratched his bald head. He suddenly remembered something and shouted to Arteta: "Mikel, call Bernardo back."

Delph was sent off, and the original substitution of Bernardo Silva needed to be considered at this time.

"Forget it, continue the substitution." Arteta was about to stop the substitution when he heard Guardiola say again.

Arteta glanced at David Silva, who was sitting on the bench with an ice pack on his leg, and nodded in understanding.

So, when David Silva was injured and left the field, Guardiola made substitutions according to the established plan, and then made temporary position adjustments.

Bernardo Silva replaced David Silva, and then Bernardo Silva and Mkhitaryan partnered as double defensive midfielders in the midfield, and Fernandinho played as a central defender to make up for the vacancy of Delph being sent off.

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Objectively speaking, after David Silva was injured and left the field, and Delph was sent off with a red card, Guardiola had a bad premonition in his heart: Maybe he would lose?

But Guardiola would not admit defeat. After all, Manchester City is only one goal behind now. Maybe Manchester City can equalize the score or even surpass the score?

We are Manchester City! Powerful Manchester City!

Guardiola decisively made the third substitution adjustment, and he replaced Sterling with Phil Foden.

Sterling's condition today was very average, and he did not get any good opportunities, but he was very dissatisfied with Guardiola for replacing him.

Sterling looked very unhappy. He walked off the field slowly and high-fived Phil Foden perfunctorily.

Afterwards, Sterling had a few quarrels with Guardiola on the sidelines. Finally, under the persuasion of assistant coach Mikel Arteta, he reluctantly high-fived Guardiola and walked to the bench.

The camera was obviously interested in such a plot and kept giving Sterling a close-up. Sterling, who returned to the bench, had an unhappy expression on his face and muttered in his mouth.

At this moment, the happy Sterling felt that playing football was really not happy at all!

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Mourinho touched his chin and thought. After Guardiola's substitution, Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt were Bernardo Silva, Mkhitaryan and De Bruyne formed three midfielders, and Sane, Jesus and Phil Foden formed a trident of three three three formations.

Mourinho did not hesitate too much and immediately made substitutions. He replaced Gundogan with Lingard and restored the 4-3-3 formation at the start of the game.

The continuous substitutions of both sides and the tactical adjustments behind such substitutions set the rhythm for the remaining half an hour of the game.

Guardiola was obviously determined to give it a try. In the face of Guardiola's decision, Mourinho's tactics were very clear, playing Manchester City's defensive counterattack.

Mourinho's substitutions and tactical arrangements were successful.

In the 65th minute of the game, Manchester United took advantage of Manchester City's massive pressure to launch a quick counterattack, and finally Harry Kane headed the ball to assist Lingard to score.

3:1, Manchester United once again widened the score gap to two goals.

Mourinho applauded on the sidelines and whistled proudly.

Not far away, Guardiola, who was already angry because of this goal, almost couldn't hold it back: he was a little urgent to pee.

Guardiola quickly touched his crotch, and then looked at the home team coaching bench fiercely.

This grudge is getting deeper and deeper!

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Eight minutes later, Manchester City's second goal came.

This was after Manchester City midfielder De Bruyne took the ball and attracted the attention of at least two Manchester United defenders. He pretended to shoot from a distance, but suddenly passed the ball.

Then, people saw Sane flashing out from the gap between people. He stopped the ball with his chest and rushed into the penalty area with the ball. He was seen moving around in the narrow penalty area, fully displaying his excellent footwork, firmly controlling the ball under his feet, and shaking off Maguire who was trying to intercept with his foot.

"Sane! He passed Maguire, and the ball was still under his feet!"

Van Dijk looked at Sane, he didn't dare to kick, he was afraid of fouling. But Valencia didn't care so much, and directly made a side tackle, but he still missed.

Sane took the lead before the Ecuadorian tackled, he poked and shot directly!

After Sane finished shooting, he also jumped up and avoided Valencia's tackle.

The ball rolled towards the goal along the grass. De Gea fell to the ground and couldn't save it in time. He could only watch the ball roll into the net.

"Sane - GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!!!!!!!" Manchester City's commentator shouted in a long tone.

Seeing Sane score, Guardiola clenched his fists and waved his fists vigorously at Mourinho. He vented his anger for this goal.

"Fark!" Mourinho couldn't help but curse.

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The team's captain Bruno looked at Mourinho, meaning to ask, now it's 2:3, how to play?

Mourinho made a gesture: Everything remains the same!

Continue to fight Manchester City's counterattack. Now it's 2:3, only one goal behind. The most anxious one should not be Manchester United, but Manchester City.

What Manchester United needs to do is to seize the gap after Manchester City's massive pressure and strive for another quick counterattack.

Although Manchester City's morale and state have risen, in Mourinho's eyes, this is definitely not a healthy Manchester City. The two goals were the stars' flashes of inspiration. In fact, Manchester City did not play the smooth cooperation of the previous game.

In the 79th minute of the game, Mourinho jumped up from his seat, shouted loudly, and then was hugged by assistant coach Faria.

Bernardo Silva's pass was intercepted, Manchester United counterattacked, and three passes and two kicks reached the penalty area. Fernandinho, who temporarily played as a central defender, reached Harry Kane and the Manchester United center immediately fell to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle, and he pointed directly to the penalty spot, then showed Fernandinho a second yellow card, and then took out another card: a red one.

Seeing the referee award a penalty and looking at the red card, Fernandinho was completely stunned.

When he reached out to pull Harry Kane's jersey, it was a subconscious little action. After reaching out, he suddenly remembered that this was the penalty area, and he immediately let go of his hand, and hoped that the opponent's player would not fall to the ground, but Harry Kane had so much experience in the game that he leaned forward and fell to the ground in the penalty area, and then the referee's whistle sounded.

Fernandinho seriously suspected that the moment he just took action, this damn Englishman was ready to fall to the ground, or this guy was waiting for him to take action.

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Fernandinho was stunned when he saw the referee whistle a penalty and show him a direct red card.

After a moment of confusion, Fernandinho's emotions got out of control. He yelled at the referee, trying to show that he didn't touch Harry Kane.

This was not just a quibble hoping for a non-existent change of judgment, but more like a complaint and venting. He played too badly and it was too difficult.

First, in the first half, he was attacked by Manchester United's Gundogan, Rashford, Harry Kane, Mbappe, and Bruno in turn, and he was in a mess.

Then in the second half, after Guardiola finally replaced Mkhitaryan and changed the formation to a double defensive midfielder, Fernandinho's situation was much better.

Then a few minutes later, Delph was sent off. He was arranged to play as a central defender. Now he fouled in the penalty area and was sent off with a red card, and received a red dot package!

The referee had a dark face and pointed to the sidelines, signaling Fernandinho to leave the field quickly.

The emotionally out-of-control Brazilian wanted to say something, but was hugged by Kyle Walker next to him, dragged out and escorted off the field.

De Bruyne negotiated with the referee, who explained his penalty criteria, but that was all. He saw clearly that there was no doubt about the foul.

On the sidelines, Guardiola spread his hands, jumped and jumped, and he strongly questioned the penalty.

In Guardiola's view, even if there was a foul, a penalty kick would be enough. After all, Fernandinho's foul was not too bad. Considering that he already had a yellow card, another yellow card would be a red dot package, wouldn't it?

This is really too much!

You know, Manchester City has already had one person sent off, and these factors should be considered at this time!

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Manchester United's penalty kick, Bruno took the penalty, Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson misjudged the direction, and the ball went into the net.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLL!!!!!!"

"4:2! Manchester United has expanded the score again!"

"Not only is the score leading by two goals, but Manchester United is also two ahead of Manchester City in terms of number of players."

"At Old Trafford, Manchester City is stuck in a quagmire. There are still ten minutes left in the game. Manchester City is 2:4 Manchester United, and the number of players is 9:11. Looking at this situation, Manchester City is really likely to be poked by Manchester United again."

Lineker said so.

Guardiola sat in the coaching seat, looking angry and helpless.

He knew that the defeat of this game was already decided.

Delph was sent off, Fernandinho, who played as a central defender, was also sent off, and David Silva was injured and left the field. It was really too difficult for him!

If Guardiola was Chinese, he would definitely think of a proverb at this time: When it rains, it rains!

In this case, Manchester City has almost no hope of turning the tables.

It can be said that what Guardiola has to consider now is that the team cannot lose the ball again.

If we lose to Manchester United by five goals away from home, it will be another humiliating nightmare defeat.