Chapter 559 The Key Man
Bruno got up from the ground. He no longer complained to the referee Martin Atkinson about not giving Mkhitaryan a yellow card, because from this foul, he touched Manchester City's sore spot.
This kind of fast football is difficult for Manchester City to deal with.
In fact, Bruno guessed that Guardiola has always regarded Manchester United as the strongest opponent and formulated this set of tactics.
However, there is still a difference between Manchester City's football and Manchester United's football. Manchester City's football is derived from Barcelona's tikitaka. After all, this is Guardiola's creation. It focuses on scene control, has a lot of ball control, and the offensive rhythm is not fast. The scene is gorgeous and full of master style and artist's temperament.
Manchester United's football is created by Mourinho. Mourinho's coaching tactics include solid defense, flexible offense and carefully designed psychological tactics. He focuses on the compactness and stability of defense, and achieves defensive goals through close cooperation and overall struggle. On the offensive end, he emphasizes the team's organization and rhythm control, and creates threats through quick conversion and set-piece tactics.
These are actually two different temperaments of football.
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Manchester United continued to attack, and Bruno became the focus of Manchester City's defense.
In the 27th minute, Manchester City finally got a yellow card. Mkhitaryan knocked Bruno down from behind and got a yellow card.
"This is Manchester City's first yellow card in this game, and also the first yellow card of this game. The referee Martin Atkinson's enforcement of this game is a bit soft..." The commentator Lineker complained, "Mkhitaryan kept kicking Bruno, and now he got a card..."
And Manchester City fans were also dissatisfied with the referee Martin Atkinson's penalty. They felt that this yellow card should not be given. Seeing him card Mkhitaryan, the stands of the Etihad Stadium suddenly booed.
Poor referee Martin Atkinson, he was not pleasing to both sides.
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Manchester United's free kick was taken by Bruno, and his direct free kick missed the goal.
Manchester City then launched an attack, but the ball was stopped on the line between Bruno and Kante. Kante and Bruno teamed up to steal Bernardo Silva's ball.
When Bruno was defending, his defensive ability would be revealed. Facing these two people, no matter how powerful Bernardo Silva was, he could only lose.
Bruno took the ball and dribbled forward. Now he was still far from the opponent's penalty area, so there was no need to pass and run quickly. But his dribbling was not slow.
Mkhitaryan pressed forward again. He just received a yellow card, which seemed to have no effect on him at all. It seems that Guardiola's order to them was to freeze themselves no matter what the situation was.
Bruno did not entangle with Mkhitaryan. Although he might commit another foul, the referee Martin Atkinson was unlikely to show the same person a yellow card in such a short time, so if he wanted Mkhitaryan to leave the field, forget it for now.
He watched Mkhitaryan press forward and distributed the football to the wing. Mbappe got the ball and wanted to break through.
After passing the ball, Bruno ran diagonally to Mbappe to provide support. Mbappe could handle it if he could, and if he couldn't, he would provide support.
Mbappe had no way to break through the experienced Delph. At the same time, he knew that he couldn't stop, because once he stopped, Manchester City's defense would be formed.
So he passed the ball to Bruno who came up to support him.
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Bruno had seen through Manchester City's defense before. Since they had just intercepted Bernardo Silva's ball, Manchester City's formation was still in the stage of switching from offense to defense and had not been fully formed, so there was still a chance to take advantage.
After receiving the ball, he turned around and passed the ball to the other side.
He had already passed the ball, and Fernandinho rushed over, which was obviously too late.
Rashford made a cross from the bottom, but contrary to the expectations of Kompany, Otamendi and others, he did not pass the ball high. The ball drew an arc along the grass and rolled into the penalty area!
Danilo, who was responsible for defending Rashford, was deceived. He jumped high and tried to block the cross with his body, but the ball went through his feet...
"This is a beautiful attack!"
Otamendi ran past because Rashford did not pass the ball directly to the front of the goal, and the ball quickly passed behind him. He could only turn his head and follow the ball with his eyes. He saw the ball rolling near the penalty spot, where a Manchester United player and a Manchester City player appeared.
Manchester City's defense was a little dizzy by Manchester United's series of rapid transfers, and even forgot to provide multiple protections in the penalty area. In front of the back line, there was a large gap.
And such a gap will naturally be used by Bruno. After passing the ball, he ran diagonally to the penalty area.
Sure enough, when Rashford passed the ball, there was no one in front of him. Facing such a good opportunity, how could he miss it?
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Bruno, wearing a red jersey, is competing with Fernandinho for a favorable position. He has successfully squeezed Fernandinho behind him. Now all he has to do is withstand the pressure and shoot!
Fernandinho knows that he can't steal Bruno's ball. All he can do now is to interfere, do everything possible to interfere with Bruno!
The ball was passed over, and Harry Kane attracted the Manchester City central defender for Bruno. Now Bruno only needed to deal with Fernandinho.
He did not volley the ball with his thigh while running. In the penalty area, such a slow movement would only give the defensive players a chance to steal the ball.
Almost without any warning, he shot directly while running!
Fernandinho was half a beat late, and it was too late when he stepped on the ball to interfere. The ball flew between Harry Kane and Kompany.
When the ball flew over, Harry Kane shrank his waist as a conditioned reflex, and the ball passed by his side and flew straight to the goal!
"This is Bruno's shot--" Andy Gray shouted in a long voice.
Ederson was blocked by Kompany and Harry Kane, and Bruno's shot was sudden and swift. When he found that the ball came from Harry Kane's waist, it was too late.
All he could do was pray that the ball would either hit the post or go out of the goal. But this is impossible, the football went straight over the goal line and hit the net!
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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!" Lineker shouted excitedly, "Manchester United finally equalized the score! In the 33rd minute, they equalized the score at the Etihad Stadium! 1:1!"
"Bruno! This is his thirteenth goal against Manchester City! He is a well-deserved Manchester City killer! He is... Mr. Key!"
"It's totally unexpected... From the beginning of the game, everyone thought Manchester City was in control of the situation and it was only a matter of time before they won the game. Unexpectedly, the situation on the field suddenly changed in these few minutes, Manchester United became active, and Bruno was the root of all this! His goal equalized the score for the team, and now the two sides are back on the same starting line!"
"At this time, I just want to see Guardiola's face! Aha! Bruno scored a goal, and scored a goal for Guardiola's team!"
Bruno was very excited after scoring. Although he scored many goals in the game against Manchester City, it did not make him feel satisfied.
What's more, the meaning of today's game is different. If Manchester United can beat Manchester City today, then Manchester United's title defense is almost a foregone conclusion, which is very beneficial for the next schedule. Manchester United can put more energy into the Champions League and the FA Cup.
He rushed to the stands of Manchester City fans and punched them in protest.
Facing such an opponent, Manchester City fans froze for a second and then began to boo and curse wildly.
"Don't be proud, bastard!" Countless middle fingers were raised at him.
But at least at this moment, Bruno was really proud, and they really couldn't do anything about him.
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After showing off in front of Manchester City fans, Bruno was quickly hugged by his teammates, and everyone rushed to pat his head and shoulders.
"Well done, Bruno!"
"How the hell did you do it? Great!"
"Aha! Bruno, you shut them all up!"
"Oh oh oh oh! Another one!"
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Everyone screamed in his ear.
More than 2,000 Manchester United fans at the Etihad Stadium can finally cheer at this moment.
"Manchester United! Manchester United! Manchester United!!!"
"Bruno! Bruno!! Bruno!!!"
Seeing Bruno score a goal, Vanessa also jumped up excitedly in the private room, and then raised her arms to cheer for Bruno with those fans.
After arriving in the UK with Bruno, Vanessa also began to step out from behind the scenes and began to appear in public as Bruno's girlfriend.
Before being banned by the Eagle Sauce and some European media, Vanessa was already the top model in Europe. Although she was not a household name, she was also well-known.
The three-year ban and the subsequent three years of low-key life reduced her popularity a lot, but as she reappeared in front of the world as Bruno's fiancée, she soon gathered huge popularity again and became a super popular star in the UK and even in Europe.
In the past year or two, more than once, entertainment companies have found her and hoped that she would star in some film and television works, including some big-name directors.
However, Vanessa, who has already experienced the glory and bitterness of the entertainment industry, rejected all the invitations. Now she just wants to quietly accompany Bruno and take care of their little world.
Vanessa's performance shocked everyone around her. No one expected that the female star who was once charming, sometimes pure, sometimes wild, and sometimes sexy on the catwalk would also have such crazy performances in private.