Chapter 565: Final Kill

When the game reached injury time, Manchester United once again entered Manchester City's 30-meter area.

When Gundogan received the pass from his teammate within 30 meters, he was blocked by Manchester City's midfielder. He was forced to turn to the right and seek cooperation on the right side.

"Here!"

When Gundogan needed support the most, Bruno suddenly appeared in the gap on the right side of the center and raised his hand to ask for the ball. The German midfielder passed the ball without hesitation and reminded him to pay attention to his side.

"Be careful!"

Bruno seemed to be prepared. Facing Gundogan's ball, he took advantage of the situation and moved forward.

It was this sudden change that made Manchester City's Bernardo Silva miss.

The area where Bruno received the ball made Manchester City's defensive players very uncomfortable, especially after stopping the ball and passing Bernardo Silva, he could directly dribble the ball to face Manchester City's back line, and Harry Kane also reacted quickly and turned to rush forward.

Bruno dribbled the ball straight to Manchester City's defense, quickly approached the penalty area, and passed the ball straight to his back.

Harry Kane also reacted quickly, running behind him to catch the ball.

Unexpectedly, Manchester City's captain Kompany reacted even faster, sliding down and intercepting the ball, preventing it from passing behind him.

But Bruno's reaction was also very fast. He rushed after the football in the first time, and got ahead of the opponent's other central defender Otamendi. He dribbled the ball Kompany shoveled to the left with his right foot, and after dribbling past the opponent's central defender Otamendi, he was in the top area of ​​the arc at the front of the penalty area, and kicked a curved ball with the inside of his left foot.

The ball drew a beautiful parabola, slowly fell, and hit the upper left corner of Manchester City's goal.

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“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLL!!!!!!”

“GOAL!!!!”

“In the 91st minute, in the 91st minute, Bruno scored the second goal of the game!”

“3:2, Manchester United reversed the score!”

“Even though the penalty was misjudged, Bruno was not affected too much. He still led Manchester United to launch a tenacious counterattack and finally scored his second goal of the game, helping Manchester United reverse the score!”

“The current situation is very favorable for Manchester United!”

When Bruno kicked the ball, he already had a very strong feeling that the ball was in!

The position was right, the angle was right, and it was a safe inside of the foot. If this ball didn’t go in, it would be unfair!

When he saw that although the opponent’s goalkeeper Ederson stretched his arms as much as possible and flew to save the ball, he still couldn’t stop the ball from entering the net, he excitedly turned and rushed out of the penalty area, running all the way out of the stadium.

"It was wonderful!"

"Bruno performed very well in tonight's game. He not only scored two goals himself, but also planned the second goal of Manchester United in this game. It can be said that Bruno is definitely the number one contributor to Manchester United's victory over Manchester City away from home!"

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Guardiola shook his head in frustration when he saw Bruno's arcing ball.

After becoming the head coach of Manchester City, his unbeaten record against Manchester United continued.

Guardiola himself was a professional player and a defender. He knew very well how difficult it was to defend against a superstar like Bruno.

Guardiola's face was full of helplessness and his heart was full of bitterness.

In front of the visiting team's coaching seat, Mourinho jumped up with excitement.

It was not easy for Manchester United to win today's game. Falling behind twice and being missed a penalty by the referee, all these put Manchester United on the verge of losing the game again and again.

However, under Bruno's leadership, Manchester United played very tenaciously. They fell behind twice and equalized twice, until now they scored a goal in injury time to reverse the score.

Bruno's goal not only helped Manchester United reverse the opponent in this game, but also almost helped Manchester United lock the league championship this season.

With only 6 games left in the league, Mourinho didn't know how he would lose.

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Manchester United finally relied on Bruno's double and Harry Kane's goal to equalize twice after falling behind twice, and finally reversed Manchester City 3:2 away.

Guardiola's team ushered in the first home defeat of the season.

In this regard, Manchester City's head coach said after the game that he had nothing to say about his loss.

"We tried our best, but there was no way to stop Bruno's attack."

Mourinho also praised Bruno, who was once again elected as the best player of the game.

After scoring twice in this game, Bruno has scored 38 goals in the Premier League this season, tying the Premier League single-season goal record he set last season.

This also allows him to continue to lead the Premier League scorer list. Behind him are Liverpool striker Salah and Manchester United striker teammate Harry Kane, both of whom have scored 29 goals so far, and their performances are very outstanding.

Salah's outstanding performance has attracted widespread attention. Liverpool legend Ian Rush expressed his opinion that only Ronaldo, Yosi and Bruno are at the same level as Salah.

Ian Rush told Sky Sports: "You look at Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez, he (Salah) is also a big star. His performance is absolutely amazing, but in fact he is also very good. down to earth."

"That game against Watford was the best game I've ever seen from him. Not just because he scored four goals, but because of his unselfish style and looking for goals for his teammates. There are only three players I've seen reach this level, and that's Yossi and Cristiano Ronaldo. As for the other guy, I don't want to mention him."

Mourinho also said that the referee missed a penalty kick for Manchester United, otherwise Manchester United would not have won so hard.

In fact, after the game, the "penalty kick" was also one of the focuses of media attention. The media supporting Manchester United believed that there was no doubt about the penalty kick, while the media supporting Manchester City believed that if a penalty kick was awarded, it would be the biggest scandal.

"Just because the FA is optimistic about Manchester United, the referee Martin Atkinson must also be optimistic about Manchester United."

In the eyes of Manchester United's opponents, Manchester United has always been taken care of by the Football Association. Although Manchester United often encounters unfair penalties, they don't care about this.

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Judging from the slow motion, there was indeed physical contact between Kanter and Kompany, but there are different opinions on whether a penalty kick should be awarded, and there is no authoritative and correct answer.

"Kompany knocked me down, no doubt about it, it should have been a penalty!"

After the game, Kanter, who was interviewed in the mixed zone, still seemed unconvinced.

He also received a yellow card for this during the game, leaving hidden dangers for his future games. As long as he receives one more yellow card, he will be automatically suspended for one game.

The Premier League's yellow card suspension rules are somewhat different from other leagues. In the Premier League, a player who accumulates five yellow cards will be suspended for one round. However, the yellow cards received before are not eliminated after the suspension. If he accumulates 10 yellow cards again, he will be suspended for two games. After that, if he accumulates 15 yellow cards, he will be suspended for three games. In this way, the number of suspended games gradually increases.

There are also special regulations. The first is that if you receive 5 yellow cards in the club's 19th Premier League game this season and before, you will be suspended for 1 game.

Secondly, he received 10 yellow cards in the club's 32nd Premier League game of the season and before that, and will be suspended for 2 games.

Once again, receiving 15 yellow cards before the club's last game of the season (including the last game of the season) will result in a three-game ban.

The last step is to receive 20 yellow cards before the club's last game of the season (including the last game of the season), and the supervisory committee will decide the number of games to be suspended.

Kanter had already received 8 yellow cards before this game. He received another yellow card in this game. As long as he receives one more yellow card, he will be automatically suspended.

It seemed that it was not worthwhile to argue with the referee Martin Atkinson about this penalty kick, but the penalty kick was indeed very important to the team at the time, and Kanter did not care about how many yellow cards he had received.

The good news is that today's game is Manchester United's 32nd Premier League game this season, allowing Kanter to avoid the special punishment of being suspended for 2 games after receiving another yellow card.

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Kompany, one of the parties involved, believed that he did not commit a foul: "I touched him, but it was just normal physical contact. I didn't even use any force and he fell down. As a player, everyone knows what happened. What's going on..."

He didn't directly say that Kanter flopped, but everyone knew what he meant.

At the post-match press conference, this controversial penalty also became a focus of debate between reporters and the head coach.

The Guardian reporter asked Guardiola directly: "That was a penalty kick, right?"

Guardiola said with a straight face: "Obviously not. After the game, Kompany told me that the opponent was diving. I believe my players. The referee Martin Atkinson made a very correct decision. I know It is not easy to officiate in a game like the Manchester Derby, not to mention that our opponent is a 'rich team' that is favored by the Football Association."

Mourinho said that it was definitely a penalty kick: "There is no doubt that it was a penalty kick, there is no problem at all. Our player was pushed down by the opponent in the penalty area. If such a foul is not awarded a penalty kick, then there is still What deserves a penalty?"

A reporter from the "Manchester Evening News" told him that Kanter's fall was an exaggeration.

Mourinho said angrily: "Kante is a very honest player. I know him very well. He cannot flop. As a defensive midfielder, he is always the victim of opponents flopping. He always Hate flopping.”

Mourinho was furious at anyone questioning his players and then refused to answer a question about whether it was a penalty, preferring to talk about Bruno's goal.

It's just that on an occasion like today, although Bruno scored twice to help Manchester United reverse the victory and was a major hype point, compared with controversial topics such as penalty kick misjudgements, the appeal is not so strong.

Therefore, those reporters are still tirelessly asking questions about the penalty kick. It would be more interesting if Mourinho could reveal something exciting.

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Even after the press conference ended, the debate about the foul in the final stage of the game continued on the online media.

After the game, Bruno continued to receive calls and text messages from reporters he knew well, wanting him to talk about the penalty kick, but Bruno was tired of this discussion.

"There's nothing to complain about, whether the penalty should be awarded or not... I don't know, I wasn't there, I didn't see it all clearly. But Kante said he was knocked down by Kompany... What's the use? The game is over."

"I don't think this should be our focus, the point is that we won the game in the end. We are unstoppable, no matter who it is, we can't stop us from winning the league championship again."

"I don't want to mention this issue anymore, I'm thinking about the next Champions League game now. Although we have a big advantage at home in the first round, Roma is a different team. Think about the last round of knockouts, Barcelona also achieved the same huge advantage at home as us. I think Barcelona must have thought they had half a foot in the quarterfinals, but in the end, Roma defeated the powerful Barcelona 3:0 at home, making the universe team a laughing stock in world football. I don't want this to happen to Manchester United."

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Three days later, Manchester United was indeed blocked by the Romans at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Both sides played without reservation from the beginning, and the game was very unrestrained.

Although he had rested for less than 72 hours, Bruno continued his excellent form in the Manchester derby. Just 13 minutes into the game, he received an assist from Cancelo on the right and shot low with his right foot in the penalty area, penetrating Roma's goal.

But just nine minutes later, the Roma team equalized the score.

After the second half, Roma scored a goal and surpassed the score in just four minutes.

After the game resumed, Bruno kept looking for opportunities and ran very actively. His teammates also understood his ideas and took the initiative to create opportunities for him.

Roma's defensive players followed Bruno throughout the game, running around, and finally revealed a flaw again.

In the 70th minute, Mata passed the ball to the right. After Cancelo received the ball, he quickly dribbled forward and passed it to Bruno at the front of the penalty area.

As soon as he received the ball, Bruno quickly turned around and cut inside with the ball, but Roma's left back followed him tightly, and the midfielder who returned to defend also blocked the front of the penalty area, not giving Bruno any chance.

Bruno started quickly, then suddenly kicked the ball into the penalty area with his left foot. But after Roma's left back quickly caught up, Bruno suddenly stopped and kicked the ball back with his right foot.

The two consecutive actions happened in an instant. Before the defensive player could react, Bruno had already left a gap and kicked a curve ball with his left foot again.

The ball passed the opponent's goalkeeper's hands and hit the goal behind him.

2:2!

Scored twice!