Chapter 445 Guardiola: Lin Quan is a genius!

In fact, Mourinho is overthinking, and Guardiola's tactics are not aimed at anyone.

He arranged his troops in this way for two reasons:

1. The injury suffered by Manchester City's striker Aguero in the national team has not completely healed. Aguero's thigh strain will take at least three to four weeks to fully recover.

In order to avoid further aggravating his injury, Guardiola arranged for him to rest.

After all, the game against Manchester United will definitely be a tough battle. If the injury is aggravated, it will not be a good thing for Aguero himself and the entire Manchester City team.

2. He wants to test his new tactics and further develop Manchester City's overall offensive capabilities.

Judging from Cross's previous goal, the effect he wanted to achieve has already appeared.

Now that Manchester United has attacked, their chances are greater. Guardiola is looking forward to whether other players can surprise him.

At the end of the first half, Mourinho made substitutions after the intermission.

In the second half, he replaced Mata, who was not performing well, and replaced him with a player produced by Manchester United's own youth training-Jesse Lingard!

That is the famous Emperor Lin!

Although he is not the top star, Lin Huang enjoys the treatment of a top star. Countless fans have written a lot of jokes for him, making his popularity far beyond his true strength.

And with the help of these memes, Lin Huang's name has spread all over the world. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing!

The fact that Lingard can be noticed and even write so many jokes shows that he is still very capable.

Players who are too weak can't even play football, let alone get the attention of fans.

Although Lingard has been criticized a lot, his advantages are still outstanding.

This kid has a positive attitude on the court, loves to run, and is good at running.

Such a player is very popular with Mourinho. If not, Mourinho would not have replaced him at this time.

Isn’t Manchester City’s midfield very capable of sweeping away?

Then I'll replace you with a young player who has plenty of physical strength and is good at running to outrun you!

If Lingard can seize one or two opportunities to score a goal, he will become a god directly.

Of course, for a young player under 23 years old, Mourinho has not yet had such high expectations for him.

Lingard seemed very excited after coming on the field, and his face showed no trace of the pressure and nervousness of the team that was already two goals behind.

On the contrary, what appeared on his face was a pure and bright smile, like sunshine!

When the Manchester United fans saw how confident the young player was in facing danger, they all had high expectations for him.

Lin Quan saw Lingard being replaced and couldn't help but take another look at him.

After Lingard felt Lin Quan's gaze, he responded with a bright smile.

As expected, he still loves to laugh as much as the rumors say!

I just don’t know if he can still laugh after the game is over!

After Lingard came on the field, Manchester United's offense underwent some changes. Without Mata's organization and passing, their offense became more direct and began to try to open up breakthroughs from the wing.

Lingard, who is full of physical strength, naturally won many offensive opportunities.

In the 55th minute of the second half, Xiaozhu sent a wonderful pass to Lingard. The latter took the ball and ran towards Manchester City's half.

Lingard's feet seemed to be on hot wheels, running fast and getting faster and faster.

Seeing the new player brought in by the team dribbling the ball through half-time, every Manchester United fan became excited:

Is this guy going to perform a good show of riding through the level alone for the first time?

Lingard is so fast that not only his teammates can't catch up with him, but even the nearby Manchester City players can't catch up.

On the sidelines, Mourinho and Guardiola both stood up at the same time, staring intently at the Manchester United player wearing jersey No. 35 on the court.

At this time, Lingard has become the focus of the entire stadium and even the eyes of hundreds of millions of fans who are paying attention to this game.

However, Lingard knew nothing about it. He was just running happily and carefree.

Seeing the opponent approaching the penalty area, they are about to enter the penalty area.

Van Dijk took the lead and rushed towards Lingard.

Lingard didn't take Van Dijk seriously at all. With his speed already fully developed, he felt like a gust of wind, capable of doing anything on the court.

To get past this guy, all you need to do is do this and then do that!

So he continued to run forward, and Van Dyke seemed to be afraid of him. Instead of confronting him head-on, he chose to retreat actively.

Lingard continued to run, and Van Dijk continued to withdraw without making a rash move.

The distance between the two quickly closed, but as the distance got closer, Lingard felt more and more uncomfortable.

The opponent blocked his forward position. If he didn't want to hit the opponent directly, he had to change the rhythm and route of dribbling the ball.

Lingard has such awareness, which shows that his ability is indeed good. At least he is aware of what defensive strategies the opponent is using to limit his offense.

However, he is still too young and lacks some experience.

When he tried to speed up and change direction and pass Van Dijk, Van Dijk suddenly stepped forward. His feet still didn't move, but he leaned towards Lingard with his body.

Lingard was hit like this and immediately felt as if there was a wall against his body, causing his body to almost lose balance and his speed to drop suddenly. As a result, the football at his feet lost control and rolled towards the opponent's penalty area. It was taken by Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany.

Manchester United's massive attack ended in a hurry.

On the sidelines, seeing Van Dijk blocking the opponent's attack, Guardiola showed a satisfied smile on his face and applauded him.

"Well done! Virgil!"

After Kompany passed the ball, he also took the initiative to step forward and high-five Van Dijk.

Van Dijk has improved very quickly in the past two seasons. Although he is not as rich in experience as a veteran, Kompany feels that in terms of strength, Van Dijk is definitely not inferior to him, and may even be better than him.

He has reached his limit, but Van Dijk is still young and far from reaching his limit.

He still has a lot of room for growth, and his future prospects are limitless!

Manchester United fans were frustrated to see Lingard's attack being easily resolved by the opponent.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a waste of an opportunity. This kid is so fast and behaves so positively. There are plenty of opportunities like this, so I'm not afraid of wasting them!"

Manchester United fans were right, even Mourinho himself didn't pay much attention to Lingard's missed opportunity.

After all, he came up with this opportunity by himself!

Since he is so fast, let's take advantage of this and use this as Manchester United's main attack direction.

So Mourinho called Schweinsteiger over and gave him some instructions, asking him to pass more passes to Lingard.

Xiaozhu understood it and passed the ball to Lingard whenever he had a chance after coming on the field.

It's just that Manchester United's intentions are too obvious. Manchester City is on guard and their tactics are difficult to work.

In the 72nd minute of the second half, Lingard finally got another chance.

Still a familiar recipe, still a familiar taste.

Lingard once again dribbled towards the Manchester City goal, only this time, it was Kante who defended him.

Lingard's attention has always been on Manchester City's goal and the big defender who guarded him before, and he did not notice Kante on the side staring at him.

When he noticed Kanter suddenly appearing next to him, he was shocked!

This black boy is so fast! When did he surpass me, and why didn't I notice it at all?

Seeing that he was about to miss this opportunity to score, Lingard didn't even think about it and just raised his foot to shoot.

However, his action made Kanter feel offended. You are so close to me and you dare to shoot in front of me. Are you treating me like air?

He stretched out his foot and poked, destroying the ball at Lingard's feet.

Lingard's kick was in the air, his body lost balance, and he fell backwards with a bang. The look was as funny as it could be.

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and even the Manchester United fans couldn't hold it back because of Lingard's funny actions.

"Is this kid here to make fun of you?"

"Oh, you made me laugh so hard. This guy is definitely a joke invited by the monkey!"

Manchester City fans and some neutral fans were almost laughing. How could there be such funny players?

That's Kante, a defensive midfielder who is famous in the entire Premier League and even the entire football world. How dare you ignore him like this?

After missing two opportunities in a row, the fans also realized that this guy was unreliable.

In the following time, although Lingard was still running around the field, he seemed to be everywhere.

But most of his runs were ineffective runs and had no effect.

After Manchester City stepped up their defense against him, he never got such an opportunity again.

Especially after Kanter targeted him, Lingard was even more temperless and had no way to deal with the opponent.

Every time Xiaozhu worked hard to get the ball to his feet, but in the blink of an eye the ball was destroyed or stolen by Kanter.

It could even turn into a counterattack by Manchester City if not careful, which made all the Manchester United soldiers almost curse.

This guy is so cheating!

Seeing that he couldn't even hold the ball, his teammates gradually reduced the number of passes to him, so Lingard gradually became invisible.

After suppressing Manchester United's offensive wave, Manchester City's offense was full of firepower.

In the 79th minute, Manchester City made seven or eight consecutive passes in the frontcourt, completely mobilizing Manchester United's players.

Their attention is all focused on the ball, and whoever gets the ball will subconsciously lean towards that person.

Lin Quan and David Silva saw this and switched positions again. Lin Quan brought the ball to the wing and suddenly passed it across to the gap in Manchester United's defense in front of the penalty area.

De Bruyne, who was lying in ambush behind, suddenly moved forward and shot a cold arrow from outside the penalty area, piercing Manchester United's goal again.

3:0!

This goal basically killed all the suspense in this game. Unless the Red Devils in their heyday were resurrected, they would not be able to reverse the game.

Obviously, this was impossible, so without any surprises, the 3:0 score continued until the end of the game.

Manchester City once again captured Old Trafford, the Theater of Dreams.

After the game, Guardiola walked up to Mourinho and asked to shake his hand.

Mourinho was very unhappy after losing. He wanted to ask Guardiola face to face, what do you mean?

But in the end, the words remained unsaid. It was impossible for him to admit that he was not as good as Guardiola.

After the game, Manchester City's players, including those on the bench, rushed to the court and celebrated loudly at Manchester United's home court.

Not only did they celebrate their victory in the Manchester derby, but they also celebrated their 10th consecutive league victory and the best start in team history.

This is not only the best record in Manchester City's history, but also the best start record in the entire Premier League.

A record of 10 consecutive victories is quite explosive in the whole of Europe.

For a time, major media outlets rushed to report on Manchester City's achievement.

At the press conference after the game, Guardiola brought Lin Quan, who won the MVP of the game, to the press conference.

The Times reporter first asked:

"Coach Guardiola, how do you evaluate this game?"

Guardiola replied seriously:

"This was a wonderful game. The opponent was very strong. It's a pity that their team's core midfielder couldn't play. Otherwise, we wouldn't have won so easily!"

Paul Pogba had a severe cold before the game and was temporarily diagnosed, which made Mourinho somewhat stretched when deploying troops.

Pogba's worth and ability are here. If he is on the court, it may not be that simple for Manchester City to control the midfield.

So Guardiola's words are not modesty or complimenting his opponents, but telling the truth.

"So how did you come up with the idea of ​​a tactic that was completely strikerless?"

A reporter from the Guardian asked the second question.

Reporters and fans have too many questions about Guardiola's weird formation.

At the beginning of the game, when they saw Manchester City's formation, they had only one thought in their minds:

Without ten years of cerebral hemorrhage, such a formation would not have been possible!

But after the game, they started to feel really good.

It is indeed Guardiola who can come up with such a genius tactic.

The 3:0 result was enough to prove that Guardiola's formation not only had no problems, it was even very successful.

Relying on the strong control ability of the three-back midfielder system, Manchester City's ball possession rate remains high, and its offensive opportunities are several times that of its opponents.

Throughout the game, we saw Manchester City players passing the ball around, shooting, shooting, and then scoring goals.

Mourinho's defensive counterattack failed to play a big role. Martial was almost invisible throughout the game. Although Lingard had two highlights, he was soon completely restricted again.

Every offensive point of Manchester United was blocked by Manchester City.

As a result, unable to counterattack and unable to defend, Manchester United was naturally defeated.

"Haha, Aguero's injury has not fully recovered yet, and we don't have a particularly suitable center in our team."

Hearing Guardiola's answer, everyone nodded slightly, I'm afraid this is really the case.

So, is Guardiola forced to do this?

But then they heard Guardiola say:

"Of course, the reason for this arrangement is that I want to give Lin more tasks to see where his limits are and whether he can surprise me!"

"Did Lin Quan's performance meet your expectations?"

The BBC reporter couldn't wait to ask.

Guardiola nodded with satisfaction and said with some pride: "Of course, Lin is a real genius. You never know where his limit is!"

"How does that compare to Messi?"

Some blind guy asked suddenly, making Guardiola dumbfounded instantly.