Chapter 113
The opponent was defeated, and the opponent was defeated.
To be honest, De Bruyne's ability to fight is not bad.
At least in this confrontation, he is on par with Xia Yuan!
However.
De Bruyne is a player who just came on as a substitute, while Xia Yuan has played for almost 70 minutes. In terms of physical fitness, Xia Yuan is definitely not as good as De Bruyne!
Therefore, in the subsequent confrontation, Kevin De Bruyne had the upper hand, and with the appearance of another midfielder Gundogan, the two worked together to successfully steal the ball from Xia Yuan's feet!
It's still Manchester City's offensive!
After the football was controlled by De Bruyne, he shot with his left foot!
Bang!
Although the left foot is not De Bruyne's main foot, the quality of this shot is still quite high.
And this shot is a ground cut!
The football is tightly attached to the grass and goes straight to the goal.
Fortunately, Aston Villa's goalkeeper Lovre Kalinic is very focused and immediately makes a move to fall to the ground to save the ball!
Successfully blocked De Bruyne's long shot!
The second landing point of the football was controlled by Aston Villa players.
Central defender Elphick was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but slowly passed the ball to Hourihane in the middle.
Immediately afterwards, Hourihane passed the ball under his feet to the full-back Hutton!
Aston Villa's players have a very clear goal, that is, to consume as much time as possible through passing.
After all, it is Aston Villa who is leading now!
Unexpectedly!
Manchester City's frontcourt players suddenly carried out high-pressure pressing.
In a split second, Aguero, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne and other players rushed towards Hutton!
The Aston Villa full-back was unable to react, and the ball was instantly intercepted!
"De Bruyne! The Belgian international intercepted the ball from Hutton's feet!"
"Manchester City's counterattack opportunity!"
Kevin De Bruyne showed his excellent passing skills as soon as Zhan Jun finished speaking.
Bang!
A long pass!
The football went straight into the opponent's penalty area!
Two seconds later.
The football appeared at Mahrez's feet.
In the penalty area, Mahrez dodged and moved! Continuous change of direction!
At this moment, the player responsible for defending Mahrez was Neil Taylor, but not long after, central defender Mings and midfielder Jedinak rushed towards Mahrez!
Because there were too many defensive players in the penalty area, Mahrez could not find any breakthrough opportunities at all!
There was no other way,
Mahrez could only choose to pass back!
The football flew to the top of the penalty area!
At this moment, De Bruyne rushed over!
This time, De Bruyne, who was eager to score, did not choose to stop the ball, but shot it!
Bang! !
A powerful shot!
The only pity was that the angle of De Bruyne's shot was too tricky, so that the football directly hit the connection between the goal post and the crossbar.
"The goal blocked Manchester City's shot again!"
"Manchester City's luck tonight is really bad!"
"If I remember correctly, this is Manchester City's third shot hitting the post!"
On the Manchester City bench, Guardiola held his head with both hands, his eyes full of helplessness.
What made Guardiola even more helpless was still to come.
After the ball was controlled by Aston Villa's central defender Mings, Mings did not continue to pass the ball in the backcourt, but immediately passed the ball to Xia Yuan in the middle! !
Instantly.
Aston Villa launched a counterattack opportunity!
After Xia Yuan received the ball in the midfield, he did not hesitate at all! He immediately passed the ball to Grealish on the wing!
The whole rhythm was quite smooth.
Manchester City's midfield defense was gone at this moment.
Because Manchester City midfielder Delph, who was responsible for marking Xia Yuan before, had already left the field, and De Bruyne, who came on as a substitute, focused on the offensive end and completely forgot his duty to defend Xia Yuan.
This made Xia Yuan complete the pass very easily.
Not long after.
Grealish brought the ball to the frontcourt again, of course, Manchester City's defensive players were already in place.
Full-back Danilo + central defender Laporte!
Two top Premier League defensive players interfered with Grealish at the same time!
Grealish has a clear understanding of his own strength, and he has no way to get rid of the interference of Danilo and Laporte in a very short period of time.
In other words, Grealish had only one choice.
Pass the ball!
Bang!
The ball appeared on the penalty area line!
Center forward Abraham controlled the ball!
At this moment, the only defensive player in front of Abraham was Manchester City's central defender Otamendi!
Abraham made a decisive move! He immediately dribbled the ball into the penalty area!
After that, Abraham took the initiative to lean against Otamendi with his body!
"Shoot!!"
"Otamendi made a push!"
"Otamendi pushed Abraham down!!"
As the commentator Zhan Jun said, when Abraham broke into Manchester City's penalty area and was about to shoot, Argentine central defender Otamendi got excited and pushed Abraham down directly! !
Since this was a foul in the penalty area, it was naturally a penalty!
Sure enough!
Referee Anthony Taylor blew the whistle decisively, and pointed his right hand decisively to the position of the penalty spot!
Aston Villa got the second penalty of the game! !
At the same time.
Anthony Taylor showed Otamendi another yellow gem card!
Since Otamendi had received a yellow card in the previous game, so! He was sent off!
"Two yellows turned into one red!"
"The Argentine central defender was sent off the court by Anthony Taylor!!"
"Just when Manchester City was about to besiege Aston Villa, the game took a huge turn! Manchester City's central defender Otamendi was sent off! Not only that, Aston Villa also got a penalty kick!!"
"Oh my God! Is Aston Villa really going to eliminate the defending champion Manchester City in the FA Cup tonight?"
On the barrage.
The fans of Xiaguo also cheered.
"Otamendi did a great job!! Hahaha! Thank you for the penalty!"
"Otamendi is really a time bomb!"
"Awesome! It seems that this game tonight is a sure thing!"
"If I were Guardiola, I would definitely give up this game. The most important thing is to keep the league and the Champions League!"
"Aston Villa is the target of the referee most of the time. I didn't expect that they could benefit from the referee tonight!"
"The guy above, what do you mean? Is there something wrong with this penalty!!"
On the court.
It was still Grealish standing at the penalty spot!
As before, Grealish took a deep breath before shooting, and then... shot directly! !
