Chapter 729 Victory is in sight

Every time after conceding a goal, the camera would give a close-up of Guardiola, and then everyone would see the gloomy face of this bald man.

The camera immediately turned to Mourinho again. The crazy coach was in high spirits and cheered.

Bruno, who scored the goal, excitedly rushed to Rashford, who assisted him. Mbappe, Harry Kane, Luke Shaw, Kante... Manchester United players rushed up in a swarm. They rushed to the sidelines and shouted to the stands where Manchester United fans were: The champion! It's ours!

Not far from them were the Manchester City players who were looking depressed.

Although the second half of the game had just begun and there was still time, Manchester City players conceded a goal at the beginning, which was indeed a big blow to the morale of the players.

Guardiola looked at the bench, feeling inexplicably irritated.

He glanced at Manchester United's bench and felt envious.

Manchester United's bench also includes offensive players such as Greenwood, McTominay, Mahrez and Mata.

What about his Manchester City? After Aguero was injured and replaced by Jesus, the bench only had Sanchez and young player Foden.

"Let Sanchez and Foden warm up." Guardiola said after thinking for a moment.

Three minutes later, Manchester City requested a substitution. Sanchez replaced Sterling. Foden replaced Bernardo Silva.

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Seeing this substitution by Manchester City, Mourinho showed an inexplicable smile. He took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to call the team's central defender Van Dijk to the sidelines to give instructions: "Pay attention to Sanchez's pass. Tell others to pay attention to Foden's breakthrough."

After leading 2:1, Manchester United tightened their defense and began to counterattack Manchester City.

Then, the audience saw a very interesting scene.

Manchester City's attack revolved around the two flanks.

Sanchez tried to cross the ball several times from the left, but the quality of the cross was quite average. Van Dijk successfully won the header and did not give Sanchez any chance to threaten him.

On the right side of Manchester City, it was a different story. Young player Foden dribbled the ball several times on the wing, but he failed to make a cross at the critical moment. The final result of his dribbling was either being blocked by Manchester United's defenders, or he had to make a pass that was not threatening after he entered a dead end.

Guardiola was so angry that his face turned blue on the sidelines, while Mourinho covered his mouth and laughed.

He knows Sanchez very well. The Chilean winger entered Mourinho's sight after he moved to Barcelona. Later, he played for Arsenal and performed well. Mourinho once wanted to introduce him. Sanchez has very strong ability, fast speed and strong impact, but his crossing level is indeed very average.

As for the young player Foden, the previous match with Manchester City made him notice the characteristics of this player. He would only reluctantly send a cross when he was unable to continue dribbling the ball.

Guardiola sent Sanchez and Foden to play on the two wingers, which was a good idea as both of them have the ability to attack from the wing, but the result was somewhat unsatisfactory.

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The game was in the 2th minute and the score was still 1:, with Manchester United leading.

Cancelo received the pass from Maguire, turned around, pulled the ball to avoid Pogba's attempt to grab the ball, looked up in front of him, and passed the ball directly to Mahrez.

The football was blocked by Pogba's legs and changed direction.

"Pretty!"

Before the ball was about to go out of the sideline, Mahrez hooked the ball back and stopped it steadily.

Mahrez showed excellent form today after coming on as a substitute. Bruno's goal earlier also came from his wide-view diagonal pass to initiate the attack.

Mahrez pushed the ball away and then accelerated to break through along the wing.

Sanchez came up to defend him, and he chased him from the side and back, intending to overtake and steal the ball.

Mahrez also noticed Sanchez approaching him at high speed.

As a player who has played in the Premier League for many years, Mahrez knows the Chilean winger very well. When he saw Sanchez approaching him and was about to kick the ball, Mahrez suddenly stopped.

Sanchez also quickly moved his center of gravity, trying to grab the ball a second time.

Mahrez unhurriedly hooked the ball back with his right foot, then pushed it with his left foot, and the ball rolled forward from Sanchez's side. Then he twisted his waist and broke through from Sanchez's side.

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“A nice breakthrough.”

"Mahrez! He showed superb skills."

De Bruyne came to defend, but he jumped too hard. Mahrez saw the opportunity, stopped suddenly, dribbled the ball, and broke through.

Then, facing Sanchez who was rushing towards him again, the Algerian knocked the ball with his heel, half turned around, and passed Sanchez for the second time.

"Wow."

"pretty."

Manchester United fans burst into warm applause and cheered for Mahrez's wonderful performance.

Mourinho also applauded from the sidelines.

"It was brilliant. Mahrez was unstoppable today," Andy Gray exclaimed.

Zinchenko came up to defend Mahrez.

At this time, in the penalty area, Mbappe, Harry Kane and Bruno were all running forward quickly.

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson was a little nervous. He shouted loudly and directed the team's defensive deployment.

Zinchenko knew that the Algerian had excellent footwork, so he did not kick blindly. Instead, he stared at Mahrez's feet, always on guard against the opponent's movements.

Mahrez pushed the ball with his left foot and made a gesture to prepare for a breakthrough.

Zinchenko immediately moved his body, ready to intercept at any time. Then, Zinchenko widened his eyes and saw a scene that stunned him: Mahrez did not choose to break through, he pulled the ball along, adjusted it, then pushed the ground with his left foot, and swung his right foot towards the ball!

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Zinchenko was shocked and rushed forward almost desperately, trying to block the shot, but it was still too late.

The football flew past Zinchenko's face, drawing a strange arc, bypassing everyone in the penalty area, and formed a large arc in the air. It was about to spin out of the goal, but it spins inwards when approaching the goal.

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson tried his best to save the ball, but facing such an arc, he was completely powerless.

The football passed between the goal post and the crossbar and hung into the net.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!"

"Mahrez... a beautiful goal! In the 3th minute, he defeated Manchester City all by himself! This Algerian scored such a wonderful goal to make the score 1:!!!" Martin Taylor exclaimed excitedly, "Andy, I bet this goal will be selected as one of the top ten goals of the season! It's so beautiful! Manchester City's defenders have no way to deal with this ball!"

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Mahrez was very excited after scoring the goal. He ran to the corner flag area, tore his jersey hard, kissed the Manchester United logo on the jersey and shouted loudly.

Then he was knocked to the ground by his teammates who rushed over.

Mourinho stood up from the coaching bench and waved his fist vigorously.

At a time point of more than 3 minutes, 1:, this goal is equivalent to adding a key weight to the championship balance!

He turned his head to look at the Manchester City coach not far to his right and said that seeing Guardiola furious, he felt very happy.

Idiot, I'm going to beat you again.

Guardiola was indeed very angry, and the reason for his anger was not even because of the team's defensive problems.

In fact, there was no obvious mistake in Manchester City's defense during the goal loss. The goal was lost only because Mahrez's personal ability and condition were too strong.

This goal is a complete reflection of the star's personal ability!

Because of this, Guardiola is even more upset, because he doesn't know who to scold...

What makes Guardiola even more angry is that such a strong player like Mahrez is not a main player in Manchester United, but just an important rotation player!

In the commentary booth, the commentators were still using all kinds of praise and modifiers to praise Mahrez, praising how beautiful this goal was.

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Ten minutes passed.

The score on the field is still 3:1, with Manchester United leading Manchester City by two goals.

Mourinho also completed Manchester United's second substitution of the day.

Greenwood came on as a substitute, replacing Mbappe.

Manchester United fans applauded and cheered for Mbappe.

The young French star's performance today cannot be said to be amazing, but it is still remarkable. Bruno's second goal came from Mbappe's assist.

Mbappe left the field with a smile on his face. Mourinho high-fived him, put his arm around his shoulders and whispered praises to him.

In the 88th minute of the game, Manchester City scored a goal.

De Bruyne passed the ball and Jesus scored with a smart header, changing the score to 2:3.

"Jesus! Our Jesus scored a goal!"

"It's not over yet! It's not over yet!" the Manchester commentator shouted excitedly, "Now it's Manchester City time!"

Guardiola applauded on the sidelines, and a smile of venting appeared on the bald Spaniard's face.

In this game, Manchester City was almost completely suppressed by Manchester United, which made him feel very depressed.

Jesus' goal made him let out a long breath.

Mourinho walked to the sidelines, clapped his hands, shouted, and gestured: Don't be anxious, don't panic.

At the same time, Mourinho made a substitution, McTominay came on as a substitute and Harry Kane was replaced.

All Manchester United fans stood up and applauded to pay tribute to Harry Kane.

Although the England center forward did not score a goal today, his tactical role on the field was very obvious. He suppressed Manchester City's central defender in the center position, giving Bruno behind him a lot of offensive space.

Mourinho hugged Harry Kane, then he made another steady gesture towards the field.

Now Manchester United is still leading by one goal and there is not much game time left. There is no need to mess up the position.