Manchester United kicks off, Manchester City has possession.

Usually in afternoon matches, the captain who wins the coin toss will choose the side, leaving possession to the opponent.

Because the team attacking with the sun at their back in the first half has a slight advantage.

Gundogan passed the ball to Zhao Gang, then ran to his area.

Manchester United players who faced Zhao Gang last season were immediately vigilant. Herrera quickly followed Zhao Gang, calling on his teammates to defend tightly and keep an eye on Aguero's movements.

Because in Zhao Gang's first match against Manchester United, he made a long pass right after kickoff, finding the front line and creating the fastest goal record in the Europa League!

Then-manager Van Gaal was stunned by that goal.

It was that Europa League match that completely exposed all the conflicts in the Manchester United dressing room.

At Carrow Road, they were thrashed 0-3 in the first half by a Championship team, leading to their elimination over the two legs.

Van Gaal left Old Trafford early because of it.

This season, with the new manager, the dressing room is brand new. All the players are united, and they will never make such a low-level mistake again!

Guardiola stood on the sidelines, stroking his chin.

He almost laughed.

Because before the game, Zhao Gang made a bet with him, saying that as long as Manchester City kicked off first, as long as he received the ball, even in the center circle, Manchester United players would defend him like a thief.

Sure enough.

This distance shouldn't be much of a threat, and Manchester United players shouldn't need to defend so nervously, but once bitten, twice shy.

The new players may not have taken it seriously, but the older players who experienced the Carrow Road defeat couldn't help but cut off Zhao Gang's connection with the forwards.

Aguero is much stronger than Hoolahan!

If this long pass finds Aguero, and they concede another goal in eight seconds, they'll lose all face!

"Hello, everyone. Before introducing the starting lineup, I want to mention three things about Zhao Gang.

The first is that local time, September 10th, is Zhao Gang's nineteenth birthday. According to the Chinese calendar, it was yesterday, just over half an hour ago.

Returning to Old Trafford today on his birthday is a very meaningful event.

The second thing is about the Golden Boy Award nominees for this year. I believe fans who follow European football often already know about this.

That's right, Zhao Gang is the first player from China and the first player from Asia to be nominated for the Golden Boy Award!

Regardless of the final result, he is creating new history!"

"It seems like he's creating new history and new records every day!"

"There's one more thing, a little anecdote. In a pre-match interview, Zhao Gang still expressed his gratitude for the Carrington Youth Academy, Manchester United's youth academy.

He also thanked some of his teammates at the time, and the youth academy coach, Cisse.

This interview was heavily criticized by Manchester United legend Neville.

He believes that Zhao Gang's words were all platitudes and not sincere enough."

"Right, right, right, Neville thinks if you're so grateful to the Manchester United youth academy, why did you run off to Manchester City!"

"Yes, today Neville, Scholes, Ferdinand, Beckham, and Sir Alex Ferguson have all come to Old Trafford. We should be able to see them on screen soon.

These names have all witnessed Manchester United's glorious era of dominating the Premier League. I wonder if these Manchester United successors can defeat what they consider to be a not-so-professional Manchester City football club under the gaze of these legends!"

...

"Okay, let's get back to the game. Aguero's position is being restricted very tightly, and it's difficult for him to receive the ball. Zhao Gang observed his teammates and passed the ball back to Fernandinho."

"Lingard is pressing very aggressively! Manchester United players are in great spirits at the start!

Gundogan, Stones, passed to Otamendi, Ibrahimovic interfered, but didn't intercept the ball.

Manchester United's players are running more aggressively, hoping to win back possession, but it's difficult, unless they double-team. These one-on-one situations make it very hard to take the ball from Manchester City.

Passed back to Bravo, Gundogan.

Once again, found Zhao Gang. Martial is matching up with Zhao Gang, this is a direct confrontation between two Golden Boy nominees!

It's also a duel between the two clubs' big summer signings.

Zhao Gang's dribbling is very steady. His speed can't compare with Martial's, but his stability is much higher than Martial's."

"Rooney has also gone over! Zhao Gang's sudden long pass, is this going directly to Aguero in the frontcourt?" Zhan Lu felt it was unrealistic. No matter how accurate the pass, it's useless if the teammate in front can't receive it!

Aguero is being closely marked. Passing it over will likely result in a clearance.

"Found De Bruyne on the left!" Zhan Lu thought to himself, how could Zhao Gang make such a mistake, looking for Aguero who's being double-teamed?

It's just that De Bruyne wasn't visible in the broadcast.

De Bruyne advanced quickly with the ball, and Manchester City's mid- and frontcourt also pressed forward rapidly, including the two full-backs.

"De Bruyne started quickly, Valencia's tracking defense is a bit slow!"

Smalling quickly went to cover, and Carrick also quickly moved over, trying to completely block De Bruyne's cross route and force him into a mistake.

"De Bruyne's breakthrough is still a little short."

"Silva in the middle is unmarked!!"

Manchester United's defense had a huge gap near Silva because of the cover.

Before Carrick could get into position, De Bruyne seized the opportunity and pushed the ball out.

Silva took the ball and ran like a wild horse.

Carrick ran halfway to the left, shifted his weight, and turned to run towards the center.

Rooney's retreat was also fast enough, rushing towards Silva, not seeking to intercept the ball, only to interfere with him, preventing him from passing smoothly.

Zhao Gang has always admired Rooney's dedication. He can be a single forward, and he can also drop back to organize in midfield. As Manchester United's top scorer, he has no arrogance at all and always joins the defense at the first opportunity.

Truly hardworking and dedicated.

Silva saw the Manchester United players closing in, and Aguero still couldn't completely run into position. He passed it diagonally, finding De Bruyne again.

De Bruyne barely dribbled the ball, watched Carrick rush back, and lofted the ball, finding Zhao Gang.

Herrera and Martial, who had been following Zhao Gang, had gaps in their positions after Manchester City's series of passes.

At this time, Zhao Gang was no longer on the right, but closer to the center, so De Bruyne's pass wasn't far, giving Herrera little reaction time.

"Herrera's turn is a little slow!"

Although Zhao Gang isn't known for his speed, his physical fitness is there. It's just that his explosive speed and top speed are slower, but that doesn't mean that after someone turns around to chase, they can catch up in a short time!

"Herrera can't keep up at all, it's dangerous here! Bailly's timely cover!!!"

In the stands at Old Trafford, fans watched anxiously.

Manchester United's defense has been very solid this season, without conceding a goal, but facing Manchester City at the start, why does it feel a little stretched??

Are they just going to let Zhao Gang advance with the ball in a dangerous area?

Bailly's speed is quite good, and his interception ability is also extremely outstanding. He quickly covered and stretched out a foot, preparing to break up the attack.

"Bailly's cover is timely, but... but Aguero, who has been marked, has no one covering him! Shaw noticed the problem!"

Luke Shaw saw that Aguero was open, and without even hesitating, he took off to cover.

"That's Aguero, not Torres, how did they let him go!! Oh no..." The Manchester United commentator's heart turned cold when he saw Zhao Gang pass the ball through Bailly's legs.

Aguero didn't stop the ball at all, and swept it across the ground as he fell. Luke Shaw's cover was too late!

Swish!

De Gea is tall and has long arms, but his weakness is also obvious, his speed getting down is too slow!

Aguero's ground sweep was extremely fast, De Gea fell heavily on the ground, and the football had passed under his arm, rolling into the net!

"Goooooal!!!"

"Forty-five seconds! Manchester United's defense has indeed made a qualitative leap this season! The first time they faced Zhao, they only lasted less than eight seconds, this time, they lasted almost a full minute!

Mourinho's defensive system has brought a very big improvement to Manchester United!" The commentator who belongs to Manchester City, and many Manchester City fans have a very big common point, a bit sarcastic.

"And this time, Zhao coordinated with Silva and De Bruyne, with the help of two teammates drawing away defenders, he opened up Manchester United's defense and sent the ball to Aguero's feet!

The last time, he directly found Hoolahan!

It can be seen that Manchester United is indeed much more difficult to deal with than before!

Manchester City's players need to be more careful, this is a reborn Red Devil Manchester United!"

Aguero waved to his teammates non-stop, this time he didn't celebrate passionately after getting up.

Several teammates in the frontcourt followed Aguero.

They ran to the sidelines.

Under the astonished and confused gaze of Manchester United fans, Zhao Gang, Aguero, De Bruyne, and Silva knelt on one knee, closed their left eyes, and made a aiming gesture at the same time.

The huge angry boos from Manchester United fans didn't affect the four people.

"This celebration, I've never really seen it before." Zhan Lu looked at Zhao Gang in the camera, this action is very provocative!

With Zhao Gang's personality, it's almost impossible for him to do it.

Especially since they were aiming at Neville, the Manchester United legend with an extremely difficult expression!

"Haha... beautiful! Perfect! Zhao, Aguero, De Bruyne, Silva! They heard Neville's words! They didn't respond before, it doesn't mean they've let it go!!

Yes, in Neville's words, they are all mercenaries who came to Manchester City for money! They have no faith, no belonging!

It is this group of mercenaries without faith who tore Manchester United's defense to shreds in less than a minute!"

"Manchester United, with their noble bloodline, couldn't even last a minute!"

Ibrahimovic stood in the distance, listening to the huge boos from Manchester United fans, looking at Neville appearing on the big screen, he shook his head.

These guys' response is really beautiful.

He has nothing but contempt for the so-called DNA touted by those old Manchester United relics.

They only know how to talk to the media, they should practice with real swords and guns if they have the ability.

Relying on their age and past achievements, they just spout nonsense.

If he wasn't wearing a Manchester United jersey, he would be applauding Manchester City players right now.

"This celebration wasn't much in itself, but considering some of Neville's previous words, this action is really full of irony, Neville's heart must be bleeding now." Henry from BBC radio station complained.

His honor and status will definitely not be worse than Neville, and may even be stronger than these Manchester United legends.

A World Cup main core player can shut those people up, but he has never given pointers to Arsenal's younger generation, or acted old and sold old.

Nor will he attack any opponent.

Only those who have lost attention, lost the spotlight, and are eager to get attention will say those strange things.

"Ollie must be overjoyed right now??" Henry turned his head, looked at Ollie wearing a blue number 18 jersey, with a smile in his eyes.

Ollie, who was giggling, hurriedly responded, "Well... I've always been a Manchester City fan, it's normal to be happy."

"Haha..." Henry and James couldn't close their mouths with laughter.

...

Guardiola stood on the sidelines, raising his fists in excitement.

This is a huge blow to Manchester United.

Of course, the blow of conceding a goal wouldn't have this effect, but this is Zhao Gang, an assist in less than a minute after the start!

This result can easily remind Manchester United players of their painful experience last season!

Almost exactly the same.

Last time, it was Farke standing on the sidelines, excitedly waiting for the quick coordination he and Zhao Gang came up with. After the goal celebration, he calmly walked towards the coaching bench.

This time, it's Guardiola, who has been standing calmly on the sidelines, as if he knew that this goal would come in a short time, waiting.

Now, he has waited, and he has easily returned to the coaching bench.

Mourinho stood there with a not-so-good look on his face. As old rivals, the two have faced each other many times in La Liga, the Premier League, and the Champions League. Mourinho is at a slight disadvantage.

The two most famous matches were world-renowned battles.

The first time was Mourinho during his time at Inter Milan, defeating Guardiola's dominant Barcelona team through chain defense. Mourinho's passionate sliding knee celebration in the rain became a classic moment in football.

The other time was Mourinho during his time at Real Madrid, being severely beaten by Guardiola, to the point of collapse. Pique's "manita" also became a world-famous painting.

But no matter which time, the defense was never broken so quickly.

The defense that has been touted by the Manchester United media since the start of the season has been torn apart in front of Manchester City's attack group.

Mourinho shouted loudly, and Manchester United players returned to their positions one after another. They lost a goal, but they didn't lose their morale!

They are not the chaotic Manchester United of last season!

This is nothing, just a beginning!

The good stuff is yet to come!

This is Old Trafford, the Red Devils' home!

You country bumpkins who are so proud and complacent just because you scored a goal, wait for the Red Devils' counterattack!