Chapter 170 Champion!!! Zhao!!!

Klopp kept shaking his head. Zhao Gang, pushed to the front, became more threatening because of Manchester City's strong midfield support.

He kept gesturing, telling the midfield and forward players to support the right wing, and had Milner and Clyne switch positions.

Milner's speed and tackling ability could at least slightly limit Zhao Gang.

Milner's stamina had remained consistently good, because Manchester City's right wing hadn't launched any decent attacks.

After Liverpool switched sides in defense, it really had a good effect. At least Zhao Gang wasn't in a state where he could get whatever he wanted.

With Emre Can's retreat and Milner's cooperation, it was difficult for Zhao Gang to find a breakthrough on the narrow left wing.

Since he couldn't find a breakthrough, he could only change the direction of attack and attack from the right or the center.

Sterling's level was a bit lower than Zhao Gang's, but he was also a very good attacking dagger. After Zhao Gang received the ball, he could pass it directly to Sterling without needing a transition through the middle.

Facing Clyne, Sterling also kept trying to break through, either passing to the middle or cutting inside himself to try to score.

Liverpool's defense, which had just improved, was instantly shaky again.

Aguero's support and the central support for Sterling made Liverpool's left wing suffer again.

"Manchester City's attack isn't directly attacking the left or right wing, they are specifically targeting Clyne, which is a bit cruel for Clyne. In this game, he was frustrated by Zhao Gang's breakthroughs, and when he got to the left wing, Manchester City immediately changed the direction of attack.

This is really a considerable blow to Clyne both physically and mentally.

Manchester City's midfield…support ability and ball-playing ability are too strong, any of them can be a passing point.

And Sane will also support, constantly impacting the right wing. Clyne went from the right wing to the left, and now he has to endure the double blow of Sterling and Sane…Guardiola's tactic is somewhat cruel, at least for Clyne."

Sterling's shot after cutting inside was blocked by Lovren.

Then Lallana received the ball and passed it to Wijnaldum.

It was the twenty-fifth minute of the game before Liverpool had their first relatively smooth counterattack!

The previous few attacks had all been intercepted and disrupted by Stones in midfield.

Stones, standing in midfield, had even more ferocious interception ability than when he was in the center-back position.

It was for this reason that Lallana chose to pass to the side at the first opportunity, to prevent being intercepted by Stones again.

Wijnaldum sprinted along the wing. Sane was blocking his path to cut inside, and Stones was quickly retreating in the middle, preparing to return to the center-back position.

Liverpool's front three, Mane, Firmino, and Coutinho, all moved forward.

In this game, the three of them had hardly any opportunities to perform in attack.

Coutinho stretched out his hand, asking Wijnaldum to pass a through ball.

As long as Coutinho could accelerate past Walker and get the through ball, he could break into the penalty area in a few steps and pose a threat to Manchester City's goal.

Wijnaldum carried the ball and pushed it forward with a strong kick, the ball heading towards Walker's back.

Coutinho and Walker both accelerated wildly.

Coutinho was directly blocked by Walker's large frame.

Joking aside, when Zhao Gang was playing against Tottenham, Walker was able to forcibly block Zhao Gang's breakthrough. Coutinho wasn't known for his speed, so how could he outrun Walker?

Walker got the ball, and Coutinho interfered behind him.

Unable to turn around and pass, Walker directly passed the ball laterally to Kompany, who came to meet him.

Firmino pressed Kompany, so he passed back to Walker again, who pushed the ball to goalkeeper Bravo further away.

Bravo just booted it.

The passing accuracy of any Manchester City player was good.

This kick directly found David Silva.

Instantly, Manchester City transitioned from defense to offense.

And Liverpool's defensive positioning was very loose.

Zhao Gang, who was originally retreating, turned around and cut from the wing to the center.

This was a Manchester City tactic. When defending, Aguero in the center would quickly retreat. Once transitioning from defense to offense, Zhao Gang on the wing would temporarily cut into the center. Once he received the ball, he could either dribble forward himself, or quickly pass to De Bruyne or Sane, who were moving up.

Zhao Gang attracted the defense of Emre Can and Lovren in the center, but David Silva still managed to break through!

Liverpool's players were scattered, and the ball passed between two defenders!

Zhao Gang quickly turned around, took the ball and broke into the penalty area!

At this time, he only had Matip in front of him, Emre Can chasing behind him, and Lovren beside him.

Zhao Gang stepped into the penalty area, and the three surrounded him. Zhao Gang prepared to continue advancing along the left wing, creating an angle.

As a result…

Thump…

After Zhao Gang entered the penalty area, Emre Can approached Zhao Gang from behind. After a seemingly normal physical contact, Zhao Gang fell directly to the ground. Emre Can hurriedly showed his hands, indicating that he didn't use his hands, let alone his elbows.

The counterattack was too fast. Clattenburg was still chasing back, and when he saw Zhao Gang fall, he blew the whistle directly!

"This…it seems…Emre Can's physical contact with Zhao Gang doesn't seem to be enough to make Zhao Gang fall…"

Just as Teacher Zhan finished speaking, Clattenburg ran to the front of the penalty area and took out a yellow card.

Diving!

This time it was definitely diving!

Can you fall with this kind of contact?

With your physical fitness, can you fall?

Why are you learning diving?

The Dragon Country diving team is great, but you can't perform that on the football field!

Zhao Gang grabbed his shoe and held it up, looking very innocent.

My shoe was stepped on!

My special Ta An Sports shoe was stepped on!

You're telling me I'm diving?

Zhao Gang sat there, holding a shoe in one hand and pointing at the shoe with the other, constantly explaining.

"This time, Ta An Sports has really made a profit, giving such a big shot, a close-up for five or six seconds!"

"It wasn't falling from physical contact, it was stepping on the shoe…those…probably…as long as VAR reminds him, the penalty is inevitable, this is definitely a foul in the penalty area."

Clattenburg put away the yellow card, rolled his eyes twice, and ran to the replay equipment.

He had already received a reminder from the video referee.

Clattenburg looked at the replay and shook his head.

"Clattenburg is already smiling wryly, the meaning is already very clear, as expected…"

"Hehehehe…two wrong judgments in one game, this is indeed a bit embarrassing…"

After watching the replay, Clattenburg turned around, blew his whistle, and pointed directly to the penalty spot.

"However, although there were misjudgments, Clattenburg changed his ruling twice in a row.

The referee is indeed the biggest on the field, but after a problem occurs, he won't continue to be wrong, he will be very brave to admit his mistake and change the ruling. This kind of behavior is still very commendable!"

"The commentator's words have hidden meaning…"

"You can't talk nonsense!"

"Be careful they ban you!!"

Clattenburg took out the yellow card again, indicating that Zhao Gang's card was canceled.

Two yellow cards, and Zhao Gang was still on the field, it was a small miracle.

Emre Can shook his head, without any objection.

This ball, if there was no VAR in the past, and the referee wasn't nearby, and he happened to block the view, he would have basically fooled the referee.

Unfortunately, since there is monitoring and replay, life has become more and more difficult for players and ordinary people.

In the past, you could buy hundreds of dollars worth of snacks for fifty cents at a convenience store, but now you can't, just because of the appearance of surveillance, you can't take things casually.

Aguero held the ball and exchanged a few words with Zhao Gang, covering his mouth.

Zhao Gang shook his head. According to Guardiola's arrangement, the penalty order was Aguero, Zhao Gang, De Bruyne, Silva, Kompany.

Last time, Jesus wanted to snatch Zhao Gang's penalty, but Zhao Gang didn't agree.

That didn't mean he wanted a penalty to increase his goals.

In fact, Zhao Gang's desire for penalties was very low, and his desire for goals wasn't even that high.

If his teammates could score goals, he wouldn't bother to charge into battle.

The reason he didn't give the penalty to Jesus was because Jesus had just arrived and was already thinking about breaking the rules, and already seemed to want to overstep his bounds.

He had to knock the young man a bit to make him more steady.

Aguero held the ball and laughed.

"I'm just being polite, I knew you wouldn't want it. Why wouldn't I be polite to others? I know they might really take it and kick it, but you wouldn't!"

Zhao Gang put his hands on his hips and shook his head.

"Hehehe…"

Aguero patted Zhao Gang on the shoulder, restrained his smile, and walked seriously to the penalty spot.

"Looking at this, Aguero is still very relaxed, chatting and laughing with Zhao Gang. The camera is very sensible, directly giving a shot to both of their girlfriends.

A very harmonious and loving scene."

They were indeed beautiful, Teacher Zhan was too embarrassed to say it.

Aguero adjusted his steps, faced the waiting Mignolet, and easily pushed it into the lower left corner.

Feinting to fool the goalkeeper, the ball went into the net!

Two to zero!

After Aguero scored, he pounced on Zhao Gang, and a group of teammates excitedly surrounded him.

"Champion!!! Zhao!!! Our champion is getting closer and closer!!"

The fans in the entire stadium went crazy.

They shouted until they were hoarse but refused to stop.

Manchester City!

Champion!

Champion!!

Manchester City fans had already won the Premier League title, but every time it would fill them with anticipation and make them excited.

Who would dislike having more championships?

They wished that for the next ten years, the next hundred years, Manchester City would always be the Premier League champion.

Other fans might get tired of it, but Manchester City fans never would.

This game attracted a large number of Premier League fans to watch.

Especially fans of Manchester United, Leicester City, and Chelsea.

Of course, there were also Tottenham and Arsenal.

Manchester United fans had the most contradictory emotions about this game. Liverpool was their arch-rival, and Manchester City was their city rival.

Regardless of whether it was an arch-rival or a city rival, as long as their results were good, they would be uncomfortable.

Now their arch-rival was being beaten, but the team that was beating Liverpool was their city rival, which made them not know whether to be happy or depressed.

On the other hand, Arsenal, Tottenham, and Manchester United were all competing with Liverpool for the top four in the league, so Liverpool losing was good news for them.

Leicester City fans were a bit lonely. At the beginning of the season, they swept all the teams as a dark horse, and were the only team that could keep pace with Manchester City. They had a very good chance of winning the Premier League title.

This would usher in an extraordinary season and a huge miracle for Leicester City!

Unfortunately, as the season progressed, although Leicester City's record was impressive, they were still a bit behind compared to the invincible Manchester City.

If…if Manchester City could slow down a bit, then Leicester City might create their own miracle and win their first Premier League title.

Unfortunately, there was no if.

Chelsea fans were similar to Leicester City. Their record was a bit poor at the beginning of the season, but as the season progressed, they achieved two terrifying twelve-game winning streaks, but unfortunately, Manchester City in front of them was like a giant covering the sky, making them despair.

Many Chelsea fans often regretted that if they had wholeheartedly supported Abu bringing Zhao Gang to Stamford Bridge, Conte's 3-4-3 tactics would have already swept through the Premier League.

Unfortunately, unfortunately there was no if.

"Strong, too damn strong, they're going to win the championship six rounds in advance! They're going to be undefeated for the season! They're definitely going to create a new Premier League points record!

The current Manchester City is even stronger than at the beginning of the season!"

"After this game, it is estimated that Manchester City's focus will shift to the Champions League and the FA Cup. The league is likely to drop points. Guardiola, this coach, doesn't care about any records at all. Winning streaks and undefeated records are nothing in his eyes."

"Indeed, what Guardiola has in his eyes now should be the Champions League. The FA Cup may just be something he picks up along the way. Didn't you see that in the last FA Cup game against Chelsea, half of the team were substitutes? Zhao Gang was bumped and nothing happened, but he directly substituted him."

The Champions League and the World Cup are the ultimate achievements that every player and coach dreams of.

In his later period at Barcelona and in the seasons coaching Bayern, Guardiola was never able to win the Champions League again. As a world-class coach, coaching a top club, he had won league titles to the point of being numb, but he was unable to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, or even reach the Champions League final. This was unacceptable to him, and it was a point that many fans and football people criticized him for.

This season, Manchester City originally seemed to have a difficult time competing for the Champions League.

Guardiola thought it would take another year or two to see some progress.

To his delight, Zhao Gang, who seamlessly integrated into the team, revitalized the team and raised Manchester City's mid-front court to another level.

With Kompany's return from injury and Stones' rapid growth, Manchester City's defense gradually became stable.

The only pity was that Walker couldn't participate in the Champions League, otherwise Manchester City would be almost impeccable on both ends of offense and defense.

Guardiola looked at the players celebrating on the field, that high-spirited and handsome young man.

One Zhao Gang was enough to give Manchester City the advantage of playing with one more player. It would take two or even three people to limit his performance.

This would give Manchester City's other players a lot of space.

Even more terrifying was his stamina and contribution on the defensive end.

The current Zhao Gang could not only provide ample firepower in attack, but also limit the opponent's main players on the defensive end.

Guardiola's longing for the Champions League was getting stronger and stronger. He was already somewhat impatient and hoped that the Champions League would come sooner.

Juventus' defense was the best reviewing machine.