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Chapter 201: The Champion's Mindset [rd Update]

Fifteen long minutes passed.

In the second half, neither side made any adjustments.

The fiftieth minute of the game.

Just five minutes into the second half.

Manchester City scored.

This time it was Aguero who scored the goal!

Aguero received a pass from David Silva in the penalty area and scored with a clever shot.

Manchester City leads Liverpool 2-1.

"Aguero! Beautiful! Manchester City is leading again!!"

Guardiola excitedly clenched his fists and raised his arms to celebrate on the sidelines.

It is not easy to reverse the score after losing the ball first, especially before that, Liverpool's attack threatened Ederson's goal almost every time.

This goal is even more precious.

The camera locked on Klopp.

Klopp, on the other hand, seemed very calm.

Of course he knew that it was risky for Liverpool to press forward and attack, but he was not afraid of risks.

He turned to his assistant and said, "I'm not surprised that Manchester City can break our goal at home. All we have to do now is to keep attacking!"

"If we score more goals than them, we win!"

This is Klopp's philosophy, fighting violence with violence!
He's right.

After losing the ball, Liverpool immediately launched a crazy counterattack.

Manchester City's defense was not stable and even a little stretched when facing Liverpool's offense.

The fifty-third minute of the game.

Liverpool equalized the score.

The goal was scored by Salah.

It was the sunshine that assisted him!

Yangguang received the ball with his back to the basket in the penalty area.

Manchester City players are well aware of how threatening it is when Sunshine turns around and shoots in the penalty area as a center forward.

So at this moment.

Almost all the Manchester City players in the penalty area were rushing towards the sunlight.

He was like a magnet.

Attracted most of the defense.
Then, but he pushed with the outside of his foot.

When the ball was passed to Salah in the open area.

Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium are scared to death
Amidst everyone's exclamations.

Salah, who was given ample space, stopped the ball calmly, looked at the goal, and aimed a shot with his left foot!

The football flew through the crowd towards the goal, brushed the inside of the far post and went into the goal.

"Two to two!!"

All the commentators in the commentary booth were excited.

Who doesn’t like to watch such a goal-scoring battle?

"Wonderful! What a wonderful match!"

"As soon as Manchester City took the lead, Liverpool immediately equalized the score."

"The pace of the second half was similar to that of the first half, with both teams scoring goals one after another! Now the two teams are on the same starting line again!"

"Who will win this crucial battle? At this moment, no one can predict!"

With four goals coming.

The players on both sides seemed very excited.

They kept running and fighting on the field.

The movements are getting bigger and bigger.

The smell of gunpowder is getting stronger.

Shortly after Salah scored.

Wijnaldum received a yellow card.

The 63rd minute of the game.

Henderson was given another yellow card.

And over at Manchester City.

Stones and De Bruyne were also given yellow cards.

There have been seven yellow cards in this game.

There are still more than thirty minutes left in the game.

You can imagine how intense the competition was.

The exciting scene was dazzling, and the players on both sides gave their all in the confrontation.

The intensity of the game brought about by this strong dialogue made the fans in front of the TV very nervous and engaged.

Shortly after Salah scored.

Guardiola took the lead in making adjustments.

He replaced David Silva with young player Jesus.

Manchester City removed a midfielder and replaced him with a striker.

Jesus and Aguero play as double center forward.

The two sides are still playing a fierce offensive battle.

But Liverpool's luck in this game seemed a little off.
The 84th minute of the game.

Manchester City scored again.

Center back Stones headed the ball into the goal guarded by Karius.

Manchester City took the lead again!!

"Three to two! Three to two!! Stones!!!"

"In the 84th minute of the game, this is a near-game-winning goal!!"

"This goal almost sentenced Liverpool to death!"

"Will there be more goals? In the 84th minute, Stones scored the fifth goal of the game!"

The Manchester City players hugged each other excitedly.

In the stands of the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City fans were also cheering.

Stones' goal gave them hope of victory!

"This is really a wonderful game. Both sides have been fighting until this time! Five goals have been scored in the game, but for Liverpool, the timing of the goal was too embarrassing. They lost the ball in the 84th minute of the game. Even if the injury time is included, there are only about eight minutes left in the game."

Kolo said loudly in the commentary booth.

"Even if Liverpool lose this game, they have done very well. They scored two goals at the Etihad Stadium and were at a head and shoulders above the rest for most of the game! This season's Liverpool is indeed much stronger than last season and they are qualified to challenge for the championship this season!"

Next to Kolo.

Gary Neville, the guest commentator of this game said.

At this moment.

There are many people who hold the same view as Neville.

They feel that although Liverpool is now behind, it is likely to lose the game.

But the content of the game proves it.

Liverpool is a team on the same level as Manchester City.

They just lost away from home.

This team already has the strength to compete with Manchester City for the Premier League title!

But for Manchester City fans.

They didn't think about the threat from Liverpool because they were ahead.

Just win, who cares?

The Etihad Stadium is like a boiling pot of hot soup.

Look around.

They are all dancing sky blue.

Manchester City fans cheered wildly.

In such momentum.

People couldn't help but worry for the Liverpool players on the field.

Manchester City players celebrated the goal triumphantly.

It's now eighty-four minutes.

They have every right to be excited.

Klopp made no substitutions.

This also exposes another shortcoming of Liverpool: the depth of the squad!

Sturridge is injured.

Origi is on the bench, but to be honest.
Who can Origi replace?
Mane? Salah?

Klopp might as well let Mane and Salah stay on the field.

Although he did not make any substitutions, Klopp did not sit still.

He kept waving his arms on the field, signaling Liverpool players to press forward.

Guardiola also started making substitutions.

Fabinho came on and replaced B Silva.

By this time.

Guardiola also has to consider defense.

Manchester City's formation is beginning to resemble 532.
Liverpool quickly kicked the ball out.

The ball was first passed all the way back to the defensive line, but Liverpool players found that the opponents did not follow up.

Instead, he was ready to fight in his own half.

Now that City are ahead, they don't have to press forward and expose the space behind them.

Facing this circumstances.

Liverpool wasted no time either.

Van Dijk made a direct long pass.

Find the sun's head.

Sunshine retreated and Otamendi followed him all the way to midfield.

Fabinho, who came on as a substitute, was well aware of how powerful Yang was, so he immediately teamed up with Otamendi to attack him.

But even so.

The first point is still sunny.

Yangguang headed the ball to the side.

As soon as Salah got the ball, he saw the sun turn and get rid of the entanglement of Fabinho and Otamendi.

So he took advantage of the situation and passed the ball horizontally.

"Come up and block it!"

Fabinho yelled.

He knows sunshine too well.

When he saw Stones still retreating, he wished he could switch positions with Stones.
really.

Under the watchful eyes of Fabinho.

Sunshine kicks and shoots!
boom!
The football flew past Stones with a whirring sound.

Then it fell from the air and went into the goal with a swish.

The speed of this ball is extremely fast.

Goalkeeper Ederson had no reaction at all.

In the stands.

Manchester City fans were also stunned.

Many people also wiped their eyes to make sure they were not dazzled.

The first to react.

It's the visiting fans in the stands.

Liverpool fans jumped out of their seats.

Shouting loudly: "Long live!!"

Subsequently.

Commentary seat.

Completely crazy!
"Sunshine shot directly! Oh! Oh! Oh! Beautiful! Beautiful goal! Brace! Brace!!!"

"Four Premier League games, ninth Premier League goal! Oh my God, who can stop him!"

"Before the season started, some people thought that Sunshine would need some time to adapt to the Premier League, but now... who dares to say that he can't adapt?"

"Sunshine! Sunshine's beautiful goal equalized the score for Liverpool!!"

"This game was so exciting, both sides started a goal-scoring battle!"

“The suspense of the game is back!!

When you see the football fly into the goal.

The Liverpool players were all stunned.

Then he raised his arms high, ready to rush forward to celebrate the goal.

Just now.

They found out.

The sun has already rushed into the goal.

He picked up the football.

Then he turned around and ran towards the center circle.

When I saw my teammates wanting to come up and celebrate.

"The game isn't over yet!!" Yangguang shouted

Liverpool players reacted.

They were somewhat ashamed.

They had even been content with a point at the Etihad Stadium before that.

Because they are facing Manchester City.

The moment when Sunshine equalized the score.

Liverpool's players were a little carried away.

Fortunately we didn’t lose – they thought.

It's a matter of mentality.

Liverpool players now say they want to win the championship.

But the mentality is still the same as before - how can a championship team be satisfied with a draw?
Yes, this is Al Ittihad, that's right.

In this stadium, a draw with Manchester City is a good result, and there is nothing wrong with that!

For the general team.

A draw with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium meant a point.

For a team that needs to compete for the championship.

A draw at the Etihad Stadium.

That means losing two points!
To compete for the championship, you must have the mentality of a champion!
(End of this chapter)