Strong Waist

De Bruyne is a dangerous attacking midfielder.

His passing is very penetrating and has unexpected creativity.

It is extremely difficult to restrict De Bruyne in all directions. Arsenal can only compress the opponent's running space and let the ball pass in the tight space.

But even so, with the addition of De Bruyne, Manchester City still passes the ball very smoothly.

Lucky also retreated several times and stood on the right midfielder, basically being restricted.

In this situation of suppression, it is difficult for Lucai to penetrate forward.

De Bruyne takes advantage of this to increase the confidence of Manchester City players in the game and stabilize their midfield.

"After De Bruyne came on the field, it had a very significant effect on the overall change of Manchester City. Their midfield rhythm began to stabilize in the area, and at the same time, they gradually became stronger in the offense."

"But Manchester City's offensive pace must also speed up, if they don't want to fall behind into the second half!"

Andy Gray looked at the time, and it was less than 10 minutes before the end of the first half.

If Manchester City still focuses on slow possession of the ball, they will not be able to equalize the score in the first half, which also loses the purpose of the current situation.

No matter what kind of tactics, the ultimate goal is to score goals!

The same goes for ball control.

No matter how good the passing game is, if you can't score, it's all for nothing.

The purpose of passing is to open up space, prepare for forward movement, and ultimately aim to score a goal.

Therefore, Manchester City needs to move forward more intensely.

Sure enough, in the last five minutes, Manchester City started to exert force.

They no longer conduct conductive control as before, but continue to pass forward.

De Bruyne's main wing attack was supported by Aguero in the middle.

Of course, there is also Sterling's breakthrough.

However, since Lucky retreated, it has been difficult to open up that wing.

For this reason, the attack is more biased towards the other side, which is where De Bruyne is.

But after De Bruyne holds the ball, he rarely moves forward from the wing, and more often chooses to approach from the center.

But Aguero was able to pull out and create space for him. At the same time, after the back row moved forward, Manchester City showed an overall forward pressing posture.

"withstand!"

Hummels shouted from behind.

He could feel that their defense was constantly being suppressed and retreating.

At the same time, Arsenal players also want to complete the steal, but this is not an easy task.

The ball kept moving back and forth between the two wings, testing and trying to tear apart Arsenal's defense.

From time to time, they would hang to the center, but Arsenal still withstood the pressure.

For Arsenal now, there is not much time left in the first half, they just need to defend well.

"Hold it! You must watch the side roads!"

Lucky is also constantly conducting.

At the same time, he is also filling in the gaps left by his teammates after pressing.

In the process, he did not give up his restrictions on Sterling.

Sterling was getting bored to death.

Even if Lucai is filling in, he will not give up the restriction on him.

He can guarantee that as long as the ball is passed to his feet, Lucai will be able to hit it.

Sure enough, a long ball was transferred and Sterling stopped the ball near the performance.

As soon as he stopped the ball, Lucky had already arrived two meters in front of him, and he lowered his heart and stared at it eagerly.

Sterling felt a headache, and he tried to shake his shoulders, trying to shake off Lucky's center of gravity.

But this guy was so calm that he didn't even move his body, as if he knew it was a fake move.

For this reason, Sterling tentatively moved the ball towards the wing, trying to test it out.

Sure enough, Lucky moved in the next second.

"Shit!"

Sterling cursed secretly, and just when he had a headache, a voice came from beside him.

"Pass it here!"

Then he shouted: "Don't hesitate!"

Almost as soon as Sterling heard the second sentence, he passed the ball without looking up.

He knew that under Lucky's defense, once he raised his head, Lucky could immediately get close and block the passing channel.

It turns out that this works.

After Sterling passed the ball out, Lucky arrived half a beat late, but ultimately failed to intercept.

At this time, De Bruyne also received the ball and moved forward directly.

His forward speed is not fast, but his foot rhythm is very good.

When Lucky was about to retreat to the limit, De Bruyne had already passed the ball.

A mid-air arcing pass.

The ball bypassed Hummels and flew towards the center.

Aguero's forward thrust was very determined, which also gave him the opportunity to grab the first point.

Looking at the ball in mid-air, Aguero threw his body, hooked his right foot forward desperately, and finally touched the ball with his toe.

The ball hit the toe, refracted, and flew towards the far corner.

Buffon, who was in front of the goal, was almost unable to react when faced with such a close shot and could only watch the ball enter the net.

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!!"

"Aguero!! Wonderful tackle!!"

"Of course, Manchester City's offensive organization is also very good!"

"A long pass put Kai's attention on Sterling, and then De Bruyne moved quickly to follow up, opening the gap again from the right wing, and the final curling pass was even more stunning."

"That's De Bruyne's pass and it equalized the score for Manchester City!"

When Andy Gray looked at the time again, the game time was fixed at 44 minutes.

"Only one minute!"

"Manchester City equalized at the last minute of the first half!"

"Guardiola's substitutions had a very significant effect. After De Bruyne came on, he successfully activated Manchester City's offensive line!"

"At the same time, they also tied the game situation again!"

"Last time, they defeated Arsenal, and this time in the EFL Cup final, Manchester City seems to be proving that they can beat Arsenal again!"

"Whether it's Manchester City or Guardiola, after experiencing a championship-less season, they are too eager to win the championship!"

The Manchester City fans at the scene also burst into pent-up cheers.

Manchester City fans finally breathed a sigh of relief after they equalized.

Although they have defeated Arsenal, they have always lagged behind Arsenal in many previous matches and lost the game. For this reason, seeing that the situation is not right, they can't help but feel anxious.

And at the last minute of the first half, he scored and equalized the score.

This was a great surprise for them.

The Arsenal players at the scene were a little regretful.

There is also a certain blow to morale, but it is not a particularly big impact.

It's just a pity that they couldn't maintain their advantage.

After all, Manchester City is not just a mediocre player, and the opponent's powerful offense can bring them a great threat.

Conceding the ball is a possibility and this is something they have thought about when formulating their tactics.

And the goal conceded this time was not due to a player's mistake or some team coordination issues.

It can only be said that Manchester City's attack was so good and so unexpected.

As long as it takes half a beat, Arsenal can keep up and cause damage.

Under the feasible attack, Arsenal failed to get any chance of destruction.

In the end, I could only watch the ball enter the net.

Based on Manchester City's goal, the two sides tied 1:1 in the first half.

Manchester City's morale has also recovered a lot.

At the same time, commentators from all over the country were also praising De Bruyne. They believed that this goal was an opportunity created by De Bruyne.

Of course, this is also true.

After all, everyone can see that since De Bruyne came on the court, the situation on the court began to change.

On the one hand, it curbed Arsenal's midfield rhythm, and on the other hand, it moistened Manchester City's offensive line like a lubricant.

After this goal, the first half of the game was over.

At the referee's whistle, the players from both sides returned to the locker room to prepare for the second half of the game.

The Arsenal and Manchester City fans in the stadium fell into even more intense cheering.

This is the stage for the EFL Cup final.

Whether it is Arsenal or Manchester City, they will not give up this championship.

We have already reached the finals, there is no reason not to give it a try.

Especially for Arsenal, this is their fourth championship of the season!

How could they give up.

Nothing can stop them from competing for the championship!

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