From the man behind the football king to the football king

"Shit!" Guardiola cursed very unhappily.

The Manchester City coach was very dissatisfied with the current situation. They were two goals behind Manchester United away from home, and the game had just started for more than ten minutes. This was a situation that Guardiola had never dreamed of.

He was a little confused now, because he had never considered the plan for this situation.

The TV live broadcast finally had time to fully replay this series of situations.

First, David Silva's shot was blocked. David Silva's shot flew towards the goal, and Valencia blocked the ball. The slow motion showed that the ball first hit Valencia's knee, and then bounced up and hit Valencia's right hand.

In this case, it depends on how the referee will judge. He can whistle this as a deliberate handball, a penalty, or he can think that this is a ball hitting the hand, and there is no handball.

Considering that this is Old Trafford and Manchester United is at home, in more cases, the referee's whistle will not sound.

This cannot be said that the referee favors Manchester United. This is a home advantage.

Then, Manchester United quickly launched a counterattack. Rashford made a continuous breakthrough and sent a quick pass. Harry Kane stopped the ball and avoided Zinchenko's grab. When he was about to shoot, he was knocked down by Otamendi in the penalty area.

The slow motion was played several times in a row, and it was impossible to determine whether Otamendi's tackle touched the ball first or the person first, or it could be understood that he tackled both the person and the ball.

This is another controversial point. The referee can whistle Otamendi for a reasonable tackle, and even give Harry Kane another yellow card, calling Harry Kane a diving fall. He can also whistle Otamendi for a foul and a penalty.

For the same thing, the referee's subjective views can be two extremes, and both are reasonable.

In the end, this time, the referee also made a decision that was unfavorable to Manchester City, whistling Otamendi for a foul, Manchester United got a penalty, and Bruno finally scored the penalty.

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In the Manchester United coaching bench, Mourinho and Faria and others also figured it out. They naturally couldn't see the slow-motion replay, but two consecutive penalties were in favor of Manchester United. If you still don't understand that the referee favors Manchester United, you're a fool.

Carrick felt like he was dreaming back to the Ferguson era.

Since Ferguson retired, Manchester United has never been treated like this at home. Whether it was during Moyes's time, Van Gaal's time, or even last season, Manchester United was very unpopular with the referee in the game, even in the game at Old Trafford.

Even many Manchester United fans made bitter self-deprecation: the referee would not award a penalty unless Manchester United's legs were broken in the opponent's penalty area, but the opponent would be awarded a penalty if they just touched Manchester United in the penalty area.

Non-Manchester United fans said that this was Manchester United paying off the special care they received during Ferguson's time. Sooner or later, they will have to pay it back!

While Carrick's thoughts were flying, Faria was asking Mourinho: "Jose, are you..."

"Not me, I didn't do anything this time." Mourinho immediately shook his head and denied it.

"Hahaha." Faria wanted to ask, 'Do you also think the referee is biased towards us?', but he was amused by Mourinho's humor.

"The referee was very fair today, I want to give him a thumbs up." Mourinho continued to turn away from himself.

Faria turned his head away, he still had to save face.

Hey, hey, what's that expression on your face?

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The camera gave a close-up of a box in the stands, which was the box where Manchester United club chairman Jassim, general manager Giarretta, club global ambassador Bobby Charlton, and former meritorious coach Alex Ferguson and other Manchester United executives were.

Especially when the TV camera swept over Ferguson, it stayed for a long time, freezing Ferguson's facial expression again and again.

The meaning couldn't be more obvious. After all, Ferguson is too famous in the Premier League. Not to mention the widely complained "Ferguson time", the cases of Manchester United being taken care of by the referee on the field alone can be compiled into a thick book.

However, since Ferguson retired, the referee's obvious favoritism towards Manchester United has rarely appeared.

Several people also watched the replay on the LCD TV in the box, and they all looked at each other in bewilderment.

They are not stupid, so they naturally saw that the referee favored Manchester United.

Yes, in this situation where the penalty can be judged or not, and the tendency can be tilted to both sides, choosing a penalty in favor of Manchester United is not favoritism.

When has Manchester United received such preferential treatment again? But God is my witness, they did nothing.

Hey, why say "again"? It sounds weird...

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Less than 20 minutes into the game, Manchester United once again led Manchester City 2:0, which surprised everyone.

Has it become a standard operation for Manchester United to lead Manchester City by two goals in the game?

Manchester United fans are jubilant, and Manchester United players also seem extremely happy on the field, but for Manchester City players, the mood is not so wonderful.

Especially Manchester United's second goal, the penalty was awarded because David Silva's shot was blocked by Valencia. The referee did not recognize Manchester United's handball in the penalty area. The consecutive unfavorable penalties against Manchester City made Manchester City's stars very dissatisfied and it was a big blow to Manchester City's morale.

Then, after the start of the next game, Manchester City's players obviously played with emotion.

In Bruno's eyes, the faces of Manchester City's stars seem to have labels like "the baby is unhappy" and "the baby has a little mood".

What he and Manchester United have to do now is to add fuel to the fire.

Under the leadership of his captain, Manchester United suddenly stepped up their efforts in the midfield and frontcourt.

No, to be more precise, this can be said to be close to physical combat. Anyway, when the body is dominant, the fight and impact will definitely be more powerful. When the body is at a disadvantage, the small movements of the hands will come up.

These actions are not bad or harmful, but they are very annoying. For example, when you are starting to speed up, you suddenly pull your jersey covertly and then quickly let go, or when you are fighting for a header, you pretend to take off. , but stayed still, carrying you, and when you took off, he suddenly released his strength and threw you.

What the fans saw was that after 20 minutes of the game, the intensity of the game suddenly increased, and there were more people on the field falling on their backs.

Then there were more quarrels between players from both sides.

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Forty-one minutes into the game, Valencia brought down Sane for the third time. The German got up and rushed towards the Ecuadorian.

Bruno rushed up directly and separated the two people. His purpose was to let his teammates stimulate the Manchester City people and make the Manchester City people angry. In this case, the game state of the Manchester City players will definitely be affected, their technical movements will be deformed, they will become impatient, and it may even cause them to take cards.

But this kind of thing is a double-edged sword. When anger arises, it cannot be controlled. You must also pay attention to controlling your own anger, but you must not make it self-defeating and cause your own family to suffer.

Sane was so excited that he pushed Bruno away and wanted to cause trouble for Valencia.

At this time, players from both sides gathered quickly, some were pushing and shoving, and some were rudely greeting each other.

When the referee's whistle sounded, he quickly ran over, shouted loudly, made gestures, and separated the players from both sides. Then a yellow card was given to Sane, who was out of control and provoked first, and then gave Valencia a verbal warning.

This caused strong dissatisfaction among Manchester City players. Manchester City's Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho raised three fingers, meaning that this was Valencia's third foul and he should be given a card.

The referee then gave the Brazilian a yellow card to calm down.

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Finally, at the end of the first half, the score on the field temporarily stayed at 2:0, and Manchester United led Manchester City 2:0.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the cheers above Old Trafford were loud, and the home fans were in an extremely good mood.

"Eight yellow cards!" Andy Gray shouted amidst the cheers at Old Trafford. "On Manchester United's side, Rashford and Gundogan have one yellow card each. On Manchester City's side, Kyle ·Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Aguero, Sane, Fernandinho, six players received yellow cards! The referee turned into a card-playing machine."

"Manchester City people must be very angry. The referee's penalty in the first half of the game must not satisfy them. They encountered an unfavorable penalty at Old Trafford. How long has it been since Manchester City encountered this situation? I'm afraid it was the last time. When Sir Alex Ferguson didn't retire? The referee's decision would definitely cause controversy after the game."

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At the same time, on the way back to the home team's dressing room at Old Trafford, Carrick asked Mourinho in confusion: "I don't understand a little bit."

"Tell me about it," Mourinho said as he walked, nodding to a female Old Trafford staff member who waved to him.

"When we were leading 2:0, why didn't we take advantage of the situation and pursue it? Establish the victory!" Carrick asked his question, "But you chose to take the initiative to slow down at that time and choose to fight Manchester City hand-to-hand."

Although Mourinho did not personally go to the sidelines to make tactical adjustments, Carrick knew that if that was not what he meant, Mourinho would definitely ask the players to change tactics. And the fact that he didn't make any adjustments showed that that was exactly what he meant.

"Wow! Michael, you are so inflated! Listen, do you know what you just said? Oh my god, where is my honest assistant?" Mourinho made an exaggerated expression, wow wow wow Call.