Yang Yang Was Too Strong!

Amid the roar of more than forty thousand fans, Yang Yang still sat quietly on the visitors' bench, watching the match in silence.

After the teams switched ends for the second half, Liverpool indeed looked more proactive. They also played with greater threat, but Mark Hughes had clearly prepared himself mentally for what might happen after the break, so he handled it without much trouble.

Man City's defense was still solid, but Yang Yang believed that as their stamina continued to decline, problems were bound to appear.

It was only a matter of time.

After the match began, Liverpool tried several attacks down the left, hoping Gareth Bale could create a threat, but Zabaleta had completely shut down the Welshman, leaving Gareth Bale unable to find any good opportunities.

Even his most prized weapon, his speed, failed to make an impact.

After trying several times and seeing no results, Xabi Alonso decisively switched targets and tried to launch attacks from the right.

Yang Yang sat on the bench, keeping an eye on every move on the pitch. He could clearly see the problem Gareth Bale was facing.

The Welsh winger was a player with immense potential. His emergence from Southampton's Youth Training Camp was definitely not just because he was fast. There were plenty of fast players in the world, and speed alone was not much of a competitive advantage.

Besides his speed, Gareth Bale had solid fundamentals, tremendous power in his shooting, excellent dribbling ability down the left as a left-footed player, and a very good left-wing cross. He also possessed a dangerous free-kick technique.

Those were all his strengths.

At Tottenham Hotspur, Gareth Bale mostly created danger from the left. Combined with his background as a left-back, he had grown accustomed to charging toward the byline as soon