"Kevin De Bruyne, he's our Belgian genius..."
"Stockport Iniesta, he's one of our own!"
"United?"
"We'll never die, we'll never die... Like United in the Champions League!"
The second half had barely begun when the home fans immediately started piling pressure on the visitors.
"We'll never die... like United in the Champions League." The mockery in that line was far too obvious.
Tang Ye was Manchester United's king. He had personally killed his own Manchester United, but that did not mean he could defeat Manchester City as well.
"Comeback!"
"Comeback!"
"Come on City!"
The 52nd minute of the second half!
Phil Foden accelerated with the ball!
He reached the edge of the byline!
Piszczek prepared to mark him one-on-one, but Foden combined with Ilkay Gündogan behind him.
He successfully got the ball near the byline!
Beautiful!
Foden played decisively, immediately picking out a pass when he spotted the opening.
Smack!
Into the middle!
De Bruyne!
De Bruyne was battling with Mats Hummels.
The Manchester City midfielder cleverly used his body to shield the ball, and since they were in the box, Hummels could not make too forceful a challenge.
Bang!
He unleashed a shot.
The ball was in!
"Bravo!!!"
The Manchester City players had just started celebrating when the VAR check revealed that De Bruyne had already been offside when Foden made the pass.
The goal was disallowed!
Phew...
Letting out a long breath, Escribá had genuinely been scared half to death!
"Fuck!"
Paul Pogba seemed to have gotten into some kind of dispute with Fernandinho, and the two began trading insults.
"..."
"Oh, this ball!"
"Tsk! Manchester City's best chance in this match was actually that attack around the 50th minute, when Foden got to the byline. But De Bruyne isn't a striker, after all. His awareness of the