Thirty-five meters away from the goal, the unguarded Li Mingyu fired a powerful long-range shot. The football flew towards the Tottenham Hotspur team's goal like a shell.
The goalkeeper of Tottenham Hotspur team Lloris flew sideways. He felt that his fingers seemed to have touched something, and he couldn't help but feel excited.
Got it!
The football's path was slightly changed by Lloris, and it missed the goal post and flew out of the baseline.
All the fans in the audience let out an exclamation of escape at the same time.
The pressure from this kick is really too great.
Li Mingyu, while feeling regretful, signaled to the referee that the ball was a corner kick.
But the referee didn't think so. He felt that the goalkeeper did not touch the ball and instead awarded a goal kick.
This makes Li Mingyu very dissatisfied. He knows the ball he plays, and the football line has obviously changed. Are you blind, the referee?
Of course, Li Mingyu would not say this!
However, the referee still insisted on his decision.
Li Mingyu There is nothing you can do. You can't confront the referee just because of a corner kick!
However, shortly after Lloris kicked the goalkeeper out, the referee received a notification from the VAR video assistant referee.
"In the shot just now, goalkeeper Lloris's finger touched the football."
The referee's face turned dark instantly. Damn, you could have said that two seconds earlier!
The game has continued, and it is difficult for the referee to directly intervene in the game.
Moreover, the referee has no way to change the decision.
VAR intervention is not applicable to all situations.
VAR is only qualified to intervene when a goal, penalty kick, red card, or red and yellow card goes to the wrong target.
In fact, even if VAR told the ball just now that it was a corner kick, the referee could not change the decision. He just felt that VAR was messing with his own mentality.
Tottenham Hotspur team experienced the life and death moment just now, and the mentality of the players has undergone some changes.
Manchester City's defense expanded to the Tottenham Hotspur team's half, making it difficult for them to play the ball.
Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder simply cannot compete with Manchester City's midfielder.
The midfielder lost control and Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack became impossible.
Midfielder Harry Winks saw that there was no longer an angle to pass the ball in front of him, so he could only pass the ball back again, and made a gesture to signal his teammates to pass the ball directly in front, so that the frontcourt players could try to compete for the top.
Center back Alderweireld didn't dare to neglect. After receiving the ball, he kicked the ball directly into Manchester City's half.
The Tottenham Hotspur team, which has no air superiority, can fight for the first point, but the protection of the second point is completely under the control of Manchester City.
In fact, for the Tottenham Hotspur team, if there is no chance for a quick counterattack, the football is actually safer at the feet of Manchester City than at its own feet.
After all, if the ball is intercepted in the backcourt, it will be a disaster.
Hojbjerg has been following Li Mingyu inseparably. This is the task given to him by the head coach.
However, every time Li Mingyu gets close to him, Hojbjerg has a thought in his mind of "can't foul or kick people." This makes Hojbjerg, who has always been known for his fierceness, feel that his head is broken.
Li Mingyu saw that Tottenham Hotspur was defending him very tightly, so he made the intention to pull out and handed control of the midfield to Gundogan.
Gundogan naturally does his part. This is his main task on the field, to help Li Mingyu control the midfield rhythm.
Li Mingyu's pullout still puts pressure on Tottenham Hotspur, and this defensive pressure makes Tottenham Hotspur dare not easily let go of its defense against Li Mingyu.
As a result, the pull from the other side made it difficult for Tottenham Hotspur's defense to take care of itself.
Seeing that the defense on the other side was about to be penetrated by Manchester City, Hojbjerg could only watch helplessly, and followed Li Mingyu to slowly move forward.
Gundogan passed the ball to Sterling, and the two made a one-two match. Gundogan knocked the ball with his heel and passed the ball between the two defensive players.
Sterling quickly stepped in, took a step, swept the ball with his left foot, and sent the football to the gate of Tottenham Hotspur.
Gabriel Jesus stepped in from behind the defender, pushed lightly with the arch of his foot, and the football went from between the legs of goalkeeper Lloris into the goal behind him.
2:0, Manchester City once again expanded the score, but this time, Li Mingyu was standing on the other side of the penalty area and did not participate in the attack at all.
However, you can't say that Li Mingyu didn't make any contribution. At least he attracted the attention of at least two defensive players of Tottenham Hotspur.
After seeing the goal, Li Mingyu rushed to the sideline very happily and hugged Gabriel Jesus and the others.
This is the scary thing about Manchester City now. You can restrict Li Mingyu, but you can't restrict the performance of others. Gundogan's midfield organizational ability is definitely world-class. His cooperation with Sterling's left wing is enough to defeat most of the current Premier League teams.
This goal broke all the thoughts in Tottenham Hotspur's mind. The strength gap between the two sides was really too big.
The next game became a one-sided crushing game.
Before the end of the first half, Li Mingyu knocked on the door of Tottenham Hotspur with a long shot. This time, Lloris was not able to save Tottenham Hotspur again.
At the end of the first half, the score reached 3:0, and Manchester City took a big lead.
In the second half, as soon as the game started, Tottenham Hotspur gave Manchester City a powerful blow.
Son Heung-min broke through Manchester City's two lines of defense at high speed on the right, and fired a furious shot in front of the penalty area. As a result, he pursued the angle too much, and although the football passed Ederson's fingers, it was still blocked by the goal post.
This is also a highlight moment that Tottenham Hotspur has in this game.
This attack also made the Manchester City players nervous.
On the court, you must never underestimate any opponent.
In the next game, Manchester City, who had corrected his attitude, really did not give Tottenham Hotspur any chance.
The two wing generals Bale and Son Heung-min were almost suppressed in their own half and had no chance to break through with the ball in the frontcourt.
In the 60th minute, Li Mingyu made a long oblique pass from the center circle and found Foden on the right.
Foden caught the pass steadily, made two consecutive fake moves, shook the full-back Reguilon's center of gravity, cut inside directly, and then sent a through ball with the outside instep.
Gabriel Jesus stood out from the defender very flexibly. Although Tottenham Hotspur's players all raised their hands to indicate that Gabriel Jesus was offside, the assistant referee did not give any indication.
Gabriel Jesus made it in one fell swoop, sending the football into Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
4:0, this score has already made some fans at the scene unable to help but start to leave the game.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium It was as quiet as a cemetery, and all the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the audience had no energy.
After scoring the goal, Gabriel Jesus led his teammates to celebrate wildly on the sidelines, as if they were dancing on a grave.
Five minutes later, Li Mingyu was defeated by Guardiola. In such a game, Li Mingyu could take a break.
Li Mingyu has successfully completed his mission with one pass and one shot.
Finally, in the 85th minute, right winger Foden passed the pass on the right, broke into the penalty area, and scored with a powerful shot, setting the score at 5:0.
It was another 5:0, and Tottenham Hotspur players and fans were at a loss. When they played Manchester City in the opening game, they were beaten by Manchester City 5:0. This time, it was another 5:0, and it was still at their home court. It was really miserable!
With this victory, Manchester City successfully entered the top four of EFL Cup.
Manchester City's opponents in the top four are surprisingly their mortal enemies in the same city, Team Manchester United.
I have to say that it is a coincidence that the EFL Cup semi-finals last season were the Manchester United team and Manchester Derby from Manchester City.
This time, it was held at the home court of team Manchester United.
This game will be held next month, just one week before the quarter-finals of Champions League.
Before this game, Manchester City still has four league games and one FA Cup game to play.
In this quarter-final match of FA Cup, Manchester City was lucky enough to draw the only team that was not Premier League.
Manchester City will compete with EFL Championship team Nottingham Forest for a spot in the semi-finals.
At this moment, no head coach is willing to give up the game.
Nottingham Forest, this is a England team with a very long history.
Moreover, Nottingham Forest is so good that even Manchester City has to be defeated.
That is, although Nottingham Forest rarely had the opportunity to return to Premier League after the Premier League League was established, and rarely had the opportunity to play in the European competition, his ancestors had a rich history.
In the 1978-1979 season and the 1979-1980 season, Nottingham Forest won the Champions League Champions Cup for two consecutive years, leaving his name forever in the history of Champions League.
However, since the establishment of the Premier League league, Nottingham Forest has never regained its former courage. After briefly returning to the top league, it quickly fell into decline.
Over the years, Nottingham Forest has been wandering between EFL Championship and League One.
This time in the FA Cup quarter-finals, only Nottingham Forest, a team other than Premier League, made it here, which shows that he still has some strength.
However, in the face of Manchester City, which is in full swing, Nottingham Forest may have to stop.
FA Cup is known as the hotbed of the biggest upsets. That's because in the first few rounds of competition, many strong teams didn't care about it, and if they lost, they would lose.
But when it comes to the quarter-finals, plus this game, you can win the final FA Cup championship in three games at most. Who would think that they have too many championships!
So, this time, Guardiola brought his main lineup to City Ground.
As the home stadium of Nottingham Forest, this was also the famous home stadium of Hell.
Back then, Nottingham Whirlwind also really defeated many teams in English First Division.