The first five minutes have passed, and neither player has been able to send the ball into the opponent's penalty area.
Li Mingyu passed the ball to Gundogan beside him, asking him to transfer the ball to the left to open up space.
Li Mingyu looked a little serious. Team Bayern Munich should be the strongest opponent Li Mingyu has encountered since he came to Manchester City.
They have the same tactical literacy as a machine, and the cooperation between the three fronts is like measuring it with a ruler. Although the Bayern Munich team does not have the same creative offense as Premier League and La Liga, its offensive and defensive rhythm is like that of a heavy infantry, which makes people feel out of breath.
This is also the first time Manchester City has felt the pressure of attacking.
Sterling's side breakthrough was firmly restricted by the opponent, which was equivalent to destroying one of Manchester City's legs.
Li Mingyu's offensive organization in the midfield was also heavily defended by the Bayern Munich team. The forward through ball could not be passed at all.
In the seventh minute, Bayern Munich team stole the ball in the backcourt, Li Mingyu quickly chased back, and Kimmich passed the ball to Sane on the wing.
Three years ago, Sane was still playing for Manchester City.
After receiving the ball, Sane quickly advanced on the left wing, while Li Mingyu desperately chased after him.
Soon, Li Mingyu, who was running without the ball, caught up with Sane and kept pace with him.
When Sane saw Li Mingyu catching up, he did not panic. Instead, he squeezed Li Mingyu's position with his body to protect the football at his feet.
However, Sane did not expect that Li Mingyu's physical fitness would completely crush him.
Li Mingyu resisted lightly with his shoulders, and Sane lost his center of gravity, and his feet became a little messy.
Following the trend, Li Mingyu stretched out his foot to poke the ball forward, then accelerated and came to Sane.
Sane has a good balance. He adjusted his steps and quickly stepped forward to prepare for a counterattack.
At this time, Li Mingyu did not dare to pass the ball to the goalkeeper or defender rashly, because the Bayern Munich player in the middle had already come to support him.
Giving the opponent a sideline ball should be the best option.
But the brave Li Mingyu, who is an expert in art, chose a clever move. First, he made a Marseille Turn, letting himself pull the ball toward the baseline while facing Sane.
Next, he aimed at Sane's left foot and kicked the football hard.
Li Mingyu This is to give our side a chance to win a goal kick.
Sure enough, the ball kicked by Li Mingyu hit Sane's left foot and bounced back. Li Mingyu ducked sideways and the football rolled past him and rolled out of the baseline.
Just as Li Mingyu was about to run towards the midfield with a smile on his face, the referee made an unexpected gesture.
Corner kick!
The referee actually awarded Bayern Munich a corner kick.
Li Mingyu's eyes widened and he couldn't believe what he saw.
He rushed to the referee and argued that the ball did not touch him and he dodged it.
However, the referee did not change his decision because of Li Mingyu's position.
Since the baseline referee on this side was on the other sideline, he didn't see clearly what happened. However, his flag at that time was goal kick.
However, everything must be based on the referee's decision.
Li Mingyu's complaint did not make the referee change the penalty, and he had no choice but to accept the fact of this misjudgment.
Because in the TV broadcast, the audience in front of the TV has seen the entire process of the ball through several angles of lens.
Indeed, the ball did not touch Li Mingyu. Li Mingyu retracted his legs in a very timely manner. The football just passed by his legs. After the camera was frozen, it was found that the football was still a tiny distance away from his legs.
Therefore, the referee's penalty was a complete misjudgment.
This is already the second misjudgment that Li Mingyu has encountered recently.
The last misjudgement was in EFL Cup's match against Tottenham Hotspur. Li Mingyu's shot was rubbed by the opponent's goalkeeper's fingers, but the referee did not award a corner kick.
This time, Li Mingyu was clearly misjudged again.
Is someone targeting him?
With some emotion, Li Mingyu came outside the penalty area, preparing to protect the second point.
The defense in the penalty area looks very tight.
After the corner kick was taken, almost all the Bayern Munich players rushed towards the front of the goal, and all the Manchester City defensive players followed suit.
There was a huge gap in the middle and back points.
Kimmich, who was outside the penalty area, suddenly moved forward and came to a little in front of the small penalty area line. He jumped up slightly, and without anyone marking him, he shook his head and hit the goal, pushing the football in the direction of Manchester City's goal.
The distance was too close, and goalkeeper Ederson was unable to make an effective save. He could only pounce on instinct and wave his hand.
However, it was too late, the football had already hit the goal.
In the eighth minute of the first half, Bayern Munich took advantage of a corner kick and Kimmich's header helped the team take the lead.
1:0.
The whole Munich Allianz Arena suddenly fell into joy.
Seeing this goal, Li Mingyu had no choice but to rush to the referee again and complain that this corner kick did not exist at all.
But the referee turned a deaf ear and was only reviewing the goal with the VAR assistant referee to see if there was any suspicion of foul play.
After all, there are too many people in the penalty area and the referee cannot see anyone. Therefore, after the goal is scored, the VAR video referee still needs to wait for the VAR video referee to review whether there is a foul based on the replay.
After review, there was no foul and it was a good shot.
Although the previous corner kick was a misjudgment, for the referee, there is no problem in scoring a goal. There is no inevitable relationship between the misjudged corner kick and the goal.
The referee asked Li Mingyu not to be entangled anymore and to serve quickly!
Li Mingyu, who was so angry, could only return to his own half angrily and prepare to serve.
Restart the ball.
Li Mingyu took the ball in the middle and passed it to Gundogan on the wing, while he himself ran forward.
Li Mingyu plans to participate in the attack and hands over the organizational tasks to Gundogan.
Gundogan passed the ball to the wing-back Zinchenko.
Li Mingyu leaned slightly to the left, took two steps back, received the pass from Zinchenko, and then knocked back to Gundogan.
The continuous passing of the ball between the three people caused the Bayern Munich team's defense to involuntarily press to the left.
Manchester City's right wing is completely empty.
Wing back Kyle Walker and winger Foden both began to sneak forward to catch up.
Li Mingyu once again received a cross pass from Sterling outside the left penalty area. After a beautiful pull, he cut inside and opened up a shooting angle.
However, at this time, there were six Bayern Munich players around Li Mingyu, staring at him eagerly. In an instant, these six people surrounded Li Mingyu in a very small space.
Li Mingyu seemed not to have seen all this, but still raised his right foot, preparing for a long shot from outside the penalty area.
The two central defenders in the penalty area tightened their expressions and made moves to block the ball sideways. Goalkeeper Neuer also made moves to prepare for a save, staring at the football at Li Mingyu's feet.
However, when Li Mingyu came down with his right foot, he paused momentarily. Just such a pause made Bayern Munich's defense also pause.
Next, Li Mingyu used the outside instep of his right foot to pick the ball, and picked the football to the rib space in the right penalty area.
The right winger Foden suddenly came in from the side and appeared in that position, unguarded.
Bayern Munich's defenders raised their hands to signal that Foden was offside, but the linesman on this side did not make any move. The flag in his hand was pressed tightly against his thigh.
After Foden caught the ball, he made a slight adjustment. Facing the attacking Neuer, he chose to hit him in the opposite direction.
Neuer had no choice but to wave his hand, but was unable to stop the ball from hitting the goal.
In the tenth minute, just two minutes after Bayern Munich scored, Manchester City used a wonderful "open plank road to cover up Chencang" to score the equalizing goal.
This goal also released the tension and uneasiness in the hearts of the Manchester City players.
The Bayern Munich in front of me is not really an iron wall.
Bayern Munich's head coach Julian-Nagelsmann was very dissatisfied with this conceded goal.
The defense on this side was able to be completely drained. Li Mingyu attracted all the attention in the penalty area.
This is the intimidating power of a superstar on the court.
While Li Mingyu was pretending to shoot, almost all the defensive players of the Bayern Munich team looked at him, leaving Foden on the right side to become a "fish that slipped through the net."
The two teams, who were back on the same starting line, played a little cautiously after the restart. Both sides tried for almost 20 minutes, but neither team was able to create a threatening shot.
In the 35th minute of the first half, the biggest controversy of the game arose.
During the midfield scramble, the ball passed by Gundogan to Li Mingyu was obviously too small.
Li Mingyu could only rush towards the ball.
The opponent's midfielder Kimmich also rushed over quickly, still some distance away, and directly made a flying tackle, trying to keep the ball at his feet.
However, Li Mingyu was faster and hit the football first, knocking it out first.
Kimmich's feet then arrived and hung directly on the supporting feet of Li Mingyu, directly pushing Li Mingyu upside down.
This scene frightened Guardiola on the sidelines, and he quickly summoned the team doctor to come forward to check.
Since the referee was far away, after seeing this scene, he blew his whistle very eagerly and ran quickly to the scene of the incident. Without any hesitation, he directly showed Kimmich a Red Gem Promotion Card.
Allianz Arena is fried!