All four are gone, Manchester City has an accident

Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City (

Battle Report)

Sports Weekly All Media Special Reporter Yang Jian

No surprise, the accident still came.

Previously, Manchester City, who had dug a pit in the Premier League just 20 minutes into the game, made the reversal scene of making the second and fifth wins start. The five consecutive Premier League wins starting from this make Blue Moon's Champions League qualification seem to be extremely stable. However, after the second round with deputy squad leader Southampton in the last round, the inefficient, mediocre and even chaotic team familiar to fans seemed to be back.

Authentic, no matter from any dimension, referee Atwell missed a handball from Dean Henderson outside the penalty area, which was an incomparable low-level mistake, but he also blew away Munos's goal from the net. Lan Yue, who shot three times the opponent (23-7), had given up her enthusiasm for the game rather than encountering a system game. Currently ranked sixth in the Premier League, they still have the advantage of playing one less game and are likely to replicate the past of taking the last bus in the Champions League stage, but this is not lucky for Manchester City, but it is closer to humiliation.

is on the court and seems to be out of here, which is the common point of most Manchester City players in this game. Haaland, who had failed to score in the semi-finals 11 times (up to 8 in the finals), even became afraid of the penalty kick, giving it to Marmush, who was not ready. Foden, who was still the league MVP last season, took the ball on a somewhat alienated wing, and most of them chose to pass the safe ball back, but the only cross was so targeted that he couldn't bear to look at it. McCarthy, the hero who played against last time, forgot to bring the shooting boots in this game. On the contrary, the newcomer Echeviri still seems to know nothing about the team culture, but his footwork is really bad. The one he wanted to win the most was De Bruyne, who left the team only by his own goal. The Manchester City captain made three straight passes to the opponent's defense line at the end of the game, but his teammates were wasting his good intentions.

The last dance on the championship front, Manchester City had a ball possession rate of 77% and 23 shots, which was the newest final in the FA Cup after the introduction of detailed statistics in 2014. Ruben Dias successfully passed the ball in this game (129 times) even higher than the entire Crystal Palace team (126 times). Of course, the FA Cup has never been a blessed place for Manchester City. It has reached the finals for only 7 times in 14 times. As for Guardiola, he has only won two times in his 9 years of leading the team. In the last two seasons, he has lost the finals back to back, which is also the first time in his career. After 5 months and 31 games, Manchester City once again set a new record of disaster during Guardiola's tenure: 16 losses were not only the highest in the single season in the "World Coach" and it was also the peak of Blue Moon's 2008-09 season (23 games).

Last year, Manchester City also made Ten Hach stay in the FA Cup final, but the Premier League KPI was in hand and fans only regarded it as accidental. But now, Guardiola, who "lost", is still as unremarkable as ever: "Is Henderson's fate due to fate? I don't know, I have never studied fate or the universe, don't ask me questions about referees or VAR."

As for the midfielder-free formation that has been put on again after the 2021 Champions League final, Manchester City The coach is still the third one: "I don't think there is a problem with the tactics, but they won, and the game plan is not working." By the way, I mocked Glasner's "squat" style of play, "English football should focus on fluency. Everyone can play in their own way, but we need to score goals. Fans want to see 22 players playing smoothly. My team has never deliberately delayed it. We just want to play a game worth watching."

The tears of the young fans on the sidelines have not been wiped dry, but Manchester City's welcome and send-off this summer is destined to be unprecedented. De Bruyne, who has confirmed that he left, only reported first. Gundogan, who seems to have not returned, will find it difficult to fight for another year. Edsson, who has been rumored to have scandals and injuries, may have reached a critical moment of choice. Glalish, Stones and others, who are worried about attendance, also have to put a question mark. Even McCarty, who was reused in the second half of the season, may be used as a trading leader. Among the people who left, even the director Begiristan, who had fought side by side with Guardiola for many years.

In the longer period before, the departure of Cornpani, Fernandinho and Aguero also made Manchester City sad, but no one seemed to be more deadly than Alvarez's departure. What the "Little Spider" takes away is not only the team's championship luck, but also the transformation of space, courage and opportunity.

At the same time, as Werz's family visited Manchester City, Reindes became more and more serious. Guardiola, who could no longer drive his disciples to change his course, might be able to change his lifestyle. In the 2016-17 season, Manchester City, which was also empty in the four majors, made drastic advancement of the lineup in the summer window of the next season. If Guardiola could make up his mind for another time, the current FA Cup defeat would not seem to be so painful.