From leading to falling behind, Guardiola squatted on the ground with his hands on his head. Grealish and countless Manchester City fans in the stands made the same move.
Chen Xiaoliang and his teammates had already rushed to the East Stand of Manchester United fans, jumped high, and celebrated with his gliding fist. The moment of punching hard caused Manchester United fans to shout "YES!"
“Beep!”
The celebration was not over yet when the 105th minute came and the referee Slavko Vinci stopped the game, ending the first half of overtime.
Chen Xiaoliang accepted hugs and high-fives from his teammates while walking back to his team's bench.
Although the head coaches of both teams had endless things to say, the symbolic two minutes of water replenishment time did not allow them to say much. Guardiola could only focus on a few players he thought were important and give them constant instructions and encouragement.
Although he spoke with confidence, he actually still didn't understand in his heart why the game turned out like this, and why he couldn't find a way to limit this red countryman every time he met him in an important game.
Ten Hag, on the other hand, was the opposite. He was ready to give up the chance to go for a penalty shootout and used his last substitution slot to bring on Luke Thomas to replace Luke Shaw, whose legs were visibly weak.
The second half of overtime began soon and the situation on the field changed significantly.
The reversed Manchester United started to defend, while Manchester City, which was about to be eliminated, started a desperate attack.
In the 107th minute, Haaland received the ball on the penalty area line, turned his back and forced a shot, which went wide of the left post.
In the 108th minute, Kovacic took a long shot from outside the penalty area, but De Gea saved it with both hands.
In the 110th minute, Alvarez made a strong run down the right side and swept the ball across the goal. Haaland and Grealish made forward and backward passes, but the ball was shoveled out to the outside of the near post by Lima who was returning to defense.
In the 111th minute, Manchester City took a corner kick from the right side. Kovacic took the ball and Stones headed it. The ball hit the top of the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.
For a moment, the Manchester United penalty area was in a state of panic, and everyone saw enemies everywhere!
Manchester United only left Benzema, who could not run much, to harass the team in the front, while the rest of the players retreated to the front and back of the penalty area line to defend!
In the 112th minute, Grealish used his physical advantage on the left to force away Wan-Bissaka, whose confrontation ability was originally stronger than his. He entered the left side of the penalty area and shot into the far corner. De Gea flew sideways to block the ball out of the bottom line.
As Manchester City launched wave after wave of attacks, fans of both teams in the stands shouted "Oh!" and "Ah!" at the same time.
The extremely tense atmosphere even made two fans over 85 years old feel chest tightness and discomfort. They called for medical help and were escorted to the infirmary for observation by medical staff.
Guardiola on the sidelines saw Grealish's beautiful arc shot being blocked by De Gea like a god, and he kicked the water bottle on the ground angrily .
Unexpectedly, the water bottle flew to Manchester United's bench and hit the face of coach McClaren.
Guardiola put his head in his hands and rushed over to apologize when the fourth official didn't notice.
McLaren politely expressed his understanding, but the expressionless and cold stares from the other players on the bench made Guardiola not want to stay any longer.
In the 113th minute, Manchester City took another corner kick because Grealish's shot was blocked.
Kovacic kicked from the right, this time choosing a tactical corner kick, passing the ball to Akanji on the right flank. Akanji passed the ball horizontally to the middle, and Rodri followed up with a powerful long shot.
Chen Xiaoliang rushed out and stretched out his legs to block the long shot with his feet!
The ball bounced to the right side, Akanji caught up and just controlled the ball, Chen Xiaoliang rushed over and made a second tackle, the ball was pushed to the right side, Kovacic chased back and got the ball, just took a step forward to prepare to make a cross, Chen Xiaoliang rushed over and made a third tackle, the ball was pushed out of the sideline!
General Fan: "They are killing like crazy! They are really killing like crazy! This state is called stage frenzy in our area."
Unexpectedly, while the fans and commentator were still praising Chen Xiaoliang, Kakovacic had already taken the ball from the caddy and threw it out quickly.
The Croatian midfielder, who will turn 30 in more than 20 days, won three Champions League titles with Real Madrid and another Champions League trophy after joining Chelsea. As a teammate of Modric in the national team, he formed a midfield combination with Brozovic that is not inferior to any national team.
He saw that Chen Xiaoliang was unable to assist in defense in the middle on the wing, and then with the cooperation of the home ball boy, he quickly threw the ball out of bounds to Alvarez who was already at the bottom of the right side.
There is no such thing as offside for an out-of-bounds ball. Alvarez received the ball at the bottom, took a few steps towards the penalty area, and faced Luke Thomas with another powerful cross in front of the goal!
This time he finally failed to hold on. Even though Lima and Lindelof carried Haaland together, this "big devil who eats children" still used his unstoppable impact force. He forced his way to the near post despite the pull of the two and shot into the near corner with his left foot to score.
Zhan Jun: "Haaland!"
“This ball goes in!!!”
“Manchester City equalized the score again!!!”
"Guardiola jumped up excitedly on the sidelines!"
"5 to 3, the total score is 5 to 5!"
"What an amazing process! Full of twists and turns! It keeps touching the hearts of all the fans!"
Zhang Lu: "This game is really worth watching! Haha, it's almost 6 o'clock now, and it's already daybreak in many places, but I believe many viewers must be wide awake."
General Fan: "This kind of game is definitely a treat for fans who stay up late, but I suggest you take a break later, otherwise you won't be able to handle it."
Zhan Jun: "Three coaches, do you think this score will change?"
Zhang Lu: "Hehe, it's hard to say. Now it's all about willpower. Except for a few players, like Grealish, the others are basically at their limit. But we know Xiaoliang's physical strength. If his teammates can send a good ball, he might be able to score."
Guan Zeyuan: "Coach Zhang and I may have different views. With the current physical strength of the players on the field, especially Haaland's goal, both sides may form a balanced mentality psychologically."
"If either side presses forward and the defense leaves a man open and a goal is scored, there will be no recovery, so I think both sides will attack tacitly, but will not invest too much, and everyone can accept a penalty kick."
General Fan: "Nephew Guan, you've never played football. I don't know what your mentality is when you play e-sports, but when I play football, I go crazy on the field. I don't care whether the game is a draw or not. I just fight to the end."
When the ball was teed off again, Chen Xiaoliang looked up and saw that it was already 115 minutes and 46 seconds.
After the kick-off, the opponent's formation obviously retreated a bit.
Chen Xiaoliang didn't want to go into a penalty shootout. Although they had just won a penalty shootout the day before yesterday, the situation was even worse today.
After scoring the free kick just now, Luke Thomas's coming on had used up the last substitution slot, and Livakovic, who is good at saving penalties, could no longer be substituted.
De Gea's ability to save penalties is only average.
This is secondary. The main reason is that Cesco, Rashford, B Fee, Casemiro, Kva and other penalty shootout experts are all off the court. If the penalty shootout really comes, it will be disadvantageous to their side in both offense and defense.
attack!
We must continue the attack!
The kind of attack that never gives up until the last moment!
He moved forward and raised his right hand, extending his thumb, index finger, and middle finger.
This is the "three" gesture!
In the team, this means a high cross to the penalty spot.
At this time, there is no way to play fancy offensive cooperation. The simplest way of attack is to pass the ball to the side, use your own bounce, header and point grabbing, and have a final duel with the opponent's defensive players. This is the simplest and most direct way of attack!
His teammates immediately understood.
Guardiola had a bad feeling on the sidelines. In the league match in the first half of the season, Chen Xiaoliang first raised "six" and then "nine" in the game, and then the game was tied, so that his team failed to break Manchester United's unbeaten streak at home in the first half of the season.
At this moment, another "three" came. The key point is that Guardiola also asked the scouts to pay attention to Manchester United's games, but the scouts said that they had never seen Chen Xiaoliang make similar signals in other games.
Damn, the hard dishes are reserved for me, right?
While Guardiola was complaining in his heart, he kept waving his hands on the sidelines, signaling the players to get in position, get in position, and get in position again, and to take up every defensive position.
Everyone really couldn't play anymore, and after a few passes, they chose to pass the ball to Luke Thomas who had just come on the field, allowing him and substitute Ganacho to do the work on the left.
Ganacho first dealt with Alvarez on the left, and then was double-teamed by Akanji who came up to defend. He passed the ball back to Luke Thomas behind him, and little Luke kicked the ball directly to the penalty spot with his left foot.
In the middle, Chen Xiaoliang and Benzema advanced together, but Benzema could hardly jump anymore. Diaz, Rico Lewis and Rodri surrounded Chen Xiaoliang, but the ball was still a little short and was kicked towards the midfield by Rodri.
At 116 minutes and 30 seconds, Timber received the ball in the middle and reorganized the attack.
Alvarez, who came on as a substitute, was definitely the player who fought the hardest in Manchester City's frontcourt defense after the start of overtime.
He seemed to be trying to squeeze out every last bit of his strength as he kept running up and down the right half of the field, intercepting and pressing.
Although he also assisted Haaland to equalize the score, the latter's brilliance was too dazzling. The hat trick in this game once again established his status as the "world's best striker". Perhaps only the Frenchman in Paris is qualified to object to this.
But Alvarez did not lose heart, he believed that there would be a place for him even beside or behind the Norwegian.
Timber passed the ball to the left, and this time Luke Thomas didn't get far forward before he was almost forced to lose the ball by Alvarez, so he had to kick it to Lima who stayed behind.
Seeing no chance on the left, Lima had to pass the ball to Wan Bissaka on the right.
Wan-Bissaka took a few steps and passed the ball back to Lindelof who made a run. Lindelof moved forward across the center line, attracted Grealish to come over to defend, and then pushed the ball to Benzema in front.
Benzema retreated to receive the ball, Stones and Rodri followed. Benzema knew he had no chance to turn around, so he pushed the ball directly back to Milinkovic-Savic.
Milinkovic received the ball and made a diagonal pass to the front right, passing it to Dalot who was making a forward run on the right side.
Dalot received the ball and Ake immediately pounced on him.
But Dalot didn't let him get close. He adjusted a few steps and made a cross directly near the right corner of the penalty area!
At this moment, the time is 117 minutes and 12 seconds.
The ball drew an arc in the air. Dalot adjusted a few steps and knew that his legs might become weak due to fatigue, so he deliberately added some strength to avoid the ball being passed short again.
Unfortunately, the ball was still a little short.
In the penalty area, Benzema took away Stones and Rodri. In front of Chen Xiaoliang was Diaz and behind him was Rico Lewis.
The ball was short, so he had to retreat if he wanted to get it. But once he retreated, he couldn't form the momentum to head the ball. In addition, at this distance, it was impossible for him to score with a header.
Suddenly, time seemed to stand still, and Chen Xiaoliang felt as if he had seen this scene somewhere before.
His mind was spinning rapidly and he remembered it instantly.
When he was at Rangers, he had a dream about playing against Manchester United in the Europa League.
I dreamed that on the magical night of March 33, a Manchester United player wearing the No. 17 jersey sent a cross from the right, and the No. 10 player in the penalty area defeated their city rivals with a back-heel goal that was rated as the greatest goal in the Premier League in 20 years.
Subconsciously, Chen Xiaoliang turned his body.
Rodri and Rico Lewis thought that Chen Xiaoliang turned around to head the ball back to his teammates behind him. They also saw that the pass was too short and Chen Xiaoliang could not pose any threat.
Therefore, their defensive strategy at this time changed from air defense to ground defense. As long as Chen Xiaoliang did not unload the ball in the penalty area, he would head it back.
But unexpectedly, Chen Xiaoliang jumped, but his posture was clearly not that of using his head to head header.
After he jumped, his upper body fell backward, and he first swung his left foot upward with force, then led his right foot to swing upward.
The short pass hit the top of his right foot exactly.
The ball flew out.
At that moment, countless people in the Etihad Stadium, the broadcast studio, the football bar, the square where fans gathered to watch the game, and in homes around the world could not help but raise their hands.
The ball was like a ray of white light and a sharp arrow, passing through all obstacles and flying into the blind spot in the upper right corner of the goal!
"yeah!!!!!!"
As countless people shouted, they raised their hands at the same time and stretched them towards the sky!
Chen Xiaoliang rushed to the sidelines, rushed to the first row of the Manchester United fans' stands, rushed into the group of fans who were shouting like crazy and hugged them!
Zhan Jun: "Xiaoliang's fourth goal!"
"A great hook!"
"We can finally say again: Having Chen Xiaoliang in the family brings happiness and health!"
"117 minutes and 13 seconds!"
"I wonder if Rooney will burst into tears along with Manchester United fans when he sees this goal!"
"Refuse to draw! Refuse to give up!"
"This time it should be a sure kill!"
The camera turned to Benzema, the veteran who had seen everything. He held his head with both hands and ran towards Chen Xiaoliang in disbelief to celebrate with him.
Zhang Lu: "I really want to ask Benzema who is the best player in his eyes."
General Fan: "If Xiaoliang returns to Donghai during the off-season this summer, I will definitely find a chance to meet him and pay my respects to him in person."
Guan Zeyuan: "This is a great game that will surely go down in football history!"
"If the Champions League votes for the best match of the 21st century, I will definitely vote for this one!"
"You have seen a true warrior!"
"Not only did he pull the team back from the brink in injury time, he also tried to win the game twice in overtime!"
"And in front of him is Guardiola and his Manchester City, who have been feared in England and Europe in recent years!"
"He fought to the end, playing all three games in five days, and once again demonstrated to everyone with ultimate heroism what an ace and a leader are!"
"Because of the sacrifices, we have great ambitions. We dare to change the sun and the moon into a new world!"
Zhan Jun and Guan Zeyuan shouted at the same time: "The sky in Manchester is red!"
Guardiola looked up at the big screen, 5-4, but the total score had become 5-6.
Manchester United was still celebrating, time was still passing, and the referee was urging the Manchester United players to return to their positions, but there was only a little more than a minute left for Manchester City.
"Forward! Press forward!"
Guardiola kept waving and shouting, but the confusion on the faces of Manchester City players was difficult to conceal.
“Beep!”
At 118 minutes and 1 second, Haaland kicked the ball directly to goalkeeper Ederson. The eight Manchester City players standing in a row on the center line all started running forward.
Ederson took a few steps, and then a few more steps, and kept moving towards the center line, just to get his teammates in front closer to Manchester United's penalty area.
Benzema slowly approached, and Ederson kicked the ball directly to the front left, looking for Grealish.
Wan-Bissaka, who was defending him, had obviously lost his legs, while Grealish had only been on the pitch for a short time, so Ederson wanted to play against a player with low stamina and poor confrontation.
The ball flew high and fell quickly.
Grealish was already leaning against Wan Bissaka, waiting for the ball to fall over his head.
However, just as he was about to jump to get the ball, a red light flew past him and pushed the ball out of his reach.
Grealish looked closely and it was Chen Xiaoliang!
As he rushed to the sideline to ask the caddie for the ball, he thought to himself: "What did this guy eat to grow up? Why is he running so fast?! Isn't he tired?!"
"Aaron!" Chen Xiaoliang shouted Wan Bissaka's name while running towards the corner of the penalty area.
Wan Bissaka raised his left hand to signal to Chen Xiaoliang behind him that he heard it.
This roar lifted his spirits.
Ake rushed over, took the ball from Grealish, and took a run-up before throwing the ball directly into the penalty area.
But he had no strength left at this time, and the ball flew to the left sideline of the penalty area and fell down little by little.
Stones headed the ball and tried to pass it to Haaland, but De Gea rushed out, snatched the ball with both hands, and fell to the ground, pressing it firmly under his body.
Zhan Jun: “118 minutes and 31 seconds!”
"De Gea didn't stand up. He wanted to wait for the Manchester City players in the penalty area to retreat."
"Ruben Dias appeared to complain to the referee that De Gea wasted time deliberately."
“The referee Slavko Vinci ignored it but kept his eyes on De Gea.”
De Gea slowly stood up, looked behind him on both sides, and then patted the ball.
It was already 118 minutes and 51 seconds.
“Beep!”
Referee Slavko Vinci showed De Gea a yellow card!
General Fan: "De Gea is very experienced. It doesn't matter if the goalkeeper gets a yellow card at this time, but it wastes 20 to 30 seconds."
Zhang Lu: "Hehe, if I get a yellow card and talk to the referee, I can still lose about ten more seconds."
On the sidelines, Ten Hag shouted: "It's the last minute!"
This is of course an encouragement to their own players, but also a threat to Manchester City players.
Time, there is really not much time left for Manchester City.
At 119 minutes and 7 seconds, De Gea finally kicked the ball towards the frontcourt. Milinkovic-Savic competed for the header. At this time, he and Chen Xiaoliang had switched positions. He moved forward slightly to stir up the frontcourt, while Chen Xiaoliang returned to the defensive midfielder position.
Stones' jump interfered with Milinkovic-Savic, and the ball went off target. Rico Lewis on the side made a mistake in a hurry and wanted to pass the ball directly to Haaland, but the ball was passed to Chen Xiaoliang behind Haaland.
Haaland turned around to chase Chen Xiaoliang, who was already moving forward with the ball.
Rico Lewis rushed over immediately, but what he didn't understand was that he had only come on in the second half, so why did he feel like he could hardly sprint now, while the person he was defending could still run and jump?
Chen Xiaoliang changed direction and got past Rico Lewis who was about to lose power.
He continued to move forward, and Rodri and Stones followed up, but their pace was already very slow. Haaland behind Chen Xiaoliang was also chasing , but he was also struggling.
Chen Xiaoliang wanted to control the ball for a while, even to the wing or the corner area, and use his body to hold off his opponent to kill time. But when he was about 10 meters away from the penalty area line, he clearly saw a red figure swaying in the front left, which was extremely eye-catching.
Wildfires cannot be extinguished; they will spring up again with the spring breeze.
If you want to kill the game and kill your opponent, you have to kill them thoroughly!
Chen Xiaoliang immediately used his right foot to kick a long diagonal pass from the right rib to the left side of the penalty area!
In the penalty area, the eye-catching red No. 35 who was ignored by Manchester City's defense, the Ballon d'Or winner who was ready to leave Real Madrid and go to Saudi Arabia to seek gold, took a step forward and received the pass from Chen Xiaoliang, then poked the ball with his right foot and poked it to the right side of the goal before Akanji, who was desperately chasing back, could reach out to intercept the ball!
Ederson tried his best to get down to the ground and stretched out his hand to the left to block the shot, but the shot, which was so close and tricky, had already rolled past him, and then rolled into the goal as he turned back and in the desperate eyes of all the Manchester City fans!
Zhan Jun: “Lore!”
"This time I can finally confirm that it's a decisive kill!!!" (General Fan: What a mess!!!)
"Benzema, in the last minute of the 120-minute battle, at 119 minutes and 25 seconds, scored a goal that completely killed the game!!!"
Guan Zeyuan: "Is the life of fallen leaves just to return to their roots? Benzema told us with his goal, no!"
"Even though his career is at its twilight, looking back, the pride of the Ballon d'Or and the confidence of winning five Champions League titles show the world that he is a towering tree that is still there and will always stand tall in the history of European football!"
Zhan Jun: "The referee blew the whistle to end the game! Manchester United fell behind twice but finally tied the game 5-5 and eliminated Manchester City with a total score of 5-7."
"Goodbye, Manchester City! Goodbye, Guardiola!"
"Chen Xiaoliang, he redefined the meaning of the strongest midfielder with his performance!"
"His performance today seemed to be a message to all his opponents: 'My fate is determined by myself, not by God!'"
"Now, there is one last person who may be the one who knows him best - Mourinho - standing in his way of defending the Champions League title!"
"On the night of May 26, at Wembley Stadium, the two who once fought side by side to win the Treble will meet again as opponents!"
"By then, one person is destined to be deified. Let's keep the suspense until that night and witness the final glorious moment together!"
After scoring the goal, Benzema seemed to have a last burst of energy and ran towards the bench as if he had forgotten his fatigue.
He rushed over to hug Casemiro and Varane. It was these two guys who told him that there was a guy in Manchester who might win many Ballon d'Or awards. This piqued his interest and delayed his plan to go to Saudi Arabia.
All of Manchester United's players and coaches surrounded him and tackled the veteran to the ground.
On the field, Haaland put his hands on his hips, breathing helplessly, while Alvarez sat on the ground, tears already streaming down his face. Akanji, who missed Benzema, did not get up after the tackle and lay directly on the grass in the penalty area.
Trailing by two goals, by the time Manchester United came back to celebrate, the game would be over as soon as the ball was kicked out.
Their fate has been determined and there is no chance of changing it.
Manchester City gave up the FA Cup but failed to get the result they wanted, although they were so close at one point.
As everyone expected, as soon as Haaland kicked the ball out in the center circle, the referee Slavko Vinci blew the whistle to end the game!
Manchester City fans left the stadium with sighs, while Manchester United fans were still singing loudly.
In the VIP stands, celebrities from all around came over to shake hands with Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill and congratulate them.
Even Manchester City CEO Soriano gentlemanly congratulated Manchester United owner Jassim.
Mourinho stood up and left through the passage just after Benzema scored.
He saw everything he wanted to see in this game. After returning, he will have more than a month to prepare for the Champions League final.
To prepare to face the Red Devils No. 7, who he once fought with, and who no one has been able to target yet.
Players from both teams greeted each other on the field, and Chen Xiaoliang met Haaland.
One is full of vigor and vitality, the other is full of helplessness.
Chen Xiaoliang spread his hands: "How about I treat you to a hamburger?"
Haaland smiled bitterly: "Let's talk about it later. I'm not in the mood. I lost to you again."
Chen Xiaoliang asked back: "Are you the kind of person who would be discouraged by this?"
Haaland took off his jersey and handed it to Chen Xiaoliang: "You are dreaming, I will definitely win next time!"
Chen Xiaoliang laughed and took off his jersey and gave it to him.
Heroes appreciate heroes. The two scored 7 out of 10 goals in this game. The act of exchanging jerseys at this moment also made many viewers around the world who were still reluctant to turn off the screen smile with relief.
Guardiola was in a bad mood, but anyway, the moment the game ended was a relief for him. After shaking hands with his old colleague Ten Hag, he turned around and walked into the player tunnel.
He needs to rest and calm down in the locker room before going to the post-match press conference, where fierce criticism is bound to be waiting for him.
Also in the player tunnel, Benzema, Casemiro and Varane were walking back side by side, talking and laughing.
Casemiro asked Benzema: "Have you told Chen the answer to that question?"
Benzema: "Oh Kangmang, it's stupid to say it to his face, but do I need to tell you the answer to this question?"
"If it was that guy who was dribbling the ball, he definitely wouldn't pass it to me, but would have shot directly from long range."
"Of course, there is nothing wrong with that. As long as we can score goals, whatever we do is right."
Varane: "Don't post it on social media, or the fans of that person might drown you with saliva."
Casemiro: "That guy Kylian is no match for me?"
Benzema sneered in disdain: "Oh, that guy, when he wins his first Ballon d'Or, he will consider surpassing me first, and then talk about surpassing others."
Benzema: "Playing with this guy, I am willing to be the dirt, not to mention the supporting role."
Casemiro: "So you think this guy is the best player you have ever seen?"
Benzema: "That's right, but he still needs some honors, then he will be the undisputed strongest!"