Chapter 455: Chapter 455

"Beautiful! Sterling blasts a shot from the top of the penalty arc into the net!"

"It’s been a long wait! In the 55th minute of the second half, Manchester City breaks the deadlock, predictably!"

"But compared to Sterling’s goal, his duel with Yuto Nagatomo is even more attention-grabbing."

"That cut from the left side was insanely quick!"

"In the ensuing confrontation, Sterling executed a bizarre... hip thrust? Anyway, one thrust of the hips sent Yuto Nagatomo flying!" Googlᴇ search novel fire.net

"Yuto Nagatomo collided with a teammate and is still down on the ground. The Norwich players are complaining to the referee, claiming it was a foul, haha!"

"In any case, Sterling’s confrontation was quite the spectacle."

"He’s celebrating with Tang Long, and the other teammates have gathered around."

"Agüero doesn’t look too happy. Could it be that he’s upset Sterling didn’t pass the ball to him and chose to shoot himself?"

At this moment, Yuto Nagatomo, aided by his teammates, shakily stood up.

He grimaced and lifted his shirt to reveal a visible bluish bruise on the waist where Sterling had hit him.

"Baka! Does that black monkey have a rock growing on his butt? That really hurt, hiss..."

Yuto Nagatomo’s pitiful state left the Japanese viewers in the live stream utterly puzzled.

They simply couldn’t understand. The two have very similar height and build;

why did a bump from Sterling send Yuto Nagatomo flying like a paper doll?

In past Manchester City matches, Sterling never seemed to have such a physical advantage in one-on-one duels!

Japanese viewers also noticed that Sterling’s posture when shooting was very peculiar and almost cartoonish.

Other players kick with their thighs driving the calf, using power from the core;

but with Sterling, as seen in the slow-motion replay, he thrust his hips up, using the glute muscles to drive his calves!

And with Sterling’s short arms flailing about, he really looked like a running dinosaur!

"Haha, Tang, your guidance really worked, I feel unstoppable now."

"Make good use of your hip advantage, don’t listen to Toure. What he can do, you can do too, and even better!"

That day in the locker room, Tang Long, through an AI smart engine analysis of Sterling, suggested how he could utilize his hips to enhance his advantage.

Initially, on the training field, Sterling was bewildered when seeing Tang Long patiently demonstrating the guidance.

Ah, I’ve been playing for over ten years, since I was six, yet I’ve never heard of such a way to play!?

With both hands raised high in a surrender pose, swinging up and down, and using the hip to thrust during confrontation—Sterling felt like a cartoon character in an animation, not at all like a cool soccer player.

However, Sterling had great trust in Tang Long, as they were about the same age, and he knew Tang Long wouldn’t bully or tease him like Milner would.

Sure enough, in this match against Norwich, Sterling employed this dinosaur-style dribbling on the flank in the second half, and it proved extremely effective, far beyond his expectations.

How could Sterling not be thrilled and over the moon?

Not to mention, England’s national team coach Mancini was watching this match from the stands at the Etihad Stadium—a fact Sterling had known in advance.

"I must score more goals. I definitely want to secure a starting position in next year’s European Cup!"

Sterling heavily pounded his left chest in front of the dense crowd of Manchester City fans in the stands.

This punch was for the fans to see and, more importantly, for Mancini to see.

"What’s wrong with you, Yuto Nagatomo? How did Sterling’s small frame knock you down like that?"

Norwich’s towering center-back Bennett began questioning Yuto Nagatomo.

Bennett, an English center-back, stands at 1.88 meters tall, and he pays no mind to Sterling’s small grasshopper frame.

In his view, even though Yuto Nagatomo isn’t tall, with a physique similar to Sterling, he shouldn’t have such a sorry performance in physical confrontations.

Being knocked down like that either means you weren’t playing seriously, or your condition was just too poor.

Yuto Nagatomo began to have doubts, finding it all a bit strange~

Based on his understanding of Sterling, this guy shouldn’t have that kind of strength in a confrontation.

Yuto Nagatomo remembered, at that moment, it wasn’t the 172 cm Sterling he was facing; it was as if he was up against the 190 cm Kompany!

The impact’s intensity wasn’t even in the same league.

Currently, Yuto Nagatomo was no longer the minor player at Inter Milan.

As the highest-valued player at the entire Norwich team, he considers himself a big shot within the team!

I’ve come from a Serie A giant, while 99% of you players will never have anything to do with a giant club!

Of course, he couldn’t admit to Bennett that he was outdone by Sterling.

"It was purely an accident, what are you shouting about? The turf at the Etihad isn’t good, I slipped, just watch the rest of the match, you brat!"

Yuto Nagatomo was determined to go head-to-head with Sterling!

No matter where Sterling ran, the Japanese defender stuck to him like glue.

Tang Long, seeing that Yuto Nagatomo fell into the trap, was delighted and kept sending the ball towards the two anytime he could.