The final chapter of Manchester City Dynasty: Game of Thrones and Tears behind the 5-2 Password!

- When Haaland's God-killing Sword pierced the Crystal Palace, De Bruyne took away the last championship puzzle

From 2-2 to 5-2: Guardiola's "God-killing Formula"

On the tactical board of Etihad Stadium, there is a mysterious formula written by Guardiola with a marker:

5-2 = Haaland × De Bruyne^2 + Gwadior³

This string of numbers is the ultimate password for Manchester City's double-killing Crystal Palace this season. In that epic reversal in April, Haaland transformed into a Nordic devil when he was behind 0-2 and used a 23-minute hat trick to tear the opponent's defense. But the more terrifying foreshadowing is hidden in xG (expected goals) data: Manchester City created 7.2 absolute opportunities in the game, including 5 passes from De Bruyne's "God's Perspective".

Crystal Palace coach Glasner summoned mathematicians overnight to decipher Guardiola's code, but found a more desperate truth - when Manchester City's ball possession rate fell below 55%, the counterattack goal rate soared by 41%. This means that Guardiola has long refined the "temptation of the enemy" into a massacre weapon.

Haaland's Blood Vow: In the locker room behind 30 goals, Haaland changed his mobile phone screensaver to a photo of himself wearing a Molde jersey as a child. This detail exposed his secret trauma this season:

Expected goal difference -4.7: Premier League scorer king wasted 23 excellent opportunities

Touch curse: 28.3 touches per game, a decrease of 37% from last season

God Killing Switch: Average of 1.8 goals per game, with a shooting percentage of 91%

"I want to feed the lost dignity to Wembley's turf." Haaland practiced 300 more penalty shots in the penalty area in private training, and his assistant coach revealed: "He asked us to adjust the speed of the ball to 130km/h, saying that the goalkeeper would be afraid to hear the wind." This paranoia turned into a sharp blade at the data end - its sprint speed increased by 0.3m/s this season, and muscle density increased by 7%.

De Bruyne bid farewell: 2.2 seconds of magic foreseeing the future

When De Bruyne was replaced in the 87th minute, the Etihadnan stand suddenly unfolded a huge TIFO: his young face, who first entered the Premier League in 2015, overlaps with his current vicissitudes of life, and the following is written "2.2 seconds of changing the world." This number is exactly the average decision time he created opportunities, 1.7 seconds faster than the Premier League average.

Pull the hot map of his passes this season and you will find the terrifying pattern:

Straight pass after 75 minutes: the success rate soared from 68% to 89%

The corner of the penalty area is diagonal: the landing error does not exceed 15cm

Death arc: 38 crosses have created 11 goals, and the conversion rate is 29%

What is even more terrifying is its "countdown to retirement" state: 14 excellent opportunities were created in the last 5 games, which is equivalent to 127% of the output power at its peak. The medical team revealed that De Bruyne injected stem cell therapy six times a day to maintain the body, at the cost of not being able to find the complete blood vessel on the back of his right hand.

Crystal Palace's Millennium Killing Game: From the Burialist to the Grave Digger, Glasner hung up the 1453 Constantinople's fall in the tactical room, yelling at the players: "We want to be Ottoman Turkey!" This civilian team that has never been involved in important trophy holds three god-killing weapons:

Eze Phantom Step: The success rate of this season is 81%, Premier League No. 1

Olisse matrix: Average of 3.4 key passes per game, specializing in the rib vacuum

Geological weapons: By changing the hardness of grass stems, it is more insidious to create irregular bounces - in the last 8 games, Crystal Palace's goals account for 63% in 75 minutes. This is Manchester City's Achilles heel this season: Defensive focus plummeted 22% in the 78-83rd minute.

Wembley Finale: 205 million pounds of tears and scepter

When referee Anthony Taylor blew the final whistle, two histories will collide at Wembley:

If Manchester City wins the championship: Blue Moon Dynasty will complete the unprecedented "seven-collar closed loop" in English football

If Crystal Palace reaches the top: The first lift team will be born to counterattack the myth

De Bruyne revealed to the Times before the game that he was preparing to give the final boots to Haaland: "This pair of shoes hides magic of 2,000 assists, and now it's time to inject a new killing code." The Norwegian Devils gave back a special leggings plate, with the inside engraved with the names of all the goalkeepers who were broken by him - the latest blank space, waiting for the signature of Crystal Palace goalkeeper Johnstone. After this night, no matter where the trophy flows, English football will witness how the dusk of the old gods illuminates the path of crowning the new king.