Just two minutes into the game, Stoke City's right-back Badley was pressured into a corner by Tang Long.
Seeing Tang Long's aggressive approach, he didn't dare to dribble and hastily cleared the ball with a big kick towards the front field.
By a twist of fate, the ball landed right inside Manchester City's penalty area!
Arnautovic, leaning against Stones, calculated the ball's landing point and kept backing up until his body entered the penalty area, then stopped, smugly thinking, "Watch me toy with you in the box."
For a big center forward like Arnautovic, holding the ball in the opponent's penalty area is extremely threatening.
This means that the bridgehead has reached deep into enemy territory, and the defenders in the box are all cautious, afraid of committing a foul and giving away a penalty, so the center forward has more space to make moves than outside the box.
However, Stones naturally wouldn't let his opponent steady himself easily, so he pressed close to Arnautovic.
