Super Marshal

Three days after the Manchester derby, Manchester City took the City Stadium and ushered in the third round of the League Cup.

The opponent is Cardiff, a team from England's second-tier league.

According to the original arrangement, Gao Han carried out a large-scale rotation in this game, and deliberately used Cardiff to practice the team's tactics. In the first half, he still adopted the three-back tactics, but the midfield became a parallel. In the position, two full-backs, Bridge and Sabaletta, were arranged as full-backs.

In addition, the Trident in the front court has also been adjusted, Petrov, Jo and Sturridge teamed up.

As a result, just three minutes into the game, Sturridge's goal helped Manchester City open the scoring.

After that, the Manchester City team also firmly controlled the situation on the court. The teenager Michael Johnson partnered with Elano in the middle and performed well, but the team's offense has never been able to make a threat.

After changing sides in the second half, Alpine adjusted the lineup from the original three-four-three to a four-three-three formation. The trident remained unchanged. Defender Korluka was replaced and midfielder Stephen Ireland was replaced. , To further strengthen midfield control.

But perhaps it was Alpine's constant adjustments and changes that made the players a little unable to adapt. Manchester City's entire attack was a little messy, and until the end of the game they were unable to break Cardiff's goal.

In the end, Blue Moon defeated Cardiff at home with a one-to-zero victory and successfully advanced to the next round.

In the seventh round of the Premier League, Manchester City continued to sit at home, ushering in the London Hammers, West Ham United.

West Ham United has performed poorly this season, currently ranking 18th in the Premier League, but the strength of the Hammers is beyond doubt.

Manchester City sat at home, just five minutes into the game, Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled the ball from the left to assist Benzema to score, setting the first record for Manchester City.

But West Ham United’s coach Zola also acted very hard. He did not shrink from the difference in strength between the two sides. Instead, he borrowed from Manchester United’s play in the Manchester derby, attacked decisively, and took advantage of the loopholes in Manchester City’s defense. Assist Charlton Cole scored a counter-attack and evened the score.

When Charlton Cole scored, the Premier League live footage also gave Alpine a long close-up, because Parker and Charlton Cole were both Alpine players when he coached Chelsea, especially Parker, who was also the main player of Alpine. Introduced.

But West Ham United was a bit greedy to win after the equalizer, and soon was seized by Manchester City. Cristiano Ronaldo once again exceeded the score, two to one.

In the second half, West Ham United's physical fitness declined and the scene became more passive. He had to retreat to his own half. In the 61st minute, Sanchez assisted Benzema to make another move, expanding the score to three to one. .

In the end, Manchester City also defeated the visiting West Ham team at home with a 3-1 score.

The most impressive part of this game is that Manchester City’s possession rate is as high as 63%, the number of shots reached 25, 14 shots on target, 11 shots missed, and 3 goals. ball.

West Ham United goalkeeper Robert Green performed very well.

In the other focus games of this round, Manchester United beat Stoke City 2-0, Liverpool beat Hull City 3-1 at home, Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 away, and Arsenal beat Fulham 1-0 away.

After the game, the ranking of the Premier League standings remains unchanged.

In the middle of the week, in the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, all four Premier League teams won, except for Liverpool's 0-2 away loss to Fiorentina. This also gave the Red Army a visit to Stamford Bridge in the eighth round of the league. shadow.

On the weekend, Manchester City went south to Birmingham to challenge Aston Villa, who has the title of the devil's home court.

After a week of rest, Manchester City played an offensive, but Martin O’Neal’s team built a bronze wall in the half. It was only in the fifteenth minute that Manchester City took advantage of the opportunity to set the ball in the front court. Christie Jarno Ronaldo took a free kick and was saved by the goalkeeper Friedel. Harvey Martinez was anxious and assisted Kompany to score.

After changing sides in the second half, Benzema assisted Sanchez to make another move, rewriting the score to two to zero.

After that, Manchester City never managed to break Aston Villa's goal, and eventually won a two-to-zero away game.

And this is the first time Cristiano Ronaldo has failed to score a goal this season.

But scoring ten goals in eight league games, the Portuguese offensive firepower is amazing.

While Manchester City struggled to beat Aston Villa away, at Stamford Bridge in London, the focus of this round of the Premier League game, Chelsea vs. Liverpool, is in full swing.

Both sides scored zero to zero, and the time was ninety minutes.

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Abramovich sat anxiously in the chairman's stand at Stamford Bridge, looking very impatient.

As early as more than an hour ago, he had received the news that Manchester City, with the goal of central defender Kompany, led Aston Villa one to zero away, and half an hour ago, he received the news again, Sanchez Goal again, two to zero.

Manchester City retreated from the devil's home court, but Chelsea is still hovering on the death line.

Ninety minutes later, the fourth official on the sidelines held up a three-minute stoppage time sign, but the score was still zero to zero.

Abramovich cursed angrily, "What a special one!"

Chelsea did play very awkwardly in this game, and the whole game was seriously out of state.

Scolari formed a four-three-two-one formation. The three players in the front field are a combination of Robinho, Drogba and Anelka. Arshavin is sitting on the bench, which should be what Chelsea can. The strongest lineup ever released.

But it is such a lineup, in his home court, but it has never been able to break Liverpool's goal.

Benitez’s targeted tactics in this game were very tightly arranged. Players such as Gerrard, Skrtel, Glen Johnson and other players were very active, which brought Chelsea a lot of offense and defense. trouble.

So far, Liverpool has shot twelve shots, and Chelsea has one less than Liverpool, only eleven times.

Chelsea are not as good as Liverpool in corner kicks and offsides, and even fewer fouls.

The Blues do not have much data in this game, that is, the possession rate reached 52%, which is almost the same as that of Liverpool. There is also the efficiency of shooting. Eleven shots, seven shots on goal, and Liverpool twelve feet. Only three shots were made on goal.

The reason for the difference is that John Terry's outstanding performance in the defense is indispensable.

This makes Abramovich feel a little unwilling, because he guessed it, tomorrow there will definitely be another media reporter who will use the title to make a fuss about the contributions that Gao Han made to Chelsea in the past. This is what Abramovich is most reluctant to listen to. Arrived.

"Is the game over there?" Abramovich pinched the bridge of his nose vigorously and sighed.

The assistant Granovskia, who was sitting next to him, nodded and said, "It's over, two to zero, Manchester City won."

After listening, Abramovich sighed again, wanting to scold his mother.

So far this season, the Premier League has maintained a complete win on two teams, one is the alpine Manchester City and the other is Chelsea.

Manchester City's performance this season is not satisfactory, especially in terms of offense. After Chelsea took the post of Scolari, they changed Rijkaard’s pursuit of possession during Rijkaard’s period and played more pragmatically, which allowed the Blues. The scene is not very beautiful, but the efficiency of scoring is very high. After all, the strength of the team is still very dominant.

But in this game, facing Liverpool, it was hard to eat.

If this game is tied, then Chelsea's winning streak will come to an abrupt end. How does this make Abramovich reconciled?

When Abramovich was about to scold his mother, there was a burst of cheers in the stadium.

Seeing Robinho dribbling the ball on the left, he was tripped by the opposing defensive player. The referee did not hesitate to award a free kick in the front court, while Lampard ran to the penalty spot and issued it quickly. Free kick.

The ball fell to Drogba's feet at the front of the penalty area.

I only saw the Ivorian Warcraft suppressing Carragher and Skortel with a tyrannical body. After receiving the ball, they squeezed away two defenders and turned to dribble the ball horizontally. After seeing Anelka rushing over, immediately The ball was crossed to the top area of ​​the arc.

Where could Anelka miss such an opportunity and volley directly with a kick.

Only saw the ball traverse a wonderful arc, past the players in the penalty area, rubbing the fingertips of the Spanish goalkeeper Reina who flew into the save, and hit the Liverpool goal behind him.

The referee's effective whistle sounded at the moment of the goal!

In an instant, the entire Stamford Bridge stadium suddenly boiled.

Abramovich even rushed out of the seat and shouted at the stadium.

"Damn it, it was a goal! It was a special goal for me!"

"Yeah! Eight consecutive victories!"

"Damn bastard, **** Alpine, come and see, we are also winning eight straight!"

Suppressed the anger throughout the game, and finally at this moment, accompanied by Anelka's goal, disappeared.

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One to zero, the final moment of stoppage time, Chelsea beat Liverpool one to zero.

Abramovich screamed in the stands and was also caught by the media reporters at the scene.

Although there was a lot of noise at the scene, Abramovich was cursing in Russian again, no one heard what he was saying, but from his uncontrolled behavior, everyone could tell~www.NovelMTL .com~He is venting his excitement.

Defeating Liverpool, Chelsea maintained an eight-game winning streak.

But after the end of this game, Manchester City relied on the advantage of the goal difference to surpass Chelsea and successfully climbed to the top of the Premier League standings. The Blues followed closely. Both teams have won eight straight without losing. .

This undoubtedly gave the material for countless British media hype.

Everyone knows that the grievances between Alpine and Chelsea have been entangled for many years. If it is said that Alpine left Chelsea before and always chose to deal with it in a low-key manner, then last season, Abramovich fired head coach Rijka directly on the bus. Germany, and after Alpine witnessed the scene, it broke out and criticized Chelsea for lack of respect for the coach.

It can be said that this incident became the fuse of the conflict between the two sides, and the alpine shelling also put Chelsea into trouble for a while. No one wants to take over such a notorious team.

In the end, Abramovich still used a multi-layered relationship, he did not hesitate to offer a high annual salary, and finally persuaded Scolari, hoping to use the authority of the Brazilian coach to calm Chelsea’s locker room and recreate it. An iron army against Manchester City led by Alpine in the new season.

Obviously, Abramovich's goal was achieved.

Scolari's eight-game winning streak gave Chelsea the best league start since the alpine season.

It was also after this round that Manchester United and Liverpool showed signs of decline, and the Premier League gradually showed a situation where Manchester City and Chelsea compete for hegemony.

After the eighth round of the Premier League, the European League was once again suspended, ushering in a two-week national team match day.

But just as the national team was gearing up to compete for the last few tickets to the World Cup in South Africa, a piece of news from the United States once again pushed Alpine to the forefront of the media around the world. For mobile phone users, please browse and read,