After the players from both sides had entered the stadium and set up their respective formations, Allardyce led assistant coach Neil Macdonald calmly out of the tunnel.
The Blackburn fans at the scene also applauded the coach, but the momentum was obviously weaker than that of the Manchester City fans.
Fortunately, Allardyce didn't hear the sound of Gao Shen's appearance just now.
After entering the stadium, he first looked at the field, then turned and walked towards the visiting team's coaching bench.
According to convention, as the head coach of the home team, he needs to go to the visiting team's coaching bench to shake hands with Gao Shen. This is a courtesy.
Allardyce is almost fifty-five years old, almost twice as old as Goshen.
It was obvious that there was nothing in common between the two, only some polite exchanges before the war.
After shaking hands and chatting for a while, Allardyce walked back to the home team's coaching bench.
"Looks like he's in a good mood!" Blackburn's manager laughed.
Neil McDonald also turned his head specifically and took another look at Gao Shen, who was standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, wearing a neat suit.
I have to say that with this image, among the head coaches in world football, he definitely has good looks and good looks.
No wonder he is so furious now!
"Remind our players to be careful. Advanced teams are very good at attacking after the opening." Allardyce reminded that he also attached great importance to this game.
Just after McDonald walked to the sidelines and reminded the players to pay attention to Manchester City's opening attack, referee Mike Dean blew the whistle to start the game.
The whole Ewood Park stadium burst into cheers.
Since it was an afternoon game, Blackburn won the coin guessing, but did not choose the right to serve. Instead, he asked for the favorable side to avoid the sun.
This was also planned before the Blackburn game.
After Manchester City kicked off, Blackburn took the initiative and pressed Manchester City.
This is also the norm in the Premier League. Basically, there are no teams that strictly defend.
But the attack was unsuccessful. Blackburn quickly retreated and organized a tight defense. Manchester City advanced through the midfield and patiently controlled the ball. At one and a half minutes, they tried to pass the ball into the penalty area, but
Suarez failed to catch the ball under Samba's pressure and lost it.
Blackburn's quick counterattack did not pose a threat, and they quickly turned to defense again.
Allardyce was mentally prepared and was not disappointed. He turned around and walked back to the coaching bench.
It was almost two minutes into the game and he already had a basic idea.
Manchester City still wanted a stable start. After all, it was the first game of the new season and the first game for many players in the Premier League. Gao Shen did not adopt an overly aggressive style of play.
The only thing that surprised Allardyce was that Robben did not play on the left, where he is best, but appeared on the right. Instead, Robinho appeared on the left, but it's not a big deal.
"Pay close attention to the movements of Manchester City players, pay attention to the activity level of their players, as well as running and passing and receiving data. I may ask for data at any time." Allardyce said to a member of the coaching staff.
He was the first head coach in the Premier League to use data, not only to monitor the status of players, but also on-field performance.
But just as Allardyce finished speaking, a huge exclamation suddenly came from the scene.
This made the Englishman turn around in surprise.
Damn, did I miss something?
I saw Robinho trying to dribble the ball from the left and try to cut it towards the ribs, but was blocked by Jacobsen in time, forcing the Brazilian player to stop and knock the ball back.
The fans' exclamation was caused by Robinho's sudden start just now.
He almost got passed by.
Allardyce was also shocked. The Brazilian performed well at Manchester City last season.
David Silva stepped forward, received Robinho's pass, and quickly passed it to the left wing, passing it to Felipe who stepped forward to respond.
The Brazilian left back stopped the ball and walked inside. When he saw Rakitic coming, he immediately passed the ball over.
Rakitic responded sideways, stopped with his right foot, and turned around. At this time, two midfielders, Andrews and Nzonzi, were already in position, and Andrews was already close to Rakitic.
, and stood firm.
After the Croatian midfielder stopped the ball, he immediately sent a direct pass.
I saw Suarez in front pulling back again, just like he did in the first attack, pulling out central defender Samba.
In terms of physical confrontation, Samba has an absolute advantage, but this time Suarez was very cunning and retreated behind the two midfielders. Before receiving the ball, he made an emergency stop and blocked Samba with his body.
This forced the Blackburn central defender to make an emergency stop, but he relied on his flexible body and skillful skills to stop the ball to his left.
Almost immediately after stopping the ball, Suarez turned to the left and shook off Samba.
The whole action was done in one go, without giving Samba any time to react. After Suarez stopped the ball and turned around, he quickly caught up with him. Before Givet could come up to block it, he spotted the opportunity and directly hit the arc in the penalty area.
From the outside, he volleyed hard with his right foot.
After hitting this shot, Suarez jumped up.
The ball was like a thunderbolt, hitting the left side of Blackburn's goal with lightning speed.
Goalkeeper Robinson made a sideways dive, but failed to catch the ball at all.
The ball hit the net!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
“Man City!!Man City!!!”
"Less than three minutes into the game, Manchester City took the lead in knocking on Blackburn's goal!"
"From the Uruguayan forward acquired from Ajax this summer, Luis Suarez!"
"This is Manchester City's first goal of the new season! It is also the first goal Gao Shen has scored since coaching Manchester City!"
After Suarez scored, everyone rushed out of the stadium excitedly, ran to the stands where the Manchester City fans were, jumped up towards them, and waved their fists.
The whole stadium burst into cheers from Manchester City fans.
Scored a goal less than three minutes into the game!
Other Manchester City players also caught up, surrounding Suarez and celebrating his goal, especially Rakitic who provided the assist.
On the sidelines, Gao Shen was ready to go. After seeing Suarez stop the ball lightly and turn around, he chased after Suarez and fired furiously. He jumped up with excitement and cheered loudly. After landing, he even rushed
He walked towards the coaching bench and gave high fives and hugs to his assistants one by one.
"Yeah! Nice job!"
A goal in less than three minutes, what more could he ask for?
"Louis, good job!" Gao Shen put his hands in front of his face and shouted loudly towards Suarez on the sidelines.
Suarez heard Gao Shen's shouting and raised his right fist towards him, showing high morale.
"Let's look at Manchester City's cooperation again. It was very sudden."
"First, Robinho on the left tried to break through with the ball but failed. He passed the ball back to reorganize. David Silva split the ball and Felipe passed the ball across to Rakitic, who ran over to meet him and was unguarded.
"
"This direct pass was good, but the key is Suarez's handling when stopping the ball. After stopping the ball, turning around and getting rid of it, he shot directly. The whole action was connected very lightly, and the defensive player had no time to react."
"This is really exciting! You can really see Suarez's technical skills!"
At this moment, in the home team's coaching booth, Allardyce and his assistant team were all as confused as the Blackburn fans in the stands.
Lost the ball just like that?
what happened?
Just over two minutes into the game, he was hit by a long shot like this?
But what made Allardyce even more depressed was that Gao Shen waved his hand in front of the visiting team's coach's bench.
Press forward and attack!
…
Starting from the third minute, Manchester City launched a fierce attack on Blackburn, especially in the frontcourt.
It was only at this moment that Blackburn truly realized Manchester City's high pressure, and Allardyce only experienced the horror of Gao Shen's style of play up close.
Is the Premier League fast-paced?
Manchester City is faster!
As soon as the ball is lost in the frontcourt, Manchester City will have someone to counterattack immediately. Even if they cannot steal the ball, they will definitely be able to force Blackburn to pass the ball back or pass it to the wing.
If you really can't stop it, you will foul decisively and never be sloppy.
This makes it difficult for Blackburn to hold the ball. They don't have as skilled passing and cutting skills as Arsenal.
Manchester City's players are getting more energetic as they play, and the more they cooperate, the more they get into shape, especially the entire midfield and frontcourt. They look like running water, constantly moving and intersecting.
Suarez ran particularly hard. First, during a retreat, he pulled out Blackburn central defender Samba, allowing Robinho to quickly cross into the left side of the penalty area. David Silva sent a precise through ball.
After Robinho caught up with the ball in the penalty area, he made an emergency stop and dunked past the attacking goalkeeper Robinson, and then passed the ball past Samba who was returning to defend. As a result, when he hit the goal again, he failed to hit the goal with enough force. It was limp and was beaten by Blake.
Ben Givet, another central defender, made a clearance in front of the goal.
The Brazilian was also quite depressed and kept shaking his head as he walked back.
This is not his first time!
Although, under the strong pressure of Gao Shen, he was forced to strengthen his strength in this area, but this required more time.
In the eighth minute, Suarez retreated deeper this time, rushed directly in front of Andrews and Nzonzi, knocked back Robinho's pass to David Silva, turned around and sprinted forward quickly.
David Silva knowingly sent an overhead pass to the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area.
Blackburn's central defender Samba failed to follow Suarez in time, and the Uruguayan forward rushed from near the 30-meter zone to the left side of the penalty spot in the penalty area. He got ahead of the attacking goalkeeper Robinson and headed the ball towards him.
Right side of goal.
At this time, Robben, who had been ambushing outside the penalty area, rushed over, took the lead, and sent the ball into the unguarded goal with his left foot.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Two to zero!"
"Goal from Robben!"
"Man City scores two goals in a row!"
"God, this is incredible!"
"In the first round of the new season, in less than ten minutes, Manchester City scored two goals in a row."
"Blackburn are obviously not mentally prepared for Manchester City's exquisite frontcourt coordination. Their players' movements cannot keep up with Manchester City's pace."
"Allardyce must come up with a solution as soon as possible, otherwise, it will probably be a big score tonight!"
