Manchester United was at home and evened the score twice after falling behind twice, but in the end they tied with Black Cat Sunderland 2-2.
Gunners Arsenal showed off their prowess at home in this round, overturning Blackburn Rovers 6-2.
The Gunners' six goals were scored by six players, which shows that Arsenal's offense is blossoming everywhere.
Chelsea welcomed Liverpool at home. As a result, the two teams played one to one and shook hands.
This was also Liverpool's first draw this season, and their winning streak ended at seven games.
Except for Arsenal, the other teams with the potential to win the championship basically got draws.
This is mainly related to the fact that these teams basically compete on the third front. They have to play in the Premier League and League Cup, but also have to be distracted by European competitions. Under the third front, it is inevitable that they can't take care of it.
But it also created an excellent opportunity for Manchester City to widen the gap.
On the evening of October 4th, Manchester City visited Birmingham's Villa Park Stadium to challenge Aston Villa away from home.
Gao Shen's fiancée Su Qing sat in the stands of the Premier League for the first time, and was immediately captured by Sky TV's live camera, causing the two gold medal commentators Andy Gray and Martin Taylor to express their surprise.
In the game, Manchester City turned away from home from the very beginning and firmly controlled the situation. In the 15th minute, with a corner kick, David Luiz scored with a header, giving Manchester City the opening goal.
In the 67th minute of the second half, Suarez assisted Hazard and scored a goal, locking the score at 2-0.
In the end, Gao Shen's team defeated Aston Villa 2-0 away from home.
Villa's head coach Martin O'Neill publicly stated after the game that his team had tried its best, but still could not stop Manchester City. He believed that Manchester City would be the number one favorite in the Premier League this season.
Gao Shen publicly stated after the game that he wanted to give this victory to his fiancée Su Qing.
"This is my gift to her!"
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After playing Aston Villa, the Premier League was suspended again, ushering in two weeks of national team matches.
Su Qing put together all the vacations she had saved in China, and Gao Shen also took a long vacation for herself. The two traveled around the UK together, and the first stop was to go south to London.
During Gao Shen's vacation, all the club's affairs were entrusted to Brian Kidd, and the team's affairs were fully entrusted to Carlo. He also had great trust in these two assistants.
During these two weeks, Manchester City paid close attention to the movements of the international players, and at the same time received good news again.
After Gao Shen and Suarez both won the Coach of the Month and Player of the Month in early September, Gao Shen was again elected as the Coach of the Month among the two monthly best selections in early October without any suspense.
This is also extremely rare in Premier League history.
The Premier League said that with eight consecutive victories, Gao Shen's Manchester City has become the only team to maintain an unbeatable record in the Premier League so far this season. Gao Shen has also been elected as the Premier League's Coach of the Month for two consecutive months, which can be said to be a real achievement.
Well deserved.
In the history of the Premier League, it is rare for a coach to win the best coach of the month for two consecutive months.
Ferguson had it twice, the earliest was in 1996, and then in 2000. Wenger had only one, in 1998, and then Benitez had one, which happened in 2000.
Year 05.
With the fierce competition in the Premier League, being able to win the best of the month for two consecutive months is enough to prove the coaching level and performance of the head coach. What is even more rare is that this is only Gao Shen's first season in the Premier League.
"There is no doubt that he has become the most outstanding head coach in the Premier League!"
The media also reported extensively on this, believing that Gao Shen won the award mainly because of the 8-0 away game against Manchester United, which shocked the entire Premier League and European football. Winning the award is not a surprise.
However, some media said that Manchester City will not encounter a truly strong opponent in the next few league games. The most powerful opponent will be an away game against Liverpool in late November.
In other words, throughout October, Manchester City's opponents were not very strong, and it is entirely possible for Gao Shen to continue his unbeatable record.
If this is the case, then it is not impossible for Gao Shen to win the October Best Award again.
"In the history of the Premier League, there are not many head coaches who have achieved the second consecutive Best of the Month, but there have been several times, but no head coach has ever been able to achieve three consecutive Best Players. This is something that even Ferguson, the Manchester United coach at his peak, has not achieved.
It couldn’t be realized.”
The media generally believes that if Gao Shen can win the October award, it will create Premier League history.
But if they want to win the award, Manchester City must continue to win undefeated in October.
In addition to the manager of the month, the title of player of the month fell to Manchester City winger Gareth Bale, and he defeated Liverpool's center Torres.
Speaking of Torres, his performance in September was outstanding, scoring twice against West Ham United and even scoring a hat-trick against Hull City.
But in the game against Manchester United, Gareth Bale performed a double hat trick of goals and assists, which can be said to have won the applause of the whole house. His subsequent performance was equally remarkable and eye-catching.
In the end, the Welshman defeated Torres and won September's Player of the Month.
After winning the double award last month, they won another double award this season. Manchester City's momentum this season can be said to be out of control.
The only suspense now is, when will Manchester City's winning streak stop?
Daily Mirror analysis believes that based on Manchester City's current state, as well as its superb stability and the team's increasingly outstanding performance, if you want to attack Manchester City, you may have to rely on Liverpool and Chelsea.
At least, in one match a week, Manchester City is unlikely to lose points to mid- and lower-tier teams.
After winning September's Best of the Month, before the ninth round of competition, Gao Shen personally sent Su Qing to Heathrow Airport and put her on the flight back home.
The two of them had been reunited for half a month and were inseparable. When they separated again, they would inevitably feel sad.
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The ninth round of the Premier League.
In the first game of the Premier League's resumption of war, Chelsea lost 2-1 to Aston Villa away from home.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring for the Blues, but Martin O'Neill's team scored two goals in a row to complete the home comeback.
Chelsea suffered an away defeat 2-1.
Arsenal continued their wonderful performance in the previous round, defeating Birmingham 3-1.
Manchester United defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-1 at home with two goals from Valencia.
Liverpool beat Black Cat Sunderland 1-0 away from home.
It is obvious that after two weeks of national team matches, Premier League games are generally dull.
But no one expected that in the finale of the second match day of the ninth round, Manchester City suddenly launched another shocking and powerful offensive in the away game against Wigan Athletic.
First, in the first six minutes, Giroud assisted Robben and scored a goal.
After that, Gareth Bale cooperated very well with Hazard on the left, taking turns to launch a fierce attack on Wigan Athletic's right, and in the 31st minute, Hazard dribbled the ball from
The left rib broke into the penalty area and caused a foul by former Chelsea veteran Melchiot.
Referee Alain Willy awarded a red card and a penalty kick, sent Melchiot out of the field and awarded a penalty kick.
Rakitic calmly took the penalty and scored another victory for Manchester City.
After scoring two goals in a row and having one more man than their opponent, Manchester City launched a furious offensive against Wigan Athletic and won a 4-0 victory in the first half.
After changing sides in the second half, Wigan Athletic made substitutions and adopted a defensive tactic, but it did not last long.
Starting from the 63rd minute, Manchester City almost completely dominated the scene. Gareth Bale and Hazard on the left, and Robben on the right, both kicked out a pleasing offensive storm. Manchester City kicked with heads and kicks.
, scored four more goals.
In the end, Manchester City beat Wigan Athletic 8-0 away from home.
This battle once again shocked the entire Premier League and even the entire European football world.
So far this season, the Premier League has only played nine rounds, but Manchester City has already had two 8-0 victories. It can be said that it is a surge of offense. More importantly, Manchester City's offense on the left is getting better and better.
After the game, when Gao Shen met Wigan Athletic head coach Roberto Martinez, the future head coach of the Belgian national team seemed very helpless.
"If it hadn't been for that red card, I believe we could have held on!" Roberto Martinez said.
Gao Shen smiled and was noncommittal.
You can't win the game, and you can't let others make a fool of yourself, right?
The fact is that even without the red card, Wigan Athletic would have been difficult to defend.
In this game, Roberto Martinez adopted a five-three-two style of play, passing through the air on the wing, leaving too much space for Gareth Bale, and Gao Shen adopted the tactics of Gareth Bale and Hazard.
Left combination.
Hazard is good at dribbling the ball and cutting inside, while Gareth Bale runs outside; conversely, if Hazard takes the ball outside to attract the defensive attention, Gareth Bale will insert himself into the ribs and cut inside to rush in.
Large restricted area.
This series of attacks caused Wigan Athletic's defense to completely collapse.
Even without the red card, Gao Shen believes that there will be a big score tonight.
Gao Shen was most satisfied with this game. In fact, it was not the victory by a big score, but the offensive tactics on the left that were becoming more and more mature.
According to Gao Shen's idea, he wanted to make Manchester City's left wing the source of the team's offense. Gareth Bale's speed also played a vital role in Gao Shen's tactics.
On the contrary, on the right side of the team, Sabaleta is okay. Mika Richards is behind Robben, and the support he can provide is actually not great. As a result, on the right side, Sabaleta is really inseparable for the time being.
Tower of Balai.
As for the middle road...
Well, Giroud is really not suitable for scoring goals.
As the team's high center forward in this game, he played for the full 90 minutes, completed 27 shots and scored eight goals. As a result, Giroud only had only three shots and did not score a single goal.
