In early August, before the start of this season's Premier League, no one would have thought that the sophisticated Manchester City could perform so strongly and win consecutively until December.
After defeating Chelsea 2-0, Manchester City has defeated all the strong teams in the Premier League, except for Tottenham Hotspur.
But after Manchester City defeated G4, basically no one thought that Manchester City could not defeat the North London team.
Of course, there is still a bit of suspense.
But the advanced team quickly killed all suspense with its performance.
In the sixteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Bolton away.
In just eleven minutes, Robben opened the scoring for Manchester City.
Afterwards, Manchester City players kicked and kicked, scoring four goals in the first half.
After a change of sides in the second half, Suarez and Sturridge, who came on as a substitute, each scored a goal.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Bolton Wanderers 6-0 away from home.
The entire Premier League was stunned.
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Three days later, in the seventeenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City went south to London to challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.
Redknapp's team made careful preparations and relied on tight defense to block Manchester City's offensive. However, in the 37th minute, Gareth Bale took a direct free kick and penetrated Tottenham.
The goal opened the scoring for Manchester City.
In the second half, the side changed sides and the battle resumed. In the 54th minute, Crouch assisted Duff and scored a goal to equalize the score.
But not long after, Gareth Bale rushed into the back left corner of the penalty area at high speed from Sturridge's cross from the right, and hit the goal with a header from close range, allowing Manchester City to exceed the score again.
The former disaster star of North London, in front of his former club, scored twice to justify himself!
Redknapp said at the post-match press conference that it was a big regret for Tottenham to let Gareth Bale go.
"I was very optimistic about him, but unfortunately, he lost patience with staying at Tottenham."
Gao Shen said that Gareth Bale is getting better and has become one of Manchester City's most important players.
"I have no doubt that he will become a first-tier or even top star in Europe. The premise is that he must maintain his current development momentum. I believe he will become an amazing superstar."
This is undoubtedly Gao Shen's high hopes for Gareth Bale.
Returning the favor, Gareth Bale also publicly expressed his respect for Gao Shen in a subsequent interview with the Welsh media, praising Gao Shen as the best head coach he has ever experienced.
"He is like a magician who can always accurately find the position and space that is most suitable for players to perform. He helped me find my position on the court and also understand the path I want to take next."
Gareth Bale said that playing for Gao Shen was the best choice he made so far.
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Over the weekend, in the 18th round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Sunderland at home.
Gao Shen faces his ex, Mark Hughes.
Interestingly, when facing Tottenham, Gao Shen arranged for Gareth Bale to start, while when facing Sunderland, Henderson started in place of Javi Martinez, and Mark Hughes arranged for Wright to start.
·Phillips starts.
Just four minutes into the game, Giroud opened the scoring for Manchester City with a header.
Subsequently, Robinho further expanded the score with a penalty kick.
But then, Sunderland scored a goal, but soon, in the 24th minute, Jordan Henderson suddenly inserted a long shot from the center and penetrated Sunderland's goal.
This is also Henderson's first goal since joining Manchester City.
Manchester City then took control of the situation and took a 4-1 lead in the first half.
After changing sides in the second half, Manchester City scored two more goals, one of which was scored by Giroud.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Black Cat Sunderland 6-1 and won 18 consecutive victories.
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For a time, the entire Premier League and even the entire European football world were shocked.
No one expected that Manchester City would perform so bravely.
After playing against Sunderland, Manchester City booked the banquet hall of a luxury hotel in the city center and held a grand Christmas dinner.
Club officials such as Mubarak and Cook were present in person, and Mansour even congratulated the team on their achievements via remote video, and also hoped that the team could continue to work hard.
In order to better stimulate the team, Manchester City even promised to give an unprecedented huge bonus for winning the championship. The purpose is to hope that everyone on the team can be in better condition to compete for the league championship and enter the Champions League next season.
Gao Shen also solemnly represented the team and promised Mansour: Manchester City will do its best to continue the winning streak to the end!
As for what Mansour mentioned and what many media reported, Gao Shen said that the coaching staff has been fully prepared for the Christmas and winter break schedule.
"We have taken into account all possible factors and changes, and I am confident that we can lead the team out of this devilish schedule!"
Mansour was very satisfied with Gao Shen's confidence, saying that he had full trust in Gao Shen and the team.
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After giving his assurance to his boss, Gao Shen was also not idle in private.
He is not at all blindly arrogant because of his eighteen-game winning streak, because he knows the importance of the Devil's schedule during the Christmas and winter breaks.
Especially on Boxing Day, which is the 26th and 28th, playing two games in three days is a test for any team, so Gao Shen is fully prepared for this and has arranged a rotation mechanism.
Then, after entering January, the team still needs to properly adjust the physical fitness of the players through effective rotation and sprint for the second half.
Even in order to better prepare for the Boxing Day game, Gao Shen specially arranged a group activity for the entire Manchester City team on Boxing Day, inviting all the players and their families to participate. At the same time, they will also come to the Etihad Stadium to watch the game live.
This can also be regarded as an incentive for players.
Facts have proved that this effect is very good.
After a week's rest, on the day after Christmas, Manchester City ushered in the last game of the first half at home.
The opponent in the nineteenth round of the Premier League is Stoke City.
The first twenty minutes of the game were very stalemate, but then Manchester City launched a continuous offensive.
Gao Shen once again adopted a 442 midfield diamond position, but the difference was that Hazard's position changed to Adam Lallana.
Manchester City launched a continuous offensive, and finally relied on goals from Suarez, Sturridge, Robinho and Gareth Bale to beat Stoke City 7-0 at home.
What a great start to the Christmas schedule.
After this battle, Manchester City won nineteen consecutive victories, setting a record for the Premier League, even England's top league, and even the half-way championship record for the four major European leagues!
Blue Moon won the second half of the championship with a complete victory record, winning unanimous praise from media and fans around the world.
Everyone was shocked by the performance of Gao Shen and Manchester City.
There have been times when we were undefeated in the middle and won the championship, but we have never seen anyone win the championship with a complete victory in the middle.
More and more media and fans even believe that the Premier League this season will belong to Manchester City!
Blue Moon has already won the championship ahead of schedule!
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On the evening of December 28th, Goodson Park Stadium, Liverpool.
When referee Mike Jones blew the whistle at the end of the game, nearly 40,000 Toffees fans in the entire stadium cheered wildly in celebration.
The score on the scoreboard is two to zero. According to international practice, the home team is in front and the away team is in behind.
Manchester City lost!
Gao Shen finally lost!
This made Moyes extremely excited and he was dancing excitedly on the sidelines.
Gao Shen stood in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, looking depressed and helpless.
From 7-0 to 0-2, in just two days, Manchester City's performance has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Robben was injured just nine minutes into the game.
This seemed to cast a shadow over the game.
Gao Shen replaced Robben with Robinho, but the Brazilian just played the full game two days ago and his performance was lackluster.
Not only him, but in the cold climate, Manchester City's players seemed to suddenly become less good at playing football.
Errors in passing and receiving began to increase, especially under the pressure of Everton's five midfielders, making it difficult for Manchester City to organize an effective offense.
Pienaar's goal came from a counterattack after a Manchester City pass error.
In the first half of stoppage time, Micah Richards fouled Saha in the penalty area and gave the opponent a penalty kick. The French forward calmly took the penalty and further expanded Everton's score.
Gao Shen replaced De Jong at halftime, hoping to strengthen the defense and protection of the midfield, but this could only stabilize Manchester City's position. The offensive end was a mess, and Giroud also missed many scoring opportunities in a row.
In the end, Manchester City lost 0-2 in the away game.
Gao Shen stretched out his hands and wiped his face, which was numb from the cold, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, was this an accidental failure?
Maybe.
But as the team's head coach, he has clearly felt the subtle changes in the team.
The spirit of the players was completely different from when they played against Stoke City two days ago.
I can't describe that feeling.
It's not that the players don't want to work hard, or that they are passive and slow in their work, but they give people a feeling of lack of motivation.
It's like students are on summer vacation, but are forced by the school to go back to school to make up for classes; it's like employees are clearly on annual leave, but are forced by the company to stay and work overtime during the New Year.
They are all in class and working, but the energy with which they work is completely different from usual.
Gao Shen understands why.
Because in previous years, in non-Premier Leagues, they should be on vacation at this time and should be spending time with their families, wives and children. But now, they are forced to leave their families, leave their warm families full of Christmas atmosphere, and come to Liverpool.
Participate in competitions.
Although it was possible to go back and forth from Manchester to Liverpool on the same day, they still resisted from the bottom of their hearts.
It is a kind of resistance that comes from the heart and is not controlled by the players themselves.
Moreover, this is not the case for just one or two, but for almost everyone except local British players.
It was only at this moment that Gao Shen understood why Ferguson was so sure that Manchester City would have problems on Christmas.
Playing two games in three days is nonsense enough in itself, but it also happens to coincide with Christmas...
