The game against Liverpool was very hard, but Manchester City withstood the pressure. With Suarez's goal, they defeated the Red Army 1-0. Not only did they score a precious three points for the team, but they also regained their momentum.
Team morale.
After the game, Gao Shen said in an interview with the media that the best Manchester City is back.
The media were also very satisfied with Manchester City's overall performance in this game.
A week later, Manchester City traveled south to London and visited Stamford Bridge Stadium.
This was the first time Bridge met Terry after the Friend Wives scandal broke out.
Before the team went south to London, Gao Shen privately asked Bridge to understand the situation, and the latter had a strong desire to compete.
This season, Manchester City's main left back is Felipe Luis, but with Gareth Bale's outstanding performance, Bridge has basically lost his chance to play in the left back position.
But just before the game, Bridge took the initiative to find Gao Shen and said that he would withdraw from the England national team, and he indeed held a press conference the day before the game to announce his withdrawal.
The reason is simple: he can't continue to be teammates with Terry.
After communicating with many players, Gao Shen decided to let Bridge.
It will also be his first time in the Premier League this season.
Chelsea has also made adjustments. Goalkeeper Cech is injured and is out, and the goalkeeper is Hilario.
Left back Ashley Cole is absent, Malouda takes over as England's left back.
At the beginning of the game, Manchester City showed an aggressive momentum and launched a fierce attack and high pressure on Chelsea.
Especially Robben on the right was extremely active.
In the 17th minute of the opening, during a quick counterattack by Manchester City, the Dutchman drove the ball straight in. After easily passing Malouda, he broke into the right side of the penalty area and sent a low cross.
Suarez arrived in front of the goal and opened the scoring for Manchester City.
One to zero!
In just four minutes, after Robben got the ball on the right, he challenged Malouda one-on-one, forced his way into the penalty area from the right, and scored with a low shot with his left foot, giving Manchester City another victory, 2-0!
The goal that most demoralized Chelsea occurred in the 42nd minute of the first half.
Mikel made a header to clear the ball, but it failed to reach the goal. Suarez grabbed the ball, forced a breakthrough after Terry, and broke into the penalty area with the ball. When facing Carvalho, the Uruguayan forward shrewdly passed his opponent and hit the ball in the right rib.
Hit a push shot.
The ball went from Hilario's side into Chelsea's goal, three to zero!
There were three defenders, four including the goalkeeper, but they couldn't stop Suarez, who was in hot form!
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Robben suddenly exerted his strength. After taking the ball on the right side, he threw away the road, dribbled the ball inward, and then forcefully passed Mikel, dribbling the ball all the way from the right side of the penalty area to the top of the arc.
From the left, the left-footed curve ball hit the goal and sent the ball into Chelsea's goal, four to zero!
Manchester City's two attackers both scored twice and performed very well.
After that, Manchester City created consecutive opportunities, but failed to score again.
In the end, Blue Moon defeated Chelsea 4-0 away from home.
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If the one-goal victory over Liverpool allowed everyone to see Manchester City's recovery, then the 4-0 away victory over Chelsea made the whole world feel that Manchester City was back to its peak.
Suarez and Robben both scored twice. The two best attackers in Manchester City this season led the team to wreak havoc at Stamford Bridge, messing up both ends of Chelsea's offense and defense, leaving the Blues in disarray.
The military's tactical discipline has changed beyond recognition.
This is not what the media said, but what Ancelotti said at the post-match press conference.
Fatty An also said at the post-match press conference, "This season's Premier League championship belongs to Manchester City!"
This is tantamount to announcing in advance the ownership of the Premier League championship.
In fact, after Manchester City's nineteen-game winning streak, the championship itself didn't have much suspense.
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In the twenty-ninth round of the Premier League, Manchester City was at home and defeated Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 with David Silva's goal.
Although Redknapp's team defended tightly at the Intihad Stadium, they were ultimately unable to stop Manchester City's attack.
Chelsea beat Portsmouth 5-0 away from home, venting their frustration at losing to Manchester City in the previous round.
Strong teams such as Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool also basically scored three points.
But in the second leg of the Champions League knockout round of 16 in midweek, Chelsea lost 0-1 at home to Mourinho's Inter Milan. This was also the first time the Portuguese madman returned to the Premier League after leaving Stamford Bridge.
As a result, he gave Blues fans a generous gift and eliminated them from the Champions League.
Real Madrid could not escape the fate of being eliminated in the end. They drew 1-1 with Lyon at home and were eliminated 3-1 in the two rounds. This also caused Real Madrid coach Pellegrini to be criticized.
After spending more than 300 million euros to build a superstar lineup, there is still no way to break through the curse of the top 16 of the Champions League.
Since Gao Shen led the team to win the double crown in 2006, Real Madrid has not been able to break out of the top 16 for four years.
Marca revealed that many Real Madrid fans are also very dissatisfied with the management headed by Florentino because they prefer Gao Shen as the head coach instead of Pellegrini.
Before the election, Florentino kept saying that he would invite Gao Shen back to the Bernabeu. What was the result?
Gao Shen didn't come back, and Real Madrid once again stopped in the top 16. Who takes the blame?
Looking at the Premier League, in addition to Chelsea, three Premier League teams have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.
In other words, among the top eight teams, the Premier League accounts for nearly half.
Even if you are lucky in the draw, it might be possible to recreate the previous situation where the Premier League monopolized the Champions League semi-finals.
But even under such circumstances, the four major Premier League clubs were unable to defeat the sophisticated Manchester City in the Premier League.
In the words of the British media, who are afraid of chaos in the world: "All teams in Europe aspiring to the Champions League should be grateful to Mark Hughes. It is because of his poor coaching that Manchester City missed the Champions League or Europa League this season, so Gao Shen was unable to participate.
Champions League games.”
"Otherwise, with the strength and form that Manchester City has shown in the Premier League, it will definitely become a favorite for the championship!"
What's even more interesting is that Gao Shen directly issued a provocation on Twitter.
"Congratulations to the teams that have reached the quarterfinals. You should try your best this season and I will be back next season!"
For a time, the media and fans around the world went crazy.
What powerful and domineering remarks!
In the words of The Times: If it weren't for Gao Shen, any other head coach would probably be scolded to death.
Countless netizens even left messages on Gao Shen's Twitter, looking forward to his comeback in the Champions League next season.
However, some fans kindly reminded Gao Shen that Manchester City's current lineup is still thin.
"The low point in January is related to the thickness of the team's lineup. Next season, we will have to fight on two fronts or even four fronts. If there is no strong lineup to back us up, I am afraid it will be difficult to last until the end. In any case, I look forward to Guo Gao's performance as a king.
Come back!"
This Twitter comment received the most comments from netizens, and Gao Shen also commented below.
"Wait! It's been arranged!"
The fans suddenly became even more excited.
But the Premier League, and even European football, will be in an earthquake.
A Manchester City that is not short of money, coupled with the talented coach Gao Shen who has won the Champions League twice in three years, the Champions League next season has not even started yet, and it has already become a sea of blood.
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Night falls.
In the yard of Gao Shen's home in Cheshire, members of the core coaching staff such as Carlo, Lucas, Sarri, Buenaventura, and Pintus all gathered together.
It wasn't an important day, but the team was on holiday, so Gao Shen took the opportunity to gather everyone together.
This is also a very common behavior for them.
It's just that today is a bit unusual.
Last night, Real Madrid was eliminated from the Champions League again.
Gao Shen is from Real Madrid, so there are many Real Madrid people in his team, and everyone knows this.
In fact, it is also because of this that many people have always believed that Gao Shen will definitely return to Real Madrid.
However, even so far, we have not been able to get even the slightest sign of loosening from Gao Shen.
Today, the British Daily Mail published a piece of news.
Real Madrid, which has missed the Champions League quarterfinals for four consecutive years, has started the coaching selection process again.
Daily Mail broke the news that Real Madrid technical director Valdano and presidential adviser Zidane secretly visited Manchester to persuade Gao Shen to return to Real Madrid to coach, but Gao Shen declined.
"This move angered Florentino. The president of Real Madrid has completely lost his patience and decided not to wait for Gao Shen, but to list Mourinho as the team's top candidate for head coach next season."
No wind, no wave.
This news still had some impact on Gao Shen's team. Gao Shen gathered everyone together this time to appease them.
One hero and three gangs.
If Gao Shen wants to lead the team well, he still needs this group of capable assistants.
Of course, if the situation is really forced, Gao Shen will not be passive.
The worst case scenario is to replace him.
Gao Shen took out several bottles of expensive wine sent by others to entertain his assistant, and ordered a table of dishes from a nearby hotel.
Everyone in the team basically knew that he had met with Valdano and Zidane, and also knew that Gao Shen refused to return to Real Madrid. Even on this point, they still relatively recognized Gao Shen.
Now Manchester City's stall has just been rolled out, and the strength of the team is obvious to all.
Both the media and fans outside and within the team are highly affirmative of Manchester City's current strength.
This is a team that can compete for the Champions League!
More importantly, Manchester City really paid a lot of money.
To a certain extent, Gao Shen's refusal to take over Real Madrid midway is worthy of recognition and can even be said to be a very wise choice.
But what they were worried about was, had he really angered Florentino?
Does this mean that there is really no chance of returning to Real Madrid in the future?
"I can tell you responsibly that Zidane told me very clearly that the Daily Mail news was fake. Florentino was very sorry and disappointed, but still said that Real Madrid's door is open to me at any time.
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When Gao Shen talked about this, he looked confident and proud.
He is no longer the rookie who looked at people's faces three years ago!
Now he is the gold medal coach of two Champions League champions.
Even if the team performs well next season, it is entirely possible for him to get the third place.
