On the afternoon of December 26, Newcastle St. James Park Stadium.
In the 19th round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Newcastle away from home.
Less than a minute after the game started, Gao Shen knew that the game was safe.
When the game reached the fourth minute, Gao Shen had basically concluded that the game was definitely won!
Alan Pardew adopted a strict defensive tactic at home and even deployed five midfielders in an attempt to contain Manchester City's offensive at home. Gao Shen still responded with a 4-3-3 lineup and launched a wave of attacks after the opening.
Manchester City's first attack of the game broke into Newcastle's penalty area, but the ball was caught by Magpies goalkeeper Krul and wanted to pass to midfielder Button. As a result, the ball was intercepted by Suarez, who was running erratically.
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After grabbing the ball, the Uruguayan forward dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Instead of passing it to Gareth Bale, who was following up from the left, he passed it backwards to the left side of the penalty spot. David Silva followed up and fired with his left foot.
The shot scored and opened the scoring for Manchester City.
Subsequently, Manchester City launched a fierce press against Newcastle.
Blue Moon's style of play made Newcastle very uncomfortable, and in the fourth minute there was a passing error, but Suarez intercepted it, and then passed the ball to Rakitic, who didn't stop the ball and sent a kick.
The low ball was passed straight into the penalty area. Suarez rushed in and hit the goal easily to expand the score.
Gao Shen was standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench. At this moment, he had basically concluded that this game was won!
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The winter break this season is different from usual.
On the 26th, 28th and January 1st, in just seven days, the Premier League will conduct three rounds of league matches. The intensity of the competition is one level higher than last season. The opponents are Newcastle, Aston Villa and
Blackpool is also under a lot of pressure.
As early as the beginning of the season, as soon as the schedule came out, Gao Shen and the coaching staff were studying the schedule intensively.
Entering December, Gao Shen and others began to prepare for Christmas and the winter break. Especially after learning the lessons from last season, this season Manchester City has done a better job in terms of lineup and rotation strategy.
Let’s talk about rotation. So far, Manchester City’s regular lineup has as many as 21 players, which is the most in the Premier League. Coupled with substitutes and young players, Manchester City’s lineup is also the strongest in the Premier League.
This makes Gao Shen very confident to win the winter break and Christmas schedule and wash away the decline of last season during this period.
The away challenge to Newcastle is undoubtedly the beginning of this schedule.
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After taking a two-goal lead in less than five minutes, Manchester City began to play more steadily.
Newcastle tried to launch some counterattacks, but it failed to work. Instead, in the 37th minute, after David Silva took the ball with his back, he did not turn around and directly passed the ball behind him, as if he had eyes behind his back.
, accurately sent the ball to the left side of the penalty area, Gareth Bale followed up, and shot an angry left-foot shot into the lower right corner of the goal in the area he is most familiar with and good at.
Three to zero!
The second half changed sides and started again with Gareth Bale's shot from a small angle.
But it was never possible to further expand the score.
Until the 81st minute, Giroud, who came on as a substitute, received a pass from Rakitic, turned around with his physical advantage, completed a beautiful wall-to-wall coordination with Robben, and sent the ball into the penalty area.
Right.
Robben rushed into the right side of the penalty area, made an emergency stop, cut inside with his left foot, and hit the goal with a curved ball.
Four to zero!
This score was maintained until the end.
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This round of the Premier League on Boxing Day was very difficult.
However, both Manchester United and Liverpool steadily defeated their opponents, with Manchester United winning 2-0 and Liverpool winning 2-1.
Arsenal faced Chelsea at home in this round. No one expected that the Gunners defeated Chelsea at home 3-1.
Ancelotti's team played very well in the first ten rounds, but then its performance fluctuated greatly.
First, they lost to Liverpool 0-2, and then lost to Sunderland 0-3. Although they defeated Manchester United 2-1 at home, Ancelotti only won two victories in the next nine league rounds.
, there were three draws at the same time, and the remaining four losses.
This report card is definitely considered a failure for Chelsea, who shined in the first ten rounds.
The reason why Chelsea suddenly suffered such a defeat is that Ancelotti's assistant coach Wilkins was fired by the Chelsea management. However, Ancelotti had no knowledge of this before the dismissal.
, which in turn caused turmoil.
But in any case, after losing to Arsenal 1-3, Chelsea's league ranking has dropped to sixth place, behind Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.
Arsenal, on the other hand, has performed well in recent times and is showing signs of steadily returning to the top four.
As for Tottenham Hotspur, relying on the stable performance of players such as Dzeko, Van der Vaart and Modric, they are currently ranked fourth in the Premier League, and they seem to be showing signs of maintaining this ranking.
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On the 28th, in the twentieth round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Aston Villa at home.
For this game, Gao Shen made a significant rotation and adopted a 4-4-2 formation, allowing Fernandinho and Yaya Toure to partner in the middle of the midfield.
Only eight minutes into the game, Van Persie received a diagonal pass from Hazard from the left and deftly got rid of the defender when he stopped the ball. As a result, he was tripped in the penalty area. The referee clearly awarded a penalty kick.
Robin van Persie scored the first goal for Manchester City.
After that, Manchester City quickly took advantage of another corner kick opportunity, and Jerome Boateng scored another goal for the team.
This is also the German central defender's first Premier League goal since joining Manchester City.
In the 27th minute, Robin van Persie and Yaya Toure completed a wall-to-wall cooperation at the front of the penalty area. Yaya Toure volleyed from the penalty area, giving Manchester City another victory, 3-0.
Manchester City then created several opportunities, but failed to seize them.
Until the 55th minute of the second half, Robinho broke through from the right, dribbled the ball into the penalty area and passed it to the goal. Van Persie pushed the ball in front of the goal and expanded the score to 4-0.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 4-0 at home.
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Unlike the one on Boxing Day, this round is interesting.
Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Liverpool all won.
Among them, Chelsea turned around the situation after losing to Arsenal 1-3 and defeated Bolton Wanderers 1-0 at home.
But both Manchester United and Arsenal were tied.
This has further expanded Manchester City's lead, and the league championship is basically within sight.
But Ferguson was provocative, believing that Manchester City's performance was not much different from last season.
Many British media also believe that the senior team mainly has a strong bench, but it is still too early to survive the Christmas and winter breaks.
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Noon on January 1st.
Manchester United challenged West Bromwich Albion in an away game, but West Bromwich Albion equalized the score after scoring one goal first.
In the end, thanks to Van der Sar's heroic penalty save and Hernandez's goal, Manchester United escaped from the away game, defeated the Knickerbockers 2-1, and scored three valuable points.
Liverpool conceded a goal first and defeated Bolton 2-1 with goals from Torres and Joe Cole.
Tottenham beat Fulham 1-0 at home, while Chelsea drew 3-3 at home with Aston Villa.
Arsenal defeated Birmingham 3-0 away from home.
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Manchester City's game is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Only 21 seconds into the game, Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam made a mistake in returning the ball. Suarez seized the opportunity, dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area, and hit the goal from a small angle, opening the scoring for Manchester City.
After that, Manchester City missed several good opportunities in a row, but in the 20th minute, Suarez pulled to the left wing, cooperated with Gareth Bale, and passed to the front of the small penalty area, and David Silva intervened.
He came up and made a push shot, further expanding the score.
Two to zero!
In the 34th minute, Manchester City took a corner kick. After it was pushed out by the opponent's defender, Robben stopped the ball on the right side of the penalty area. His left foot curved the ball into the far corner and hit the upper left corner of the goal, further expanding the score.
Three to zero!
Just two minutes later, Rakitic received a pass from Suarez and dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area. He was pulled to the ground by midfielder Varnilla who was returning to defend. The referee clearly understood and awarded a penalty kick.
The Croatian midfielder took the penalty himself, winning the match in one fell swoop, sealing the victory for Manchester City.
Leading 4-0 in the first half, Manchester City missed consecutive scoring opportunities in the second half.
First, Rakitic's direct pass allowed Suarez to get a single shot. As a result, after passing the goalkeeper, when facing the empty goal, Suarez failed to adjust his center of gravity in time and was unable to shoot immediately, resulting in a missed opportunity.
Finally, he made a hasty kick and was blocked by his opponent.
Just four minutes later, there was a quick counterattack. Gareth Bale dribbled the ball from the left and made a pass. Suarez followed up in the middle. With no one guarding him, his shot near the penalty spot missed.
All signs indicate that although Manchester City won this game with four goals, their form is still far from usual.
The reason why we were able to win was because the overall strength of the team was strong enough.
Gao Shen said regretfully at the post-match press conference that Manchester City could actually score at least seven goals.
"I can't ask for more from my players, but I don't think this is the best Manchester City. We could have scored more goals, but in the end we only scored four."
Despite this, Gao Shen is still satisfied with the team's performance.
In the three Devils League games after Christmas, Manchester City won three consecutive victories.
"I know a lot of people were looking forward to seeing us make mistakes during the Christmas and winter breaks, but in fact, we didn't give them that opportunity."
"On the contrary, we are turning this schedule into a powerful weapon for us to further expand our lead!"
Gao Shen praised the players' efforts and outstanding performance after the holiday, believing that Manchester City is already a mature and very strong team. "We have the ability to win all the wins we need on all fronts, including the upcoming FA Cup."
The results you want!”
"Of course, the premise is that we all work together and go all out!"
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