Chapter five hundred and eighty English media that sees the wind
This eye-catching Manchester derby ended with Manchester City defeating Manchester United 2-0 with two goals in the first half. In the second half of the game, although Manchester United launched a fierce counterattack and once hit the goal
However, they failed to score a goal. When the final whistle blew, Manchester City fans began to shout crazily, celebrating their victory in this game!
It's not just because of the victory in the Manchester Derby - you know that after Manchester City returned to the Premier League, their performance against Manchester United was not too bad. Although they have always been a mid-range team, they can occasionally win in the Manchester Derby.
What really excites them about defeating Manchester United is that after winning this game, they ranked first in the standings with three consecutive victories!
Chelsea, who had the same points as them, had a one-to-one draw with Liverpool, while Everton lost to Reading. This allowed Manchester City to occupy the first place in the standings with a nine-point advantage, even though the season had just started.
Obtaining such results does not mean anything at the time, but you must know that for poor Manchester City, this is the first time they have ranked first in the standings since returning to the Premier League...
Since returning to the Premier League in the 2002-03 season, Manchester City has never topped the standings alone, not even in the first round of the season because they ranked first on goal difference. But this time, they finally topped the standings alone.
Became number one in the standings!
Countless Manchester City fans burst into tears - it's not easy, it's really not easy, the feeling of a loser's counterattack... Have you ever experienced it?
The pro-Manchester City media began to praise Dick lavishly, believing that Dick was indeed a reliable head coach. With Dick, he would be able to win the championship. Since Dick began to officially coach a team, he has maintained a winning streak every year.
They have the tradition of winning league championships, and they have won seven league championships so far. In this case, it is naturally normal for them to win the league championship in their first season at Manchester City...
However, Dick did not seem so optimistic. Although Manchester City won this game, it does not mean that Manchester City has a strength advantage in the Premier League. In fact, Manchester City is not the most powerful now. Three lines
Only a preliminary tacit understanding has been established - in this regard, Dick used a clever approach, that is, a certain tacit understanding has been formed between forwards and forwards, between midfielders and midfielders, and between the defense lines, and the overall
In general, it is cut open. The defense is mainly the backcourt, the offense is the front line, and the midfield is barely connected through three players with strong running ability-this is just a preliminary approach. If Manchester United hadn't lost too many personnel in this game,
Seriously, Manchester City may not be able to win this game.
The current ranking is not enough to prove that Manchester City has become a top team. They still have a lot of room for improvement. It also means that they still have many flaws that can be defeated.
So after three consecutive victories, Dick did not slack off at all, but allowed the team to continue training. The next round was an away game against Arsenal. Although this game was not as sensitive as the Manchester derby, it was still quite exciting.
important.
In the fourth round of the league, Manchester City began to expose the problem of loose cooperation. Wenger's vision of the overall situation is quite good. He keenly discovered this situation and used the overall defense and defense throughout the game.
The layout made Manchester City's offense unable to do anything. Whether it was Ribery's breakthrough, Torres's connection or Di Natale's movement, they failed to create any opportunities. Arsenal relied on Adebayor's golden grain.
The goal broke through the gate guarded by Hart, and finally defeated Manchester City 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium, causing Manchester City to suffer the consequences of defeat for the first time this season!
Manchester City conceded a goal for the first time this season, failed to score for the first time, and lost for the first time.
After losing this game, Manchester City dropped to third place, surpassed by Liverpool and Chelsea. At the post-match press conference, Dick still said very calmly that our team is not in the best condition yet.
Regarding this defeat, many people remained silent. After all, Manchester City's loss was not ugly. They were more offensive than Arsenal throughout the game, but it was just because they failed to seize the opportunity and were caught by Arsenal.
It's not too ugly to lose the game with one chance.
In the second round of the League Cup in midweek, Dick sent a full substitute lineup, goalkeeper Iksason, defenders Sun Jihai, Joel Luca, Cahill and Hart, midfielder Hamann, Bi
Dahl and Ireland, Bell appears as the left winger on the striker, Ashley Young is the right winger, and Vassell is the center forward - this is a pure substitute lineup.
Bell, who was pushed to the front line by Dick, performed mediocrely. He seemed to be still adapting to this new position. However, Manchester City still defeated Bristol City in the away game. Young performed well and had two assists. Vassell and Vidal each scored one.
The ball helped Manchester City defeat their opponents 2-1 and enter the third round of the League Cup.
"Judging from the bench lineup, Manchester City's performance is not bad at all. You must know that Manchester City's substitutes are also quite good players. Dick's idea of building a team has always been very clear. A top main lineup and
A good substitute lineup is his usual way of building a team, and he has also continued this method to Manchester City... Letting Bell play as a winger is a good idea. This Welsh player's defensive ability is indeed average, but he is more offensive.
His ability is quite good, but he can't see much of it in this game. He still needs to adapt to the new position. Ashley Young's performance is quite good. His speed showed very well in the game.
Two assists proved his strength. Another highlight came from Vidal in the midfield. The Chilean midfielder showed his comprehensiveness and ability to penetrate in the back row! Manchester City's substitute lineup is mainly composed of young players. Joe
Luka, Cahill, Vidal, Bale and Young are all quite young players, and they all have great potential. Dick's transformation of Manchester City has gradually begun to take shape."
After winning this game, the Manchester City players were naturally very happy. The substitutes all got the opportunity to play, which proved Dick's style - he was used to letting all the substitutes play in domestic cup matches, and always
I trust them very much and let them have no shortage of playing opportunities - now Manchester City's main players are indeed basically very good, and there is always hope of getting a chance to play in the cup, and the substitutes Dick selected are either rookies or
He is a veteran and does not have much requirement for playing time, so he can be regarded as a substitute with peace of mind.
However, among the substitutes, Bell was a little depressed, because after joining Manchester City, he did not seem to be particularly valued. He had already decided to join Manchester City before the end of last season. He originally chose Manchester City, but Bell was interested in this.
A mid-table team in the Premier League has enough space for a young player like him, which should be better than when he was at Southampton - after all, Southampton has been in the English Championship for a long time now, and it is not enough
Provide him with too many stages.
However, after signing the contract with Manchester City, the situation suddenly changed - the rich Arabs came, invited the first-class head coach Dick, and spent so much money to buy so many top players... In such a situation
Under the circumstances, one would also know that a young player like Bell might not have many opportunities to play.
Originally, all of Manchester City's left backs were sold, which gave Bell hope. As a result, Dick first bought Barnes in his prime, and then introduced veteran Hart, two capable left backs.
After joining, can Bell have any other position?
In this game, Dick asked Bell to play as a left winger. This approach made Bell feel very depressed, and he was not suitable for such a position on the court. After ninety minutes, his performance could only be regarded as mediocre.
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"Did I come to the wrong place?" Sometimes Bell couldn't help but think like this.
While Bell was confused, Dick also faced his first test after coaching Manchester City.
In the fifth round of the league at the weekend, Manchester City challenged Blackburn away - the opponent in this game was not very strong. However, in this game, Manchester City's starting lineup did not perform very well.
In the 13th minute, the opponent's South African forward McCarthy took the lead and scored a goal. In the following game, Manchester City continued to attack, but failed to create any opportunities.
It wasn't until the 80th minute of the game that Manchester City evened the score thanks to a display of Ribery's personal abilities - Torres created a free kick, Ribery took the penalty, and the ball went over the wall and into the dead center of the net. Manchester City
Finally equalized the score at the last minute!
When Ribery started running on the court to celebrate, Dick let out a sigh of relief - this game was not lost at least. If it had been lost, the trouble might be even greater...
However, although the game ended up being a one-to-one draw with Blackburn, after the game, there were more and more doubts about Dick. In the last league defeat to Arsenal, it can be said that the opponent was too good, and Blackburn
Even if it is a mid-table team, the difficulties in playing away games really let people see the difficulties faced by Manchester City.
"After people paid more attention to Manchester City, Manchester City's offense began to appear very difficult. In these two rounds of leagues, it began to appear so difficult for them to create opportunities! After the players' individual performance was controlled, Manchester City's offense became very difficult.
It started to become helpless... What is Dick doing? What kind of tactical thinking does he have? Is it just relying on stacking stars? "
The criticism of Dick began to become fierce. The English media has always been this virtuous. They will praise them if they perform well, and criticize them if they perform poorly. They do this even to their local players, not to mention their opponents.
For a head coach like Dick, when he had good results before, the media praised him fiercely, but now that he has only scored one goal in two rounds, they start to curse...
"These guys really adapt to the situation." Dick couldn't help but sigh at Marriner. You must know that his environment in Italy was very bad from the beginning. Coaching Inter Milan, he was completely ignored by the media and
The coaches are watching and magnifying any shortcomings, but they are not like the English media who were scolded for this behavior after failing to win two games.
For the English media, there is a certain pleasure in scolding Dick. The only thing that makes them a little unhappy is that after this round, there is a FIFA match day. In their view, this makes them feel uncomfortable.
Dick had a chance to breathe.
"Let those guys scold me now... Anyway, I will let them slap themselves in the face next time." Dick said to Marriner nonchalantly.
