On the evening of August 22, Manchester Etihad Stadium.
In the locker room before the game, Manchester City's players were busy making final preparations before the game.
Some are busy putting on pants, some are busy tying their hair, some are arranging their jerseys, some are closing their eyes and praying...
Every player has his own habits and prepares for the game according to his own habits.
Su Dong had already packed up and was sitting in his seat, looking at the photos sent by Wang Chuqing on his phone.
Today is Sunday. She came to Manchester yesterday. After watching Su Dong's game tonight, she will return to Oxford overnight.
In the photo, she was smiling very happily and mingling with the surrounding Manchester City fans.
This made Su Dong happy.
Seeing that his teammates were almost ready, Su Dong put down his phone, took a deep breath, and stood up.
"Okay, everyone, get ready to play!"
As captain, this is what he needs to do every time he takes the field.
Only when all his teammates gathered around did Su Dong speak again.
"We performed very well against Tottenham Hotspur in the last game, and tonight's game against Liverpool is our first home game of the new season. I hope everyone can continue to show the same performance as in the last round and once again
Score three points!”
"Do you have confidence?" Su Dong emphasized his tone and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes!" teammates replied in unison.
"To be honest, my current situation is quite bad. Drogba has five goals and three assists. He is at the top of the scorer and assist charts. There are also other players such as Anekal, Kalou and Theo Walcott.
…”
Su Dong read out the names of many players in one breath, which made the Manchester City players laugh.
"I feel that I can no longer hide my strength. I have decided to let out the devil in my heart so that I can gain a foothold in the crazy Premier League. Otherwise, I probably won't be able to survive."
Su Dong's words made the locker room burst into laughter.
This is indeed what the outside media said, because Su Dong's current scorer ranking is already in the top ten.
Due to the poor nature of the British media, they will not criticize Su Dong for the time being, mainly because he has one game less. However, if he cannot defeat Liverpool tonight, what awaits Su Dong tomorrow will probably be overwhelming doubts.
But what can be done?
Who has seen such a crazy Premier League?
In only the second round of the league, they scored 6-0 in three games and scored too many goals.
The game was exciting and the fans were happy, but Su Dong said, Yali Mountain is big!
"Angel, David, Tony, Alexis." Su Dong called the names of four players in one breath, all of whom were Manchester City players who organized the offense around him. "I decided to make a bigger move. You guys can do it."
Be careful and give me a few more assists, I don’t believe I can’t kill Drogba!”
Su Dong's words not only excited the four players he named, but also Marcelo.
"There's me, there's me, and I can score goals too."
The crowd burst into laughter again.
But I have to admit that Marcelo's footwork is indeed quite delicate.
"Just yesterday, Hodgson said in front of the media that I have not adapted to the Premier League yet and he is confident that he can guard me. I personally feel very hurt and sad. I feel humiliated, so I decided to kill him.
!”
"Who is in favor? Who is against?"
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With the whistle of the referee Phil Dodd and the cheers of more than 40,000 Manchester City fans in the audience, the most watched and focused game of the second round of the Premier League officially kicked off.
At the beginning of the game, Liverpool took the lead and Manchester City took the initiative.
The Trident, headed by Su Dong, immediately launched a pressing attack on Liverpool's defense. The midfielder and backcourt followed closely behind and quickly pressed forward, immediately oppressing Liverpool's backcourt.
Although it was an away game, Liverpool deployed a British-style 4-4-2 formation tonight.
The double forwards are Torres and Ngog, the midfielder is Yuewan Norwich, Lucas, Gerrard and Kuyt, the defense is Agger, Carragher, Skrtel and Glen Johnson, the goalkeeper
It's Reina, an old acquaintance.
Manchester City's high press rushed directly to the back line and even forced Reina, forcing Liverpool to use a big kick to drive the ball into the frontcourt. In the end, Manchester City grabbed the landing spot in time and controlled the ball at their feet.
After grabbing the ball, Manchester City patiently passed the ball.
The midfield three of David Silva, Toni Kroos and Busquets helped the team firmly grasp the ball, constantly passing the ball back and forth, patiently organizing, and looking for opportunities.
But the first threatening attack of the entire game came from Liverpool.
This is a quick counterattack.
After Gerrard stole the ball, he quickly passed the ball to Ngog, who then passed the ball to the penalty area. Torres got the ball in the penalty area. Pepe, who was being defended, took the lead and fell to the ground to shovel the ball out of bounds.
After getting up from the ground, Pepe made a confident gesture towards Su Dong from a distance.
Obviously, he really believed what Su Dong said before the game that Torres' explosive power had really declined.
If nothing else, in the situation just now, it would be really difficult for Pepe to stop Torres at his peak moment.
If the opportunity in the third minute was not obvious enough, then in the eighth minute, when Jovanovic passed from the left to the center, Torres stopped the ball 25 meters away from the goal.
Start dribbling the ball forward.
At this moment, Pepe suddenly caught up from behind, came from behind, and once again stole the ball first.
For two consecutive times, Pepe successfully intercepted Torres' dribbling attack.
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Hodgson paced back and forth on the sidelines, reaching out from time to time to remind the players on the court to pay attention to their position.
After seeing Torres dribbling the ball again, he shook his head helplessly.
This is Torres' first game of the season.
It was also Torres' second game after the World Cup final.
He came on as a substitute in the first round of the Premier League and played less than 20 minutes. It was his first game and his performance was very poor.
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Hodgson frowned and called Gerrard again, indicating that he should try to stabilize the midfield defense.
What Manchester City is best at is controlling the ball from the center line to the 30-meter area, patiently moving back and forth from left to right, and after finding an opportunity, suddenly sends a fatal direct pass.
"Be careful," Hodgson shouted.
Then he looked at his own backcourt, feeling a little more stable.
Tonight he deployed three central defenders, Agger, Carragher and Skrtel, just to restrict Su Dong.
So far, the effect seems to be good.
He is not Redknapp, nor is Liverpool nor Tottenham Hotspur. His creed has always been pragmatism.
When facing a team like Manchester City, don't think about risking your life with the opponent, just defend.
Defend and then counterattack.
Seeing that the scene was somewhat stable, with Liverpool gaining a firm foothold under Manchester City's high pressure after the opening game, Hodgson secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked at Su Dong again, the expression on his face was a little more playful.
Liverpool hasn't made the headlines for a long time. If they can hold on to the score tonight and freeze Manchester City and Sudong, they will definitely make the headlines tomorrow.
You know, Su Dong is currently ranked outside the top ten in the Premier League scorer list.
This is the number one player in world football, but he can’t handle the Premier League?
Thinking of this, Hodgson couldn't help but get excited again. He walked to the sidelines and shouted at Carragher, Skrtel and others in the defense, indicating that they should pay attention to Su Dong and don't give him a chance.
But I don't know if Hodgson's shouting distracted them. During an attack by Manchester City, Liverpool's defense actually had a loophole that shouldn't have appeared.
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Manchester City planned an attack on the left. Marcelo and Di Maria failed to complete the coordination on the left and were forced to pass the ball back to David Silva.
After David Silva stopped the ball in the middle, he glanced at the right wing and directly transferred the ball to the right sideline.
Sanchez stopped the ball close to the right sideline and drove the ball from the right rib to the penalty area.
Agger immediately stepped forward to defend and blocked Sanchez in the right corner of the penalty area.
But the Chilean winger was very fast and did not give Agger any time to react. After making a fake move, he immediately changed his direction to the baseline, forcibly broke through Agger's defense, and passed the ball to the center.
Su Dong quickly moved forward and took the first step to stop the ball on the right side of the small penalty area.
But at this time, Skrtel was already blocked behind Su Dong.
Su Dong tried to squeeze Skrtel away with his body, but failed. The Liverpool central defender also has superb physical confrontation ability.
If you turn around and hit the goal, the shooting angle is very small, and Reina has already controlled a large area.
Su Dong immediately judged the situation the moment he stopped the ball. After stopping the ball, he blocked Skrtel with his body, turned to the right, with his back to the goal, and gently moved the ball towards the top of the penalty area with his left foot.
One delivery on the right.
I saw Toni Kroos, who had been ambushing outside the penalty area just now, hurried forward, quickly got ahead of Gerrard, faced Sudong's pass, swung his right foot, and hit a long shot.
The ball was like thunder and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the eleventh minute, Manchester City successfully broke the deadlock!"
"Toni Kroos, a young player from Germany, took the ball from Su Dong's back and opened the scoring for Manchester City!"
"Su Dong's assist was beautiful, and Toni Kroos's long shot was also wonderful!"
After Toni Kroos scored, he rushed to the sideline excitedly, but was quickly surrounded by Sudong and Sanchez who caught up.
Other Manchester City players also came forward to congratulate him.
After a wild celebration, Toni Kroos faced Su Dong, knelt down on one knee, raised his left foot, wiped the stains on his sneakers with his jersey, and thanked him for the assist.
Another hug.
"Bad boy!" Su Dong affectionately scratched Toni Kroos's head with a little force.
The German midfielder smiled cheerfully and was obviously very satisfied with his goal.
When walking back, Su Dong took a special look at Hodgson in front of the visiting team's coaching bench.
The latter was obviously a little disappointed by this conceding goal, and even a little panicked.
