After changing sides in the second half, neither side made adjustments during the halftime break.
Manchester City, playing at home, took advantage of the kick-off to firmly lock possession of the ball from the first second and take the initiative of the game in their own hands, while Liverpool put up a tight defense from the beginning.
A defensive posture.
Obviously, Hodgson has clearly understood that the most important thing for his team now is to defend his own goal.
After Manchester City took control of the ball, they played very patiently and did not rush to launch an attack. Instead, they controlled the ball back and forth in the front area of the 30-meter area, and the left and right wings took turns to test the attack.
The benefits of this style of play are very obvious. It can not only stretch the opponent's defense line and create defensive loopholes, but it can also consume the opponent's physical energy and even attack the opponent's psychological defense line.
In particular, it is difficult to touch the ball for such a long time, which is a huge psychological blow to the players.
As a person involved, Su Dong clearly felt that Guardiola's style of play was completely different from Rijkaard's style of play back then.
Rijkaard's style of play at that time was offensive, giving full play to the personal abilities of Su Dong, Ronaldinho, and even Messi in the frontcourt, creating offensive threats through personal abilities and teamwork.
The most important task of midfielders such as Xavi and Deco is to deliver cannonballs to the frontcourt.
But Guardiola is obviously different. He is more patient in controlling the ball. The focus of the entire team is actually in the midfield area. Once the midfielder finds a loophole and passes the ball to the frontcourt, the speed is immediately increased.
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Don't underestimate this seemingly inconspicuous difference, but it is actually two completely different concepts.
Although he had talked a lot with Guardiola before and was no stranger to his tactical ideas, Su Dong could only barely understand it, let alone have a comprehensive understanding of it.
Even after the summer training camp, he and several new players were only able to play the game smoothly, and even the players had not yet established a tacit understanding with each other.
Therefore, at critical moments, the best performance is often the cooperation between a few old acquaintances.
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When the game reached the 52nd minute, the attacks of Sanchez and Micah Richards on the right were contained and passed back to Toni Kroos.
The German midfielder stopped the ball, glanced at the left side, and found that Marcelo was already in place. He immediately made a big kick and passed the ball to the left side.
Marcelo stayed close to the left sideline, stopped the ball with his left foot when no one was guarding him, and quickly kicked the ball to Di Maria in front before the defensive player could get closer.
Di Maria stopped the ball with his back, behind him was right back Glen Johnson. The Argentine winger failed to create a threat after stopping the ball. He took a step back and quickly passed it back to Marcelo, who was running inside.
After receiving the ball, Marcelo quickly ran forward and dribbled the ball to the left side of the penalty area. After attracting the attention of Gerrard and Glen Johnson, he passed the ball diagonally back to the left sideline.
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In an instant, Glen Johnson was shocked and immediately abandoned Marcelo and went straight to the left sideline.
I saw Di Maria rushing to the baseline as fast as possible. After receiving the pass from Marcelo, he stopped, looked, and made a pass with his left foot.
In the penalty area, Sudong, who was about to meet Marcelo just now, suddenly turned around and went straight to the left side of the goal to meet Di Maria's cross at the front point. He didn't even take off, but directly
A header into the goal.
Reina stood to the left and raised his hands high to intercept, but Sudong's header still passed between his hands, rubbed the lower edge of the crossbar, and hit the Liverpool goal behind him.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Su Dong scored a goal!!!!"
"In the 52nd minute, Su Dong used a precise close-range header from Di Maria's cross from the left to score Liverpool's goal. This was Manchester City's third goal in this game, and it was also
Su Dong’s third Premier League goal this season.”
After landing, Su Dong quickly turned around and rushed to the sidelines without waiting for others to react. He rushed directly to the stand where Wang Chuqing was, pointed to the area where she was, and kissed the ring on his left hand hard.
At this moment, everyone at the Etihad Stadium was excited.
More than 40,000 Manchester City fans were shouting Su Dong's name at the top of their lungs.
On the big screen, the live TV camera also captured Wang Chuqing's position in the stands and gave her a big close-up.
"We saw Su Dong celebrating his goal by kissing the ring on the sidelines, while also showing love to his fiancée in the stands. The relationship between the two is very good, and they can be called a model couple in professional football.
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“According to the German media, it was his fiancée who had been transporting Su Dong to and from the training base for the past three and a half years. Su Dong also expressed his gratitude to his fiancée more than once during interviews, believing that she had given him a great benefit.
support."
"Now, we can see the two interacting from a distance, celebrating Su Dong's goal."
"Three to zero, Manchester City is basically guaranteed to win!"
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Falling behind 0-3 is a catastrophic blow to any team.
Liverpool can be called an iron army, but no matter how iron-blooded the team is, under such a one-sided disparity, they will still be exhausted physically and mentally.
If Manchester City had amazing ball control ability last season, then this season, Manchester City has shown not only its ability to pass and control the ball, but also its sharp offense.
Di Maria and Sanchez have been playing in the Premier League for a year, but they have never caused so much trouble to their Premier League opponents as they did in the past two games.
Behind Sanchez are still Micah Richards and Zabaleta, while Di Maria's behind has changed from Bridge to Marcelo.
But can this explain the sudden explosion of the two wingers this season?
Even not only the wing attack, Manchester City's entire offensive system has become more threatening and more three-dimensional.
The only reasonable explanation is that Su Dong's joining has greatly improved Manchester City's offensive firepower, and at the same time promoted the performance of surrounding teammates, allowing everyone to play to their own level.
This is the characteristic of core players!
Not only can they display their super strength, but they can also drive their teammates around them to help them perform exceptionally well.
So it will happen that after a certain team loses a certain player, it suddenly plummets.
Even, this example is the Liverpool in front of Su Dong.
After losing Xabi Alonso, the Red Army has really declined rapidly. Not only Benitez, but also Hodgson this season has been unable to stop this decline.
In the same case, the Galaxy Battleship back then fell into disarray after losing Makelele.
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After taking a 3-0 lead, Manchester City continued to maintain its advantage in passing and possession and continued to patiently look for opportunities.
Liverpool didn't even make any substitutions.
Hodgson currently does not have a good substitution candidate on hand.
Be it Babel, Pacheco, or Maxi Rodriguez, none of them have the ability to reverse the situation on the court, especially in the face of Manchester City's passing and possession style of play.
All Liverpool can do is stabilize their defense.
While defending, Liverpool also launched a counterattack. Gerrard's long-range shot hit the post and was tightly held by Joe Hart, preventing him from shooting.
Then Torres' shot was blocked by Pepe again.
Tonight, Torres' performance could be described as sleepwalking.
But for Torres's slump, others still believe that he is far from being in shape due to long-term injuries and being away from the court and training ground. As the game progresses, he will gradually return to his peak.
Sudong is more inclined to Nuno Cruz's analysis and judgment, and Torres is afraid it will be difficult to return to the top.
Next, he should consider transformation.
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After Liverpool's two consecutive counterattacks created threats, Manchester City's offense once again dealt a fatal blow.
Marcelo's cross pass from the left, David Silva passed the ball to the right, Sanchez dribbled the ball from the right rib into the penalty area, facing Daniel Agger's defense, the Chilean forced a breakthrough on the right side of the outside of the penalty area.
When the two were in contact, Agger bumped into Sanchez with his body, causing the Chilean winger to stumble and almost fall to the ground. However, Sanchez barely stabilized his position and continued to rush into the right side of the penalty area and caught up with the ball.
The low ball was passed to the edge of the small penalty area.
Su Dong, who had been in ambush for a long time, quickly stepped in, got ahead of Carragher, fired a shot, and once again sent the ball into the lower right corner of Liverpool's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Four to zero!!!"
"Two goals!"
"Su Dong scored twice!"
"This is the third consecutive game in which he has scored twice."
"Before, in the first round of the Premier League and the Europa League qualifiers, he shot two and passed one. But tonight, he shot two and passed two!"
"Oh my God, Su Dong has shown super personal ability. From the very beginning, he has shown his outstanding superstar level, allowing everyone to clearly see the strength of the world's top superstar!"
After scoring the goal, Su Dong rushed to the sidelines again and kissed the ring on his left hand again.
But this time, he was hugged by his teammates.
Everyone is excited and excited about his goal.
Before the game, Drogba had five goals and three assists, ranking first in the scorer and assist charts. In comparison, Su Dong's two shots and one pass were a bit shabby, even ranking outside the top ten.
Unexpectedly, after one game, Su Dong caught up again with his amazing performance of two shots and two passes, and even reversed the situation. Now he has four goals and three assists, tying him in the assist list.
Drogba, and is only one goal behind Drogba in the scorer list.
I have to admit that the Côte d'Ivoire Elephant King's start to the season was indeed quite crazy.
However, after Su Dong's amazing performance tonight, I believe the situation will suddenly reverse.
No one doubts Su Dong's stamina.
On the contrary, everyone should be more worried about Drogba, wondering how long he can last in this state?
You know, Su Dong is a monster who has scored more than 50 goals in the league in a single season!
The most depressed person in the audience was undoubtedly Hodgson.
When Su Dong returned to the court after celebrating his goal, he looked at Su Dong, as if he saw the joke in Su Dong's seriousness.
