After Manchester City relied on Su Dong's hat trick to defeat Chelsea 3-0 at home, Sky Sports reported on the game immediately and gave very high praise to Manchester City, especially Su Dong's performance.
As usual, Sky Sports will rate all players participating in the game after the game.
Sudong ranks as the top scorer of both teams with a well-deserved nine points.
Sky Sports commented on Su Dong: Manchester City leader, with extraordinary scoring efficiency, seized almost every opportunity to create a threat.
This is already the highest rating and evaluation that Sky Sports can give.
In the Manchester City team, behind Sudong is Kompany.
This young Belgian central defender ranked second with eight points, and his evaluation is also quite high.
"A rock at the back, never missed a single steal."
For Kompany, who faced Drogba in this game, it can be said to be the highest honor.
In the past few years, let alone the Premier League, even in the European arena, who has touched Didier Drogba without feeling afraid?
The Elephant King of Côte d'Ivoire can almost be said to have swept the entire Europa and is the nightmare in the minds of all defenders.
But when Kompany faced Drogba, his performance was not inferior at all and did not give Drogba any chance. As a result, Drogba was replaced early by Ancelotti in the second half due to his poor performance.
This is the best affirmation for Kompany!
According to Sky Sports' evaluation, if Sudong is the core of Manchester City's attack from the front, then Kompany is the backbone of Manchester City's defense that keeps the goal intact. He completely froze Drogba and achieved this.
An almost impossible task.
Sky Sports believes that when Vidic has begun to decline, Kompany will become the leader among the new generation of defenders in the Premier League, giving people a glimpse of his bright and promising future.
In addition, Manchester City's defense, except for goalkeeper Joe Hart, Zabaleta, Marcelo and Pepe all scored seven points, and although Pepe's evaluation was slightly lower than Kompany's
, but was equally high and felt he didn't give the Chelsea man a chance.
Kompany attacked and Pepe helped defend. This was originally quite disadvantageous for Pepe because he has always been a attacking central defender.
But in the game against Chelsea, Pepe did quite well.
In Manchester City's tactical system, even if they are holding back, they are still quite forward, because the team's overall tactics are to press forward, and sometimes even the back line of defense is pressed near the midline.
This season, with the addition of Pepe, the central defender combination of him and Kompany has performed better and better, and their cooperation has become more and more tacit. On the contrary, the goalkeeper position has frequently made some worrying mistakes.
But no matter what, Manchester City's defense has already formed a main lineup capable of taking on important tasks.
In the midfield, Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos all have seven points.
This is actually not the point. The real point is that Manchester City's ball possession rate in this game reached 68%. In other words, Chelsea only had 32% of the ball possession rate.
The key is the iron triangle in the midfield.
It is difficult to tell from the formation that Ancelotti did not think about grabbing the ball with Manchester City, but he did not give up completely, and the midfield combination of Ramirez, Essien and Mikel, defense and steals
The abilities are very strong.
According to the media's previous statement, Chelsea's three midfielders are like a sniper team. When put together, they become a crazy meat grinder. Ramires and Essien are even more famous for their defensive and running abilities.
But when facing Manchester City, these three players did not perform very well. Mikel even exposed his problems in defending under high intensity, such as the foul against Su Dong.
It should.
Mikel believed after the game that Su Dong deliberately "framed" him.
But as Sky Sports said, this is very common in football matches. Mikel's complaint makes people think that his defensive mentality and his timidity in facing Su Dong.
In comparison, Manchester City's iron triangle is quite high in terms of the number of passes and the success rate of passes.
Even David Silva's passing success rate reached 91%.
You know, he has a lot of forward passes.
The passing success rates of Busquets and Toni Kroos reached 94% and 92%.
Even Pepe and Kompany have pass success rates very close to 90%.
Sky Sports believes that in this game against Chelsea, Guardiola and his Manchester City withstood the test of powerful opponents, and at the same time honed their own true level, allowing everyone to see Manchester City's competition.
force.
In the ratings, the performance of Di Maria and Sanchez was slightly inferior, with only six points each. However, both of them were severely restricted by Chelsea's defensive players, and the comments were basically that they had a strong desire to compete, but they were not their best selves.
Compared with Manchester City, Chelsea's defense basically scored around seven points, and their performance was relatively normal. While other players scored six points, only Drogba scored five points and was replaced early.
The reason is: He actually has no way to deal with Kompany!
Finally, Sky Sports believes that Manchester City’s current overall tactics have been basically perfected.
"The best time to test a team is through strong dialogue, and Guardiola's team let everyone see Manchester City's strength and potential with their hearty 3-0 victory in this battle for the top spot."
Sky Sports said that what brought huge changes to Manchester City was the joining of Su Dong.
"In the first six games, Su Dong scored 12 goals and provided seven assists. He single-handedly scored most of Manchester City's goals. This is very unimaginable."
"The sixth round of games has been completed. So far, Manchester United has only scored 16 goals in the league, and Arsenal has also scored 16 goals. After that, Aspen, which ranks fifth in the league, has scored 16 goals.
Villa Don Villa only scored eight goals, and Liverpool only scored six goals."
"Su Dong single-handedly ranks third in the Premier League goalscoring list, only behind Chelsea and Manchester City. What an incredible feat!"
Sky Sports believes that as the number one player in world football, Su Dong has still maintained a very high standard after joining Manchester City, allowing everyone to see his strength, and at the same time making all doubters have to admit that he is
mistake.
Not only can he score goals, but he can also lead the team to win, especially as the team captain, he has played an increasingly important role in Manchester City.
"According to the information obtained by reporters within Manchester City, it was Su Dong's suggestion to let Kompany target Drogba. Su Dong also lectured the team before the game and at midfield, and the effect was even better than that of the main coach.
Coach Guardiola’s training is even better.”
"Reflected from various data and phenomena, Su Dongdu is the most indispensable soul of Manchester City at present!"
In fact, among the fan ratings after the game, within one hour after the game, the fans who came to the scene gave Sudong a perfect score of 10. This is a very high affirmation and is enough to prove that the Etihad Stadium
of Manchester City fans’ recognition of Su Dong.
Even after calming down later and with the intervention of countless fans who watched the game through live broadcast, Su Dong's score remained above nine points in the fan rating on the official Sky Sports website, which was higher than the rating given by Sky Sports.
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At the post-match press conference, although Ancelotti suffered his first defeat of the season as an opponent, he still spoke highly of Manchester City's performance and believed that this team is strong enough to compete for the championship.
"They are vastly underestimated."
Ancelotti believed that the reason why Chelsea was completely defeated was because they did not play to their own level and the game was dominated by Manchester City, especially in the midfield.
"Manchester City is growing very fast. Their midfield is very good and they basically meet the requirements of the head coach. This allows them to play a very strong football style. They are already one of the most powerful contenders for the league championship."
Ancelotti also praised the team's defense and believed that they basically performed to their due level.
"But it's a pity that the opponent they met tonight is Su Dong!"
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Compared to Ancelotti, although Guardiola won the game, he praised Ancelotti highly.
At the post-match press conference, Manchester City's head coach believed that the team's greatest success lies in grasping the three lines.
The defense was very solid at the back, the midfielder controlled the ball very well, and Su Dong in the frontcourt was unstoppable.
These three items are the key factors for Manchester City to defeat the powerful Chelsea and obtain three points.
Regarding the championship, Guardiola does not believe that Manchester City should target the championship prematurely, but should play every game down-to-earth.
"We won't think about long-term things. I don't even think it's appropriate for us to think about the championship now. Even the game that just ended, I hope to completely forget about it and put all my energy on Thursday.
The game against Juventus and the game against Newcastle at the weekend."
"We all know that these two teams are very good and we have to give our best."
This is also part of Manchester City's devilish schedule in recent times.
Of course, as a strong team, it must adapt to the intensity of this kind of multi-line combat.
The same is true for Manchester City and the same is true for Chelsea. They have to play in the Champions League in the middle of the week, which is also difficult.
Regarding the championship situation, Guardiola believes that Chelsea and Manchester United are the teams with the best chance to win the championship.
"Chelsea is still the best and most powerful team in the Premier League, bar none. Carlo Ancelotti is also one of the best managers in the world, as is Ferguson of Manchester United. And Ferguson is very familiar with the Premier League. He can always overcome adversity.
He led the team to an amazing fighting capacity, which is very scary.”
"So I think the favorite teams to win the Premier League this season should be Chelsea and Manchester United."
Regarding Manchester City, Guardiola said that the team's season goals have not changed.
"We still want to secure the top four and participate in the Champions League next season."
This is not just what Guardiola said. The team, from Soriano and Begiristain to the players on the team, all basically had the same voice when interviewed by the media.
