After two weeks of national team competition, the players returned to Carrington one after another.
The international players who are playing in Europe will arrive earlier, while the South American international players will not arrive until the day before the game.
This is because Manchester City specially chartered a plane to pick up and drop off. If they were allowed to fly by themselves, it would take even longer.
This is also the biggest problem brought about by the national team competition.
There’s really not much to say about the race itself, the most important thing is the distance.
Some international players even flew back, played a game without rest, and returned directly after the game. Almost all the players' consumption was spent on the long journey.
In the afternoon before the game, after the team training session, Su Dong deliberately kept all the players from the first team.
At this time, the staff of Mendes Company had already sent gifts that Su Dong carefully prepared for his teammates.
With the annual salary of Manchester City players, even the young players of the first team belong to the high-paid class in society. They do not care about gifts at all. The key lies in who gave the gift and why.
What Su Dong presented as a gift this time was a three-piece set newly launched by Apple. Mobile phones, tablets and laptops, all with the highest configuration, and the prices are not cheap. For some famous players, it is nothing, but for special players, it is not a big deal.
Young players like Lippier are relatively rare.
One reason that everyone valued was that the gift was from Su Dong.
"Captain, the holiday hasn't come yet, why did you suddenly give us a gift?" David Luiz was also a carefree guy. He smiled from ear to ear after receiving the gift and asked curiously.
Su Dong smiled without hiding it, "I'm getting married!"
"Marry?" David Lewis was stunned, "With whom?"
"Nonsense." Marcelo next to him slapped him on the back of the head, "Who do you think our captain is? Besides marrying that person, who else can you marry?"
David Lewis suddenly realized that he had also seen Wang Chuqing at the party and was shocked.
Everyone was also amused, thinking that these two Brazilian live treasures were really interesting.
"When is the time set?" Gareth Barry asked more maturely.
"The time has not yet been determined. It is initially expected to be after the end of the season next year."
Everyone immediately understood.
In fact, for professional players, the rest period between the two seasons has always been the peak period for marriage. Almost all players get married during this period. Some international players who participate in the national team encounter the World Cup and European Cup.
For such a competition, you have to sacrifice your pre-season training time and take time off to get married, otherwise you won't have time.
Su Dong is different from other players. He has never been involved in national team competitions, so naturally he doesn't need to worry. As long as the league is suspended, he has plenty of time to prepare for the wedding.
When he announces now, he is actually telling everyone that, except for the people he invites, he will not make any further announcements. As for who he will invite, there is no need to say more about the answer.
For example, Pepe, David Silva, Marcelo and Toni Kroos are all Sudong's best friends.
Only the people with the strongest connections are likely to receive the invitations. As for the others, the notification is in place today.
Everyone knew this, so they all went over to say hello to Su Dong and congratulate him on his marriage in advance.
"Then let's all work harder this season and strive to get good results. Congratulations to Su on her wedding!" Pepe suggested.
The two vice-captains, Kompany and Zabaleta, also expressed their support for Pepe's suggestion.
Having just received this generous gift from Su Dong, the players naturally responded.
More importantly, Manchester City has indeed performed very well this season. So far, they have maintained a record of winning seven games in the Premier League.
However, the opponents in the next round, tomorrow night's game, are also very strong.
So far, the Premier League has played seven rounds, and four teams have never lost, namely Manchester City at the top, Manchester United at the second place, and Newcastle and Aston Villa at the bottom.
Newcastle is unbeaten with four wins and three draws and is currently ranked fourth in the Premier League. It looks like the Magpies are about to regroup.
As for whether they will suddenly break out this season, or whether they can really regain their former Premier League powerhouse style, it all depends on Newcastle's next performance.
As for Aston Villa, it is actually quite embarrassing, because in the first seven rounds, they only won two games, and the remaining five games were all draws, ranking seventh in the Premier League standings.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that Aston Villa may not be very good, but it is very difficult to deal with.
If you want to say that the most eye-opening team in the first seven rounds, it is definitely Arsenal.
After seven rounds of games, the Gunners have two wins, one draw and four losses. They are currently ranked 15th, only two points away from the relegation zone.
If Wenger hadn't been respected by the Gunners, a coaching change would usually have been initiated at this time.
No one really thinks that Arsenal will sink like this, but the Gunners played in a mess in the first seven rounds. This is also a fact. The key depends on whether Wenger can lead the team to turn the situation around in the next few games.
As for Manchester City, the upcoming schedule is also extremely stressful.
After playing Aston Villa, the third round of the Champions League group stage ushered in Villarreal, and the weekend was the Manchester derby.
Manchester City thrashed Manchester United at Old Trafford last season, and now Ferguson is threatening to take revenge at home.
This battle can be regarded as Manchester City's most important battle so far this season.
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On the afternoon of October 15th, in the eighth round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Aston Villa at home.
Since the upcoming games are relatively heavy, Guardiola still made a rotation in today's game.
All players who have traveled long distances to return home to participate in the war, and who have played full games in the national team, will rest during this round of games.
This resulted in Manchester City having to field a seriously incomplete lineup.
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Leighton Baines, Javi Martinez, Pepe and Trippier, and the midfielder
Thiago is at the back, Milner and Gareth Barry are in the front, and Hazard, Sudong and Douglas Costa are in the frontcourt.
All South American internationals have been excluded from the squad, and Guardiola obviously prefers that they retain their strength to play in the Champions League.
Aston Villa head coach McLeish used a 4-2-3-1 defensive midfielder tactics in the away game, strictly defending and not intending to leave any opening for Manchester City to pass the ball.
After the game started, the situation was basically as expected. Although Manchester City was composed of Milner and Gareth Barry in the midfield, they still had a clear advantage in passing and controlling the ball.
The biggest difference is that the operation of Manchester City's midfield is not smooth, especially in terms of creating opportunities.
But even so, Manchester City still seized an opportunity in the fifteenth minute.
Douglas Costa forced a breakthrough with the ball on the right and passed it to Milner, who broke into the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball to the penalty spot. Su Dong, who followed up in the middle, rushed over and kicked the ball without stopping.
Shoot angrily.
The ball almost touched the grass and flew quickly into the lower right corner of Aston Villa's goal, one to zero!
After taking the lead, Manchester City continued to launch wave after wave of attacks against Aston Villa.
In the 28th minute, left back Huton encountered Manchester City's pressure when he got the ball. After the ball was intercepted by Hazard, the Belgian launched a counterattack on the spot and dribbled the ball all the way into Aston Villa's goal.
From the left side of the penalty area, he calmly pushed and shot into the far corner, giving Manchester City another victory, 2-0!
After scoring two goals in a row, Manchester City's morale was greatly boosted.
The first half ended with a two-goal lead. At the beginning of the second half, just two minutes later, Trippier dribbled the ball from the right. Just after crossing the center line, he got a chance and sent a diagonal shot with his right foot.
A long pass sent the ball directly to the top of Aston Villa's defense.
Su Dong came in from behind at high speed, jumped ahead of former Manchester City captain Dunn, and headed the ball in front of him. After landing, he quickly caught up and stabbed the ball in before the other central defender Clark.
Large restricted area.
Before the goalkeeper could attack in place, Su Dong shot first and sent the ball into the goal behind him, three to zero!
“Two goals!!!!”
"In a direct battle between the old and new captains of Manchester City, Dunn had no temper at all when it came to Su Dong. He watched helplessly as he grabbed the spot and left in the dust."
"We have to sigh that Su Dong is indeed superior in terms of physical fitness, jumping ability, speed and explosive power, which is fully reflected in this goal."
"Three to zero, Manchester City has basically won the victory in advance!"
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Just five minutes later, Manchester City once again created a threat.
This time it was Milner who sent a through ball from the outside of the penalty area and accurately passed it to the feet of Su Dong in the penalty area.
After Su Dong used his body to fend off Dunn, he shot him angrily.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper reacted quickly and made a fierce save to block Su Dong's shot.
But just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Gareth Barry suddenly appeared in the penalty area, faced the flying football with his left foot, and volleyed the ball into Aston Villa.
Pull the goal.
Gareth Barry didn't celebrate after scoring the goal.
He came from Aston Villa and was the captain of the team at the time, and was deeply loved by Aston Villa fans.
Now, as a Manchester City player, he faced Aston Villa, and his performance was very exciting, but after scoring the goal, he did not intend to celebrate, but walked back silently.
Despite this, Gareth Barry's move also received warm applause from the Manchester City fans at the scene.
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With the overall situation decided, Su Dong was replaced by Dzeko.
Interestingly, just five minutes after he came off the field, Dzeko's shot created a corner kick opportunity. Pepe received a pass from his teammate and hit the goal with a header in the penalty area, giving Manchester City another victory, 5-0!
This was also the last goal of the game.
Manchester City finally defeated Aston Villa 5-0 at home and scored three points again.
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Three days later, in the third round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City faced Villarreal at home.
Only four minutes into the game, David Luiz's breakthrough with the ball in the backcourt was intercepted. Italian forward Rossi volleyed from the top of the penalty area. After being saved by the attacking Courtois, Carney broke into the penalty area and calmly pushed the shot into the empty goal.
succeed.
Zero to one!
Manchester City fell behind for the first time this season.
