Eight Hundred and Thirty-Three Put Your Teeth Away, Xiao Su!
After winning the League Cup, it did not have much impact on Manchester City.
Because Manchester City's current schedule is still very tight.
When they played the League Cup final, other teams in the Premier League had already started to play the twenty-sixth round, so after winning the League Cup, the team immediately ushered in a make-up match.
Manchester City sat at home and won Blackburn 3-0 cleanly.
Those three points brought City one step closer to the Premier League title.
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Three days later, in the twenty-seventh round of the Premier League, Manchester City played against Bolton at home.
The home team rotated again. With the twelfth and forty-sixth minutes, Suarez's two single-handed goals, and the fifty-first minute, Suarez was fouled after dribbling into the penalty area. The Uruguayan staged Had a hat trick.
In the 69th minute, Sturridge, who came off the bench, easily scored again.
Manchester City beat Bolton 4-0 at home.
An upset broke out in this round, that is, Chelsea lost 0-1 away to West Bromwich Albion.
Liverpool relied on Couint's penalty at home to kill Arsenal 1-0.
Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 away.
As a result, the battle for the top four in the Premier League this season is unprecedented.
Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle all have chances.
After that, Fulham has fallen behind Newcastle by as many as six points, and it is basically difficult to compete for the top four.
In terms of relegation, Queens Park Rangers, Blackburn, Wolves, Bolton and Wigan Athletic, these five teams are only two points behind, but they are far behind Aston Villa, who is 15th. As much as eighth.
If there is no accident, the three relegated teams this season will be born among these five teams.
It can be said that the situation in the Premier League has been very clear so far.
The championship is basically in the bag of Manchester City, Manchester United is ranked second, and then there are five teams competing for the top four and the last two places in the league.
And relegation is born in the last five teams.
It is worth mentioning that although they narrowly beat Arsenal 1-0 at home, Benitez's position at Anfield has been seriously threatened.
Liverpool general manager Comolli accepted an interview with media reporters after the game, saying that Liverpool owner Henry has made up his mind to invest a transfer budget of 150 million pounds on the Red Army to help Liverpool return to the top European teams ranks.
Comolli said that the Red Army is ambitious and will restructure this summer, hoping to boost the team's competitiveness.
The Liverpool Echo revealed that this is a signal for a coaching change.
Players currently being targeted by Liverpool include Barcelona midfielder Seydoux Keita, Real Madrid midfielder Shaheen, Swansea midfielder Joe Allen, Leeds United winger Adam Lallana and Belgian center Bent Ke, as well as Manchester City's substitute striker Sturridge.
These players are all on Liverpool's signing list.
Comolli said that this summer, Liverpool will let the whole of Europe feel the ambition of Liverpool!
And everyone basically concluded that Swansea coach Rodgers will become Liverpool's next coach.
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On March 10, in the twenty-eighth round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Swansea away.
At the beginning of the game, Manchester City launched an attack on Swansea against the guest. In the sixth minute, after Van Persie completed a beautiful pick in the penalty area, he scored with his left foot and opened the scoring for Manchester City. .
One to zero!
After that, the game entered a stalemate, especially before the end of the first half, Manchester City launched another onslaught.
In just five minutes, Manchester City won six consecutive delivery opportunities, but they just failed to score a goal.
The prospective Liverpool coach Rodgers' defense is still very good.
Although Swansea is currently ranked fourteenth, they only conceded 34 goals in the 27th round, only three more than Moyes' second team, Everton, but scored 30 goals. Fulton has three more.
The two teams happened to be tied.
Interestingly, Everton have only one point more than Swansea.
This is why Rogers will be valued by Liverpool.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, the two sides were still deadlocked, but in the 56th minute, Yaya Toure sent a direct pass, Gareth Bale obliquely inserted into the left side of the penalty area, and after stopping the ball with his chest, left He scored with a low shot and expanded the score for Manchester City.
After that, Van Persie fell in the penalty area once again. The offender Joe Allen was not called by the referee, and naturally there was no penalty. This made the Manchester City players quite dissatisfied.
Swansea, on the other hand, was expressing the closing stage and took advantage of a corner kick to break through Manchester City's defense, but it was of no avail.
In the end, Manchester City beat Swansea 2-1 away.
Gao Shen said bluntly at the press conference after the game that Manchester City's next main battle will focus on the cup.
"Especially the Champions League, that will be our biggest challenge next!"
When Gao Shen led the team to Swansea, Spalletti also led Zenit St. Petersburg to the south ahead of schedule and came to Manchester to prepare for the second round of the Champions League, adapting to the temperature in Manchester in advance.
Although the climate in St. Petersburg is getting warmer now, it is still below zero, while Manchester is now in the teens.
Spalletti made it clear that he didn't want Manchester City to take advantage.
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On the evening of March 14, Manchester Intihad Stadium.
Manchester City hosts Zenit St Petersburg in the Champions League round of 16 knockout round.
In St. Petersburg before, Manchester City came back with a sigh of relief. Now, back to Manchester, Manchester City's home court momentum is very strong.
Gao Shen didn't hold back at all, and faced Zenit with the strongest main lineup.
In less than two minutes of the opening, Robben received a cross from Suarez on the right side of the penalty area, stopped the ball and waded past the defender, and took a curve ball with his left foot, going straight to the far corner of the goal.
Although this wonderful shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, it still caused the whole Intihad Stadium to burst into applause and cheers, which ignited the enthusiasm of Intihad Stadium.
Subsequently, Manchester City took the initiative to attack and played a wave of violent offensive, firmly pressing Zenit in the half.
However, the overall strength of the team trained by Spalletti is not weak. More importantly, after the suspension of the Russian Super League, Zenit players have more time to prepare for this game, which makes them more prepared full.
The two sides were at a stalemate, but in the 26th minute, after Robben got the ball from the right, he made a gesture to break through the bottom line, suddenly stopped and cut inside, and passed the ball across to the right side of the penalty area.
Suarez turned his back to the goal, and after stopping the ball with his foot, the whole person retreated, turned around and shot a cold arrow.
The football passed under the defender and went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
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Manchester City fans cheered at the Intihad Stadium!
Gao Shen also raised his hands high excitedly, and at the same time he did not forget to look at Spalletti provocatively.
After the first round, the Italian bald-headed strongman made a lot of trouble for him. Now, it's Gao Shen's turn.
Seeing Gao Shen's frightened look, Spalletti curled his lips and turned around in disdain.
The game quickly resumed.
City continued to press non-stop and create chances non-stop.
The home game, coupled with the fans' momentum, the team's state is also adjusted very well, which makes the explosive fighting power of Manchester City difficult for Zenit to resist.
In the first half hour, Manchester City shot all the shots, which made the Zenit players feel overwhelmed.
In stoppage time, Javi Martinez made a sudden grab near the middle circle. After successfully stealing the ball, he passed the ball straight to David Silva and sprinted forward quickly.
David Silva knocked back knowingly, allowing Spain's midfielder to go forward and back, striding the ball.
This sudden move shocked Zenit's defensive players, and the two midfielders tried to double-team Javi Martinez. Unexpectedly, the Spanish midfielder did not play cards according to common sense , before he got close to the penalty area, he pulled up his legs and shot angrily, blasting a long shot.
The sudden long shot frightened the goalkeeper, and he tried his best to save the ball, but he couldn't control it.
Suarez, who was close at hand, took the lead in catching up in the penalty area to pick up the leak, and easily picked the ball into the goal.
Scored twice!
The Uruguay forward smiled with his cute little rabbit teeth, and the whole person couldn't help stepping back, pointing at Javi Martinez from a distance.
At this moment, the mood of the Spanish midfielder should be depressed.
Put your damn teeth away, Sue!
Labor and management finally seized the opportunity to show off their footwork, but it turned out to be a good deal for you!
With a two-goal lead, Manchester City entered the break.
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester City began to play steadily, not as aggressively as in the first half.
But in the fifty-fifth minute, Manchester City seized another chance.
It was still Harvey Martinez's interception near the middle circle. David Silva did not return the ball after receiving the ball, but took it forward by himself, and passed the ball diagonally to the left in the top area of the arc. Gareth Bell.
The Welshman suddenly slanted into the left rib of the penalty area, stopped the ball, swung his legs, exerted strength, and blasted a shot straight to the far corner.
But I don't know if this shot was too pursuit of the angle, which led to being touched by the goalkeeper.
Suarez, who was originally near the penalty spot, suddenly appeared on the right side of the front of the small penalty area, just chasing the ball touched by the goalkeeper, and in a hurry blocked the ball into the unguarded goal with the inside of his foot.
hat trick!
Suarez's Coke is broken!
All Manchester City fans were chanting his name.
Gao Shen also had a wry smile on the sidelines, should this praise him for moving around like a ghost? Or was he lucky?
Three goals, two misses, what else can you say?
However, after Suarez performed a hat-trick, Gao Shen replaced him with Giroud.
And it was this substitution. In the 93rd minute, that is, at the last moment of stoppage time, Giroud used a header to pass Felipe's diagonal pass from the left to Gareth Bale.
The Welshman seized his chance this time, volleying from close range with his left foot and sending the ball into the bottom left corner.
Four to zero!
This goal also helped Manchester City seal the victory.
In the end, with Suarez's hat-trick and Gareth Bale's goal, Manchester City won Zenit St. Petersburg 4-0 and advanced 5-1 on aggregate.
After the game, Gao Shen smiled and stood in front of Spalletti with a dejected face.
I like the way you can't get used to it and can't kill me.