Three days after the derby in Manchester, city played at the city stadium in the third round of the Carling Cup.
It''s against Cardiff from England''s second division.
According to the original arrangement, Gao had a large rotation in this game, and intended to use Cardiff to practice the team''s tactics. In the first half, he still adopted the tactics of three guards, but the midfield was changed into a parallel position, and two full backs, bridge and sabaletta, were arranged to start the game.
In addition, the front court Trident has also been adjusted, pettrov, Ruo and Sturridge start together.
As a result, just three minutes into the opening, Sturridge''s goal helped Manchester City open the scoring.
After Manchester City also firmly control the situation, young Michael Johnson and Elano partner in the middle, good performance, but the team''s attack has never been able to play a threat.
After Yi Bian fought again in the second half, Gao Han adjusted the lineup from the original three four three to four three three formation, the Trident remained unchanged, replaced guard kolluca, replaced midfield Steven Ireland, further strengthened the midfield control.
But maybe it was the constant adjustment and change of the cold that made the players unable to adapt. Manchester City''s whole attack was a bit chaotic, and they didn''t break Cardiff''s goal until the end of the game.
In the end, blue moon won a 1-0 home victory over Cardiff to advance to the next round.
In the seventh round of the Premier League, Manchester City continued to stay at home and welcomed London''s hammers, West Ham United.
This season''s West Ham United performance is not ideal, currently ranked 18th in the Premier League, but the strength of the hammers is beyond doubt.
City were at home. In the first five minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo helped Benzema with the ball from the left and scored for city.
However, Zora, the head coach of West Ham United, was also very tough. He did not shrink from the strength gap between the two sides. Instead, he drew lessons from the United''s play in the Manchester Derby. He made a decisive attack and took advantage of the loopholes in the city''s back line. Soon, Parke assisted Charlton Kerr to counterattack and score, equalizing the score.
When Charlton Cole scored the goal, the live broadcast of the Premier League also featured Gao Han for a long time, because Parker and Charlton Cole were both players when Gao Han was in charge of Chelsea, especially Parker, who was introduced by Gao Han.
However, after West Ham United equalized the score, they were greedy to win and were soon seized by Manchester City. Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed the score again, 2-1.
In the second half, with the decline of physical fitness, West Ham United were even more passive and had to retreat to their own half. In the 61st minute, Sanchez assisted Benzema to the next city and expanded the score to 3-1.
In the end, city beat visiting West Ham United at home with a score of 3-1.
The most impressive part of this game is that Manchester City''s possession rate is as high as 63%, the number of shots has reached 25, 14 straight shots, 11 wide shots and three goals.
West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green was brilliant.
The other focuses of this round are Manchester United''s 2-0 win over Stoke City, Liverpool''s 3-1 win over Hull City at home, Chelsea''s 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic at home and Arsenal''s 1-0 win over Fulham at home.
After the game, the Premier League rankings remain unchanged.
In the middle of the week, in the second round of the Champions League group match, all the four teams in the Premier League, except for Liverpool, who lost 2-0 to Fiorentina, won. This also cast a shadow on the eighth round of the League when the Reds visited Stamford Bridge.
At the weekend, Manchester City went south to Birmingham to challenge Aston Villa, the devil''s home.
After a week''s rest, Manchester City attacked like a tide, but Martin O''Neill''s team built up an iron wall in the half-time. Only in the 15th minute, city took advantage of a set piece from the front court. Cristiano Ronaldo took a free kick to attack the goal, which was saved by goalkeeper Friedel, and Harvey Martinez was quick witted, Assist kompani to score.
After Yi Bian fought again in the second half, Benzema assisted Sanchez to make the score 2-0.
After Manchester City has never been able to break Aston Villa''s goal, the final 2-0 away win.
This is the first time that Cristiano Ronaldo has failed to score this season.
But with 10 goals in eight league games, the Portuguese''s offensive firepower is amazing.
While Manchester City beat Aston Villa away, at Stamford Bridge in London, the focus of this round of premier league matches and the match between Chelsea and Liverpool at home are in full swing.
The score is zero to zero and the time is 90 minutes.
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Abramovich sat anxiously in the grandstand at Stamford Bridge, looking impatient.
As early as more than an hour ago, he had received the news that Manchester City was 1-0 ahead of Aston Villa with the goal of centre back kompani. Half an hour ago, he received the news again that Sanchez scored again, 2-0.
Manchester City retreated from the devil''s home, but Chelsea are still on the brink of death.
Ninety minutes later, the fourth official on the sidelines raised the sign of three minutes'' stoppage time, but the score was still zero to zero.
Abramovich angrily scolded, "special!"
It was a very awkward game for Chelsea, and the whole game was very bad.
Scolari has formed a 4 3 2 1 formation. The three players in the front are a combination of Robinho, Drogba and Anelka. Arshavin is on the bench, which should be the strongest team that Chelsea can produce.
Can be such a team, in their own home, but has never been able to break the goal of Liverpool.
Rafael Benitez''s targeted tactics in this game are very strict. Gerrard, Skrtel, Glen Johnson and other players are very active, which has brought a lot of trouble to Chelsea''s attack and defense.
So far, Liverpool have scored 12 goals, and Chelsea are one less than Liverpool, only 11 times.
In terms of corner kick, offside and so on, Chelsea are not as good as Liverpool, and even have fewer fouls.
The advantage of the blue team in this game is that the possession rate is 52%, which is similar to that of Liverpool. The efficiency of shooting is 11 times and 7 times, while Liverpool''s 12 foot shot is only 3 times.
John Terry''s outstanding performance in the back line has contributed a lot to the difference.
This makes Abramovich feel a little reluctant, because he can guess that tomorrow there will be a lot of media reporters who will make use of the topic to hype about Gao''s contribution to Chelsea. This is the last thing Abramovich wants to hear.
"Is the game over there?" Abramovich squeezed his nose hard and sighed.
His assistant, granovskia, nodded and said, "it''s over, 2-0, Manchester City win."
Abramovich heard, and sighed, want to curse.
So far this season, two teams in the Premier League have won, one is Manchester City, the other is Chelsea.
Manchester City''s performance this season is not satisfactory, especially in the offensive aspect. After Scolari was in the top position, Chelsea changed the pursuit of controlling the ball in the period of Rijkaard and played more pragmatically. This makes the blues not good-looking, but the efficiency of scoring is very high. After all, the strength of the team is still very dominant.
But this game, in the face of Liverpool, can''t go on.
If this game draws, then the successive victories of Chelsea will come to an abrupt end. How can Abramovich be reconciled?
That is when Abramovich was about to curse his mother, there was a burst of cheers on the court.
When Robinho pushed the ball on the left side, he was tripped by the other side''s defender. The referee did not hesitate to give a free kick in the front court, while Lampard ran to the free kick point and sent out a free kick quickly.
The ball fell to Drogba at the front of the penalty area.
Only see Ivory Coast Warcraft with a strong body to suppress Carragher and Skrtel, after receiving the ball, just pushed away two defenders, turned to the horizontal dribble, and then see Anelka rushed over, immediately passed the ball to the top of the arc.
Anelka where also can miss such opportunity, direct foot curve ball volley.
Only to see the ball across a wonderful arc, over the players in the penalty area, flying to save the Spanish goalkeeper Reina''s fingertips, into the Liverpool goal behind.
The referee''s effective whistle sounded at the moment of the goal!
In an instant, the entire Stamford Bridge Stadium suddenly boiling up.
Abramovich is the whole person rushed out of the seat, a whimper at the stadium.
"Damn it, it''s a goal at last! Finally, it''s a special goal for me
"Yes! Eight in a row
"Damned bastard, damned alpine, come and have a look, we also won eight in a row!"
Suppressed the anger of the whole game, and finally at this moment, with Anelka''s goal, disappeared.
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One to zero, a last-minute winner in stoppage time, and a one-to-zero victory for Chelsea.
Abramovich in the stands forget to shout, was also caught by the media reporters at the scene.
Although there was a lot of noise at the scene and Abramovich was scolding in Russian, no one could hear what he was saying. But from his uncontrolled behavior, everyone could see that he was venting his excitement.
After beating Liverpool, Chelsea kept winning eight games in a row.
But at the end of the game, Manchester City, with the advantage of the goal difference, overtook Chelsea and successfully reached the top of the Premier League table, while the blues followed closely. Both teams won eight in a row without losing.
This has undoubtedly given numerous British media materials for speculation.
As everyone knows, there has been a bitter relationship between Gao Han and Chelsea for many years. If Gao Han always chose to keep a low profile when he left the team, Abramovich fired Rijkaard on the bus last season. However, after witnessing on the spot, Gao Han broke out in an all-round way, criticizing the lack of respect for the head coach.
It can be said that this incident has become the fuse of the outbreak of contradictions between the two sides, and the cold shelling also made Chelsea once in trouble, no one is willing to take over such a notorious team.
In the end, Abramovich still used multi-level relations and did not hesitate to offer a high annual salary before finally persuading Scolari, hoping that with the help of the authority of Brazil''s famous coach, he could calm down the dressing room of Chelsea and rebuild an iron army to compete with Manchester City led by alpine in the new season.
Obviously, Abramovich''s goal has been achieved.
Scolari''s eight wins in a row brought Chelsea the best start to the League since the cold.
It is also after this round that Manchester United and Liverpool have shown their declining trend, and the Premier League has gradually presented the situation of Manchester City and Chelsea competing for supremacy.
After playing the eighth round of the Premier League, the European League stopped again, ushering in two weeks of national team day.
But just as the national team was fighting for the last few tickets to the world cup in South Africa, a piece of news from the United States once again pushed the cold to the forefront of the world media.