Even in the process of returning to Asia to participate in the top 12 games, Zhuoyang, like others, believed that Manchester City's loss to Tottenham was just an accident.
Manchester is already very cold in October. It is at the same latitude as Mohe. Although the cold is far less exaggerated than Mohe in October, it is much colder than Madrid in October and colder than Hannover at the same latitude.
In late autumn in Madrid, half of the fat people still wear short-sleeves, but in October in Manchester, even the middle-school-aged boys will wear thick clothes.
Manchester City's first game in October was the seventh round of the Premier League, when they went to White Hart Lane in London to face Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham has always been a strong team in the Premier League. Back then, it felt like he was the top four team behind Manchester United. Later, with Manchester City added, Tottenham were always among the top six. But Tottenham are a little more neurotic than the top five.
, especially in the second half of the season when they lost to the relegation team. As for where they will be ranked in the end, it mainly depends on who among the top five is talking nonsense.
The first five were sick in turn, and Tottenham were always suffering from the disease. It was not until Pochettino took office that there was hope of being cured.
The year Zhuo Yang moved from Milan to Barcelona, ​​Argentine head coach Mauricio Pochettino, who was born in the 1970s, also started his coaching career at Espanyol. Before that, he was the assistant coach of the women's football team of Espanyol.
Perhaps because of the Spaniard's limited overall strength and keenness to sell players, Pochettino's nearly four years of coaching at the Parrot Legion have not been too remarkable. They are far inferior to Simeone, Zidane and Guardio at the same age.
Like that, she was enchanting and charming as soon as she debuted.
In November 2012, Pochettino led the Espanyol to the bottom of the La Liga standings and was fired. The Mexican coach Aguirre who replaced him had the Espanyol ranked 13th in the standings at the end of the season.
Complete relegation early.
After leaving Spain, Pochettino replaced the meritorious coach Adkins as the new coach of the Saints at Southampton the following year. In the first game of his new job, Saints fans missed Adkins and complained about him.
St. Mary's Stadium booed Pochettino.
But Pochettino performed the same story as Aguirre at Espanyol at Southampton, leading the Saints to successfully avoid relegation at the end of the season, and climbed to eighth in the standings the following season.
Therefore, in the summer of 2014, Pochettino came to Tottenham to replace the newly appointed interim coach Tim Sherwood. The businessman valued profits over separation, and Sherwood was let go by Tottenham Chairman Daniel Levy face to face.
Pochettino did not catch up with the good times of Tottenham Bell and Magic Flute, but he discovered and reused Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Eriksson, Eric Dier, Lamela and others, of course
, and Son Heung-min.
Porpoise actually wants to save Paulinho, but the violent bird at Tottenham is really unable to support the wall. He is praised by Tottenham fans as the "most valuable signing in history", and Algeria midfielder Nabil Ben
Taleb is also known as "White Hart Alley Double Waste".
Pochettino's Tottenham are coming, and many experts say it will be a big test for Guardiola's Manchester City.
The NBA has a "run and gun" tactic, and the Premier League also has it now. Uncle James's Liverpool and Porpoise's Tottenham are the same. The two teams are evenly matched. They use non-stop sprinting to continuously speed up the offensive rhythm. Most teams really can't stand it.
Live what they built.
Manchester City couldn't stand it either.
The total 643 sprints were the most in the Premier League this season. Anyone who watched Tottenham's football felt like 10 people running a 4x100 meter for 90 minutes.
Manchester City's De Bruyne continues to be absent, and of course, so is Zhuo Yang. But Tottenham did not take advantage of this. Last season's Premier League top scorer Harry Kane also missed due to ankle ligament injury, as well as the aforementioned Dembele.
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In the 9th minute, Fernando was intercepted by Lamela midfielder during Tottenham's charge attack, and the full-back Danny Rose counterattacked and passed from the left side of the Manchester City penalty area.
Son Heung-min was pushed aside by Otamendi, and Tottenham's cross seemed to have nowhere to go. At this time, Manchester City left-back Kolarov stepped forward and made a beautiful volley in front of the goal, picking the football in.
Own goal.
To be honest, if you ignore the own-goal factor, this ball is suspected of being selected into the top ten in this round.
With two own goals in two consecutive games, Guardiola needs to find something to say goodbye to.
In the 37th minute, Son Heung-min passed the ball in front of the penalty area, Ali countered offside and then fired, 2:0.
This first half was the first time Manchester City fell behind this season, the first time they fell behind by two goals.
In the second half, we almost fell behind by 3 goals.
In the 65th minute, Fernando kicked down Ali in the penalty area. In fact, Kolarov had already kicked down Sissoko outside the penalty area a second before.
Bravo's goal line and saving skills are flawed, but he is really good at saving penalty kicks, especially when facing the Argentine.
The 24-year-old Argentine midfielder Eric Lamela's push shot was predicted by Bravo in the right direction, avoiding the embarrassing situation of Manchester City falling behind by three goals.
But the 0:2 score also gave Manchester City their first defeat of the season, and ten consecutive victories suddenly seemed far away.
It can be seen from this game that Manchester City has not been kneaded into shape enough. When the opponent intensifies the fight, Manchester City will obviously lose control. Compared with the suffocating control methods of Barcelona at the peak, Manchester City is still far behind.
There is no reasonable integration of passing and breakthrough in the midfield and frontcourt. Some players pass but do not break through, such as Silva, some have breakthroughs but do not pass, such as Aguero, and some neither pass nor break through, leaving only
Happiness is like Sterling.
They are all first-class players, but in Pep Guardiola's tactical system, when to pass and when to break out, this is a science.
On the other hand, this is the Premier League. It intends to establish the overall situation of the league early by relying on abuse along the way like Real Madrid in La Liga or Bayern in the Bundesliga. Such a cool story will not happen in the Premier League.
Only by withstanding the test in head-to-head confrontation with the great powers and winning the upper hand in the dialogue between the great powers can we confidently win the Barclays Cup, the Premier League champion.
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At the end of the seventh round of the Premier League, Manchester City, which lost, is still at the top of the standings. Liverpool, which also has 6 wins and 1 loss, is ranked second due to a goal difference of two less. Uncle Zha's team unexpectedly lost to Burnley two rounds ago.
, but the 6 wins include defeating Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Leicester City, and the gold content is much higher than that of Manchester City.
Tottenham did not start well, drawing with Everton and losing to Liverpool, but entered September and won 4 consecutive games. Son Heung-min was elected as the best player in September, and Detu was elected in August.
It seems that Kong Er’s Chelsea has not been sorted out yet, with 2 losses and 1 draw in 7 rounds, which is better than Manchester United’s 2 losses and 2 draws. As for Wenger and Ranieri, two old monsters in the coaching world, there is no need to go there.
Worry, no one knows better than themselves where to best place the soul of the team.
After the seventh round, the October international match day ushered in, and Manchester City players scattered in all directions. Zhuo Yang, who suffered an Achilles tendon injury, negotiated with the club and was allowed to return to the national team. Of course, it is not that he can compete, but that he can
Follow.
Manchester City said that they would let him use a wheelchair to supervise the battle, but Zhuo Yang only agreed to use a crutch. The reason was, "I have been lying motionless for more than a year and I don't want to be restricted in my freedom of movement anymore." The Manchester City club immediately stated that it will be whatever you say.
Chapter completed!