458. Chapter 456 Wuhu! Something is wrong with Manchester City!
458. Chapter 456 Wuhu! Something is not quite right about Manchester City!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 456 Wuhu! Something is not quite right about Manchester City!
The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, people in China were enjoying a rare leisure time in a busy year, but Chu Zheng had to get up early to go to work.
After preparing dog and cat food for the four little guys, Chu Zheng drove straight to the Manchester City training base.
But not long after I left home, Zhao Dudu’s video call came.
Chu Zheng reached out and pressed on the center console, and Zhao Dudu's smiling face appeared on the center console LCD screen.
As soon as the video was connected, Chu Zheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, your dog son and cat daughter will not starve!"
After finishing his words, Chu Zheng suddenly asked again: "By the way, Dudu, does your dad have any objections to me?"
At 12 o'clock last night, which is 8 o'clock in the morning on the first day of the Chinese New Year, Chu Zheng specially chose this time to send New Year greetings to Zhao Dudu's parents and grandparents through video.
Zhao Dudu's grandfather, grandma and his mother are fine and have a warm attitude towards him.
However, when it came to Father Zhao, there was just a faint smile.
It made Chu Zheng feel that he was facing a customer service person who treated him as if he were a guest. He was neither enthusiastic nor cold.
"Haha!" After hearing Chu Zheng's words, Zhao Dudu didn't know what he was thinking of. He narrowed his eyes with laughter, "He's not targeting you. In fact, my father's personality is quite similar to yours. If it weren't for those business and entertainment scenes,
, he doesn’t even talk much to me and my mother in private.”
"Oh, that's it!"
"That's good. Your dad almost scared me to death. After I hung up the video, I kept wondering if I had done something wrong."
"Keke! No! My dad is still very easy to get along with, you will know later." Zhao Dudu said with a smile.
Chu Zheng nodded, and then chatted with Zhao Dudu all the way. He didn't hang up the video until he entered downtown Manchester.
By the time Chu Zheng arrived in the locker room, everyone else was almost there.
Perhaps because they slaughtered Crystal Palace 4-0 in the fourth round of the FA Cup and successfully advanced to the fifth round, the atmosphere in the locker room today was particularly relaxed and happy.
In the game against Crystal Palace, Guardiola did not rotate all 11 players, but still kept some main players on the court.
Take Aguero for example. This guy continues to start. Guardiola obviously wants this guy to get his shooting boots back as soon as possible.
The midfield also has veterans such as David Silva and Fernando paired with rookie Foden.
There is also veteran captain Kompany, who has just returned from injury, sitting in the backcourt.
So winning the game is very easy.
"Chu, did you watch yesterday's game? Did you see my continuous escapes? The big guys in Crystal Palace were fooled by me." Chu Zheng was about to walk to his locker, when Foden, a little carrot, suddenly
He came out a little excited and said.
The excitement of seeing Foden play for the Manchester City first team for the first time had not yet passed. Chu Zheng was overjoyed. He gave a thumbs up and opened his mouth and said: "I watched the game, Phil, I have to say,
Your performance was great, especially that assist, which showed your extraordinary vision."
As soon as he finished speaking, Foden's excited little face froze instantly, and his whole person turned to stone.
(⊙﹏⊙) He came on as a substitute in the second half yesterday and only played for about ten minutes. Where did he get the assist?
"Pfft!" Kompany, who was sitting next to him, laughed directly. Chu Zheng was clearly just teasing the stupid boy.
"Hey! Chu, you liar, you didn't watch yesterday's game at all, right?" Foden reacted and jumped up angrily.
"Haha!" Seeing Chu Zheng teasing the silly boy, the locker room burst into laughter. Foden was so angry that he wanted to jump up and hit Chu Zheng on the knee.
Chu Zheng happily avoided Foden's pursuit in the locker room, and the two of them were arguing for a while before they stopped.
When Chu Zheng walked to his locker, he found De Bruyne chatting and laughing with a familiar but unfamiliar face.
Some time ago, I heard that this guy was still hesitating, and Chu Zheng was a little worried.
Kyle Walker can be said to be the most suitable signing target for Manchester City at the moment.
Because this guy can hit both sides of the ball, he is very consistent with Guardiola's new tactical choices and can be said to be a perfect fit.
Once this guy refuses, Guardiola's new tactics will have to be delayed until next season.
This guy is very important in that strategy.
In fact, it is said to be a rental to the outside world, but everyone in the industry understands what is going on.
But no one will pierce the window paper.
This is the unspoken rule for all clubs in Europe to fight against the Financial Fair Play Act, and all clubs have reserved default means.
No one will break the rules, otherwise they would have been punished long ago.
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On February 1, the 23rd round of the Premier League officially kicked off.
The result was beyond everyone's expectation.
Because in this round of the Premier League, almost all the strong teams have lost points.
Due to the injuries of Vertonghen and Alderweireld, Tottenham's defense team was forced to go offline in this round's away game against last place Sunderland.
As a result, Tottenham were tied 0-0 by the Black Cats at home, which was the first upset in this round of the Premier League.
This round Arsenal is at the Emirates Stadium to face the challenge of Watford, who is sixth from the bottom in the standings.
As a result, the Gunners led by Arsene Wenger encountered a swarm of attacks from the Hornets at home, and gave Watford two goals in the first 15 minutes of the game.
In the end, Arsenal was stung all over the head, and then died from the poison. They lost 1-2 to Watford, causing the second upset in this round of the Premier League.
After the game, the media evaluated this game as the game Arsenal should not lose.
Some media even claimed in reports that Arsenal began to lose suicidally again at a critical moment in the championship.
The third upset is something that the Manchester City club likes to hear from top to bottom.
In this round, the Red Devils led by Mourinho will play at the Communications Stadium in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, against Hull City, which is second from the bottom in the standings.
In the end, I never expected the tiger to be so ferocious that he was almost torn apart by Hull City. In the end, the two sides shook hands and settled for a 0-0 draw.
The other game was as expected and not an upset.
This round of Premier League giants killer Red Army Liverpool will face Blue Army Chelsea at Anfield.
If you don't look at the score of this game, you will think it is a one-sided game.
But soon after the game started, Chelsea's Luiz suddenly took a free kick while Mignolet was still directing the wall, and succeeded in sneaking up a powerful drop ball.
Liverpool also lived up to the title of wealthy killer.
After falling behind by one goal at home, they finally equalized the score. Neither side could score again until the end of the game.
Liverpool's strong attack on Chelsea forced Conte to slow down his pursuit of the Premier League title.
Although the game was not won, Liverpool fans were very satisfied with the game.
Because they saw the blood injected by Klopp in Liverpool.
Reds fans believe it is only a matter of time before the team returns to the top.
As for Manchester City, their opponent in this round is the Hammers West Ham United who were just slaughtered 5-0 by Chu Zheng and the others some time ago.
West Ham United was extremely strong last season and almost knocked Manchester United out of the Europa League.
But this season, West Ham United has experienced a more obvious decline.
They are currently ranked 11th in the Premier League standings, and they no longer have the aggressive momentum of last season.
For Manchester City, this is an old rival.
Because Manchester City has already beaten West Ham United twice this season.
In the third round of the FA Cup in early January, Manchester City was a guest and gave the Hammers a 5-0 score.
This gave West Ham United their worst home defeat since May 1967.
So playing West Ham United, especially West Ham United this season, Manchester City has a huge psychological advantage.
Even playing away from home, I feel confident.
Guardiola played all the main players in this game.
But as the media expected, there were big changes in the starting lineup.
In the frontcourt, Jesus started and Aguero was on the bench.
Bravo, the backcourt goalkeeper, finally did what Manchester City fans wanted and was put on the bench by Guardiola.
He was replaced by Manchester City's new goalkeeper Ederson.
The return of veteran captain Vincent Kompany on the defensive line has boosted Manchester City's collective morale.
In addition, Manchester City's luxurious attacking group in the midfield and frontcourt is completely comparable to Barcelona and Manchester City.
As a result, Manchester City won very easily, and almost beat the Hammers to tears, the hard-blooded men of the Premier League.
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Only 3 minutes into the game, Chu Zheng made a direct pass in midfield to De Bruyne, who was running in front of him at high speed.
Then De Bruyne passed the ball to the right rib. Jesus entered the penalty area and passed the ball in an inverted triangle in front of the penalty spot. De Bruyne scored in one stroke.
In the 18th minute of the game, Chu Zheng successfully intercepted the ball in the right rib area of his own half with the cooperation of Toure and other teammates, and then quickly passed the ball across to Luther Browne to directly launch a counterattack.
De Bruyne did not slow down Chu Zheng's counterattack speed, and distributed the ball from the left, directly outside the West Ham United penalty area.
Sane took the ball from the top corner of the penalty area and broke through, passing two West Ham United players.
After going down to the baseline, he made a cross pass on the sideline of the small penalty area.
So Chu Zheng, who was unguarded, outflanked the ball from behind and sent the ball into the West Ham United goal from close range without any effort.
After 2-0, Manchester City's offensive line was in full bloom.
When the first half ended, the game was already 4-0.
The respective statistics of Chu Zheng and De Bruyne are one pass and one shot.
In the 52nd minute of the second half, seeing that West Ham United had no fighting spirit, Guardiola started training.
The 17-year-old Foden replaced Chu Zheng and took the first step to become the crown prince of Manchester City.
But in this life, he is destined to have a king above his head to control him.
Foden lived up to the expectations of Chu Zheng and Guardiola.
The little guy's fighting spirit and desire for the game after he came on the field stood out among the Manchester City players who had become very relaxed.
Then his first Premier League goal came naturally.
Although Foden did not achieve the achievement of becoming famous with one goal, his unique spirituality and excellent dribbling and ball control skills at his feet also attracted enough attention from the media.
The emergence of Foden also proves that Manchester City's youth training work in recent years is excellent.
Manchester City doesn't just spend money on people in the transfer market.
In the end, Manchester City once again slaughtered the Hammers West Ham United 6-0.
West Ham United fans swallowed the new record home defeat with tears in their eyes.
After the game, Manchester City received collective praise from European mainstream media.
There is no need to go into details about the outstanding performances of Chu Zheng, De Bruyne and others.
But the performance of Manchester City's defense today was really refreshing for everyone.
In the first half of this game, West Ham United did not do nothing.
The Hammers' high-flying British attack is also quite threatening, as is the counterattack.
But Manchester City now has veteran captain Kompany in charge, partnering with Otamendi who is playing relatively stable.
So under the command of Kompany, a veteran who has experienced many battles, Manchester City's defense miraculously did not make a single mistake, which is incredible.
Coupled with Ederson's outstanding performance in front of the goal in his Premier League debut, Manchester City's goal was impregnable.
Ederson, a rookie in the Premier League, is particularly excited today.
Not only did they resist in front of the door.
He also used his extraordinary long-pass guidance skills time and time again to directly help Manchester City launch an offensive from the goal, which really showed off to everyone.