Chapter 1017 The Current King of Football

After returning to Manchester from London, Manchester City took a short break and then headed north to challenge Newcastle away.

This is the 37th round of the Premier League.

Because Manchester City played in the FA Cup final last weekend, the game was postponed to midweek.

Newcastle is now ranked fifth in the Premier League, only one point less than Tottenham Hotspur, which is fourth in the Premier League. This has made the Magpies invest huge energy in trying to overturn Manchester City at home and grab a precious Champions League spot.

This is undoubtedly a sign of revival for Newcastle, a traditional Premier League powerhouse.

It is precisely because of this that Newcastle performed quite tenaciously at home.

Everyone knows that Manchester City has been fighting on multiple fronts for a long time and just had a tough battle with Liverpool in the FA Cup final. They are exhausted from the long battle. Even if there is a large rotation, the team's running-in will become a serious problem, so Newcastle still has a chance to upset at home.

The game went just as expected. Although Manchester City controlled the ball, they were unable to open up the game, especially the double striker of Dzeko and Aguero, who were unable to score against Newcastle.

However, Newcastle was unable to gain any advantage over Manchester City.

The game was deadlocked from the first half to the second half, and Manchester City made continuous substitutions, but Su Dong was not brought on.

This made many people speculate that Guardiola might want to let Su Dong rest.

But just in the 70th minute of the game, Su Dong suddenly walked to the sidelines and replaced Portuguese midfielder Moutinho.

Moutinho injured his right foot while competing with Newcastle midfielder Tiote and asked to leave the field.

When Su Dong came on the court, Manchester City just got a chance for a throw-in on the left side of the frontcourt.

Leighton Baines raised the ball high above his head and threw it immediately when he saw Su Dong running over to catch it.

Su Dong stopped the ball with his chest, blocked Tiote with his body, then dribbled past the opponent, leaving the Newcastle midfielder behind him, and quickly passed the ball to Aguero who was retreating in front, and then he made a diagonal run to the top of the penalty area.

Aguero understood what he meant, stopped the ball and passed it back to Su Dong's running route.

After Su Dong shook off Tiote, he caught up with Aguero's pass, stopped, adjusted, and shot directly.

The ball flew out like a cannonball, drew an arc, and bounced back in front of the small penalty area.

Newcastle goalkeeper Krul was standing on the left, and although he tried his best to dive sideways, he didn't expect the ball to bounce off the ground, and he missed it, allowing the ball to go straight into his own goal.

One to zero!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Less than a minute after coming on, Su Dong scored the first goal for Manchester City with a long shot."

"This is the power of a superstar. It's impossible not to be convinced."

"Aguero and Dzeko are indeed very strong, but in front of Newcastle's defense, they have been attacking for 70 minutes but have never been able to break through Newcastle's defense. As soon as Su Dong came on the court, he directly used a long shot to penetrate Krul's goal and scored the first goal for Manchester City."

“I have to say, this is the gap!”

"Su Dong's strength has even exceeded the limits of human beings. He is the current king of football!"

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After scoring the first goal, Manchester City played more steadily and was not in a hurry to fight to the death with the opponent.

Su Dong played the entire game in the FA Cup final, so he was saving his energy in this game and did not run much, but instead strolled around the frontcourt. Instead, it was Dzeko and Aguero who took the initiative to shoulder the burden of running and applying pressure.

There was no other way; they could only humble themselves in front of Su Dong.

Besides, they had no choice but to accept Su Dong's strength. After all, Newcastle's defense really made them feel helpless. As soon as Su Dong came on the court, he shot the ball into Newcastle's goal with a long shot. What else could they say?

The only thing I can do is to admit defeat.

This stalemate continued until the end of the competition prize money.

Perhaps seeing that Manchester City was a little lazy, Newcastle took the initiative and launched a wave of attacks at the last minute of the game, trying to equalize the score and keep a point at home.

Unexpectedly, there was a loophole. When they took the initiative to press forward, Gareth Barry made a long pass from the backcourt, accurately to the left. Di Maria dribbled the ball along the left, got rid of everyone, passed two opposing players in succession on the left side of the penalty area, and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Su Dong rushed over and easily stopped the ball with his foot before Kolochini.

As soon as the right foot stops and stands firm, hit directly with the left foot.

The ball passed by Coloccini and went straight into the lower right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Krul was standing in front of Su Dong and was powerless to stop this easy shot. He didn't even have time to save the shot. As for Koloczny, he was blocked behind Su Dong the whole time and was completely unable to resist.

The two Newcastle players just watched the ball go into the net.

Two to zero! …

Another match that was also postponed to midweek was also of great concern to Manchester City. Guardiola even arranged for Estiarte to bring scouts to the scene to watch the game and gather intelligence. Liverpool played against Chelsea at home.

One is the opponent in the FA Cup final that just ended, and the other is the opponent in the upcoming Champions League final. The former is still deeply impressed, while the latter is to prepare for the next decisive battle. Manchester City has enough reasons to attach importance to this game.

The media has given this match many nicknames, such as "Brothers in Distress", because the two teams are currently ranked sixth and eighth respectively. Some media also jokingly called it a battle of parallel imports, which will decide who is the king of parallel imports in the Premier League.

Why do I say that? Chelsea brought Torres from Liverpool for 50 million pounds, but the Spanish striker's performance at Stamford Bridge was a disaster. In order to make up for Torres's departure, Liverpool also spent a huge amount of money to dig out Andy Carroll, a local center forward whose performance was not satisfactory, even though he performed well in recent times.

These two counterfeits have been ridiculed by their own fans and the media over the past period of time. Now that they meet, there will naturally be a different style, which is very exciting.

But no one expected that from the very beginning of the game, the most eye-catching person was not the two dummy forwards, but Suarez.

From the first minute of the game, Suarez kept creating opportunities and threats, making Chelsea's defense panic, but this was also related to Chelsea's rotation.

The Blues no longer have any chance of a top four finish, and Di Matteo is clearly more focused on training for the upcoming Champions League final. In the away game at Anfield, he even fielded a full defensive line of substitutes.

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As a result, Suarez wreaked havoc in front of the defense led by Ivanovic, and in the 19th minute, through a wonderful personal attack, he created an own goal for Essien.

In the first twenty minutes, Suarez dribbled past the opponent twice, once on a solo run and once as an assist, performing quite well.

Chelsea's defense was full of mistakes and problems continued to arise under Liverpool's attack at home.

In the end, Liverpool, who had just lost in the FA Cup final and were full of anger, beat Chelsea 4-1 at home.

Ramires scored the only goal for Chelsea.

The large-scale rotation was the key to Chelsea's loss in this game. Di Matteo was obviously also intentionally using this game to confuse Manchester City and make it difficult for Manchester City to figure out what tactics he wanted to adopt.

You know, there is a saying in professional football that every Italian head coach is a tactical master.

Di Matteo will be no exception.

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This weekend, the Premier League ushered in the final battle, Manchester City played against Queens Park Rangers at home.

This should have been a game without much suspense, because Manchester City is much stronger than Queens Park Rangers, but Queens Park Rangers are currently ranked 17th, only two points more than Bolton, who are ranked 18th and in the relegation zone.

Bolton's opponent is Stoke City, who are playing at home. Their strength is not that strong. However, with Bolton's strength, it is possible that they can defeat their opponent away from home and win three points.

In other words, if Queens Park Rangers do not want to be relegated and want to stay in the league, the best result would be to beat Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. If they have to take a step back, they should at least aim for a draw.

Since ten games were played simultaneously in the final round, no one knew what the outcome would be.

Because of this, Queens Park Rangers fought hard with Manchester City.

The whole world knows that at the final stage of the season, the three teams facing the most difficulties are those aiming for the championship, those aiming for the Champions League zone, and the most difficult one is the relegation zone.

All the teams in the relegation zone will really fight you desperately at the final stage of the league.

Precisely because of this, out of consideration for protecting the players, Guardiola did not arrange the main players to start, but instead made large-scale rotations. On the one hand, this was to give the main players more rest time to prepare for the Champions League final a week later, and on the other hand, it was to avoid player injuries.

Everyone knows that Queens Park Rangers will go crazy in this game.

As expected, there were endless scenes of people falling down in the game. Although Manchester City played at home, they were still violated by the visiting team. Thiago was injured in the leg by the opponent before the end of the first half and had to be substituted.

But five minutes before he was injured, he had just assisted Trippier to score a goal.

The game then entered a stalemate until the 80th minute, when Guardiola replaced two players at once, replacing Su Dong and David Silva to familiarize themselves with the rhythm of the game.

It was these two substitutions that allowed Manchester City to score again.

Su Dong first used a direct free kick to penetrate the Queens Park Rangers' goal, then received a through ball from David Silva, dribbled into the right side of the penalty area, and volleyed the ball into the goal, securing the victory for Manchester City.

In the end, thanks to Su Dong's two goals after coming on as a substitute and Trippier's goal, Manchester City beat Queens Park Rangers 3-0 at home and eventually won the Premier League championship this season with an unbeaten record.

In fact, the team's unbeaten record is better than Arsenal's that year.

The entire Etihad Stadium was already in a frenzy before the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

(End of this chapter)