This season's Premier League ratings, number of overseas broadcasting platforms and audience numbers have all increased significantly compared to last season.

The reason is very simple, this season's Premier League is so exciting!

With the rise of Tottenham, the Premier League has formed the BIG6 group consisting of six teams including Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal!

Compared to the dominant Bundesliga, the Spanish La Liga dominated by two Spanish giants, and the Serie A and Ligue 1 leagues with a huge disparity in strength, the competition in the Premier League is the most intense.

The more intense the competition, the more highlights there are in each round of games. Moreover, because there are so many powerful and wealthy teams, there are focus battles between strong teams in almost every round.

This is a great attraction for fans. After all, except for die-hard fans, few people care about the games between ordinary teams whose names they can't even remember.

The vast majority of fans like a certain team, and while watching the team's games, they gradually deepen their understanding of the entire league.

As they watch more games and know more, they will slowly form a habit of watching games. Even if there are no home team games, they will try to watch other teams' games and naturally become loyal Premier League fans.

Compared with other leagues, the Premier League has six top clubs with very different styles.

This gives fans a lot of choices, allowing them to easily find a home team that better suits their tastes.

Moreover, as the Premier League teams perform better and better in European competitions, the entire league and these giants will become more famous, making it easier to attract new fans, ultimately forming a virtuous circle.

If La Liga was the world's top league in the past few years, then from 2017 onwards, the throne of the world's top league belongs to the Premier League! As a banner of the Premier League's foreign wars, Manchester City has many followers around the world because of its three championships in four years.

Although the team's foundation is not as strong as Manchester United and Liverpool, it is even inferior to Arsenal and Chelsea.

But now, Manchester City's overseas fans have surpassed Arsenal and Chelsea, approaching or even surpassing Liverpool and Manchester United.

Especially among young groups, Manchester City is more well-known and popular.

So gradually there is a saying that Manchester City is the first home team for young people, just like Barcelona, ​​the cosmic team back then! Although the team has achieved good results in both domestic and foreign wars, Guardiola is not satisfied with this.

On the contrary, in the seventh round of the league, after Manchester City defeated Chelsea away, he rarely got angry.

The players were a little confused. The team had won four games in a row and had just defeated last season's defending champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, avenging the defeat at the Etihad Stadium. Why did the head coach react like this? It made it seem as if they were the losing side?

The reason why Guardiola was angry was actually very simple. He was dissatisfied with the team's defense in this game.

Chelsea has strong defensive capabilities. Manchester City's offense was not smooth after the opening. Many times they had to press forward and do their best to besiege the opponent.

Chelsea seized the opportunity and kept trying to counterattack Manchester City, which was effective and created several chances.

If Morata, Azpilicueta, Hazard and others had not missed opportunities one after another, Manchester City would have lost the game! When they were beating the weak opponent before, these defensive problems were not exposed, so they did not arouse vigilance.

But today, through this strong confrontation with Chelsea, Guardiola realized that Manchester City's defense is far from the level he wanted.

In order to solve the defensive problem, Guardiola made adjustments to several positions in the frontcourt and further emphasized the high-pressure tactics, requiring the players to implement it without compromise.

The 3142 formation is already top-heavy, with so many people piled up in the frontcourt. If there is no pressing, once the opponent breaks through the first line of defense, the four people in the backcourt will be in trouble.

Given that Kante's offensive ability is not strong, Guardiola simply lets him stay in the back and focus on defense without having to join in the attack. He will arrange for others to do the attacking work.

In this way, Kante has the energy to take care of the flanks on both sides. Even if the players in front do not have time to come back, there will not be gaps on both sides easily, and Manchester City's backcourt defensive ability has been further improved.

It is not known whether the players turned their grief and anger into fighting spirit after being scolded by Guardiola, or whether his adjustments really enhanced the team's strength.

In the eighth round of the league, Manchester City returned to their home court and played another jaw-dropping game - beating Stoke City 7:1 at home!

Stoke City's only goal was an own goal accidentally scored by Walker.

Everyone who watched this game noticed that Manchester City's defense had new changes.

Because the opponent was relatively weak, the changes in the backcourt were not very obvious, but the players in the frontcourt seemed to have turned into mad dogs, grabbing the Stoke City players.

The overall strength of Stoke City's players was not strong to begin with, and they immediately panicked when they were suddenly given such grand attention by the opponent.

They kept making mistakes in passing the ball, frequently giving Manchester City opportunities to launch attacks on the spot.

In the first half, Manchester City scored three goals in just ten minutes from the 17th to the 27th minute, two of which were opportunities obtained by counterattacking on the spot.

In the second half, Manchester City launched another offensive climax, scoring three goals in just seven minutes from the 55th to the 62nd minute.

These two offensive climaxes directly stunned Stoke City!

It seemed that as long as the opponent exerted an effort, they could score goals, and they could score goals continuously without giving the opponent a chance to even catch their breath.

What can they do when they meet such a team? They are also desperate! In the 80th minute, Haaland scored his first goal in the Premier League and Manchester City shortly after coming on as a substitute.

Although it was just a goal that added icing on the cake, it did not have any impact on the outcome of the game.

But after scoring the goal, Haaland and the home Manchester City fans were still very happy. Haaland excitedly took off his jersey and celebrated wildly.

Manchester City fans in the stands applauded and cheered for him with smiles in their eyes.

Because the youth team's games are free of charge, many fans present have gone to watch Haaland and his team's games.

Haaland, Foden, Sancho and others have already left a deep impression on them. Even those who have not seen them have more or less heard of the names of these three people because of word of mouth among fans.

They are both pleased and looking forward to seeing these young players join the first team and gain a foothold in the first team.

These are all young players from the team’s youth training. I hope they can thrive in the first team and support Manchester City’s future!

Since Manchester City has frequently played games with big scores this season, Guardiola often gives these young players on the bench the opportunity to play.

Many players, including Haaland and Foden, have already played. Haaland has even played 4 times and finally scored his first league goal, which is cause for celebration.

Compared to Haaland, although Foden also played, he was not used to being pressed by opponents on the field and his performance was not as expected, so he was temporarily shelved by Guardiola.

He plans to train Foden first. There is no rush to increase his physical confrontation ability, but psychological preparation needs to be done in advance.

Players in Foden's position rely mainly on their brains rather than their bodies when playing football.

He needs to learn more from Lin Quan and David Silva about this!

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Because there are many young players in the team, Guardiola attaches great importance to this season's League Cup.

It's not for the useless League Cup trophy, but to train new players in the team.

In the EFL Cup, Manchester City drew a Premier League team - West Bromwich Albion - in the first round.

Guardiola arranged a lineup with a small number of main players and a large number of substitutes for this purpose.

In order to prevent the team from being eliminated in the first round, he also brought main players such as De Bruyne, Lin Quan and Aguero, and asked them to be on standby on the bench. If the situation goes wrong, they can be substituted on to turn the tide.

But in the end, these three people did not appear.

Manchester City did not play particularly well in this game. Seeing that Manchester City had a large number of substitutes, the opponents played very actively after the start.

They almost suppressed Manchester City, but Rudiger, Kimmich and others in the back line performed well and did not give the opponent too many good opportunities.

In the midfield, Fernandinho was in great form, not only performing outstandingly on the defensive end, but he could also be seen frequently on the offensive end.

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Under the leadership of several big brothers, the substitutes stabilized their position and gradually began to launch a counterattack.

In the 33rd minute, Manchester City launched a counterattack from the backcourt. Sane relied on his outstanding personal ability to break the deadlock and help Manchester City lead 1:0.

After the team took the lead, the young players in the team became more relaxed, played more calmly, and even felt like they were part of the main team.

However, just when Manchester City players let down their guard, Gibbs, who had just transferred from Arsenal this summer, made a wonderful pass, broke through Manchester City's defense and assisted his teammates to equalize the score.

This blow came too suddenly, and the young players in Manchester City seemed to be stunned and confused for a while. West Bromwich took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and regained the initiative of the game.

Guardiola on the sidelines shook his head repeatedly, thinking that these young people still had too little experience.

Just when he was considering whether to use his trump card, Sane stepped up again and scored another goal, helping the team take the lead again.

Although Sane has gradually fallen behind in the competition with Mbappe, you have to admit that his strength is really not weak. At least in a competition of the level of the Carabao Cup, he is really effective!

If he leaves Manchester City and goes to a team ranked in the middle or lower reaches of the league, he will definitely be the best player in the team!

But Sane doesn't seem to want to leave Manchester City, unless the Bundesliga team calls him. Otherwise, he thinks it is better to stay in Manchester City than to transfer to other teams!

Although the competition on Manchester City's flanks is fierce, it is very comfortable to play here. The atmosphere within the team is very good and there is no intrigue.

Moreover, he was able to frequently compete with his teammates, which enabled him to make great progress.

Sane is still very young. He is only 21 years old this year. He is not in a hurry to stand out and become famous. The right way is to learn skills first! As if to increase the difficulty for the team, Guardiola replaced Sane after he scored the second goal.

West Bromwich Albion was about to surrender. The League Cup, a tasteless and useless competition, was not that important to an ordinary team like them.

For them, league relegation is the most important thing.

So after seeing Manchester City take the lead for the second time, they no longer planned to fight.

But the other team actually replaced the best player. What does this mean? Do they look down on us?

Maybe he saw hope, or maybe he was angered by Manchester City's actions.

West Bromwich Albion launched a new counterattack and the situation began to become passive again.

At every critical moment, there is always someone on the team who stands up.

Sane, the leader, left the field, and B Silva stepped forward and assisted Haaland to score another goal in the 87th minute of the game, completely securing the victory.

West Bromwich Albion is in tears. Aren’t you bullying people?

Although you are on the bench, your substitute lineup is more luxurious than our main lineup. Can we still have fun?

Who are the substitutes for Manchester City? Goalkeeper Navas.

Defense: Rudiger, Danilo, Kimmich, Delph Midfield: B Silva, Fernandinho, Foden

Striker, Sane, Haaland, Jesus Too brutal, this lineup is now worth more than 300 million euros!

Winning is nothing, losing is shameful!

Although they won, Guardiola was very dissatisfied with the process of the game. When reviewing the game after the match, he pulled the players aside and talked in detail for several hours, constantly talking about "if Lin Quan was there, this would have been such and such", which PUA-ed the players.

But the effect of PUA seems to be quite good. At least in the second round of the League Cup, the performance of Manchester City's substitutes was obviously much better than in the first round.

In the second round against Wolves, thanks to goals from Jesus, Haaland and Kimmich, Manchester City defeated their opponents 3-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the next round, they will most likely encounter a tough opponent.

Because among the other seven teams that have made it to the quarterfinals this season, there are several giants, including Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

If they are unlucky enough to draw these teams, and Guardiola cannot field all his main players, if the other side fields all their main players, Manchester City will have a high chance of losing.

But Guardiola's attitude remains firm, he doesn't care who the opponent plays.

Anyway, the League Cup has nothing to do with the main players. If we win, it’s the credit of you substitutes, and if we lose, it’s also your fault. Even if it comes to the final, he will arrange these people to play.

This kind of promise makes the substitutes both happy and worried.

The good news is that their position is secure and there is no need to worry about being replaced.

What I am worried about is, if they really make it to the finals by chance, can they really compete with the opponent's main lineup? (End of this chapter)