Chapter 770 Who is in favor? Who is against?
On the evening of August 22, at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
In the locker room before the game, Manchester City players were making final preparations before the game.
Some were busy putting on their pants, some were busy tying their hair, some were tidying up their jerseys, and some closed their eyes and prayed...
Every player has his own habits and makes pre-match preparations according to his own habits.
Su Dong had already packed up and was sitting in his seat, looking at the photos sent by Wang Chuqing on his phone.
Today is Sunday. She arrived in Manchester yesterday. After watching Su Dong's game tonight, she will return to Oxford overnight.
In the photo, she was smiling very happily and mingling with the Manchester City fans around her.
This made Su Dong happy.
Seeing that his teammates were almost ready, Su Dong put away his phone, took a deep breath, and stood up.
"Okay, everyone, get ready to go on stage!"
As captain, this is what he needs to do before every game.
Su Dong spoke again only after all his teammates gathered around him.
“We played very well against Tottenham in the last game, and tonight’s game against Liverpool is our first home game of the new season. I hope everyone can continue to show the performance we showed in the last round and win three points again!”
"Do you have confidence?" Su Dong asked in a deep voice, emphasizing his tone.
"Yes!" the teammates answered in unison.
"To be honest, my current situation is pretty bad. Drogba has five goals and three assists, and he's at the top of both the scorer and assist lists. There are other players like Anekal, Kalou, Walcott..."
Su Dong read out the names of several players in one breath, which made the Manchester City players laugh.
"I feel that I can no longer hide my strength. I have decided to let the devil out of my heart so that I can gain a foothold in the crazy Premier League. Otherwise, I don't think I can make it."
Su Dong's words caused laughter in the locker room.
The outside media indeed said so, because Su Dong is now ranked in the top ten in the scorer list.
Given the nature of the British media, they will not criticize Su Dong for the time being, mainly because he still has one game less. But if he fails to beat Liverpool tonight, Su Dong will probably be faced with overwhelming doubts tomorrow.
But is there any solution?
Who has ever seen such a crazy Premier League?
In just the second round of the league, the score was 6-0 in three games, which was a ridiculous number of goals.
The game was exciting and the fans were happy, but Su Dong said he was under a lot of pressure!
"Angel, David, Tony, Alexis." Su Dong named four players in one breath, all of whom were Manchester City players who were organizing the attack around him. "I have decided to use my big move. You guys better pay attention and help me get more assists. I don't believe I can't kill Drogba!"
Su Dong's words not only excited the four players he named, but also Marcelo.
"And me, and me, I can score goals too."
Everyone burst into laughter again.
But we have to admit that Marcelo's footwork is indeed quite delicate.
"Just yesterday, Hodgson said in front of the media that I had not yet adapted to the Premier League and he was confident that he could defend me. I personally felt very hurt and sad. I felt humiliated, so I decided to kill him!"
"Who's for? Who's against?"
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With the whistle of referee Phil Dodd and the cheers of more than 40,000 Manchester City fans in the stadium, the most anticipated match of the second round of the Premier League officially kicked off.
At the beginning of the game, Liverpool kicked off first and Manchester City took the initiative.
The trident led by Su Dong immediately launched an urgent pressing attack on Liverpool's defense line, and the midfield and backcourt followed closely, quickly pressing forward and immediately putting pressure on Liverpool's backcourt.
Although playing away, Liverpool lined up in a British-style 4-4-2 formation tonight.
The two forwards are Torres and N'Gog, the midfield is Norwich, Lucas, Gerrard and Kuyt, the back line is Agger, Carragher, Skrtel and Glen Johnson, and the goalkeeper is the old acquaintance Reina.
Manchester City's high-pressure defense directly rushed to the back line and even forced Reina, forcing Liverpool to kick the ball to the front court with a long kick. In the end, Manchester City grabbed the ball in time and controlled the ball under their feet.
After gaining possession of the ball, Manchester City passed the ball patiently.
The three midfielders of David Silva, Toni Kroos and Busquets helped the team to firmly grasp the ball, constantly passing it back and forth, patiently organizing and looking for opportunities.
But the first threatening attack of the entire game came from Liverpool.
This was a quick counterattack.
After Gerrard intercepted the ball, he quickly passed it to N'Gog, who then passed it to the penalty area. Torres got the ball in the penalty area, but Pepe, who was returning to defense, got there first, fell to the ground and tackled the ball, knocking it out of bounds.
After getting up from the ground, Pepe made a confident gesture towards Su Dong from afar.
Obviously, he really believed what Su Dong said before the game, that Torres' explosiveness had really declined.
Not to mention anything else, in the situation just now, if it was at the peak moment, it would really be difficult for Pepe to stop Torres.
If the opportunity in the third minute was not obvious enough, then in the eighth minute, when Jovanović passed the ball to the middle from the left, Torres stopped the ball in front of him 25 meters away from the goal and started to dribble forward.
At this moment, Pepe suddenly caught up from behind, took the lead, and once again intercepted the ball.
Twice in a row, Pepe successfully intercepted Torres' dribbling attack.
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Hodgson paced back and forth on the sidelines, occasionally reaching out to remind the players on the field to pay attention to their positions.
After seeing Torres dribbling the ball again, he shook his head helplessly.
This was Torres' first start of the season.
It was also Torres' second game after the World Cup final.
He came on as a substitute in the first round of the Premier League and played for less than twenty minutes. It was his first game and he performed very poorly.
Now it seems that the situation tonight is not much better.
Hodgson frowned and called Gerrard again, signaling him to try his best to stabilize the defense in the midfield.
What Manchester City is best at is controlling the ball in the area between the center line and 30 meters, patiently passing the ball back and forth, and when finding an opportunity, suddenly sending a deadly through pass.
"Be careful," Hodgson shouted.
Looking at his own backcourt again, he felt a little more at ease.
Tonight he fielded three central defenders, Agger, Carragher and Skrtel, in an attempt to restrict Su Dong.
So far, the effect seems to be good.
He is not Redknapp, Liverpool is not Tottenham Hotspur, and his creed has always been pragmatism.
When facing a team like Manchester City, don't think about fighting with your life, just defend.
Hold on and then counterattack.
Seeing that the situation was somewhat stable and Liverpool had gained a foothold under Manchester City's high-pressure defense at the beginning, Hodgson secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked at Su Dong again, there was a bit more playfulness on his face.
Liverpool hasn't made the headlines for a long time. If they can maintain the score tonight and freeze Manchester City and Liverpool, they will definitely be on the front page tomorrow.
You know, Su Dong is now ranked outside the top ten in the Premier League scorer list.
This is the number one player in the world of football, but he can't handle the Premier League? Thinking of this, Hodgson couldn't help but get excited again. He walked to the sidelines and shouted to Carragher and Skrtel and others on the back line, signaling them to pay attention to Su Dong and not give him any chances.
I don’t know if it was Hodgson’s shouting that distracted them, but during one of Manchester City’s attacks, Liverpool’s defense actually had loopholes that shouldn’t have appeared.
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Manchester City planned an attack on the left, but Marcelo and Di Maria failed to complete the left-hand combination and were forced to pass the ball back to David Silva.
After David Silva stopped the ball in the middle, he took a look at the right and directly transferred the ball to the right sideline.
Sanchez stopped the ball along the right sideline and dribbled towards the penalty area from the right rib.
Agger came forward to defend immediately and tried to block Sanchez in the right corner of the penalty area.
But the Chilean winger was very fast and didn't give Agger any time to react. After a fake move, he immediately changed direction to the baseline, forcibly broke through Agger's defense and passed the ball to the middle.
Su Dong quickly moved forward and stopped the ball with his foot outside the right side of the small penalty area.
But at this time, Scottel had already blocked Su Dong's back.
Su Dong tried to use his body to push Skrtel away, but failed. The Liverpool center back's physical confrontation ability is also very strong.
If you turn around and shoot, the shooting angle is very small and Reina has already controlled a large area.
Su Dong immediately judged the situation the moment he stopped the ball. After stopping the ball, he blocked Scottel with his body, turned to the right, with his back to the goal, and gently sent the ball to the right side of the top of the penalty area with his left foot.
Toni Kroos, who had been lying in ambush outside the penalty area, quickly stepped forward, got ahead of Gerrard, met Su Dong's pass, swung his right foot, and made a long shot.
The ball went straight into the lower left corner of the goal like thunder.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the eleventh minute, Manchester City successfully broke the deadlock on the field!"
"Tony Kroos, a young player from Germany, received the ball from Su Dong and passed it back to score the first goal for Manchester City!"
"Su Dong's assist was great, and Toni Kroos' long shot was also brilliant!"
After Toni Kroos scored the goal, he excitedly rushed to the sidelines, but was quickly surrounded by Su Dong and Sanchez.
Other Manchester City players also came forward to congratulate.
After a crazy celebration, Toni Kroos faced Su Dong, knelt on one knee, lifted up his left foot, wiped the stains on his shoes with his jersey, thanked him for the assist, and then the two hugged each other again.
"Brat!" Su Dong scratched Toni Kroos' head affectionately and with a little force.
The German midfielder smiled happily, obviously very satisfied with his goal.
While walking back, Su Dong took a special look at Hodgson in front of the visiting team's coaching bench.
The latter was obviously disappointed and even a little flustered about the goal.
Su Dong grinned at him.
Don't worry, there's more to come!
(End of this chapter)
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