Chapter 784: Eliminated
The Europa League matches will start earlier than the Champions League.
But even so, after playing against Red Bull Salzburg away, Manchester City immediately took an Etihad Airways special plane back to Manchester. It was already midnight when they arrived at the Carrington training base.
After just finishing a game and traveling for more than three hours, everyone was exhausted both physically and mentally.
After arriving at the training base, everyone drove home.
Su Dong packed up his things, walked straight out of the training building and came to the parking lot of the training base.
But to his surprise, the driver did not drive here and wait for him as usual.
Just when he was about to call the driver, a red Audi R8 slowly stopped in front of him. The window rolled down, revealing Wang Chuqing's pretty face, looking at him with a sweet smile.
At this moment, Su Dong suddenly became drunk! All the fatigue he had just felt seemed to be swept away, and he became energetic.
"Why are you back?" Su Dong was full of surprise.
"I just happened to have nothing to do tonight, so I came back to take a look." Wang Chuqing said with a smile, "Get in the car, let's go home!"
Su Dong agreed and felt warm in his heart.
He knew that this was just an excuse. She actually came back because she was worried about his injuries.
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Sitting in the car, I felt like I was back to the time when I played for Bayern.
During those years, Wang Chuqing would come to pick him up and drop him off every day, just like she did tonight, especially for some away games.
She liked this red Audi R8 very much, so even when she came to Manchester, Su Dongdu still had the car shipped to the UK. However, in order to avoid attracting attention, she did not drive to Oxford.
Last Sunday, after seeing Su Dong injured in the game, Wang Chuqing refused to return to Oxford no matter what. She stayed there until Monday morning and then took the earliest flight back. After arriving in London, she transferred to Oxford, which was also a long journey.
Needless to say, it will be the same this time.
After returning home, Wang Chuqing ignored everything else and asked Su Dong to sit on the sofa first, then bent down to check his calf injury.
The slender fingers gently stroked Su Dong's calf, rubbing the scarred wound, bringing a strange feeling.
The old wounds have healed, but several new ones have been added tonight.
This is actually very normal. Who among professional players doesn't have some injuries? The center is the hardest hit. Centers like Su Dong are the focus of defensive players. They are naturally the most violated. For example, in the match against Blackburn, Su Dong was violated 11 times. He can be said to be the player that opponents fear the most.
Some people say that scars are a man's honor.
There is nothing wrong with this statement when applied to Su Dong.
Wang Chuqing felt distressed and worried about this, but also very proud.
She leaned into Su Dong's arms, hugged him tightly, her face pressed against his chest. She could feel his strong heartbeat, and she was completely intoxicated.
With the beautiful girl in his arms, Su Dong felt a sense of peace.
Gradually, the hands became unruly.
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In the early morning of the next day, Su Dong sent Wang Chuqing to the airport.
Although she said she was sending him there, she was actually driving. Su Dong simply accompanied her there, then left the car in the parking lot and took a taxi home. The reason he went through all this was simply because he wanted to spend more time with her.
Even if it only takes ten minutes from my home in Cheshire to Manchester Airport.
Watching Wang Chuqing leave, Su Dong really wanted to say several times that he should just give up studying.
But in the end, he held back.
He hoped that Wang Chuqing could be independent and do what she wanted to do, rather than being tied to him all day and gradually becoming his vassal.
He believed that this was the best thing for her.
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On the afternoon of September 19th, in the fifth round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Wigan Athletic away.
When the game entered the fourth minute, Sanchez received a pass from Zabaleta on the right, launched a counterattack with the ball, cut inside and shook off the defender, then sent a straight pass behind to Su Dong.
Su Dong quickly made a successful offside move, then got the ball and had a one-on-one opportunity. Near the penalty spot, he deceived the goalkeeper Alhabusi who came out to attack, and calmly shot the ball into the empty goal, scoring the first goal for Manchester City.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In just four minutes, Su Dong scored the first goal for Manchester City, one to zero!"
"This is already his eighth goal of the season!"
"With this goal this afternoon, Su Dong temporarily leads Drogba and tops the scorer list."
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After scoring the goal, Su Dong showed excellent form.
Just three minutes later, Su Dong got the ball in the middle, turned around and made a straight pass, but Sanchez started a little early and the linesman raised the flag, indicating offside, and missed a one-on-one opportunity.
In the 14th minute, Su Dong made a sudden long shot from outside the penalty area, but unfortunately it hit the post and failed to score.
In the 30th minute, Manchester City completed a very exquisite team cooperation.
David Silva got the ball from the left and passed it to Su Dong, who knocked it back.
David Silva ran to the open space and passed the ball to Toni Kroos. The German midfielder then passed the ball to Su Dong who moved to the open space, and Su Dong passed the ball back to Toni Kroos again.
Toni Kroos received a return pass from Su Dong and made a long diagonal pass over the top when no one was guarding him.
Di Maria on the left quickly cut into the penalty area, stopped Toni Kroos's exquisite assist with his chest, and sent the ball into the bottom of the goal with his left foot, 2-0! This wonderful cooperation was all made up of one touch. Manchester City tore through Wigan Athletic's defense with this exquisite continuous pass from the players. Toni Kroos' subsequent long diagonal pass was even more wonderful, and Di Maria's final blow was also amazing.
It can be said that this goal gave people a glimpse of Barcelona.
It also proves that after two months of training and competition, Manchester City has gradually developed a tacit understanding.
Guardiola was also cheering loudly from the sidelines.
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After taking a two-goal lead, Manchester City continued to control the ball and the situation on the field.
Before the end of the first half, Manchester City made a long pass from the backcourt.
This was not originally an opportunity. Even Su Dong was just symbolically planning to run over and make a feint to tie down the opponent. However, what was unexpected was that even with such a pass that clearly should not have had a chance, the Wigan Athletic defender actually headed the ball.
God knows how he judged the landing point? Of course, Su Dong would not miss such a godsend opportunity. He accelerated suddenly, got ahead of another central defender, Gehuoli, kicked the ball into the penalty area, shook off Gehuoli's entanglement, and sprinted at the fastest speed.
"The man and the ball are separated!!!"
Su Dong quickly rushed into the penalty area, and this time goalkeeper Alhabusi did not dare to leave the goal and instead hoped that Gehouli could stop Su Dong. However, when Su Dong rushed into the penalty area with the ball, he kicked the ball directly and scored another goal for Manchester City.
Three to zero! Double goal!
Su Dong was so happy that he went crazy!
He never expected that such a piece of pie would suddenly fall from the sky for him!
"Su Dong's ninth goal!!!"
"Oh my God, I didn't expect his ninth goal to come so soon!"
"After only five rounds, Su Dong has already scored nine goals. This efficiency is absolutely amazing!"
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In the second half, Manchester City extended the lead to 4-0 with a long shot from substitute Gareth Barry.
This score remained the same until the end of the game.
Manchester City beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 away.
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An hour after Manchester City defeated Wigan Athletic away, the latest Premier League report came from Stamford Bridge in London.
Chelsea host Blackpool at home.
This is a game without suspense.
Just two minutes into the game, Ivanovic assisted Kalou to score.
In the twelfth minute, Ashley Cole assisted Drogba to score another goal, extending the score to 2-0.
In the 30th minute, Drogba assisted Malouda to score, making it 3-0.
Before the end of the first half, Kalou broke through and created an opportunity for Drogba. The Ivorian scored another goal, 4-0! In the case of Su Dong scoring twice, Drogba also contributed two goals.
The two of them scored nine goals in total!
Such a scene is unprecedented in the history of the Premier League.
Scoring nine goals in five rounds is a very rare record. I didn't expect that two centers would appear at once this season and both of them would produce such amazing data.
What's more terrifying is that Su Dong also had seven assists, and Drogba's assist number also reached five.
Both players are clearly the offensive focal points of their respective teams.
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After playing against Blackpool, Chelsea head coach Ancelotti expressed satisfaction with the team's current state.
The Italian believes that the team's next round against Manchester City will be the most important game of the season, because Manchester City currently has the same points as Chelsea, both of which have won five consecutive games.
"It's an incredible achievement but the truth is, Manchester City are really outstanding."
"Su Dong is the key to Manchester City. If we want to beat Manchester City away, we must prevent Su Dong from scoring."
Ancelotti also believes that Drogba is Chelsea's best player this season and his on-the-spot performance will determine whether Chelsea can win away from home.
"I don't think Manchester City's defense has the ability to stop him!" Ancelotti is full of confidence in Drogba.
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In the middle of the week, in the third round of the English League Cup, Manchester City challenged West Bromwich Albion away.
In order to better reserve strength for the weekend's top battle, Guardiola gave his players a rest, and core players such as Su Dong were all rotated.
As a result, on the road, although Santa Cruz opened the scoring for Manchester City shortly after the start of the game and scored his first goal of the season, West Bromwich Albion scored two goals in just two minutes in the second half to reverse the score.
In the end, Manchester City was unable to turn the situation around and lost 1-2 away from home.
Being eliminated from the League Cup before the crucial battle undoubtedly cast a shadow on Manchester City's subsequent games.
(End of this chapter)
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