Chapter 788 Su, well done!
Ashley Cole pressed forward to the outside of the 30-meter area and passed the ball to Malouda in Manchester City's half.
Sanchez ran back immediately, and when Malouda turned to the left, he bumped into him directly.
The two men collided with each other, and the ball at Malouda's feet was blocked by Sanchez.
The ball fell behind Malouda. Toni Kroos, who was about to come over to defend Malouda, stopped the ball and looked forward.
At this moment, Su Dong was standing just behind Ashley Cole, almost at the same level as center back Alex. When he saw Toni Kroos looking at him, he immediately pointed forward.
The German midfielder had a tacit understanding with Su Dong, so he didn't even think about it and just made a long pass to the direction specified by Su Dong, towards Chelsea's penalty area.
Almost at the moment when Toni Kroos passed the ball, Su Dong started moving quickly and sprinted forward like a rabbit.
Alex was right next to Su Dong. He reached out to grab Su Dong, but failed. He could only chase after him desperately.
The entire Etihad Stadium screamed.
"A quick counterattack by Manchester City, Toni Kroos passes the ball behind him!"
"Su Dong successfully made an offside move, look at this time!"
After getting rid of Alex, Su Dong's speed was quickly increased. He rushed all the way, caught up with Toni Kroos's through pass, took a big step forward and drove straight into the goal.
Outside the penalty area, Terry chased back to Su Dong's side, but still couldn't stop Su Dong from rushing into the penalty area with the ball.
After rushing into the penalty area, Su Dong pressed Cech step by step.
Terry was unable to stop the ball on the side, and Su Dong did not leave him any chance to intervene, while Cech was near the small penalty area line, closely watching Su Dong's every move as if he were facing a great enemy.
Finally, Su Dong took the initiative!
There was no feint, nothing fancy, just a quick kick and the ball passed by Cech at an extremely fast speed.
The Czech goalkeeper kicked the ball, but was powerless.
The ball went straight into Chelsea's goal, one to zero!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the eighth minute, Su Dong scored the first goal for Manchester City with a wonderful offside shot!"
"It was a through ball from Toni Kroos, and Su Dong calmly seized the opportunity."
"This was the first shot of both teams in the entire game, and Su Dong seized the key opportunity, making it one to zero!"
After Su Dong scored the goal, he kept waving his hands, signaling the Manchester City fans at the scene to cheer louder.
Let your cheers be louder!
Just as Su Dong wished, the fans at the scene cheered wildly and kept cheering for the players on the field, especially Su Dong. Especially when they saw Su Dong rushing to the sidelines to celebrate the goal, the whole stadium was shouting his name.
One to zero!
Manchester City scored the first goal!
"This goal is very important for Manchester City. It can be said to have stabilized the morale of the team."
"Su Dong has this kind of strength. He can always stand up at the critical moment."
"As Guardiola said before the game, Su Dong is a natural leader. That's why, after Su Dong joined, he did not hesitate to give him the captain's armband, because only Su Dong is the most suitable leader for Manchester City!"
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After seeing Su Dong score a goal, Guardiola jumped up on the spot and cheered.
Then he turned around and celebrated with his assistants by high-fiving and hugging them.
"Su, well done!" Guardiola turned around, put his hands in front of his mouth, and shouted at Su Dong who was celebrating the goal on the sidelines.
The assistants around were also cheering loudly to celebrate.
"Ancelotti must be frustrated now!" Domenech Torrent laughed.
Long before the game, Manchester City's coaching staff made a special analysis report.
Although both teams have won five consecutive games, Chelsea's schedule is completely different from Manchester City's.
Among Manchester City's opponents in the first five league rounds, Tottenham Hotspur ranked fourth last season, Liverpool ranked seventh, and Blackburn ranked tenth, which means that three teams are among the top ten teams in the league.
Of the remaining two teams, Sunderland is a home dragon known to everyone in the Premier League, while Manchester City happens to play away.
All in all, in the first five rounds of the league, the only team that played relatively well was Wigan Athletic, which ranked 16th last season and fell to 18th in the first five rounds of this season, entering the relegation zone.
What about Chelsea? West Bromwich Albion and Blackpool are both newly promoted teams, not to mention Wigan Athletic. Stoke City ranked 11th last season, and West Ham United ranked 17th, almost relegated. In the first five rounds of this season, Stoke City ranked 17th, and West Ham United ranked last.
It is not difficult to see from this schedule that Manchester City's opponents in the first five rounds are more than one level ahead of Chelsea in overall strength. This is why many media believe that although the points are the same, Manchester City's gold content is higher.
Because Chelsea has not been tested so far.
Of course, the strength of the opponents depends on the schedule, but no matter what, five consecutive wins are always better than other teams.
But we should also see that behind the five consecutive victories is Chelsea's almost overwhelming strength advantage. Whether it is strength, speed or technology, Chelsea must defeat their opponents, so they can launch a wave of attacks and achieve an amazing ball possession rate. Even Essien can transform into a passing and controlling midfielder.
But Manchester City are not the opponents Chelsea encountered in the first five rounds.
Manchester City is not only extremely strong, but also has excellent passing and ball control capabilities. Because of this, Ancelotti naturally chose to defend in this game instead of competing with Manchester City for control of the ball.
As it turned out, since the start of the game, Chelsea had no better way to deal with Manchester City's ball control and could only defend.
And Su Dong's goal is a reflection of Manchester City's style of play.
After losing the ball, all players immediately started to fight back.
Guardiola requires that after the team loses the ball, it must get it back within six seconds.
It was by taking advantage of this counter-attack that Manchester City, taking advantage of Chelsea's counterattack and the opportunity of the back line pressing forward, intercepted the ball and quickly counterattacked, with Su Dong successfully making an offside and scoring this goal.
This is the team's overall strategy, and in local offense and defense, especially on the defensive end, Manchester City's tactic is cutting.
Chelsea is not as good as Manchester City on the technical level, especially in the connection between midfield and frontcourt.
Therefore, the strategy adopted by Guardiola is to suppress the midfield, forcing Ramires and Essien to not dare to press forward easily and become disconnected from the front trident.
The front trident was also cut, with Malouda handed over to Zabaleta. Marcelo had a hard time dealing with Anelka, so Busquets and David Silva actively returned to defense to help Marcelo defend the left.
Di Maria and Sanchez actively pressed Chelsea's full-backs on both flanks.
Through this method of overall suppression and local cutting, Manchester City contained Chelsea and firmly controlled the ball.
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After conceding a goal, Chelsea began to act a little anxious.
But just one minute later, there was another quick counterattack after an interception. David Silva made another through pass, Su Dong successfully made an offside, went straight into the left side of the penalty area, and passed the ball to the front point to find Di Maria. Cech acted decisively and saved the ball.
Di Maria raised his hands very frustrated. He did not understand Su Dong's intention in time. After the change of position, he did not move forward decisively at the first time, which led to missing the best opportunity. Otherwise, this would have been another goal.
In the 11th minute, Marcelo finally freed his hands, made a quick run back and after receiving the pass from Di Maria, he tried to break through on the left, but was tripped by Ivanovic on the left side of the penalty area, winning a free kick opportunity for Manchester City.
David Silva took the free kick, but it was too close to the goal and was snatched away in mid-air by Cech who left the goal.
Manchester City began to stabilize the ball possession and frequently launched attacks on Chelsea.
In the 17th minute, Zabaleta passed the ball from the right, Toni Kroos made a large transfer and passed the ball to Di Maria on the left. The latter dribbled the ball to the middle and decisively took a long shot, which was slightly higher.
Both full-backs were able to participate in the attack in the frontcourt, which shows that Manchester City has taken control of the situation.
Chelsea could only passively defend until the 19th minute, when Drogba got a chance in Manchester City's penalty area. He used his body to push Kompany away, but did not kick the ball immediately. Instead, he chose to stop the ball with his chest.
But as soon as he stopped the ball, Pepe decisively kicked it away, which made Drogba furious.
It was not until the 23rd minute that Chelsea finally completed their first shot of the game with Essien's long-range shot.
This shot almost caused Joe Hart to make a mistake, but fortunately it was slightly off target.
Manchester City's main goalkeeper has performed unsteadily for three consecutive games.
But soon, Manchester City changed its color. Su Dong shot a sudden shot from 30 meters away and almost broke through the goal guarded by Cech, making the Czech goalkeeper break into a cold sweat and making the fans at the scene exclaim loudly.
The two sides exchanged blows, and the situation gradually became tense.
Chelsea also took advantage of the situation and intensified their pressure on Manchester City's midfield and backcourt. In the 27th minute, Ramirez once again broke into the penalty area and shot, but his shot was blocked by Pepe on the goal line and failed to break Manchester City's goal.
In the 30th minute, after retreating to receive the pass from his teammate, Su Dong turned around and got rid of Mikel, dribbled the ball forward along the middle, directly approaching Terry and Alex, forcing Chelsea's two central defenders to retreat again and again.
Just as he was about to retreat to the front of the penalty area, Mikel, who had been chasing him, suddenly kicked the ball away.
The ball was not intercepted, but Su Dong was tripped about 25 meters away from the goal.
The referee Marina was very observant and immediately blew the whistle for a foul, giving Mikel a yellow card and giving Manchester City a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
Su Dong grabbed the hands of David Silva and Sanchez and climbed up from the grass.
Looking at Mikel who was retreating angrily, Su Dong gave a sly smile.
Just now he deliberately exposed a flaw to Mikel, inducing him to commit a foul.
It's a one on three situation, it's a wonder he can get through it.
Now it’s okay, at least we got a chance for a free kick in the frontcourt.
(End of this chapter)
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