Chapter 827: Full Fire
Evening of November 20th, Craven Field, London.
In the 14th round of the Premier League, Manchester City will challenge Fulham away.
This is a showdown between Manchester City's new and old head coaches.
Fulham's head coach happens to be Manchester City's former head coach Mark Hughes.
Less than four minutes into the game, Toni Kroos's diagonal pass accurately tore through Fulham's defense. Su Dong successfully made an offside run, dribbled into the penalty area and had a one-on-one opportunity. He calmly shot from near the penalty spot and scored the first goal for Manchester City!
This goal sounded the clarion call for Manchester City.
After conceding a goal, Fulham, playing at home, launched a fierce counterattack against Manchester City.
Mark Hughes obviously also wanted to prove his coaching ability in front of his old club, especially Guardiola, so he showed great strength and had no intention of retreating.
This allowed Fulham to compete on equal terms with Manchester City for a time.
In the 21st minute, Fulham got a free kick opportunity in Manchester City's half. The ball was passed into the penalty area, but Kompany cleared it with a header and headed it out of the penalty area. Busquets made a long pass and kicked the ball to the frontcourt.
This was not actually a purposeful attack, but Su Dong grabbed the first point in the frontcourt, headed the ball down, and quickly passed it to Di Maria.
Di Maria tried to break through on the left but failed, and passed the ball back to David Silva.
With Su Dong and Di Maria distracting the defenders, Marcelo suddenly made a run from behind, cutting into the left side of the penalty area, and received a through ball from David Silva. After shaking off Duff who was returning to defend, he shot with his left foot, scoring another goal for Manchester City, 2-0! The Brazilian left-back was so excited after scoring the goal!
With rumors swirling that Leighton Baines will join Manchester City, many people are beginning to worry about his starting position.
But only Su Dong knew that it was the pressure from the rumored Leighton Baines that made Marcelo start to intensify his training, especially the training of body muscles and strength, all of which came with the help of Su Dong's personal coaching team.
Marcelo's condition is also improving rapidly. He is working hard to tap his potential and continue to improve his performance.
This sudden run-in and his goal are the best proof!
After scoring two goals in a row, Manchester City launched a fierce attack on Fulham.
The midfield and backcourt firmly controlled the ball, and the frontcourt kept running and pulling, patiently creating opportunities.
In the 31st minute, Di Maria broke through from the left and made a cross. Su Dong headed the ball but it was saved by goalkeeper Schwarzer. Fulham cleared the ball out of the penalty area, but right-back Sabaletta, who had just returned from injury, quickly inserted the ball, stopped the ball with his chest, and shot a long shot with his right foot, scoring another goal for Manchester City, 3-0! Not only the Fulham fans at the scene were stunned, but even Mark Hughes himself was dumbfounded, his face full of disbelief.
He had originally planned to teach Manchester City a lesson at home, just like last season, but he didn't expect Manchester City to score three goals in half an hour. Isn't this attack too strong? He began to regret why he was so arrogant and didn't adopt a defensive tactic? But there was no medicine for regret in this world.
Just three minutes after the third goal, Manchester City launched another attack.
It was still the offensive threat created by Di Maria, Marcelo and David Silva on the left. With a series of passes, the ball was successfully passed to Su Dong's feet in the penalty area.
After Su Dong blocked the defender with his body, he stopped the ball with his back and knocked it back. Toni Kroos followed up and shot directly, breaking Fulham's goal again, four to zero!
That’s it?
No, Manchester City continued to launch offensives and frequently threatened Fulham's goal.
If it weren't for Fulham goalkeeper Schwarzer's heroic performance and repeated saves of Manchester City's shots, a huge score could have been created in the first half.
After the change of sides in the second half, Fulham tried to launch a wave of attacks at the beginning, but failed to create any threat. Instead, in the 55th minute, Sanchez and Zabaleta formed a beautiful combination on the right. When Sanchez cut inside to the front of the penalty area, he sent a straight pass. Su Dong successfully made an offside, rushed into the penalty area and scored again, scoring another goal for Manchester City.
Five to zero! Under Manchester City's powerful attack, Fulham began to lose ground.
After the restart, the ball was just passed to the back line, but under the relentless pressure of Di Maria, the ball was lost. The Argentine winger drove straight along the left side with the ball and almost scored another goal.
Manchester City got a corner kick from David Silva, and Kompany scored with a header, scoring another goal for Manchester City, 6-0! When the game reached the 70th minute, Guardiola had already raised a sign to make a substitution, wanting to replace Su Dong with Adam Johnson and let Sanchez play as the team's striker.
But just before leaving the field, Su Dong received a pass from his teammate, suddenly turned around and started running, dribbling the ball straight into Fulham's penalty area, where he was tripped by center back Hangeland. The referee was very observant and blew the whistle directly, awarding a penalty.
Su Dong grabbed Sanchez's hand, got up from the ground, and pushed the Chilean winger to the penalty spot.
He gave up the chance to score a hat trick and instead gave the scoring opportunity to his teammates.
Sanchez calmly scored the penalty! After scoring the goal, the Chilean winger gratefully ran to Su Dong first to celebrate the goal with him.
Seven to zero! Although Manchester City created many opportunities after Su Dong left the field, they still failed to break Fulham's goal again.
In the end, the score was 7-0, a complete win over Fulham away from home.
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This amazing victory shocked the entire English football world! It can even be said that this massacre at Craven Field shocked the entire Premier League.
This is the first time this season that Manchester City has shown such strong offensive firepower.
Not only the trident of Sudon, Di Maria and Sanchez, but also the two full-backs Marcelo and Zabaleta, have shown extraordinary offensive firepower. Coupled with the midfielder's superb ball control ability, this makes other Premier League teams feel unbelievable.
Sky Sports praised the game after the match, believing that this was the most exciting offensive game since Guardiola took over as coach of Manchester City.
"Manchester City's players have shown no mercy to their former manager and the fact is that there are only a few players left at City under Mark Hughes."
Manchester City showed super strong attacking power and completely beat Fulham back to its original form. Mark Hughes's deployment of troops was criticized overwhelmingly. People thought he was too arrogant and wanted to play a head-on game with Manchester City at home, but ended up being beaten extremely badly.
The Sun even said sarcastically: "He thinks he is coaching Manchester City!"
Manchester City's 7-0 away win over Fulham was the first time this season that City won by such an astonishingly large score, and it was even the team's biggest victory in recent years. This was not just a coincidence.
The Guardian published a commentary after the game, saying that Guardiola's Manchester City is getting better and better. The joining of Su Dong has greatly enhanced Manchester City's offensive firepower, while also supplementing the shortcomings of Manchester City's lineup. After this period of running-in, they are now beginning to reap the rewards.
In its report, The Guardian believes that Su Dong has once again slapped the faces of all doubters with iron-clad facts.
"Before, many doubters believed that it would be difficult for Su Dong to succeed in the Premier League, but in fact, so far, Su Dong has scored 24 goals and 11 assists in 14 games, accounting for the vast majority of Manchester City's goals. This is enough to prove his value in the current Manchester City team."
"More importantly, Su Dong's outstanding performance has forced everyone to admit that even in the Premier League, he can still score goals like crazy, and he is still the strongest Su Dong."
Colin Bell is hailed as the greatest player in Manchester City's history, but the former legendary star publicly stated in an interview with the Guardian that Su Dong would become the greatest player in Manchester City's history.
"No matter which era of Manchester City stars he is compared with, Su Dong is already one of the greatest players in Manchester City's history!"
Colin Bell believes that the club's decision to bring in Su Dong will be the wisest move in history, and Su Dong will bring great victories and more goals to Manchester City.
The Guardian also specifically listed the goals scored by two La Liga superstars, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.
Although La Liga has only played twelve rounds, Ronaldo has 15 goals and 4 assists, while Messi has 13 goals and 5 assists.
The performance of the two stars of the Spanish Super League is already quite eye-catching, but they still pale in comparison to Su Dong.
Twenty-four goals, eleven assists, a total of thirty-five goals, only two goals away from the total of Ronaldo and Messi, not to mention compared with the stars of other Premier League teams, they simply can't catch up with Su Dong.
The Guardian believes that Su Dong has continued to stand out from the crowd in the Premier League and has not disappointed his fans. He is still the super killer who scores goals like crazy.
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While Manchester City won a 7-0 victory over Fulham and received a lot of applause from the audience, in the North London derby, Arsenal was leading by two goals but was eclipsed by Tottenham Hotspur who scored three goals in a row and eventually lost 2-3.
Chelsea lost 0-1 to Birmingham away from home, and Ancelotti's team suffered two consecutive defeats.
Wilkins' dismissal undoubtedly triggered turmoil within the Chelsea locker room, and Ancelotti was helpless to do anything about it.
Only Manchester United managed to beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 at home and got the three points.
After fourteen rounds of matches, Manchester City still leads the standings, while Chelsea, after two consecutive defeats, is still in second place, but is only one point away from Manchester United, which is third in the league.
This also caused Ancelotti's team to be questioned, and Ferguson called for a reversal of Chelsea in the next round, climbing to second place in the Premier League standings, and counterattacking Manchester City during the winter break.
Manchester City's response to Ferguson's call was simple.
"Ferguson? He's not handsome, how can you think he's so handsome?"
(End of this chapter)
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