Chapter 966: The First Person in Premier League History
The first person in the history of the Premier League! The day after the game, the British Guardian published Su Dong's photo on the front page with such a headline, which once again pushed him to the forefront.
Five assists in a single game, this has never happened in the history of the Premier League. Su Dong is the first.
Before the match against Aston Villa, the most assists in a single game in Premier League history was four, and more than one person had achieved that. Interestingly, there were a total of three players who had four assists in a single game, all from Arsenal.
In 1999, Bergkamp provided four assists against Leicester City; in 2006, Spanish winger Reyes also accomplished the feat against Middlesbrough; and finally, in 2009, Fabregas provided four assists against Blackburn, becoming the third player in history to achieve this goal.
In the past decade or so, Arsenal players have monopolized this list, and no one has ever been able to reach, let alone break through this achievement, which has also made Arsenal fans talk about it with relish.
Before Manchester City, the Gunners were recognized as the synonym of technical football in the Premier League. Wenger's team has always been at the forefront of Premier League technology, playing the best football and frequently staging massacres, which makes the Gunners players stand out on this list.
But this time, Manchester City finally succeeded in defeating Arsenal and once again captured one of the Gunners' positions.
Su Dong's five assists in a single game completely shattered Arsenal's achievements in the past decade and became the first person in Premier League history. He also helped Manchester City beat Aston Villa 5-0 and won three points again.
In its report, The Guardian reviewed the historical data of the Premier League over the past nearly two decades and believed that Su Dong's ability to break this record was enough to prove his superb personal ability. Even in the powerful Premier League, he stood out from the crowd and was unique.
"In fact, in the match against Aston Villa, Su Dong didn't try his best at all. He had to save some energy to prepare for the FA Cup match against Chelsea."
"But even so, David Dunn and Collins couldn't stop him at all, allowing him to contribute five assists, setting a new record in Premier League history. This makes us have to marvel at Su Dong's achievements even more."
The Guardian believes that since Su Dong joined Manchester City, he has led the team to rapid progress for two consecutive seasons. He has also scored a lot of goals and provided a lot of assists on the field. However, it is very rare for him to not score any goals but to create scoring opportunities for his teammates, as he did against Aston Villa.
"Of course, Su Dong has assisted his teammates before, but most of the time, the wonderful passes made by Su Dong would be wasted by his teammates. Players like Di Maria, Sanchez, Hazard and Douglas Costa are not players who have outstanding ability to seize opportunities."
"Even Aguero and Dzeko, because they don't have many opportunities to partner with Su Dong, their goal scoring efficiency is not particularly good, which makes Su Dong prefer to play on his own. Therefore, he scores a lot of goals, but his assists are relatively average."
But even if he is average, more than a dozen assists in a season are top standards in the Premier League. Who can ignore it?
There is no need to say much about his goal-scoring ability, and his assists are so sharp that Su Dong has won great praise from the Guardian. In addition to the front-page headlines, the newspaper even used a whole page to focus on Su Dong's performance this season and the match against Aston Villa, and there are also columns for many English legends.
Liverpool legend Alan Hansen said in his column that Su Dong is the most perfect center forward he has ever seen, as well as the most comprehensive and powerful center forward in the history of world football, and an amazing goal-scoring master.
"I have talked to many players who have defended him. They all think that Su Dong is the most terrible opponent in the world because he is always concentrating and analyzing his opponents, and then using his own advantages to suppress his opponents' weaknesses. If defensive players want to stop him, they must make sure they have no weaknesses, but this is not easy."
Even central defenders such as Ferdinand, Vidic and Terry in their prime would reveal many weaknesses when defending Su Dong, so much so that many people felt that only Stam in his prime could barely defend Su Dong.
Why the peak period?
Because Su Dong defeated Stam during his time at Lazio and AC Milan, and the Dutch central defender's recognized peak was at Manchester United.
Alan Hansen believes that there is another very scary thing about Su Dong, and that is his shooting skills.
"This is something that is easily overlooked, but I have talked to many Premier League goalkeepers, including Van der Sar and Cech, and they all told me that one thing that impressed them most was that every shot of Su Dong made them nervous because every shot was aimed at a blind corner."
Alan Hansen said in hindsight that he began to notice this young player when Su Dong played in the Portuguese Super League, and then watched him grow all the way. This is why when many people questioned Su Dong's inability to adapt to the Premier League, Alan Hansen said in his column that Su Dong would be even stronger in the Premier League.
As it turns out, after Su Dong came to the Premier League, he reached the peak of his career both on the court and in the locker room, and even the data on the court seemed to be setting new highs.
Alan Hansen revealed that Su Dong is the core fighting force of Manchester City, and the most terrifying thing is that his attendance rate is very high, which keeps Manchester City in a very stable output state.
"In the past two seasons, Premier League teams have been making fun of Guardiola's on-the-spot command, thinking that even if a dog is tied to the Manchester City coaching bench, they can win the game. Why?"
"When Su Dong is on the pitch, Manchester City will definitely score a goal. When Su Dong is on the bench, if the team can't score a goal, then Su Dong will be substituted in to score a goal."
"What? You put Su Dong out of the roster? You deserve to lose!"
Alan Hansen believes that this also reflects the fans' recognition and evaluation of Su Dong's role.
Regarding Manchester United, Alan Hansen believes that it is impossible for Manchester United to compete with Manchester City this season. The Premier League championship basically belongs to Manchester City, and there is nothing to dispute about it.
Even the League Cup is almost certain to go to Manchester City, and the real suspense lies in the Champions League and the FA Cup.
"From the current point of view, Su Dong is in good shape and will do his best to help Manchester City win the Champions League and FA Cup. He will play a more important role, and Su Dong will become the first player in history to win the treble in the Portuguese Super League, La Liga, Bundesliga and Premier League. Especially in this Champions League with Manchester City, Su Dong's career achievements will reach a whole new height."
Alan Hansen believes that judging from club achievements alone, Sudong has surpassed Maradona in Napoli. His shortcoming is national team competitions. But if Sudong can lead Manchester City to win the Champions League for the first time in history and become another classic dark horse in the history of European football, then Sudong's achievements will be even higher.
"At least, among the people I know, almost everyone thinks that the biggest gap between him and Pele and Maradona is not in football, but in time."
The implication is that it is difficult to compare current players with retired players.
But after the player retires, his achievements will be more recognized.
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Su Dong's assists for the five goals sparked heated discussions in the media, and Alan Hansen's column was reprinted by many newspapers, attracting widespread attention from fans. But what is interesting is that when Alan Hansen concluded that Manchester United could no longer compete with Manchester City for the Premier League title, Ferguson's team defeated Liverpool, to which Alan Hansen was loyal, 2-1 at home.
Ferguson responded sarcastically after the game: "Manchester United believes in tenacity and bloodiness. We will not give up halfway and will fight to the last minute. As for those who can only speak out in newspapers, I usually don't pay attention to them."
But Ferguson could not deny that Manchester United was destined to come away empty-handed in England this season. The only chance was the Europa League. This was also suggested by Alan Hansen. He believed that Manchester United should not fight Manchester City to the death in the Premier League, but should focus on winning the Europa League.
Ferguson also admitted after the game that for a team like Manchester United, it must win every season or show strong competitiveness for a certain championship in order to maintain the morale within the team and the fighting spirit of the players.
Manchester United has failed on all fronts this season and now heads to the Europa League as the third in the Champions League group stage. It may be a bit shameful to say it, but this is at least a European-level championship trophy.
The Europa League will ignite the flames of war in the middle of the week. Alan Hansen originally had a selfish motive hidden in his column, which was to hope that Manchester United would save some energy in the game against Liverpool and focus on the Europa League away game against Ajax. But who could have thought that Manchester United would not hold back at all and would fight Liverpool to the death.
There is no way, Manchester United is playing at home.
Ferguson said he believed the team could remain competitive in both the Premier League and the Europa League.
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After Liverpool lost, Chelsea also lost this round.
Lost 0-2 to Everton away.
As Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-1 away and Tottenham Hotspur also beat Newcastle, the top four in the Premier League now become Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. Chelsea fell to fifth, followed by Newcastle and Liverpool.
There is only one point between the Magpies and Chelsea. If Chelsea does not adjust their form, they may not even be able to maintain their fifth place.
Of course, Arsenal’s situation is equally embarrassing and they may fall out of the top four at any time.
As for Liverpool, they are currently three points behind Newcastle and still have some hope of catching up. The biggest problem is that Dalglish's team's offense is really problematic.
With the championship no longer in suspense, more and more media and fans began to pay attention to the competition for the top four, especially the fourth place.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle and Liverpool, these four teams are all determined to get the fourth place, which is bound to set off a bloody storm.
(End of this chapter)
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