"The trophy plunderer began his plunder in the Premier League In the game that just ended, Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-1 and won the League Cup this season! This is also Dick's first win after coaching Manchester City. A championship, it must be said that Mansour, the new owner of Manchester City, hired Dick as the club's head coach at a high price and gave him sufficient transfer funds and power. It was a good move. Dick immediately got it for Manchester City. When it comes to winning the first championship after returning to the Premier League, he is worthy of being the most capable coach in the 21st century"
When Dick and his players returned to Manchester with the League Cup title, Manchester City fans welcomed the return of a champion for the first time in six years - although this scene is already commonplace for Manchester United fans. , but this is a scene that Manchester City fans rarely encounter, so they very enthusiastically welcomed the Manchester City players who returned to Manchester, and welcomed the arrival of this championship with their greatest enthusiasm!
You know, the last champion they welcomed back was the former English League One and the current English Championship champions
"This is the first one, but it won't be the last one, I'm sure!"
Dick shouted at all the Manchester City fans: "I am here to make history, please believe me!"
Such words made the Manchester City fans at the scene let out even louder cheers.
However, for a club like Manchester City, it is not too difficult to create history, because they have a lot of history to create - they only have one European Cup Winners' Cup championship, and the last time they won the league was three years ago. Nineteen years ago, the FA Cup was last won 38 years ago, the League Cup was last won 31 years ago - now Dick has broken Manchester City's record of 31 years without an English national championship. Next, every time he won a championship, it ended Manchester City's embarrassing record.
And this championship also serves as a reminder to all the powerful players in the Premier League - pay attention, Dick is here. This guy who has been snatching various championships like a madman in the past seven years has now come to the Premier League to compete for the championship. Everyone, be careful. Keep an eye on your own room of honor
After winning this game, Manchester City welcomed Everton in the league.
Three to zero, Manchester City easily defeated mid-table Everton at home. Di Natale showed his true qualities as a master of abuse. Two goals allowed him to continue to maintain his advantage as the top scorer. , Samuel scored the icing on the cake. Di Natale's number of league goals reached twenty-three. Now second-ranked Cristiano Ronaldo has only twenty goals and is already behind. Di Natale scored three goals, and Adebayor only scored 18, which was a full five goals behind Di Natale. Normally, such goals would have been enough for Di Natale to win the top scorer. ¡
And such data has already allowed Di Natale to tie a record - the player who scored the most goals in the first season after joining the Premier League was the Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. The number of goals was twenty-three, which was the previous record, and Di Natale has already tied this record - Di Natale, who was previously unknown, had a big explosion as soon as he arrived in the Premier League, which really made many people I find it incredible. He has scored in almost every game. He has only failed to score in a few games. Moreover, he has only scored twice three times so far. The other goals have been scored one by one. More importantly, he has scored twice in three games. Yes, there was not a single penalty kick among these twenty-three goals. They were all goals in sports battles. Di Natale's performance really surprised many people
There are still eleven rounds of games left before the end of the Premier League. It is almost certain that Di Natale will set a new record.
In this round of games, Arsenal suffered a draw in the away game, and they were tied on points by Manchester United. This also expanded Manchester City's advantage to four points. With the start of the next Champions League game, Manchester City's advantage will definitely It will become bigger and bigger, and their biggest tests in the league will only be Chelsea and Liverpool. Next, as long as Manchester City performs well and wins their first top league championship in thirty-eight years, No longer a problem!
In the next two rounds of the league, Manchester City showed their mature side.
When facing Wigan Athletic and Reading, two teams that are not outstanding but are known for their rudeness and ferocity, Manchester City showed their mature side. They did not attack blindly, but continued to attack Using passes to consume the opponent's physical energy. Although Manchester City still does not have a top midfield controller, their technical abilities are still acceptable, especially when facing weaker opponents, they can also play this way. Very good at ease.
In these two rounds of the league, Manchester City did not play well, but they both won.In the game against Wigan Athletic, after struggling for most of the game, Torres sealed the throat with a sword and defeated the opponent 1-0. In the game against Reading, he first used a set kick to score from the back row. The inserted central defender Samuel scored a header to take the lead, and then relied on a counterattack in the second half, and Di Natale scored the 24th league goal of the season and won the victory!
These two games were not good to watch, but they won the final victory. This is very important for Manchester City, especially for Dick. This is also a good opportunity to test the team. Next season will definitely There must be more such solid victories so that we can perform equally well on several lines.
After winning these two games in a row, Manchester City's points have reached 71 points. In these two games, their biggest rival Arsenal won one and drew one, and Manchester City opened a six-point gap. Manchester United has won two games in a row, consolidating its second place position, and is chasing closely behind with a four-point disadvantage. The situation of the Manchester two heroes competing has gradually taken shape!
The advantage in the league has begun to stabilize, and it can be said that Manchester United is almost the only opponent left. The morale of Manchester City is quite high, and Mansour, who has never been in charge of things, is also interested. He played for the second time after the team was concentrated. Come to the training ground to watch the players train, and after the training, invite all members of the team to have dinner at the best local hotel in Manchester
At the banquet, Mansour took the initiative to toast Dick, expressed great satisfaction with Dick's work this season, and promised the players that if he could win the league championship this season, he would give him an additional five million The pound prize money is divided equally among all members of the team!
This promise made all the players cheer. The purpose of playing football is to seek money. Now while working hard, you can also get additional rewards. Naturally, no one will refuse. Five million pounds, the first team of the team plus the coach. , that is, about thirty people, each person can share a hundred thousand pounds, which is not a small amount of money.
After attending this banquet, the players began to treat the following games with a more positive attitude, and no one dared to have any objections to Dick's command. After all, Dick and Mansoor had a good time drinking and talking at the banquet. Everyone has seen it. Now in the team, Dick is the leader and has the full support of the boss. To have a conflict with him at this time is to court death. Didn't you see that Vassell is still in the reserve team? It's almost moldy
In the middle of the week, Dick sent out all his substitutes. It's not that he doesn't pay attention to the FA Cup game, but that no matter how dark horse the opponent is, it's only a second-level team. It's even more lucky to get to this point. Still at the home court of Manchester City, Dick will naturally not let the main players use up their energy. The weekend is the league match against Tottenham. For this team that has defeated him, Dick has to hold back and give the opponent a good look.
Hull resisted very tenaciously in the away game. Dick didn't know that in history, Hull reached the FA Cup final this season. They were the first non-top team to enter the FA Cup final in the new century. The league team ultimately lost to Portsmouth 0-1 in the final, but no matter how tenacious Hull was, after all, there was a huge gap with Manchester City in terms of overall strength
After tenaciously resisting for half an hour, Hull's defense finally fell. Manchester City's frontcourt tore apart the opponent's defense through a series of passes. Ashley Young broke through the opponent's defender from the wing and then crossed into the penalty area. , when Hull's defenders were focusing on center Sturridge and Ireland and Parker who were inserted in the back row, Young passed the ball directly to the back point. Bell, who followed up in the back row, kept the ball at a very small angle. Pushing directly into the far corner, the ball flew past the Hull goalkeeper's fingertips, then hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced into the goal!
One to zero, Bell¡¯s goal helped Manchester City take the lead!
After taking the lead, the second half of the game was easy to play. The FA Cup game is a decisive game, and there is no situation where a small loss in the away game is a win and then a hard fight at home. If Hull does not attack, I can only watch myself lose the game.
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Sturridge scored Manchester City's second goal shortly after the start of the second half. Such a goal established Manchester City's victory and allowed Manchester City to successfully break through the quarterfinals and become the first team in this season's FA Cup. One of the top four!
And they are also the only top team to enter the FA Cup semi-finals this season - if you think that Manchester City is not yet considered one of the four traditional giants, then this season will be the first time in the new century that there is no such thing. The four giants Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea have entered the FA Cup semi-finals this season!
 "The last time these four teams missed the semi-finals of the FA Cup at the same time was twenty-one years ago The semi-finals at that time were Tottenham, Watford, Coventry and Leeds United, but at that time At that time, Tottenham were also a wealthy club, so the real season in which no wealthy team entered the semi-finals had to be traced back to 1975. At that time, West Ham United, Ipswich, Fulham and Birmingham were four truly civilian teams. The team dominated the FA Cup But if Manchester City is not a giant now, it would be too unacceptable. I have to say that Manchester City is now the biggest favorite to win the FA Cup. "
In this round of competition, in addition to Manchester City defeating Hull, the two favorites Manchester United and Chelsea both lost unexpectedly. Manchester United's loss at home to Portsmouth, a team of the same level, can be regarded as a big upset. Chelsea's away loss to the British Championship team Barnsley is even more incredible - it is obvious that Chelsea has begun to have problems, and the greater reason for Manchester United's defeat is that they focus on the league and Champions League and ignore it FA Cup match.
No matter what, Manchester City is now the biggest favorite in the FA Cup. This is a fact.