Last season's FA Cup winners, Manchester City, lifted the trophy with a victory over Premier League champions Chelsea.

This became the focus of media coverage the next day.

"Yang Fan's table is still dominant, Chelsea's table is not bad, but they were beaten by Yang Fan. The Times pointed out that Yang Fan's penalty in the first half of the game and the red card for Branislav Ivanovic almost decided the outcome of the game. Before this, Manchester City was not dominant, but a little passive, but Yang Fan's sudden outburst solved the problem.

The Guardian, on the other hand, looked at the problem behind the phenomenon, believing that Manchester City's victory over Chelsea again had given Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool a wake-up call that the Blues would be their strongest rivals in the league.

There is still a week left after the Community Shield, the first round of the Premier League, and for Manchester City, the journey of the new season has already begun since the Community Shield match against Chelsea.

On 14 August, the first round of the 2010/2011 Premier League season kicked off.

The opening match of the league was played between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.

Manchester City travels to Tottenham Hotspur.

In this game, Manchester City fielded the strongest squad they could field.

After the Charity Shield game, Yaya Toure has also started to settle into the team, and in this game, the Ivory Coast midfielder's cousin was even better than a week ago, and with him, City's attack was much more organized.

David Silva is also very active, and the skilful technique of the small Spanish midfielder has caused Tottenham Hotspur a headache.

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Tottenham Hotspur is not a weak team, it is a traditional strong team in the Premier League, so the gold content of this opening game is extremely high, including Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal and other teams are also paying attention to this game, their target is naturally Manchester City, and now the Premier League traditional BIG4 has raised the alert level for Manchester City.

Manchester City with Yang Fan was already so terrible last season, and now with Yaya Toure, David Silva, Dzeko and Milner and other strong players, what would such a Manchester City team look like?!

Tottenham Hotspur is the litmus test, you must know that last season, Manchester City were held to a 0-0 draw by Tottenham Hotspur on the road.

The answer was revealed in the twenty-first minute of the game.

Yaya Toure picked up the ball in midfield and his beautiful ball found its way to the feet of Carlos Tevez, who passed to David Silva, and the Spanish midfielder showed his skills at his feet as he brushed past the Tottenham Hotspur player who had pounced too hard.

Then poke the ball into the penalty area with your toes.

"Nice through ball!"

At the same time, Yang Fan suddenly cut in from the side, rushed into the gap, interspersed in the penalty area, he faced the rolling football, did not stop the ball, and shot directly with his feet.

The Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper was unable to prevent the ball from finding the back of the net despite making a save.

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal！”

"Yang Fan! beautiful goal, he scored the first goal of the new league season for Manchester City"

'It was a beautiful goal and City's attacking push in midfield was eye-catching. "Yaya Toure has put the midfield in order, Tevez has been in the right position, David Silva has provided the assist, Yang Fan has scored! ”

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After the goal, Yang Fan laughed and ran towards David Silva, who stood there with his arms outstretched, waiting for him.

Yang Fan ran over, the two of them hugged each other, and other Manchester City players also rushed up and surrounded the two of them.

Manchester City coach Mancini on the sidelines waved his fist hard, this goal, the whole process is very beautiful, Manchester City's midfield table is different from last season's maturity and vitality, maturity is more threatening, vitality refers to more invasiveness.

Moreover, you must know that Manchester City's current squad has not been run in well, and when the players are completely run in, I believe it will be even stronger.

This is the reason for Mancini's pleasure.

And this is also what Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are most worried about, and the traditional BIG4 dominance of the Premier League is now starting to falter.

In the first half of the game, relying on Yang Fan's goal, Manchester City took a one-goal lead.

And not long after the start of the second half, Manchester City extended their lead.

It was Yang Fan who broke through with the ball, and after attracting two Tottenham Hotspur players to defend him, he slammed the ball out.

It was Tevez who received the ball, and the Argentine international made a move to shoot, but it was a feint, and he immediately passed the ball away.

It's not a pass in front of goal, it's a pass outside the box.

This was a bit unexpected by the Tottenham Hotspur defenders, who were either chasing Yang Fan or marking Tevez, and no one expected that Manchester City's final attack would come from outside the penalty area!

Tottenham Hotspur's players were all attracted by Yang Fan's breakthrough and Tevez's running, and they were all in the penalty area, but in this case, the top of the penalty arc outside the penalty area was empty.

At this time, Yaya Toure rushed up, and he faced the football passed by Tevez, and it was directly a furious shot

Yaya Toure has the ability to hit the door with a heavy cannon!

His shot sent the ball flying past the dense crowd of Tottenham players in the box and the Tottenham goalkeeper's pounce.

The ball hit the inside of the left post, then bounced off and flew into the net.

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“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal！”

"Two to zero!"

"Man City have scored again!"

"Yaya Toure!"

"Yaya Toure, Yaya Toure, Manchester City lead Tottenham Hotspur 2-0! Toure's goal is really a world wave, and today's game is really good for these new signings of Manchester City. David Silva provided the assist and Yaya Toure scored. Mancini must be happy now. ”

Mancini was indeed smiling at this time, he was excited, on the one hand, because Toure's goal basically helped Manchester City establish the victory, and on the other hand, he saw the scene he wanted to see the most, and Manchester City's midfield cooperation was more tacit!

In fact, he did not focus on asking the players in training to give Yaya Toure a long-range opportunity, but Yang Fan and Tevez did this, and it is clear that they are also aware of the characteristics of their new teammate, and Toure has a long-range shooting opportunity. This kind of initiative is important to help the new signings integrate into the team.

Yang Fan was substituted at the end of the 71 minutes of the game, and Dzeko came on as a substitute.

The Bosnian made an effort to show himself after coming on and set up a goal for Silva towards the end of the game. The Spanish midfielder was very excited after the goal and he had an assist and a goal in the game today, which was a great feeling.

Three to zero!

Silva's goal also sealed the win for Manchester City!

In the end, Manchester City's first league game of the new season ended with this score - 3-0! Manchester City won at Tottenham Hotspur away from home, and Manchester City had the upper hand in both the result and the game.

This also surprised the media, Tottenham Hotspur is not a good stubble, the home team at White Hart Lane is still very combative, in this stadium, Manchester United and Chelsea lost last season, and Manchester City only got a dull draw, I didn't expect the first game of the new season, Manchester City won a clean game at White Hart Lane.

Among the three goals, Silva made a pass and a shot, Yaya Toure scored a goal, Tevez provided an assist, Yang Fan scored a goal, Dzeko provided an assist, and Manchester City's new signings looked to be integrating into the team well, in addition, in this game, Manchester City's dominance in the central field also shocked the media.

This was also talked about in many media outlets after the game.

The media believes that although Manchester City achieved very outstanding results last season, second in the league and the FA Cup, it was at the limit of squeezing Yang Fan at that time, and it was completely up to Yang Fan to help the team get this kind of result by himself. The most favorable evidence is that during Yang Fan's injury, Manchester City was winless in a row, and the ranking once slipped to the middle and lower reaches, and after Yang Fan returned from injury, Manchester City began to 'bottom out', under the leadership of Yang Fan, Manchester City played a wave of wins, and finally unexpectedly won the league runner-up and the FA Cup.

It can be said that last season's Manchester City's excellent performance, their captain Yang Fan was the biggest contributor, and it can even be said that Yang Fan is carrying Manchester City alone.

Yang Fan is a superstar, he has such an ability, everyone does not doubt this, but, relying only on personal strength, relying on heroism to move forward, this is not a long-term solution, Manchester City can not always rely on Yang Fan This god-like play, after all, Yang Fan is also a person, there are times when he does not play well, in addition, this kind of situation where the responsibility and pressure of the whole team are concentrated on Yang Fan alone, is also very detrimental to Yang Fan's development, a person has been carrying such a lot of pressure for a long time, whether it is a psychological burden or a physical burden, it is impossible not to have no impact on Yang Fan, and in this case, Yang Fan's chance of being injured in the game will also be greatly increased, after all, everyone knows that as long as Yang Fan is done, Manchester City will be closed.

In fact, that's what Mancini fears the most.

He brought in Yaya Toure this summer, brought in David Silva, brought in Dzeko, brought in Milner, the introduction of these midfield attacking players, is to strengthen the team's midfield, these people are Yang Fan's helpers, they can help Yang Fan share the pressure, can work with Yang Fan, enhance Manchester City's attacking strength, in addition, once Yang Fan is not in good shape, these people can also stand up to support the team's attack and goals.

With these good helpers, Yang Fan can also play more easily, which also helps Yang Fan play better.

For a team, having a flag and a core, and at the same time having a lot of other good players, red flowers and green leaves are growing healthily, this is the healthiest model, the model to look forward to. R1148