Chapter 909: The first collision between the new season and BIG4

Manchester City's match against Tottenham Hotspur was the opening match of the Premier League, and the rest of the Premier League matches continued after this game.

Chelsea host West Bromwich Albion and have just lost to Manchester City in the Community Shield, with a stunning 6-0 win to send a warning to all Premier League title seekers that the reigning champions should not be underestimated in the new season.

In the commentary, West Bromwich Albion's commentator lamented that West Bromwich Albion had been unlucky and that Chelsea's frustration of losing to Manchester City in the Community Shield had been taken out on poor West Bromwich Albion.

Manchester United's match against the Magpies Newcastle at Old Trafford was also the highlight of the Premier League's opening round. Chelsea's six-goal thrashing of West Bromwich Albion has been an inspiration for the experienced United. Boss Alex Ferguson has praised the Red Devils' current line up to the level of the 1999 treble, with a special tribute to Berbatov. The Bulgarian was also very good in this game, with Dimitar Berbatov and Fletcher scoring two goals in the first half. With 20 minutes remaining, Ferguson brought on 36-year-old veteran Ryan Giggs. In the 85th minute, Giggs received a pass from his old partner Scholes and volleyed into the net to seal the victory 3-0. It was Ryan Giggs' 109th league goal for Manchester United. As the only evergreen to witness every Premier League edition, Ryan Giggs has written his own legend: scoring in each of his 21 seasons at Manchester United.

After the game, the British media gave a number of veterans high marks, and Scholes received a rare perfect score. Scholes, who provided two assists and made a number of clever passes, took center stage. People also regret that Capello's England team at the World Cup in South Africa might have had Scholes, and the result might have been better.

In the other big game, Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw by Arsenal at their home stadium at Anfield.

Manchester City 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea 6-0 West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United 3-0 Newcastle!

The ferocious firepower of Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City shocked English football, and the "Sun" joked that considering Arsenal's four-win nature, can we now say that this year's Premier League title is the story between these three teams (Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City)?!

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However, the most surprising teams in the first round of the Premier League are not these three teams, but a promoted polo team: Blackpool.

In the Championship last season, Blackpool were even considered one of the favourites for relegation from the Championship. But Blackpool's miracle was a jaw-dropping affair as they were held to a draw in the final round of the Championship and rivals Swansea City did not win, which made the side, nicknamed 'Blackpool', lucky enough to qualify for the promotion play-offs in sixth place. In the two rounds of play-offs, Blackpool actually eliminated old powerhouses Nottingham Forest and Cardiff City successively to get the only promotion spot.

Most British media have named Blackpool as the best in the first round, for the simple reason that the team, who were promoted from sixth place in the Championship last season, would beat Wigan 4-0. Even coach Holloway said: "I want to take a picture of the standings and retire like this, I just want to lose this game not too ugly." ”

The best player in this game is undoubtedly Helewood, who joined as a free agent in the summer, and the 31-year-old veteran has just been terminated by Villa and has no choice but to live at this small club. However, in his first game back in the Premier League, Haylewood made an astonishing performance, contributing two goals and providing an assist.

Blackpool has more than 10 kilometres of high-quality sandy beaches, making it a famous holiday destination in the UK. Blackpool could easily be mistaken for the famous Blackburn side by Chinese fans, and although they are part of Lancashire, Blackpool are much less famous.

But that's how much impact Blackpool had to do, beating Premier League powerhouse Wigan away from home. Wigan had an excellent home record last season and did not suffer against the top of the table, with no one expecting them to lose four goals to promoted horses Blackpool in their first game of the new season.

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After playing against Tottenham Hotspur, the whole Manchester City squad is focused on the next big game: they will host the Reds Liverpool in the next round of league fixtures!

This match is also the first collision between Manchester City and the traditional BIG4 in the league this season.

Liverpool finished seventh in the league last season and did not even qualify for the Europa League, which is a great shame for the giants. Especially watching the former dilapidated Manchester City turn over, which makes Liverpool fans feel terrible. Liverpool is one of the most successful clubs in England, if you talk about championship glory, in the Premier League, that is, Manchester United can be compared with Liverpool, in fact, before Ferguson coached Manchester United, Manchester United could not be compared with Liverpool at all, Liverpool at that time was a well-deserved hegemon in England, but in the last ten years, Liverpool's crown has fallen, and they have never won the Premier League championship even after the English League was restructured into the Premier League. In such a situation, Liverpool can be said to be the most unaccustomed to the rise of Manchester City, and even this broken house is about to rise, how can Liverpool's fans be embarrassed? !

Nearly 4,000 Liverpool fans accompanied the team to Manchester, although only more than 2,000 fans were able to enter Manchester Municipal Stadium in the end, but these fans still followed the team with great enthusiasm, even if they could not enter the stadium, as long as they could be in the same city with the team, breathe the same air under the same sky, they were satisfied. That's how they show their support for the team.

In this way, they show their support for the team, telling the team that they are not alone, and that these fans are supporting them.

Such a large influx of Liverpool fans into Manchester can only occur under one condition in the past, that is, when Liverpool and Manchester United fought in the red, and now Liverpool also attaches so much importance to the game against Manchester City, which also proves that Manchester City is on the rise.

Despite playing at home, the entire Manchester City squad stayed at the team's agreement hotel the day before the game, which was also to better prepare for the game against Liverpool.

This red-blue battle is undoubtedly the focus of this round of the Premier League, and Yang Fan was surrounded by a group of reporters at the door of the hotel where the team was staying, and everyone wanted to hear what he had to say about this game.

"It's just an ordinary league, isn't it?" Yang Fan asked rhetorically. It's just a league, it's not a life-or-death knockout game, I really don't feel that much. If anything, it's that this opponent is really strong. ”

With that, he waved to the reporters and walked away.

"It seems that Yang Fan is very cautious......"

'Of course, Liverpool are scary when they're desperate. They take this game very seriously. ”

'Don't forget, this is Manchester City's home stadium. ”

"What happened to Manchester City's home stadium?"

"Don't blame me for not reminding you that in this home stadium, with Yang Fan on the field, Manchester City has never lost?"

Journalists were talking.

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At the hotel where Liverpool was staying, their head coach Roy Hodgson gathered all the players and coaches. Have a final tactical meeting. At this meeting. It is important to be clear about the tactics that the team will use tomorrow and what to do with the tactics that the opponent may use.

This is a meeting that is directly related to the outcome of the next day's competition. All must be taken seriously.

'Manchester City focus on attacking from the wings, that's their tradition. It's their regular attacking routine. Hodgson explained the tactics of Manchester City to everyone in front of the tactical board.

Within the Manchester City team, whether it's Wright. Both Phillips and Milner are good attacking players on the wings, with one on the left and one on the right, and can take turns attacking both sides of Liverpool.

Also, let's not forget, there's also Tevez, and the Argentine has been in good form of late.

'Milner has been in good form lately. Roberto Mancini will definitely focus on the wings in tomorrow's game. Hodgson said, "Of course, the point is Yang Fan, he is the real attacking core of Manchester City, the most threatening one of this team, I believe no one will object, my request in this game is to limit Yang Fan as much as possible, and strive to cut off Yang Fan from the rest of the Manchester City team, so that he can fall into a situation of fighting alone, so that we have a chance." ”

Hodgson drew a horizontal line under Yang Fan's name on the tactical board to show importance. Now for any team, against Manchester City, Yang Fan is a name they have to mention.

'Our defensive focus is on the wings and as long as we don't let the two wings of Manchester City fight, they don't have much of a threat in attack. Yang Fan-" Hodgson nodded Yang Fan's name again, "isolating him and isolating him from other Manchester City players, and he will be much less threatening." ”

Gerrard frowned, he disagreed with the head coach's words, isolating Yang Fan from other players, Yang Fan's threat will drop a lot?! What is the basis for the head coach to say this?! What is the terrible thing about Yang Fan is that he is comprehensive, he can shoot suddenly, and he has a strong ability to fight alone, and he can often stand up at critical moments and change the game by himself! In the face of such a player, you really have a headache. R1148