Manchester City, who have made a good start to the new season, returned to Manchester that night.

In the opening round of the 2011/2012 season, Manchester United was the only traditional Premier League powerhouse to win, beating West Bromwich Albion 2-1 away.

Arsenal were held to a 0-0 draw away by Newcastle.

Chelsea were held to a draw away by Stoke City. Neither side scored.

Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Sunderland.

Now, it is normal to see Chinese fans in Manchester, after returning to Manchester, when the Manchester City team was training, the Manchester City training base, which had become lively because of Yang Fan's arrival in Manchester City, became more crowded, and the next day's training, thousands of fans came to watch, including a large number of Chinese fans. Many fans came from all over England, and even some fans from Germany or France, because it was not easy to come, some fans even refused to leave for a day, just to see Yang Fan's training and cheer him on.

Yang Fan also takes great care of his compatriots, whether it is an autograph or a group photo request, it is very painful to satisfy, the summer climate in the UK is changeable, it will rain, and it will be sunny, Yang Fan saw that some fans did not bring rain gear, and also paid out of his own pocket to buy a batch of raincoats printed with the emblem of Manchester City Club from the Manchester City club store to give to these compatriots. This touched everyone very much, and these raincoats were also treasured by them, and when they took them out many years later, they still felt a burst of emotion and pride.

On 21 August 2011, in the second round of the 2011/2012 Premier League season, Manchester City played Bolton Wanderers at home.

Although Bolton Wanderers are only a mid-table team in the Premier League, this team is not a soft persimmon.

Owen Coyle's first full season at Bolton Wanderers has come to an end.

Although the closing stage of last season was not satisfactory, it should have been a successful season overall. Bolton are joint fourth in the league with 26 goals after their first 14 games (eight of them by a rejuvenated John Elmander). The team has lost just three games in the first four months and has impressed against Tottenham and Newcastle. These two venues show not only the disparity in scores, but also the wonderful football. (Bolton beat Tottenham 4-2 at home to Newcastle 5-1 in November) Bolton are slowly demonstrating Coyle's philosophy of multi-pass football, and although the team has not yet returned to the heights of the Sam Allardyce era, their performances on the pitch are undoubtedly on the pitch.

Compared with the financial difficulties of the Allardyce era, Bolton under Megson in previous years has no longer tightened his purse strings, and now Owen has received considerable financial support. Despite Megson's mistakes, he left Coyle with a decent squad – a central axis of Gary Cahill, Fabrice Mwamba and Kevin Davies, complemented by the likes of Stuart Holden and Lee Qinglong. Bolton have already signed Platley, Eagles and Mills since the transfer window opened.

Roberto Mancini took the game very seriously, and he and his coaching staff have repeatedly analysed Bolton's opponent this season.

The team's defence improved a lot last season, with the number of goals conceded dropping to 56 from 67 the previous year, especially with England international Gary Cahill at the back, which made Bolton's defence relatively solid.

While the full-back combination of Robinson and Stenson is not top-notch, the solid support they provide, combined with Mwamba's complementarity, has freed the team's wingers from defensive duties and allowed them to roam more of the front.

Wing-backs lack the ability to assist forward, and the wide players need to take on more responsibility, and this team is good at attacking from the wings, having created 21 goals on the flanks last season, and now the 1.86m-tall Krasnich will be more of a partner with Davies up front.

Compared to his predecessor, Koyle used a fairly usual 4-4-2 formation to provide relatively wide space. When Holden was in the lineup, the Americans did a good job of linking up the team's defense and offense, allowing the full-backs to plug in appropriately and also preventing Davis from dropping deep to get the ball. Of course, Davis doesn't always have to be up front. Davis is arguably one of the few players in the league who has been crucial to the team, he is by no means the rough stumbling center that the media has claimed, and if you look closely, you will see that Davis brings considerable mobility to the team.

Clearly, Kevin Davis is the soul of the team, leading this team with his humble personality and excellent ball skills. However, with Holden now starting to step up to the front to contribute energy, it makes more sense to discuss him as a key player. Holden was named a fan favourite halfway through last season, but injuries came to an abrupt halt to his perfect season. Bolton have 38 points from his 26 appearances, and if you multiply that to 38 games, the team would have 56 points and finish seventh.

This is Yang Fan's first home game of the season in Manchester City, since the new season's Premier League schedule was announced, all Manchester City fans are waiting for this game, tickets for this game have long been sold out, Manchester City fan leaders have long announced on behalf of Manchester City fans that during this game, it will be impossible to see even one empty seat in the whole stadium, and all the fans are ready to cheer for the first home game of the new season. It was also the team's first home game since the stadium was renamed the Etihad Stadium.

In the first round of the new season, after Manchester City defeated Swansea 4-2 away, this game is even more popular, in the past week, Manchester City fans are most looking forward to time passing a little faster, looking forward to the early arrival of the match day.

Sky TV also selected the game to be broadcast live across England, and in fact, Sky TV is now broadcasting more and more Manchester City games, which shows that the team's influence is now increasing.

When the whole stadium was warmed up by Manchester City players, it entered the first **, Yang Fan played three footballs to the stands of the stadium, thanked the fans for their support, and the whole stadium erupted in warm applause.

In a corner of the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, there is a phalanx, where all the fans wear Yang Fan's No. 10 jersey, which shows that they are Yang Fan's die-hard fans. They are also considered to be Yang Fan's diehards.

When the players of both sides officially appeared and Yang Fan's name was read out on the live broadcast, the Etihad Stadium ushered in the second ** , All the fans stood up and cheered Yang Fan's name, such a courtesy is generally the team's heroes at the end of the game, when they were replaced, they can only enjoy it, Manchester City fans have not yet started to Yang Fan, this is to thank him for his wonderful performance in the last game, thank the captain for the team's dedication and contribution, the last game, Manchester City is an away game, many fans did not have the opportunity to see Yang Fan's wonderful performance, this is not too late to thank you.

At this time, on the big screen of the stadium, the starting lineups of both sides of today's game were also played.

Bolton line-up (4-4-2): 1-Jascolainen/21-Stenson, 27-Knight, 15-Gary Cahill, 2-Robinson/20-Eagles, 8-Riocock, 16-Kakuta, 11-Petrov/9-Krasznic, 12-Kevin Davis.

Manchester City starting line-up (4-4-2): 1-Joe Hart/5-Zabaleta, 28-Colo Toure, 4-Kompany, 22-Klich/34-De Jong, 7-Milner, 42-Yaya Toure, 21-David Silva/16-Aguero, 10-Yang Fan.

Although the formation of the Manchester City team today is 442, Aguero's position can be used as a winger in advance at any time, not so much a 442 formation, but a change in the 433 formation.

Mancini continued to choose Sergio Aguero up front, which may disappoint Balotelli and Dzeko, but the configuration of Yang Fan and Aguero is indeed more reasonable. Lineker said.

"Whether it's Sergio Aguero or Dzeko or Balotelli, they all need to adapt to Yang Fan, take the initiative to adapt to Yang Fan's characteristics, and whoever can do his best first can occupy the position of the starting striker first. I still think that the cooperation between Dzeko and Yang Fan is more tacit," Mortensen obviously misses Yang Fan and Dzeko's partner more.

No matter how it changes, Manchester City's forward line must be fixed by Yang Fan, but his partner has changed.

The game was in the groove the moment the whistle sounded.

A 4-2 win away to Swansea in the first round of the league gave Manchester City a high morale.

As soon as the whistle blew for the start of the game, City went on to attack Bolton.

Manchester City mainly attacked the left side today, Aguero continued to attack Bolton's right side, and Yang Fan also moved to this side from time to time, which put Bolton's right-back Stenson under considerable pressure.

Yang Fan's range of activities is very large, two wings, in the middle of the penalty area, outside the penalty area, he can be seen everywhere, which makes Bolton also like a big enemy, dare not be careless, can only shrink the defense, was suppressed in his own half, Manchester City team at the beginning of the formation of Bolton Bolton formed a siege.

Bolton does have enough sadness in this game, if it is placed in the past, or even just in the past season, Bolton even if it is at the home of Manchester City, at the Etihad Stadium, still dare to fight with the Manchester City team, after all, whether it is Krasnic or Carlton Kevin Davis, they are both powerful forwards, and the partnership of the two is still more threatening. In addition, Scott Riocock is also considered to be a good playmaker in midfield, and Cahill is good at the back, and it is now said that Chelsea have taken a fancy to the England international, and it should be said that Bolton is very good.

It's just that this Bolton team met Manchester City, which is now in high morale, and, in addition, because of the fear of Yang Fan, this made Bolton's players shrink a little after the game started, so that they were even more passive.

Mortenson Mortensen jumped up, just now Yang Fan received a good long pass from Zabaleta, after stopping the ball, under Knight's close pressing, very cunningly used his heel to pass the football between Knight's legs, followed by Aguero with a volley, the football slid past the goal.

'It was City's fourth shot after the break, Bolton was passive and we look at Owen Coyle's expression, he must be in a hurry, but there is nothing he can do at this time, and for Bolton they can hope that they will not concede before the break and hope to improve in the second half. Lineker said that in fact, at this point, the game was only fifteen minutes into the game, and there were still 30 minutes left before the end of the first half.

The whole of Manchester Etihad Stadium was like boiling water, and the fans were in a state of euphoria from the very beginning of the game, excited with every attack by Manchester City, and regretted missing the goal again and again. Although no goal has been scored until now, for the fans, the fifteen minutes of this game are not boring, Manchester City's offensive tide, they are fascinated to watch.

And the Chinese fans who came from afar in the stands were even more excited at this time, and their muscles were twitching with excitement, and goosebumps were rising all over their bodies because of excitement, and the atmosphere of the whole stadium was too hot. Without being there, you can't feel the shock of tens of thousands of people bursting into cheers.

In the face of Manchester City's indiscriminate bombardment, all Bolton can do is foul, keep fouling, keep destroying, open big feet, and leave only one striker Krasnich in front, Krasnich is a very powerful player, good impact, and a fulcrum for counterattacks in front. Another centre-forward, Carlton Kevin Davis, is often back in action, but as the team's leading scorer, Davis has to drop back into his own box to help improve his team's header advantage in the box.

Bolton also left only Scott Leocock, the team's most skilled player in midfield, with good passing and always finding his running companions accurately. With him in midfield, with the impactful Krasnich in front of him, this is the hope of Bolton's counter-attack, and what they dream of is a big attack from Manchester City, where the football is tackled at the back, and then the ball is passed to Scott Riocock, who passes the fatal pass, and then the Croatian international Krasnić completes the fatal blow! Well, it is better that this goal is the only goal of the game, and Bolton can proudly leave Manchester Etihad Stadium.

Well, that's the only thing Bolton manager Owen Coyle can expect from his side in such a passive situation.

Amid Bolton's constant fouls, Manchester City's free-kick came and Bolton's goal was in danger.

Near the baseline, Bolton Wanderers preferred to give a corner to a Manchester City corner rather than see them successfully pass the ball into the box for fear of the Manchester City players completing the lethal pass.

Before the game, Owen Coyle analyzed Bolton's players that Manchester City's midfield is now luxurious, and the presence of Yang Fan on the forward line is also super terrifying, and the cooperation between these stars is terrifying. In Owen Coyle's eyes, City's biggest shortcoming is that the team's heading ability is relatively weak, well, just relatively.

Therefore, Bolton's players faithfully carried out the manager's intentions, preferring to give Manchester City free kicks and corners rather than allowing Manchester City to play a smooth attack comfortably.

Bolton were completely suppressed, and there was only one shot on goal after 30 minutes of the game, and the pressure on Manchester City's backline was very small, and the team's excellent central defender Kompany became a positive centre-forward, constantly fighting for headers in the Bolton penalty area.

However, Bolton's players have long been on guard, focusing on the header bombardment of Manchester City's players, and defusing the vast majority of Manchester City's high-altitude bombing.

De Jong's performance is as reassuring as ever, with De Jong, Bolton's only few offensive opportunities, there is no way to gain anything at all, his biggest idea now is that Bolton can withstand Manchester City's attack, can end the first half with a score of 0-0, well, and then end the second half with a score of 0-0, which is the best and most acceptable result for Bolton.

However, there was a gap in quality between the two sides, and the Bolton players were under constant pressure, with their defence finally broken through by a heavy chisel from Manchester City on the 33rd minute of the game.

A beautiful upfield combination, David Silva got the ball and caught the attention of Bolton defender Kakuta, and then he combined with Zabaleta's cross to bring Kakuta and Eagles out of his own defence.

At this time, the football reached the feet of Yaya Toure.

Yaya Toure then fired from distance, which caught the attention of the Bolton defenders, who pushed the ball straight out at his feet as they focused on him.

Yang Fan received the ball on the line of the penalty area, and suddenly turned to the left, making a gesture to break through from that side, Gary Cahill immediately came up to intercept, and at this time, the football was already passed by him from the other side when Yang Fan turned around.

Sergio Aguero cut in beautifully from the back line and made a small counter-offside. After receiving the ball behind Bolton's defenders, the rest was simple, and he took advantage of Bolton goalkeeper Jaskolenen to block the angle of his shot, and pushed it into the far corner, and the ball rolled into the goal with ease.

1 to 0!

After 33 minutes of bombardment, Manchester City finally scored the goal through a delicate pass and cut through Yang Fan's assist for Sergio Aguero.