The game ended 4-1 with the home team Manchester City beating the visiting Arsenal in a thrilling way.

In the first two rounds, the Gunners visited Manchester twice, but both suffered heavy defeats, but the circumstances were very different.

If Arsenal's 1-2 away loss to Manchester United is understandable, then the 1-4 away loss to Manchester City can almost be said to be disgraced and exposed their own strength.

Judging from the technical statistics obtained at the first time after the game, the possession rate of the two teams is about the same, Arsenal had a period of stable possession in the early part of the first half, as well as in the second half, which made the possession rate of the two teams 52 per cent to 48 per cent, and Manchester City had a slight advantage.

However, in terms of shots on goal, Manchester City made a total of 23 shots, 12 on target, and scored 4 goals, which is considered a high efficiency, while Arsenal only had 10 shots, five on target, and scored one.

In terms of corners, Manchester City have a total of 12 corners, while Arsenal have only two.

From this data, it is not difficult to see that in this game, whether it is from the final result or from the process of the game, Arsenal did not take advantage of Manchester City at all, and did not see the slightest advantage.

Losing two consecutive rounds made Wenger look a little unhappy in the post-match press conference, and when faced with questions from the media, he also played Tai Chi, and he could avoid it without answering positively, except for the team's forward questions.

The pee of media reporters is that they can force some embarrassment for you when the situation is good.

For example, in the first three rounds, Arsenal won three consecutive games, with a wave of goals and goals, but as a result, the media shrewdly found the problem of the lack of offensive strength of Arsenal's strikers, and exposed him, believing that this is a major crisis for Arsenal.

Unexpectedly, they lost away to Manchester United in the fourth round, and the attack was really unsatisfactory.

At this moment, the media across the UK are all in high esteem, hyping up Arsenal's forward crisis, and some media even openly asked Wenger whether he regretted letting Adebayo go, otherwise, how to explain the rapid decline in the attack of the strikers?

Previously, this kind of problem has given Wenger a headache, and the team's consecutive losses have made him even more anxious, but at the post-match press conference, some media once again asked this question publicly, and even described the situation as a bit dangerous, which made Wenger's face very ugly.

Gao Han sat on the side and watched quietly, only feeling funny and helpless.

It's funny because this group of media is so undisciplined, and the problem is extremely tricky and ridiculous.

For example, they asked why the midfielders scored so many goals, and even the two central defenders, the newcomer Vermaelen, and Gallas, who had not been enlightened for many years, scored more goals than the players in the front line.

Frankly speaking, if this question is asked to himself, then Gao Han will probably feel embarrassed.

This is simply pointing at the monk and scolding the bald man.

Who doesn't know that Arsenal have a problem attacking?

But when Wenger was anxious, the media reporter asked again, which was to add fuel to the fire, lest the world be chaotic.

Sadly, this is the norm in the news media, and it will continue to do so.

Even the league organizers have made it clear that the head coach must attend the post-match press conference.

In other words, you know that the reporters have bad intentions, and you have to endure the nausea to face them.

The season is so long, every team will always encounter such and such problems, the form of the players will fluctuate, the media is always full of hype material, and in the face of public opinion, the manager is really the vulnerable group.

Therefore, when dealing with such media, people like Gao Han and Wenger, who have rich experience in coping, usually have their own set of coping strategies, just like Wenger, who directly said that there is no problem with the striker players, and everything is expected by him.

However, for the team's defeat, Wenger took the problem to himself, saying that he was willing to take responsibility for the loss.

As an opponent, Gao Han saw it more clearly, and Wenger was only half right.

Changing the formation of 442, this must be Wenger's problem, a little conservative, and the player has been preparing for 433 throughout the pre-season warm-up game, and he must be a little unfamiliar with 442 and not very adaptable.

But there is definitely a problem with the players' understanding, with Denilson and Diaby almost always stuck on the flanks and failed to adjust their positions to the changing situation on the pitch, which is undoubtedly a big problem.

Of course, both players are still young and understandably inexperienced.

Compared with the media's stubborn Wenger, the attitude towards the victor Gao Han is much more lenient.

Previously, they hyped Manchester City as a conservative one-to-zero doctrine, but this one, just after two weeks of national team matches, most of the players were generally in poor form, but it was a 4-1 win against Arsenal, which not only greatly boosted the morale of Manchester City, but also left the media reporters speechless.

As for the team to make such a change, Gao Han said that it is the credit of the players.

'I would say they are all a group of high-level players and given them time, they can quickly understand and appreciate the manager's intentions and implement them on the pitch very quickly, and this game is just the beginning. ”

'I have every reason to believe that we will get better and better as the league progresses. ”

After winning, there are not many topics that can be hyped, and the media is not as concerned about Manchester City as they are about Gao Han, especially the best manager of August just announced in the Premier League not long ago, which also won all four games, but Gao Han and Scolari both lost to Redknapp.

The media reporter immediately threw the question to Gao Han and asked him what he thought of the award.

'I think it's fair, Tottenham's four-game winning streak is really not easy, it's a lot of money, Redknapp is a pretty good manager and I think he deserves to be the manager of the month in August. ”

But when he said this, Gao Han changed his words and said with a slight smile: "But there should be nothing to do with him in September." ”

When the media reporter heard this, he became interested and immediately asked.

"Don't you keep saying there's a curse for Manager of the Month? Look, Redknapp just won the Manager of the Year for August and ended up facing Alex Ferguson's Manchester United in his first game in September, so I guess it's going to be hard for him to fight with me again in September. ”

The media reporters present are all human beings, where can they not hear the meaning of Gao Han's words?

If Gao Han wants to win the best coach of the month, then the two major games in September must be won.

Now they've finished Arsenal, and it's four to one, and it's a beautiful win. So next it's Manchester United's turn.

As long as Manchester United is eliminated at Old Trafford, Gao Han is eligible to compete for the manager of the month.

Therefore, soon a media reporter hit the snake with a stick and asked Gao Han whether Ferguson would be the rival of the best coach of the month in September, Gao Han smiled and said that he was not worried.

"They have a busy schedule. ”

Manchester City are unaffected by European competition this season, with only two fixtures on the menu, the Premier League and the League Cup, and one game in September.

However, Manchester United are different, after this round of Tottenham Hotspur, they will rush to Turkey in midweek to play the first leg of the Champions League group stage, which is crucial for the Champions League promotion rights, and Ferguson will definitely give it his all.

Just imagine, the players have just gone through two consecutive weeks of national team competitions, not to mention running back and forth, as soon as they return to the team, they immediately start a three-line battle, and two consecutive weeks of double matches in a week, even the iron man can't bear it.

Therefore, in this case, the rotation system and the arrangement of troops are very important.

Manchester City, on the other hand, after playing Arsenal, has a week to prepare for the Old Trafford stadium.

Even Gao Han now wishes that Ferguson would have a war of words with him, but he is afraid that the Manchester United coach will not have time.

However, after dealing with the media, Gao Han invited Wenger to an office at the City Stadium for a drink, and the Arsenal boss also revealed a message to Gao Han with bad intentions.

"In this game, Ferguson was in the stands. ”

"What?" Gao Han was a little surprised, "Then the old man turned to a spy?"

Wenger laughed, "I guess he's not comfortable with scouting enough and wants to see it for himself." ”

Gao Han smiled noncommittally, but there was a little pimple in his heart.

Ferguson's old man's ability to understand techniques and tactics is indeed far beyond that of ordinary people, and he can often see the problems and drawbacks with a sharp point, if he comes to investigate it in person, it will be really a trouble.

Watching Manchester City's 4-1 win over Arsenal in this game, the scenery is infinite, but in fact, Gao Han knows in his heart, this is mainly because Wenger's starting tactics before the game are conservative, and Ferguson will definitely see this.

City have a lot of problems right now and it will take some time.

After all, many things can't be done overnight, such as the tacit understanding between players.

It will take at least a longer time for this group of players on the team to become proficient in passing and find their teammates to pass the ball with their eyes closed.

"This old man is really not a worrying person. ”

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I don't know if there is really a curse for the so-called Premier League Manager of the Month of the Month, but Tottenham Hotspur has really fulfilled it.

On the second day of Manchester City's 4-1 win over Arsenal, United travelled to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane in north London and conceded less than a minute into the game.

Defoe scored his fifth goal of the season to open the scoring for Tottenham Hotspur.

Soon, however, United adjusted their tactics and turned the tide of the game, with two goals from Ryan Giggs and Anderson helping the Reds to overturn Tottenham Hotspur and end with a 2-1 lead in the first half.

After the break, Redknapp made a substitution to replace the injured Palacios, while Manchester United's veteran Paul Scholes received two yellow cards in a row in just ten minutes and was sent off the pitch by the referee.

The sudden blow did not bring down Manchester United, Ferguson decisively adjusted, replaced the substitute midfielder Carrick for this game, replaced striker Berbatov, and decisively played a defensive counterattack, while Redknapp made two substitutions in a row to launch an attack.

The two sides were locked in the final half-hour, but it was United's third goal of the game and Rooney's fifth of the season thanks to Fletcher assisting Wayne Rooney.

In the end, Manchester United stubbornly reversed Tottenham Hotspur 3-1.

But it was a pyrrhic victory, as Paul Scholes would be doomed to miss out on the next round of the Manchester derby.

In the other key games of this round, Liverpool beat Burnley 4-0 at home and Chelsea beat Stoke City 2-1 away, as Tottenham Hotspur lost at home and Manchester City beat Arsenal 4-1 to move further down the table to second place.

Manchester City and Chelsea are also the only two teams in the Premier League to have won both of them this season.

(End of chapter)