On the afternoon of September 25, Manchester City Stadium.

It was undoubtedly the biggest clash of the new season, with both sides making plenty of changes in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

As a result of the rotation, Manchester City, who had a thicker bench, continued to advance, while Chelsea were eliminated.

This also led to some pressure on Chelsea before the game.

In the morning of the game, the major British media were warming up for this match, and the first was the war of words between Gao Han and Scolari, and media reporters were scrambling to report and interpret.

Scolari's remarks have undoubtedly gone too far, not only pointing the finger at Manchester City, but also ridiculing Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United, which is very much in line with Scolari's personality and reflects his unfamiliarity with European professional football.

As a result, Ferguson countered Scolari's remarks in a phone interview with the media overnight, believing that in this Manchester focus game, Gao Han will undoubtedly have the last laugh.

'The five wins in a row didn't make a difference, and Scolari has to show himself if he wants to prove himself. ”

These were Ferguson's exact words, which were also interpreted by the media as Scolari's army.

Coupled with the psychological warfare before Gao Han, Scolari should regret his original remarks.

But even if there is really a regret medicine in the world, he doesn't have time to take it.

In this game, Scolari played as much as he could.

The goalkeeper is Hilario, the backline is Ashley Cole, John Terry, Alex and Branislav Ivanovic, the midfield three is behind Essien, Frank Lampard and Ramires are in the middle, and the front trident is Robinho on the left, Anelka on the right and Falcao in the middle.

When Gao Han got this starting list for Chelsea, he had already guessed Scolari's intentions.

As it turned out, he was right, and Scolari shouted loudly, but in reality he was looking for a draw.

Does that mean that the psychological warfare of the high cold is useless?

Not necessarily!

When the news comes out and it's not just Scolari who sees the news, but also the Chelsea players, will they be affected?

Especially when the situation on the pitch is in your favor.

Manchester City still lined up in a three, four, or three formation for this game, with Petr Cech in goal, and Kompany, Xavi Martinez and Mascherano at the back.

In the midfield, Xavi Alonso dragged behind, David Silva and Milner were in the middle, Modric was arranged to rest by Gao Han because of a little injury on his foot, Kaka in the forward position, and the front trident remained unchanged, still Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez.

The tactical formations adopted by both sides have not changed much, and they both know each other well, so the focus of the game is on the starting tactics and on-the-spot performance of both sides.

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At the beginning of the game, both sides played with reservations, did not enter the state directly, and were still testing each other.

Manchester City also clearly did not invest as aggressively as before, but consciously kept the three-line formation compact, allowing Chelsea, who were the first to kick off, to control the ball and not to grab it.

Most obviously, City's defence did not press, but remained in their own half, with Xavi Alonso also falling back, resulting in the main battleground between the two sides after the start of the game in the area of the halfway.

It's a bit of a sign of weakness, especially on your home turf.

Chelsea is obviously a little skeptical about this, after all, in the past games, Manchester City did it directly as soon as they came up, regardless of 3721, grabbing a goal first, but today they suddenly played like this, something is not quite right.

Especially in the opening minutes, Chelsea managed to control the ball, which was a bit unconscionable.

What to do?

Chelsea themselves were a little confused.

But after three or four minutes of temptation, they finally couldn't help it.

Since the opponents are showing weakness, let's do it!

As a result, Chelsea's overall formation slowly pressed forward and began to try to attack City's defence.

The Blues' three midfielders, both Frank Lampard and Ramirez, lacked the ability to push the ball forward on their own, and Drogba was needed to rely on Drogba as a fulcrum up front to organise the attack around the Ivorians.

But with Falcao, the whole attacking system is completely different, and the same one from Drogba's time doesn't work.

There is a need for players like Robinho and Nicolas Anelka, who can aggressively drop back to receive the midfield and effectively dribble the ball up front, but then a new problem arises, a lack of width in attack.

In his previous spell at Chelsea, the solution to this problem was to rely on two full-backs to provide assists, but under Jose Mourinho, Ashley Cole has been playing a key role in Chelsea's attacking system.

In this game, Gao Han not only allowed Sanchez to target the England left-back, but also deployed Milner in midfield for the purpose of defending and intercepting, especially to cut off the link between Ashley Cole and the middle of the midfield.

As a result, Milner had already made two successful interceptions shortly after the break, both of which came from Chelsea's faulty passes.

Once was a break in midfield, and another was a cross from the left by Ashley Cole, which Milner intercepted directly.

In the seventh minute of the game, Robinho retreated to receive the ball, but was also successfully tackled by Milner and passed to Xavi Alonso, the Spaniard made a long pass, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly rushed to the front, but after receiving the ball, Terry and Alex were actively back in place, and the Portuguese hurriedly shot a long shot, which was too far away and did not hit the target.

But a minute later, it was a long pass from the midfield, Cristiano Ronaldo successfully countered offside, received the ball on the left side of the penalty area, and wanted to pass to the middle to Benzema, but was taken off by Hilario.

Two minutes later, it was again a back-attack after Manchester City broke the ball, and Ivanovic finally couldn't help but foul and pulled the Portuguese, got a yellow card, and also gave Manchester City a set-piece opportunity in front.

Cristiano Ronaldo took the penalty himself, with a high quality, but was saved by Hilario and the subsequent corner failed to threaten.

In the first ten minutes, Manchester City seemed to be focused on defending and counterattacking, but Chelsea took the initiative to attack, but Chelsea's passing and possession errors were many, and Manchester City seized the opportunity to play a sharp counterattack, but it was the Blues themselves, not even a shot on goal, until the eleventh minute, Anelka's cross from the right, only to send the ball into the Manchester City penalty area for the first time.

After Falcao chested the ball, he tried to turn and volley, but Xavi Alonso, who had returned to the defense, stepped forward to clear the ball.

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Scolari guessed the outcome of the game correctly, but guessed the course of the game wrong.

He knew that Manchester City would quickly establish an advantage in this game, and would be the first to shoot and be the first to threaten, but what he didn't expect was that Manchester City would voluntarily give up the ball and choose to defend and counterattack.

That's!

Everyone in the world knows that Gao Han regards the ball as more important than life, and he would choose to give up?

But in fact, that's what he did.

As a very defensive-minded manager, Scolari can see that Gao Han is very confident in City's defensive system and is indeed very well organised, with Mascherano and Kompany both capable of playing alone and being proactive, even when Robinho and Anelka drop back to respond.

After the two wing-backs are pulled apart, Xavi Alonso will approach Xavi Martinez on his own initiative, with the two Spaniards looking more like two centre-backs in front of him.

Kompany was pulled out of the box when Nicolas Anelka's cross from the right was pulled out of the box, and Falcao had a chance to head straight at goal, but Xavi Martinez seized the advantageous position, forcing Falcao to give up a direct shot and stop the ball with his chest, but this stop gave Xavi Alonso a chance to return to the defensive position.

The combination of several of City's players was very skilful and impressive.

This is also the reason why Gao Han dared to give up the ball.

Because for Chelsea, possession is a hot potato, and you want it but don't use it well.

But it is not a way to continue like this, the Manchester City players are extremely individual and the initiative to press the attack is not good for Chelsea.

So, Scolari quickly walked to the sidelines and shouted to the players on the field, signaling them to stabilize their formation and not press easily.

But at this moment, Manchester City broke the ball again at the back, Xavi Alonso received the ball and turned around, and with a long diagonal pass, the ball passed over the halfway line and to the feet of Sanchez on the right.

The Chilean winger received the ball on the right and led it down the middle.

Ashley Cole was the first to follow him, Terry was behind and ready to help, Essien and Lampard both came over at the same time to cover the trap, but Sanchez had just taken two steps before Cristiano Ronaldo pointed ahead of him and fired a straight cross with his right foot.

The ball went over Alex's head and into the Chelsea penalty area.

Alex's attention was attracted by Benzema, and he didn't notice Cristiano Ronaldo, who was close by, and when Sanchez crossed it, he reacted immediately and quickly turned to chase back, while Ivanovic was also chasing the Portuguese behind him.

After entering the penalty area, the two defenders did not dare to make easy moves, for fear of accidentally taking a penalty.

But Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed the most powerful position, blocked Ivanovic behind him with his body, jammed Alex, raised his right foot to stop Sanchez's cross in front of him, and then accelerated to throw Alex away and chase after him.

Goalkeeper Hilario was decisive in attacking, but Cristiano Ronaldo caught up with the ball at the edge of the six-yard box and fired a direct right-footed shot past the fallen Hilario and into the bottom of the net.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！”

"Cristiano Ronaldo!"

"Scoring in a row this season!"

"Just thirteen minutes into the game, Manchester City broke the deadlock on the pitch with a quick counter-attack after a break, 1-0!"

"Crazy Portuguese, his performances this season have been absolutely impressive!"

The entire city stadium was chanting the Portuguese superstar's name, and Cristiano Ronaldo ran out of the pitch quickly after scoring a goal, making a pacifier motion on the sidelines.

"Everyone knows that he just announced that he had a child this summer, but did not reveal who the mother of the child was, and this season his celebration of the goal has turned into a pacifier, full of the love of a father. ”

"What's more, he's been more mature this season, giving the impression that he's in the prime of his career. ”

"This goal is just a continuation of his excellent form so far this season!"

'It's 1-0, now Chelsea have to be careful. ”

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