Manchester City's 3-0 victory over Arsenal has given the entire Premier League some shock, although Arsenal's performance this season has been up and down, losing to some weak teams, but in other games they still show the strength of the top teams, especially the victory over Manchester United proved that they still have quite strong strength, but in this game, Arsenal can be said to have been suppressed by Manchester City from beginning to end, or in the case of Manchester City replacing three main players shortly after the start of the second half, Arsenal not only failed to recover a point, but Manchester City relied on a counter-attack to score the third goal......

No matter how much Arsenal's strength has declined, it is also a strong team that has an advantage in the group stage of the Champions Cup, but it was beaten 3-0 by Manchester City, which did not give its all, even if there is a chance factor, it is enough to surprise people!

Dick was very satisfied with this game, not only because he won Arsenal and continued to catch up with the top two, but also because of the victory in this game, which was a good boost for the next Champions Cup.

Although it is still five points ahead of Fiorentina, but for Manchester City, this game is also a battle of life and death, if you lose to Fiorentina away, then next to Bayern, Bayern will definitely desperately block Manchester City away so as to make the knockout round one less opponent, as a nouveau riche like Manchester City, in the European arena has also offended many people, on the one hand, people are envious and jealous because they spend too much money, on the other hand, Manchester City poaching people like this, it will definitely make many people's interests suffer, For example, Bayern Munich were snatched away by Manchester City last year and have a chance to knock Manchester City out of the group stage, and they hope to do the same, at least in the future, Manchester City will look less attractive, which is something that everyone wants to see.

Manchester City flew to Florence after the end of the league, the city did not welcome their arrival, for the city of Florence, they are one of the few cities in Italy with more local fans than Juventus fans - Juventus, as the club with the largest number of domestic fans in Italy, their support rate in many places is higher than that of the home team, and the cities that can really make Juventus fans have a low level of support are nothing more than Milan, Rome, Naples and Florence are just four cities.

And for the enemy of Manchester City, the attitude of Fiorentina fans will be seen.

However, Dick doesn't care about not being liked when playing away from home, it's normal to be treated like this away from home, and if you're constantly welcomed, it's not normal.

And the hostility of the Fiorentina fans will not be like the Turkish fans will make some off-the-shelf moves, but on the day of the game, the Fiorentina fans turned the Frankie Stadium into an erupting volcano, and the whole stadium echoed with the shouts of the Fiorentina fans and the boos of Manchester City!

And the Fiorentina team has also made the most preparations for this game, they also want to qualify, not want to play in the League Cup, every step forward in the Champions Cup, it is real money!

Fiorentina had to win, which led them to field a strong attacking line-up in the game, with Mutu, Gilardino and Santana forming the front trident, Melo in midfield, Montolivo and Kuzmanovic in midfield, and Vargas at left-back with very good assists.

Fiorentina has been able to become a regular in the Champions Cup in recent years, and there are many outstanding top players, and their starting lineup is also quite strong, with a reasonable age structure, excellent individual ability, and not bad cooperation...... Although they have only picked up three points in the previous four games, it has a lot to do with their lack of familiarity with the Champions League – and the unfamiliarity with the Champions League is not just a problem for Manchester City.

However, they still drew with Bayern Munich and Manchester City, which is enough to prove their ability.

In the frantic shouts of the Florentina fans, Fiorentina launched a fierce attack from the beginning, Santana is a player with excellent skills and speed, plus the left side continues to advance, almost becoming a winger Vargas, Florence's attack on both wings is quite fierce, Mutu is wandering in the front, and he will break through after having the opportunity to get the ball - Mutu's breakthrough ability is also quite good, plus Gilardino in the penalty area, Fiorentina's offensive lineup is quite good.

And Dick arranged targeted tactics for this game, Alves continued to advance assists, suppressing Vargas's assists with offense, Barnes did not insert much, Kompany was responsible for marking Gilardino, suppressing the opponent with his height and strength, and using zone defense against Mutu, in attack, in addition to Alves suppressing Vargas, Benzema also continued to move on this side, Yaya Toure used forward to suppress Montolivo's blocking, and Ribery attacked the opponent's right side, Constantly breaking through Zauri's defense.

The first shot came from Fiorentina, and after a series of plays, Kuzmanovic, who had stepped forward to assist, cut across the ball and fired a long-range shot that was blocked by Hart.

However, the first goal did come from Manchester City, in this goal, Manchester City's cooperation played to the fullest, in the tightly defended penalty area, the forward Deco and Torres played a continuous pass cooperation, and then Deco passed the ball out, and the follow-up Yaya Toure shot in the penalty area hit Dainelli's body and bounced to the left side, Benzema received the ball and shook the rush to defend Melo, and then passed the ball to the middle, Torres, who got rid of the opposing defender, appeared in front of the ball, and pushed the ball forward, breaking the deadlock for Manchester City!

It was a goal that quieted the Fiorentina fans for a while, and it was a huge blow to be the first goal in the opening fifteen minutes, because for them, a draw was not enough to get them out!

The inexperienced Fiorentina began to expose their deficiencies at this time, they began to attack aggressively, although they played fiercely, but their backline was constantly exposed in front of Manchester City's counterattack line, Manchester City's three strikers are all players with very good speed and technical skills, such a front-court trident is quite handy to counterattack, in fact, Fiorentina's three forwards are also suitable for counterattacking, but Manchester City's dense defense makes them not have much space.

Counter-attacking against Serie A teams can sometimes be quite effective.

Fiorentina began to suffer more from the back, and they sent too many attackers themselves, and their defense was not so good compared to their attack, which made them swallow the bitter pill in the 28th minute.

Montolivo was forced by Yaya Toure and Deco in the midfield, in a hurry he made a pass mistake and was cut off by Deco halfway, after the ball was broken Deco sent a beautiful through stopper, Benzema who was inserted diagonally received the ball under the cover of Torres, and then dribbled forward and suddenly shot from a distance of 20 meters from the goal, Frei couldn't save, the ball flew directly into the bottom left corner of the goal, 2-0, Manchester City took a two-goal lead away from home!

Dick kept waving his fists on the sidelines, two goals ahead, Manchester City was only one step away from qualifying!

While the Manchester City fans were celebrating wildly, Fiorentina fell silent and are now two goals behind, meaning they will have to score at least three goals in the next game to keep their hopes of qualifying! Can't concede the ball yet......

Fiorentina, who had no way out, launched a frenzied counterattack, and in first-half stoppage time, they finally recovered a point - Mutu split the ball, Santana broke through the side and crossed, Gilardino pressed Kompany in front of the goal to shake his head to save a point, Gilardino is one of the bitter masters of Manchester City this season, and the previous two goals of Fiorentina at the City Stadium were both scored by him.

The goal gave Fiorentina fans hope to see the team fight back in the second half to overtake Manchester City and seize their last chance to qualify!

"Don't worry, our situation is very favorable right now...... In the second half we continued to defend and counter-attack, even if we conceded a goal, we didn't have to worry, we scored one, they scored one more, and there is no team that can score three goals in 45 minutes with our full defence...... As long as we go one more, the victory is ours! We must get the qualification for the knockout round, not only to get the right to qualify, but also to strive for the first place in the group! This will make it easier for us to play in the knockout rounds...... Do you understand? ”

Dick announced his goal in the dressing room, although it was said that he would only be able to qualify for this game with a draw, but he still had to fight for the win, because Bayern did not seem too difficult to beat PSV Eindhoven, and he wanted not only to qualify from the group, but also to fight for the first place, so that there was a greater possibility of facing a weaker team......

In the second half of the game, Fiorentina sent Jovetic to replace Kuzmanovic in the midfield to strengthen the attack, but Manchester City's defense is still very tight, Dick replaced Deco with Barton, who has decreased physically, and the three defensive midfielders are constantly protecting outside the penalty area, and also fully protect the right side of Alves' guard, most of the counterattacks are handed over to the front trident, and the swimming of the three of them also makes Fiorentina's attack have a lot of fear.

After a long attack, Fiorentina received the final blow, Ribery broke through and was put down by the opposing defender, Manchester City won a direct free kick more than 20 meters away from the goal, Ribery personally took this free kick, the ball crossed the human wall, flew directly into the corner of the goal, three to one, Manchester City completely laid the victory!

The win also gave City the right to qualify from the group, with three wins and two draws after five rounds of group play, and Bayern beat PSV Eindhoven 3-0 at home in the other game, also qualifying from the group with 11 points, and in the final round, apart from the battle for the top of the group, it was between Fiorentina with three points and PSV Eindhoven with one point for qualification in the UEFA Cup......

"It's great that we made it to the knockout stage...... The group was very workouting and got our players used to the rhythm of the Champions Cup, and then we had to prepare for the knockout rounds. Dick said with a smile at the press conference.