The remarkable Manchester derby ended with Manchester City beating Manchester United 2-0 with two first-half goals, and in the second half, despite a ferocious comeback and a hit to the post, they failed to find the back of the net, and when the final whistle blew, the City fans began to shout wildly to celebrate their victory!

And it's not just because of the Manchester derby win - after Manchester City returned to the Premier League, Manchester City's results against Manchester United were not too bad, although they have been a mid-table team, but they have occasionally beaten Manchester United in Manchester derby, and what really excites them is that after winning this game, they are in top of the table with three consecutive wins!

Chelsea, who were level on points with them, drew 1-1 with Liverpool and Everton lost to Reading, leaving City nine points at the top of the table, and while that result at the start of the season doesn't mean much, it is important to know that for a poor Manchester City, this is the first time they have been top of the table since returning to the Premier League......

Since returning to the Premier League in the 02-03 season, Manchester City has never been at the top of the table alone, even in the first round of the season because of the first place in goal difference, and this time, they finally became the top of the standings alone!

Countless Manchester City fans burst into tears - it's not easy, it's really not easy, the feeling of Dick Si's counterattack...... Have you ever had one?

The pro-Manchester City media began to praise Dick, believing that Dick is indeed a reliable manager, with Dick, he can win the championship, Dick has maintained the tradition of winning the league championship every year since he began to officially coach a team, and has won seven league titles so far, so it is normal to win the league title in Manchester City's first season......

However, Dick did not seem so optimistic, although Manchester City won the game, it does not mean that Manchester City has a strength advantage in the Premier League, in fact, Manchester City is not the most powerful now, the three lines have only established a preliminary tacit understanding - in this regard, Dick used a clever approach, that is, between the striker and the striker, between the midfield and the midfielder and between the back line to form a certain tacit understanding, but on the whole it is cut, the defense is mainly the backfield, the attack is the front, The midfield is barely linked by three players with strong running ability – this is only a preliminary approach, and City probably wouldn't have been able to win this game if it weren't for the heavy losses of Manchester United.

The current ranking is not enough to prove that Manchester City have become a top team, they still have a lot of room for improvement, and it also means that they still have a lot of flaws to beat.

So after three wins in a row, Dick didn't slack off, but let the team continue to train, and the next round is an away game against Arsenal, which is not as sensitive as the Manchester derby, but it is also quite important.

In the fourth round of the league, Manchester City began to expose the problem of poor coordination, Wenger's vision of the big picture is quite good, he keenly found such a situation, and used the overall defense and layout throughout the game to make Manchester City's attack helpless, whether it was Ribery's breakthrough, Torres's response or Di Natale's running position failed to create any chances, and Arsenal relied on Adebayo's golden goal to break through Hart's door, In the end, they defeated Manchester City 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium, making Manchester City suffer the consequences of defeat for the first time this season!

City conceded for the first time this season, failed to score for the first time, lost for the first time.

After the defeat, Manchester City slipped to third place in the table, overtaken by Liverpool and Chelsea, and in his post-match press conference, Dick was very calm and said that our team is not at its best.

Many people remained silent about this defeat, after all, Manchester City did not lose ugly, they attacked more than Arsenal in the whole game, but they only lost the game because they failed to take advantage of the opportunity and were seized by Arsenal once, which is not too ugly.

In the second round of the Carabao Cup in midweek, Dick fielded an all-bench line-up, goalkeeper Ixasson, defenders Sun Jihai, Joel Luka, Cahill and Hart, midfielders Hamann, Vidal and Ireland, with Bale on the left wing, Ashley Young on the right wing, and Vassell in the centre – a pure substitute line-up.

Bale, who was thrust up the front by Dick, was mediocre and seemed to be adapting to his new position, but City still beat Bristol City away from home, with Young excelling with two assists and Vassell and Vidal scoring a goal each to help City beat their opponents 2-1 and reach the third round of the Carabao Cup.

"From the point of view of the bench lineup, Manchester City is not bad at all, you must know that Manchester City's substitutes are also quite good players, Dick's idea of building a team has always been very clear, a top main lineup and a good substitute lineup is his usual way of building a team, and this way has also continued to Manchester City...... It's a good idea to play Bale as a winger, the Welsh player's defensive ability is really average, but the attacking ability is quite good, but this game is not visible, he still needs to adapt to the new position, Ashley Young has been quite good, he has shown his speed very well in the game, proving his quality with two assists, and another highlight comes from Vidal in the midfield, the Chilean midfielder has shown his versatility and ability to plug in the back row! Manchester City's bench is dominated by young players, Joel Luka, Cahill, Vidal, Bale and Young are all quite young players, and they all have a lot of potential, and Dick's transformation of Manchester City has gradually begun to take shape. ”

Winning this game, Manchester City's players are naturally very happy, and the substitutes have been given the opportunity to play, which proves Dick's style - he is used to letting all the substitutes play in domestic cup competitions, and always trusts them, so that they are not short of opportunities to play - now Manchester City's main team is indeed basically excellent, and there is always hope to get a chance to play in the cup, and these substitutes selected by Dick are either rookies or veterans, and they do not have much requirement for playing time, This can be regarded as being able to serve as a substitute with peace of mind.

However, in the substitute group, Bale is a little depressed, because after joining Manchester City, he does not seem to be particularly valued, he has been confirmed to join Manchester City before the end of last season, originally chose Manchester City, Bale's eye is that this is only a mid-table team in the Premier League, there is enough space for a young player like him, it should be better than when he was in Southampton - after all, Southampton has been in the Championship for a long time, not enough to provide him with too many stages.

However, after signing a contract with Manchester City, the situation changed suddenly - the rich Arabs came, brought in the first-class manager Dick, and spent so much money to buy so many top players...... In such a situation, I think I will also know that a young player like Bale may not have too many opportunities to play.

Originally, all of Manchester City's left-backs were sold, which gave Bale hope, but Dick first bought Barnes in his playing years, and then brought in the veteran Hart, such two powerful left-backs joined, can Bale have any other positions?

In this game, Dick asked Bale to play left winger, which made Bale feel very depressed, and he was not suitable for such a position on the field, and after 90 minutes, his performance could only be regarded as mediocre......

"Are you in the wrong place?" Sometimes Bell can't help but think so.

While Bale was wondering, Dick also ushered in his first test after taking charge of Manchester City.

In the fifth round of the league at the weekend, Manchester City took on Blackburn Rovers away - the opponent was not very strong, but in this game, Manchester City's starting line-up did not perform very well, in the thirteenth minute of the first half by the opposition South African striker McCarthy took the opportunity to score a goal, and in the next game Manchester City continued to attack, but could not create many chances.

It wasn't until the 80th minute of the game that City relied on a display of Franck Ribery to equalise – Fernando Torres created a free-kick that Ribery took and the ball went over the wall and into the net, and City finally equalised at the last minute!

As Ribery began to run around the stadium to celebrate, Dick breathed a sigh of relief - this game had not been lost, and if it had been lost, it would have been even more trouble......

However, although the game ended up with Blackburn Rovers to a 1-1 draw, but after the game, the doubts about Dick began to increase, the last league loss to Arsenal can be said that the opponent is too good, and Blackburn is a mid-table team, and such difficulties in playing away from home do make people see the predicament faced by Manchester City.

'After the attention was paid to Manchester City, it started to look difficult for Manchester City to attack, and it started to look so difficult for them to create chances in both league games! Once the individual performances of the players were under control, City's attack began to become helpless...... What is Dick doing? What kind of tactical idea is he? Is it just by piling up stars? ”

The criticism of Dick began to become violent, the English media has always been this virtue, if you perform well, you will praise it, and if you don't perform well, you will step on it to death, even for their local players, not to mention a manager like Dick, when he had good results before, the media praised it, and now he has only scored one goal in two rounds, and he has begun to scold......

"These guys are really rudder in the wind." Dick couldn't help but sigh at Marina, you must know that his environment in Italy was very poor from the beginning, coaching Inter Milan was completely stared at by the media and coaches, and a little flaw was infinitely magnified, but it was not like the English media, who only won two games, and was scolded for this virtue.

For the English media, scolding Dick will have a certain pleasure, and the only thing that makes them a little unhappy is that after this round, there is a FIFA match day, which in their opinion, this gives Dick a respite.

"Now let those guys scold...... I'm going to let them slap themselves in the face anyway. Dick said to Marina absently.