"Seven wins in a row in the league, and if you count last season, Manchester United have won nine in a row in the league."

In City's office, Pep Guardiola pores over the materials prepared by his assistants.

He frowned.

Pondered.

It's the national team break, and the league is on hiatus. However, the dedicated head coach did not choose to rest and take a vacation. He is still thinking about the game strategy for Manchester City's next league opponent.

That's probably one of the reasons why Manchester City have been so good this season.

No one's success comes from luck. If it's a fluke, it's because you don't see his efforts, his accumulation, his persistence.

Pep Guardiola became Manchester City manager in 2016 and last season was his first season in the Blues.

They finished fourth in the Premier League last year, behind Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. The Champions League was eliminated in the first round of the knockout round, by Mbappe's Monaco.

This kind of result is basically qualified for Arsenal.

But for the ambitious Manchester City, for the famous coach Pep Guardiola, it is obviously not as expected.

Pep Guardiola wants to do better.

Manchester City's management are of the same opinion.

As a result, they went on a buying spree this summer, spending a lot of money in the transfer market, buying a lot of strong foreign players.

With plenty of players at his disposal, Pep Guardiola can finally make a difference. He quickly integrated the new signings into his tactical system, allowing the newcomers to have a chemical reaction with the team's previous core players, and quickly kneading the team into shape, forming a strong and super fighting team.

In the new season, except for an unexpected draw by Everton in the second round of the league, Manchester City have won all six games.

In the current Premier League standings, Manchester City is second on 19 points.

There is only one team above them.

That's Manchester United, who have won seven in a row.

That is, Manchester City's opponent in the next round of matches.

"If we win the derby, we'll be number one."

Pep Guardiola's heart is a little hot.

Manchester City has invested a huge amount of transfer funds in the new season, and renewed De Bruyne and Aguero with sky-high contracts, and greatly strengthened on the basis of maintaining the original team framework, isn't it just to compete for the first place in the league and strive to win the league title?

Now is the best time to reach the top of the league, and Guardiola will naturally have some turmoil in his heart.

He and his Manchester City are desperate to win this game and prove that in Manchester City, the power of blue is never weaker than that of red!

Especially Pep Guardiola.

He turned down Alex Ferguson's offer and did not take charge of Manchester United.

If it turns out that Manchester United are stronger than Manchester City, wouldn't he have joined the national army in '49 and entered the stock market in '08?

In the Manchester United information submitted by the aide, Mbappe is mentioned 23 times throughout.

Kylian Mbappe is a newcomer to Manchester United this season, but Guardaole, or Manchester City, is no stranger to the player.

Manchester City's Champions League last-32 last season was due to him.

In the two-legged meeting, Manchester City first sat at home and beat the opponent with a score of 5:3. Then in the second leg, they lost 3-1, and the aggregate score of the two legs was 6-6, and Manchester City were eliminated because they scored two fewer away goals than Monaco.

Manchester City were upset by Monaco.

Few people had imagined before the game that they would be eliminated by a non-Paris Saint-Germain Ligue 1 side.

These two games, Guardiola remembers vividly.

The Monegasque player he remembered the most was Mbappe, who was not yet 18 years old at the time.

Mbappe scored two goals against Manchester City over two legs, with one of those goals coming at City's home stadium. At that time, he made a long run and broke away from the Manchester City defenders in succession, scoring in a way similar to Chu Ge. After the game, many English media praised the young man as the second Chu Ge and the hope of future football, and praised him for beating Manchester City with Chu Ge's goal.

How can Guardiola forget him?

Perhaps it is precisely because he played well against Manchester City that Guardiola's assistant reminded Guardiola to beware of the youngster.

In this not-so-lengthy pre-match report, Mbappe's name was mentioned 23 times.

However.

Guardiola is a real headache, but it is not the same Mbappe who knocked Manchester City out of the Champions League.

His gaze quickly shifted to another name.

In this report, this name is mentioned 69 times!

Three times more than Mbappe!

That is,

Chu Ge.

Mbappe is just the next Chu Ge in the media mouth, and the real Chu Ge, after he became the captain of Manchester United, is even better and stronger than last season.

He started every seven games for the new season, playing six of them and was very well attended.

And even higher than attendance is his goal rate.

In seven games, he scored in every game!

League opener, Manchester United 4:0 Watford.

Chu Ge scored twice.

In the second round of the league, Manchester United won by four goals again, and Chu Ge scored one.

In the third round, Manchester United 3:0 Leicester City, Chu Ge scored another goal.

Next, Manchester United are 3:0 Stoke City, 4:0 Everton, 1:0 Southampton, 4:0 Crystal Palace. Chu Ge continued to score every game, scoring five goals in four games to help Manchester United win all the way.

In seven league games, Manchester United have won seven in a row.

In this process, Chu Ge scored a total of nine goals, an average of more than one goal per game, and the goal efficiency was amazing.

What is even more rare than the high goal rate is that Chu Ge is not Chu Icing on the Cake Song, nor is it Chu Viagra a game and a wilting brother Ge. His nine goals were spread very evenly across seven games, scoring at a time.

Most of them were openers and winners who helped the team break the deadlock. Every goal is incredibly important for Manchester United.

"It's him, with Manchester United on a seven-game winning streak."

Looking at the familiar name, Guardiola shook his head with a wry smile.

This should have been his player.

It was the second Messi that God gave him.

Pep Guardiola's first mandatory transfer target for Manchester United was Chu Ge.

It's a pity that creation makes people.

Manchester City's delay, Manchester City's hesitation on the issue of whether to pay liquidated damages, turned out to give Manchester United an opportunity. Manchester United seized the opportunity to strike hard, simply and neatly handed over the liquidated damages, forcing Real Madrid to comply. In order to convince Chu Ge, they even did not hesitate to use Ferguson's comeback as a trump card, showing the greatest sincerity, and finally winning the return of the beauty.

Sometimes, life's opportunities exist at that specific time.

Once you miss it, you miss it.

One misstep has become a thousand years of hatred, and it has been a hundred years since I turned back.

To this day, Pep Guardiola still regrets missing out on Chu Ge.

And what made him even more annoyed was that Chu Ge came again.

The "Messi" in the eyes of Guardiola, as Manchester City's opponent, once again appeared on the road of Manchester City's progress, becoming a problem and a mountain that Guardiola must find a way to solve.

"What to do with this near-all-powerful genius?"

Pep Guardiola scratches his head.

He felt the infinite helplessness in his heart when he coached Barcelona, those opponents who faced Barcelona and faced Messi at their peak.

He even remembered a joke.

In a match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid scored a goal to take the lead, but Atletico Madrid coach Simeone on the sidelines shook his head repeatedly, looking unhappy.

After the game, reporters interviewed the coach and asked curiously about this scene, asking Simeone why his team scored and he was not happy.

Simeone's answer:

Because he saw Messi standing on the sidelines ready to play.

Pep Guardiola finally empathized with Simeone.

He felt that feeling.

……

While Pep Guardiola was scrambling to figure out how to deal with Manchester United and how to defend Chu Ge, Ferguson was doing the same.

As he gets older, Ferguson is unlikely to be able to maintain the intensity of his work as Pep Guardiola.

However, when the team encounters an opponent like Manchester City, he will still add as much time as possible to work on the game strategy.

"It's not an easy opponent to deal with."

The more he studied City, the more tricky Ferguson felt.

Ferguson has a wealth of coaching experience and is an honourable champion. Among the most difficult games of his life was a Champions League final against Pep Guardiola's Barcelona.

Ferguson still remembers his weakness against his Manchester United against a flamboyant, well-played Barcelona side.

It was that game that made him admire Pep Guardiola very much, and even hoped that the Barcelona coach could come to Manchester United to take over his class. Unfortunately, it may be that he is unwilling to take over a team that needs to be rebuilt and has high expectations, or it may be for some other reason, Guardiola did not agree to Ferguson's invitation in the end.

But that hasn't changed Ferguson's appreciation for Pep Guardiola.

Even if he stands on the opposite side of Manchester United today and becomes the manager of Manchester City.

'We're seven wins in a row, they're six wins and one draw, so in terms of results, we're beating him. However, it is not that simple. ”

"We haven't faced a strong team in these seven games. The only slightly stronger opponent is Leicester City, who won the Premier League. However, Leicester City is no longer the same team as the champion team at that time, the core players of the team have left, the manager has also changed, and the strength of the team has decreased significantly. They're not a top team, they're decent teams at best. ”

'It's a different story for Manchester City.

"Two of their six victories have come against strong teams, one in the fourth round of the league, where they beat Liverpool 5-0; The other was a 1-0 win over Chelsea in the seventh round, which just ended. These two victories are full of gold. ”

"I watched the footage of their game. Pep Guardiola is no less than a genius in coaching. This season's Manchester City has mature tactics and almost no shortcomings in the squad. It's no wonder that the media will say that they are the biggest favorites to win the new season, and their performance is indeed a notch higher than other teams. ”

Alex Ferguson gave Manchester City a high rating.

Even if this team is his opponent.

Ferguson took a closer look at the Manchester City squad.

He made big marks on Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva.

Especially De Bruyne.

Many people, including Chu Ge, have a very high opinion of Dounet De Bruyne. Even quite a few people believe that De Bruyne is an underrated player, despite his already great reputation.

Pep Guardiola envy Manchester United for having Chu Go.

And why can't Ferguson envy that they can have De Bruyne?

The Belgian midfielder looks young, honest and doesn't seem to be so flashy, but he is a real world-class midfield commander, a player that every team and every coach dreams of.

It's hard to imagine that he has also experienced the dilemma of being swept away by his parent team.

'If I had this midfielder, no matter how good the goalkeeper was, I would beat him up and make him admit his mistake to De Bruyne. Ferguson thought to himself.

……

De Bruyne sneezed.

He ate his noodles and looked ahead with a puzzled look on his face, looking at the handsome young man bouncing on the grass.

"It's just a meal, you're not scolding me, are you?"

De Bruyne carried a bowl of hot dry noodles and walked not far from Chu Ge. He complained to Chu Ge.

After complaining, he didn't forget to take a bite of noodles.

It looks a bit like the magic noodles of pasta, with a strong unknown aroma and a really delicious taste. Just rushing this noodle, Tintin feels that even if he didn't come in vain today.

Chu Ge looked at De Bruyne helplessly while bouncing the ball.

The Manchester City player has never considered himself an outsider since he moved next door to Chu Ge.

From time to time, he would run over to eat Chu Ge's noodles.

He also got addicted to eating.

Chu Ge wanted to start charging him.

"You sneeze, do you blame me?" Chu Ge gave De Bruyne a blank look.

Followed by

He didn't forget to tell De Bruyne.

"If you eat my noodles, you are my people. In the next game, remember to release the water! Otherwise, I won't give it to you in the future! ”

Chu Ge warns De Bruyne.

De Bruyne is not so easy to be warned.

He hurriedly took another big bite and set the plate aside.

"If you don't eat it, you won't eat it, and you want to buy me for a piece of noodles? Big deal, I'm not going to eat it! "He spoke eloquently and ambitiously.

Chu Ge glanced at the plate that had been eaten cleanly.

I was speechless.

He continued to juggle the ball.

chatting with De Bruyne did not delay Chu Ge to play ball.

The football goes up and down between Chu Ge's legs, like a deer jumping in the forest, and like a note leaping on the piano keys, which contains a rhythm in its ease and casualness, which makes people sigh.

And for Chu Ge, it seems that it is already an instinct.

For him, juggling the ball is a simple relaxation exercise.

De Bruyne glanced at the two beautiful girls not far away, and then at Chu Ge.

"There is a better ball to play with, but you are playing with the ball...... I really can't understand it. He's a nerd. Someone sneered.

Seeing Chu Ge looking over, De Bruyne hurriedly pretended to be serious again.

"I heard that your national team lost both warm-up games?" De Bruyne asked.

Actually, he didn't pay attention to Chu Ge's national team.

However, the Chinese national football team has just successfully qualified from the Asian zone of the World Cup not long ago and will participate in the World Cup in Russia next year.

As a result, De Bruyne took some interest in that team.

Hearing his friend's inquiry, Chu Ge couldn't help frowning.

He nodded.

De Bruyne hastened to throw out his second question.

"I heard that you left the game early with an injury in the first warm-up game. How, what is the injury. He looked very concerned about Chu Ge.

However, his next words were exposed.

"The day after tomorrow against us, can you catch up? Will it not be able to play? ”

Really.

This kid is here to spy on the military.

Chu Ge gave De Bruyne a blank look.

"Eating our noodles and thinking about being a spy? You can! ”

"What spy? Wronged! I just care about you! ”

"Humph!"

"Don't be like this, tell me quickly, can you play in the next game?"

"How can this little injury affect my play, joke! If you look beautiful, don't think about being so beautiful. ”

"Mom, someone flirts with me, or is it a man!!"

“……”