For Manchester United fans, the match at Old Trafford on February 10 brought them rather unpleasant memories.

Last season, Manchester City lost all the derbies against Manchester United, and were beaten all over the ground by Manchester United in two games, and Manchester United also regained the league title after a three-year absence, which made Manchester United fans start to look at their fellow fans with more pride.

However, after this game, this pride was gone.

United didn't have too many personnel to lose in this game, and Ferguson also brought out all his main players, and they didn't play badly at home, even better than the visitors Manchester City......

But they still lost the game.

Torres once again showed his brilliance, in the case of Manchester City's overall attack is not as good as Manchester United, he seized a chance in the 24th minute of the first half, received a corner kick from Ribery and forced Vidic to nod the goal behind the goal, and before the end of the first half, it was he who won the ball in the box in a counterattack, and then calmly distributed to the other side, Yaya Toure, who was inserted in the back row, was unguarded, and volleyed hard in the box to extend Manchester City's lead to two goals!

Dick's two-goal lead was a bit of a surprise, as evidenced by his frantic celebration on the second goal - and in the dressing room, Dick quickly adjusted his tactics, bringing on two defenders in a row to strengthen the defense, and spent the entire 45 minutes of the second half in Manchester City's tight defense, even when Manchester United scored a goal in the first five minutes of the second half to save a point, they did not want to attack, but kept defending, defending, defending......

This approach was naturally extremely despised by Manchester United fans, and the boos against Dick and Manchester City did not stop throughout the second half, but in such a flood of boos, Dick and his players supported until the end, and when five minutes of stoppage time, referee Webb finally blew the whistle for the end of the game, almost all the Manchester City players collapsed on the turf, too tired to move.

However, with a smile on their faces, the beating of Manchester United meant that City cemented their place at the top of the table for the first time, having climbed to the top of the table on a couple of previous occasions, but the lead was usually only one point, and they slipped again in the following rounds, and this time they are already four points ahead of Manchester United and two points ahead of Arsenal......

"It's great to win this game, it means we have more of an advantage. There are still 12 rounds left in the league and we need to play better in those 12 rounds...... Every game is important and what we have to do now is to take points game by game until we win this season. ”

"On defensive tactics in the second half...... Was it your arrangement or the spontaneous behavior of the players? A reporter quickly asked.

"Of course it's my arrangement. Yes, I wasn't going to do that, but the first half went surprisingly well. With a two-goal lead, it's normal to play defensively and it has proven to be very effective and we got the win in this crucial game, which is the most important thing. Dick knew what the reporter was trying to ask, and he was straight and straight — he didn't care if someone said he was playing conservatively and that winning was the most important thing.

The reporters were really not reconciled, but at this time, Dick did win the game, what could he say? Say Dick is conservative? People admit that they are really conservative, what can you do? Anyway, it was Manchester City who won in the end, and Manchester City did have enough advantage in the league standings, and Manchester City fans were very satisfied with this, and no matter how dissatisfied the reporter was, it was of little use......

Dick was generous enough to give his players a day off after winning the tough game, and there was no game in the middle of the week, and the next two weekends were cup ties, with Manchester City hosting Middlesbrough in the fifth round of the FA Cup next weekend, and next weekend, the Carabao Cup final, against Chelsea.

In the Premier League, it is a very frequent thing to almost meet strong teams, because now the Premier League is indeed very prosperous, there are quite a lot of strong teams, four teams participating in the Champions Cup enter the knockout round, and even four teams enter the top four, it is not uncommon, although only Liverpool has won a Champions Cup in recent years, but the competitiveness of Premier League teams in the European arena is better than the Premier League and La Liga, which is enough to prove that the overall level of the Premier League is indeed very good.

A good investment environment and earning ability is the biggest condition for the Premier League to maintain a level of growth, modern football is money, there are good players with money, the results will be better, the results will be better, the results will be better, the results will be better, the results will be more able to attract the rich to invest, the current Premier League is because of this situation and seems prosperous.

And the decline of Serie A also has a huge relationship with the lack of money, even the top three in the north can not get more investment, they will naturally be more ferocious to plunder the resources of other Serie A teams, and the strength of other Serie A teams will naturally be more weak, in the past, they could still pick some foreign land from the top three in the north, and now the top three in the north are robbing all resources, and other teams will naturally have no way to live, and they can also mix and mix in the European arena, although the top three in the north are still competing for a lot of points in the European arena, However, it is understandable that other teams will lose a lot, and they will slip to the fourth league and may even fall to fifth or sixth......

Dick withdrew from Serie A, in addition to feeling that there is no pursuit, it is also related to the general environment, even if he is a manager, no matter how good he is, it is impossible to save the decline of the entire league, in this case, why stay in Serie A, or go to the strong team to play more Premier League tricks, it is more interesting.

So far he has met Manchester United twice, Arsenal once, Liverpool once, Chelsea once, and is about to meet Chelsea in the League Cup final, and Tottenham Everton Aston Villa Newcastle are not easy teams to deal with.

At this time, the manager who has not conquered the Premier League is not convincing in terms of results!

It just so happens that the schedule is not tight during this time, so although Manchester City's main players have played continuously before, they can also usher in a better buffer period.

In the FA Cup fifth round against Middlesbrough, Dick sent all the substitutes, but after the Vassell disturbance was ruthlessly suppressed, Manchester City's substitutes also cherished the opportunity to play, in this game, they went all out, the whole game played quite well, Sun Jihai, Hart, Joel Luka and Cahill The backline is particularly good, the whole game made Middlesbrough helpless, and finally relied on the return from injury Bale after a long-distance run to break the goal, Manchester City beat Middlesbrough 1-0 at home and successfully reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup!

This FA Cup is the graveyard of strong teams, in the quarterfinals of this FA Cup, there are only four teams from the Premier League - Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Portsmouth, the other four teams are from the lower leagues, namely Barnsley, Hull, West Bromwich Albion in the Championship and Bristol Rangers from League One, and in the draw ceremony, the favorite Manchester and Chelsea were not separated, Manchester United met Portsmouth, Chelsea met Barnsley, and Manchester City's opponent was Hull, Bristol Rovers and West Bromwich Albion go against each other.

Judging from this trend, it is indeed very likely that Manchester City will win the FA Cup this season......

After winning this game, Dick began to prepare for his first Premier League final – at Wembley Stadium on 24 February, the League Cup final, Manchester City against Chelsea!

Manchester City played Chelsea for the second time this season, but this time, Manchester City's manager was Dick, and Chelsea's manager was replaced by Israeli Grant.

After the change of manager, Chelsea's results have been up and down for a while, but recently they have slowly begun to get better, now their points have reached fifty-five points, seven points behind Manchester City, not without opportunities, and the gap between Manchester United is only three points, behind Arsenal is five points, the current Premier League championship situation, from the three countries, began to become four countries chess, but Liverpool's situation has not been much better, they are now only forty-seven points, and Chelsea have eight points gap, With a full fifteen points behind Manchester City, it is a bit unlikely that they will win the league title in their current situation......

"Will Dick win his first title since he entered the Premier League? He will also be put to great test before that, Chelsea are now slowly starting to return to their form, although the departure of Mourinho is a big loss, but it has allowed Chelsea to gradually get rid of internal friction, although Manchester City beat Chelsea 4-3 in the previous league competition, but people should know that Chelsea were not at their best at that time...... Of course, at that time, Manchester City was not completely run-in, and this final must show a higher level, maybe not as many goals as in that game, and what can be pondered, but it will appear more. ”

"In more than six months in charge of Manchester City, Dick has shown that he is the best manager in the world, and Manchester City are now riding high in the league and have achieved enough advantages that Arsenal and Manchester United have lost at their feet! After replacing Mourinho, Grant's results are also surprisingly good, and now Chelsea is once again a strong contender for the league title, although this game is only for the League Cup, but we seem to be able to observe from this game, the next league title competition, who will be the biggest favorite! ”

'In terms of reputation, Grant is clearly not comparable to Dick, but Chelsea's quality should not be underestimated, and Chelsea have a tradition of excelling in the Carabao Cup in recent years, reaching the Carabao Cup final three times in the last four seasons! This will also give them a boost in self-confidence...... Such a game is obviously very worth looking forward to! ”

The media is indeed very concerned about this game, after the FA Cup, they began to discuss this game, and the two sides of this game have some big meanings, Abu is the first person to set off a golden storm in the Premier League, Mansour is more than that, plus there were rumors that Chelsea want to bring in Dick to coach, this game, there is no doubt, will be more attention!