'Abonlaho is a fantastic player and it was my mistake not to notice his threat.

Dick openly admitted his mistake on the second day of the defeat, which was indeed a mistake on his part, he ignored the lethality brought by the young Abang Laho, the kid was really too fast, and Manchester City continued to attack in the second half without getting enough advantage, and as a result, a large gap in the back was exploited by Abang Lajo, Kalou's header and Abang Lajo's speed were fully played in the second half, and without Kompany, Richards and Samuel were not tall enough to restrain Kalou, And the players who also don't have the speed to be able to compete with Abang Laho, plus Abang Laho is in a particularly good state in this game, and several single opportunities have been seized, and it is naturally not uncommon to have such a result.

In terms of attack, Manchester City still needs a certain amount of running-in, after all, although Dick tried to let the players use more passes to strengthen the attack last season, but the play was still relatively rough, and Deco also needed to adapt to the new environment, and some problems in the attack could not be solved, which was also a problem.

The defeat put a smile on the faces of the City players and they started to get more serious about the rest of the training, while with Belgium and Ivory Coast out of the Olympics, Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany also reported back to the team in midweek, and while Dick won't let them play right away, it has also given City some of an improvement in form.

But no matter what, the first round defeat is real, and the impact on the team is also great, if the next win can be achieved, then everything is good, this defeat will be considered an accident, if the consecutive results are not good, then the impact will be even greater, after all, for Manchester City, their current foundation is not solid, consecutive defeats are likely to affect their self-confidence and form, especially when they suffer consecutive defeats in the league, Then there will be more doubts about their own results in the Champions Cup.

In this round, Manchester's other team did not perform well, Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Newcastle, and the other three giants all emerged victorious, especially Chelsea's 4-0 home sweep of Portsmouth under the leadership of new manager Scolari, showing strong momentum!

Manchester City's opponents in the second round are West Ham United, the east London side won in the first round and are now in the top six, so it seems that it is also a good thing for them to beat the in-form Manchester City as a reservoir dog......

"We've only lost one game and it's not the turn of any team to beat us." Dick told his players on the training ground: "This game, let everyone see, the last game was just an accident!" ”

That being said, Dick did not dare to slack off on this game, and when the 24th of August came, he sent most of his main line-up, except for Kompany and Yaya Toure to continue to rest and recuperate, Dick sent all the main players who could be on the field.

Goalkeeper Hart, Alves, Richards, Samuel and Barnes in defence, Barton, Parker and Deco in midfield, Franck Ribery, Torres and Benzema in attack, Di Natale on the bench.

City's three centre-forwards will certainly rotate this season, and Dick will need to find the best combination to challenge for the Champions League title in the second half of the season.

Manchester City fans still have great enthusiasm for this game, the city stadium is full, before Mansour announced the news of a new stadium, which also makes Manchester City fans have more expectations for the future, after all, with the strong support of such a top rich man, Manchester City to develop, in fact, it is very easy to do.

The game began to be cheered on by the crowd – West Ham United had taken the style of play from Aston Villa in the previous game, defending against City's attack, and then launching a quick counter-attack, with England's traditional combination of one high and one fast attacking line working well in the last game and making it seem like they had found a way to deal with Manchester City.

However, Dick and his team soon proved that the defeat in the first round was actually just an accident, and Manchester City would not be beaten by such an attack in a row, let alone a team that would be at a loss if they were caught in the wrong place.

West Ham United defended quite tenaciously in the first half, they used dense defense and constant tough confrontation to make Manchester City unable to score in the first half, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, West Ham United breathed a sigh of relief, they felt that if the first half could be kept drawn, then the second half through the counter-attack must be able to score......

However, after the start of the second half, Deco showed his ability and proved that he is not old yet!

In the second half, after receiving a pass from a teammate in the midfield, Deco quickly distributed the ball to Ribery in front, and then began to cut forward, Ribery broke through and passed the ball to Deco's body, Deco did not stop the ball, and hit the ball into the door of West Ham United with a beautiful direct volley!

1 to 0! Deco's goal helped Manchester City break the deadlock!

After scoring this goal, Deco ran on the field excitedly, he started in the Community Shield and the first round of the game, but the performance was not very good, some people have begun to say that Deco is now completely outdated, joining Manchester City just to get the final pension contract, and now, he used this goal to prove that the thirty-two-year-old Deco is not old, at least he came to Manchester City, not just to get a more lucrative pension contract!

After falling behind, West Ham United was not discouraged, because in the first round Manchester City was also a 2-1 lead, but they were still attacking, and were pierced by Aston Villa's quick counterattack, with Manchester City's current position and Dick's habitual tactics, they are not satisfied with a one-goal lead.

Indeed, after taking the lead, Manchester City did not recycle the defense, but continued to press the West Ham United defense with continuous attacks, which made the whole West Ham United happy and constantly looking for opportunities to counterattack......

However, it soon became clear that they were unable to find any counter-attacking opportunities, with City paying attention to the back-and-forth and West Ham United lacking the high-quality strikers of Karui and the blandly fast strikers of Abang Lajo......

Under such pressure, Manchester City quickly scored the second goal, after getting the ball in the midfield, Deco's beautiful transfer ball flew to the left side of West Ham United, Alves, who was inserted at high speed, raised his foot to stop the ball, and then forced his way into the penalty area with speed, raised his foot near the bottom line and crossed, the follow-up Torres grabbed the first landing point, and then got up and pushed the ball into the door of West Ham United!

Just five minutes later, City extended their lead!

If West Ham were not in a hurry after the first goal, they were a little dumbfounded after conceding the second goal - if they continue like this, let alone win, even a draw or a non-humiliating defeat seems to be impossible......

In such a situation, they started the rest of the game in a bit of confusion and City didn't give them any chances, and after five minutes again, City scored the third goal!

Parker passed straight behind the West Ham United backline, Benzema received Parker's pass, and then beautifully slammed the opponent's defender and passed the ball to the middle, and the follow-up Torres picked up his right foot and shot directly at the goal, and the ball entered the door of West Ham United again!

Brace! Torres' third goal in two league games – after winning the European Championship with Spain and scoring the winner in the final, Torres seems to have brought his form to the league and he is now City's top performer!

Of course, this also has something to do with his situation with the Spanish national team - during the training camp of the national team, Torres suffered some minor injuries, which caused him to miss all the games of the Spanish group stage, but this also allowed him to get enough rest and recuperation, and after returning to the main team, he is playing the final semi-finals and finals, in which he will naturally be able to deal with the game in the best condition and the best fitness, and the subsequent recovery will be easier. Naturally, you will be able to get out of shape in the league faster!

Seeing that the 3-0 lead was complete, Dick knew that the game had been won, and he quickly made three substitutions, Bale, Sturridge and Vidal replaced Ribery, Torres and Parker respectively, so that they could get more work in the game, and at the same time let Vidal learn more next to Deco......

After falling behind by three goals, West Ham's fighting spirit seemed to have collapsed, and although they launched a counter-attack, they were not at all too threatening, and were easily defused by City's defence.

The Manchester City fans in the stands cheered thunderously, such a hearty 3-0, naturally able to dispel a lot of concerns - this season's Manchester City is not more powerful than last season, but in this game the three new players have shown their ability, Deco scored the first goal, Alves and Benzema assisted Torres to score, which shows that the money in the transfer market is not in vain, in Dick's eyes, this season's Manchester City should be better than last season, Hitting the first Champions Cup in the club's history won't be too much of a problem!

"I'm very happy with the win, well, I think you should praise me, after making mistakes in the first round, I improved them very quickly, so that the opponent could not take too many chances against my team...... Isn't that a valuable quality? There are no problems with City, the occasional defeat is inevitable, even if I haven't lost in the first round before, that record will be broken, as long as we look a little further and do a little bit better, then tomorrow will always be better – that's how I see our prospects for this season. ”

Dick told everyone at the post-match press conference that the first round defeat was hyped up by some guys as if it was the end of the world, and that after winning this game, Dick naturally wanted to cheer up all the players: "Manchester City are a top team now, everyone should know this, and it is not subject to anyone's will...... We've strengthened ourselves in the transfer market and kept almost all of our players, so this season we should aim a little bit higher than last season. ”

PS: I'm sorry.,Let's spell it together today.,Spelling until now forgot to update...... Sorry, sorry