On the night of the game, the team flew back to England.

It's about preparing for the next crucial game earlier!

Round 9 of the League!

Manchester City take on Chelsea away from home!

While the Manchester City players were still on the plane, the news about the game was already fermenting in the media.

While the Italian media were covering the game, they were also bemoaning the fact that Serie A was becoming less competitive.

With the decline of Italy's overall economy, the once small World Cup has increasingly lost its past color in leagues such as La Liga and the Premier League.

The media in Milan began to lash out at Allegri.

"It's time for a change!"

Milan Sport newspaper reported on the front page.

And the spearhead is naturally directly aimed at Allegri.

"Milan Sports Newspaper" believes that even if AC Milan has a certain gap with Manchester City in terms of strength, this gap will definitely not reach the level of a score difference of one to five.

The manager has to take full responsibility for the fiasco in this game.

And in the face of media criticism, Allegri also bluntly said that this game is his responsibility, and if the team asks him to be responsible, then he will be responsible.

In football, a head coach is responsible for the way ..... Most of them just resigned.

A storm is brewing at AC Milan.

And all this has little to do with Manchester City, who have left Italy.

The media in England spoke highly of Manchester City's performance.

With a 5-1 win over AC Milan, the Premier League side once again knocked out the Serie A side.

Historically, Premier League teams have played the role of nemesis of Serie A teams.

In the confrontation with Premier League teams, Serie A teams often do not take advantage

In the Champions League, there is a popular saying that "Premier League and Serie A". In recent years, Serie A teams have indeed underperformed against Premier League teams in the Champions League. The most typical example of this is the 2008/09 Champions League quarter-finals. At that time, Roma vs. Arsenal, Inter Milan vs. Manchester United, Juventus vs. Chelsea, and the Champions League 1/8 final that season was known as the "Premier League Serie A all-out confrontation". As a result, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea qualified, and Serie A was wiped out.

It is not uncommon for Serie A teams to be beaten by Premier League teams in the Champions League. On 1 April 2007, Roma lost 7-1 away to Manchester United. On 26 February 2003, Juventus lost 3-0 at home to Manchester United. 26 November 2003, Inter Milan 1-5 Arsenal at home. Tottenham's overall strength is not as good as the traditional top four of the Premier League. However, against Serie A teams, Tottenham are still at ease. In last season's Champions League, Tottenham beat Inter Milan and AC Milan.

The slow-paced and defensive style of play of the Serie A team, and the fast-paced and high-speed wingers of the Premier League who hold high the offensive banner are born unable to pee in a pot.

And this time Manchester City's victory seems to have once again verified the saying of "Premier League and Serie A".

The media in other parts of Europe began to exclaim that Manchester City defeated AC Mulan, and there was already a vague championship!

"Perhaps, Gao Bo's Manchester City will become the first team in history to defend the Champions League?"

The German newspaper Bild, after reporting on the game, added this sentence at the end.

A question mark, meaningful.

.......

The media buzz did not affect City's pace of preparation.

The match against Chelsea was on the 27th, just four days away from the third round of the Champions League group stage!

In this high-intensity schedule, the arrangement of training becomes extremely important.

The coaching staff had to ensure the quality of the training so that the players could recover in just four days.

Fortunately, in the past few seasons, Gao Bo's team has spent such a rhythm of two games a week, or even three games a week.

The coaching staff has plenty of experience to face such a schedule.

Back in Manchester, the squad took a day off and then began to prepare for the game against Chelsea.

......

Chelsea host Manchester City!

This is undoubtedly the highlight of the ninth round of the league!

After eight league games, Chelsea are five points behind Manchester City and third in the league.

With Manchester United's back-to-back defeats to Liverpool and Manchester City before the season, it is now widely believed that Jose Mourinho's side will be City's biggest rivals this season.

In terms of lineup, Chelsea's squad is not much worse than Manchester City's.

This season's Chelsea has brought in more reinforcements than ever before!

This season, Anzhi Makhachkala FC, the local giants of the Russian Premier League, has suffered a serious financial crisis, and many European teams have invested wildly from this team in previous seasons!

Chelsea also snatched Brazilian winger Willian from Anzhi FC! It cost Chelsea £32 million in transfer fees.

In addition to Willian, Chelsea also got Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o for free from Anzhi!

Up front, Chelsea also have an important signing, spending £18 million on German midfield attacker Schurrle from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, a German who can play all positions up front, is a versatile player up front and is the type of player Mourinho admires.

In addition to the reinforcements in the forward line, Chelsea have also strengthened their midfield.

Chelsea bought back midfielder Nemanja Matic from Benfica for a fee of 25 million!

However, Matic is more in the midfield position, what Mourinho really wants is an attacking midfielder who can replace the 35-year-old Frank Lampard, and he is interested in his important hero during the Inter Milan treble, Dutch midfielder Sneijder!

In order to get the 29-year-old Sneijder from Turkish Super League giants Galatasaray, Chelsea paid the price of 12 million transfer fees, and also matched Sneijder's annual salary in Galatasaray, so it is conceivable that Mourinho is eager for the Dutch midfielder.

Willian, Schurrle, Eto'o, Nemanja Matic, Sneijder!

These are Chelsea's five most important signings this season, with Didier Drogba leaving Chelsea for the United States in the summer and Frank Lampard already ageing, almost all of these five players have been used by Jose Mourinho as a mainstay.

In one season, Chelsea's main squad has changed almost half!

And the strength has naturally improved a lot.

In the face of such a lineup as the opponent, and it is still a home game, Manchester City naturally does not dare to be careless.

It's a crucial league game and for Manchester City, who are looking to defend their title this season, beating a contender like Chelsea is an important milestone in their quest to win the title.

If you lose to your direct opponent, it will be a serious blow to the team's morale.

.......

In his pre-match press conference, Mourinho was as unruly as ever.

"Mr Jose Mourinho, your side are five points behind Manchester City after eight league games, Manchester City have been in amazing form this season, they have been on an eight-game winning streak, what do you think about that?"

Mourinho pouted and said: "I don't care about Manchester City, I only care about this game, it's not a problem to be five points behind, because after this game, we are only two points behind!" ”

It's quintessentially Mourinho's style, and it's no surprise to journalists.

Many reporters were excitedly jolting notes.

For the media, they like people like Jose Mourinho.

Because where Mourinho is there, it means there's news.

Jose Mourinho is a man who naturally likes to put himself in the spotlight.

This is a guy who was born to compete to be the protagonist.

However, when Mourinho meets Gao Bo, the protagonist is often not him.

When Manchester City's pre-match press conference was held, a reporter took Mourinho's words and asked Gao Bo's opinion.

Gao Bo's response to this was also very direct.

'From my personal experience, with Mr. Mourinho's team, my plan is always three points and as you can see, my plan has been really successful. I think after this game, Chelsea will be eight points behind us! ”

And on the day Gao Bo's words came out, Mourinho replied.

"I have two Premier League titles, except for Arsene Wenger, who has been in the Premier League for more than 20 years, everyone else has won more titles than me, and I don't need to prove anything!!"

Gao Bo almost laughed out loud when he saw this.

"Of course he doesn't need to prove it, because some people never win!"

Gao Bo said this with confidence.

Jose Mourinho likes to fight with words, but he doesn't like to have a big war of words with Gao Bo at all.

Because his record against Gao Bo was so embarrassing that he couldn't take it at all.

A war of words can only be self-inflicted.

Therefore, the pre-match exchange of words ended with Mourinho's resignation.

But everyone knows that both sides are holding back their strength, ready to give their opponents a little color in the middle of the game!

......

On the day of the race, an hour before the race, the atmosphere of the game began to be enthusiastic!

Chelsea fans are hoping that this game at home will defeat Manchester City for the first time of the season and close the gap between them!

It's a prime game.

The game is played at half past six in the afternoon local time!

At five o'clock, the sun had not yet set, and under the illumination of the fiery sunset, the Blue Bridge was as enthusiastic as fire!

The Chelsea players were greeted with crazy cheers from the fans as they got off the bus, into the dressing room and then on to warm up!

This gives the Chelsea players at home a very strong sense of confidence!

In such a home atmosphere, they believe they can make a difference at home.

The atmosphere in the arena reached its peak when the players from both sides entered!!

The DJ at Stamford Bridge is chanting the names of the Chelsea players in turn!

After each name, you can get the sound of the mountain and tsunami on the spot!

"The atmosphere of today's game was very, very, very warm!!"

On the commentary seat, the commentator Lightkinson is chanting!

"After all, it's against Manchester City! Manchester City look extremely tough now, and for Chelsea, beating Manchester City is almost the best way to continue to put pressure on Manchester City, if Chelsea want to win the title, this game must be won, once they lose at home to direct rivals for the title, to say that Chelsea can win this season, may not be convincing enough. ”

Redknapp added.

'Both sides are the main players, Chelsea, their line-up is like this: goalkeeper Petr Cech, centre-back Gary Cahill with David Luiz, right wing-back Branislav Ivanovic, left wing-back Azpilicueta, two central midfielders with Nemanja Matic, Frank Lampard up front, Schurrle on the left, Willian on the right, Eto'o up front! On the Manchester City side, goalkeeper Oblak, central defenders partner Kompany and Umtiti, left wingback Kolarov, right fullback Trippier, and the back is Milner who replaced Casemiro, who is still recovering from injury, partner Fernandinho played, forward Griezmann, left Sanchez, right David Silva, striker Hazard, it is worth mentioning that Kaka once again entered the 18-man squad and sat on the bench! ”

Rentkinson gave an introduction to the starting line-ups for both sides.

On the TV screen, the camera camera swept over the stands!

Even before the game began, the Chelsea fans were already clamoring.

The atmosphere in the stadium is as hot as fire!

The head coaches of both sides were also present on the pitch.

Gao Bo and Mourinho each walked to their respective coaching seats, and there was no intersection!

The rivalry between the two continued from La Liga to the Premier League.

Mourinho didn't take advantage of anything!

But the Portuguese is not one to throw in easily.

Moreover, a strong opponent is also an important means for Mourinho to unite the army!

That's how he was in La Liga!

There are many gangs in the Real Madrid dressing room, and Mourinho relies on the way of setting up a strong enemy, flashing the competitive and confrontational psychology of the players, so that these Real Madrid stars can be used by him!

It's just that this move was ultimately dissatisfied by Casillas, the captain of the Spanish national team at the time, because it affected the unity of the Spanish national team - after all, if the players of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are like enemies, how can everyone play together sincerely when they meet in the Spanish national team.

There must be competition, but if it rises to the point of hatred, it will be a bit of trouble.

At Chelsea, Jose Mourinho has also begun to use Manchester City's strength to build the fighting spirit of Chelsea players.

Defeating strong opponents, defeating enemies that seem incredibly formidable, the thrill that no player can resist.

In the dressing room before the game, Jose Mourinho gave an impassioned speech that stirred up the fighting spirit of the Chelsea players to the extreme!

Discipline!

Emphasis on spiritual strength.

This is one of Mourinho's styles.

However, Mourinho seems to have gone a little too far.

The game had just begun, with Manchester City kicking off first.

And when the ball passed into the box and Hazard broke forward with the ball.

Excited David Luiz on the grab!

Eden Hazard pulled the ball forward and was knocked to the ground by David Luiz!

"Beep!!!!!!!"

The referee's whistle blew, and then in the incredible eyes of the fans and Chelsea players in the stadium, the referee's hand.... Point to the penalty spot!

"Penalty !!"

"The referee awarded a penalty!!

"The game has just been played.... Eighteen seconds! Manchester City won a penalty!! ”

"What a surprise!!"

"David Luiz's top grab was too frizzy, he completely threw his body out, Hazard's feet were much faster than him, David Luiz's foot stabbed Hazard's ankle firmly, and at the same time the body was also a strong collision, Hazard fell to the ground, this penalty was no problem!"

On the commentary seat, the commentators said one after another.