This season's Premier League ratings, the number of overseas broadcast platforms, and the number of viewers have all improved significantly compared to last season.

The reason is also very simple, this season's Premier League is so good!

With the rise of Tottenham, the Premier League has formed a BIG6 group composed of six teams, including Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal!

Compared with the dominant Bundesliga, La Liga, where the two giants of the Spanish Super League dominate, and the leagues such as Serie A and Ligue 1, which are very different, the competition in the Premier League is the fiercest.

The more fierce the competition, the more highlights of each round of the game, and because of the large number of powerful giants, almost every round has a focus of strong dialogue.

This is a huge attraction for fans, after all, few people care about the matches between ordinary teams whose names they can't even remember.

The vast majority of fans like a certain team and slowly deepen their understanding of the league as a whole while watching that team play.

When they watch more games and know more, they will slowly form a habit of watching games, even if there is no home team's game, they will try to watch other teams' games, and naturally become a loyal Premier League fan.

Compared to other leagues, the Premier League has six giants with very different styles.

This gives fans a lot of choice and makes it easy for them to find a home team that is more in line with their appetite.

And as Premier League teams get better and better in Europe, the league as a whole and these giants will become more famous, more likely to attract new fans, and finally form a virtuous circle.

If La Liga was the world's No. 1 league a few years ago, then from 2017 onwards, the throne of the world's No. 1 league should belong to the Premier League!

As a banner of the Premier League's foreign war, Manchester City has no shortage of followers around the world in recent years because of the triple crown in four years.

Although the team is not as strong as Manchester United and Liverpool, and even the Gunners and Chelsea are not as strong.

But now, Manchester City's overseas fans have surpassed Arsenal and the Blues, and are close to or even surpassing Liverpool and Manchester United.

Especially among the younger demographic, Manchester City is more well-known and more popular.

So gradually there is the saying that Manchester City is the first home team of young people, just like the Cosmos team Barcelona back then!

Although the team's results in both internal and external battles are good, Guardiola is not satisfied.

On the contrary, in the seventh round of the league, after Manchester City's away victory over Chelsea, he was still rarely angry.

The players are a bit confused, the team have won four in a row, and they have just beaten last season's defending champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to avenge their revenge at the Etihad Stadium.

The reason for Guardiola's anger is actually quite simple, he is not satisfied with the team's defense in this game.

Chelsea defended very well, and City's attack did not go well after the opening kick-off, and on many occasions they had to press hard and lay siege with all their might.

Chelsea, on the other hand, seized the opportunity and kept trying to play Manchester City's counter-attack, and it worked, creating a number of chances.

If it weren't for Alvaro Morata, Cesar Azpilicueta, Eden Hazard and others missing opportunities one after another, Manchester City would probably lose this game!

When I was abusing vegetables before, because the opponent's strength was weak, these defensive problems were not exposed, so I didn't arouse vigilance.

But today, through this tough clash with Chelsea, Pep Guardiola realised that City's defence was nowhere near the level he wanted.

In order to solve the defensive problem, Guardiola made changes to several positions up front and further emphasized the tactics of pressing high and demanded that the players execute this to the letter.

The formation of 3142 is already top-heavy, and there are so many people piled up in the frontcourt, if you don't force it, once the opponent breaks through the first line of defense, these four people in the backfield will be in trouble.

In view of Kante's lack of attacking ability, Guardiola simply asked him to stay in the back and be fully responsible for the defense, without inserting the attack, and he will arrange for others to do the things that are inserted into the attack.

In this way, Kante has the energy to take care of the flanks on both sides, even if the players in front of him do not have time to return, the two sides will not be easily empty, and Manchester City's defensive ability at the back has been further improved.

I don't know if the player turned his grief and anger into fighting spirit after being scolded by Guardiola, or if his adjustment really strengthened the team.

In the eighth round of the league, Manchester City, who returned to their home stadium, once again played a jaw-dropping game - 7:1 victory over Stoke City at home!

Stoke's only goal was an own goal accidentally conceded by Walker himself.

Anyone who watched the game noticed a new twist in Manchester City's defence.

Because the opponent is weak, the change in the backfield is not obvious, but the players in the front court seem to have become mad dogs, grabbing the players of Stoke City.

The overall strength of Stoke City's players was not strong, and they were suddenly taken care of by the other party so ceremoniously, and they immediately panicked.

They made constant mistakes in their passing, giving City frequent opportunities to attack on the spot.

In the first half, Manchester City scored three goals in just ten minutes from the 17th minute to the 27th minute, two of which were chances to be won on the spot.

In the second half, City launched another attacking surge, scoring three goals in just seven minutes from the 55th minute to the 62nd minute.

These two offensive climaxes directly stunned Stoke City!

It seems that the opponent can score goals as long as he exerts his strength, and it is the kind that scores in a row and does not even give a chance to catch his breath.

What can they do against such a team?

They're desperate too!

In the 80th minute, Haaland also scored his first goal in the Premier League and Manchester City not long after coming on as a substitute.

Although it was just the icing on the cake, it did not have any impact on the outcome of the game.

But after the goal, Haaland and the Manchester City fans at home were still very happy, and Haaland excitedly took off his shirt and celebrated wildly.

The Manchester City fans in the stands had smiles in their eyes and gave him applause and cheers.

Because the youth team games are free of charge, many fans present have watched Haaland and their youth team games.

Haaland, Foden, Sancho and others have long left a deep impression on them, and even those who have not seen it have more or less heard the names of these three people because of word of mouth among fans.

It's a gratifying and exciting time to see these young players joining the first team and establishing themselves in the first team.

These are the seedlings of their own team's academy, and I hope they can thrive in the first team and support Manchester City's future!

Due to the fact that Manchester City have often played big games this season, Pep Guardiola has often given these youngsters on the bench the opportunity to play.

Including Haaland and Foden, many players have already played, and Haaland has even appeared four times before finally scoring his first league goal, which is gratifying.

Compared with Haaland, although Foden also played, he was very uncomfortable with being forced by opponents on the field and did not perform as expected, so he was temporarily hidden by Guardiola.

He plans to train Foden first, and his physical confrontation ability is not in a hurry to increase for the time being, but the psychological construction needs to be carried out in advance.

For a player in Foden's position, he plays mainly by his brain, not by his body.

He needs to learn more from Lin Quan and David Silva!

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Because there are many young players in the team, Guardiola attaches great importance to this season's English League Cup competition.

It's not for the chicken-like EFL Cup trophy, but for the training of the newcomers in the squad.

In the EFL Cup, Manchester City drew a Premier League team in the first round - West Bromwich Albion.

Pep Guardiola has arranged a small number of main players and a large number of substitutes for this purpose.

In order to prevent the team from being in the first round, he brought the main players such as De Bruyne, Lin Quan and Sergio Aguero with him, and put them on the bench to save the day if things went wrong.

But in the end, these three still did not appear.

Manchester City didn't play particularly well in this game, the opponent saw that Manchester City had a large number of substitutes, and they played very actively after the start.

City were almost suppressed, but the likes of Toni Rudiger and Kimmich at the back did well and didn't give the opposition too many chances.

In midfield, Fernandinho has been impressed, not only in defence, but also in attack.

Under the leadership of several leading brothers, the substitutes stabilized their positions and began to gradually launch a counteroffensive.

In the 33rd minute, Manchester City launched a counterattack at the back, and Sane broke the deadlock with his excellent individual ability to help Manchester City lead 1:0.

After the team took the lead, these young players in the team became more relaxed, played more and more calmly, and even felt a little bit of the main team.

However, just when the Manchester City players let their guard down, Gibbs, who only transferred from Arsenal this summer, sent a clever pass through the Manchester City defence and assisted his team-mates to equalise.

This blow came too suddenly, and these young players in the Manchester City team seemed to be stunned, and there was some confusion for a while, and West Bromwich Albion took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and once again grasp the initiative of the game.

Pep Guardiola on the sidelines shook his head again and again, these young people still have too little experience.

Just as he was contemplating whether to use a killer move, Sane stepped up and scored another to help his team take the lead again.

Although in the competition with Mbappe, Sane gradually fell into disadvantage, but don't say it, his strength is really not weak, at least in a competition at this level of the English League Cup, it is really good!

If he leaves Manchester City and goes to a team in the middle and lower reaches of the league rankings, then he will be the number one thigh in the team!

But Sane doesn't seem to want to leave Manchester City, unless the Bundesliga side calls him out, otherwise he thinks it's better to stay at Manchester City than to move to another team.

Although there is a lot of competition on the wings of Manchester City, it is very comfortable to play here, the atmosphere is good and there is no intrigue.

And he can often compete with his teammates, which has made him improve greatly.

Sane is still very young, he is only 21 years old this year, and he is not in a hurry to get ahead and become famous, and learning his skills first is the right way!

As if to make things more difficult for his team, Pep Guardiola brought him on after Leroy Sane scored the second goal.

West Bromwich Albion were already on the verge of surrendering, and the EFL Cup, a tasteless and discarded game, was not so important to ordinary teams like them.

For them, league relegation is the most important thing.

So after seeing Manchester City take the lead for the second time, they don't plan to continue fighting.

But the other party actually replaced the most powerful person, what does this mean?

Look down on us?

Maybe they saw hope, maybe they were angered by City's move.

West Bromwich Albion relaunched a comeback and the situation began to become passive again.

At every critical moment, there is always someone in the team who stands up.

Sane, the leading big brother, stepped down, and seat B stepped up and assisted Haaland to score another goal in the 87th minute of the game to seal the win.

West Bromwich Albion wants to cry without tears, aren't you bullying people?

Although you are on the bench, your bench lineup is more luxurious than our main lineup, can you still have a good time?

Looking at who are on the bench at Manchester City?

Goalkeeper Keylor Navas.

Defence: Rudiger, Danilo, Kimmich, Delphi

Midfielders: B, Fernandinho, Foden

Forwards, Sane, Haaland, Gabriel Jesus

It's so brutal that this squad is now worth more than 300 million euros!

It's nothing if you win, it's a shame to lose!

Although he won, Guardiola was very dissatisfied with the process of the game, and when he reviewed the game after the game, he pulled the players and talked carefully for several hours, opening and closing his mouth 'If Lin Quan's is here, what will happen', and the players don't want to PUA.

However, the PUA seems to be working well, at least in the second round of the Carabao Cup, and Manchester City's substitutes have clearly performed much better than in the first round.

In the second round against Wolves, with goals from Gabriel Jesus, Erling Haaland and Kimmich, Manchester City beat their opponents 3-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the next round, they are likely to encounter hard stubble.

Because there are several giants among the other seven teams that have reached the quarterfinals this season, including Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal.

If you are unlucky to draw these teams, in the case that Guardiola can't stick to the full main force, if the opponent does his best, the probability of Manchester City losing is still very high.

But Pep Guardiola's attitude is still resolute, and he doesn't care who the other side is.

Anyway, the League Cup has nothing to do with the main team, winning is the credit of you substitutes, and losing is also your pot, even if it is the final final, he will arrange these people to play.

This kind of commitment makes the substitutes happy and worried.

Glad they are in a solid position and don't have to worry about being replaced.

The worry is, if they are really lucky enough to break into the finals, can they really wrestle with the opponent's main lineup? (End of chapter)