i want to be king

Chapter 813 Manchester City's Key Mr.

Manchester City held its head high and drew with the Gunners on the night of disaster, the Premier League upstart will surely make the Premier League tremble!

This is the report given by Sky Sports after the ninth round of the Premier League focus game. They gave Manchester City a [-]-[-] draw with Arsenal.

In Sky Sports' post-match technical statistics, Manchester City's ball possession rate is only 30.00%60.00, while Arsenal's is as high as [-]%[-]. This is the first time Manchester City has such a sluggish ball possession rate this season.

The reason is the red card.

However, Sky Sports believes that Manchester City was still on par with Arsenal in the first half. In terms of ball possession rate, although they were at a disadvantage, the gap was not obvious.

"The result of the first half was two to two. With a penalty kick, Arsenal tied Manchester City."

Sky Sports believes that, purely from the first half, Arsenal did not even have much advantage.

But in the second half, the situation took a turn for the worse.

As the game progressed, the players consumed a lot of physical energy, and Manchester City gradually began to be unable to keep up with Arsenal's rhythm. The possession of the ball continued to be lost, and the pass success rate continued to decline. In the end, the pass success rate of the entire game was only about 30.00%, and the final ball possession rate was only [-]%.

Sky Sports believes that from the data of the first half and the whole game, it can be seen how obvious Manchester City's disadvantages were in the second half, how passive and embarrassing the scene was.

"I got a red card in the 4th minute. The whole game was fought with one less opponent. Manchester City insisted on taking the lead three times, and they were tied by Arsenal three times. They even conceded two goals in the last half and the finale of the game."

"Tonight's Manchester City team impresses everyone. This is the first time they have truly shown the champions of the Premier League. It is also the first time they have made everyone have to admit that this is no longer a mercenary army!"

Sky Sports believes that Su Dong, who was elected as the best player in the game, is the undoubted soul core of Manchester City.

This is not only because Su Dong performed a hat-trick, but also because Su Dong always stood up when the team was in trouble repeatedly, always able to seize the opportunity and score goals for the team.

"In this focus match of strong dialogue, Su Dong showed the strength and role of the world's top superstar at least three times. His three goals, in the face of cruel adversity, greatly encouraged the fighting spirit of Manchester City players and hit Arsenal's morale."

Sky Sports said that as the captain of Manchester City, Su Dong is playing an increasingly important role. He is not only the team's number one center, not just the team's captain, but has gradually become the team's spiritual leader and soul core.

Guardiola has always been calm and rational. This is known to the whole world. He seldom shows his emotions in public and is always refined. However, Manchester City, which Guardiola trained last season, is not good at playing against the wind. This is also known in the Premier League.

In the strong dialogue, Manchester City lost almost all of them, which is why so many people laughed at them as mercenaries.

This is really a mess.

Guardiola's tactical concept is undoubtedly advanced, and even Cruyff believes that Barcelona's orthodoxy is in Manchester City, which shows that Guardiola's tactical concept is admired, but his shaping of the team's spiritual level is also a major weakness.

The team he trained is like a literary youth, delicate and organized, but lacks the determination to break the boat in the face of adversity, and lacks the courage to draw a sword and roar when encountering a narrow road.

"Sudong is gradually playing the role that Guardiola lacks. He is becoming a key man for Manchester City, not only his goals, not only his captain, but also his status in the hearts of the players."

Sky Sports believes that this battle against Arsenal is likely to become a watershed for Manchester City this season.

"The current Manchester City is the first time to let people see their strong temperament to hit the Premier League championship!"

"As long as Manchester City continues to maintain this momentum, I believe that in the near future, the structure of the Premier League will be completely broken by them!"

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The Times analyzed the red card and believed that Clattenburg's ability to control the game was indeed somewhat disappointing.

A red card was given to Manchester City in the opening 4 minutes, which is tantamount to killing a wonderful strong dialogue.

"It is estimated that at the moment he stretched out his hand and took out the red card, countless fans in front of the TV all over the world have already sentenced Manchester City to death in their hearts, because no team can survive such adversity."

The Times also believes that from a post-match perspective, "we should thank Clattenburg."

This authoritative media believes that it was because of Clattenburg's red card that the whole world saw a classic duel.

"This is the best game in the Premier League so far this season!"

This is not the game with the most goals, nor the smoothest and most beautiful game, nor the game with the highest technical and tactical gold content, but it is the most inspiring and touching game.

In this game, Manchester City completely conquered his fans, and let people see his completely new mental outlook.

The Times reported Guardiola's remarks at the post-match press conference.

The Spaniard believes that the red card changed everything completely.

"We scored a goal in No.40 and led in five seconds. We have done everything. We are confident that we will win the opponent at home, win a hearty victory, and defend our position as the league leader."

"But unfortunately, the red card completely ruined everything we had prepared."

But Guardiola further stated that in the first half, after one man had been sent off with a red card, the referee Clattenburg awarded Arsenal a penalty when Manchester City led [-]-[-].

"I haven't watched the replay of the game. I can't say whether the penalty is accurate. I can only look at it from a personal point of view. I think it is extremely unfair to us."

"We were given a red card in 4 minutes, and we were given a penalty kick when we were leading [-]-[-]. Has there ever been a game like this before?"

Guardiola said angrily, "If it is eleven against eleven, we will definitely beat our opponent!"

Later, the Spaniard changed the subject and mentioned Su Dong, who was elected as the best player in the game.

Guardiola first expressed his admiration for the Manchester City players, thinking that everyone has tried their best and played their best and hardest side, and he has no way to ask more of them.

"I have always said that Su Dong is a natural leader and a winner in life. He always wants to win, and even the [-]-[-] result made him very unwilling. He said that the team will definitely avenge it in the second round at the Emirates Stadium."

"His spirit inspired everyone on the team, even our ball boy on the sidelines was infected. What he said in the locker room during the halftime break re-inspired the morale and fighting spirit of the team."

"In this game, he fully demonstrated everything a great player and a great captain should do. He led the team to endure adversity, and even in the final stage of the game, he turned into a defender and appeared in our penalty area. He is a model of professional players!"

Not only Guardiola, Wenger also mentioned Su Dong in the post-match press conference.

On the one hand, Wenger is not satisfied with his team's performance, thinking that the team should have won the game, but in the end it was only a [-]-[-] draw, which is really unsatisfactory.

After all, in the game, Arsenal had one more player than their opponents.

On the other hand, Wenger feels that the players have tried their best.

"It's hard for me to say anything, I can only say, congratulations to Manchester City, they defended the home court."

"This is a collective victory. Manchester City showed a positive attitude and fighting spirit in the game, which left a deep impression on me. Su Dong is their leader. He has done everything a leader should do."

Wenger believes that Arsenal originally occupied all the conditions for victory, but in the end they were constantly undermined by Su Dong's goals.

"The game was very difficult. We showed our strength, but we failed to win."

"Sometimes football games are like this. When we have 11 players against [-] players, we may not always be able to win. Just like tonight, the [-]-man battle has made Manchester City work together and become unprecedentedly united."

In the end, Wenger believes that Su Dong is a well-deserved No.1 in world football, and he has shown everything a professional player can do in the Premier League.

At the same time, Wenger also believes that this season's Premier League title battle will be full of suspense, and Manchester City also has a chance to hit the title.

As for Arsenal, they are currently as many as eight points behind Manchester City, which is indeed a big gap.

"The league has only started nine rounds, and everything is still unknown."

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The Sun, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, and even the Independent, which is close to Arsenal, all gave high praise to Manchester City's performance in this game in the front-page headlines, especially Su Dong, who praised them without hesitation.

Among the three major bookmakers, Manchester City's odds have further increased.

All bettors have used actual actions to prove their change and support for Manchester City, and believe that Blue Moon is likely to become a dark horse in the Premier League this season, completely smashing the pattern of the traditional top four ruling the Premier League in the past few years.

However, some media believe that behind Manchester City's strength is the malaise of England's local players.

Micah Richards, who made the red card, is considered to be the culprit for Manchester City's desperation, and Bridge, who came on as a substitute for Marcelo in the second half, was the "hero" for Arsenal to equalize in stoppage time.

All this makes people see that while Manchester City is performing better and better, the Premier League's local players are gradually unable to keep up with Manchester City's pace, and even began to drag the team back.

As a result, voices calling for youth training reform are getting louder and louder.

More and more people of insight believe that England should learn from Germany and devote itself to the reform of youth training. They hope that one day, England can also cultivate superstars like Su Dong.

(End of this chapter)