Chapter 890
The League Cup final defeat of Arsenal three-to-one allowed Manchester City to win the League Cup away from Wembley Stadium again.
However, the Manchester City team has long been mentally prepared for this because they found that under Gao Han's coach, a qualified Manchester City fan should learn to adapt to victory, which is undoubtedly a very happy thing.
But the outside media began to seize the League Cup final and hype it up. The topic was nothing more than the strength shown by Manchester City and the weakness of Arsenal in front of Manchester City, especially the foul at the beginning of Szczesny.
Sky Sports scored two players, Szczesni, Julu and Koscheerny, with four points in the game, with Julu's score being the lowest in the game of 3.6 points. It was estimated that he was inseparable from Manchester City's goals, and in this game, Arsenal lost another set piece, which was undoubtedly a very bad thing.
"So far this season, the Gunners' set-piece conceds account for 52% of their total conceded goals, the highest in the Premier League, which is undoubtedly worthy of the Gunners' vigilance."
"From the process of the game, Arsenal has many problems on the defensive end. The three goalkeepers, Amunya, Fabianski and Szczesni, cannot guarantee the safety of the Gunners' goal, and the three central defenders, Juru, Koscheerny and Squillac, cannot truly solve the hidden dangers of Arsenal."
Sky Sports also reported on the show the Arsenal coach's answer in an interview with media reporters after the game.
Wenger said, "Now is not the time to discuss and hold them accountable. It is definitely unacceptable to mistakes, but we should think about how to help them get out of the situation."
"We are a whole, and this time the mistake is only part of the game. We can't shift all the responsibility to the defensive players. In fact, on the offensive end, we have created many scoring opportunities, but we missed it."
Wenger's summary for this game was, "Our players are generally younger and had a crushing defeat on the road before, so when we face Manchester City again, we might seem a little too nervous, which was obvious from the beginning."
"However, I want to say, this game did hit us, but the League Cup is over. We still have more than a dozen or twenty games to play in the next season. We can't sink because of losing the League Cup final."
Gao Han, who won the championship in the end, also excused Arsenal, saying that the outcome of the game does not represent everything.
"In fact, several young players in Arsenal have performed well, such as Szczesny. If it weren't for his multiple rescues, we would have scored at least a few more goals, as well as Coscheer, and Willshere. Of course, the most threatening ones are Nasri and Van Persie, who have brought us great trouble."
"It is inevitable that mistakes in the game are inevitable. As a head coach, I will not erase all their performances in the game because of the mistakes of players, which is unfair."
In the interview, Gao Han gave a very high evaluation to several players in Manchester City.
"There is no doubt that Sturridge is very positive. He is very good. He has always been very good in my mind. He is constantly working hard to improve himself. I think it is very difficult."
"Yes, if I were the head coach of the England national team, I would definitely choose him as the main team of the national team without hesitation. I think he has such strength and should also get such an opportunity. Perhaps he and Rooney and Walcott can form a terrifying forward combination."
Feltonheng also received high praise. Although he has made outstanding achievements and made mistakes in the game, Gao Han said that Feltonheng's overall performance is satisfactory. "He is still growing rapidly. He will definitely be an important part of Manchester City's future blueprint. More importantly, he will do his best every time."
However, there is not a complete problem with Manchester City, that is young goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Since the main goalkeeper Peter Cech firmly controls the main position, Joe Hart, as a newcomer in England, can only be used in some optional cup matches, just like the League Cup, he played in the previous few games, but after the semi-finals, Gao Han began to arrange for Cech.
This made Joe Hart feel a little dissatisfied because his performance in the England national team was not bad. Therefore, after the game, he publicly stated in an interview with the media that he hoped to get more opportunities to perform.
"Yes, I will definitely stay at Manchester City, but only if I can get more opportunities to play and I hope to represent England in more games, including the European Cup and the World Cup."
Gao Han said in an interview with the media that he had heard Joe Hart's voice and would arrange for him to play as appropriate.
"We are a whole, and we can only arrange eleven players to play in each game, one goalkeeper, but I have two high-level goalkeepers, so I really can't do it, but when stabilizing the team's performance, I will try to coordinate the playing time of the two goalkeepers."
Gao Han's reply was a bit like Tai Chi, but everyone also expressed their understanding of his situation.
With the improvement in recent years, Cech has now vaguely occupied the position of the world's top goalkeeper, especially as Casillas and Buffon's condition gradually declined. He can almost be said to be the world's number one goalkeeper, with very stable performance and perfect technical characteristics.
Joe Hart is also considered to be of great strength among the English local goalkeepers, but compared with Peter Cech, he must be at a disadvantage, so it is natural for Gao Han to choose to trust Peter Cech.
And he is very interested in teams such as Joe Hart, including Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, who are in urgent need of goalkeepers. After all, he is the main goalkeeper of the current England national team and is definitely in high demand.
At the same time as Joe Hart, the news about Arsenal following Colombia international James Rodriguez who is following Chinatown. According to the Arsenal Mouth Independent, Wenger is very optimistic about the attacking midfielder and is not ruled out to introduce him to the Emirates Stadium this summer.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of European media.
The teams that covet James Rodriguez are obviously not the only ones, including Real Madrid, Barcelona and Liverpool, who are particularly interested in Colombia's midfielder, but this time Chinatown is even too lazy to even deny the rumors.
Within a few days, the news completely faded.
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As time entered March, the Premier League rekindled the war.
After playing twenty-eight rounds of the league, Manchester City was invincible all the way, leading with 28 consecutive victories, 84 points, leading Manchester United, which ranked second, by as many as 24 points. The Red Devils scored 60 in the twenty-eight rounds.
This huge gap also completely lost the suspense of the Premier League championship.
In the 29th round, the focus game was the first, with Liverpool playing against Manchester United at Anfield Stadium.
Ferguson's team has obviously given up on the competition for the league championship and focused on the Champions League, so he returned with a hat-trick 1-3 away game, and Dutch striker Kuyt, in Liverpool, scored a hat-trick.
This game shocked the whole of England.
In contrast, Arsenal was tied by Sunderland at home, and Chelsea beat Blackpool 3-1 away, but no one paid attention to it, because everyone knows that after the Red Devils lost to Anfield Stadium, Manchester City will win the championship ahead of schedule as long as they win Wigan Athletic at home.
The Blue Moon game was one day later than Manchester City, and Gao Han was also very concerned about this game. The more critical the moment, the more calm he needed to be calm. Therefore, he played with the entire main lineup, without any danger at home, and defeated Wigan Athletics three-zero in all directions.
After the game, the entire city court fell into a carnival.
All Manchester City fans who came to the scene were dancing in the stands, celebrating the team's successful defending of the Premier League title.
In the stands at the city stadium, Manchester City fans hung huge portraits of Gao Han, who used miracles to describe all the changes that Gao Han had brought about in the past two years.
Having won the Premier League and League Cup championship for two consecutive seasons, the tall Manchester City can almost be said to be invincible in the Premier League, and the team is still continuing to attack the FA Cup and the more substantial Champions League champions.
The club also arranged a brief celebration on site. Gao Han also walked into the center of the court and shouted to all Manchester City fans that all this was just the beginning. The team will do everything to continue to strive for progress in the FA Cup and Champions League, hoping to give all Manchester City fans a perfect answer after the end of this season.
Gao Han's words made the entire city stadium fall into a carnival again.
Three days later, with the halo of defending Premier League champions, Manchester City sat at the city stadium and welcomed Copenhagen.
In the first leg of the two sides, Manchester City was limited by the away climate and failed to win early in Copenhagen. After returning to the city stadium, Gao Han played with a half-main and half-substitute. As a result, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick, eventually helping the team break Copenhagen by 5-0, and then advanced to the next round with a total score of 7-0.
But Arsenal was not so lucky.
Facing Barcelona in the second group, Wenger's team defeated Barcelona 2-1 at home in the first leg, winning recognition and praise from fans all over the world. However, in the second leg of the Camp Nou Stadium, Wenger failed to perform a miracle again and lost 1-3 away. He was eventually eliminated by Barcelona with a total score of 3-4.
In another focus match, Chelsea lost 0-1 away when they drew against Real Madrid 1-1 at home in the first leg, and was eventually eliminated by Mourinho's Real Madrid one-to-two with a total score.
Mourinho finally led Real Madrid to successfully break into the Champions League quarterfinals. After years of separation, he entered the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time, which made all Real Madrid fans appreciate it.
With Arsenal and Chelsea losing one after another, Manchester United beat their opponents 2-1 at home in a draw with Marseille 2-1 away, and finally advanced with a total score of 2-1.
Four Premier League teams reached the semi-finals, but in the end, only Manchester's two champions advanced successfully, and two London teams declared a failure.
In the end, the eight teams that successfully broke into the quarterfinals were also newly released, namely Manchester City and Manchester United in the Premier League, Real Madrid in La Liga, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, Juventus in Serie A, Bayern Munich in Bundesliga, and Donetsk miners in Ukraine.
On the second day after the Champions League quarterfinals were released, the draw for the Champions League quarterfinals was also held in Nyon, Switzerland.
Chapter completed!