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Chapter 903 Conquering the Premier League

In England's football history for more than a hundred years, Manchester's two men have never played a derby in the Champions League.

This season, the two teams were drawn together, which is a big fate.

When the two sides tied two to one in the first round, and judging from the match process and the results, everyone was still evenly matched, and everyone was full of expectations for the second round of the game. I hope that Ferguson's team could give Manchester City a head-on blow after returning to Old Trafford and teach Gao Han a hard lesson.

Yes, in European football, and even the whole world, there are many media and fans waiting for Gao Han to lose.

But no one expected that at Old Trafford, Manchester United encountered the most painful defeat in history.

Zero to seven, the Red Devils completely collapsed at home.

The English Daily Mail was published in the front page headline of the next day, with the title of "The War God Ronaldo humiliated the Ten Red Devils".

The Daily Mail believes that after Manchester City reversed Manchester United two-to-one in the first round, they regained confidence, and took the lead in the second round, firmly occupying the ball and rhythm of the game, making Manchester United play very passively.

"With the strong financial support of the Abu Dhabi consortium, Manchester City has introduced talented superstars including Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Sanchez, Benzema, Xavi Alonso with amazing investment. With Gao Han's integration, Manchester City has gradually developed teamwork and superb understanding."

"The devastating defeat to the city's arch rivals by zero to seven is a devastating blow to Manchester United, but Ferguson should also reflect on his lineup. Perhaps it is time for him to give up his original obsession and introduce higher-level players to ensure Manchester United's competitiveness in the Premier League and European arena."

The Daily Mail also focused on the applause and cheers dedicated to Gao Han in the last thirty minutes of Old Trafford Stadium, believing that this was Gao Han’s peak moment since he coached the Premier League.

"On this wonderful night, Gao Han completely conquered Old Trafford, the toughest hard bone in the Premier League, and he conquered the entire Premier League."

"Tonight, the entire English football world will worship him!"

The Mirror also reported the game on the front page, and also played a large picture of Gao Han's back view of the audience applause and cheers at Old Trafford Stadium on the front page.

In the report, the Mirror stated that Gao Han used a nearly perfect victory to declare his conquest of the Premier League.

"Chelsea's Stamford Bridge, Liverpool's Anfield, Arsenal's Chiefs, Tottenham's White Hart Lane..."

"In the past two years, these most troublesome home courts in the Premier League have all fallen to Gao Han one by one. Old Trafford is hailed as the last dignity of the Premier League, but after tonight, the Red Devils also declared their home court fall."

"Gao Han used a bloody seven-to-zero game to let everyone clearly see Manchester City's strong offensive power. Cristiano Ronaldo not only scored a hat trick, but also created Evans' red card. In the last round, Ferdinand's injury also came from the Portuguese masterpiece."

The Sun is more direct than the Mirror, directly using the front page title, Cristiano Ronaldo-style victory!

They believe that the Portuguese played a vital role in both sides' two rounds of games, was the most aggressive player in Manchester City and the key to Manchester City's victory.

"Ferdinand's absence is a huge loss to Manchester United. Evans used a bad and poor red card to tell the world that he was not worthy of Manchester United at all. After he was sent off by a red card, Ferguson was unable to replace the stable central defender to make up for the loopholes in the defense. He could only stand on the sidelines and watch his team beating bloodied by his arch-rivals at home."

"This is definitely a great shame for Ferguson."

The Guardian, which has always been rigorous and traditional, also wrote a commentary article by gold medal columnist Green Wald, and the front-page headline is [Gao Han creates a century-old myth], dedicating the credit for this game to Manchester City head coach Gao Han.

"The two-round match between the two sides is a battle between Ferguson and Gao Han, and Gao Han has achieved a well-deserved victory in both the results of the game and the process."

"This is not only my opinion, but the entire UK, Europe, and even the media circles around the world think so. Even Manchester United fans at Old Trafford Stadium think so. Gao Han is a well-deserved super coach in the world."

Green Wald believes that these two derbys have epoch-making significance and represent the changes in Manchester's two heroes in terms of strength. Manchester City is gradually replacing Manchester United's Premier League dominance and becoming increasingly powerful.

The article believes that Manchester United's defeat lies in the defense line, but this problem is an old problem that has been around for a long time.

"We have always known that since Stam left Manchester United, the Red Devils' defense has always had problems. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is in turmoil. This situation has been maintained until Pepe's joining. However, in recent years, as Ferdinand grows older, the Manchester United captain is slowly bidding farewell to his top level, and Manchester United's defense has also re-emerged problems."

"Everyone familiar with Manchester United knows that Ferguson's past signing strategies have always been more inclined to the frontcourt and do not attach much importance to the defense line. He is more focused on promoting internal youth training players. For example, O'Shea, Weis Brown and Evans are all players of this type, but it turns out that they do not have the ability to take on the back line."

"In the two rounds, Manchester United performed best in the first half of the first leg, but in the second round, after Ferdinand was absent due to injury, Manchester United's problems broke out completely."

"In this game, Manchester City used their powerful offensive to break through Manchester United's defense again and again. After Evans was sent off by a red card, they pierced through Van der Sar's goal again and again."

"In this game, there is a tragic figure that must be mentioned, that is goalkeeper Van der Sar."

"The unlucky Dutch goalkeeper performed well. If he hadn't been in charge, Manchester United would have lost a double-digit goal in this game. But if Van der Sar was active, he could not withstand Manchester City's wolf and tiger and the weak team's defense line. He could only catch the ball from the goal again and again."

Green Wald also mentioned Ferguson's preference for Evans, believing that this is somewhat suspicious of being augmented.

"I think Gao Han was right at the post-match press conference. Evans really does not have the level of playing as a main player in Manchester United. After years of training, he completely lost the confidence in the game. He needs to regain his confidence, but it is obvious that it will not be at Manchester United. Therefore, it is imperative for Manchester United to introduce a high-level central defender as soon as possible."

At the end of the article, Green Wald highly affirmed Gao Han's coaching for two seasons at Manchester City, believing that Manchester City now has the strength to compete with all European powerhouses and even qualified to win the Champions League championship.

Compared with the Guardian's serious comments and analysis, the Independent, which tends to be Arsenal, is afraid that the world will not be in chaos. He uses the title of "Manchester City's seven goals to teach Manchester United's lesson" to tease Manchester United's poor performance in this game, and believes that the three Manchester United directors of the Glazer family should all reconsider whether the aging Ferguson can still be competent for the position of Manchester United's coach.

Coincidentally, the Daily Telegraph dragged Arsenal into the water, believing that after Manchester United lost to Manchester City, Arsenal was finally no longer alone, and Ferguson and Wenger were considered to have a partner in losing.

In addition to reporting on Manchester City's fierce victory over Manchester United, the Manchester Evening News also spent a lot of time interviewing Manchester City's general manager Paul Footrey. The Portuguese was amazed at Manchester City's fierce victory and believed that the team had a great hope to win the Champions League championship.

"We all know and believe it very much. Gao Han is synonymous with victory. He is like an invincible god. From the day we invited him to Manchester to coach, we have always believed that we will wait until today."

In addition to introducing the game and praising the head coach and players, Paul Footrey also focused on Manchester City's next plan.

The training base has started construction, but the team is progressing smoothly and has good development momentum. The management is also confident that the stadium will be expanded next.

"We have signed a heavy stadium naming contract with Etihad Airways. The current stadium has a capacity of more than 47,000, but we hope to expand to 70,000, which will make our stadium the second largest home court in the Premier League. In Manchester, we have such a market appeal."

Regarding the outside rumors that Real Madrid will do their best to poach Manchester City's midfielder's double core news, Paul Fotterre's statement is very consistent with Gao Han's statement at the post-match press conference, believing that the two midfielders are crucial members of the team and it is impossible to transfer.

"It's obvious that for at least the next five years, they'll all stay on the team and contribute to the team's performance, and I don't think there's any reason to transfer them."

"Money? We have more than Real Madrid!"

As head coach Gao Han’s two-year contract is about to expire, Paul Futre said the team has drafted a contract extension.

"Our contract extension has always been placed on Gao Han's desk. He knew that he could pick up a pen and sign his name at any time. No matter what the conditions he proposed, as long as we can do it, we will not refuse."

"Of course, the European qualification dispute not long ago brought him a big blow, causing him to reflect and consider his coaching career. This is completely understandable, so we respect his willingness to leave the contract renewal until after the end of the season."

"But we are still full of confidence and firmly believe that he will continue to stay and coach Manchester City."

Paul Fotterre's statement also made everyone doubt Gao Han's whereabouts. In fact, everyone knows that whether it is Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan or Bayern Munich, Gao Han retreated bravely after bringing the team to the peak.

If Manchester City can also achieve something in the Champions League this year, there is no doubt that Gao Han will choose to leave the team as before. Some media even revealed that he may retire and become the chairman of Chinatown, and devote himself to the construction and operation of his team.

Previously, the British Sun reported that Manchester City had obtained the list of three head coaches strongly recommended by Gao Han. Among them, Barcelona's head coach Guardiola was the first, but the latter had not considered leaving La Liga for the time being.

But no matter what, everyone believes that after experiencing such a wonderful victory at Old Trafford, all Manchester City fans will be more eager to keep Gao Han than ever before.
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