Everyone knows that the away game in the Premier League is not easy, especially for Manchester City.

Why do you say so?

In the 19 Premier League away games in the 19 Premier League seasons, Manchester City won two wins, five draws and twelve losses.

If we only rank by away results, Manchester City should be relegated because he is only better than Middlesbrough and West Bromwich, and even worse than Newcastle United, which has been relegated.

One of the important reasons why Manchester City finally won the 10th place in the league is that their home performance is very good, ranking third in the Premier League, only behind Manchester United and Liverpool, with 13 wins and 6 losses and no draw.

There is no doubt that there will be more difficulties in away games, and it is undoubtedly quite difficult for a team like Manchester City that has just experienced a major restructuring and even replaced the entire eleven people with a total of nine.

Not to mention, Violent Ben's home court has never been easy to play.

Gao Han also anticipated the difficulty of Ewood Park Stadium, and he also made sufficient mental preparations for the difficulties in the game. After using the five-star confrontation card and defensive card to stabilize the team's defense, he had to arrange for the team to retreat.

Since the frontcourt attack cannot start, then stabilize the position first, organize the pass and control, and then slowly advance forward.

After experiencing the start of the game and the impact of Blackburn's crazy counterattack, Manchester City players gradually calmed down and began to calm down, especially the midfielder led by Xavi Alonso, who worked hard to control the rhythm of the game.

But Blackburn was willing to kill him, constantly fighting back and fighting. In addition, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, Manchester City still made many passes and catches, and the home team frequently got counterattack opportunities and created threats.

Both sides ended with a zero-to-one score in the first half, and Manchester City temporarily led.

But during the halftime break, Gao Han did not dare to be careless at all and kept encouraging the players, especially for several midfielders in the backcourt. Gao Han kept encouraging them to hold the ball, use a quick and simple kick to consume the opponent's physical fitness.

"All players have to run, run wherever there is a gap and wherever they need to be answered. As long as our pass control can be skillfully run, the opponent will not be able to grab the ball, and the physical fitness will be constantly consumed, and the game will belong to us at that time."

After the second half of the game, Gao Han's strategy was firmly implemented by the players.

Kompani, Xavi Martinez and Zabaleta, Xavi Alonso, Mascherano, David Silva and Modric, seven players in the entire midfield and backcourt, unified their thinking and played with the goal of trying to master the ball.

Blackburn took the lead after the start of the second half, and caught him off guard by using the attack from the beginning, but Manchester City was prepared for this. After a fast-paced offensive and defensive battle, the game was quickly slowed down by Manchester City.

When the game entered the pace of Manchester City, although Blackburn was able to frequently get some opportunities with the help of the slippery environment on rainy days, it was difficult to create any threats. On the contrary, the players used some of the pass and ball control styles in Manchester City, and were exhausted and exhausted, and their physical energy was consumed very quickly.

Just sixty minutes later, Allardyce took the lead in making a substitution, replaced forward DiSanto with forward Robert, strengthening the frontcourt pressing, hoping to create Manchester City's mistakes.

In less than ten minutes, Allardyce made another substitution, and forward Gallach replaced midfielder Andrews and continued to strengthen the frontcourt.

However, as the game progressed, Manchester City became more and more skilled in passing and controlling the midfield and backcourt. The players played at a familiar rhythm and began to gradually enter the state, frequently organizing threatening attacks.

In the 80th minute, Mascherano successfully intercepted the ball near the center line and handed it to Xavi Alonso, who tried to transfer to the left to Cristiano Ronaldo, but the Portuguese was closely defended on the left and had to pass it back.

Manchester City pushed the formation into the frontcourt with the situation. Xavi Alonso took the ball again. Benzema retreated and responded, and transferred the ball to David Silva with one kick. Espanyol made a exquisite pass and directly sent the ball behind Blackburn's defense line. Sanchez quickly penetrated the penalty area from the right and scored with his right foot, 2-0!

This goal completely dispelled Blackburn's morale.

Allardyce quickly made the third substitution in this game, continuing to strengthen the frontcourt offense and pressing.

For a moment, on the court, Blackburn played four forwards.

But the game ended at zero-2, with Manchester City all three points away.

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After the game, the press conference hall at Ewood Park Stadium was filled with media reporters from all over the world.

They only have one purpose here, that is Gao Han.

After five years of separation, Gao Han's first match was not satisfactory, or, to be said, far from meeting the expectations of media reporters and fans for him.

It cost 400 million euros to introduce a group of outstanding stars, but it was even a bit embarrassed at Ewood Park Stadium, which really disappointed many people because it was not the Gao Han and Manchester City they wanted to see.

But after winning the ball, Gao Han seemed to be in a good mood. He walked into the venue one by one with Allades and smiled throughout the whole process.

According to convention, Blackburn's head coach Allardyce was the first to answer the question, but his answer seemed a bit distracting, and more to explain why the team lost at home.

Allardyce believes that the absence of main striker Santa Cruz due to injury is the biggest reason for Blackburn's unfavorable offense.

"If he were there, our ability to seize the scoring opportunity would be higher, and the game trend would be completely rewritten."

Media reporters have taken a hesitant attitude towards such an example because Blackburn lacks Santa Cruz, but Manchester City also lacks a Kaka. Both sides are losing players and even have a greater impact on Manchester City's technical and tactical skills.

As the winner of this game, Gao Han himself is satisfied with the team's performance.

"Yes, there is no doubt that Blackburn has every reason to think that the outcome of the game is unfair to them because they have created more scoring opportunities than we do."

After the game, Gao Han got the statistics for the game as soon as possible.

Judging from the number of shots, Blackburn scored a total of 17 shots, nine shots on the right and eight shots missed, while Manchester City only had eight shots, half of Blackburn's shots, only five shots on the right and scored two goals and missed three times.

Judging from the number of shots, Allardyce said that if Santa Cruz can play, Blackburn's ability to seize opportunities will be higher, and this is definitely not aimless.

But from the perspective of ball possession rate, Manchester City is as high as 58%, while Blackburn is only 42%, and the gap is also very different. It can be seen that from the overall level, Manchester City still steadily suppresses Blackburn.

It should be said that the problems exposed by Manchester City in this game are generally similar to those during the warm-up match, and they are all old problems, so Gao Han was mentally prepared for this.

"Actually, I think my players are gradually getting into shape, but we still need a little time. We are a team that has just been reorganized and it is impossible to ask us to get the best shape from the beginning, right?"

But Gao Han also said that the players worked very hard and many players made considerable contributions.

"For example, Peter Cech, I said that he is the most outstanding and comprehensive goalkeeper among the active goalkeepers, and I am proud of his performance in this game."

Facing Blackburn's nine shots on the goal, if Peter Cech had not played with divine help, Manchester City would have been hard to escape unscathed.

This is also the reason why Gao Han specially named and praised Cech.

"Of course, we have some other players who work very hard and are very good, but our cooperation is not skilled enough and not tacit enough. We need more games."

Later, Gao Han praised Blackburn again, believing that the home team has caused a lot of trouble for his team. Allardyce's coaching is very outstanding, and he is embarrassed to praise Allardyce, and in turn praises Manchester City.

During the entire press conference, although Gao Han was the visiting team, he became the protagonist, but the press conference did not become tense like some media reporters deliberately wanted to guide them. Instead, the atmosphere was harmonious. Gao Han and Alledes finally got up to shake hands and hug each other and said goodbye.

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In the first round of the Premier League, Chelsea defeated Hul City 2-1, and Manchester City defeated Blackburn 2-0 away. It was very difficult for Manchester United to beat Birmingham 1-0 at home with Rooney's goal.

Only Arsenal performed the most, defeating Everton 6-1 away.

This was a hearty victory, and it established a three-goal lead as early as the first half. Moyes was powerless to do anything about it and could only watch his team be slaughtered by the Gunners at Goodison Park Stadium.

It was not until the last minute of the game that Saha scored a comfort goal to help Everton save some face.

In this game, Fabregas made two passes and two shots, and was elected as the best player in the game. Van Persie assisted twice, and Galas, Vermalen, Da Silva and Denilson each scored one goal.

Arsenal also topped the Premier League standings with this six-goal victory.

After the first round, Sky TV selected the best player in the round, which was nothing but Bregas. The best coach in the round, Wengerre beat Gao Han and won this honor.

Among the eleven best teams, Manchester City was selected for three players, namely Modric, Sanchez and goalkeeper Cech, which are the teams with the largest number of best teams in this round.

Arsenal and Manchester United have one player selected, the Gunners are Fabregas and Vermullen, Manchester United are Rooney and Scholes, while Chelsea has only one player selected for the All-American team.

However, although three players from Manchester City were selected into the best team of this round, the media was not satisfied with Manchester City's performance in this round, and the evaluation was not high, and it could even be said to be very low.

The focus of criticism is mainly on the team's offense and defense.

When writing a column to comment on this game, the famous Guardian reporter Green Wald mentioned that several Manchester City defensive players were obviously not suitable for the three-guard style, especially the formerly played in the midfield, which suddenly retreated to the central defender position, whether it was a position selection or defense.

Kompani was a right-footed player, but he went to play on the left central defender, while Sabaleta was a right-back, but Gao Han arranged it to be a right central defender, which made the players feel at a loss.

There is another focus of criticism on the offensive end.

Everyone knows that Gao Han is best at attack, but this Manchester City team did not make a satisfactory offensive. The offense seemed very chaotic and the ideas were not unified. Once the ball entered the frontcourt, it seemed to have turned into a headless fly, hitting the ball around.

"Of course, as Gao Han said, among the eleven people in Manchester City, the position of each player has changed. Many people even came to the Premier League for the first time, and they need time to adapt and get in."

"But I want to remind Gao Han that the Premier League is the most competitive league in the world, and there will not be much time left for Manchester City."

Green Wald's column writes out the opinions of most people.
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