Manchester City held a press conference on the morning of the 18th, and the curtain of the Premier League officially kicked off in the afternoon.

Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams took the lead at three o'clock in the afternoon. These two teams are the teams that Wen Sheng wants to pay attention to. Even though he knows that Arsenal and Liverpool are still missing this season, these two teams are teams that are capable of posing a great threat to the championship team. Manchester City must be cautious when they meet them. Last season, Arsenal made Manchester City ugly.

The teams that Arsenal and Liverpool played against each other in the first round of the new season are not strong. Arsenal plays against Sunderland at home, and Liverpool challenge West Brumwich away.

Ninety minutes later, Arsenal and Liverpool were in a mess. Wenger failed to get the three-pointer in the reservation at the Emirates Stadium. West Brumwich gave Rodgers a blow and beat Liverpool 3-0 at home to the point where he couldn't find North.

"Rogers is preparing to get out of the rhythm of the pit?" Since tomorrow is game day, as usual, Manchester City will rest at the Carrington base in the evening. Wen Sheng and his coaches chatted in the cafe at night. When talking about the daytime game, Hawking joked.

"Brendan won't be dismissed! He is not familiar with Liverpool enough, and it only takes some time to find a suitable way to play for Liverpool!" Wen Sheng shook his head with a smile. There was no training in the afternoon, and Wen Sheng watched the live broadcast of this game.

How to say it, Wen Sheng feels that Rodgers did not do a good job in the summer. According to the principle, he should have in-depth research on Liverpool, but Wen Sheng thinks he is not enough. In this game against West Brumwich, he basically continued Daglish's set, with 442 flying wings together. This set of tactics cannot be said to be bad, but Wen Sheng personally thinks it is wrong to Liverpool's current situation.

The 442 midfielder against the wing forward Wen Sheng felt that money was second to the middle, and the most important thing happened to be the center midfielder. Gerrard and Lucas's partner, Gerrard is similar to Manchester City's Yaya Toure last season. It has strong forward attack attributes and lacks defensive considerations. Lucas is not in the best state. He is under great pressure on the defense line. Agel was sent off and Liverpool fell into a scene of one less person. Under such circumstances, it is normal for Liverpool to be beaten up.

At least in Wensheng's opinion, the parallel position of 442 is not suitable for Liverpool.

The 442 position at Manchester City Wensheng is not a parallel position. He set up a double front midfielder to weaken Yaya Toure's role in offense and arranges him to be more inclined to defend. In fact, in the midfield, he is equivalent to a double back midfielder to protect defense. Now the Premier League is constantly evolving, and even the technical strength of each small team is increasing, the test for strong teams is getting bigger and bigger. Teams that do not pay attention to defense are destined to be difficult to win the championship.

There is no reason for Arsenal to have no championship for many years. Wenger has trained many good offensive players, but you may be able to count the championship-level defensive players he trained. In those years when he won the championship, people often noticed their gorgeous offense. In fact, the defensive players were also very outstanding at that time, and they were truly top-tier superstars.

Ferguson can win so many championships, but he has championship-level defensive players.

The 442 parallel position tactics are not dead, but they are no longer in line with the current Premier League environment and need to be changed.

Wensheng told the members of the coaching team that he had heard it seriously. There were still many opportunities for such communication. The more he talked, the more he felt that Wensheng might be a fucking genius.

"I'll praise me again!" Wen Sheng was immune to everyone's praise, "This is just my personal opinion! It's not necessarily correct, there are also great people who play 442! For example, Ferguson!"

Wen Sheng is right, and Ferguson is actually changing. He has realized the flaws of 442. The team needs a strong midfielder combination and cannot find a suitable one. So Ferguson introduced Shinji Kagawa to introduce Shinji, who wanted to introduce De Bruyne, Modric, and Shinji Kagawa as the candidate for the midfielder. He has no body to play in the midfield, and his defensive awareness and ability are relatively weak. Wen Sheng always doesn't believe that he let Shinji Kagawa play the central defender.

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At 3 pm on the 19th, Manchester City played at home against the newly promoted Southampton at the Etihad Stadium.

Etihad's fans didn't like Wensheng so much last season, but now Wensheng has become the team's new head coach. Everyone's attitude cannot be said to be very supportive, but it is definitely not annoying. When Wensheng stepped out of the player channel, he still won applause from some fans at the scene, and Wensheng also applauded and greeted everyone.

A little while, Adkins also walked out of the player channel, and the two head coaches shook hands in front of the camera.

"I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Adkins! Welcome to Etihad!"

Adkins is also the first time he has seen the famous Wensheng. Wensheng has a shaved beard today and looks particularly young. After winning the Premier League championship, no one will talk about him as young. At least he is more than enough to be the head coach of Manchester City in most people's minds.

"You are incredibly young! Daniel!" Adkins' tone was exaggerated, and Wen Sheng could hear it.

"I'm very happy to see you, Daniel! You can call me Nigel!"

"How about it? Have a drink together after the game?!" Wensheng made an appointment. Of course Adkins wanted to give face, but he actually joked with Wensheng very much, "If you don't let us lose too badly, I can consider it!"

Wen Sheng liked Adkins' personality very much. The two looked at each other and laughed. They quickly ended the brief match before meeting each other and returned to their respective positions.

Wen Sheng from Manchester City sent a 442 formation:

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Defenders: Sabaleta, Van Dijk, Kompani, Krish

Midfielder: De Bruyne, Melo, Yaya Toure, Silva

Forward: Aguero, Dzeko

To be honest, Wensheng really wanted Navas to take the main position directly in the first game, but Joe Hart really made him a little afraid of being a gambler, so he had to aggrieved Navas, but in the midfield Barry was directly beaten by Wensheng.

Wen Sheng also had ideas on the right back. Because of the way to play for the front midfielder, the two front midfielders had to draw inward, and the requirements for the full-back were particularly high. It was not that Sabaleta was not good enough, but Wen Sheng disliked his movement speed not fast enough, and Milner met Wen Sheng's requirements, and had a strong ability to sprint up and down, which had a good support for De Bruyne. Crish on the other side was actually enough.

Adkins sent a 451 formation in Southampton:

Goalkeeper: Kevin Davis

Defender: Fox, Wonter, Hoyved, Cleney

Midfielder: Larana, Prous, Schneiderlin, Morgan, Prado

Forward: Rodriguez

His 451 is actually a 4231 formation. What surprised Wensheng was that Adkins did not let Lambert start.

Like Valdi, Lambert is a real grassroots player. Although he debuted in Liverpool's youth training in his early years, he was also abandoned by Liverpool early. He had to work and play football while working, and eventually made a name for himself in Southampton. Last season, he was the champion of the Championship scorer and a great contributor to Southampton's upgrade. Wen Sheng did not expect that Adkins actually put the champion of the Championship scorer on the bench after introducing Rodriguez in the new season.
Chapter completed!