The opening game of the new Premier League season was a shocking upset. The defending champions, Liverpool, were killed by Sunderland, who only had two shots in the game, with 32 shots at home!
The other strong Premier League teams did not have any surprising results.
Arsenal and Newcastle United shook hands at St James' Park.
The score was 0: 0. A draw did not mean that both teams would be happy with one point each.
The game was almost unwatchable. The image of the Gunners fans sleepy in the stands due to the dull game went viral on the internet.
The bad boy Barton became the main character in the game. First, he was kicked by Alexander Song. Then, he provoked Gervinho's anger in the penalty area. He was slapped by Gervinho and fell to the ground exaggeratedly, causing Gervinho to be sent off.
Wenger's team had a bumpy start to the new season after losing the qualification for the Champions League.
Manchester United's game against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns was thrilling but not dangerous.
The new signing, Ashley Young, performed well. He assisted Rooney to score a goal and made the opponent's own goal to secure the victory for the Red Devils.
The Red Devils got off to a good start in the league with a 2: 1 win.
Manchester City beat Swansea City 4: 0 at the Etihad Stadium. The Blue Moon's new signing also performed well. The substitute, Agüero, scored twice in 30 minutes and assisted Silva to score a goal, which made all the Blue Moon fans very excited!
Mancini was full of praise for Agüero after the game. The Manchester City players also thought that Agüero's £38 million signing was worth it!
Chelsea, another member of the contending group, drew 0: 0 with Stoke City in the away game.
The Blues' new manager, Andre Villas-Boas, did not manage to kick off the Blue Bridge journey with a victory in his debut game.
However, Fleet Street still treated Villas-Boas, who led FC Porto to win the minor treble last season, with full support.
The next morning, Qin Xiong returned home after a jog. He picked up the morning's Times and opened the sports section. He saw the news of Liverpool's first game being an upset. He saw many football commentators giving advice for Liverpool. He also saw some of them mocking and ridiculing. Some even predicted that Liverpool's dynasty would collapse this season.
Qin Xiong skipped the news. He was more interested in Chelsea's news.
Because Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United did not change managers.
Qin Xiong was concerned about Chelsea's attitude after the change of manager, his technical and tactical system, and so on.
He saw the news report of Chelsea tied with Stoke City.
Qin Xiong carefully read the battle report written by Miller, the chief sports reporter of The Times.
"Chelsea drew 0-0 with Stoke City. Villas-Boas' era began with a draw.
"I won't be satisfied with one point."
The Portuguese said, "But this is a difficult away game."
When Villas-Boas came on stage, it was inevitable that we would compare him to Mourinho.
The Madman had a good start in Chelsea's first game back then, taking down Manchester United 1: 0 at home. In comparison, Villas-Boas' draw seemed a little shabby. But after careful analysis, the value of this 0: 0 was not much worse than Mourinho's debut.
Chelsea had always played hard at the Britannia Stadium.
In the post-match interview, Villas-Boas and Torres both mentioned that this away game was not easy to play. Stoke City's style was tough. They won 10 games at home last season, including defeating Arsenal and forcing a draw with Manchester City.
It had to be said that the lineup that Villas-Boas inherited was obviously not satisfactory.
The backbone was old and there were more than one or two who were going downhill.
Torres was in a slump last season and it was unknown how he would play this year. Even if he won the man of the match award, it would be difficult for the few "kids" like McEachen and Sturridge to take the lead.
If Mourinho had a hand full of good cards that worked no matter how he played, then the cards that Villas-Boas had now were a lot worse than the Madman's. He needed to carefully calculate how to use them to hope to achieve good results.
From the first game, Villas-Boas brought some bright spots to Chelsea's lineup. The four players, who were relatively ordinary under Ancelotti, made people's eyes light up today.
Torres won the man of the match award and seemed to have found the feeling he had when he first came to Liverpool. Ramires was excellent in offense and defense, Alex's defense was as strong as a rock, and Bosingwa was back to being a lunatic on the right flank.
Of course, it was difficult to see the direction of the season in one game, but for these four players, it was at least a good start.
The first game was 0: 0. It was not an ideal start, but it was a realistic result.
Villas-Boas wanted to buy another midfielder and a winger. He seemed to think that the current lineup was not the most satisfactory.
In fact, if he bought the right player, the improvement to the team's lineup could be immeasurable. When Mourinho first came, the offense could not open up the situation. It was always 1-0. The Madman always awkwardly answered when questioned after the game, "The goal will come …" Once Robben recovered from his injury, Chelsea immediately became a big winner. 4-0 almost became the normal score. It showed how a really good reinforcement could play a role in the team.
Villas-Boas wanted to get Modric and add an excellent dribbling winger to complete the final puzzle of the lineup. But it was still unknown whether he could do it.
Before the first round of the Premier League, Villas-Boas joked that if Chelsea won a grand slam in his first year, he would immediately quit football.
"If I win all four trophies, I will retire immediately …"
Of course, it was just a joke. For 'Madman the Second,' the road he faced was much more difficult than Mourinho's. Although a person's ability was important, there were too many and too many complicated factors that determined success or failure. As the saying goes, 'Man proposes, God disposes.'
Moreover, Mourinho coached Chelsea for two years and failed to help the Red Army win the coveted league title. After Arsenal's three-year reign, the Red Devils revived and ruled England for another three years until they were ended by the Red Army in 2010. Now the Red Army is also expected to open a period of extreme Premier League dominance: three consecutive championships!
If Villas-Boas can end the Red Army's reign this season and bring Stamford Bridge its first Premier League title, the 33-year-old Portuguese can proudly claim that he did better than the Madman! "
Sylvia came downstairs and saw Qin Xiong reading a newspaper. She immediately went up and asked curiously, "What are you reading? Are there a lot of negative reports about Liverpool's loss? "
Qin Xiong laughed and threw the newspaper on the coffee table. He laughed and said, "It has nothing to do with Liverpool. I'm reading the news about Chelsea. There's a new manager from Portugal who is very popular with the media."
"Is that so? Is he very good? "
Qin Xiong shook his head and continued to laugh.
"I don't know if he's good or not. I just know that he may not know how good Fleet Street is."
If it were Ancelotti, if he got a draw in the new season, the media would probably condemn Ancelotti in speech and in writing.
But they were very tolerant of Villas-Boas, which was obviously flattering him to death!
It all depended on when the Portuguese manager fell from the clouds into the abyss!
When that time came, Fleet Street would trample on him harder than anyone else! More ruthless and cruel!
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