In last season's Premier League, although the Blue Moon Army Manchester City did not start well, but under the leadership of Guardiola, they achieved a wave of consecutive wins in the middle of the period, established a lead in the standings, and won the championship as desired, the new season with the strong rise of the Blues Chelsea, the Premier League title battle is no longer the red and blue showdown between Liverpool and Manchester City, so the Blue Moon Army must play a better performance if they want to complete the defending title, in the sixteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City sat at home to meet Wolves, Although Wolves, known as the giant killer, have not performed as expected in the past two seasons, they still caused manchester City a lot of trouble, in the case of being sent off at half-time, they still defused Manchester City's attack many times on the defensive end, and in the 63rd minute, Bernardo Silva, who performed well this season, crossed the ball and hit the arm of the Wolves player, the referee gave Manchester City a penalty, Sterling took the penalty, helping Manchester City beat Wolves 1-0 and continue to be at the top of the table!
Although Manchester City only won by 1 goal in this game, they completely suppressed the opponent on the scene, and the possession rate of Manchester City in the whole game was as high as 72%, and the pass success rate reached 91%, which directly made wolves players unable to touch the ball on the field for a long time, which is also the reason why many fans ridiculed the players of the Blue Moon Army for playing the ball on the field, while the players of the Wolves were practicing running without the ball on the field.
The biggest problem exposed by the Blue Moon Army in recent seasons is the inability to maximize the advantage on the field into a winning situation, in the final analysis, the reason is the lack of a strong finishing ability of the center, this game this problem once again appeared, Manchester City in the game a total of 24 shots, 10 of which shots hit the goal frame, but only scored 1 goal, the offseason spent the team more than 100 million euros in transfer fees, once again became the object of criticism by fans after the game, Before he was replaced, 3 shots did not hit the target, and his offensive routine on the field was too single, after the passing routine was found out by the other party after breaking through the button with the ball, it directly led to his passing threat being greatly reduced, coupled with the attribute of spitting in front of the goal, so that fans could not see that he was worthy of his own worth.
Sterling continued his usual style in the game, and also wasted several opportunities to score in front of the goal, but his threat of breaking through with the ball was still very strong, and in the game, Sterling also steadily scored the penalty created by his teammates, scoring his 100th goal in the Premier League, officially joining the 100-goal club.
I believe that after the end of this game, many Manchester City fans will have the same idea, that is, the team must introduce a strong forward, otherwise in the fierce competition of the Champions League knockout match, if the Blue Moon Army is still wasting opportunities on the offensive end, it is likely to pay a price, making it difficult to make it difficult to impact the Champions League title, and looking at the world football world today, the most suitable striker is Norwegian supernova Haaland, who is likely to leave Dortmund after the end of the season. Since Haaland's father once played for the Blue Moon, this also gave them a certain advantage in the Haaland battle, if they can sign Haaland as they wish, Manchester City will become one of the most terrifying teams in European football!