In January 2022, the competitions of the Premier League giants have been fully deepened, and the Premier League, the Premier League Cup and the FA Cup have all entered the key schedule, and the Premier League champions Manchester City continue to become the biggest focus in multi-line competitions. In the early morning of January 8, Beijing time, Manchester City completed the third round of the FA Cup, winning 4-1 away from home to Swindon, a fish-belly team from the fourth division (League Two), and scoring for Manchester City was Bernardo Silva, Jesus, Gundogan, Cole Palmer, the four scored one goal each, and Swindon McKierti scored a face-saving goal.
Manchester City's Guardiola unveiled a luxurious squad, with a total starting 11-man total value of 527 million euros, and core players such as Jesus, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Gundogan all started. Swindon appeared to be showing signs of strategically abandoning the FA Cup scramble, sending a squad with an average age of just 23 years old, which was crushed by Manchester City.
In the 13th minute of the game, Manchester City scored quickly, Palmer singled out two defenders on the right side, completed the breakthrough and then crossed the bottom, Bernardo Silva wrapped up the empty goal to win, Manchester City led 1-0.
In the 27th minute of the game, Manchester City pressed the front court by Jesus to complete the steal, and then completed the wall-hitting cooperation with De Bruyne, And Jesus entered the small penalty area to complete a one-handed goal, and Manchester City led 2-0.
In the 58th minute of the game, Manchester City won a free kick opportunity in front of the field, Gundogan took the penalty directly into the near corner, and Manchester City killed the suspense of the game 3-0. In the 77th minute of the match, McKierty completed a small angled push during the counter-attack to break the goal, and Swindon fell behind 1-3.
In the 81st minute of the game, Palmer once again dominated the attack, this time on the right side of the road down the bottom to do the ball for his teammates, but the teammate's shot was blocked, Palmer got the ball and the second attack directly from a small angle to break the goal, Manchester City 4-1 light Swindon.
In the whole game, Manchester City had a 77% possession rate, 23-5 with Swindon's shot on goal, and a 9-3 shooting contrast, which eventually turned into a 4-1 victory, showing the dominance of Europe's top teams at both ends of the attack and defense.
After this campaign, Manchester City achieved the state of the Premier League, Champions League, English League Cup and FA Cup this season, impacting 4 championships in a single season, the Champions League qualified first in the group, the Premier League continued to lead the table, the English League Cup reached the semi-finals, the FA Cup advanced to the 4th round, of which the Premier League and the Premier League Cup are very close to the multi-standard, the Premier League 53 points are riding the dust, the second place Chelsea only 43 points.
What's even crazier is that Manchester City has given birth to three major events, the first and most recent seven consecutive wins in all competitions, which is the most stable performance among The Premier League teams at this stage; second, the grand 6 consecutive wins against Swindon, the last time they lost to their opponents dates back to 1996, when they lost 2-0; third, they advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup for 10 consecutive years, which is also a 10-year record for Manchester City, and the last time they were eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup was in the 2011/12 season, when they were kicked out 2-3 by Manchester United. According to Manchester City's thick squad and strong system, Guardiola is expected to achieve the feat of four titles in a single season.