This game was very difficult. In the end, Manchester City relied on Li Wei's on-the-spot scheduling to fall behind 0:2.Tenaciously scored two goals in a row to tie the score.

Manchester City drew 2:2 at home with Chelsea, who are aiming to win the championship.

This surprised the media. Manchester City, under Levi's coaching, could have such a tenacious fighting spirit after a big change in the summer, and drew with Chelsea after falling behind by two goals.This is not like the "mercenary group" in everyone's mind.

What is a mercenary group?
It is an army that only recognizes money and can only fight with the wind.

If beating Sunderland and drawing Chelsea just surprised the media, then in the fifth round of the Premier League, Manchester City shocked the English football world.

On September 21, Manchester City played against Portsmouth at home. This was the third match between Levi and former Chelsea coach Avran Grant. Levy won the first two times.

This game has received the attention of Manchester City's top management.

Former Manchester City boss Thaksin and the current Manchester City boss representative Fahim appeared in the stadium to watch the game.

This game did not disappoint them. Under Levi's training, Manchester City has entered a good state.

In the 13th minute, Robinho made a direct pass, Argentine striker Aguero passed the attacking James and easily hit the ball into the empty goal.

In the 20th minute, Alves took a corner kick and was hit by James at the front point. Central defender Dunn rushed to the goal before the Portsmouth players destroyed the football and scored from close range.

In the 57th minute, Milner intercepted Traore and passed the ball. Aguero flew to the left. Robinho stepped in and pushed and scored from the edge of the penalty area.

In the 68th minute, David Silva made a direct pass, and Wright-Phillips, who came off the bench, shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area.

In the 78th minute, Robinho broke through from the left and made a cross. Wright-Phillips made a wonderful pass with his heel. David Silva scored with a low shot from eight yards.

In the 83rd minute, James made a save from the pass and dropped the ball. Ireland grabbed the point, touched the football with his knee, and sent the football into the empty goal.

In the 85th minute, Robinho received a wave of applause from the audience when he substituted.

Robinho performed well in this game. Although the statistics are just one pass and one shot, everyone who has watched this game knows that Robinho's role is not as thin as the statistics show.

People are surprised to find that September has passed, and Manchester City has shown strong competitiveness in the new season!
They have three wins, one draw and one loss, with 3.4 points, but [-] goals!Averaged [-] goals per game!
However, Manchester City's defense is comparable to their offense. After five league rounds, Manchester City's defense has conceded a total of five goals, which is currently the team with the most goals conceded in the top eight of the league.

Even so, Manchester City's ranking in the league is not high.

In the first five rounds of this season, Arsenal directly came to a wave of five consecutive victories, occupying the No.1 position in the league standings.

Although Liverpool has no winning streak, it is also unbeaten, with three wins and two draws.

Even Aston Villa have four wins and one draw.

The Premier League overlord Manchester United lost a game and lost to Liverpool, and was tied by Newcastle and Chelsea, with only five points.

This season's Premier League has just started, and the cruelty here has been declared to the fans.

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After the game with Portsmouth, Manchester City will prepare for the League Cup game with Brighton and Hove Football Club.

This League Cup is not the Europa League Cup, but the English League Cup.

Speaking of which, the British competition system is very distinctive. Football matches in other countries are usually composed of a league and a cup. For example, Italy has Serie A and Coppa Italia, and Spain has La Liga and Copa del Rey.

Not so here in the UK, where in addition to the Premier League and the FA Cup, there is the League Cup.

The English League Cup is a cup competition organized by the Football League. The champion, like the FA Cup, can qualify for the Europa League.

The Premier League is operated, promoted and managed by the Premier League (company).

On the contrary, in the eyes of many people, the most powerful FA is only responsible for the operation, promotion, and management of the FA Cup and the English Football Association League (National League, North-South League) and below professional and non-professional league systems.

Closer to home, although the opponent of this game, Brighton and Hove Football Club is one of the oldest clubs in the UK (founded in 1901, a founding member of the Southern League, and joined the Football League in 1920), but he and many so-called Like the old club in China, apart from the ancient history, there is nothing to show for it.Brighton & Hove FC's best result is the FA Cup... runners-up, yes, runners-up.

Now Brighton and Hove Football Club has been relegated to the League One (third tier) league.

Because the opponent is very weak, so in this game, Li Wei did not send the main lineup, but continued to rotate.

At Parma he already prefers to rotate.

At the beginning, Li Wei's move was questioned.Because clubs in this era don't like rotation very much, especially Serie A. Fans who have watched Serie A games at that time know that they basically use a lineup to win the world.

So at that time, everyone's acceptance of rotation was not high.

As a result, many Serie A football clubs have begun to accept rotation under the influence of Li Wei.

Because they found that rotation is the best way to deal with multi-line combat.This will not only ensure that the physical fitness of all players will not have problems, but also allow every player to get a chance to play and maintain their state.

Although Manchester City has no European missions, there are many games in England. The intensity of the League Cup schedule is comparable to that of the Europa League.This season, Manchester City can be called a third-line battle, and rotation is inevitable.

In the draw, Manchester City got the advantage of playing at home.

Levi made a substantial rotation and sent many young players. In the forward position, Levi let Aguero sit on the bench, Sturridge served as the starting striker, and French strikers Dabo and Royce served as two wingers. The field is composed of Sun Jihai, Fernandez and Brazilian midfielder Elaño.

England U-21 internationals Nedum Onuoha and Thiago Silva were given the chance to start at the back, with Richards and Michelle Ball at full-back.

However, in terms of goalkeeper, Li Wei still chose to let Joe Hart start. Now Joe Hart is only 21 years old. In this goalkeeper position that requires a lot of experience in games, Li Wei has no idea of ​​training a second goalkeeper for the time being. Instead, I hope to ripen Joe Hart through a large number of games.

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