I Want to Be the King of Football

Some people say that in the 18th round of the league, the top teams in the Premier League took a collective nap, and only the Manchester duo remained strong.

But by the nineteenth round, Feng Shui took turns.

First, Liverpool reversed Newcastle 3-1 at home, Bellamy scored twice and Gerrard scored a goal.

Dalglish made a strong rotation of the lineup, but Bellamy's excellent performance allowed the Red Army to take all three points from the Magpies.

Arsenal did not have a big rotation, but they still beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 thanks to Van Persie's goal.

Regardless of whether it is the Red Army or Arsenal, after the last round of the dull draw, although this round was a little stumbling, even dangerous, but at least they got three points.

Only hapless Chelsea.

Since losing to Manchester City at home, Chelsea have ushered in three consecutive draws, all 1-1. Boas's team has been questioned, and the coaching position has been shaken again.

In the nineteenth round, Chelsea played against Aston Villa at home, which was originally a very good opportunity.

Drogba scored a goal for Chelsea in the 23rd minute of the opening, but no one expected that Aston Villa would equalize just five minutes later.

After that, no matter how Chelsea attacked, they had an overwhelming advantage, but they still failed to break the goal of Aston Villa.

On the contrary, in the 83rd and 86th minutes, Petrov and Darren Bent, who came off the bench, scored the winning two goals for Aston Villa to help the team away. Three to one reversed Chelsea.

After the game, Chelsea head coach Boas attributed the loss of the game to an unfair schedule, because Chelsea had to finish the four games on Christmas Day in 11 days, but Manchester United had 15 days, and there were two of them. Only forty-eight hours before and after.

For Boas' remarks, the British media responded negatively, believing that he was looking for reasons and excuses for losing.

The Christmas schedule of the Premier League is not only available this year. It has existed for so many years. This is also regarded as a tradition in English sports, not only football, but also other events such as rugby and baseball. In the game, even in extra matches, this is to better please the local fans in England.

As Chelsea manager, Boas has no reason not to know all this.

As for the schedule,

Chelsea's game pressure is not the greatest, such as Manchester City, the pressure of the Blue Moon is greater than Chelsea.

Boas has reason to think that the schedule is unfair to them, but if they blame the defeat on the schedule, it will only add to the jokes of others, because compared to Manchester City, is Chelsea under more pressure?

Chelsea have two home games and one away game in the last three games, one of which is away to Tottenham Hotspur, also in north London, and they don't even need to leave London for these three games.

What about Manchester City? The 17th round is home, the 18th and 19th rounds are away, and they headed south to Birmingham early on Boxing Day to play West Bromwich Albion away. After returning to Manchester, they played again. Non-stop north, to Sunderland, more than 200 kilometers away.

After Chelsea's loss to Aston Villa, Manchester City's game against Sunderland has yet to start, but the media believe that even if Manchester City lose, the Christmas schedule will still be better than Chelsea.

In other words, in terms of schedule, Chelsea is better than Manchester City, and the result is not as good as Manchester City. How can I say this?

In fact, Chelsea's ranking this season has always been unsatisfactory, and now it is always hovering between fifth and sixth, and there is no obvious gap from the top four expected by fans, and Boas has also been badly criticized by the outside world.

The real problem with Chelsea is that Boas has lost control of the dressing room!

The Daily Mail pointed out the biggest problem with Chelsea right now.

This media reported in a lot of space, from Boas coming to power, feuding with Drogba, Lampard and Terry, to having to reuse Drogba and Terry, but now it has always suppressed Lampard, these All made Boas lose the support of the locker room.

Throwing the blame for the schedule, this is just Boas's plan to slow down.

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On December 31, the nineteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City away to Sunderland.

Manchester City had another rotation, this time even Su Dong was on the bench.

Guardiola arranged for Dzeko and Aguero to start at the same time, trying to strengthen the team's attack and win the black cat Sunderland on the road, and also arranged David Silva and Tony in midfield. Cross sits.

Obviously, Guardiola still wants to win this game with a clean record.

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After the start of the game, Sunderland, who were playing at home, made a first attack, but it was quickly suppressed by Manchester City.

With his skillful pass and control, the Blue Moon quickly locked in the advantage and created opportunities frequently in the midfield and frontcourt.

But it is also paradoxical, Dzeko and Aguero lost their shooting boots in this game.

Since before Christmas, Aguero's condition has not been very good. Obviously, he is adapting to the Christmas schedule of the Premier League. After all, during this time period, other leagues have ushered in the winter break, but the Premier League does not have a winter break. On the contrary, it is the most intensive period of the schedule. For many players, it is indeed necessary to adapt.

But Dzeko's time in the team is not short, and this time he has not been able to adjust his state.

As a result, Manchester City completely controlled the advantage on the field, but failed to score and repeatedly missed the opportunity to score.

Sunderland missed a great opportunity in the first half, which came from a counterattack. After Bendtner made a single-handed shot, he was saved by Courtois and failed to score.

In the second half, they were one-sided and attacked by Manchester City, unable to even make a decent counterattack.

Manchester City had the upper hand without scoring, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, the ball possession rate and the number of shots were very high, but they failed to score, which made many people worried.

In the 75th minute, Guardiola saw that the situation had not been reversed, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and replaced Su Dong.

In less than 13 days, this is already Su Dong's fourth game.

The previous three games were all starters, but they were all substituted early. This time, the team did not intend to let Su Dong on. It was Su Dong who asked to be on the bench, just in case. .

Manchester City had the advantage, and Guardiola replaced Dzeko with Sudong, occupying absolute dominance in the penalty area.

Sunderland is stubbornly defending, vowing to keep this point at home.

After the two sides fought for a few more minutes, in the 86th minute, it was Su Dong who was in the penalty area, leaned on Wes Brown with his body, and returned the ball to Tony Cross, who was at the top of the arc. A tee shot was thrown over the crossbar by Sunderland goalkeeper Mignolet and turned into a corner kick.

Then Manchester City sent a corner kick, David Luiz headed the goal from close range, but it hit the crossbar and bounced back to the penalty area, which made everyone have to be surprised to find that Manchester City really did not have tonight. Shooting boots.

But just as the ball fell slowly, Su Dong in the penalty area squeezed O'Shea away with his body, blocked Wes Brown, turned his back to the attacking direction, and stopped the ball firmly under his feet.

He tried to turn around, but was desperately blocked by Wes Brown and O'Shea, and goalkeeper Mignolet also followed, ready to make a save, but Su Dong suddenly knocked his heel.

The ball passed through the gap between the defenders and slid to the front of the unguarded small penalty area.

David Silva followed quickly and easily pushed with his left foot.

The ball hits the net!

In an instant, the Stadium of Light, which was full of people, suddenly became silent.

Everyone couldn't believe it. After holding on for more than 80 minutes, the game was about to end. At this juncture, the goal was actually lost.

Isn't this a joke?

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Manchester City finally beat Sunderland 1-0 away with Sudong assisting David Silva's goal.

The process is to take advantage of all the advantages, but it is very dangerous, but fortunately, it also got a precious three points in the end.

This allowed Manchester City to finally win the 19th straight and win the half-way championship of the Premier League this season!

This is the first time in the history of the Premier League, England's top leagues, and even Europe's top leagues that a team can win the half-time championship with a complete victory record, which was unimaginable in the past.

Everyone is also very shocked at the rapid rise of Manchester City.

In just three years, backed by the strong financial resources of the Abu Dhabi consortium, Guardiola's passing and control system, and the superhuman strength of Su Dong, Manchester City has become a force that cannot be ignored in European football. great power.

At the same time that Manchester City beat Sunderland 1-0 away hard, Manchester United sits at home against Blackburn, who are at the bottom of the standings.

In this game, everyone thought that it was a sure thing for Manchester City to win the opponent.

On the one hand, Blackburn's strength is too poor. On the other hand, Manchester United have beaten their opponents by five goals in the last two rounds.

At the beginning of the game, it seemed to confirm the judgment of the outside world, Manchester United had the advantage, and the goal was just around the corner.

Unexpectedly, in a corner kick defense, Berbatov pulled down his opponent in the penalty area and was awarded a penalty kick. Yakubu calmly took the penalty and scored a goal for Blackburn.

After changing sides in the second half, it was Yakubu who passed Carrick and Phil Jones on the outside of the penalty area again, winning another victory for Blackburn, 2-0!

By this time, the atmosphere had completely changed.

Manchester United then launched a fierce attack, and Berbatov scored two goals to successfully equalize the score.

But in the 80th minute of the game, it was another corner kick opportunity, and Blackburn central defender Hanley scored the winning goal for the violent Ben.

With Hanley's key lore, Blackburn defeated Manchester United 3-2 away, breaking out the biggest upset in the Premier League this season.

Who would have thought that the Red Devils Manchester United, who ranked second in the standings, was upset by the deputy squad leader Blackburn at their own home.

Losing these three points widens the points gap with Manchester City to 12 points, but this is not the key.

The point is, it’s okay to be beaten by Manchester City at home, and now it’s been blown up by the deputy squad leader. This is a serious blow to Manchester United’s morale.

Ferguson said after the game that he was very disappointed with the game.

The media also slammed the previous advocacy, one after another, badmouthing Manchester United, believing that the Premier League champion has lost its suspense.