Manchester City won the top spot.

This result may be just a small setback that can be accepted calmly for Ancelotti, but it is of great significance to Manchester City and even the entire Premier League, because this victory is not only one game less than Chelsea in points, but only a four-point gap. The more profound impact is that this avoids Chelsea really going well and prevents the Premier League's championship drama from losing suspense too early.

The next day, major media in England sang hymns to Manchester City's victory, especially Manchester's local Manchester Evening News, which claimed that this victory marked a change in Manchester City's identity in the league, from a challenger to a strong contender for the league championship. After Linson won the first leg of the match with Ancelotti, he also became the only head coach in the Premier League to maintain an unbeaten record against the four traditional giants, which made the media start to give Linson various names. Previously, after leading Manchester City to win six consecutive victories, the media once gave Linson the name Mourinho II. Unfortunately, Manchester City encountered an embarrassing four consecutive draws, and this statement was also rumored to be a joke, but now, this name has returned to Linson again.

Changing to the wind has always been a glorious tradition of the media.

With the momentum of defeating Chelsea, in the mid-week League Cup quarter-finals, Manchester City, who encountered Arsenal for the second time this season, defeated his opponent three to zero at home and advanced to the semi-finals. However, compared with the previous match between the two sides, the value of this game is destined to be a discount, because the game looks more like Arsenal "walking" Manchester City to advance, and it is different from Lin Sen's lineup that retains half the main lineup. In this game, Wenger directly changed the main lineup to the sky, and even the goalkeeper who doesn't have to worry about physical fitness issues was replaced by No. 2 goalkeeper Fabianski.

In this case, it is naturally not that Wenger really wants to "take" Manchester City. There are many reasons. First of all, the two teams have different positionings for this event. Although Arsenal has missed the championship for several years, in terms of hunger, it is obviously not as hungry as Manchester City. Secondly, in the league over the weekend, Arsenal will face a tough battle because their opponent is Liverpool. In addition to the above two reasons, there is another potential factor that forces Wenger to stay, that is, the intensive schedule next.

With the arrival of Christmas in the West, other European leagues generally enter a winter break when Christmas comes, which is to adapt to the festival. At the same time, because the weather in Europe is cold at this time is not suitable for the game, this short winter break is the best time to adjust both for the team and the players. Several top European leagues, such as La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, generally have a winter break period of half a month to one month at this time. However, this does not include the Premier League. Not only does there not have a winter break period, the entire December can also be regarded as the most intense month in a season in the Premier League.

Taking Arsenal this season as an example, they will have six league games to play in December. This is almost twice the previous one. In addition, there are already eight games in the League Cup with Manchester City and the Champions League with Olympiacos. If it weren't for the delay in this year's FA Cup, this number might even increase, but even so, playing eight league games a month. Averages less than four days per game, this is destined to be a test of physical fitness for any team. What's more, the technical Arsenal.

There is no winter break in the Premier League, and the head coach complains about this almost every year. According to the survey of the Players Union, more than 80% of the players support setting the winter break. The FA said that they consider it every year, but it is almost always left behind. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of interests. Simply put, the interests of the players are far less important than the interests of the fans. It is more important for fans to take a good holiday home during Christmas.

Therefore, Wenger, who knows that the fierce schedule of December, will keep his strength, which is completely within an understandable range. On the contrary, Lin Sen thought that Manchester City had been used to a week of double games before. Although there were many events in December, it was not enough to make him stretched. Therefore, in the game against Arsenal, although he had rotated the lineup, he still became half the main player.

Manchester City's League Cup promotion was guaranteed, but Lin Sen quickly suffered.

In the 16th round of the Premier League, when the British media were unanimously optimistic, Manchester City, who was away from Reebok Stadium, encountered a head-on blow from Bolton, who was deeply trapped in the relegation zone, and finally revealed the biggest upset in this round, zero to two, Manchester City's record of unbeaten in the 14-game league. Adhering to the practice of being unlucky this season, only Arsenal won in this league, and several other giants were either tied or lost. Manchester United and Tottenham all lost to their opponents at home, while the leader Chelsea was tied three to three by Everton at home, which was the only comfort for Manchester City.

But the unlucky thing is not over. In the following seventeenth round, facing Tottenham Hotspur with Redknapp, Manchester City and the opponent staged a goal battle, but no one got the benefits in the end. The score was three to three, and Manchester City could not win in two rounds. This time, Arsenal, who was "departed" from the main force in the last round, was tied by Burnley away, while other giants won one after another.

After two rounds of league games, the gap that was finally approaching against Chelsea, was once again returned to the starting point, and was surpassed by Manchester United by one point in the rankings. Mourinho II, who was just worn by the media, was taken off again in a blink of an eye. The roller coaster-like feeling that Manchester City fans were familiar with in the past returned to them again.

December 17th, mcfc bar.

"Damn De Jong! His x-something made him scare him out of a lunatic. Lin Zhen should abandon him. Isn't the combination of Vidal and Martinez very good? I really don't understand why Lin let De Jong play in the important game. The ball just now, if it weren't for De Jong's brainless foul, wouldn't it be possible for the Spanish guy to score a goal."

"There's no way. It's better than Dalga Martinez, it's okay to deal with weak teams. When they play together with stronger teams, they're purely seeking death. After all, the two of them are too young. Although De Jong's contribution in offense is not as obvious as these two, his contribution to the team's defense is not comparable to those of these two."

"Sure enough, midfielder still needs to sign ups, so Mascherano is good. Maybe he is the club's winter goal. Didn't Lin praise him specifically in the last game with Liverpool?"

"Wake up, what daydreams in broad daylight? Have you forgotten who Liverpool's coach is?"

...

Like every time I watch football, there are always people who play the role of the Emperor of Understanding Football. Some people who play the role of the team manager, while the people around them are playing the role of the team. The bar is still a lively scene.

Old Miller was still standing at the bar, but his expression was very alert. His eyes were not on the screen of the live game, but on a girl named Aida in the bar. However, this was not because Old Miller was an old pervert. The girl came to visit his granddaughter on vacation from London to visit his granddaughter. The reason why he did this was just to be wary of someone's ill-thinking intentions, because even though the place was his own, it was still a bar after all.

In fact, Old Miller doesn't need to worry at all. Many old customers in the bar watched Ada grow up. To them, Ada is like their own daughter. If there are really some new customers who are bad intentions to try to play the common scenes of teasing folk girls in the bar, then the scene of hero saving beauty will be staged soon. Of course, as long as the head is not filled with mud, as long as you see Ada familiar with others, no one should think that he is long-lasting, because there are too many heroes today.

The game live on screen is the last round of Manchester City's UEFA Europa League. It is home against Bilbao.

With the first round of 8-1, almost all Manchester City fans came to watch this game with a relaxed mood. As long as Manchester City does not lose to their opponents, they can qualify as the first in the group. However, now it seems that this wish, which seemed very easy, is gradually becoming a little difficult.

In this game, Bilbao sent out all the main lineups, obviously looking to take revenge. However, Lin Sen, who was in trouble in the last two rounds of the league, seemed to have no time to deal with the opponent. The starting lineup was all substitutes. Of course, even Athletic Bilbao could not easily handle it. The two teams exchanged a blank roster in the first half, until the 71st minute of the second half, De Jong committed a foul at the front of the penalty area, and Yester used a free kick to open Manchester City's goal. Manchester City, who concealed the ball, launched a Jedi counterattack, but after scoring the goal, Athletic Bilbao began to play steadily, and Manchester City had no choice for a while.

The game time has reached 88 minutes, and the score is still zero to one. Manchester City is behind. Just now, De Jong gave the opponent a free kick at the front of the penalty area, which led to the previous discussion.

Time passed minute by minute, and as the game entered stoppage time, the previously lively bar began to become a little quiet without realizing it. Everyone looked at the screen, including Old Miller, and at this time they also looked away from their granddaughter.

Manchester City has already qualified, but in fact, this game is far from that important. In the end, it is not very different for Manchester City. At least Manchester City fans think so, but this does not mean that Manchester City fans can happily accept the team's loss.

On the screen, Manchester City had already formed a siege against Bilbao's goal at the last moment. After Ireland dribbled the ball, he fell down several times but did not find a chance to shoot. He had to pass the ball to Wright on the right. Facing the opponent's Castillo's press, Wright passed by lightly, and overtook the person from the outside at high speed and entered Bilbao's penalty area.

The air in the bar seemed to be a little heavier in an instant, and almost everyone held their breath.

There was already chaos in front of Bilbao's goal. As soon as Wright entered the penalty area, a defender from Athletic Bilbao rushed to intercept, but Wright had already passed the ball out, an inverted triangle.

The person rushing up was De Jong. The Dutchman didn't even think about it and just shot. The ball hit the opponent's defensive player and bounced to Bellamy's feet. Bellamy reacted quickly, but at this time there were at least three opponent's defensive players around him, and two of them were even hanging their hands on him. He had only had time to touch the ball gently and touched the ball at Wright's feet again.

Little Wright, who came to the edge of the small penalty area, finally did not intend to continue passing the ball this time, just shot from a small angle.
Chapter completed!