Chapter Sixty-Eight

"This is a very crucial three-pointer! We have entered the championship!"

The next day, many media used Wan Sheng's speech as a headline to report Arsenal's home game against Manchester City. This game received a lot of attention. The key is that Arsenal are a strong team in the championship. After that, they also ranked third in the league, and Manchester City, led by Wan Sheng, achieved better results. They were the second in the league and the only team that has not been pulled too far by Chelsea.

The game between the two teams is very eye-catching, so many people pay attention to the results of the game the next day, and what Wansheng said in an interview also attracted a lot of attention.

If before this game, Wan Sheng talked about Manchester City entering the championship competition, many people would have dismissed it. In the eyes of the public, Manchester City's performance is good, but they have no rich heritage, the depth of the bench is too shallow, and the main lineup is too young. Young, even if the results are good for a while, it is difficult to persist until the end of the season.

But this away victory against Arsenal made everyone realize a 'terrible' fact, this Manchester City has the ability to compete for the championship!

Look, they both won at Highbury!

In ten rounds, with nine wins and one draw, they have successively defeated Manchester United, Newcastle United, Derby County and Arsenal. These so-called 'teams that may compete for the championship' have all been defeated by Manchester City. Arsenal and Manchester United are still home defeats. , this Manchester City is really terrible.

"He said that Manchester City are qualified to enter the championship!? I am not surprised at all. When the Chinese went to Manchester City, I knew that he wanted to win the championship. Like me, he has a heart to fight for the championship. He will not Willing to be dull, I dare say that this season, Manchester City will be our biggest. And the only competitor!" Mourinho said in an interview the next afternoon, before the Chelsea and Everton league match.

Having said that, the Portuguese didn't care much on his face, and his mind seemed to be more on the upcoming game.

Media reporters did not delve into Mourinho's words. Maybe they have that in mind. But it was quickly overshadowed by the bigger news - David Morse's side drew Chelsea at their home at Goodson Park amid the perception that Everton could not stop Chelsea!

Previously, Chelsea had completed their nine-game winning streak, and they dominated the league table with a very strong attitude, but this draw brought their momentum to an abrupt end.

Previously, Everton, the home team, was about to fall to the bottom of the league.

It's a battle of top and bottom. But in the end the unexpected is. Everton stopped Chelsea, Chelsea's dream of a perfect ten-game winning streak was ended by the Toffees, the British news agency jokingly said, "Chelsea came to Moseyside and talked about winning the title at Christmas and dominating football for 100 years, but Egypt. Fulton obviously disagrees with that."

Although Everton are at the bottom, they have a "habit" of ending the good momentum of others in history.

In 1969, they ended Leeds' 34-game unbeaten run.

1988. Liverpool's 29-game unbeaten run was also ended by them.

Arsenal's 30-game unbeaten run was broken at Goodison Park in 2002 before a 49-game unbeaten run.

Now. Chelsea's 10-game winning streak dream was ruined in the hands of the Toffees.

In the game, Everton fought very fiercely. They used their bodies to make up for their lack of strength and technology. From the content of the game, Everton played very tenaciously and could proudly leave the stadium with a draw, but from the specific details Judging from the fact that there were also controversial waves in the 90 minutes, Mourinho expressed his strong dissatisfaction with the referee's penalty after the game.

"We didn't win? We scored two goals. Under normal circumstances, we won." The two goals Mourinho said, one was a wonderful long-range shot by Lampard, which equalized the score. The other was Drogba's subsequent single-handed goal, which was ruled offside by the referee.

Mourinho expressed his dissatisfaction with the penalty of the second ball in his own way, "I don't need to watch the video at all, the ball is very clear (it is a good ball)."

Perhaps Mourinho's complaints were justified, and it was a good shot indeed.

In the 62nd minute, Lampard made a clever direct pass. Drogba threw off the entire line of defense and stood out, turned and kicked the ball into the goal. At this time, the linesman raised the flag to signal offside, and he caught the offside position. Gudjansson, but the problem is that the Icelander is walking "leisurely" outside the box, not participating in the attack or interfering with the defense, and Drogba, who scored, is not offside, which is a perfect match in terms of rules. strike.

But Mourinho ignored another penalty in the second half.

In the 83rd minute, Everton counterattacked, Bent shot from outside the penalty area, Terry opened his arms from the penalty area and flew forward to intercept it. The ball hit his left arm. A penalty kick was awarded, but the referee Clattenberg signaled the game to continue.

When asked after the game if it should have been a penalty, Mourinho's answer was simple, "no way".

Despite his dissatisfaction with the referee, Mourinho showed respect for Everton. "Their fighting spirit is commendable. The problem is not with them, but with the linesman."

Such a direct attack on the referee, Mourinho once again showed his bluntness Mourinho appeared to be furious and responded in a unique way to Sky Sports reporters after a 1-1 draw with Everton question.

When asked how he felt about Chelsea's winning streak being ended, Mourinho's answer was startling, and he also left a strange question and answer.

Mourinho: "We didn't win? We didn't win?" the Portuguese asked the reporter.

"Yes, the final score is 1-1, don't you know?"

"I don't know, I thought it was 2-1 and we controlled the game and scored two great goals. Under normal circumstances, it's a win, so it's a little difficult for me to answer your words. Say, we won."

The question and answer will continue.

When Mourinho was asked if he was sure the ball was a good one and whether he needed to watch the video, Mourinho replied simply, "Not at all, I don't want to watch it, it's clear to me, I watch it. When it comes to the reaction of the players. I know the movement on the field and there is nothing wrong with that ball."

The Q&A then returned to normal, with Mourinho thinking that Chelsea were the better side, but Everton also earned respect. "We played better. But I want to praise their hard work and fighting spirit today. The fans at home are also amazing. In this game, they had about 30,000 referees. The fans have a lot of influence on the game. For a team, the support is amazing."

"Everton have a whole squad of fighters. They'll get more points in the future. It's a battle of equals, they played aggressively, but they did it right."

In the end, Mourinho still did not forget to mock the linesman, "We scored two goals, you should ask the linesman why that goal is not counted, should he protect the interests of the attacking side, we scored two goals "But it's not Everton's problem, it's the linesman's problem."

certainly. The above is Mourinho's view. Everton coach Moyes also has a different view. According to him, Everton should win 2-1. First, Drogba's penalty was right, and secondly, Terry A penalty kick is awarded for handball.

"I think Gudjansson's position might interfere with the game," Moyes said. "I think it has to be called offside because he's in his position to affect the course of the game."

"Terry's handball, I think it should be a penalty, Terry went to block the shot, but the ball hit his arm, not his chest."

The next thing the media asked about was Everton's situation. Everton's performance has been underestimated so far. David Moyes is under a lot of pressure. He talked about some related issues, but perhaps it was their poor performance. , which made this draw so conspicuous - no one could have imagined that it would be Everton who would end Chelsea's winning streak.

At the same time, some media quoted Wansheng's words again to report on the game - this is a very crucial three-pointer!

Yes, very crucial!

Manchester City won against Arsenal and Chelsea drew with Everton. They were only two points apart. This 'crucial' three points leveled the gap between Manchester City and Chelsea, so Chelsea and Manchester City competed for the top of the league table. It immediately became the focus of attention all over England and even Europe.

In the ten rounds of the league, both teams have 9 wins and 1 draw, accumulating 28 points, but after the statistics, Chelsea still occupies the top of the league table with a slight advantage-they scored 24 goals and conceded 3 goals, and Manchester City also only lost 3 goals. 3 goals, but one less goal, 23 goals.

This may have given Chelsea supporters a sigh of relief.

Even if they draw a game, they still stay in the top position in the league, but they have to accept the fact that their top position in the league is not stable, and they must face the hot pursuit of Manchester City behind them. Negligence, or even a little bit of poor performance, Manchester City is likely to surpass them and win the throne of the league.

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The competition between Chelsea and Manchester City at the top of the league table is being reported by the outside world, and these reports have also affected the Manchester City team. After the re-convergence of training, many people are discussing the topic of competition between the team and Chelsea in the league, and they will also look forward to the league championship. When it comes to these, everyone is very happy. For most of the players in the team, they never thought about winning the championship before the season. They just thought it would be good for the team to enter a European competition. Some, attract more media attention and let the outside world evaluate themselves higher, and that's all, but what I didn't expect is that they became the only team in the league to compare and compete with Chelsea, and then they also got more attention.

As the outside world pays more attention to the team, each of them will receive more attention, and every game is worth looking forward to.

When it comes to these, everyone is very interested. After all, there is no player who does not want to be famous. Even those veterans want to shine some more at the end of their careers.

The only inactive member of the team is Anelka.

In the last game, Anelka's performance was not bad, because he scored a goal, but after the game, the media attributed the reason for Manchester City's victory to the substitution in the second half. As a result, what attracted attention was Wansheng, who made the substitution decision, and Darren Bent, who was replaced, became a player who was not performing well and was replaced.

There wasn't much media criticism of him, but Anelka still felt bad.

On the day off after the game, he didn't go out. He just talked to his brother about the game. He was very dissatisfied with being replaced. He also thought that if he was on the court, he would definitely be able to score two more goals. A hat-trick, so he was very dissatisfied with the game that day, and he was also very dissatisfied with Wansheng. When it came to the team, you could imagine how the team would look.

He wanted to show Wan Sheng's face and let the young Chinese coach know that he was dissatisfied with him, but unfortunately, he didn't have a chance for the whole morning-Wan Sheng didn't show up at the training ground at all, and it was impossible for him to lose his temper. As for other coaches, because Pierce, who is in charge of training, is his predecessor, in terms of reputation within the team, he is completely inferior to Pierce.

There was no Wan Sheng in the morning, Anelka's training was quite satisfactory. In the afternoon, Wan Sheng appeared at the training ground and began to guide everyone in tactical training.

At this time, Anelka's "temper" came up.

He is always in training and wants to show off his personal skills, so that when the football is at his feet, there is no way to continue tactical training.

Diamares blew the whistle, suspended training, ran over and said, "Nicolas, you should pass the ball to the right, and Lee will follow!"

Anelka just wanted to express his dissatisfaction, and naturally he didn't cooperate at all.

As Diamares spoke, he kept nodding as if to make it clear, but when the training resumed, he was the same as before.

Diamares spoke to him three times in a row, which was of no use at all, and Pierce ran over and said a few words.

At this moment, Wan Sheng walked over, pointed to Anelka and said, "Since you can't do well, go to the yellow team (substitute)." Then he looked at Darren Bent, "You and him Swap, go to the red team (main force)."

Anelka immediately glared at Wansheng.

But Wansheng didn't mean to change his mind at all, he just asked Darren Bent and Anelka to exchange training suits, and Anelka was stalemate about to attack.

He doesn't want to go to the bench, and he's already lost face in front of everyone!

"I won't change! I'll be here!" Anelka replied sternly.

Wan Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a gloomy face, "If you don't obey my arrangements, you don't need to train!"

Anelka roared indifferently after listening, "No training without training, what's the big deal!" After he took off his training uniform, he walked out of the court.

Others were stunned when they saw the quarrel between the two. They didn't expect Anelka to dare to quarrel with Wan Sheng, and they didn't expect Wan Sheng to be tough and terrifying. He can only leave.

At this moment, Wan Sheng stared at Anelka's back and said loudly, "You go out now, you don't have to participate in the team's games in the future. In addition, you will report to the reserve team tomorrow, I don't want to be in my ball. The team sees people who are disobedient!"

Then Wan Sheng ignored Anelka, turned around and shouted, "Training continues!"

The hearts of many people trembled. (To be continued ~^~)