Chapter 984: Negative Manchester City Loses 2 Games in a Row

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When they had a private meeting with Florentino Lafayette in the fishing port, Manchester City lost 2:3 at home to Crystal Palace. Zhuo Yang was too embarrassed to call Guardiola, fearing that he would be told that he was a joke.

When Zhongnan was enjoying his family life, Manchester City lost 1:2 away to Leicester City. It's even worse for Zhuo Yang to call back. To express condolences to the grumpy old melon is to rub salt into his wounds.

Manchester City, without Zhuo Yang, will never become an underdog. In theory, it is still a top powerhouse and has the ability to win the Premier League. Losing two consecutive games to an opponent who is not the main opponent is a bit fantasy.

Things have to start from the beginning.

After returning from the Club World Cup with great honors, Guardiola, who was eager to clean up the team's habit of "gnawing at the old", not only did not have a holiday on Christmas Day, but instead conducted relatively high-intensity training.

There is no Christmas holiday in the Premier League, and Christmas training and even games are commonplace. But if the schedule is coincidental and conditions permit, the head coach is still willing to give the team a holiday on Christmas. Not to mention the players, the coaching staff and staff also want to spend the holidays with their families, right?

Manchester City finished the Club World Cup final on the 23rd and returned to Manchester on the 24th. The match against Crystal Palace was at home on the 27th, so there was no reason to have a day off on Christmas other than the 25th, not to mention that this was a group of guys who had just won a heavyweight championship.

The tyrant Guardiola doesn't allow for explanation. No one is late and no one is absent, but it is certain that he has emotions in his heart. After working hard for two days, the league match against Crystal Palace came.

Coupled with the "gnawing at the old" mode that has gradually become ingrained since the beginning of the new season, deliberately confronting the old melon is out of the question, but the negative attitude towards the game is widespread.

In fact, the game was not unsightly. On the contrary, all statistics were normal. Manchester City's ball possession rate even reached 73%. But there is no such thing as that inexplicable 'qi'.

In the 27th minute, Walker made a long pass, Sane transferred, Delph made a cross, and Gundogan's header gave Manchester City a 1:0 lead. It was normal.

Crystal Palace's 28-year-old winger Andros Townsend has never been a nobody. The Premier League is full of his kind. But on this day at the end of 2018, he played the best performance of his career.

In the 33rd minute, after Townsend stirred up trouble with the ball on the right, he suddenly moved to the left. Scottish midfielder MacArthur received the ball and passed it through. Ghanaian-German winger Jeffrey Schlupp cut into the ribs and fired a cold shot. 1:1.

Two minutes later, Zaha won a free kick in the frontcourt for Crystal Palace. After Schlupp's kick was cleared by Laporte, Townsend followed up and directly volleyed with his left foot to create an unsolvable world wave. Wow, 2:1. The away team comes first.

Five minutes into the second half, Bisaka made a pass from the right, and Townsend wedged his head against the goal post. It bounced back and was still under his feet, and then it was possessed by Zhuoyang in various ways, until Walker couldn't bear it and knocked him over.

Without Zhuoyang's penalty bug, Ederson would be a fool. Serbian midfielder Milivojevic rewritten the score to 3:1.

Have you ever seen a 2-4-4 formation? We can meet today. Lao Gua replaced Otamendi and Delph in succession, replacing Aguero and Debutine who had returned from injury. But it wasn't until the 87th minute that Ding Ding scored from a distance and the final score was 3:2.

There are so many strong men in the Premier League. After the game, Townsend was named the man of the match. England was surrounded by wolves, and no one expected that Crystal Palace would become the team that broke Manchester City's unbeaten streak. Coach Huo Taigong Qisen was so poetic and distant.

Guardiola was left in a state of complacency. After the game, he immediately announced that the entire team would enter a closed training camp.

The Manchester City soldiers succumbed to Guardiola's power and did not dare to get angry or speak out. Due to the sluggish state of the continuous campaign, the inertia and negative emotions, various factors were superimposed. The team went away to face Leicester City on the 30th.

Before going to the Club World Cup, Manchester City's last game was a 3:1 victory over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium. Zhuoyang scored two shots and passed a ball. It was a League Cup game.

Less than two weeks later, everything changed. The best player this time was Portuguese full-back Ricardo Pereira. This guy almost blasted Manchester City's left wing and reversed the situation with a blast in the 82nd minute. score. 1:2, Manchester City lost two games in a row.

Who would have thought that the arrogant Manchester City would just run away? Everything came very suddenly and very smoothly.

At the end of the year, this is called the half-way. After 20 rounds, Uncle Zha's Liverpool remained unbeaten with 15 wins, 5 draws and 50 points. Manchester City had 15 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, with 48 points and handed over the half-way championship.

Everyone was immersed in the climax of Manchester City's triumphant victory and Zhuo Yang's Mad Hatter. Only then did they realize that Liverpool had been chasing so closely without a trace. Without paying attention, they overtook the other team at a corner. No wonder Guardiola kept keeping tight. nerve.

Not only that, Tottenham, who had 15 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in 20 games and accumulated 47 points, also took the opportunity to grab Manchester City's butt to see what the fuss was about.

Other teams are still far behind. Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United are all hovering around 30+~40 points, and then there are Wolves, Leicester City, Everton and other teams with 20+ points. The three heroes of the Premier League have become a competition for hegemony. .

Now it seems that although Lao Gua did not expect to be defeated by Crystal Palace and Leicester City, his previous warning of "gnawing on the old and lying down" was indeed foresight.

Manchester City is very strong, but it has never been a team that can fight hard in adversity. The players have a somewhat aristocratic temperament. With well-equipped equipment and excellent personal qualities, you can push your enemies to the ground and rub them against you in a smooth battle. But when you encounter a tough team, I won't argue with you.

Guardiola's pass-and-control football is exquisite football, and exquisite people never struggle in the wind and rain, so Lao Gua is not a tough guy coach in adversity. He is used to relying on absolute strength and technical advantages to slowly train his opponents.

No matter Barcelona, ​​Bayern or Manchester City, the teams coached by Lao Gua always have such hidden weaknesses, and sometimes they lose inexplicably.

There is no shortage of tough guys on the football field, but personal temperament cannot be equated with the overall temperament of the team. Lao Gua is a person with a strong aura. Only a player with a stronger aura than him can affect the team's adversity on the field. Ability, such as Zhuo Yang.

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"Brother, why don't you call me to comfort me?" Zhuoyang was embarrassed, but Lao Gua couldn't hold back and called him. "What should I do if the league champion loses?"

"What do you mean? Otherwise the Asian Cup won't be played and I'll go back now?"

"Alas -" Lao Gua sighed: "When you come back holding the Asian Championship trophy, our champion is gone. Brother, am I useless?"

"Be more confident and get rid of it." If Zhuo Yang really wants to abandon the Asian Cup Fire King, Lao Gua is really useless.

"Zhuoyang, are you worried about the next game?"

The first game of the new year is Manchester City vs. Liverpool at home. If they lose again, the gap will widen to 5 points. With Uncle Zha's urine this season, Manchester City will basically not be able to catch up.

"What's going on? Can I ask Klopp to let us go?"

"Oh shit, who needs to be let go?" Lao Gua begged for mercy, and succeeded in being aroused by Zhuo Yang. "Sir Zhuoyang, I'm leaving my words here today. If we lose again, I will resign immediately. You can follow your Brother Tazi when you come back."

"Quack quack~~" Zhuo Yang smiled happily from the air.

Having said that, if Manchester City really loses three games in a row, Guardiola will be unable to resign even if he wants to, and Zhuoyang will not agree in the first place.

After putting down the phone and thinking for a long time, Zhuoyang called Debich and Kompany respectively to explain. After thinking about it, he called Akun's mobile phone again and gave the same instructions.

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