N-A-A Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Caught in the storm of public opinion, Manchester City ushered in the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals.
In this match, Pellegrini withstood the pressure of public opinion, insisted on using young players and rotating the lineup, and finally passed smoothly.
Reach the final, just a stone's throw away from the championship.
After this game, although public opinion gradually calmed down, Manchester City has always been the center of public opinion in the Premier League.
Then, in the FA Cup match against Watford, Pellegrini still used a considerable rotation to defeat his Championship opponents with a non-main squad and advance to the next round.
Although the Chilean engineers did not want to give up the FA Cup and the League Cup, they never put in absolute energy in either competition.
At least Xu Ning will basically not play in these two events.
Aces are often used in the most important matches!
However, this also caused Xu Ning to have not appeared in three games!
Thus, a new wave of public opinion bombardment appeared.
What "Xu Ning was tragically abandoned by Pellegrini" ah;
What "Xu Ning swelled after winning the Golden Ball, and his state seriously declined" ah;
What "Xu Ning's award speech angered Pellegrini" ah;
What "Xu Ning meteor appeared career over" ah;
All of this is the case!
It was as if something so big had really happened between Xu Ning and Manchester City.
It made Manchester City fans a little panicked.
Every day outside the Etihad training base, many Manchester City fans gathered there to pull banners, hoping that Xu Ning could play, hoping that Xu Ning would not have conflicts with the club.
That crazy posture lasted for a week.
Other teams are watching the jokes.
In their opinion, the more things happen to Manchester City, the better.
So they have a chance to catch up with Manchester City and win the Premier League title!
However, all the rumours and doubts, all the turmoil and the vortex, were broken by Manchester City's away game against Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend!
Xu Ning made his debut!
This is his first appearance after missing three consecutive matches!
Then, Xu Ning, who had held back for three games, told everyone with practical actions who is the real master of this world football!
Crazy Big Four!
In the first half, he single-handedly crushed the Tottenham defence and scored twice.
Tottenham, which was already on the verge of collapse in the second half, could not stop Xu Ning's repeated dimensionality reduction blows, and was scored two goals by Xu Ning.
Coupled with David Silva, who returned from injury, also scored a long-range goal, Manchester City beat Tottenham 5-1 away.
This result really shocked everyone beyond words.
You know, Manchester City's record in the latest period has not been consistent.
Tottenham are also second-tier teams in the table, just two points behind Liverpool before this game, and are serious contenders for Champions League qualification.
But such a Tottenham is still played by Manchester City without temper.
Obviously, Manchester City have adjusted to their best.
Manchester City in the first half of the season are back!
A win brought City's points advantage back to 15 points, with Chelsea and Arsenal staring at them almost desperately.
Encountering such an unbeatable Manchester City is simply the sadness of all teams.
And the good news doesn't stop there, Keylor, who was the most injured of the season in the first half, recovered from more than three months and was also to the point where he could participate in team training.
Now, Manchester City's soldiers are strong, and all the arrogant soldiers in the team are rubbing their fists, and they are full of spirit!
It's hard to imagine any team that could stop Manchester City from reaching the top!
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The irrational arrangement of the fixtures has caused Manchester City to suffer a series of big matches.
Just after playing Tottenham, he will immediately return home to face Chelsea.
Well, another battle at the top of the list is coming.
Chelsea overtook Arsenal on goal difference to second place in the table.
Although the gap between Chelsea and Manchester City is too large, in any case, from the point of view of the standings, it is indeed a battle for the top of the table.
Now, Xu Ning can really understand why the internal friction of the Premier League is the most serious.
What a strong team!
As strong as Manchester City, it will also face the challenge of strong teams such as Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham.
Mid-table teams are often not willing to be lonely, and they dare to do it with you when they encounter it.
Not to mention that the relegation teams are fighting to the death in order not to be relegated.
The Premier League with such a level of excitement is not comparable to other leagues at all.
Interestingly, Manchester City were concentrating on preparing for the game against Chelsea.
Unexpectedly, Mourinho, who was not willing to be lonely, stood up again and began to use the media and public opinion to put pressure on Manchester City to create trouble.
In terms of psychological warfare, Mourinho is definitely a good hand!
"In this game, we will use the strongest attack to defeat Manchester City's defense!"
'Although Manchester City are strong in attack, there is no denying that their defence is not very good.
"The reason why Manchester City's poor defence has not yet exposed fatal problems is only because it has been overshadowed by excellent attack!"
"In this game, we will be the first team to win against Manchester City!"
Such a horizontal knife immediately said the tactical arrangement in public, which made everyone a little shocked.
After all, the tactical arrangement of a game is often very important, and surprise is likely to make the opponent unable to react, and thus lose the initiative.
But Mourinho's announcement of tactics so magnificently did not directly lose the lead?
Of course, no one thinks Mourinho is fooling people.
Although the Magic Birds coach the team gives the impression of solid and iron-blooded defense, strong tactical discipline and extremely fast and lethal counter-attacks.
But that doesn't mean the Magic Birds' team won't attack.
Offense and defense are often only relative.
But the question is, is it really a good idea to go against Manchester City?
Liverpool have done this before!
Then the result was that Liverpool ceded second place in the table.
Obviously, compared to attack, no team is Manchester City's opponent.
Even, Xu Ning alone is worth all the offensive firepower of a team.
The data speaks for itself!
In the 23 league rounds that have ended, Xu Ning has scored an incredible 45 goals.
And this statistic actually exceeds the number of goals scored by the other 18 clubs except Liverpool.
Even Liverpool, which scored the second most goals, scored only 52 goals in the team, seven more than Xu Ning's personal goals.
And the other teams, the whole team combined is not as much as Xu Ning scored more goals alone.
This is the cruel truth of disconnection.
At least Chelsea didn't score more goals than Xu Ning alone.
So, excuse me, what does Chelsea take against Manchester City?
By Torres, who can't find the state at all?
Relying on Dembaba who hasn't played a few games in a season?
Or by that cheetah Eto'o, who can't run anymore?
Even Chelsea's long-standing midfielder Frank Lampard has declined due to age.
Who gave Jose Mourinho the courage to go against Manchester City?
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