Chapter 078 Who's Responsibility
"This is Zhang Yang's team! This Chinese guy successfully stole the hearts of all Manchester City fans in just four months! In the game against Manchester United, he is the real Warrior! Until the last moment, he still did not give up! He won the showdown with Cristiano Ronaldo, and Manchester City also defeated Manchester United! The points of this pair of Manchester's brother team have never been so close after fifteen rounds of the league! At the end of this season, we don't know where Manchester City can rank, but at this moment, at least half of the population of this city is shouting long live for a Chinese guy! He is the prince on one side of the city!" - "Manchester Guardian"
"Although the results of the European Golden Ball Awards have not been announced yet, and although Cristiano Ronaldo is still the most likely star to win, this time, Zhang Yang won! He led his team to beat Manchester United away! While avenging a revenge, the Chinese striker also raised his league goals to 18 goals! This is an amazing data, who is ranked second? Chelsea's Anelka, how many goals does this former Manchester City scorer score? Ten! Although the Premier League in the 2008/2009 season are only halfway, we have to say that the most suspense thing this season has long happened, that is, the competition for the Premier League Golden Boot. Unless Zhang Yang has a long injury, the Chinese scorer will book this honor!" - The Times
"Argentina six to two at home, and Manchester United four to three away! This is the answer that Manchester City has delivered in the past two weeks! After four rounds of defeat, under the leadership of Zhang Yang, the energy emitted by the Blue Moon is enough to overturn the roof of the entire league!" - "Daily Mirror"
"Zhang Yang directed a great victory, Manchester City won Manchester United four-3 away! Now, in the standings, Mark Hughes's team's points reached 27 points, ahead of them are Liverpool and Chelsea, with 31 points. Manchester United has 28 points, and they have one more point than Manchester City. After a crucial victory, Arsenal not only temporarily came out of the 2-6 loss to Manchester City, but their points also reached 26 points, only one point behind Manchester City and ranked fifth. However, it is worth mentioning that Liverpool has one less game, and their game with West Ham United will not be held until tomorrow!" - The official website of the English Football Super League!
After the game, Zhang Yang and Manchester City became the focus of countless media praise, especially Zhang Yang, which won overwhelming praise. The media put Manchester City's win against Arsenal 6-2 at home and the away game against Manchester United 4-3 away, saying that the past two weeks are enough to be recorded in Manchester City's team history.
On the official website of the English Premier League, Zhang Yang's performance was also highly praised, praising Manchester City's current points ranking in the league.
Arsenal was also praised at the same time as Manchester City. This team that was massacred by Manchester City six-to-two in the last game. This round of visiting Stamford Bridge Stadium, Arsenal won 2-1 away against Chelsea when everyone was not optimistic!
All three goals in this game came from Arsenal players. A Chelsea attack on the right in the first half caused Arsenal central defender Julu to score an own goal. However, in the second half, Arsenal scored twice in three minutes to overtake the score. However, the biggest controversy after the game occurred when Arsenal equalized the goal. Van Persie's first goal was an obvious offside!
However, Van Persie's second goal is undisputed. The problem is mainly focused on the first goal!
After this round of game, the days of media reporters were so comfortable. They didn't need to think about how to write reports at all. There are too many highlights waiting for them to hype the score between Manchester United and Manchester City and the London derby between Chelsea and Arsenal.
The direct dialogue between Zhang Yang and Cristiano Ronaldo, Zhang Yang's successful revenge, is the highlight of the Manchester derby.
The biggest highlight or focus of attention between Chelsea and Arsenal is the controversy of the goal that equalized the score by Van Persie!
"Offside? Not offside? After Chelsea lost 1-2 to Arsenal at home, all the focus was on whether Van Persie's goal to equalize the score for the Gunners was in an offside position. Slow motion showed that the Dutchman was obviously in an offside position when receiving. Although Wenger and Van Persie themselves cleverly avoided this question, Blues coach Scolari could not contain his anger at all.
Indeed, a somewhat cowardly loss at Stamford Bridge made the Brazilian unacceptable. After losing this game, although Chelsea is now tied for the first place in the standings with Liverpool, the game between Liverpool and West Ham United has not yet been held. Once Liverpool wins, Chelsea will be squeezed to second place! Moreover, losing to Arsenal ends the Blues' proud record of 86 consecutive home unbeaten games. In addition, most importantly, Chelsea stopped moving forward, and Arsenal took the opportunity to narrow the points gap with Chelsea! Scolari was furious. After the game, he spoke sharply and sarcastically on the referee of this game..." - The Guardian
"When did you hear me say the referee is not? Never! After coming to Chelsea, we experienced 15 league games, 4 Champions League games, and the League Cup, etc. I never said anything to the referee, but now it's different. I'm not asking the referee to anything. I just want them to watch TV tomorrow, let the referee and assistant referee know that they are wrong, and say 'sorry'." Scolari broke out at the post-match press conference. He was indeed angry because the meaning of this game is indeed extraordinary. Chelsea could have widened the points gap with Arsenal. Once Arsenal loses a two-to-six-scoring derby to Manchester City, if Wenger's team may have suffered a big trough, which is undoubtedly what Scolari and Chelsea are willing to see! Unfortunately, the result went against their expectations.
"Everyone makes mistakes, but the assistant referee ruined my team. Players make mistakes, isn't it a mistake to make mistakes? But I still hope that the referee is not aimed at my team on purpose." Scolari, who was falling and falling, had no intention of stopping venting. "After losing the ball due to a misjudgment, it's hard for us to play, because it's hard for the players to concentrate. It's the assistant referee ruined my team. We lost because a goal that shouldn't be a goal, a goal that changed the result. If we win, Arsenal will be 10 points behind us, and they will lose hope of competing for the Premier League championship this season, but it's different now."
A day later, the result of the Liverpool and West Ham United match was frozen in a draw, Liverpool scored a point, and they also surpassed Chelsea and were able to enjoy the feeling of leading the team alone.
Now. In the 2008/2009 Premier League season, Liverpool ranked first with 32 points, Chelsea ranked second with 31 points, and Real Madrid with 28 points. The fourth place is Manchester City, and their points are 27 points. Arsenal followed closely behind with 27 points, and Aston Villa ranked sixth in the league with 25 points. As for the dark horse Hull City in the league, their dark horse character has been much dimmed at this time. Now they have 23 points, ranking seventh in the league.
The Premier League is unprecedentedly lively.
Liverpool has changed its decline in previous seasons and is in the lead position. Can Chelsea, led by Scolari, "return of the king"? Can Manchester United defend their title successfully? Can Manchester City continue this shocking upward trend? Can Arsenal maintain the glory of BIG4?
In the endless saliva after the game, the 16th round of the Premier League came quietly.
On December 6, the 2008/2009 Premier League season quietly arrived.
Manchester City played away against Fulham, and this time he was away from London. Facing this opponent with average strength, I don’t know if it was a continuous fierce battle with Arsenal and Manchester United, which consumed the strength of Manchester City and made their energy overdrawn.
In the end, Manchester City was tied by Fulham away. Ellano got a fantastic start for Manchester City. However, after ten minutes of the second half, Zhang Yang had to be replaced by Sturridge because he was tackled by his opponent. In this case, Manchester City head coach Mark Hughes's conservative character was once again reflected, and he once again used a conservative strategy just to be able to defend a goal lead!
Unfortunately, Fulham still tied the score when the game was 73 minutes old.
In the end, Manchester City and Fulham drew 1-1.
After the game, Zhang Yang's face looked extremely ugly. He refused all media interviews and walked straight back to the locker room. On the next day, the news suddenly broke out in the Sun. In the players' locker room after the game, Zhang Yang and Mark Hughes had a fierce quarrel! Although the content of the quarrel is unknown, it is certain that the two people had a quarrel. This shows that Mark Hughes' expression was quite bad at the post-game press conference. As the most active star in the game, Zhang Yang was awarded the best player in the game, but he still missed the post-game press conference.
However, both Zhang Yang and Mark Hughes firmly denied the incident reported by the Sun!
The official website of Manchester City Club even warned the Sun not to spread rumors and cause trouble, which would affect Manchester City's current excellent condition. Moreover, considering the poor relationship between The Sun and Zhang Yang before, the Sun's move is devastating.
In other games in this round of league games, Hull City 2-1 Middlesbrough; Liverpool 3-1 Blackburn away; Arsenal 1-0 Vigan Athletics at home; Chelsea 2-0 Bolton away; Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland; Aston Villa 3-2 Everton away!
Among the top seven teams in the league, except for Manchester City who were tied by their opponents, all other teams won!
Now, in the league standings, Liverpool leads with 35 points, Chelsea follows with 34 points, Manchester United ranked third with 31 points, while Arsenal and Manchester City both scored 29 points, Manchester City ranked fourth with goal difference, Aston Villa and Hull City ranked sixth and seventh respectively!
After this round of the game, the media once again raised a new question about Manchester City.
That is, when this team is not stable enough and plays well, it can now beat Arsenal and Manchester United. However, Manchester City will have regular "dormant" and will lose points in the games of some teams with average strength.
The Times said in his column, "Manchester City lacks coherence, which is the biggest problem that a team has to face. We cannot even blame Zhang Yang at this time. As a newcomer and as the team's new banner, he has done well enough. Since Zhang Yang has done well enough, other players seem to be held accountable, so who should bear the responsibility..."
Below this comment, it is interesting to be accompanied by a photo. Zhang Yang was replaced due to injury in the game against Fulham and went straight to the locker room. Mark Hughes looked at the field with an anxious look on his face. Manchester City's flag and their coach walked with his back to the other side...
PS: I went out all day today, and the pig head was so tired that I was drowsy. This is the update today. The fifth update tomorrow will be guaranteed, which is the third update tomorrow, plus the two updates that I have not received today.
Chapter completed!