Four days after the game, in midweek, Manchester City face off against city rivals Manchester United in the first leg of the 2o1o2o11 English football league Manchester derby.

The Manchester Guardian even devotes a special page to the history of the Manchester derby.

The clash between the two teams dates back to 12 November 1881, when Manchester City's predecessor Estgorton Saintmarks hosted Manchester United's predecessor Newton Schiff Netonheath, who won by 3O. In the second league match-up, on 3 November 1894, Newton Schiff defeated Manchester City 52 at CapitaRoad Stadium.

Both Manchester City and Manchester United were founded in the late 19th century, but it wasn't until the early 20th century that the Manchester derby began to smack of hatred.

Because they are in the same city, they inevitably have to compete for fan market resources, and the derby hatred is getting deeper and deeper. After the Munich air disaster, Manchester United began to rise to glory, Sir Busby once said in the early 60s: "There are only two teams in the city of Manchester, and that is Manchester United and Manchester United II!" and the great star Dennis Law, who moved to Manchester City from Manchester United in 1974, drove Manchester United out of the top flight with a back-heel goal, which became a peak of derby hatred between the two sides.

In the previous historical meetings between the two sides, Manchester City only had a slight advantage, but the difference in the room of honor between the two sides is like an abyss. Manchester City have only won the top flight twice in the thirties and sixties of the last century, while Manchester United have won the top flight 14 times in total, second only to Liverpool's 18. This is true even in the cup competitions, with Manchester United winning the FA Cup 11 times, the highest of any team in England, while Manchester City are 14th with only four. Manchester City's top honour is the Cup Winners' Cup, while Manchester United is the Champions Cup.

Of course, this was before Yang Fan came to Manchester City, who led them to the cup title last season. Let Manchester City's room of honour not be so embarrassing.

Before Yang Fan came to Manchester City, Manchester City was only that middle and lower team, Manchester City fans didn't care whether the team could win the league or not, but every derby against Manchester United was like a battle of life and death. This generation of Manchester City fans is most talked about by Manchester City's 5-1 victory in the league in 1989, when Ferguson had just taken charge, and although Manchester City had just been promoted to the top league, it dealt a major blow to the city's rivals. Due to poor strength. Manchester City have been like a lift through League One over the past decade, and the fans have remained loyal. As long as they can be satisfied with Manchester United, the fans are already very satisfied.

As a result of official control, the antagonism between the two sides has eased, and at least there has been much less violence among fans. But every time there is a derby, the police still dare not slack off. During the 2oo2 derby, the police posted notices on all seats at the Maine Road Stadium: "No alcoholic beverages shall be sold in the stadium during the derby, and no alcoholic beverages shall be brought into the stadium, and violators will be severely punished!" Almost retired. In 2oo4, Gary overhead McManaman was the latest on-court farce.

At Old Trafford, Manchester City have struggled to take advantage. In recent years, no matter how good the game is, it can only get a draw at most. Prior to Yang Fan's arrival at Manchester City last season, the last time City won at Old Trafford was 31 years ago, when they beat Manchester United 1-1 on 27 April 1974.

Of course. Between the two teams, there is not only hatred, but also a scene of warmth.

Also in the closing stages of the season, on 27 April 1974, they returned to Old Trafford for their second derby, when United were in the relegation zone. Manchester United, who are in the bottom two of the league, have 32 points in 4O, behind Birmingham in the bottom three, when Birmingham scored 35 points in 41 games, Manchester United is three points behind Birmingham, and it was still a two-point system at that time, and the last two games must be won and Birmingham City's last defeat Manchester United can be relegated, and the game is at the beginning stage. Quite uneventful until the 81st minute, Manchester City player Francis. Lee crossed straight into the box and his pass was aimed at former Manchester United player Dennis with his back to goal. Law, Dennis. Law showed the talent of a top scorer as he flicked the ball past oncoming Manchester United goalkeeper Alex with his backheel. Stepney, football goes into the net, and when the rest of his Manchester City team-mates come up to celebrate, Dennis. Lowe understood the consequences of the goal for United and hung his head without any celebration, and at the end of the season, Dennis. Law also announced that he would leave his playing career for good.

In Dennis. After Law's goal, he asked to leave the pitch and walked out of the pitch on his own, he couldn't bear the torture of this emotion, Manchester United has such a special meaning in his heart, he loves this team.

Because of Dennis. Law's goal gave Manchester City a narrow 1-0 win over Manchester United, and Birmingham City's 21-21 home win over Norwich City on the same day to score two precious points, even if Manchester United win, it will not change the doom of relegation to the English Second Division this season.

Despite Dennis. Law felt guilty about it, but it was the most memorable game for Manchester City fans, and to this day, Manchester City fans still refer to "Dennis of the day." Law kicked Manchester United to relegation. In order to stimulate Manchester United fans.

After that, Manchester City gradually declined, and Manchester United really rose.

The antagonism and hatred between the two teams continued to grow, and the Manchester derby was not too hot, but the hottest in England was the Rose derby, which is the match between Manchester United and Leeds United, and the match between Manchester United and Liverpool.

However, in recent seasons, especially after Manchester City became a local tycoon, and Yang Fan was brought to Manchester City by the Arab tycoons for a sky-high price, Manchester City began to threaten Manchester United's dominance, and the danger of the Manchester derby is also rising.

Before the Manchester derby, the media specially interviewed a Manchester United player, that is, Berbatov, why did he find Berbatov, this is because, after Yang Fan transferred to leave Manchester United, Berbatov joined Manchester United, and since then, Berbatov has been labeled as Yang Fan's successor, you know. Berbatov is seven years older than Yang Fan, a twenty-nine-year-old shooter has always been called the successor of a twenty-two-year-old shooter, which makes Berbatov embarrassed!

What's more, Yang Fan's report card at Manchester United is too great, which puts Berbatov under a lot of pressure, and as long as he performs a little badly, he will be taken out and criticized. So much so that Berbatov, who has always been good-tempered, has long been very unhappy.

Mortenson's words. What do you think?" the reporter said about Sky TV commentator Mortenson's previous remarks in an interview about the Manchester derby. The biggest difference between Manchester United and Manchester City is that Manchester City has Yang Fan, while Manchester United is Berbatov, and the two are not stars of the same level at all, which determines the outcome of the game. And this is the reason why Manchester United fans still miss Yang Fan to this day. Dimitar Berbatov is not qualified to be Yang Fan's successor.

The reporter asked Berbatov this, which obviously meant something, after all, everyone on the earth knows that Yang Fan is the number one star in the Manchester City team. The journalist deliberately asked Berbatov this. They knew that the Bulgarians would be irritated by this question.

Sure enough, hear the question. Berbatov, who has always been very honest, couldn't help but go wild, he was tortured by the hat of Yang Fan's successor and was going crazy, at this time, the Bulgarian had a hot head, and a sentence rushed out: "I repeat, I'm not a damn successor, no one is qualified for me to take over." ”

All right. We have to admit that Berbatov fell for the reporters, they knew that the Bulgarians were very sensitive to the word Yang Fan's successor, and they asked him that question in particular, in order to provoke Berbatov, hoping that the Bulgarians would say the wrong thing after being angry. Now, the journalists have succeeded.

They immediately hyped up Berbatov's remarks and amplified them infinitely.

After a certain amount of media publicity and a certain amplification, everyone at Manchester City knew what Berbatov said.

Clearly, Berbatov's words annoyed the Manchester City players.

De Jong was the first to stand up and express his dissatisfaction with Berbatov: "Yes, not all cats and dogs are qualified to be Yang's successors. ”

Silva is now Yang Fan's sworn friend, and he absolutely supports and admires Yang Fan. He naturally stood up and spoke, "He should be glad that he is not playing at the back, otherwise, Yang Fan will blow him up and make him cry." ”

Poor Berbatov, after saying this, felt that something was wrong, but he did not expect that the impact of this incident would be so great, it was equivalent to stabbing the hornet's nest of the Manchester City team, and the players of the Manchester City team, one by one, as if they had seen a bull in the pit bull, raised their horns to attack him.

When Yang Fan was asked by the media what he thought of Berbatov's words, Yang Fan was already irritable, and he said directly, "I believe he did it unintentionally, this sentence may have a misinterpretation, but I have to say that sometimes, if you say it, you have to be responsible!"

Yang Fan didn't say that he was responsible, but the reporters were very happy, and they believed that they understood the meaning behind Yang Fan's words.

At this time, how can you miss the figure of the Manchester City manager, Robert. Mancini was also asked to answer what he thought of the game, and Mancini was much calmer and more sensible, "I believe he just wants to express a player's self-confidence, he should have misinterpreted it......"

However, when asked about the outcome of the game, Mancini was bold enough to say that despite being at Old Trafford, Manchester City still wanted to walk away with a win.

Clearly, the big win at home to Real Madrid and now a top spot in the English League has given Mancini a lot of confidence to be unafraid even against Alex Ferguson's Manchester United.

Commenting on the aggressiveness shown by Manchester City, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said that there are many teams who dream of winning at Old Trafford, but in the end, it turned out that it was just a dream.

The war of words of the coaches, the war of words of the players, and the war of words of the supporters of both sides are endless, all of which are sufficient warm-ups for the upcoming big game, which is like a foreshadowing before the start of a big drama, once the foreshadowing reaches a certain level, it is coming.

11 November 201o, 2O1O2O11 English League Round 12, Manchester Derby.

Manchester United welcomed Manchester City at their home stadium at Old Trafford.

Before the game, countless experts and fans analyzed that Manchester City will play a defensive counter-attack at Old Trafford. After all, no team would dare to play against Manchester United here, and in that case, the result would be a miserable death without exception...... Take a look at the names of the stars in the Manchester United squad, whether it's Wayne Rooney or Nani or even the veteran Ryan Giggs, it's a counter-attacking weapon. Whoever dares to play against Manchester United is definitely killing himself.

However, this time, I don't know if it was a home win over Real Madrid, which gave Mancini a lot of confidence, and in this game with Manchester United, Mancini also uncharacteristically proposed to play against Manchester United away.

In the away dressing room at Old Trafford. Manchester City manager Robert. Roberto Mancini is making the final pre-war mobilization for the whole team.

"Again, in this game, we attack. "Robert. Mancini looked around at his players and stressed again.

"I bet Ferguson wouldn't have thought we would have the guts to do that. So I'm asking you all to press and attack, and take the lead from the start. The sooner we score, the better it will be for us. "Speaking of which, Robert. Mancini paused, "There is only one purpose, to catch them off guard, to try to score early." ”

"In this game, Manchester United are at home and they will not be conservative, so this game is the time to test the quality of the attack. ”

"Coach, as you said, Manchester United will also come out and attack, so if Manchester United score first, what do we do?" said Manchester City's second captain, Vincent Kompany. He is the team's central defender, the heart of the team's backline, he naturally has to think from the defensive first, in fact, Kompany's problem is by no means untargeted, with Manchester United's attacking ability, Manchester United is indeed likely to score first.

"Naturally, we went on the offensive. "Robert. Before Mancini could speak, Yang Fan stood up and replied, "We are all behind in the score, so naturally we will strengthen our attack and strive for an equalizer." ”

Kompany looked at Yang Fan and smiled, of course he knew that the captain was inclined to attack, but Kompany still wanted to get the answer from the head coach's mouth, because, from the defender's point of view, Kompany did not agree with Yang Fan's answer, because, when the opponent scored a goal and the offensive was vigorous, if the opponent was desperate to counterattack, it was possible for the opponent to seize the opportunity again and continue to expand the score, which would be dangerous, and this possibility existed to a considerable extent.

Robert. Mancini's answer also showed that he agreed with Yang Fan's meaning, that is, in this game, Manchester City is to attack, no matter what the situation is, to attack.

Hearing the manager and captain say this, Kompany nodded, indicating that he knew, and at the same time, he also knew that in today's game, Manchester City's backline will be a particularly difficult task, and when the team presses out to attack, the back line is bound to have holes, which requires defenders to be more agile and diligent to make up for the holes.