Chapter 606: The Current Situation of Manchester City

The Chinese team won the Asian Cup, which was definitely the biggest joy for China before the Spring Festival in 2o11. η•ͺβ–½β–³β–‘ eggplant β˜† net. β˜†

The Chinese team, which returned with honors, became a big hero and suddenly became the darling of public opinion, and leaders at all levels praised it. Next, around this team is a constant celebration banquet and various business events. Moreover, there is news that the Chinese team may be favored by the Spring Festival Gala and invited to appear at the Spring Festival Gala. This can be said to be an unprecedented joy for Chinese football, which has always been a 'frequent guest' in the sketch shows of the Spring Festival Gala, often ridiculed and ridiculed, and it is not easy to become a positive image this time.

Just when the players of the Chinese team were participating in a more powerful celebration, Yang Fan had quietly left.

The Asian Cup is over and his international team is now complete, and he is now heading to Manchester to prepare for the upcoming club competition. Yang Fan doesn't plan to participate in the various celebrations of the national team, anyway, the celebrations are represented by his teammates, he doesn't care about this, as a star who has won the glory of the World Footballer of the Year and the European Footballer, he has no interest in these staggered celebrations.

Yang Fan can't wait to return to the club now. The reason why he kept going back to Manchester was because the current situation of Manchester City club was really not good. Or it can be said to be very bad.

Since the defeat to Everton, Manchester City have had a poor record in the league. β–‘ Eggplant β—‡β—‡. β—‡

On December 26 last year, the first game of the Christmas Devils schedule, in the 19th round of the league, Manchester City was drawn 2-1 by Newcastle.

Three days later, in the 20th round of the league, Manchester City drew another game at home to Aston Villa.

Three days later, in the 21st round of the league, Manchester City's home match against Blackburn, this game was another draw, again 0-0.

Manchester City, who had previously scored crazy goals in the English game, seemed to be unable to score all of a sudden after their captain was injured, and despite the top three goalscorers of Carlos Tevez and Dzeko and Bam Adebayo, they could not find a way to score.

The most direct result of this three-game draw in a row is that Manchester City's lead at the top of the table has narrowed rapidly, and ten days ago, leaders Manchester City were ahead of second-placed Manchester United, and now Manchester City are only three points ahead of Manchester United, which is a one-goal victory.

The media in England are also exclaiming that Manchester City are likely to give up the good fortune. The championship pattern of the United Kingdom, which was originally thought to have little suspense, immediately made waves.

The Times even joked that looking at the current situation, Manchester City is likely to experience an avalanche of defeat this season. Tomato β—‹β–‘β—‹β–³. β—‹

On January 5, the 22nd round of the league, it was a high-profile match, Manchester City away to Arsenal, in the words of the Daily Mail, this game Manchester City team cannot afford to lose.

The result was a delight for the Arsenal as Arsene Wenger's side beat Manchester City 1-0 at home, a five-game winless run after the defeat. In these five games, Manchester City drew three and lost two, which is in stark contrast to the previous surging progress.

In this round of the league, Manchester United won Stoke City 2-1 at home, a relatively difficult victory, for Manchester United, the giant, is not even worth mentioning, but, after the game, Manchester United is crazy celebration, why? Because Manchester City lost in this round of the league and Manchester United won, now in the English League standings, Manchester United and Manchester City are both 47 points, Manchester United successfully caught up with Manchester City!

Manchester City's seven-point lead was completely wiped out in half a month!

β€œβ€¦β€¦ And that's not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is that with City's current form and situation, they are likely to continue to drop points in the next games...... To put it bluntly, even Arsenal and Chelsea see hope for Echizen to take the lead!" – the Manchester City Evening News is by no means alarmist.

The famous Yang Fan Hei, veteran journalist David Prescott also jumped out at this time, his opinion is that "Manchester City's biggest cancer is Yang Fan, Manchester City is sick now, in fact, this team has always suffered from 'Yang Fan dependence', which is extremely unhealthy for a team, Manchester City must make changes if they want to make a difference...... The killer must be killed and the tumor removed. β–‘β—‡β—‡Fanβ—‡Eggplant. β˜†β€

David Prescott's words were scoffed at by many people, and in the eyes of many people, this is now a mad dog, a guy who is completely black for the sake of black Yang Fan and has no discipline. As long as there is still a little bit of discernment, everyone knows that the responsibility for Manchester City's malaise should not be borne by Yang Fan, and it should not be borne by a player who is still recovering from injuries, and considering the situation of Manchester City killing all sides when Yang Fan was in the team, this shows how much Yang Fan has contributed to this team!

However, even Manchester City fans have to admit that this nasty reporter is right in one sentence, Manchester City does have 'Yang Fan dependence', and when the captain is not in the team, Manchester City will not play football all of a sudden. The vast majority of the media are still relatively fair, and they know that this is certainly not Yang Fan's fault.

"This is the responsibility of Manchester City manager Mr. Mancini, as a manager, he has the responsibility to lead the team to deal with all kinds of situations, when Yang Fan is in the team, Manchester City can be invincible, this is right, but when Yang Fan is injured or has a national team game task, when the team lacks this core star, Mancini must be prepared, must have the right plan, Manchester City has to learn to win in the absence of the captain!"

As the Guardian said, the responsibility for Manchester City's current situation is not with their captain who has left the team temporarily, but with manager Mancini, it cannot be said that without Yang Fan, Manchester City would not have played. η•ͺβ–³β–‘β–½β–³. β—‡In fact, without Yang Fan, although the strength of the Manchester City team will decline, but, with the current configuration of the Manchester City team, it is still the configuration of the top of the league, although the team is not required to be as invincible as Yang Fan when he was in the team, but the normal performance is that in these five games, in addition to the heavyweight duel with Arsenal, the opponents in the other four games are not as strong as Manchester City, Manchester City should be sure to win, no matter how bad it is, it will win half of it, that is, the victory of two games. However, Manchester City have not done so, with three draws and two defeats in those five games. Therefore, the Guardian's criticism of Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is still very supportive.

The Daily Mirror criticized Manchester City's players, believing that in the absence of team captain Yang Fan, no one in the team can bravely stand up and carry the team forward.

Amid such criticism, Manchester City drew again in the FA Cup third round on January 9 as they drew 2-2 with Leicester City. According to the rules of the FA Cup, the draw will be followed by a replay at a later date, which is undoubtedly not good for Manchester City, who will play one more game, which is obviously not good for Manchester City, who are now demoralized and physically exhausted.

On 12 January, in the semi-final leg of the English League Cup, Manchester City drew at home to old rivals Chelsea, with neither side scoring and a 0-0 draw.

The Manchester press hailed the draw as the Chelsea man played aggressively at Manchester Municipal Stadium, and in the words of the London press, it was Chelsea's best game of the season, but Chelsea were unlucky, with five shots denied by the crossbar or the post.

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti also looked depressed after the game, lamenting that Chelsea's luck was so bad.

For Manchester City, the draw in this League Cup semi-final leg has a greater significance, because there is still a second leg between the two sides, and according to the most optimistic estimates, at that time the Asian Cup has ended, their captain Yang Fan should be able to return, even if they are a guest at Stamford Bridge, they should be more confident than this home game.

Manchester City have yet to recover from a messy Carabao Cup semi-final clash with Chelsea, who suffered a huge blow in the next round of the 23rd round of the English League.

In this game, Manchester City's opponent is Wolves, in the face of the poorest team in the UK, Manchester City played a good half, they have a three-0 lead at the end of the half, the whole Manchester Municipal Stadium is full of joy, the fans enjoy a long-lost happy feeling, even the commentator said that Manchester City played a beautiful game, it was the best game played by the team after Yang Fan's absence, and Manchester City will relive the feeling of winning after six games...... However, in the second half, the situation suddenly changed, Wolves actually scored three goals in a row, and finally the final score of this game was 3-3, Wolves miraculously took away valuable relegation points from Manchester City's home stadium after falling behind by three goals.

After the game, the media throughout England were talking about the game, and they criticized the whole Manchester City team, from manager Mancini, to goalkeeper Joe Hart, to the backline, to the midfield, and even the strikers who scored together in this game.

Even the club's CEO, Tim Cook, who has always defended the team, turned pale and said that the game was a disgrace.

For the Manchester City team, the biggest blow of this game is that they were forced to draw by Wolves in this game with a three-goal lead, and the city rival Manchester United won the opponent, and now, in the standings, Manchester City is overtaken by Manchester United, Manchester United has 50 points, leading the standings, and Manchester City is in second place with 48 points, not only that, behind Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea have also caught up, Wenger's team has 45 points, Carlo Ancelotti's team is 42 points.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ The problem now is that City are not just on the sidelines, they could be beaten by Arsenal and Chelsea if they continue to sink...... If this terrible situation occurs, we can fully imagine how shocked their captain Yang Fan will be when he returns to the team, facing such a terrible situation...... And how will the players who squandered the team's huge lead face their captain. - said the Times with indifferent criticism.

"It's Mancini who should be held accountable!" – The Guardian spared the player and continued to point the finger at head coach Roberto Mancini.

At this time, in the distant West Asia, Yang Fan led the Chinese team to the top of the group in the Qatar Asian Cup and reached the quarterfinals.

"Manchester City fans must have missed their captain in the bummer...... They can even be said to be the ones who most hope that the Chinese team will be eliminated soon......" - the Daily Mail joked.