Manchester United's 4-2 win over Chelsea further cemented the leader's position, which caused panic in Liverpool and London. (Starter)

In English football, it's really a competition between three cities, Manchester, Liverpool and London.

England is the birthplace of modern football and the cradle of its development. There have been many similar archaeological investigations into the origin and development of modern football, and the British have always believed that "modern football originated in England in the thirteenth century", which is impossible to prove, but there was indeed an ancient football in that era: in the southeast coast of England, two neighbouring villages, would meet once a year, and the women and children of the two villages would chase a ball in the wilderness to compete for the honor of their village, but this is not modern football.

The true origins are closely related to the political, economic and humanistic background of the times that the sport requires. By the beginning of the 19th century, Britain in the first industrial revolution had entered an era of large-scale production economically, with a large number of unemployed people from the countryside entering the cities, cities expanding rapidly, and British trade, which had a wide influence on the world, also gave birth to an information network that could transmit information around the world with great efficiency.

In this context, some children from aristocratic private schools around London began to play football games in their spare time. Students are encouraged to participate in team sports in order to strengthen their physique and develop their team spirit. At this time, there are no rules at all in football, holding hands and kicking, everyone rushes and walks in the mud under the rain, showing the power of youth.

After graduating from these schools, most of the children go directly to Oxbridge (e, Oxford and Cambridge) for further study, so that the future pillars of civilization in the two highest institutions also enjoy the other side of life in their spare time with this savage game. Football for them is a war in peacetime, a game to show the charm of masculinity.

In those fast-changing times, anything new would attract a lot of attention, not to mention that the sport was born in Oxbridge. Modern football can be said to have been born from the campus, developed in the industry and mining, from an amateur game of aristocratic teenagers to the leisure entertainment of the working class. By the nineteen-forties of the nineteenth century, hundreds of workers had started their game of football in the industrial cities of Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield. Originally, some wanted to fight the cold weather in England during the winter work break, and some wanted to take a break from the extremely oppressive work environment. In the end, it is the sport itself that gains the most benefits.

Football swept through all of England's industrial cities like wildfire, quickly spreading to Scotland in the north, Wales in the southwest, and nearby Ireland. At this point, the first big test of football comes in: what rules should be followed to play the game?

In the Oxbridge campus, football can be played hand and foot, players can have strong physical collisions with each other, and there are no restrictions on the field of play, as long as it is a flat field. But when the sport grew in popularity, and not only the participants enjoyed themselves, but also the onlookers, the importance of the rules became apparent. Especially in spontaneous competitions between teams from different schools and different regions, because everyone usually plays with different rules, the competition loses the basis of fair play, and one of the most important virtues of the British is fairplay.

The solution to this problem is certainly not the miners who see the light of day in the coal mines, nor the spinners who are buried in the deafening sound of the mouse in the Manchester textile mills. In 1848, Cambridge football enthusiasts introduced a "Cambridge Football Code", which made a preliminary definition of the basic rules of the game of modern football. The most important part of the Code is the distinction between modern football and rugby: football is played with the feet, and rugby is played with the hands and feet. Over the past hundred years, the rules of competitive football have been constantly revised, but as a highly organised team sport, the Cambridge Code has shown a clear path for modern football.

After the rules were established, there was some programming, and the game of football developed even more rapidly, especially in large new industrial cities with extremely high population densities and lack of other forms of entertainment. In areas like Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Liverpool and London, where urban populations have skyrocketed, and there is a lack of communication between people and a lack of social interaction that fosters community interaction, a football game, especially one that represents honour and friendship between clubs, factories and mines, or schools, is often a great opportunity for thousands of people to get together and socialize. People gather like each other, and naturally, football clubs that are connected by football have emerged.

In the end, football has developed to the professional stage, and there is a difference between traditional strong teams and ordinary teams, heavy industrial cities like Manchester, port towns like Liverpool, and the capital of London, which has the largest population density, a good player base, and an economic base, so the teams in these three cities have gradually become the most powerful teams in the Premier League.

Especially since the development of football, the Premier League is a game of four teams competing for the title, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, and other teams are at most spoilers, and it is difficult to shake the dominance of these teams.

There was naturally some animosity between fans and the media in the three cities, so Liverpool's media began to gloat after seeing Chelsea also sacked by Manchester United following Arsenal's heavy defeat at the hands of Manchester United.

Chelsea's 4-2 defeat to Manchester United, with players sent off in the game and losing and losing, was gloated by the Liverpool media and made the front page a mockery. They mocked the Londoners for being taught a hard lesson by the Manchesters, saying that only Liverpool can stop Manchester United now. At least in terms of the table situation, Liverpool have yet to play Stoke City, but the Liverpudlians believe they have the chance to win, and if they win this game, they will be able to share the top spot with Manchester United on the same number of points.

And the media in other places also paid enough attention to this game, and Yang Fan's name once again became the entire English football world, shocking the European football world!

"BBC" praised Yang Fan: a Chinese star who shocked the whole of Europe, this is a football world that belongs to young people, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are not alone, there are opponents like Yang Fan.

I don't know why, Italians pay a lot of attention to Yang Fan's appearance, which may be related to Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho's well-known love for Yang Fan.

The Italian media "Milan Sports Newspaper" directly used the title "Chelsea team was defeated by Yang Fan alone". While praising Yang Fan, "Milan Sports Newspaper" once again bluntly said that in the summer of last year, Inter Milan failed to insist on introducing Yang Fan and missed the opportunity to bring the superstar to Italy, which may be the eternal regret of Inter Milan President Moratti.

Manchester's local media is even more high, "Manchester Evening News" said: The road to conquer the Premier League and conquer Europe is at the feet of Yang Fan!

Cristiano Ronaldo may not like to hear this when he sees it, but it is a fitting expression of Manchester United's love for Yang Fan now.

A player who makes the fans like him so much is definitely something to be proud of.

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Liverpool had been gloating over Chelsea's defeat at the feet of Manchester United, but just one day later, the Liverpudlians couldn't laugh.

They were held to a draw in the league against Stoke City and held Stoke City to a 0-0 draw after a 90-minute onslaught at the Britannia Stadium, home of Stoke City.

In this way, after 21 rounds of league matches, the situation of the Premier League table in the 2008/2009 season finally changed in the echelon, Manchester United is at the top of the table with 45 points, Liverpool is in second place with 43 points, and most strikingly, the third place position has changed, Chelsea and Aston Villa look unstable even after the loss, Chelsea and Aston Villa are both 38 points, but Chelsea barely retained the third place position by virtue of goal difference, Aston Villa is in fourth place, and Arsenal continues to rank fifth with 35 points after winning this round of league games。

Manchester United were finally able to occupy the top spot at the top of the table on their own, much to the excitement of the Manchester media and Manchester United fans, and the newspapers were full of joy.

Liverpool, on the other hand, is full of mourning.

There's no denying that Liverpool's performances in the Champions League have been excellent in recent seasons, but if you think about it, Benitez came to Anfield with the glory of a cup master, so it's no surprise that Liverpool's cup results have been outstanding. Benitez has indeed led Liverpool to shine on the Champions League, the world's most sacred and gorgeous cup stage, reaching two finals and winning the title once.

However, compared to the table in the Champions League, Liverpool's table in the Premier League can really be said to be dismal.

The Premier League title is a pain in the ass for every Liverpudlian, including owners, coaches, players and fans. The Premier League has been established for 16 years, and a giant team that claims to be at the same level as Manchester United (Chelsea and Arsenal are still a notch away) have not won a single championship, it is incredible to say, look at the opponent Manchester United, they have won 10 Premier League trophies, and it is very likely to get the 11th at the end of the season, which makes Liverpool, as Manchester United's century-old rival, embarrassed?

There was once a saying that Gerrard and Lampard, who are now the core of the midfielders of the England national team, are very envious of each other, Lampard envies Gerrard for winning the Champions League, and Gerrard envy Lampard for having a Premier League title.

This season, Liverpool managed to get a good start in the league, leading the Premier League for a while, which made Liverpool fans cheer, and they were looking forward to winning the first Premier League trophy in the team's history.

However, Manchester United's strong comeback after an early season slump has left Liverpool fans frustrated by the fact that they cannot accept being crushed by their century-old rivals once again.

After suppressing this disappointment and resentment, it began to be released, and some media and fans began to point the finger at the head coach Benitez, and on the Liverpool fan forum, a fan left a message saying: Bei Shuai is a cup expert, just because his league results are too poor.

That's really hurtful. Benitez said it was hard to accept.

It is worth mentioning that some Liverpool fans pointed the finger at the team's management and expressed dissatisfaction with the team's recruitment.

Last summer, Liverpool spent £20.3 million to bring in Irish striker Robbie Keane, who has scored five goals for Liverpool so far.

Such a performance naturally made Liverpool fans very dissatisfied, and they watched Yang Fan wearing Manchester United fans and scoring goals. That eye-catching, Yang Fan's transfer to Manchester United is worth as much as 35 million pounds, which is the standard king last summer, but it is definitely worth the money, not to mention the Champions League and domestic cups, Yang Fan has scored nearly 20 goals in the Premier League!

"If you can spend 20.3 million pounds to buy that parallel import, why can't you buy Yang Fan for 35 million?" Liverpool fans shouted. They watched Yang Fan score goals like numb, and watched this Chinese shooter kill all sides, they were really envious, jealous and hateful!

Why is such a super scorer not Liverpool's?

Take a look at the table of Mr. 20.3 million pounds Robbie Keane, and then look at the table of Mr. Yang Fan of 35 million pounds, you really get what you pay for, and you are afraid of comparing goods!

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