After playing Liverpool, February's schedule came to an end, followed by March 2, when Manchester City travelled to Birmingham to visit Villa Park against Aston Villa on the afternoon of March 2.

Villa are not in good shape at the moment, currently sitting 18th in the table, which is not ideal, but Paul Lambert is still in the managerial position, and the main reason for this has to be attributed to the American owner Lerner.

The rich second-generation owner spent a lot of money for the team after taking over Villa in 06, and to be honest, he also came to the team with ambition to try to make a fortune from the Premier League, but the Premier League money is not so easy to make.

After he came to the Premier League, he realized a problem, the relegation cause takes precedence over everything, and business or anything must stand on this basis, especially for a middle and lower level team like Villa, a very important source of income is relegation, and if the relegation is not successful, everything is nonsense.

And relegation is such a thing, hehe, who can say clearly that there are too many factors that affect it, and Lerner is not an oil dad who can invest unlimitedly.

After the glory of the O'Neill era, Villa has been overwhelmed by the burden of Lerner, he has not invested much in the team over the years, and Villa has completely fallen into the relegation team, and it will not cost another unjust amount of money to sack Paul Lambert

Lerner didn't want to toss anymore, Paul Lambert's fate was better than that of the vast majority of Premier League coaches, and he was not sacked in the relegation zone.

Lambert and Wensheng have a good relationship, of course, his life is not easy, the reporters at the pre-game press conference and the various media before the game are not optimistic about him, and some reporters even openly ask him what he thinks of the rumors of his dismissal.

For this game, he also felt that he might pronounce his fate, so he couldn't live or die, but at this moment he also ran into the coach killer Wen Sheng, and there are already two head coaches who have faced off against Wen Sheng this season and will be dismissed immediately.

In this game, he also seemed to be extra careful, not seeking to win, at least to keep a draw, then his position can still be secured.

So at their home stadium, Villa also put on an iron bucket formation to deal with Manchester City, for the current Lambert style is nonsense, the most important thing is practical, to be able to get points.

Wen Sheng had expected the difficulty of this game, Lambert himself was not stupid, and this is Villa's home stadium, not to mention that Manchester City will go to Spain in three days to play the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, even if it has a 2-0 lead, but the Champions League level of the game is not negligent, his team must go all out, so in this game the team has to carry out a large rotation.

The situation Villa faced in this game was not as bad as the outside.

In the 13th minute of the first half, Villa played a counter-attack, Joe Hart struggled to hold on, but in the ensuing corner, the referee ruled that Stones had fallen Abonlaho and was sentenced to death, and Abanglaho took the penalty himself to help Villa take the lead at home.

After Villa took the lead, Manchester City faced a more dangerous situation, and the subsequent game was completely caught in the dilemma of positional warfare, Wensheng reused Costa and Nasri on the side did not complete the task well, especially Costa, the state is very bad, originally he was Wensheng today to break through the dense defense of the wonder soldier, but this guy did not play the role of the strange soldier, but lost the ball too much, and frequently sent the ball to Villa, fortunately, the team of Villa did not make good use of these opportunities.

Manchester City's side only equalised in the 86th minute when substitute Sadio Mane equalised.

Wen Sheng has no hope of winning this game at this time, but sometimes the team wants to win, and luck can't stop it.

In stoppage time, Villa made a marking error while defending a Manchester City corner, and Wanyama headed home Villa.

The moment Wanyama scored, Wen Sheng was ecstatic, Manchester City did not have Ferguson time, but now Manchester City can still maintain the high pressure on Villa in the final stage, showing tenacity, how can this not make Wen Sheng satisfied

Of course, Villa should have deserved a point, the success rate of the counterattack is not high, it does not mean that they are not a threat at all, so Wen Sheng also said after the game, "We played well in normal games, but they defended quite well, and the last-minute goal is a reward for our efforts, and we deserve it, but I will also be honest, if it is a draw, it is reasonable for them"

'Paul is a good coach and I believe he can lead Villa to relegation'

The media said that he was a "coach killer", and he also knew that now he was really afraid that after this game, Lambert was also fired by Villa, and he didn't know that Lerner was now a miser and had to consider the cost of firing.

When drinking with Lambert after the game, Lambert half-jokingly said, "It's not good, this is the last time I'll ask you for a drink at Villa Park."

"Coach Killer" Wen Sheng shrugged with a wry smile.

"Haha, don't take it personally, Daniel, even if I get out of class, it's not because of you, it's my own reason, I can't lead Vera to do better" Lambert was not in a bad mood at the moment, he didn't know his fate, so he simply didn't think about it, there was no depression in his words.

"You also told me that there are many reasons for the team's relegation, and it is definitely not only the responsibility of the head coach, on the contrary, I think the responsibility of the coach can only account for one-third at most," Wen Sheng said seriously.

Lambert shook his head, did not speak, then took a sip of wine, and asked Wen Sheng again; "What is the most important thing about a team relegation"

"Defense, I think it's defense, there are still 10 rounds of league games to go, if you can get 10 draws, 10 points, the probability of Villa's relegation may be quite big," Wen Sheng replied without thinking.

"I'm definitely not joking, but it's probably my personality, my style is more conservative What's more, Paul, don't forget, your team's Abang Lajo is very fast, and there is still quite a chance to make good use of his counterattack."

Lambert is also very entangled in his heart, the relegation team has this kind of entanglement, no one wants to lose, everyone hopes that they can build a stable defensive line, but there are many factors restricting the establishment of a defensive system, not every team can put a big bus to defend a point.

Wen Sheng thinks that Lambert is approaching a misunderstanding, who said that your bus must work every game

"Today's game, I say seriously, you played well, really good, if you can practice the counter-attacking routine well, I think it is very likely to work in the game, I think you should learn to judge the situation, and the situation of Villa, I personally feel that it is more suitable for counter-attacking tactics."