Mansour and Mubarak sat side by side in the VIP seats.

Mansour was very happy with last season's unexpected success, football is just a small story for him, but it is not impossible to make a big difference, and now that many people know that there is the UAE and Abu Dhabi, football is a medium that works really well, which is why he has increased his investment and set up the City Football Group.

"How's Moon's contract going?! I remember you said he was only signed for three years! Mansour suddenly remembered this when he saw Wen Sheng standing on the sidelines.

"It's still talking, it's going to be an easy thing to do!" Mubarak laughed, and explained to Mansour why the contract extension was delayed.

The main reason for this is Wen Sheng, who doesn't want this kind of thing to interfere with his work, so he has always proposed that he can only talk about it after the end of the season.

So after the end of last season, Manchester City began to negotiate the contract of Wensheng and some of the team's core players.

"Don't be stingy with salary, he deserves more!" Mansour reminded.

'That's natural, we want to sign him on a long-term contract, but at the moment he doesn't seem to have any plans to do so, with Zahavi saying it's okay to extend his contract until 16 years! I made an offer of £24 million for the salary, and Zahavi was extremely satisfied! Mubarak said.

"Is this the highest salary in England?!"

"Definitely, Mourinho should be lower at Chelsea than Daniel's new contract! No other team manager is even taller than us! ”

"That's good! This is the reward he deserves! And we can't be shabby than others! More than 20 million pounds seemed worthless in Mansour's eyes, and he said that he understated it.

"He's also the tallest in the world?!"

"It should be!"

Mansour nodded in satisfaction, "We never treat a hero badly!" Don't put too much pressure on Wen, he's got off to a great start at City, I guess he's a genius, if he's a Ferguson-like manager, that's fine! ”

"Nope! Of course not! Mubarak laughed, "We talked some time ago, and I've already made it clear!" Daniel told me that the team will be attacking the league for three consecutive and the Champions League to defend! To be honest, I don't think it will go that way! ”

"Oh?!"

"After all, without Kroos and Sergio Aguero, Suarez will also be out of action for a while, which should have an impact on the team! And other teams have invested a lot! ”

"I've heard that our net investment is negative this summer?!"

"How is that possible?! Of course, we don't really spend much! ”

"It seems that Daniel is still a master of financial management!" Mansour smiled heartily.

"That's not it, he still sees people very accurately! It's good that the club can run in a healthy way, after all, UEFA is watching us all day long! Mubarak also smiled, but he also felt everywhere, who doesn't like a manager who can save money and win championships?!

......

In the stadium, Rogers stood on the sidelines in a suit.

In Manchester in August, although the temperature is in the mid-20s during the day, in fact, the temperature is only a little over 10 degrees Celsius in the evening.

Liverpool kicked off first amid boos from the Etihad fans, with Rodgers now taking the technical flow route, making it clear that he was in control with City.

The defeat of the Charity Shield, Rodgers attributed more to the team's impact on Suarez's transfer, and the overall slump.

So he still insisted on his tactical experiments, and he was confident that he could see City's weakness, "They are not as controlled as they were last season!" ”

The situation was somewhat in line with Rodgers' expectations, and City did drop in control, playing faster and less control after breaking the ball, and Rodgers did the opposite, controlling slowly and then letting the wings explode.

Liverpool's right winger Raheem Sterling made a big mess of the Sears, and the two forced takeaways were successful in the opening period, which gave the Liverpool players a lot of confidence.

"It's a beautiful outstanding, but it's a pity that Sterling was a little hesitant to pass the last pass! Inexperienced! Carragher has taken up his new role as a Sky Sports football commentator.

After retiring from retirement in 13 years, Carragher is now in a new position, and Sky Sports has offered him a salary that is not cheap.

As Liverpool's vice-captain, Carragher naturally favors Liverpool in his commentary, but this bias is harmless.

When it comes to football commentary, it is not so easy for everyone to do it, and many retired players also have to go through a long period of training to complete the transition from player to commentator, and not everyone can succeed.

Sky Sports, Independent TV, BBC, Telecom Sports and other media TV invited retired players to join the job, one is that the commentary requirements are very high now, and there must be a certain ability to identify in terms of tactics, and retired players undoubtedly have more advantages, and the other is a gimmick.

Before the game, the commentators interacted, and Carragher firmly said that Liverpool would get Manchester City, and even predicted a 2:0 score.

At this time, seeing that Manchester City was passive, Liverpool played very well, and he naturally criticized Wen Sheng in his mouth.

"I can't figure out why they would let Kroos go! This is a mistake! ”

Then just when he felt City were underneath, City scored, and the ball went in from a set-piece.

In the eighth minute of the game, Liverpool's positional attack was cut off by Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho, and Manchester City played a counterattack, Oxlade-Chamberlain shot on Ager's bottom line, and Manchester City got a corner kick opportunity.

City played a short corner and waited for a few seconds to get the ball out of the way, at which point the Liverpool players were in disarray in the penalty area and the tall Van Dijk jumped out of the crowd, sprinted from the back post and headed the ball into the net.

They were supposed to defend Van Dijk's high point, but they were blocked by Manchester City players, and Van Dijk roamed to the back post and saw the right time to score.

It was a beautiful combination and De Bruyne's pass was clearly headed towards the back post.

Carragher was numb in the live broadcast room, and Souness explained the goal and asked Carragher mischievously, "Jimmy, what do you think?!" ”

They were partnered with another guest, Jamie. Redknapp smiled bitterly: "Against an opponent of Manchester City's level, Liverpool can't make mistakes like this!" Their mistakes in marking are unforgivable! ”

Brendan Rodgers was also fooled by Virgil van Dijk's goal, which was really .......

Everything is obviously fine, why is this like this?!