Chapter 589: The Battle of the Top of England (Middle) Asks for a Monthly Pass Subscription

The camera shows Roberto in the dugout of the home team. Mancini.

Mancini was appointed as Manchester City manager in December last year, replacing sacked Mark Hughes.

At that time, after 17 rounds of league matches, Manchester City accumulated 25 points and ranked eighth in the league.

They were 10 points behind Aston Villa, who were fourth in the league at the time.

Now, nineteen rounds of league play have passed.

Manchester City are sixth in the league, six points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.

In terms of rankings and points rise, Mancini's Manchester City are improving.

However, with six points behind Arsenal and two games remaining, City are all but certain to miss out on the Champions League given the goal difference.

What's more, Manchester City were 10 points behind Aston Villa at the time, and now they are 18 points behind leaders Aston Villa.

It's a little awkward.

The media also began to be critical of Mancini.

Mancini was unhappy about this.

He thinks this is the reason why Mark Hughes dug too deep a hole.

City's most realistic goal now is to overtake Tottenham Hotspur to finish fifth in the league and qualify for next season's Europa League.

Now Manchester City are three points behind Tottenham Hotspur, so this game must be won by Manchester City.

In addition, if he can stop Aston Villa from winning the title, Mancini will be much happier.

Mancini has some confidence in winning against Aston Villa.

In the last round of Aston Villa's match against Birmingham, Aston Villa won more difficult.

Previously, it was forced to draw by Portsmouth.

It's a tired army.

Mancini saw an opportunity.

But when the game began, the expression on Mancini's face became more and more solemn.

Although the score remained 0-0, City did not concede a goal.

However, Manchester City played passively.

The situation on the pitch was completely controlled by Aston Villa.

Especially in midfield, with Clement and Sidwell combined to strangle, Manchester City could hardly play a decent attack.

Gareth on the left of Manchester City. Gareth Bale and Deisler on the right flanked frequently attacked both wings of Manchester City.

Up front, Diego. Costa and Ronaldo kept getting shots on goal.

If it weren't for Manchester City's goalkeeper Given's excellent form today, he would have conceded a goal long ago.

After a long period of active advantage.

Aston Villa took the lead in the thirty-fifth minute!

"Diego. Costa! Diego. Costa!! Powerful header!! "John. Mortenson shouted.

This is Gareth. Bale crossed diagonally from the left to the right, Deisler cut in and returned the ball near the baseline, and the follow-up Milner hoisted the ball into the box.

Diego. Costa squeezed Richards away.

He leaped high and headed in Milner's cross.

Because the distance was so close, Manchester City's outstanding goalkeeper Givens had nothing to do with the goal, but to watch the football go in!

The Chinese fans in the bar erupted in loud cheers.

The surrounding Aston Villa fans were even more excited.

Some Aston Villa fans shouted Fang Jue's name.

In the end, I don't know who shouted 'China' and 'China' first.

Finally, the bar resounded with the cheers of 'China' and 'China'.

This makes these Chinese very excited, this feeling, cool!

'Aston Villa are 1-0 up on the road!'

'Aston Villa are getting closer to the title and Manchester City are suffering a major blow on their way to the Europa League. Lineker said.

Now, the Premier League coaches are all too clear that they can't give Aston Villa an early goal lead.

Against a team that is good at counter-attacking, it is very dangerous once they are led by Aston Villa.

Mancini sat in the dugout and shook his head in annoyance.

Although the media has repeatedly said how much money the local giants Manchester City spent on the transfer market last year, bringing in top players such as Adebayor and Tevez, as well as Gareth. How powerful a player like Barry is.

However, Mancini was not satisfied.

As a coach from Serie A, he is particularly interested in defense.

In Mancini's view, City's central midfield really doesn't satisfy him.

This was evident from the goal conceded, as Aston Villa's lateral transfer and a few passes broke through the Manchester City defence.

He found himself out wrong, pinning his hopes of winning on the exhaustion of Aston Villa, which in itself is an underdog mentality.

After conceding this goal, Mancini relaxed his mentality.

This season is over, and next season, the summer transfer market to be exact, the team's Arab patron has promised to spend a huge transfer fund of £150 million.

At the time, Mancini was shocked by the amount of this transfer budget.

He really felt the joy of being a Manchester City manager.

Hmph, next season, let everyone feel the power of Jinyuan football!

In the first half, the visiting Aston Villa won the game with Diego. Costa's goal took a 1-0 lead before the two sides went into the break.

Fang Jue smiled and praised the team's performance, but he said it was not enough.

"A one-goal lead is not a safe one."

'Our goal in the second half was to score, to score as early as possible and extend the lead.

"The feeling is ahead, we can't afford to let up in the slightest!"

Fang Jue didn't say much.

He knew that enough was enough, and he couldn't make the guys too proud, and he couldn't put too much pressure on them.

Although Mancini's own mentality is relaxed, he knows that he can't show that indifferent mentality to his players.

He can't tell the players that he doesn't like the Europa League, it doesn't matter if he qualifies for the Europa League or not.

Roberto Mancini encouraged his players to work hard in the second half to try to equalise as soon as possible, or even turn the tables around.

'Aston Villa are in contention for the title.'

"Lads, use your feet to tell the Vera that this is not the case!"

'Right now, our opponents are under a lot of pressure and if we just equalise as soon as possible, their morale and morale will suffer.

After the start of the second half, Manchester City showed a relatively tenacious will to fight.

Manchester City threatened Aston Villa's goal at one point.

It was at this point that Ronaldo was violated up front and Manchester City were awarded a free-kick.

Deisler's direct free-kick went straight into the top left corner of the net to make it 2-0.

In the stands of the away team at the Etihad Stadium, in the pubs of Birmingham, the Aston Villa fans burst with great energy.

Two to zero!

It was the goal that tipped the scales even more in Aston Villa's side.

Mancini sighed, his tactical deployment, the chicken blood he played, after this conceded goal, there was no meaning.

Roberto Mancini began to make changes, with Bellamy coming on for Carlos Tevez, who was average today.

Zabaleta replaces Richards.

Fang Jue's side also made substitution adjustments.

Quaresma came off the bench to replace Deisler, who had performed well.

Petrov came off the bench to replace Sidwell.

After leading 2-0, Aston Villa's attack did not stop.

In the 71st minute, Quaresma showed his skills again, and a long-range shot from the world wave broke through the goal guarded by Given.

Mancini's eyes twinkled as he looked at Quaresma, who was running excitedly in celebration.

His Manchester City team lacks this kind of player who has a unique hand and can be relied on in key moments.

Fang Jue applauded excitedly on the sidelines, cheering for the goal.

Not just because it was the goal that sealed the win, but also because of the thrill of taking advantage of it.

Quaresma was loaned to Aston Villa on free of charge by Inter Milan, and not only that, but Quaresma's salary was also borne by Inter.

It is equivalent to saying that Aston Villa is in vain.

The loan deal comes with a £6.5 million mandatory buy-out clause.

Previously, there were also some media outlets that questioned Quaresma and criticized Aston Villa's agreement to a forced buyout as a play for Inter.

Now, naturally, no one says such things anymore.

Not to mention 6.5 million pounds, even if the current Quaresma price doubles by 13 million pounds, there are teams rushing to ask for it.

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Manchester City pulled a goal back at the 81-minute mark.

Zabaleta set up Bam Adebayo's header.

However, just five minutes later, Gareth. Bale set up Ronaldo's goal to extend the score again.

Subsequently, Fang Jue replaced Gareth with young player Albrighton. Bel.

In the final moments of the game, Manchester City took advantage of Aston Villa's lax mentality to score another goal to make it 2-4, but that was the end of it.

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game as Premier League leaders Aston Villa won 4-2 away at Manchester City.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, there was a huge cheer in Birmingham's bars.

'Congratulations to Aston Villa, they beat Manchester City and are two points ahead of Chelsea and Manchester United with just one round of league games left, with the title ahead of them!'

"A home win over Blackburn Rovers in the final round of the league would make Aston Villa the Premier League champions of the season!"

Manchester United and Chelsea both won the game in the previous round, but with Aston Villa also winning, the difference is still two points, and Aston Villa still firmly grasp the initiative to win the title.

In the 'Villa' bar, the Chinese fans were excited.

In the next few days, they will visit Villa Park and visit the Villa training base.

will also be invited by Fang Jue to participate in the team's 'training'.

But, most importantly, the final activity of their trip was to watch Aston Villa host Blackburn Rovers in the final round of the league game.

It also means they will have the possibility to see Aston Villa win the Premier League title at home!

This is a big thing for these lucky fans who have come to the UK for a lifetime to remember and brag about.