At the end of Aston Villa's match against Arsenal.

On the other field, referee Atkinson also blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Aston Villa's local rivals Birmingham City held strong leaders Chelsea to a stubborn 0-0 draw at home.

"Chelsea are flat!"

Assistant Coach Steve. Werner's shouts boiled over the visiting dressing room at the Emirates Stadium.

"Hooray!"

"Great!"

The players at Aston Villa are excited.

Originally, the win over Arsenal had already ensured Aston Villa that they overtook Arsenal in the standings and finished second in the league with 41 points.

Now, Chelsea are held to a draw by Birmingham City with 42 points.

Aston Villa are just one point behind Chelsea!

The nineteenth round of the league and the halfway point of the league ended, and the team ranked second in the league.

Aston Villa are just one point behind leaders Chelsea.

At the same time, they are one point ahead of Manchester United.

Three points ahead of Arsenal.

Such results and rankings are something that no one could have dreamed of.

It was also Aston Villa's best half-finish in the last three decades.

At the post-match press conference.

A reporter asked Fang Jue that Aston Villa is now only one point behind Chelsea, has he ever thought about competing for the Premier League title?

"Our goal is to stay in the top four at the end of the season." Fang Jue said.

"League champions?"

'That's Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.'

"Aston Villa's young and handsome manager adamantly denies that Aston Villa have the quality and chance to win the league title." - The Times.

According to The Times, Liverpool's reaction was rather embarrassing, and even Liverpool fans suspected that the Aston Villa manager was deliberately burying them.

Because, after 19 rounds of the league, Aston Villa ranked second in the league with 41 points; Liverpool, on the other hand, have only 30 points and are seventh in the league.

You're a second place and a seventh place is closer to taking the first place, are you sure you're saying a good thing?

……

Manchester United's buses move slowly through the night.

The players were in a good mood, they were happy, they were playing in the car.

Ferguson closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

He didn't want to sleep, and the old man enjoyed the feeling after winning.

Listening to the young men's happy conversation, he felt extremely satisfied and down-to-earth.

'Arsenal lost 4-1 at home to Aston Villa.' A voice rang in his ears, it was Phelan's.

Ferguson opened his eyes with a look of surprise.

It wasn't that he didn't think Arsenal would lose to Aston Villa, who had already won against Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.

He just didn't expect Arsenal to lose so badly.

"Go back and get this game in order, I'm going to watch it." Ferguson said immediately.

"Okay." Phelan nodded.

'Ashley Young came off the bench in the second half, setting up Heskey's goal and then netting a goal himself. Phelan continued.

Ferguson first showed a look of surprise and nodded with satisfaction.

Then, the old Scottish man shook his head with a wry smile, "The Vera people will definitely ask for a higher price." ”

……

Manchester United, for their part, have a lot of negotiation skills.

Ashley Young's outstanding performance will have a direct impact on the player's transfer value, which is inevitable.

Buy up, don't buy down.

Manchester United know Aston Villa will be even more greedy to raise their asking price.

Therefore, Manchester United took the initiative to increase the offer the next morning.

£20 million!

Manchester United have raised their offer from £18 million to £20 million.

This was the power of Ashley Young's pass and shot, which directly caused Manchester United to increase the price by two million pounds without hesitation.

However, it is clear that this price tag is still not satisfactory to Aston Villa.

Ashley Young's transfer negotiations, Fang Jue handed over to the club's general manager Byron.

All his energy was on the home game against Liverpool a day later.

Just played Arsenal on December 27.

Liverpool will be played on December 29.

Then on 2 January of the new year, it is the FA Cup against Blackburn.

Aston Villa have three games to play in seven days, two of which have been strong talks.

Such a dense schedule also made Fang Jue want to scold.

The day before the match against Liverpool, after training.

The team's homegrown centre-forward Huskey, who is about to turn 32, found Fang Jue.

"Coach, do you have time?" Husky asked.

Fang Jue glanced at Husky in surprise, nodded, and motioned for the other party to talk to him in the office.

Husky was honest.

He told Fang Jue that he had received an offer he could not refuse and wanted to move away from Aston Villa.

"Coach, I'm very happy to work with you for half a season." Husky said.

"It's just that I can't refuse this offer." Husky continued, "At my age, this is probably the last big contract I'll ever be able to get. ”

Fang Jue nodded, expressing his understanding.

He wasn't angry either.

First of all, Husky has a good attitude.

Secondly, it stands to reason that the club should not put obstacles in the way of veterans who want to pursue the last lucrative contract of their careers.

Of course, there is a condition for this, and that is that Aston Villa's interests are not compromised.

And, it doesn't seem like there's anything to worry about at all.

The former England international has been offered a lucrative contract by UAE giants Al Ahly.

This Gulf giants are not short of money.

According to Husky, Al Ahly will show sincerity in the transfer fee.

Fang Jue liked this sentence.

No, to be exact, he likes to deal with this kind of team with sincerity.

With all that said, Fang Jue knew that he couldn't stop Husky from making a lot of money.

The only concern is the team's hiring up front if Heskey leaves.

In this case, Fang Jue still has Vanistelrooy and Diego on hand. Costa and Abang Lajo are three full-fledged strikers available, as well as Sadio Mane.

Of course, Gareth. Bale and even Deisler can play as a winger.

Normally, such a forward configuration is okay.

However, the most feared injury, especially in the central striker position, once Ruud van Nistelrooy or Diego is the case. If one of Costa is injured, then Fang Jue will not have a center forward to use.

If possible, after the winter transfer window opens, let's see if we can find a substitute centre-forward in the transfer market.

……

December 29th.

2009/2010 Premier League Round 20.

It was also Aston Villa's last game of 2009.

Aston Villa at home vs Liverpool.

With half an hour to go, Villa Park was packed.

Aston Villa currently sit second in the league, just one point behind league leaders Chelsea.

This has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the Aston Villa fans.

Now, tickets for Aston Villa's home games are hard to come by.

The cheapest £28 ticket is even openly demanded by fans, willing to pay two or three times the price.

The average ticket for the cheapest seat in the Premier League is about 30 pounds (about 335 yuan), but the ticket price varies greatly from club to club.

The cheapest ticket for Manchester United Club is £31 and the most expensive is £58.

League leaders Chelsea have a minimum ticket price of £52, the highest of any club, while their most expensive ticket is £87.

In terms of a single match, the club with the highest profile of the cheapest home ticket prices is Chelsea, with the Blues averaging over £60.

Arsenal's cheapest ticket is £27, which is below average, but their most expensive ticket is £130, which is the top of the Premier League.

It is also the main reason why Arsenal was caught out for criticism by the media.

The lowest priced ticket in the Premier League comes from Burnley at just £21.

Aston Villa's cheapest seat at £28 is below the Premier League average.

The most expensive ticket costs £56, which can also be said to be relatively cheap.

Seeing the team's excellent results and the football market so hot, the management of Aston Villa FC has already begun to discuss whether to increase the price of tickets.

……

The game is about to begin.

The commentators are also seizing the time to introduce the starting lineups of both sides.

Liverpool line-up:

Goalkeepers: 25 - Reina;

Backline: 2-Glen Johnson, 23-Carragher, 37-Skrtel, 22-Insuya;

Midfielders: 20-Mascherano, 21-Lucas, 18-Kuyt, 8-Gerrard, 15-Benayoun;

Forwards: 9-Torres;

"There was only one change to Liverpool's starting line-up compared to the first leg of the league meeting."

'That's the centre-back position, with Skrtel replacing the young Ayala.

Aston Villa starting line-up:

Goalkeeper: 1-Brand. Friedel;

Backline: 2-Lukyan, 24-Cuellar, 6-Felipe. Senderos, 3-Wilfred. Bauma;

Midfielders: 4-Clement, 19-Petrov, 7-Ashleyyan, 8-Milner, 10-Deisler;

Forwards: 9-Ruud van Nistelrooy;

'In this game, Aston Villa has changed a lot compared to the last round against Arsenal.

"Lukyan is back in the starting line-up for the first time in recent rounds."

'Ashley Young, who did well against Arsenal in the last round, was in the starting line-up.

'Ferguson is rumoured to have his eye on Ashley Young and has already sent an offer to Aston Villa.'

'However, Aston Villa have consistently denied that Ashley Young will leave.

'In his pre-match press conference, Aston Villa manager Fang Jue refuted that 'what [says Ashley Young will leave] is fake news'!"

Before the start of the game, when the coaches of both sides shook hands.

Benitez, who has always been unsmiling, even joked, "I don't want to hear you praise me as a 'winner' today." ”

Fang Jue squeezed out an embarrassed smile, "I hope today is a good game." ”

The two of them exchanged a few more simple greetings and separated.

The game had been going on for more than twenty minutes, and the score was 0-0.

The visiting Liverpool wanted to get the first kick-off and used the kick-off opportunity to put pressure on the Aston Villa goal.

And then two more attacks were organized.

Liverpool's defence has been doing well, though.

After withstanding Liverpool's attacking momentum in the opening stages, Aston Villa began to show their attacking quality.

Clement cut off Benayoun's pass at the back.

The ball was then passed out.

Petrov after receiving the football.

There was no option to dribble with the ball.

Rather, the football is knocked back.

Milner takes the ball.

He didn't let the ball stay at his feet, but sent it to the right.

The ball fell right at the feet of Deisler, who was inserted in front!

"Aston Villa didn't press it blindly." John. Mortenson said.

"That's because Benitez obviously learned the lesson of the first-leg defeat to Aston Villa, and Liverpool's Aston Villa's counter-attacking defense was quite successful today, and Aston Villa's quick counter-attack couldn't be played."

Deisler takes the ball along the right flank.

He took some distance and attracted Liverpool's left wing-back to come up and intercept, but it was suddenly a wide lateral deflection of the ball.

The football went straight to the feet of Ashley Young on the left.

Deisler's sudden lateral transfer of football to Ashley Young was indeed a surprise to Liverpool.

But if they were deceived so easily, Liverpool wouldn't be Liverpool either.

Benitez is clearly well prepared for this game.

Lucas and Mascherano were immediately in place.

One went up to interfere with Ashley Young.

A mid-lane void ready to be filled.

Just as Lucas pounced on Ashley Young.

Ashley Young passed the ball again.

He did not pass on to himself the nearest Petrov.

Nor did it pass it on to Milner, who came close to him to help.

Instead, he made a somewhat unexpected diagonal long pass of nearly 30 meters, which sent the ball directly to the right side, to Deisler.

It's a horizontal transfer again.

"Ashley Young! That's a ...... What a precise pass! "Narrator John. Morteson was amazed and shouted.

"Ashley Young's performance this season has been a huge surprise." Lineker also said happily, "I'm looking forward to Ashley Young's World Cup debut next year. ”

The match between Aston Villa and Liverpool is the focus of this round of Premier League games, and it is also one of the games that kicks off relatively early.

Manchester United's game kicks off the last of the round, so at this moment, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is watching the game in front of the TV.

Seeing Ashley Young's very wide vision and accurate diagonal long pass, the old Scottish man also applauded.

Ashley Young did get the ball on target.

Deisler's stoppage was also a cause for applause.

I saw Deisler stretch out his foot and hook the football off as he ran.

It's stable.

"It's beautiful! The stop ball is also very exciting! Zhan Jun, the domestic commentator who commented on the game, said, "Aston Villa made full use of the width of the field to move Liverpool's defence back and forth. ”