Chapter 589: Ups and downs
In a high-profile match, Manchester City beat Chelsea 4-3 away, showing good momentum and form, but after the game, the biggest news was not Manchester City's four consecutive wins, nor Arsenal's draw with Liverpool only one point ahead of Manchester City and Manchester United, but at the press conference after this game, Mourinho announced a news that shocked the entire Premier League!
'After this game, I won't be the manager of Chelsea anymore. I've discussed it with Mr. Chairman, and I'm going to step down as Chelsea manager. ”
Mourinho's understatement at the press conference immediately caused chaos in the entire press conference.
Dick lay on the table, looking at the chaotic reporters, he knew that he was definitely not the protagonist of this year's press conference, so he might as well save some effort and let Mourinho toss it......
It was not easy for the reporters to calm down, and immediately someone thought of the question of this game, and then raised their hands and asked: "May I ask Mr. Mourinho, does your decision have anything to do with this game?" ”
Before Mourinho could speak, Dick raised his head: "Don't talk nonsense...... Mr Mourinho doesn't want to be Chelsea's manager anymore, what does it have to do with me...... Say it yourself, lest all the Chelsea fans resent me. ”
His last words were addressed to Mourinho, who laughed and then replied in a serious way: "Yes, Mr Dick is right, my decision has nothing to do with this game, in fact, I signed a contract with Chelsea Football Club before this game started, and whether this game is won or lost, it will not affect my decision to resign after the game." ”
As soon as Mourinho said this, Dick immediately became the object of no one's attention, and Dick had to be there at this time, so Dick yawned boredly, buried his head and took a nap on the table......
It wasn't until half an hour later that Dick looked up in a daze, and by this time the reporters had almost finished asking questions, and began to point the finger at Dick.
"Mr. Dick, what do you think about Mr. Mourinho's resignation?"
"What can I think of it, this decision was not made by me...... But in any case, Mourinho's departure from the Premier League must be a huge loss for the Premier League......
Hearing this, all the reporters were speechless, aren't you sleeping? How do you still know that Jose Mourinho will not be in charge of the Premier League team next? This product is really going crazy and stupid.
But it is obvious that there is nothing to dig out from Dick's mouth, although Dick usually offends a lot of people, but he will not be stupid enough to laugh at Mourinho at this time, that kind of words are purely thankless, but a reporter asked if it would be Dick to take over Mourinho's position, but was despised by other reporters - at least this season, Dick is impossible to become the head coach of Chelsea, even if Dick has this idea Abu also wants to poach Dick, it won't be so quick to show it, right......
Mourinho left like this, although Chelsea fans are very dissatisfied, but they can't let this madman stay, Mourinho, who left the position of Chelsea manager, temporarily disappeared from people's sight, and he announced that he will not be the coach of any club this season, but will go to rest and recharge.
"The resting person has gone to rest, and a hard-working person like me has to continue to work."
Dick got cheap and said obediently, and put this matter aside, resignation is not the end, nor is it retirement, there is no such thing as not having the opportunity to play with Mourinho in the future, Dick knows that a manager like Mourinho will always be his biggest opponent, and maybe he will fight for many years, there is no need to sigh for his resignation.
The win over Chelsea secured their second place in the Premier League, with just one point clear of Arsenal and their fourth Carabao Cup opponent in midweek, Bolton Wanderers, from the Premier League's senior home.
Bolton's situation this season is not very good, now they only have six points after eleven rounds, and Derby County are at the bottom, in this case, Bolton naturally does not have the energy to play any League Cup - for the League Cup, it is not the same as the FA Cup, the FA Cup championship is also a lot of giants are concerned, and the League Cup is most of the giants can play, can not play, forget it, interested more are those who do not have much pursuit of the mid-table team, Bolton has entered the relegation zone of the teamIt's hard to have much interest in the Carabao Cup.
Manchester City's substitutes beat Bolton Wanderers by a goal away by one goal, and central defender Cahill's header allowed Manchester City to win the game and enter the quarterfinals, but there were no dark horses in the League Cup this season, all eight teams are Premier League teams, except for Manchester United who was unexpectedly defeated by Coventry in the third round, the other strong teams basically entered the quarterfinals, in addition to Manchester City, the other seven teams are Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Blackburn, West Ham United and Everton.
Manchester City did not face Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal in the draw for the quarter-finals, but Tottenham are also a strong opponent, and Chelsea and Liverpool, who have just lost their manager, will be the most eye-catching game.
Mourinho left, the Premier League seems to have begun to calm down a lot, in the next league game, Manchester City, which has won four consecutive games, once again won a big victory at home, facing the black cat Sunderland, Manchester City played a hearty game at home, Ribery was radiant in the game, not only scored a goal himself, but also completed a hat trick of assists, successively assisted Torres, Di Natale and Yaya Toure scored a goal each, Manchester City swept Sunderland 4-0 at home, Dick created an offensive strong team, Begin to exert its power gradually.
In this round, Arsenal played a 2-2 draw in the contest with Manchester United, the two biggest opponents were tied, and the benefit was naturally Manchester City, Manchester City surpassed Arsenal by one point with 29 points and returned to the first place in the standings!
"Before the start of the season, no one seemed to think that Manchester City would be able to win the league right away, but now it seems that Manchester City, who have no European competition, have enough to win the league title...... After all, the other four strong teams have the task of the Champions Cup, only Manchester City is easy and just attacking in the league! Now it seems that Manchester City have a good chance of winning the league title, because Dick has gradually formed the team, in this case, Manchester City will be the strongest contenders for the league title! ”
At a time when the media is starting to feel that Manchester City are getting better and better, but after five wins in a row, Manchester City are starting their own ups and downs.
In the thirteenth round, Manchester City was unexpectedly drawn 0-0 by Portsmouth, while Arsenal and Manchester United both won, Arsenal once again overtook Manchester City by one point, and Manchester United also tied Manchester City's points again.
In the fourteenth round, after a hard-fought battle, Manchester City defeated Reading at home thanks to Fernando Torres' brace and Di Natale's goal, and chased after Arsenal, while Manchester United unexpectedly lost to Bolton Wanderers and was pulled away by Manchester City by three points.
In the fifteenth round, Manchester City played a beautiful game, they swept Wigan Athletic 4-1 away, this game Manchester City played quite exciting, everywhere, Torres and Di Natale each scored a goal, Parker and Kompany also scored a goal, but in this game Manchester City suffered a blow, the second-half substitute Bale was seriously injured, and it is initially estimated that he will have to rest for two months, which means that Manchester City will lack a strong rotation object, and even worse, Fernando Torres, who has become an increasingly important part of City's attacking system, also sprained his ankle in this game and is expected to rest for a month, but unfortunately he may not be able to make it in time for the most intense Christmas fixture.
The back-to-back injuries to Torres and Bale did give Dick a headache, but thankfully, he didn't have a lot of players at his disposal, at least Vassell was able to hold on for a while at this time, and with the outrageous schedule coming up over Christmas, he was bound to use more rotation, and in the Premier League, many teams fell behind during the Christmas period.
Just look at the next two weeks, there is only one league game in the next two weeks, but after the league game against Bolton Wanderers on the 15th, Manchester City will face Tottenham in the UEFA Cup on the 19th, the 18th round of matches on the 22nd, a few days off near Christmas, but then there will be three consecutive league games on the 28th, 30th and 3rd January......
"This kind of schedule...... It's outrageous, these guys in the Premier League have managed to survive......" Dick couldn't help but sigh, but after sighing, he still had to prepare for the next game against Tottenham.
Tottenham did not start the season very well, at one point close to the relegation zone, but now they are starting to recover and are not an easy opponent to play against.
In this game, Dick sent Vassell to replace Torres's main center forward position, but it is obvious that Vassell is very anxious after being a substitute for so long, not to mention on the field, and always constantly wastes opportunities, a close empty goal is flying, and he becomes more and more anxious after missing these opportunities, which seriously affects Manchester City's attack.
While City's attack was deadlocked, Tottenham took advantage of two counter-attacks, with full-back Zim Bonda and striker Defoe scoring in each half!
Dick put up with Vassell until the 70th minute, when he couldn't stand Vassell's poor performance and replaced him, not only because he didn't score, but because he took too many attacking opportunities and kept wasting them, almost equivalent to Tottenham's undercover agent......
When he left the game, Vassell seemed to be very dissatisfied, and did not return to the bench at all but walked directly back to the dressing room, Dick did not care about this, for the former international player, who was already young, Dick had already sentenced him to death in his heart.
Ashley Young came on as a substitute, and after he came on, Di Natale moved into the middle, and in this case Di Natale quickly recovered a point, but in the following time Tottenham defended the final moments, holding on to a 2-1 lead until the end, and Manchester City suffered their second defeat of the season!
"We didn't play well in this game, but then I think we're going to do a little bit better." Dick said with a straight face in his post-match press conference.