When it comes to football's most famous derby, all five major leagues have their own derby fixtures. Like the just-concluded Spanish national derby, although the top card competition between Messi and Ronaldo is missing, the old rivals of Barcelona and Real Madrid are still a football match with high global attention.

However, for the latest round of the Manchester derby of the English Premier League at 00:30 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow, it has already far surpassed the Spanish national derby (about 600 million people) in the dimension of ratings, and even surpassed the traditional "double red meeting" of the Premier League.

According to the BBC, there are only three countries on the planet (North Korea, Cuba, and Moldova) that have no signal for this game, and it is estimated that the number of viewers of this game will be at least 1 billion or more.

The Manchester derby, since Messi joined Manchester City, has taken the Manchester derby to a new level.

What's more, the two managers Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola will be directly on the batter, and the two top coaches with their own hot topics in today's football will naturally become the biggest attraction of this game.

Manchester City has been a bug since the beginning of this season, with a record of 11 wins and 1 draw after 12 rounds, without a single defeat, accumulating 34 points and ranking first in the Premier League.

What's even more terrifying is the horrific statistic of 50 goals scored in total, an average of 4 goals per game, and only 6 goals conceded. Especially in the last two games, a total of 12 goals have been scored, and this kind of crushing attack can only make the opponent feel trembling.

The Red Devils, on the other hand, are a different black and white picture.

After the first 12 rounds, although they have won 9 and drawn 3, they are in 4th place in the standings, but the team's performance is not on the same level as Manchester City, because the win is terrifying.

The Reds have conceded a whopping 20 goals so far, and only 28 goals were conceded after 38 rounds last season. The good news, however, is that the Reds have been boosted by a winning streak after a Liverpool game, and the Reds' morale has been greatly boosted.

In fact, Manchester United's results are really good, and the word difference is not at all side, but the three draws in the opening stage make everyone think that Manchester United is not good, and it is the results of Manchester City and Chelsea that are too perverted, which leads everyone to think that Manchester United is not good, but now the results of 9 wins and 3 draws are still 4 points behind Manchester City, can it not make people despair?

And this game is particularly important, if Manchester United wins, the difference between the two sides is only 1 point, but unfortunately Manchester United even if they win Manchester City, there are still two mountains in front of them, that is, Manchester United and Chelsea. This season's Premier League is unprecedentedly intense, the most intense in history!

The biggest problem for Manchester United's side is at the back. Thankfully, Marcos Rojo, Jones and Chris Smalling have been stable of late, but it is not possible for United's centre-backs to turn around and chase that.

Although the defense has been solid recently, the opponents who have played really not very well, and the time has come to test them again.

The other party has Messi! In addition to Messi, there are many world-class stars......

However, everyone is still optimistic about Manchester City. Even Ferguson complimented him at his press conference the next day.

'Obviously, Manchester City are the favourites to win the league this season, their football is pleasing to watch, Messi's performance is phenomenal, Pep Guardiola has reborn Manchester City, Manchester United have one of the toughest games at the Etihad Stadium, luckily we qualified in the Champions League and can play this game with all our heart, and sadly, Manchester City are in the Champions League as well. They are almost a team without any shortcomings. ”

Once upon a time, Ferguson would look so highly at the opponent, looking at the Premier League, Manchester United is the king, and the other teams are subservient to Manchester United, but this year is really different, even he lowered his posture, he didn't want to be slapped in the face.

However, there is another team whose manager does not think so: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho. He had led Chelsea to a draw at the Etihad in the previous three rounds and now he stepped up to support Alex Ferguson.

Of course, he also wants United to beat Chelsea, which is the perfect result, and if United win and Chelsea win, then Chelsea can open up the gap on their biggest rivals, Manchester City.

He spoke to the BBC about the Manchester derby. 'When we went there a few weeks ago, the whole of Europe thought they were going to win us at home too, but in fact we almost won there, we even got more shots on goal than them in the game, and if it wasn't for a bit of bad luck, we could have taken a win. This team seems to have no weaknesses, but the weaknesses are quite large, and they lack enough self-confidence. No, this season their games are all downwind, they are all first, and then they play more and more smoothly, but when the game is dragged into a difficult rhythm, they will be a little disoriented. That's what it is like to beat us. ”

"As long as there are enough players to cut Messi, then no one else will play, and Pep Guardiola's system is still copied from Barcelona, so after Messi is prevented, they have almost no other way to score."

'They're scared of Chelsea, they're scared of Cristiano Ronaldo, they're scared of Manchester United, they're scared of Dong, and the more they want to prove themselves, the more scared they are, and that's the secret to beating them.'

Jose Mourinho is right-hearted, he looks more like a manager at Manchester United, a theory that he has instilled in his players in the previous games against Manchester City and has only borrowed it from Manchester United.

Manchester United is just keeping a low profile, so why would they be afraid of a game against Manchester City?

However, Mourinho's remarks were immediately ridiculed by Guardiola, who was helping Manchester United play psychological warfare, and Guardiola certainly couldn't let him succeed.

Speaking to the London media, he said: "I don't know if he thought about it, they had 37 per cent possession and we had 63 per cent, they had 10 shots and we had 21 and Messi scored a hat-trick. Why are we afraid? Obviously Chelsea were scared, but in fact luck was on their side, otherwise we could have beaten them by a big margin. ”

'Manchester City have been in better form than any team this season. He can say this kind of thing, it can only be said that he is extremely unconfident, not us. Of course it will be tough tonight against Manchester United, with no predictability to win or lose. Derbies are always different from the usual games and Manchester United are the defending champions and they have enough experience to play against us. ”

Pep Guardiola and Mourinho pinched each other, which surprised Ferguson. However, Ferguson does have to thank Mourinho, which has invisibly helped Manchester United to relieve the pressure, and it will be up to him to see if he can actually finish Manchester City away tonight, he is more eager than anyone else to finish Manchester City, which is undoubtedly one of the most important games of the season.

In terms of lineup, he adjusted the formation again, between 433 and 4312, and Dong Fangzhuo's position changed slightly.

There have been countless people who say that he can't use the front waist well, starting with the use of Veron back then, but today, he puts Dong Fangzhuo in the position of the front waist......

And in the Etihad away dressing room, Dong Fangzhuo received a text message from Ronaldo - I scored a hat trick at the Etihad Stadium, can you?