If you don't die, there will be a blessing, and Manchester City, who came back from the Champions League group stage to qualify, ushered in the best stage of this season.

In the Club World Cup in Morocco, Manchester City won the club for the second time. In the league, Manchester City finally chased down only three points with one less round of games on New Year's Day, and the goal difference was far ahead, and Li Chengfeng was more sure of the championship.

Li Chengfeng, who is in a good mood, has also opened their purse bags and contributed to Leeds United to ensure that the team can be promoted this season, and of course, Li Chengfeng will not let the risk get out of control.

Leeds United spent €5 million to buy Charlton's Joey Gomez and another €1 million to buy Akanji from Switzerland, adding depth to the centre-back position.

As for the full-backs, there really aren't any good candidates. Of course, he can loan players from Manchester City, but Li Chengfeng doesn't want to be investigated later because of this kind of thing. In the end, he opted to sign winger Rebic on loan from Fiorentina with a buyout clause, and Leeds will spend €2 million to buy Rebic if they are promoted this season.

Leeds then loaned out youngsters Liam Cooper, Gerald Bowen and others. They are as talented players as Che Adams and McBurney, who left on loan in the summer, but they are better off on loan at Leeds United right now.

These are long-awaited transfers, and they didn't take much time for Li Chengfeng, he just waited for Leeds United to be promoted at the end of the season, and then he could make a big impact. However, before that, Li Chengfeng hopes to give latecomers an unshakable peak when he leaves Manchester City.

However, reality gave Li Chengfeng a blow to the head, and in the 22nd round of the league, Manchester City lost to Arsenal at home, and the points gap with Chelsea was opened again.

City dominated the game, with 65 per cent possession and were better than Arsenal in all other indicators, but Arsenal managed to score two goals with two counter-attacks.

In the 23rd minute, Monreal and Giroud kicked out of the wall to burst into the penalty area, Kompany accidentally knocked it down while defending, referee Dean awarded a penalty, Cazorla took the penalty, Neuer made the right judgment, but still could not prevent the goal, 0-1, Arsenal took the lead.

In the 66th minute, Arsenal won a free kick opportunity in front, Cazorla sent the ball to the heart of the penalty area, and Giroud scored with a header in front of the goal, 0-2.

After that, although Manchester City made an own goal to pull one back, they still failed to save the defeat after all, and could only swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.

The defeat looked like it was just bad luck, but Li Chengfeng knew the players were too tired. During this time, the league, Champions League, and FA Cup have been very intensive, and Manchester City has to take time to go to Morocco to play the Club World Cup, and the players' bodies have no time to recover.

Li Chengfeng began to re-examine his plan, and the idea he wanted was really realistic? After the unprecedented success of last season, the players are not as aggressive as before, and if they still want it all, they will not get anywhere if they adopt a strategy of small rotations.

After learning from the pain, Li Chengfeng decisively gave up the FA Cup. Manchester City's FA Cup fourth-round defeat to Championship side Middlesbrough with all substitutes also illustrated how bad the form of the players is.

It's another international break, and Manchester City finally have their biggest league game of the season, the 23rd round away to Chelsea. If you lose this game, I am afraid that the league championship will be hopeless.

Manchester City's Toure and Sergio Aguero are injured and unable to play, but Chelsea are no better, with Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa also sitting on the sidelines. In contrast, the Chelsea who lacked depth in their squad were more affected.

At the beginning of the game, the tempo of the two sides was not fast, and both teams were more reluctant to lose than to win. The two teams tangle in midfield, testing each other's defence.

In the 8th minute, Manchester City played a continuous attack, Fernandinho sent a low ball on the right side to the back post, but unfortunately no player was in place, and the ball was blocked by a Chelsea player. In the 13th minute of the game, Salah broke through to create a corner, Willian took the corner kick in front of the goal, and Terry's header was slightly high. One minute later, City counter-attacked and Neymar's cross from the right was blocked out of the box.

The tempo of the game was still slow, the battle between the two sides in midfield was fierce, the defence was tenacious, and there were not many chances to shoot on goal.

In the 18th minute, Chelsea set up an attack and Oscar forced a cross down the right flank that was blocked. In the 24th minute, Ivan's cross from the right flank was cut off, Silva passed the ball, Suarez won the ball in the box and his shot from a tight angle was saved by Courtois, and the Chelsea player then cleared the ball. In the 29th minute, Remy made a steal and instigated an attack, and then he passed the ball to Oscar at the top of the arc, who had little power to shoot at Neuer.

In the 31st minute, Manchester City made a long pass at the back, Terry's header was wrong, Neymar took the ball on the right side and entered the penalty area, facing Courtois's defense, his low shot slid out of the goal, and Manchester City missed a good opportunity.

In the 44th minute, City broke the deadlock by taking advantage of a Chelsea mistake when Sagna's cross from the right was met by Courtois and Suarez's long-range shot was touched by David Silva and into the net to give City a 1-0 lead before half-time.

In the second half, the game was still fierce due to the lack of excitement, and the fans wanted to sleep. In the 55th minute, Manchester City took a corner kick from the left, Sagna's attack was slightly wide, and in the 56th minute, Manchester City played a beautiful combination, Silva crossed from the right, and Fernandinho was dragged off the crossbar by Courtois. In the 64th minute of the game, Neymar crossed from the right side, the ball came to the goal, and Di Maria shot high over the crossbar under the marking of the opposing player.

It wasn't until the final ten minutes that the Chelsea man brought on Didier Drogba to step up their attack and try to get back on the scoresheet. But after all, he couldn't do it, Drogba is old after all, and he can't change anything.

In the end, Manchester City won 1-0 away at Chelsea to claim a crucial victory. After this game, Manchester City are only three points behind Chelsea with a game in hand, and their hopes of winning the league title have revived. But this time, Li Chengfeng will not let the opportunity slip away again, just like Birmingham in the real world, he has to seize every opportunity.

Although the real-world Birmingham are close to finishing in the top four of the league and qualifying for the Champions League, there is still a chance to save the country by winning the Europa League. Li Chengfeng gave up the FA Cup early for this reason and concentrated on the Europa League competition.

Genk, the opponent in the first round of the Europa League knockout round, was not a strong team, but Birmingham narrowly beat their opponents 3-2 in the first leg, allowing them to score two away goals. Most of the team's players are getting their first chance to play in the knockout stages of European competition, and they are a little nervous, and they are nowhere near as comfortable as they are in the league. However, Li Chengfeng believes that after the baptism of the first round, they will relax.

Li Chengfeng is also glad that the team has drawn a good sign, this weak opponent can be used as a whetstone for the team, if the opponent in the first round is too strong, I am afraid that the first round of this group of raw melons and eggs under his command will be explained in the first round.

Of course, the difficulty of this game in Birmingham is also related to Li Chengfeng's focus on Manchester City, after all, Manchester City's opponent Barcelona in the knockout round is Li Chengfeng's old enemy.

However, Li Chengfeng felt that he was still sure to defeat his opponent. Barcelona's operation this summer was still not successful, although the introduction of Rakitic could replace Xavi to a certain extent, but after all, they failed to bring in an orthodox center forward. The failure of an attempt to poach Suarez from Manchester City this summer has forced Messi to remain at the top. Although Messi is very strong, this does not give full play to his ability, and moreover, just one Messi cannot defeat Manchester City.

With Suarez's brace, Manchester City won 2-1 at home to Barcelona who came to challenge. Although Messi created a penalty, a Messi still couldn't beat Li Chengfeng's carefully crafted NSL combination.

In this game, Li Chengfeng put out a 4-1-4-1 lineup, striving to control the midfield, and took the initiative at the beginning. Without Xavi, Barcelona's midfield control has dropped too much.

In the 5th minute, Modric picked up a pass, and Suarez's left-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area was blocked by Pique off the sideline. In the 7th minute, Mascherano tackled Aguero on the left side of the penalty area, and Modric's right-footed free kick was blocked by the wall.

Barcelona also used the individual qualities of their stars to find the back of the net. In the 10th minute, Pedro crossed from the left, and Messi's left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area was shoveled out by Godin.

Manchester City took the lead in the 15th minute, in the 15th minute, Marr crossed 45 degrees from the right, and Luis Suarez met the ball with his left foot from outside the small penalty area on the right side and fired a low shot into the far corner, 1-0!

In the 19th minute, Iniesta broke through the middle, Alves crossed from the right, and Messi's right-footed volley from the left side of the penalty area hit Munir. One minute later, Klich crossed from the left and Suarez headed wide in front of the six-yard box in the middle.

Manchester City's NSL combination worked together tacitly, and on 25 minutes Marr passed through and Luis Suarez's right-footed shot from the left side of the box was saved by Ter Stegen.

In the 29th minute, Modric broke through in the middle and crossed from the left side of the Reus penalty area, and Luis Suarez made a right-footed shovel in the middle of the small penalty area, and the ball hit the far post and bounced into the net. 2-0, Manchester City extended their advantage, Luis Suarez scored twice!

Seeing Suarez's performance in this game, Barcelona people are afraid that they hate Li Chengfeng very much. was originally a transfer that had been negotiated, but it was forcibly stopped by Li Chengfeng, and as a result, he could only see such a super striker who could attack Barcelona and cut himself twice, which must have been very uncomfortable.

But Li Chengfeng likes it, he just likes the helpless look of the opponent, it would be better if he could eliminate Barcelona, and he was unhappy thinking about the two Barcelonans in the club.

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