City got off to a great start, taking the lead in the fourth minute when Silva crossed diagonally into the box, Roma wing-back McCone brought down Sergio Aguero in the box and the Argentine himself converted the penalty.

However, Roma then dominated the field. In the face of a crazy team like Roma, you have to be able to run in order to curb their tactics, but the tired Manchester City can't do this, so they are rarely pressed to the ground by their opponents at home.

In the 6th minute, Totti picked up a cross, and McConn's powerful shot from a tight angle from eight yards on the right side of the penalty area bounced off the underside of the crossbar. In the 17th minute, Florenzi passed the ball, and Gervinho burst into the penalty area with two people in a row, but Neuer made a timely attack to confiscate the ball. In the 21st minute, Keita passed the ball and Nainggolan's shot from outside the area was saved by Neuer.

Always so passively beaten and always missed, Roma equalized in the 23rd minute, Nainggolan passed through, Totti scored a light shot into the net from 15 yards on the left side of the penalty area, 1-1.

Manchester City shrunk their defence, the Romans could no longer run, and it was difficult to play without space, while Manchester City's counter-attack was sharper, after all, the ball ran faster than people and saved energy. In the 25th minute, Silva passed the ball and Yaya Toure's shot from inside the box was blocked by Mbiwa. In the 38th minute, Di Maria's cross from the left side of the penalty area hit Manolas, and the referee refused to award a penalty. One minute later, Silva passed the ball and Kompany fired high from 25 yards.

In the second half, Hazard replaced the physically exhausted Di Maria, and the quarterfinals of the World Cup were still better than the runners-up. In the 50th minute, McCone passed the ball and Totti's long-range shot from 30 yards on the right went just wide of the far corner. In the 52nd minute, Pjanic's shot from the left side of the small penalty area was blocked by Neuer with his chest. One minute later, Gervinho passed the ball and Pjanic fired wide from 30 yards. The Romans took advantage of their aggressive running to once again take the initiative on the field.

Li Chengfeng replaced Mandzukic with Vidal, strengthened the running in the midfield, and put Aguero at the front, but still could not change Manchester City's passivity on the field. That was until Totti was replaced by Iturbe. After all, he is also a 37-year-old veteran, although he did not participate in the World Cup to keep him in better shape, but after running for so long, he can't support it.

Totti's fate also heralded the end of the Romans' offensive, and no one else could replace Totti's role in the offensive end, no matter how old he was, his awareness, positioning, and organizational skills were not something that those sappers could replace.

Manchester City regained the advantage on the pitch, and Li Chengfeng quickly replaced the almost immobilized Aguero with Sturridge to strengthen the attack.

In the 80th minute, Roma cleared a corner kick and Silva turned and fired wide from 25 yards. In the 82nd minute, Fernandinho passed the ball and Silva's shot in front of the penalty area was deflected wide again. Two minutes later, Silva passed the ball and Vidal shot wide from distance. In stoppage time, Silva's shot from the right side of the six-yard box went wide of the near corner. Sturridge had two shots from outside the area that went wide. The World Cup syndrome not only affects the players' ability to run, but also their lack of physical strength also makes their movements deviate and perform poorly.

The draw cast a shadow over City's prospects of qualifying. In this Champions League grouping, Manchester City is once again divided with Bayern. Li Chengfeng didn't know that this was the first time he had met Bayern in the Champions League in a row, to say that this draw was not greasy Li Chengfeng didn't believe it, how could it be so coincidental every time?

However, this year's crisis is even greater, and there are spoilers like Roma in the group, if they are accidentally snatched up by Roma to qualify, will Manchester City become the defending champions who will be eliminated in the first group stage of the Champions League?

It's not just Manchester City that doesn't go well, Li Chengfeng's carefully crafted Championship giants Leeds United have not been satisfactory either, losing away to Millwall in the first game. Managed to win Middlesbrough at home in the second round, but lost three and two games in a row in the fourth round.

Leeds United, who only managed three points in the first four rounds, not only did not show strong momentum, but fell to the bottom of the standings. The summer's spending of more than £30 million seemed to be a joke and a huge disappointment for the hopeful Leeds United fans.

Li Chengfeng is not too worried about Leeds United's predicament, and the team's poor results are only due to the team's run-in problems. Leeds United basically changed the whole team this summer, and the cooperation between the players is not tacit. Especially defensively, there is a lack of chemistry between the defenders, and there are several mistakes in every game.

Head coach Jokanovic has also noticed this problem, and it is normal to hesitate between attack and defense, and not to achieve good results. Fortunately, the individual ability of the players is strong enough that the team will not collapse. Li Chengfeng can't do anything about this kind of problem, he can only hope that time can bring improvement.

Fortunately, Jokanovic adjusted quickly, he no longer hesitated, insisted on attacking, and scored 12 goals in the next four games, making it four wins in a row, and Leeds United rekindled hope.

Leeds are back to normal, but City are still struggling. Manchester City, which has a large number of internationals, is not in good shape because of the World Cup, and at this time it ushered in the national team match day, and Manchester City's internationals have to travel tirelessly to participate in the national team games, making their state even more exhausted, and even training can only be based on resuming training.

Li Chengfeng had to abandon the league as Manchester City lost to West Ham United on the road, and the league points are already eight points behind Chelsea at the top of the table. Now that the league has only been played for 8 rounds, such a gap is really unimaginable. Fortunately, Manchester City is not only a giant affected by the World Cup syndrome, such as Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Tottenham's performance is not as good as Manchester City, so Manchester City, which has only 14 points in 8 rounds, can still rank second in the league, and this season's Premier League is really a rare chaos.

After thinking about it, Li Chengfeng did not send all the players to distant Russia in the third round of the Champions League group stage, but only used some of the main and second team players, and the others stayed in Manchester to recover.

However, in the group stage, City paid the price against CSKA Moscow, the weakest opponents in the group, as they played out a 2-2 draw away from home.

The fatigue of the Manchester City players in this game was fully revealed, and they could not run on the field after thousands of kilometers of flight due to the lack of rest for the national team game, coupled with the cold weather in Russia.

To be honest, the strength of this opponent is really not very good, and Manchester City, who were still quite full of energy in the first half, determined the advantage of two goals early. However, in the second half, Manchester City's players really couldn't run, and the opponent chased back two goals in succession. If it weren't for the fact that time was running out, Manchester City would have been afraid of losing.

Manchester City hit rock bottom, but also had a chance to bounce back. More than a week of recovery time has allowed City's players to regain some form as they thrashed Tottenham 4-1 in the new round of the league.

As a traditional powerhouse in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur is also a big international player, and they have also been affected by the World Cup syndrome, and the depth of the squad is far less than that of Manchester City, so the tired Manchester City slaughtered the more tired Tottenham at home.

Sergio Aguero broke out in the game and was well rested to recover some form, scoring four goals for Manchester City, scoring two penalties and missing one. Tottenham also missed a penalty.

To be fair, it wasn't a great game, and it wasn't about who played better, but who made more mistakes. Fitness issues still plague both teams, which is why there are so many mistakes and so many penalties.

Tottenham Hotspur was the main opponent, taking the lead in the attack and almost breaking the goal. In the 8th minute, Soldado made a direct pass, and Mason's 10-yard stabbing shot from 10 yards was blocked by Neuer with his legs. Lamela then broke through and Eriksen's shot from a tight angle on the right side of the box was blocked by Klich.

City took the lead in the 13th minute when Vidal passed the ball and Sergio Aguero flicked past Cabool from 12 yards out on the left side of the box before firing home into the far corner.

Tottenham equalised after 99 seconds when Toure conceded at the back, Soldado crossed and Eriksen's powerful shot from 12 yards on the right side of the box deflected off Neuer's leg and into the net.

After that, the game went into the hands of Manchester City. In the 20th minute, City took the lead again when Lamela fouled Vidal in the box and Sergio Aguero scored twice from the penalty spot.

In the 23rd minute, Neymar crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Aguero's 11-yard sweep went straight into Lloris's arms.

Manchester City took the initiative on the pitch and looked like they could continue to score goals at any time, but accidents always came inadvertently, Vidal was injured, and Li Chengfeng had to replace him with Fernandenio.

The episode did not change City's attack, as in the 32nd minute, Cabouls fouled Silva in the box and Sergio Aguero again took the penalty but Lloris was denied by his legs, and Aguero's volley from 11 yards went just over the crossbar.

It was the best chance City missed, and the game that followed was a fierce attack but missed the goal. Tottenham's sporadic counter-attacks were also threatening, but were also defused by Manuel Neuer, who had performed well. Manchester City went into the second half with a 2-1 lead.

In the second half, Tottenham continued to attack and try to score before they ran out of energy. They almost did.

In the 62nd minute, Soldado burst into the right side of the penalty area and fell under Godin's defense, and he took the penalty himself but was saved by Neuer. In the 64th minute, Danny Rose crossed and Soldado's shot was again blocked by Neuer's leg before saving Townsend's long-range shot.

But that was the end of Tottenham's struggles, as City doubled their lead in the 68th minute when Neymar cut into the right side of the box and crossed, Fazio was red carded for a foul on Sergio Aguero, who was running off the ball, and Aguero scored a hat-trick from the penalty spot to make it 3-1.

(End of chapter)

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