The joy of knocking out Barcelona lasted only a few weeks before it was shattered by a league draw with Crystal Palace. Also because of the international break, the tired Manchester City unexpectedly drew with Crystal Palace, and the league points were chased by Chelsea. Now with a one-point lead in one more game, the lead is in jeopardy.

Li Chengfeng's mood is extremely bad, even if Birmingham in the real world eliminated Genk and Gent in the knockout rounds in a row to enter the last 8, it does not make him feel much better, and Manchester City will face an even more serious situation next.

There are two more tough games for Manchester City, the league away game against Manchester United and the Champions League away game against Grand Paris, both very important and difficult games.

There will have to be a trade-off, with City's players not physically strong enough to keep them going, while Chelsea, who have already been eliminated from the Champions League, can give it their all in the league.

The league is still the Champions League, Li Chengfeng was entangled, and finally chose the Champions League. There are many coaches who have won multiple league titles, but there are very few who have won multiple Champions League titles, let alone three in a row. Li Chengfeng wants to make a monument in the history of world football, and it is the best honor to win the Champions League three times in a row. As for the top league championships, Li Chengfeng already has 5, even if he leads Leeds United in the future, he still has this confidence, and the chance of winning the Champions League three times in a row is only afraid that it will never be available in the future.

So in the game with Manchester United, Li Chengfeng chose to rotate the lineup, but this does not mean that the team is giving up the game, Manchester City's rotation lineup is still strong. However, an unexpected heavy rain caused Manchester City to run into some problems, and the technical flow of Manchester City was affected more, but it was City's poor luck in this game that affected it even more.

The game started in the rain and after five minutes of fierce scramble, Manchester City took the lead. Godin's own half-time long ball was pinpointed behind the United defence, and Milner stepped forward to take the ball into the box and fired into the near corner, but the ball was blocked by De Gea's legs. In the 8th minute, Clichy broke through on the left and knocked the ball to Di Maria, who made a clever pass, Silva inserted a cross, and the unmarked Aguero broke the deadlock with a left-footed push from close range, and Manchester City led 1-0!

Manchester United equalised soon after. In the 14th minute, De Gea's own half-time big foot ball to the left side of the field, Fellaini's header was ferried, Herrera took the ball and crossed the left side in front of the goal, when Ashley Young and Clichy grabbed a landing point, Clichy blocked the ball and formed an assist, Ashley Young turned around on the left side of the small penalty area and shot with his right foot to break the goal to tie the score at 1-1.

In the 27th minute, Ashley Young received a pass from Blind and crossed diagonally to the far end of the left corner outside the penalty area, Klich rose to the top, and Fellaini, who was suspected of being in an offside position, headed the goal, although Hart touched the ball, but the slippery ball still drilled into the net, and Manchester United reversed the lead 2-1.

Manchester City were unlucky, as Kompany was injured at the beginning of the second half, and Li Chengfeng had to replace him with Mangala. In the 62nd minute, Milner was swept down by Phil Jones and went off injured, with Coutinho coming off the bench.

In the 67th minute, Godin and Mangala made a mistake in the combination, Rooney received a pass from Blind in the middle and knocked it forward, Mata took the ball into the penalty area in a suspected offside position, Mata faced Hart's left-footed push, the ball passed under Hart's crotch and drilled into the net, Manchester United led 3-1.

In the 73rd minute, Ashley Young drove a free-kick from the left into the middle of the pitch and the unmarked Smalling headed home from the edge of the six-yard box to give United a 4-1 lead.

It was a terrible game, and although Sergio Aguero pulled a goal back in the 89th minute, City lost the game 2-4. The league points were also overtaken by Chelsea by two points, and the opponents had a game in hand, taking the lead.

However, Li Chengfeng doesn't care about this anymore, he put all his energy into the Champions League match with Grand Paris, and even in the real world, the first leg of the Europa League away to challenge Celta in the 1/4 knockout match did not spend too much thought, and finally played 2:2 with the opponent, a poor result. 60 million striker Joelinton made a pass and a shot, allowing Birmingham to get out of the way, and it was really a penny.

The match against Paris was a contest between two local tycoons, with two oil giants worth more than a billion pounds fighting for the right to qualify, but it was Manchester City under the command of Li Chengfeng who won comfortably away from home.

The game was much easier than Li Chengfeng had imagined, with Paris not showing their dominance in Ligue 1 at all, and City did not have to spend much effort to secure the victory.

Manchester City tried to control the game from the start. Kolarov's cross from the left side of the box was cleared by Marquinhos, Neymar took the ball and fell under Thiago Silva's defence, and referee Clattenburg refused to award a penalty. Matuidi then crossed from the left side of the penalty area, and Pastore swept in front of the six-yard box.

City came close to opening the scoring in the 14th minute when Suarez passed the ball and the unguarded Reuss fired a left-footed shot from inside the box that bounced off the left-hand post. Two minutes later, Klos returned the ball and Neymar volleyed wide from the edge of the box.

City soon took the lead, taking the lead in the 18th minute when Pastore conceded a goal in midfield, Reuss crossed through and Neymar slotted a one-hander into the net from eight yards out on the left side of the box.

Paris then suffered another blow as Thiago Silva was replaced by Luiz with an injury. Just before half-time, Suarez stole Luiz and fired a lob from the left side of the box, but Sirigu injured his left arm with a simple save. This level of unluck is comparable to Manchester City in the last game.

However, Li Chengfeng's schadenfreude did not last long, and the same unfortunate thing happened to Manchester City. In the 53rd minute, Iniesta was stretchered off by Pastore's midfielder injury, and Silva came on as a substitute.

Suarez suddenly broke out, Zabaleta passed, Suarez cut into the right side of the penalty area and shot hard from 10 yards after breaking through Luis, Marquinhos and Maxwell in a row, and the ball was saved by Sirigu and went into the net, 2-0!

In the 79th minute, Suarez broke through Luis and pushed into the net from the edge of the penalty area, 3-0! The Parisian defense was like papier-mâché in front of him.

Although Paris pulled one back in the 82nd minute, Manchester City still defeated the opponent 3-1 away, and the process was easier than the score, so easily that Li Chengfeng did not feel that this was a knockout match between the top 8 of the Champions League. Parisians' willpower is so fragile that the slightest pressure can make them feel overwhelmed.

This kind of game made Li Chengfeng regret a little, he should have done his best in the game with Manchester United, it would be good for Paris to use substitutes, they are not a level opponent at all.

The big away win put Li Chengfeng at ease and focused on the league, winning two in a row, and the second leg against Paris was easily cleared with a brace from Neymar. Chelsea's away league challenge to Arsenal ended in a draw with Manchester City equalling Chelsea on points and taking the top spot on goal difference.

However, the Chelsea man still took the initiative with a game in hand. They also seized their chances, beating Leicester City in the repertoire to move up to the top of the league table, three points ahead of Manchester City. With four league games remaining, there are not many opportunities left for Manchester City.

It's not just Manchester City who have run out of chances, the real world of Birmingham City have little chance of fighting for the top four in the league. Although they managed to finish in the top six, holding Arsenal behind, they are far more away from fourth-placed Manchester United than Manchester City and Chelsea in the CM world, and a miracle is going to happen unless a miracle strikes a place in the top four.

Birmingham have only one chance to qualify for next season's Champions League, and that is to win the Europa League. This is a new UEFA rule in 2014, and perhaps Li Chengfeng needs to thank UEFA for giving him such a chance. However, Europa League semi-final opponents Manchester United are not easy to deal with, and the only good news for a civilian side like Birmingham is that United will have to be distracted by consolidating their top-four finish in the league, although their lead is not small.

Against giants Manchester United, even though they rested some players, the all-out Birmingham were unable to get a win at home, and Marcus Rashford's long-range strike gave United the initiative, and Birmingham only managed to pull back the score through a counter-attack by Tahi Chong in front of goal.

It's so tough at home, so what's the way away from home? No one is optimistic about Birmingham, even Li Chengfeng knows that there is little hope. However, Como defeated Lyon at home under the command of Arsene Wenger, and one foot has already entered the final, which gave Li Chengfeng a comfort, maybe winning the Europa League is the best curtain call ceremony for the old coach.

It's just that Como's young people are afraid that there will not be much left next season, there are too many people staring at them, and Wenger's retirement also makes them less of a bond. Some people may be able to move to Birmingham, but some people will not stay.

For example, Dutch teenager Gravenberg, his agent Raiola is really difficult, and he asks for a salary increase for players at every turn, or asks for a transfer. It used to be like this when Mancini was like this, and Li Chengfeng had had enough of this endless soap opera, and he was ready to end it all anyway. And I'm not ready to cooperate with this fat man in the future, whether it's in the real world or in the CM world. His time is precious, and he doesn't have the time to pull and pull.

Back in the CM world, there really aren't many opportunities left for Manchester City, and the pressure is on Chelsea after Chelsea's 35th league win over Crystal Palace. Manchester City will face Pep Guardiola's Bayern in a few days, a formidable opponent, and Li Chengfeng can only choose to rotate.

This time City's players withstood the pressure and with a goal from Sergio Aguero, City clung to Chelsea in a hard-fought 1-0 win away at Tottenham.

The key is still the game against Bayern Munich, with the good news for Manchester City being that Ribery and Arjen Robben are both unavailable due to injury. Without these two most threatening players, even if the opponent is Pep Guardiola's Bayern, Li Chengfeng dares to play offensive football.

(End of chapter)

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