This time the Chelseas were unable to resist Manchester City's attack, not only because Manchester City had an extra striker, but their morale was also a little low because of the missed penalty, and they began to doubt themselves, even if John Terry and Frank Lampard tried desperately to inspire the team, there was still not much atmosphere, this Chelsea team no longer had the same iron and blood as before.

City were given a number of chances to shoot and the deadlock was quickly broken. In the 62nd minute, Silva returned a pass from the left side of the penalty area, Reus cut high along the penalty line and pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal, Cech couldn't reach it, and Manchester City led 1-O!

The game is already behind, and there is no point in holding on like this, it is better to fight hard, and it is possible to recover a one-goal gap.

Benitez replaced Frank Lampard with Moses to increase the attacking power, and Chelsea's performance on the pitch has also improved.

It's just that although Chelsea's offensive looks lively, it doesn't pose much of a threat, and the team's tactical coordination looks chaotic, that is, Mata's split looks like some ideas, and the others are messy, basically just play where it goes, and what kind of threat can such an attack have.

In the last 1o minutes, Benitez replaced Mikel with Torres, which was a complete gamble. However, since it is gambling, it is natural to lose more and win less, and this time is no exception. A few minutes after Benitez's substitution, City doubled the scoreline.

In the 85th minute, Silva knocked on the left rib in front of the field, and Suarez shot hard into the upper left corner of the net from outside the arc of the penalty area, and Manchester City led 2-O!!

There was no suspense in the game, and in stoppage time, Li Chengfeng replaced Rodwell to strengthen the defense and consumed the last time.

With a win over Chelsea, Manchester City finally didn't get left behind by Manchester United, only five points behind in second place, and with 11 games left in the league, Manchester City still had a chance.

There is also a chance for Birmingham, the last 4 rounds of Birmingham 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, the points have increased to 25 points, ranking third from the bottom, only 2 points away from the team in front of him, the hope of relegation is great, but it is a pity that Li Chengfeng took over too late, and there is no hope for this season to impact the European qualification. There was no chance of a cup competition, and Li Chengfeng did not want to repeat the tragedy of Birmingham in the past when they won the League Cup at the cost of relegation, so he gave up two cup competitions early.

However, Manchester City, who have been added to the CM world, still have a chance of a treble, and after Manchester City continued to play in the second team to eliminate Barnsley in the FA Cup to reach the semi-finals, they also won the next games in the league, putting pressure on Manchester United to wait for Manchester United to make mistakes.

However, it was Manchester City who made the mistake first, or because of the Champions League. In the knockout round, Manchester City only won 2:1 at home, and the chance of being overturned away is still very high, Li Chengfeng chose to rotate, and lost to Everton away in the league o:2. In contrast, Manchester United, who had done their best, won and extended City's points gap to eight points.

This result made Li Chengfeng a little frustrated, maybe he should stick to it, will there be a better result?

However, Li Chengfeng soon began to gloat over the fact that Manchester United capsized at home in the Champions League knockout round, losing 1-2 at home to Galatasaray and being eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 2-3 over the two legs.

Manchester City, who played with all their might, defeated Schalke O4 again 3:2 away, and successfully advanced through the two-legged double defeat.

The defeat of the round forced Schalke to adopt a more risky offensive play, in all fairness, Schalke O4's attack power is still good, but their defense is really bad, in the entire Bundesliga is the existence of the middle and lower ranking, it is very normal to be plugged by Manchester City's defensive counterattack, Manchester City won this game relatively easily.

The competition in England is still much greater than that of other leagues, and each team can shoot a lot of pounds to strengthen the team, so there is a saying that there are no weak teams in England.

If England wants to win the league championship, it has to pay more energy than other leagues, unlike when Inter Milan was before, even if a second team was sent to win the championship, it had the strength to win the championship. If Li Chengfeng does his best in the league like Alex Ferguson, I am afraid that the Champions League will also be eliminated.

In contrast, Li Chengfeng is more interested in the Champions League, and now he can coach in both the real world and the CM world, and he has long since lost the problem of lack of points, and even as long as he wants, he can take the time to accumulate points to form a world-class Chinese team, but what is the point of this. Chinese football has no foundation, and even if it wins the World Cup, it will not change anything, but will only make those with vested interests worse.

Manchester United's elimination has allowed them to focus on the English league and has made more people look forward to their ability to win the English title. Manchester City were able to reverse a seven-point deficit last year to win the title, can they still do it this year? Will United make as many mistakes as last year?

In the 31st round of the league, both sides made no mistakes and successfully won the opponent, and the next round is a direct dialogue between the two sides. If Manchester City wins, the points gap is narrowed to 5 points, and Manchester United wins, the league can be declared over in advance. Manchester City won the derby last year and won the title in the end, will it be the case this year?

However, before this game, Manchester City still has the Champions League knockout round to play, and the opponent is Galatasaray, who eliminated Manchester United, Manchester City's home stadium, which saves Manchester City from the trouble of traveling. However, it will not be easy to travel to Turkey after the game against Manchester United.

When it was time to fight hard, Li Chengfeng hoped to eliminate the suspense of promotion in the knockout round, and decided to attack aggressively at home, while Galatasaray naturally played a defensive counterattack, trying to sneak up like the game that eliminated Manchester United.

In fact, Galatasaray is still quite suitable for defensive counter-attacking play, and they have two acquaintances of Li Chengfeng in the frontcourt, Drogba and Sneijder. Although Drogba is old, he is still in good shape, Sneijder is even more at his peak age, and the two of them are very threatening to fight back, and Manchester United just accidentally fell on them.

Li Chengfeng certainly won't repeat the mistakes made by Manchester United, who gave up the league in order to save the best form for Galatasaray.

Compared with the lineup in the second leg of the 1/8 final at Old Trafford, Mourinho made two adjustments to the lineup in this game: the right-back Arbeloa, who could not play on the backline, was unexpectedly replaced by Essien before the game, Benzema served as the attacking bridgehead in the front, and Higuain, who played as a striker in the Champions League, sat on the bench. In addition, Casillas, Albiol, Carvalho, Callejon, Morata, and Nacho were not selected for technical reasons, and Team B goalkeeper Jesús was called up by Mourinho but unfortunately missed the final 18-man squad at the last minute before the start of the game. Galatasele's roster is exactly the same as in the last game against Schalke O4, with Drogba and Sneijder and Altentop standing opposite Mourinho and grassroots goalscorer Yilmaz going directly to Cristiano Ronaldo's Golden Boot.

City controlled the midfield from the outset, and launched a series of attacks towards Galatasaray. In the second minute, Bale received a pass from Luka Modric, dribbled laterally outside the penalty area, and fired a low left-footed shot from 35 meters from the goal that bounced off the defender. One minute later, Bale counter-attacked and picked up a cross from the right side of the penalty line, and Suarez cut in the middle of the box to head it slightly high.

Manchester City quickly scored a goal, in the 9th minute, Modric sent a straight plug in front of the penalty area, and Bale's left-footed shot from the right rib of the penalty area hit the ball into the dead corner, 1-O!

Manchester City, who were ahead, were a little excited and pressed harder, but Galatasaray was able to eliminate Manchester United, and they were not soft persimmons to be slaughtered, and they took advantage of the lack of air defense in Manchester City's back to fight back. In the 11th minute, Melo's left-footed shot from outside the box hit the defender and was blocked. One minute later, Eboue sent a wonderful pass, Drogba turned and pulled the ball at the top of the penalty area, and slid the ball with his left foot. In the 15th minute, Inan sent a cross from the front, and Sneijder's left-footed bombardment in front of the penalty area missed the goal. In the 18th minute, Drogba took the ball back in front of the field, and Altentop's right-footed long-range shot in front of the penalty area was slightly wide.

Li Chengfeng saw that the situation on the field was not right, and hurriedly asked Manchester City to recycle the formation, strengthen the defense, defend this wave of Galatasaray's offensive, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

Galatasaray's head coach naturally knows what Li Chengfeng thinks, but he still wants to wait and wait for luck to come. They eliminated Manchester United in the last knockout round because of Lady Luck's favor, so why not do it again.

However, since it is luck, how can it be so easy to repeat. Galatasaray's persistence yielded nothing and was punished. In the 29th minute, Zabaleta crossed from the right side of the field, Suarez stopped the ball at the back of the penalty area and then pushed a low shot with his right foot into the near corner to expand the score, 2-o!!

Galatasaray, who was two goals behind, finally regained his composure at this time and resumed his defensive counter-attacking style of play. The knockout round is two legs, the away team loses by two goals, and there is still a chance to return to the home field, if this game is too bad, it will be the end.

Manchester City, who led by two goals, are also starting to become more patient, with Li Chengfeng letting his team lower the tempo and leave no room for Galatasaray to counter-attack. 2:o at home is also a good result, so that on the road, Manchester City only need to score one goal, Galatasaray need to score four goals to eliminate Manchester City.

At half-time, Li Chengfeng did not make any adjustments, but asked the players to concentrate and not give the opponent a chance to score away goals. Galatasaray was also unwilling to risk conceding more goals rashly, and the two sides were at a stalemate on the field.

However, City still extended their lead. In the 73rd minute, Klos was brought down by Drogba in midfield, and Manchester City won a free kick. Klos drove the ball to the middle of the box and substitute Robert Lewandowski headed home to make it 3-!!

(End of chapter)

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