In the league with Sunderland, Manchester City, who had been trained hard, defeated the visiting Sunderland 5:o at home, making people think they were back on track, but Li Chengfeng knew that there was still a long way to go, it was just abuse, Manchester City has always been so comfortable to play downwind, but if you can't learn to play against the wind, you will never be a real strong team. Manchester City's away face to Liverpool in the next round of the league will be the real test.

In order to play the league with Liverpool, Li Chengfeng even chose to rest in the Europa League match with Braga away, so that the main players who are too tired can avoid the fatigue of traveling thousands of kilometers back and forth, and can challenge Liverpool in a better state. However, the reality was a blow to Li Chengfeng, and Manchester City lost to Liverpool in O:3 away.

Li Chengfeng is not unacceptable to lose to Liverpool away, but he must not accept such a rout. The game was in Liverpool's rhythm from the start, and they pressed back without any temptation, breaking down City's defence with desperate runs and scrambles.

In the 6th minute, Carroll and Suarez passed the ball in succession, and Kuyt shot high in front of the penalty area. Liverpool almost opened the scoring in the seventh minute, Carroll passed the ball, and Suarez, who successfully countered offside, fired a low shot from the edge of the box that was saved by Neuer and hit the right post.

In the ninth minute, Kuyt passed the ball and Carroll fired high from 25 yards. Liverpool took the lead in the 13th minute when Carlos Tevez was tackled at the back, Meireles' long-range shot was blocked by Kompany and Carroll fired home with a left-footed volley from 25 yards. Not only that, but Tevez was also injured, and Li Chengfeng had to replace him with Adam Johnson.

However, it turned out to be a mistake, Adam was sleepwalking on the field, and his performance was very bad, and he didn't run like a young man in his early 2o at all, but like a 4o old man. The Liverpudlian quickly noticed this weakness and began to stare at Adam's point play, and Manchester City's situation became more passive.

Li Chengfeng doesn't know what Adam's situation is, as a widely favored England-level star, although his previous performance is not a superior star, but it is also remarkable, showing strong potential, although his professionalism is in single digits, but there are no bad off-court scandals, Li Chengfeng is also quite optimistic about him. Even if his performance declined a little during this period and his training was not ideal, Li Chengfeng just thought that this was because the young players were not stable enough, so he was just ready to give him a period of time to adjust his condition. However, before this game, Reus was suddenly injured, and Silva also had an old injury that had not healed, so he was put into the squad. Even so, Li Chengfeng was not ready to let him play, but Tevez's sudden injury disrupted his plan, but Li Chengfeng didn't expect Adam's state to be so bad, even if he went up to play, it wouldn't be much worse, could it be that he talked to a few golden girls about his all-night life last night?

Li Chengfeng is hesitant to replace him immediately, but it seems that this is not good for the development of a young player, and there is no suitable candidate on the bench, De Jong is a sapper and does not help the attack, and Dzeko is not of much use to Manchester City, who now need to compete for midfield.

Li Chengfeng was still hesitating, but Liverpool expanded the score, Aurelio's shot into the left rib of the penalty area was blocked, and Kuyt fired a low shot into the bottom left corner of the net from 15 yards on the right side of the penalty area, 2:o.

Just a minute later, Meireles crossed from the left and Carroll headed in Kolarov from 11 yards to make it 3-O.

Li Chengfeng finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he replaced Adam, who had been substituted for less than 2o minutes, with De Jong. Now Liverpool's attack is too ferocious, so let's stabilize the midfield defense first.

De Jong's introduction made City's midfield more solid, and the momentum of Liverpudlian's frenzied attack was contained, but City did not get any decent chances, they had not recovered from the blow, organised a decent attack, and the first half of the game was over.

The o:3 score made the atmosphere in the dressing room heavy, but Li Chengfeng was not ready to give up, even if there was only a glimmer of hope left, he had to work hard, even if he failed in the end, at least let these Manchester City players know their football philosophy, let them keep up with their demands, and if they couldn't do it, leave.

Li Chengfeng replaced Modric with Dzeko at the beginning of the second half, and Bale unleashed his attacking talent as a free man up front. Now Manchester City don't need a slow midfield organisation, they need the intensity and strength to break through, and Li Chengfeng needs to use violence to break down Liverpool's goal, as they did in the first half.

However, Liverpool is not Manchester City, in the face of Manchester City's crazy attack, they did not flinch, and launched fierce battles with Manchester City in every area of the stadium, even if they were already three goals ahead, they did not relax, and refused to back down.

Listening to the tens of thousands of people in the Anfield stadium singing "You Will Never Walk Alone", Li Chengfeng once again felt the essence of what a wealthy family is. Such a Liverpool is terrible, Dalglish's return has brought Liverpool's spirit back, and Li Chengfeng knows that there is no hope for this game.

In the end, Manchester City were unable to score a face-saving goal until the end of the game, and there was an unexpected situation on the pitch shortly before the final break. During an attack, Suarez suddenly opened his mouth and bit Liverpool midfielder Meireles, who was defending him, and was sent off with a red card on the spot. In the real world, Li Chengfeng knows about Suarez's bite, but it should be a few years later, right, will it be so early?

But in any case, the matter has already happened, and we must find a way to eliminate the bad impact of this incident as much as possible, Suarez is the future of the team that Li Chengfeng is quite optimistic about, and he doesn't want to give up like this.

In the post-match press conference, Li Chengfeng tried to justify Suarez's behavior, and he tried to equate Suarez's biting behavior with the usual small movements on the court, such as Zidane's headhead, Pepe's kick, Song's elbow, Barton's combination punch, etc., to make him look less bad. However, he doesn't know if it will work, maybe the ban is inevitable, Li Chengfeng only hopes that the impact will not be too big. Li Chengfeng even hopes that there will be a big incident in the past two days, so as to cover up Suarez's biting limelight.

His wish came true, but he could have done it differently, because the bigger event was born to the Manchester City players. Li Chengfeng had been troubled by the state of Adam fans before, and now he finally knew the reason. Perhaps because he wasn't on the list, Adam indulged, and one night, in a nightclub, he called more than a dozen girls aged 19-2o to surround him, and even had a bus to transport them all to the nearest hotel where he stayed, and it is said that he used 3o condoms to get these people in one night. 3o condoms, even if it's a breeding pig, it's not as strong as him, Li Chengfeng didn't want to believe it, but the "Sun" also published a few photos, in which you can clearly see Adam's champagne full of tables, surrounded by 2o women, it's really damn it, Li Chengfeng doesn't know what to say, such a player with no professionalism is destined not to be his choice, he decided to put Adam on the reserve team, and let him get out when the transfer window opens next season.

And Suarez's punishment decision has also come down, he will be banned for seven games, maybe he won't have a chance to play again this season, well, except for the Europa League. However, this is already an acceptable ending, Manchester City did not appeal, but two important rotations were lost at once, Manchester City's prospects for this season suddenly became much darker, and the odds of winning the title were also reversed by Manchester United.

Sure enough, it is a blessing and a curse, but Li Chengfeng will not admit defeat, this is not his character, until the end, he will never give up hope.

The next game is the Europa League home game against Malaga. The first leg between the two sides was a 1-1 draw for Manchester City, who could have been tactically more targeted, and Li Chengfeng rotated a number of players in this game, considering there was a more important game in three days' time.

In the game with Malaga, Li Chengfeng sent three backs, and the midfielder sent England iron man Milner to connect back and forth, waist, and Suarez and Lewandowski on the front line, anyway, Suarez was banned in England, so let him do his best in Europe.

The 4-3-1-2 formation was solid defensively, De Jong, Vidal, Bari's back three were like a wall, and Milner's tireless running in the front court, Malaga's attack did not make any waves and subsided, but a group of sappers had limited support for the front, and in the end no one could score, and the O:O score was maintained until the end of the game.

The last two teams went 1-1 on aggregate over two legs, and Manchester City qualified for the semi-finals of the Europa League by virtue of away goals. Manchester United, on the other hand, eliminated Chelsea in the semi-finals of the Champions League and entered the Champions League semi-finals by virtue of away goals. Although the United have faced many difficulties during this period, they have persevered tenaciously and maintained their treble hopes as much as Manchester City. Not after the next game, though.

Three days later, there is the semi-final of the FA Cup between Manchester City and Manchester United, as long as they can win Manchester United at Wembley, it can basically be said that they are scheduled to win the FA Cup, and the other two teams in the semi-final, Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City, are obviously much worse. Moreover, Li Chengfeng hopes to win the game with Manchester United, give his team confidence, and also hit the determination of Manchester United, Manchester United is in too good form during this time, if it is not contained, Li Chengfeng feels that Manchester City's hope of winning the league title is really not big.

(End of chapter)

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