One point.

Carlo Ancelotti's side at home did not give Stoke City any chance to cause an upset, or even a chance to parry, as Chelsea slaughtered Stoke City by seven goals at Stamford Bridge, and then narrowed the gap on Manchester City to a paltry one, and not only that, but seven goals also allowed them to throw them away on goal difference.

However, as with the Europa League qualifiers, the British media remain optimistic about Manchester City's victory, believing that City still have the initiative to win the title.

One point looks insignificant, but ten points are the lead, and one point is also the lead, with only two games left in the league, and although they have suffered two consecutive draws in the league, Manchester City have already passed the two biggest hurdles, and their next opponents are Aston Villa and Stoke City, while Chelsea, they still have a tough game to play, which is the next round away to Liverpool.

The smoke of gunfire still fills the air.

Speaking to reporters after the game, Frank Lampard, a member of Chelsea's midfield, said that although Chelsea are currently behind Manchester City, he still believes that Chelsea will win the title. Manchester City's captain Dunn encouraged his team-mates: "We have made some mistakes lately, but the initiative is still in our hands and we have to do everything we can. At the same time, he also called on the fans to give enough support to the team at this critical time.

After the game against Arsenal, Linsen went to the local hospital to see the injured Given, who was eventually diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder, which was different from the situation encountered on the plane when Mubarak met Linsen, that time, it was just a simple shoulder detachment, which only needed to be reduced, which was generally not a big problem. And this time Jiwen's situation was stricter, because Jiwen's saving action at that time almost made the strength of his whole body press on his shoulders. Therefore, not only the shoulder joint is disjointed, but the ligaments of the nearby joints are also severely damaged.

This is bad news for goalkeepers, who are like the knees of players in other positions, and are a vital position. Although it is possible to fully regain shoulder function after a few weeks with proper treatment, that is for the average person, and for goalkeepers, the recovery period will be longer. Moreover, the problem is that once a person has had a dislocated shoulder, then his shoulder joint may become less stable and prone to another dislocation.

When he saw Lin Sen, Jiwen forced a smile on his face, but Lin Sen could still see that his feelings were very low.

Lin Sen could understand Jiwen's feelings, on the one hand, because of the injury, and on the other. The team is at a critical juncture in the championship race, and at this time, he has to watch from the sidelines, and there is nothing more frustrating than this.

Born in Celtic, Given's came to England in '94 to join Blackburn. The following seasons were spent on loan spells and saw Blackburn Rovers go from a team struggling in the second division to the Premier League in just five years, but it wasn't his title because it was back then. He is on loan at Blackburn Rovers to Sunderland. What really made Givens known to the world was his move to Newcastle, where he played for ten seasons. He also became a first-class goalkeeper. Last year, Givens made a similar decision to Barty to leave Fiorentina. Leaving Newcastle, who had been with him for ten seasons, because last season's Newcastle really gave him no hope, and sure enough, after the season, Newcastle were relegated to the Championship and Given's arrival at Manchester City.

With this background, it's not hard to imagine the disappointment of Given, who has little left in his career.

Take care of the injury, don't worry, the team will win the title, and he will be the starting goalkeeper for Manchester City next season......

Lin Sen can give Jiwen a lot of comfort, but there are some words that even he himself is not so sure, Jiwen's age is there, and he has suffered such an injury, Linsen can help Jiwen recover, but he can't help Jiwen play, there is no shortage of elderly goalkeepers in the Premier League, Van der Sar next door is one of them, but not everyone can become Van der Sar, even Van der Sar, who has been plagued by injuries this year, Lin Sen has no doubt that Ferguson is already selecting his next main goalkeeper.

Lin Sen can make himself a little more "human", but he is also not sure whether Jiwen will accept his "human touch". On the football field, loyalty and honor, like loyalty and filial piety in the Chinese tradition, have always been difficult to achieve both. Although there are no absolutes, often you choose one and you need to give up the other.

In the end, Lin Sen can only let Jiwen recover from his injury, and then sue him that the team will wait for his return-

The day before the team left for Liege, Belgium, a guest was welcomed at the training ground, or rather, not a guest, but a host.

Mubarak.

As the president of Manchester City, Mubarak has rarely appeared on the training ground this season, not because he doesn't care about the team, he just doesn't want his presence to affect the team's training, so that professionals can concentrate on what they do best, which has always been Mubarak's management style. However, at this critical moment, Mubarak confirmed that he needed to appear, and that the positive significance of his appearance far outweighed the negatives, so he came to the Carrington training base.

Like most chairmen, Mubarak, who showed up at the training ground, shook hands with the players one by one with a smile on his face, adding as much better material as possible to the official website promotion, and then he and Linson went to the side of the training ground.

"I've been to visit Jiwen, and his love doesn't seem to be very good." Looking at the players not far away training under the leadership of other coaches, Mubarak said lightly.

Givens didn't stay in the London hospital for long, but was quickly transferred back to the hospital in Manchester.

"One qiē will be fine." Lin Sen's gaze also looked into the distance, and his tone was equally faint.

After a busy season with only three or four games left, the rest of the trip to Belgium will determine whether there are three or four games left, but City's most difficult moment is behind us and, as he said, everything will get better. Optimistically, Lin Sen should be glad that Given's injury didn't happen earlier.

Mubarak smiled, he was happy to see his team's head coach so calm and confident at this time, which was not an easy task. From his point of view, football as a business, the process is far less important than the result, no matter how beautiful the business is, if it ends up losing money, then it is a failed business. It's the same in football, a defeat can cancel out a season's hard work, no matter how beautiful the course of the season is, if the chain drops at the most critical time, then it is not a successful season.

"I'm here today mainly to take a look at the team, and the atmosphere in the team is good." Mubarak said, "One more thing to tell you is that next week's game, Mansour will be there to watch the game." ”

Mansour.

When he heard the name, the corners of Lin Sen's eyebrows moved, and it was a little unbelievable to say, as the head coach of Manchester City, and the real owner of Manchester City, he has not officially met yet. Mansour chose to come to the home stadium at this time, which is normal for Manchester City, because in theory, Manchester City could win the next round of games, if Chelsea lose the game against Liverpool and Manchester City win at home.

It's just that for Lin Sen, Mansour watching the game at this time may not be as simple as encouragement, but more than that, I am afraid it can only be pressure.

"Have faith?"

Lin Sen hadn't answered yet, and Mubarak had already asked again.

"There is never a shortage." Lin Sen smiled.

The confidence in Mubarak's mouth contains too many aspects, is there any confidence to advance in Belgium? Are you confident of winning the final league title? Do you have the confidence to achieve the Triple Crown? Is there confidence? Of course there is, there must be, because whether you have confidence or not, the game will come eventually, so even if you suffer a blow, Lin Sen still maintains confidence.

"I have faith in you, too." Mubarak also smiled.

The outside world always uses Manchester City's investment of 200 million this season to reduce Linsen's role, thinking that Manchester City's results this season are just taken for granted, but Mubarak does not think so, because last season's Manchester City's investment is not necessarily much less than this season, but the end result is that Manchester City only barely qualified for a European competition, and this season, Manchester City have won a League Cup and are fighting for two more important other trophies.

In any case, Manchester City is not what it used to be, in the hands of Linson-

April 28.

Just when the eyes of the whole world were drawn to a match at Camp Nou, Linson and his Manchester City boarded a plane to Liege, Belgium.

The day before, Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga had eliminated Lyon on aggregate with a total score of 4-0 to enter the final, and for this game, Linsen does not need to guess too much, with a three-to-one advantage, Mourinho's team is expected to fulfill his promise to the old Italian, but a qiē is not simple, because before the game, even if the advantage is so obvious, Barcelona at home is still daunting, and the victory or defeat is still five or five in the eyes of the media.

When Linson, who arrived in Belgium, turned on his phone again, he had already received the latest news: 10-man Inter Milan sealed Barcelona away and met Bayern in the Champions League final.

A game created too many topics, Professor Bu became famous in one fell swoop, and the magic bird ran wild after the game...... And, of course, there's the eternal controversy in football: the battle between beautiful football and utilitarian football.

Lin Sen didn't intend or have the energy to get involved in these arguments, he just found the number in his hand and sent a message.

Pay somebody back in the same coin. (To be continued......)

PS: Happy New Year's Day to everyone!