The match between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic ended 2-2, ending City's winning streak.

This is a result that many people did not expect.

In the previous league, Manchester City's performance was too strong, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, one after another strong opponents, they all defeated, and then in the league can almost be described as unstoppable, many media talk about Manchester City's next games, they think that their winning streak wants to end, and it will be a game with Chelsea after Christmas, but what I didn't expect is that a promoted horse, Wigan Athletic did it, and they stubbornly drew with Manchester City.

Although Manchester City are still unbeaten, it is much easier to accept than a consistent winning streak.

At the end of the game, the disappointed looks on the faces of the Manchester City players were on their faces, and they were reluctant to settle for a draw, but there was nothing they could do to change the result.

As you can see from the camera footage, Wan Sheng's face also showed helplessness, and he even shrugged his shoulders at the camera and grinned, Sky TV commentator George Woodgate explained, "Wan Sheng must have been very disappointed with the result, their winning streak was ended, and if the other Chelsea win, they would only have one point left in the top spot." ”

Soon after, another key match, the Chelsea vs Fulham derby, came to an end, with Chelsea narrowly beating Fulham 3-2 to take all three points.

It was a thrilling win for Chelsea, with one aeach from William Gallas and Frank Lampard before McBride pulled one back on a low-level mistake by Cech and a clear handball in the box by Zaclet went unpunished in the second half, before Hergusen equalised from the penalty spot, but Crespo's crucial strike gave Chelsea the win.

This is Chelsea's fifth win in a row since the defeat to Manchester United, and they have won all nine home games so far this season and, interestingly, their arch-rivals. Fulham, opponents of this game, are yet to win away from home and have not beaten Chelsea in their last 17 meetings since October 1979.

The clash with Fulham can also show Chelsea's strength, while Manchester City 'missed' and lost two points, Chelsea also caught up with two points, and Manchester City was only one point away.

At the post-match press conference, Wan Sheng showed up on time and told reporters, "I was surprised by the result. The second half saw them score two goals in a row. I was surprised. But that's football, sometimes you have to accept the unexpected, that's the beauty of football, if every game is not suspenseful, I think the bookmakers will go bankrupt," he made a small joke and then complimented the opponent's performance, "Wigan Athletic did very well, they didn't look like a promoted team with no Premier League experience, especially in the second half. They were so good that we weren't mentally prepared and they scored two goals in a row. ”

"We were a little out of shape today, or we were careless. But I'm sure it will give us some reminders that playing against any team is not a must-win and that every second is not to be careless in order to get the best result. ”

Media reporters interpret Wansheng's words. To think that he was just saying it was 'official', in fact, he must have been very unhappy with the draw. But in fact, Wan Sheng really has nothing to complain about, and he can't ask the team to win every game.

So when he returned to the dressing room, he didn't criticize anyone, but praised Andy Cole and a few other players who did well, and then made everyone forget about the game and pack up their things to go back to Manchester - even if he didn't care about defeat, he was not in the mood to watch the opponent celebrate a draw here.

The idea is actually very simple, the draw was a surprise and allowed rivals Chelsea to catch up on two points, the result must have been very bad, but in reality, even if they lose this game, Derby County are still top of the league and Chelsea are still one league point less.

He and the team lost!

The only pity is that his 15-game winning streak is difficult to complete, but this kind of 'record-breaking' winning streak is too difficult in the first place, and it is already very good to be able to achieve 10 consecutive victories, and it is nothing if you think about it carefully.

There is another reason why Wansheng doesn't care about failure, and that is that he feels that failure has come at a good time.

The team has won so many games in a row that every player has a lot of pressure to think that they can't lose, not even a draw, and this pressure is also carried over to training, and he has to call in a psychologist to help the players release the pressure.

Dedicated psychiatrists don't expect to be able to come to work until after Christmas, but now that they can lose a game, the pressure on the players will be much less, and the tense nerves can be relaxed.

In fact, Wan Sheng also thought about leading the team to win consecutive victories and win the championship, but that was too unrealistic!

Always thinking about creating miracles, often miracles are not created, but some things will be lost, and now that the miracles are gone, the normal game will be played, the pressure on the team will be less, and the things to worry about will be smaller, and the team's performance will return to normal.

This is what Wansheng wants to see.

As long as the team performs normally, then in the competition for the league title, it is definitely not weaker than the opponent Chelsea, and it is very close to achieving the goal of the league title.

As for the other champions, let's take a look, after all, you can't be too greedy, try to fight for what you can, if you reluctantly fight for everything, you probably won't get anything

The next day, Wan Sheng gave the team a day off and the players could go home to prepare for Christmas, but on the third day, the team resumed training because they would face the Carabao Cup quarter-finals against Arsenal a day later.

Arsene Wenger's side are still opponents to be taken seriously.

After a day off, when the team returned to training, the shadow of defeat was hard to find in them, everyone regained their smiles and training was active again.

These make Wansheng very satisfied, and this atmosphere is good for the team.

But leading the team to train is the job of Diamares and others, he didn't spend much time at the training ground, he went to do his job - the most important job at the moment is to poach people, yes, Ivan Crewe.

A week later, there was news from Derby County that Ivan Crewe had been put up for sale.

They had to do it because Ivan Crewe and manager Adrian Boothroyd were on the same page, but in a situation like this. It will be difficult for Derby County to sell for a high price, and the clubs who are interested in Ivan Crewe are all asking for a lot of money.

The highest bidder is now Middlesbrough, who appear to be looking to strengthen their wings, with Middlesbrough offering a £3 million transfer fee for Ivan Crewe and promising him a contract no less than at Derby.

It's a pity that Ivan Crewe 'has a heart', he just wants to go back to Manchester City.

Manchester City also bid £3 million.

A lot of the media are waiting to see which club Ivan Crewe will choose, and they are mostly leaning towards Middlesbrough because the feud between Pierce and Wansheng is well known.

'Pierce certainly won't sell Ivan Crewe to Manchester City. Because there is Wan Sheng there. The Guardian directly analyzed.

The Daily Mirror mockingly said, "That Chinese wants to get a former disciple? It's a pity that Middlesbrough offered better terms, and Derby County are not willing to sell their players to the 'enemy', Ivan Crewe is destined to miss Manchester City. ”

At this time, in the Derby County club, Pierce was also talking to Sam Rush about the transfer, but the atmosphere between the two was not very friendly, and there was even a quarrel.

"You said you wanted to agree to City's offer?" Pierce's face was full of incredulity, "But that Chinese is in Manchester City!" They've already taken Maurice and Ziegler with them in the summer! ”

Sam Rush looked at Pierce. Just calmly stated, "But Crewe does not agree to go to Middlesbrough, the transfer is three-way, if he is not sold to Manchester City." Then he had to stay with the team. ”

"Even if I stay in the team, I won't sell players to that damn Chinese!" Pierce exasperated.

"Ivan Crewe has less than a year left on his contract, do you want him to be a free agent?" Sam Rush laughed a little self-deprecatingly, "That's £3 million." I can't get that much money in a year, you can't let the club lose for personal feelings. ”

Pierce frowned. Looking at Sam Rush, "What do you mean?" ”

"Because of Wansheng's departure, our results have been affected and we have not achieved the expected gains. This season, we have made some gains because we have sold a few key players such as Van der Vaart, but with the current results, by next season, our earnings will be even lower, and we will only be able to break even, and if we fall into the second division, it means that we will have a lot of losses, which is not what Mr. Applebi wants to see. Sam Rush said, "Paul, you should know this, we can't afford to lose £3 million so we have no choice but to sell him to Manchester City." ”

"It's not okay to sell to other clubs, even if it's cheaper." Pierce gritted his teeth and said, "I'll pay for the difference!" ”

Sam Rush shook his head and asked rhetorically, "Do you think Crewe would agree to go to another club?" It was clear that he just wanted to go to Manchester City. ”

Pierce thought for a moment, picked up the papers on the table, looked at them, and slammed them on the ground, "Damn! ”

But as Sam Rush said, he has no choice, after all, Derby County FC belongs to the GSE group, not his own, and he does not have full autonomy

Soon the transfer of Ivan Crewe was negotiated.

After a series of tussles between Derby County and Manchester City, the final transfer offer was fixed at £3.4 million, and after all three parties signed, Ivan Crewe became a member of Manchester City.

In the afternoon, Manchester City's official website announced that Derby County player Ivan Crewe had joined Manchester City for a transfer fee of 3.4 million pounds, but this news was not noticed by many people for a while, because Manchester City was playing a League Cup match with Arsenal at the same time.

This is the League Cup quarter-finals.

According to the rules of the English League Cup, only the semi-finals will be played home and away, so this is still a one-game match, and to Manchester City's advantage, this is a match at Manchester Stadium.

However, neither team attaches much importance to the game, after all, it is just a 'chicken rib' League Cup, and it doesn't make much sense at all.

Before the game, Wan Sheng expressed the weakness of the team, "We just drew with Wigan Athletic, the mentality of the players will be affected a little, I think the game will be tough. ”

This is a rare time for him to keep a low profile.

Unexpectedly, Arsene Wenger was more low-key, "We lost to them in the league and it's away again, it's not good for us, I told my players that we can have Christmas after the game, they all want to have an early holiday, so I think we want to win or need some luck. ”

The Frenchman said with a wry smile on his face.

No one knows if what the two coaches said is true or not, but it is true that both sides are very conflicted about the mentality of the game, the League Cup is 'chicken ribs', but if you can win the championship, no team will refuse, now it is the quarterfinals, if you can win this one, you can enter the semi-finals, and then there is the final, so that after three more games, you can win the championship.

However, it was in the case of winning all of them, and obviously it was difficult to win them all, but if you lose the game, there will be no obstacle to the Carabao Cup, and it will definitely be advantageous to have three games less.

In short, both sides have an ambivalence about this game, so they both have a bit of a 'can win the best, it doesn't matter if you can't win', and the results are mapped to the game as well.

The game between the two sides was fierce, but it wasn't really fierce.

The result was a very good game because both sides were attacking teams and the game was fast-paced from the start.

Manchester City scored in the 12th, 39th and 78th minutes, while Arsenal scored in each half.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Arsenal by one goal 3:2 and advanced to the next round of the League Cup.

After the match, Wenger and Wan Sheng shook hands politely, and the Frenchman seemed completely unconcerned about the defeat, but when he arrived at the press conference, he still confided some dissatisfaction, "Congratulations on your victory, I look forward to seeing the Manchester derby in the semi-finals." ”

This is a very ordinary sentence, but it is complicated to interpret.

The match between Manchester City and Arsenal is the last game, when the two teams play, the other games are over, and the final promotion to the semi-finals is Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic, so the Manchester derby in the semi-finals is completely 'blessing' Manchester City draw Manchester United.

Where is this blessing is complete schadenfreude!

But in the case of winning, Wan Sheng didn't care about this, he just smiled and nodded in thanks.

Things didn't go as Wenger had hoped, and that evening, the FA held a group draw and Manchester City president Waddell drew Wigan Athletic for City in the semi-finals.

In other words, the Manchester derby that Arsene Wenger 'was looking forward to' may be delayed until the Carabao Cup final. (To be continued......)