The next day, the match was covered by major media outlets, especially those in Birmingham.

It was a Birmingham derby, and of course they were very concerned, and after the game, the pro-Aston Villa media were frantically criticising the referee of the game, and they also came up with Martin O'Neill's reasons to criticize the referee too much.

They all thought that Howard was biased in favor of the home team Birmingham City in this game, and the game was supposed to be injured time, but Howard still did not blow the game and gave Birmingham a chance to let Birmingham team score a goal in time to equalize the score.

They are of the opinion that the goal should not have been saved and that the win should belong to their Aston Villa team, who should have qualified for the next round of the English League Cup, not Birmingham City.

The Aston Villas were very dissatisfied, and they wanted an explanation.

At the same time, the pro-Aston Villa media also slammed the Birmingham team for being shameless, is it not panicked and scared to hold such a victory?

The Aston Villa are now frantically slamming the referee and the Birmingham, arguing that these people are too shameless.

The pro-Birmingham media, on the other hand, did not think so, and they presented evidence that the last goal at that time did not go to time at all, and that it was still in injury time, that there was no doubt about it, it had to be a goal, and that Birmingham's victory came without any problems.

The pro-Birmingham media and Birmingham fans began to rant at the Aston Villas, slamming them for being shameless and not being able to afford to lose. Every time you lose, you always put the blame on others, and it has nothing to do with yourself, as long as you lose, it's someone else's fault.

Birminghames also think that the Aston Villa protest this time is simply too vexatious, anyone can see that there is no problem for the Birmingham team to win this game, this group of Aston Villa people is simply too hateful.

The Birminghamman frantically slammed the Aston Villas, and the two teams were pinched again.

In the days that followed, fans on both sides were not idle, frantically talking about this matter, attacking each other, cursing each other, and hitting each other.

However, the players of Dongfang Chen and Birmingham City have not had the energy to focus on this, and they are now preparing for the weekend of the league.

It's a double game a week and where are the players at Birmingham City who have so much energy to spend on these indifferent things, they are all preparing for the weekend of league games.

At the weekend, Birmingham will remain at home to Manchester City at St Andrews' stadium, who are now chasing Birmingham and putting a lot of pressure on them.

Manchester City is now the hottest team in the Premier League, this is entirely because of the ownership of the Middle East Abu Dhabi consortium behind them, last season, Manchester City invested hugely, their investment can be said to be the Premier League giants, but their results are only tenth in the league, which makes Manchester City's management very dissatisfied.

Manchester City's investment is still huge this season, which shows the ambition of the Abu Dhabi consortium, who have never hidden their ambition to build Manchester City into a big club since they took over.

At the beginning of this season, there were a lot of stars involved with Manchester City, Chelsea's Trilan Lampard, Liverpool's Fernando Torres, Gunners' Adebayo Manchester United's Wayne Rooney and others were all brought in by Manchester City.

This season, Manchester City has introduced many strong reinforcements, such as the Gunners' defensive iron gate Kolo Toure, the Gunners' forward Adebayor, Manchester United's popular goalscorer Carlos Tevez, England national team red Gareth Barry, European striker Santa Cruz and others have all joined the Manchester City team, making the whole Europe tremble.

Manchester City's wealth has indeed shocked many people, but since the start of the league season, Manchester City's results have not been as shocking as people imagined, and they are now in the top six of the league, but not in the top four of the league.

Naturally, this result is not satisfactory to the Manchester City and they are now frantically grabbing points in the hope of finishing in the top four of the league.

Especially the Manchester City team, seeing that Birmingham, a promoted horse with an investment of less than 30 million, can be among the top four in the league, they are even more unconvinced.

Manchester City are now on the order to die and they must aim to finish in the top four this season. The goal is to secure the quadruple title.

Of course, it is actually very difficult for Manchester City to compete for the title now, and it is basically unrealistic. But there is still a chance of finishing in the top four, and it is still very large, because in recent seasons Liverpool and Arsenal have not been as strong as they used to be, and they have slipped sharply.

So, many teams think it's a good opportunity to challenge for a top-four finish and they certainly won't miss it. That's why teams like Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, and Aston Villa are ready to move.

However, these teams have not been very strong so far this season, but it is the Birmingham team, a promoted team that no one has noticed, that has surprised everyone, and now that ten rounds of the league have passed, Birmingham are in third place in the league, which is a big surprise.

Birmingham are promoted and have spent less than £30 million this season, which is not a huge investment, but it is such a team that they have reached the top three of the Premier League, which shocked everyone.

Moreover, the coaches of those Premier League teams now see that Birmingham City is definitely not a team that can be regarded as ordinary promotion horses. Because Birmingham's recruitment this summer has been very successful, the quality of these players is definitely not the strength of the relegation team.

Of course, in their opinion, it is unlikely that the Birmingham crowd will be competing for the league title, but they should definitely be in the middle of the league and even hopefully challenge for European qualification.

Therefore, now many Premier League teams dare not underestimate the Birmingham team, and they must treat the Birmingham team strictly. Birmingham's double win over Aston Vieira is a testament to that.

However, there are many who believe that Birmingham City may be able to easily avoid relegation this season, but it is almost impossible for them to qualify for Europe.

Maybe the Birmingham team can do very well in the first half of the season, but in the second half of the season, the Birmingham team players accumulate injuries, and at that time, the Birmingham team's lack of bench depth will be angry.

Now the Birmingham team is actually in this situation, in the midfielders Barry Ferguson, Lee Bowyer plus Ji Chengyong, who was injured in the last game, Birmingham's midfield is almost unavailable, as the league progresses, the Birmingham team has fewer people available, by that time, their results will definitely decline, this season, they obviously do not have much opportunity to play in Europe.

However, in the current situation, there are still not many teams that will underestimate the Birmingham team, and the strength of the Birmingham team is really good now.

Speaking to reporters before the game, Manchester City manager Hughes said: "Birmingham have been very strong and competitive this season, which was beyond our expectations, so they are doing very well now. ”

Hughes added: "We're going to give it our all for this game and we're not going to give Birmingham too many chances. We firmly believe that Manchester City are better than Birmingham and we are confident of beating Birmingham. ”

Of course, the media reporters also asked Hughes about Hughes's opinion on the captain of the Birmingham team, the main striker Dongfangchen, Hughes said: "Dongfang Chen is undoubtedly a very good striker, his rise surprised us all, now he is very capable, and he is also the number one striker in the Premier League, we will focus on taking care of him in this game, and will not give him too many opportunities." ”

Hughes also said: "I am very optimistic about Dongfangchen, and we hope that Dongfangchen can come to Manchester City one day and play for our Manchester City team. And we have experience in working with Chinese players, Sun is very happy with us, and we hope that Dongfang Chen can become the next Chinese player to join the Manchester City team. ”

Hughes actually dug into the corner of the Birmingham team at this time, which surprised many people, they really didn't expect Hughes to come to this hand.

After learning of Hughes's behavior, McLeish said coldly in front of reporters and media: "East is the captain of our Birmingham team, the current symbol of our Birmingham team, he will not leave the Birmingham team, he will stay in the Birmingham team, he is not for sale to us, no matter how rich you are, you don't want to take East from us." ”

From these words, it can be seen that Dongfangchen's current position in the Birmingham team, the Birmingham team now attaches great importance to Dongfangchen, and they will never sell Dongfangchen.

McLeish also said: "Dongfang Chen himself has not thought of leaving the Birmingham team, he and our boss Carson have a very good relationship, the two are very good friends, they often party together, the relationship is very harmonious, I don't think other teams will have the opportunity to take Dongfang Chen, you still die of this heart." ”

Indeed, on weekends, when there is nothing to do, Dongfang Chen often gathers with Yang Jiacheng and others, and of course, shuttles through the streets and alleys of the Birmingham team in search of food.

For Dongfang Chen, a foodie, eating is very important, and he spends a lot of time on eating. Therefore, this is also the reason why Dongfang Chen often soaks in the gym, he must consume calories and fat, exercise to maintain his figure,

Dongfang Chen himself said in an interview with media reporters: "For now, the Birmingham team is very good to me, and the chairman Mr. Yang Jiacheng has a very good relationship with me, I have good friends here, I also have good teammates, and now I really don't want to leave." ”

At this time, the following media reporter suddenly asked: "May I ask Mr. Dongfang Chen, what if the Manchester United team wants to bring you in at this stage and let you return to the Manchester United team?" What would you choose? ”

McLeish, who was beside Dongfang Chen, heard this question, his heart trembled, he didn't know how Dongfang Chen would answer, and he didn't know what Dongfang Chen thought of the Manchester United team now? There was some worry in his heart.

Dongfang Chen smiled and said, "I don't think they will take a fancy to me!" Won't let me be introduced again. Of course I didn't want to go back, now I'm doing well in Birmingham, it's good, why should I leave? ”

Dongfang Chen's answer made McLeish breathe a sigh of relief and calm down.