The counterpart to Manchester City is Manchester United.

Manchester City is second in the league and Manchester United is first in the league; Manchester City have won three in a row in the Champions League group stage, as have Manchester United.

So when the fourth round of the Champions League group stage arrived, countless English media began to look forward to the performance of Manchester's 'two heroes', and they all had the opportunity to win the early qualification place in the fourth round.

As a result, Manchester City did it, but Manchester United did not.

In the previous games, Manchester United beat their rivals in a row, and manager Alex Ferguson even said that the team played at "the best level in three years" after last week's 4-0 win over Bolton, and Manchester United won all three games in the Champions League group stage, so more than one media before the game made a big fuss about the old jazz's wish - the old coach will celebrate his 20th anniversary at Old Trafford next Monday, and one of his big dreams before retirement is to lead the team to win another European championship!

Nowadays, it turns out that this is definitely not an easy task.

Manchester United lost 1-0 to FC Copenhagen and missed out on a point that would be enough to secure a place to qualify from the group.

Before this round, the Manchester media expected both teams in Manchester to appear early in the fourth round, but Manchester United still dropped the chain.

So the pro-Manchester media began to ridicule Manchester United.

The explanation from the Manchester United media is that the defeat to the Danes is actually only Manchester United's second-tier squad.

With Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs and Saa not even travelling with the squad injured, and manager Alex Ferguson bringing Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra to the bench, there were six changes to United's starting line-up from the weekend's trip to Bolton. Among them, the biggest change is undoubtedly Manchester United's defence, with only Wijic remaining from the four defenders who started at the weekend (who was replaced by Leao after only holding out for half time), while only Carrick and Cristiano Ronaldo remained in midfield.

Because of this, United have fallen behind in their control of central midfield and have struggled to cope with the hosts' ferocious pressing tactics.

But the Manchester City media, which is happy to ridicule their rivals, simply doesn't buy it. They pointed out that Manchester City is also a semi-substitute lineup, Ozil, who started the game, is still a fledgling young rookie, Boateng in the backline, and even played for the first time in the Champions League, and more importantly, Manchester City's opponent is still the 'giants of the century' and Real Madrid, known as the 'Galaxy Battleship'.

Even so, Manchester City picked up a point in Madrid, while Manchester United were beaten away against underdogs Copenhagen. The gap between Manchester United and Manchester City is clear.

In addition, other media outlets have pointed to the basis for United's poor performance - when the game was still in a stalemate, United had a number of good chances to score, but they did the same trick of being a loser in the past, until Arbuck took advantage of a free-kick opportunity to score the winning goal in the 73rd minute.

After conceding the goal, manager Alex Ferguson brought on Paul Scholes and Patrice Evra, but it was too late and they didn't have another chance to score.

In particular, it is worth mentioning that the particularly disappointing in the game was the Norwegian veteran Solskjaer, who was praised by the lord before the game. The latter was all but "missing" in the first half, leaving all the attacking load to Wayne Rooney, who had just scored a hat-trick last weekend.

It's a pity that Wayne Rooney missed all three chances.

So some media made a fuss about this, and said that Wayne Rooney of England Star and Darren Bent who played for Manchester City are far from each other, and Rooney has a big name. However, the goal efficiency is very low, and it is impossible to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy, who left last season, and Darren Bent, as Manchester City's 'second' striker. The chances of playing cannot be compared with Rooney, but the number of goals has pulled down Rooney a lot.

The two are both English players and are only a year apart. It's quite comparable.

After this game, Darren Bent's fame in England and Europe has been shaken, and now that the winter transfer window is about to open, many clubs have expressed interest in Darren Bent, and Manchester City has also received a lot of transfer offers, including Italian giants AC Milan and Inter Milan, as well as Valencia and Real Sociedad in Spain, as well as Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga giants, but the most sincere is England's club Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough have plummeted since McClaren's departure in the summer and are now on the verge of relegation, and they can't wait to improve their results, even at the cost of doing so, because if Middlesbrough were to be relegated, their loss would not be as simple as one or two stars.

With so much competition, the offer for Darren Bent has also been rising, with Middlesbrough already offering a high £17 million, and teams such as Bayern Munich and Inter Milan have also raised their offer to around €23 million.

This offer is not as good as Wayne Rooney, but it is also much higher than what Darren Bengt was worth when he came to Manchester City.

Many Manchester City media began to worry that the club would consider selling Darren Bent, in addition, they were even more worried that Darren Bent himself would choose to leave, any young player in the face of the temptation of so many big teams, it is difficult to hold on, they want to get a high salary, they want to play in a big club, they want to get more honors, they want to be more famous, these big clubs can be satisfied.

There is no doubt that Darren Bent has chosen to move away, and with his current performance, he will definitely be able to get a higher salary.

Manchester City's media fears are not unfounded.

Many other media in England have analysed the possibility of Darren Bent leaving, maybe Manchester City is doing well now, but it is important to note that Manchester City already have Nicola Anelka, Darren Bent can only play as a 'second' striker at Manchester City, and if he chooses to go to other teams, he is likely to be the first choice of the striker.

Manchester City FC is also a little worried, the club, even if it sells players, it will definitely choose in the summer, because it is difficult to sell high prices for winter transfers, and if the players choose to leave, the club will be very troubled.

Wansheng had similar troubles.

In fact, Darren Bent is not alone in the 'problem', with such good results now, players such as David Silva, Morris, Ivan Crewe, Copelle Ferreira, Leto Ziegler, Lescott and other outstanding players are all eye-catching by other teams, and Manchester City FC receives offers from other clubs almost every day.

It's not a big deal just to offer, but there will definitely be some clubs who will approach players privately, and Wansheng has done this kind of thing himself. Not to mention the other teams.

For players such as Morris and Ivan Crewe, Wan Sheng is still very relieved, because in the players' union system, they all have a reverence for themselves above 100, which means that if there are no major problems, they must want to play under them.

But some of the team's other standout players, such as David Silva and Nicolas Anelka, don't have a reverence rating of 100, so maybe they have a lot of faith in themselves. I believe in my ability to lead the team, and I believe that Manchester City can achieve good results in this game, but in the face of the temptation of giants and high salaries, which player will not be tempted?

Wansheng cannot guarantee it.

So when the outside media was hotly discussed, Wansheng gathered all the players and said his thoughts in public, "I don't care if any of you are invited by other clubs, and I don't care what you think and decide." But I'm not going to sell anyone in the squad this winter, and you'll have to wait until next summer if you want to leave! ”

"If any of you really want to leave, you'll have to do well this season. Then you will have the confidence to fight for a higher salary, do you understand? ”

The players looked at each other and nodded in unison.

A lot of players who have done well have been called by other clubs. They are all a little weak-hearted, but in the face of the manager's strength, they can only nod. Because they knew that Wan Sheng would definitely do it if he said so, and even if they had the heart to leave, they would have to wait until next summer.

Wan Sheng looked at everyone's performance and nodded with satisfaction.

The departure of his players, Wan Sheng is not stopped, and he most hopes that all the players in the team will have a reverence value of more than 100 for himself, so that he will not worry about problems within the team, it is not easy to do that, so he will 'force' them to stay, they want to go to the giants, and if they want to get a high salary, they can only perform well.

That's enough.

On November 8, the English League Cup kicks off, and Manchester City travels to Arsenal.

It's a matchup.

There are a lot of media reports on the game, but in fact, both teams do not pay attention to the game, this season, Arsenal most hope to fight for the league, because they last season because of the ranking, failed to get the Champions League, the result can only participate in the League Cup, for them, the most important thing is to ensure the top four in the league, but this season their league results did not meet expectations, so far only ranked eighth in the league, so they put all their energy on the league, the cup is to play if you can, and give up if you can't play.

Manchester City won the Carabao Cup last season and are arguably the reigning champions of the Carabao Cup this season, but Wan Sheng has no interest in winning the Carabao Cup again.

In any case, this is only the fourth-ranked competition in England, further down the FA Cup table, and it doesn't make sense for the team to fight for this trophy, compared to him, he wants to win the FA Cup for the team, plus Manchester City itself has to fight on three fronts, insisting on the League Cup is only counterproductive.

As a result, when the game started, the media and fans saw that both Arsenal at home and Manchester City at Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium were all on the bench.

And so the game began.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Manchester City 1-0 thanks to a goal from Dutch striker Robin van Persie and advanced to the next round of the League Cup.

Although he lost the game, Wan Sheng took a long breath after the game, but he felt a lot more relaxed, losing the League Cup is basically equivalent to reducing the burden on the team, and he has no reason to be unhappy.

Wansheng shook hands with Wenger amicably.

Both were smiling photos, which were caricatured by the media as "tacit friendliness", and the game was also called by the media, "a game of tacit ball." ”

However, Wan Sheng and Wenger simply ignored the media's remarks.

They can't just come to a big game for the sake of the media, for the happiness of the fans, and that won't do the two sides any good at all.

Back in Manchester, the team had not played for a week, and the whole team relaxed a little and the rest of the training session was less intense.

Taking advantage of the time, Wan Sheng compiled a copy of the incoming research and finally wrote a seven-page paper.

He then mailed the paper directly to the University College London Journal. (To be continued.) )