Sending off Mischa Barton, Dongfang Chen prepares for the League Cup in midweek.

In midweek, the Carabao Cup third round tie sees Birmingham City take on fellow Premier League side, Sunderland.

Sunderland and Dongfangchen still have some origins, in last season when Sunderland or Roy Keane was the head coach of Sunderland, Sunderland had chased Dongfangchen frantically, but unfortunately Dongfangchen and Birmingham team did not mean this, so Dongfangchen did not go to Sunderland.

Roy Keane has left Sunderland for the new season, so the matter has not been brought up.

The manager of the Sunderland team in the new season is Bruce, who is also a former Manchester United player, and he is also a little connected with Dongfang Chen, both of whom were born in Manchester United.

The Sunderland team is the famous "Manchester United second team" in the Premier League, because there are a lot of outstanding young players from Manchester United in the Sunderland team, such as Fraser Campbell, Richardson and so on.

Among them, Dongfang Chen is the most familiar with Fraser Campbell, because the two were once loaned to Antwerp, Belgium to play together, the two are teammates in the Manchester United youth team reserve team, and they are also teammates in Antwerp, Belgium, so naturally they are indispensable to cooperate and cooperate, and the relationship between the two is still good.

Dongfang Chen and the Sunderland team are really inextricably linked.

In the pre-game, Sunderland manager Bruce was very confident about this game, because their squad is very luxurious and very good for a team in the middle and bottom of the Premier League, and he believes that the team can beat Birmingham.

Bruce's perception changed as soon as the game began, and the team that had emerged from the Championship was much more powerful than them.

Bruce's face changed color, and they saw the shadow of a European team in this Birmingham team, and suddenly, Bruce had little confidence.

Sure enough, before the end of the first half, Dongfang Chen quickly cut forward in the penalty area, and a falling tackle shot shoveled the cross of Sebastian Larsson on the wing into the Sunderland goal, and the Birmingham team led 1-0.

After the start of the second half, the Birmingham team did not slow down and continued to attack, and in the fifteenth minute of the second half, Kevin Boateng, who rushed up in the penalty area, made a wonderful back-heel pass in the penalty area, and Kevin Boateng scored with a powerful shot, 2-0.

After taking a two-goal lead, McLeish replaced Dongfang Chen with Kevin Phillips, who had to prepare for the weekend's league game.

Kevin Phillips came on and immediately sent in a through ball that Sturridge was able to counter offside and send the ball into the Sunderland goal, 3-0 to seal Birmingham's victory.

However, at the end of the game, Sunderland took advantage of Senderos's mistake to pull a goal back, and in the end, Sunderland lost 3-1 at home to Birmingham City and missed out on the fourth round of this season's English League Cup.

Birmingham, on the other hand, qualified for the fourth round of this season's Carabao Cup with this victory.

As soon as the game is over, Birmingham's opponent in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup is in the form of their old rivals, Aston Villa.

Yes, the Birmingham derby will be played out again in the Carabao Cup.

After the last Birmingham derby, Aston Villa were very dissatisfied and kept shouting, and now when they learned that they were facing Birmingham City in the Carabao Cup, they immediately came to their senses and stood up and shouted, saying that this time, they will definitely be able to beat Birmingham City, they are the kings of Birmingham City.

Aston Villa fans still blame the referee for the defeat at this time, claiming that if it weren't for referee Brown's help in the last round, Birmingham would have lost even their pants.

Of course, there are also some Aston Villa fans clamoring for revenge, and in this game, they must teach the Birmingham team a hard lesson and let the Birminghams know how good they are at Aston Villa.

And Abang Laho, who was sent off in the last match, also stood up and shouted, saying that in the next encounter, he must make the Birminghams pay the price, let the Birminghams wash their necks and wait.

Of course, Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is not to be left alone, and he has come out and said that this time they will definitely win and show the Birminghammen how good they are.

Martin O'Neal hates Birmingham people now, especially the damn manager of the Birmingham team, McLeish, this damn guy is talking about taking him to court, he's been in a bad mood lately, he remembers McLeish.

When they learned that the opponent in the next round of the League Cup was Aston Villa, the Birmingham people were excited, and the Birmingham fans also stood up and shouted that they would give the Aston Villa people more power this time, so that the Aston Villas would never want to raise their heads again.

And the players of the Birmingham team are also very excited about this, in the last round of the game, the Aston Villa team was really too shameless, too arrogant, and the action in the game was huge, and the Birmingham people were angry, and they also shouted to teach the Aston Villa people a hard lesson.

Birmingham head coach McLeish was informed of the situation and all he said was: "No matter who the opponent is, we will be the winners!" ”

McLeish didn't take the Aston Villa team seriously, which immediately angered the Aston Villa fans, and the Aston Villa fans immediately stood up and cursed McLeish wildly, and McLeish became the most unpopular guy among Aston Villa fans.

Dongfang Chen didn't pay much attention to this, he didn't think it mattered who it was, the important thing was that they had to win.

Amid the outside media and the bickering of Aston Villa in Birmingham, Birmingham City ushered in the seventh round of this season's Premier League match, with Birmingham facing Bolton Wanderers at their home stadium.

Speaking of Bolton and Birmingham, there is still a bit of a grudge.

Far aside, this season, the feud between Bolton and Birmingham is quite big.

Because Bolton valued South Korean player Lee Qinglong this season, in fact, the Bolton team took a fancy to Lee Qinglong last season, but they didn't make a move at the time, and they were waiting for this season's shot.

Who knew that a Cheng bite Jin came out halfway, and this damn guy in Birmingham actually took the first step and took down Li Qinglong, which made the Bolton team very angry.

Today is their chance to get revenge, and they hope to be able to stomp Birmingham City under their feet at St Andrews Stadium and let Li Qinglong know that he made the wrong choice.

After the start of the game, the Bolton team did show a certain strength, and kept the Birmingham team suppressed, the attack was very threatening, but the accuracy of the shot was not enough, and it did not substantially threaten the Birmingham team.

In the 31st minute of the first half, Birmingham launched a counter-attack.

After a one-two between Sebastian Larsson and Kevin Boateng in the middle, Sebastian Larsson faked a cross and suddenly flicked the ball back to David Murphy.

David Murphy didn't stop the ball and curled the ball straight into the Bolton penalty area.

At the back point, the football flew straight to the back point, Dongfang Chen at the back point was unmarked, there was a big problem with the defense of the Bolton team, Dongfang Chen easily shook his head and attacked the goal, smashing the football into the goal of the Bolton team, 1-0, and the Birmingham team took the lead.

It was also Dongfangchen's ninth league goal this season, cementing his position at the top of the scorers' charts.

When they saw this number, those experts who were clamoring all day long that Dongfang Chen could not score double-digit league goals this season must have turned blue and looked like constipation.

Bolton also felt a lot of pressure, they seemed to have less confidence as before the game, and their confidence was blocked all of a sudden, and they began to be a little timid.

It was at this point that the Birmingham team seized their chance.

This time the attack was initiated by Sebastian Larsson, who found Dongfang Chen in front of him with a long pass after he broke the ball in midfield.

Dongfang Chen jumped high and gave the ball to Sturridge, who received the ball and did not bring it forward, but shoved the ball straight into the ribs of the Bolton penalty area.

South Korean winger Lee Cheong-ryong scrambled forward and used his pace and agility to overrun Bolton's defenders, smash into the box, grab the football, and face the Bolton goalkeeper for a one-on-one encounter.

Li Qinglong was very calm, and shot directly, and the football drew an arc in the air, bypassing the goalkeeper of the Bolton team who took off, and flew directly into the far corner of the players, 2-0.

Looking at Li Qinglong's amazing appearance, the head coach of the Bolton team really regretted that he didn't win Li Qinglong earlier, otherwise Li Qinglong would have scored for Bolton today.

Things improved for Bolton at the start of the second half, and after a midfield change, their confidence seemed to be back all at once.

Bolton Wanderers went on a frantic offensive and were besieging Birmingham in the hope of winning a second half to draw or overtake Birmingham.

However, the Birmingham team's attack was also very sharp, giving them a lot of trouble, and the Bolton team was immediately held back by the defense to pay more attention, and the attack was not as sharp as it was at the beginning.

On the contrary, it was the Birmingham team who were more threatening in attack, and in the second half Sturridge had two very good chances in a row, but unfortunately he did not take them, once he missed the football, and once he played too right, and sent it directly into the arms of the Bolton goalkeeper.

Sturridge is a talented player, but he's still too young, inexperienced and needs time to build.

After Birmingham squandered two chances in a row, the Bolton side appeared to have shifted in and they capitalised on a mistake by the Birmingham backline to pull a point back.

The mistake still came from Senderos, who always seemed to have a shadow in the physical confrontation, and this time it was his leakage that gave Bolton a chance and led the team to lose points.

Birmingham head coach McLeish is worth shaking his head and sighing, and it seems that it is almost impossible for Senderos to return to his peak at Arsenal.

McLeish didn't give Sendros another chance and replaced Sendros with Martin Taylor.

Senderos came off the pitch with a bad expression, and he knew how bad his appearance really was, perhaps because of this, he didn't have much chance in the Birmingham team.

After Bolton Wanderers pulled back a point, they were very excited, very excited, they were very demoralized, and immediately launched a ferocious attack, trying to score more goals, and turned defeat into victory.

At this point, the Birmingham team looked a little flustered, but fortunately, they steadied and did not give Bolton more chances, and in the end, Birmingham won 2-1 against Bolton Wanderers at their home stadium.

Being able to win the Bolton team, McLeish was also relieved, this game is actually relatively suspenseful, of course, this is mainly from Senderos, if it weren't for him, the Birmingham team would not be so wolf in the end.

Therefore, at this time, McLeish has some grounding in his heart for Senderos, and he does not dare to give Senderos any more chances in the later games, because he is afraid that such a thing will happen to the team and guide the Birmingham team to lose.