We were out of luck.

That was Linson's first sentence in the post-match press conference, and then he added to it: no matter what it is.

Linson had reason to say that while luck seemed to be on City's side in the closing stages of the game, looking at the game as a whole, City would have had two chances to kill the game, one in a two-goal lead period and one when Di Maria was ruled offside. It only takes one grasp for Manchester City to seal the win, and there will be nothing to do with Manchester United, but these two opportunities, one Manchester City did not grasp, and one Manchester City grasped, but ...... Bad luck.

The reporters present naturally couldn't just let Lin Sen "vaguely" pass, the offside ball undoubtedly became the focus, and Lin Sen did not avoid this, unlike restraint in the game, he did not hide his dissatisfaction at all: dissatisfaction? Of course I'm not satisfied! In my opinion, that decision changed the game, it was an unquestionable good goal from every point of view, and I don't know what criteria the linesman based on to blow it offside, but I hope it's the last time.

And on the other side.

Ferguson always sat by with a smile and watched Linsen speak righteously to reporters, it was a pity to be equalized by Manchester City at the last moment, and the draw also widened the gap between Manchester United and Chelsea again, but overall, he was satisfied with the game. When the microphone was handed to him, he first praised his teammates, especially Hernandez's watch, before giving his opinion on the "offside goal", which the journalist was more concerned about: I have a different opinion from Lin, I think both the referee and the linesman made a beautiful decision.

As the beneficiary side, Ferguson certainly couldn't "turn his face and deny people", just as he applauded in the game, he still insisted that it was an offside goal, and the referee's decision was accurate. When Ferguson spoke, reporters with ulterior motives deliberately aimed the camera at Lin Sen. Trying to find some "funny" reactions from his face, but the truth disappointed them, and Lin Sen was unmoved.

An old fox and a little fox.

Looking at the two people who were obviously-for-tat but still harmonious on the surface, the reporters present were suddenly a little helpless, but they may not know that after the press conference, the respective identities of both parties faded, and the two were not only harmonious, but even had a good time.

Linson made good on his promise by inviting Ferguson to his office for a drink. It's a return to the last time Ferguson entertained himself at Old Trafford.

Linson has two offices at Manchester City, one at the Carrington training base and one at the City Stadium. Most of the time, Linson was in a relatively modest office at Carrington, so most of the time the office at the City Stadium was just a show-up, not counting now, of course, it was the best place to entertain Ferguson.

When I returned home in the summer. Lin Sen brought a few bottles of good vintage wine from home, including wine and Chinese liquor.

Everyone knows that Ferguson loves wine the most, but for Linson's claim of "fine wine". He is also very interested, because unlike wine, the smell of white wine that looks clear and transparent is really mellow and fragrant, but smelling and drinking are not the same thing. Ferguson just took a sip, and his face changed several times.

Looking at Ferguson's appearance, Lin Sen showed a hint of a smile. Sure enough, it is not the usual liquor that everyone drinks, even if it is the best liquor, just like Moutai, which is known as the "national liquor of China", although most people call it Qiong Jelly and Jade Liquid, but some people say that it is like drinking a knife. Ferguson, who is not used to drinking liquor, is full of praise for the wine brought by Linsen.

In addition to the wine tasting, Lin Sen and the old gentleman also talked about football, of course, the topic could not be the game just now, but talked about the current leader Chelsea.

In this round of the game, Chelsea beat Fulham by one goal at home, and the distance that was originally shortened was due to Manchester United and Manchester City ending together, but the result was still cheaper than Ancelotti, Chelsea nine wins, two draws and one loss came to 29 points, five points ahead of Manchester United, as for the previous third Manchester City, the gap is even farther, not only far, but also in the rankings after this round was also surpassed by Arsenal, which also fell to the fourth place, which also helped Blackburn beat Newcastle away from home.

Of course, the 12 league games are only close to a third of the schedule, and it is still too early to say who will die, but Chelsea are undoubtedly the best team on the table, and it can also be said that Manchester United and Manchester City are the common "enemy" at the moment.

Ferguson joked that he was not worried about Chelsea, but rather about Manchester City.

Lin Sen was just joking anyway, just laughing and shaking his head, and didn't answer. But Ferguson's tone was actually half-joking, half-serious. His words sound like they mean two things, one is to despise Chelsea, and the other is to value Manchester City. The former was joking, but the latter was serious, it wasn't that he drank Lin Sen's wine to give Lin Sen face.

In Ferguson's view, the trajectory of Chelsea this season is unusually similar to last season's, with an unusually smooth start, but their problem last season still exists, and that is a lack of stamina. The reason for this is not their lack of experience, on the contrary, they are so experienced that they overflow, but experience, although the more the better, cannot replace a qiē, such as physical fitness. Last season's Chelsea midfield was known as the strongest in the Premier League, but the average age of their midfielders was over 30 years old, which is the problem, and one of the reasons why their results in the second half of last season were far less than the first half of the season, of course, at this point, it is obvious that Ancelotti has noticed, so this summer, Chelsea had major surgery in the midfield, and suddenly let go of the three big players Ballack, Deco and Joe Cole, and introduced Ramirez and other new forces, which can be regarded as the right medicine, but compared to this problem, Chelsea have not been so easy to solve the other problem, although they have tried to solve it this summer.

That's star dependence.

At the moment, Chelsea rely heavily on three men, John Terry at the back, Frank Lampard in midfield and Didier Drogba up front. Although this dependency is more or less in every team, Chelsea is a little more obvious, which can be seen from their record, this season before Frank Lampard was injured, Chelsea won five in a row, and after Frank Lampard's injury, Chelsea's results began to fluctuate, and this problem, the attack line is more strict, Drogba was able to hold on for a year last year, so what about this year? What about next year?

That's why Chelsea has been rumored with Liverpool's Torres this season.

Compared to Chelsea, Manchester City is different, although their results are not good now, but after going through that kind of predicament, they can still recover smoothly, for Manchester City, they can only be better, it can't be worse, because compared to Chelsea, they are younger, and the fronts are more balanced, they fought back against Chelsea last season, who can be sure that they can't repeat it again?

The time for a drink was not long, and the two chatted for a while, and soon Ferguson said goodbye and left.

On the way out, Ferguson suddenly remembered the last time he was at Old Trafford with Linson, and he repeatedly tested the "relationship" between Linson and Mendes, although Linson denied that he was following Beibei, but Ferguson finally bought Beibei in the summer, but now it seems that ......

The entire Premier League knows that Ferguson likes to use young people, and he has enough courage to press the treasure on young people, and the legendary "Class of 92" and Ronaldo, who has become the world's footballer, are his proud works. Ferguson has a lot of patience with young people, and he is not used to jumping to conclusions about a young person too early, except that there are always exceptions.

Babe is unfortunately the exception.

Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Ferguson's mouth, I hope this is not Lin Sen's intention, otherwise, the pit he dug himself would really jump a little unjustly-

Manchester was a game of defeats and Chelsea were the biggest winners, but for the three clubs, they didn't have time to calculate the gains and losses as they had another league game just two days later. And this time, Feng Shui shifted to Manchester City's side.

Manchester City, who held their breath in the game against Manchester United, welcomed Birmingham City at home, and in this game, Birmingham's Bend brothers started, one good and one bad, failed to stop the slaughter of Birmingham by their old club, the score was five to one, and Lars Bender scored a consolation goal near the end of the game.

In the other few games that were not too suspenseful, there were two upsets, the first was Manchester United was held to a 2-2 draw away from Aston Villa, and the second was the biggest upset, Chelsea lost three goals at home to Sunderland at Stamford Bridge. But the fiasco wasn't the end of Chelsea's bad luck.

As if to confirm Ferguson's opinion of them, a week later, in the fourteenth round, Chelsea ushered in two consecutive defeats, they lost to Birmingham City, who had just lost to Manchester City, and sent a warm three points to the opponent who fell into the relegation zone, and for Manchester City, this is not the only good news, because the other team in front of them also lost, that is, Arsenal, in the focus of this round, Arsenal lost 2-3 at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the hot north London derby. Manchester United and Manchester City, on the other hand, beat their respective opponents 2-0 and 4-1 respectively to continue to close Chelsea.

Yes, it's imminent.

Because now, the gap between Manchester United and Chelsea is only one point, and Manchester City, which was once left behind by Chelsea by more than three games, is only three points away from them at this time.

Suspense, reboot. (To be continued......)