Wan Sheng said that he was happy to see the team lose one game and expressed optimism about the team's next match, but the media did not think so, they felt that Wan Sheng was stubborn, because no matter what Wan Sheng said, Manchester City did lose the game.

Some media outlets even believe that Manchester City are in crisis.

"Morris has not recovered from injury, the players have been banned one by one, the team has suffered one big battle after another, Manchester City has been tired from top to bottom, the fourth-line battle has brought them too much pressure, even if the League Cup has ended, it is difficult for Manchester United to continue to support, domestic, Champions League, they must choose one ......"

This is the view of many neutral media outlets, and it represents the opinion of the majority of the media.

Even the pro-Manchester City media have a different opinion, because Manchester City lost at home to Everton, and the end of their unbeaten league run was a big blow to the team's morale, and their advice to the team was to abandon the FA Cup and focus on the league and the Champions League.

Those hostile media expressed their opinion that it was good for Manchester City to win the league title now, and that it was difficult for them to make a difference in the Champions League, believing that Manchester City had encountered a great crisis.

As the Daily Mirror argued, "A league defeat may not mean anything, but City's weakness in the game is evident, they can't keep going, the only thing they can fight for is the league, and the Champions League puts too much pressure on them." ”

"Wan Sheng may be a qualified league manager, but he is not a qualified Champions League manager."

The Champions League is obviously more important than the FA Cup.

The hostile media are clinging to the Champions League, as long as Manchester City's results in the Champions League are not good, they can have something to say, and they believe that Manchester City's form will be affected in the near future, and it will be difficult to keep the top spot in the league.

In such an atmosphere of public opinion, Manchester City ushered in the next round of the league - home to Wigan Athletic.

In the fifteenth round of the league, Wigan Athletic drew with Manchester City at home, so this game is still quite concerned, and everyone wants to see what kind of performance Manchester City can have in the face of Wigan Athletic, which is 'strong and weak'.

Those hostile media were disappointed.

In the game, Manchester City continued to show all-round pressing, and eventually won 4-0 against Wigan Athletic.

There was little suspense in the game.

After Darren Bent scored a goal in the opening period, Ivan Crewe extended the lead and in the second half, substitute Giovanni Mauricio doubled the lead with a header, and Dunn stepped in before the break to make it 4-0.

After this game, the media who said that Manchester City was not in good form all shut their mouths.

In the moment of Manchester City's big win, they were powerless to say anything.

However, some media still insist that Manchester City is still in crisis, and their view is that Wigan Athletic is not enough to test Manchester City's 'quality', because Manchester City is good at playing against small clubs.

But obviously, 'being good at playing against small clubs' is also scary, because most teams can be counted as small clubs.

On March 4, in the second round of the Champions League round of 16, Manchester City hosted Celtic.

The last round between the two teams met Manchester City won 3-2 away at Celtic, the team has three away goals and a goal difference, and it is difficult for Celtic to have a chance without playing a 'miracle'.

Celtic clearly didn't give up their chance of qualifying.

Ahead of the game, their boss Strachan had repeatedly stressed that 'the team will not give up any hope'.

“…… It's not 'definitely eliminated' yet, we still have a chance, 2-3 doesn't mean a loss, even at the Manchester Stadium we will try until the end to beat Manchester City......

Strachan's tone gives a look at his fighting spirit and confidence.

But in fact, Celtic did not show the strength he said, the Manchester stadium game, still dominated by Manchester City, they did not even show the toughness of the last game, the result of the game can be imagined.

After 90 minutes, Manchester City beat Celtic 2-0.

After such two legs, Manchester City eliminated Celtic with an aggregate score of 5:2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

In the Champions League match on the same day, Manchester United defeated Lyon 1-0 at Old Trafford with C-Ronaldo's goal, and entered the Champions League quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 2:1; Liverpool won 1-0 against Inter Milan thanks to Gerrard's goal, and with 2-0 in the first leg, Liverpool advanced with an aggregate score of 3-0.

The next day was the second matchday of the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, when Chelsea hosted Olympiacos, with goals from Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Kalou each to end the game 3-0.

After the second matchday, the quarter-finals of the Champions League have been decided.

The four Premier League teams, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, all beat their opponents to advance to the quarter-finals.

Serie A side AC Milan and Roma also beat their opponents to advance, with Bundesliga side FC Schalke 04 eliminated by AC Milan and La Liga Real Madrid eliminated by Roma, while Barcelona eliminated Porto and Fenerbahce beat Sevilla FC in the other matches.

The quarter-finals of the Champions League have already been produced, namely Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in the Premier League, AC Milan and Roma in Serie A, Barcelona in La Liga and Fenerbahce in the Turkish League.

Almost all the British media reported on the Champions League that night, because in the quarterfinals of this Champions League, the four teams in the Premier League accounted for half of the country!

"The Premier League is dominant!"

The English Football Newspaper used this headline to cover the Champions League, "...... With Liverpool's demolition of the "century-old store" Inter Milan at the Meazza Stadium, the four Premier League giants joined hands to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, thus opening a new chapter in the Champions Cup. ”

"At the beginning of the new century, the Champions League was "western" and then Serie A was also strong, but the top eight matches with the national football club occupied half of the prosperous era has never appeared, but the Premier League football club has completed a major breakthrough this year after accumulating last season. ”

Liverpool and Manchester United were highlighted as their opponents were the most difficult.

“…… Liverpool stepped on Inter Milan to qualify, Manchester United beat Ligue 1 champions Lyon, and the results of both teams also proved that the level of quality in the Premier League is already at the top of the Champions League. ”

"British Football News" continued to analyze, "Since there has been a talk of the five major European leagues, the debate about the superiority of Italy, England and Spain has never stopped, but judging from the results of European competitions in recent years, English clubs have been at least half a position ahead of Italian and Spanish clubs in terms of overall aspects." There have been Premier League teams in the Champions League finals for three consecutive seasons, and last season's top four were three, and this time the four teams joined hands to qualify for the group and then rushed to the quarter-finals together. ”

"The Premier League is prosperous, and the general trend has been achieved!"

Just like the report of the British Football Newspaper, almost all the British media are singing the praises of the English club's success in the Champions League.

However, the core report is always the progress of the game, and the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals has become the focus of everyone's attention, and many British media have expressed the hope that the Premier League will not suffer a civil war...... Then the four teams in England could occupy all four places......"

That's really the heyday!

Of course, all of the above is just a 'fantasy' of the British media.

UEFA Champions League quarter-finals draw is fair or unfair, there are four Premier League teams in the quarter-finals, and the probability of two not touching each other is too small.

The draw for the next day did not turn out as the British media had hoped.

In the end, Liverpool met Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City met Roma and AC Milan respectively, and Barcelona were drawn with good draws, and they staggered six Premier League and Serie A teams to meet Fenerbahce of the Turkish Super League.

Of the four teams in England, two will have a civil war and two will collide directly with the Italian team.

Many media exclaimed, "This is a direct duel between the Premier League and Serie A!" ”

Manchester's 'duo' met AC Milan and Roma, Manchester United's opponents are better, Roma is very strong this season, but they have always had a bad record in the Champions League, although they eliminated Real Madrid, but Real Madrid has been wing the Champions League round of 16 for several seasons, the media and fans have been 'used to', that is to say, it is not surprising that Roma eliminated Real Madrid, compared to the strong Manchester United, they are still counted as the 'weak' side.

The matchup between Manchester City and AC Milan was in the spotlight.

Both the British and Italian media see this as a 'direct duel between the Premier League and Serie A'.

AC Milan are the best performing Italian club in the Champions League, and they are also the reigning champions of this season's Champions League; Manchester City have been doing quite well in the last three seasons, they have almost 'dominated' the Premier League, and they have also been very strong in the Champions League this season.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that in the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season, Manchester City met AC Milan, the home and away legs ended, Manchester City was eliminated by AC Milan, and now the two teams are meeting together, "The Sun" said, "This is a matchup of fate!" ”

"Milan Sport" believes that "AC Milan drew the worst draw!" ”

Italians and England think differently because England have four teams to reach the quarter-finals and Italy have only two, and although they also see the match between Manchester City and AC Milan as the focal point, the focus of the game is by no means the same as a 'good signing', because in the eyes of many Italians, they only have AC Milan as a 'team that can compete for the title'.

Roma are also in the quarter-finals, but few would think they have a chance to compete for the title, as evidenced by European bookmakers' odds to win the Champions League, with the remaining eight teams priced at just 28 to 1 above Fenerbahce in the Turkish league.

Therefore, AC Milan is the only hope for the Italians.

AC Milan meeting Manchester City is by no means a good signing.

Despite AC Milan's knockout of Manchester City last season, the Italians still remember the good game they played at the San Siro, and when they think about that game, and then think about the strength of Manchester City this season and AC Milan's weakness in the domestic league, they all know that AC Milan are facing difficult opponents.

If AC Milan can't get past Manchester City, it's likely that no Italian side will make it to the last four – and few expect Roma to knock out Manchester United. (To be continued.) )