Chapter 423: Best Player in the Derby

Arsenal were a little reluctant to be tied after Fernando Torres scored the equaliser, but City have retreated to defend across the board.

There was so little time left for Arsenal to score again, and they had to settle for a draw.

2:2, Manchester City drew with Arsenal in a difficult way.

After the game, a lot of media talked about Manchester City's 'unbeaten in 62 rounds', but the unbeaten run is an old topic, and the content of the game is more worthy of coverage in comparison.

Many of Arsenal's players have been praised for their performances, while Fernando Torres, who has only scored two goals for Manchester City, has been recognised by the media and nothing else has been talked about in particular.

If someone reads the media reports, they may think that Torres single-handedly helped Manchester City equalise and has nothing to do with anyone else.

This is of course impossible.

However, many British media are like this, when Manchester City wanted to break AC Milan's unbeaten record before, they all supported Manchester City, hoping that they could continue to win and take this record to England, and now that Manchester City has broken the record, they don't want Manchester City to continue to win, and all kinds of criticism and unfavorable voices followed.

A lot of the media talk about 'Manchester City is starting to go downhill', and they have analyzed it with reason, fighting spirit, fixture intensity and for this game, Manchester City only relied on a last-ditch fight to equalise the score, and they almost lost at home to Arsenal.

'City have been worse off game by game in January, and they have a lot of games to play in February, including a Carabao Cup final, Champions League and derby against Manchester United, and they will face more pressure than ever before......

"Manchester City probably won't survive February, they have only two options, either give up some games and focus on others, or watch the team sink ......"

This is still reported by neutral media.

The hostile media reports were even more unpleasant, with almost certainly saying that City's results were going to get worse and worse.

It was in this environment of public opinion that Manchester City ushered in the first round of the league in February, and their opponents were promoted Derby County.

A lot of people are watching the game to see if City are really 'starting to go downhill' as the media says they are.

But after 90 minutes of play, Manchester City continued to declare their strength in the league with a hearty 5-0 victory.

In the game, Mesut Ozil, Lescott, Darren Bent, Martin Peternes and Ivan Crewe scored one goal each, and Manchester City's front, middle and back fields blossomed across the board, fully demonstrating Manchester City's overwhelming strength and performance.

After this game, at least the small balls will know that even if Manchester City do 'start to decline', it is not something they can beat.

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After the match against Derby County, the Premier League ushered in a key battle - the Manchester derby.

The last Manchester derby was at Manchester Stadium and this one was Old Trafford.

Manchester United host Manchester City.

It's not just the Manchester derby, it's the battle for the top spot in the Premier League, with Manchester City having seven more league points than Manchester United after 25 rounds of defeats to Tottenham Hotspur.

With only 13 rounds left in the league, the difference of seven points is a bit big for the battle for the top spot.

If City can win this one, it means they will stretch the gap to 10 points, and Manchester United will have little hope of competing for the title again.

On the other hand, if Manchester United win, the gap will be reduced to four points, and then they will still have a chance.

The importance of this game is evident.

Despite being unbeaten against Manchester United in two seasons, City still take the game seriously, as Wan Sheng said, "This is the most important league game for us." ”

"Derby, I hope we have the last laugh!"

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The derby at Old Trafford will almost certainly be very tough.

Wansheng was prepared for this.

However, he still didn't expect the competition to be so difficult.

Manchester United want to win so badly!

With two seasons without a win against Manchester City and pressure from the media, fans and clubs, United are pushing for a win over them with all their might.

The two sides were on fire in the fifth minute.

Copele Ferreira made a clean tackle and sent Wayne Rooney to the ground, and when Rooney got up, he got into a physical altercation with Ferreira, and the other players rushed over to push and mumble at each other, causing chaos on the field.

The referee intervened and gave Rooney and Ferreira a yellow card respectively, before ending the opening farce.

After that, the anger of both sides became bigger and bigger, and their tempers were a little uncontrollable, and as a result, the game was fought in no order, and it completely turned into hand-to-hand combat.

Referee Will Bled became the busiest man of the game.

The whistle in his mouth kept sounding, and he suspended the game again and again, but his warnings could only make the two sides rein in at most, and they could not really control the situation at all.

In the first half alone, referee Blind showed five yellow cards, three for Manchester United and two for Manchester City, but that didn't make much difference.

At halftime, Wan Sheng did ideological work for the players, mainly saying two aspects, one is to play tough, but afraid of clashes with the other party, "This is a derby, we are mortal enemies, if you are weak, the other party will be stronger!" ”

"But," Wan Sheng said to the second point, "you must pay attention to control your emotions in the game, and don't be too impulsive, it will not be useful to win the game at all......"

Wan Sheng said this because he was worried that the players would be too impulsive in the game.

The fire of both teams has come up, the game has completely turned into hand-to-hand combat, tactics and anything are not too important, and their players must not be weak in the confrontation, so the team will fall into the disadvantage.

But at the same time, Wansheng is still a little worried that the players will not be able to control their emotions and have a big conflict with the opponent, which will not be beneficial to this game and the subsequent games.

Perhaps Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson had similar concerns, so at the beginning of the second half, the game played a lot smoother, and the two sides also played a wonderful cooperation, but both sides were obviously not so 'Sven' in defense.

In the 61st minute, Lescott was brought to the ground by Anderson on the halfway line.

Lescott was carried off the field by the staff, and Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines angrily, scolding Anderson who tackled, "He just wants to shovel my teammates!" ”

But in the end, this almost direct dangerous action only got a yellow card, which made the whole Manchester City team very dissatisfied.

So in the next game, Manchester City and Manchester United became more and more conflicted, from the physical confrontation, the competition for football, to the pure 'attack on the opponent's body' collision and tackle, the game has lost its normal order.

After the game, many media blamed the problem on the referee, "Referee Will Brad failed to rely on his law enforcement powers, stabilize the emotions of both sides, and control the scene of the game......"

"Anderson should have received a red card, he sent Lescott off the pitch and got away with it......"

"Rooney should have been sent off a long time ago!"

"In the Manchester City team, Ferreira and Mesut Ozil are irrational, they are too impulsive to turn City's advantage into a passive ......"

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It was a clash that took place in the 81st minute of the game.

Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand kicked the ball up front and Wayne Rooney and Copelle Ferreira huddled together to fight for the spot, jumping together, clashing in the air before falling to the ground together.

After Rooney pressed Ferreira to the ground, he raised his hand and gave Ferreira a black punch.

This scene was captured by many cameras.

Referee Will Bride also noticed that he immediately took out his cards and ran over, but he couldn't control the scene.

Ferreira got up and started to work directly with Rooney, and Ozil couldn't help but shoot at Rooney next to him, and the stadium was in chaos.

Anderson stopped Ozil, the two pushed and muttered very much, other teammates also came to help, and the referee even came over and shouted something to both sides, but it had no effect.

Then you punched, I kicked, and there were a total of seven players involved, and Will Bred sent four shots in a row to quell the chaos.

That's how it passed.

However, just as Copelle Ferreira was leaving the pitch, a worrying scene occurred.

A Manchester United fan rushed onto the pitch after being chased by security guards and headed straight for the Manchester City dugout.

Ferreira was startled.

The fan was obviously heading for Ferreira at first, when Wan Sheng happened to be standing next to him, and when he saw Wan Sheng, he seemed to have changed his goal and rushed towards Wan Sheng.

"Damn the Chinese!"

He cursed angrily in his mouth, rushed directly in front of Wan Sheng, and shook his fist fiercely.

Wan Sheng could even see the hideous face.

Everyone who saw this scene was worried about Wan Sheng, but the next moment they began to worry about the fan.

Wan Sheng is still angry about the clash on the pitch just now, it is not only this game that was sent off, the FA will definitely be held accountable after the game, it doesn't matter if the club is fined, the key is that the players involved will definitely be suspended for a few games.

The Manchester United fan rushed to his eyes.

Wan Sheng didn't react for a while, and when he saw the other party's hideous face, he almost subconsciously kicked forward.

"Bang!"

After a clean kick, the United fan curled up on his stomach and was immediately restrained by the security guards who chased him.

Wan Sheng exhaled, still a little surprised.

Referee Will Bled rushed over and seemed hesitant to play his cards against Wan Sheng, which he had never encountered.

Wan Sheng yelled at Brad, "Look at the way he looked just now, this is legitimate defense!" ”

Will Bled nodded hesitantly.

Because of this clean and straight kick, the media rated Wan Sheng as the 'best player in the derby' after the game.

The Sun jokingly said, "In this chaotic game, no one has played a good game, except for Wan Sheng......" (To be continued. )