Chapter 70: The Red Reserves

With a home win over Aston Villa, Manchester City continued to cling to Chelsea at the top of the table, equalling the goal difference thanks to a three-goal difference in this game.

The only pity is that Manchester City can still only finish second, as Chelsea have scored more goals.

According to the Premier League's points rules, if the two teams have the same points, they will compare the goal difference, and the goal difference is still the same, then compare the goal figures, Chelsea have scored 28 goals so far, and Manchester City has scored two less, so Chelsea can still stay at the top of the table and not be surpassed by Manchester City.

But by now, anyone knows that Chelsea's top spot is woefully and they could be overtaken at the slightest negligence.

After the match with Aston Villa, many media reporters asked about the league standings, and Wan Sheng smiled at the 'battle for the top spot' between Manchester City and Chelsea, "No one asked me about the top of the league before, because everyone thought we didn't have a chance, they (Chelsea) were too strong. But I think if you keep going, you have a chance, everyone in the team is working hard, and now we have a good chance. ”

"They're doing a great job. Yesterday they were a bit dangerous in the first half, but in the second half they played at a normal level and won easily, and I have to admit that they were very strong opponents, but we weren't bad! Not bad at all! ”

'I don't want to talk about players, team comparisons, analysis and stuff, it's pointless because the game is not analysed, I just want to say, 'There's going to be pressure to stay at the top of the table, so they have to be careful'.

There were a number of media outlets that night that quoted 'they have to be careful' to cover the Manchester City and Aston Villa ties, as well as the battle for the top spot between Manchester City and Chelsea.

Now the battle between the two teams has heated up!

With the same points and the same goal difference, this kind of fierce competition is very rare.

At the start of the season, no one was optimistic that Manchester City would compete for the top spot, but now everyone has to accept the fact that City have a good chance, to be precise, they have so far. Apart from Chelsea's 19 teams in the league, the only team qualified to compete for the top spot with Chelsea.

They were strong in the first round against bitter rivals Manchester United, they are still strong after 11 league games, and the comfortable 3-0 home win over Aston Villa says a lot.

But Chelsea were also very strong, with a 4-2 win at home to Blackburn Rovers to push back at the suggestion that Chelsea are in a slump, and many are starting to look at what it takes to beat Chelsea, and on this topic, Everton, the only Chelsea draw, have begun to offer experience – with their bodies.

'Against Chelsea you need to be violent. Without hesitation, spoil all their chances and leave them with nowhere to start, let alone organize an attack. Beatty, who scored for Everton, said.

Although Beatty's suggestion was not taken on by Blackburn, Mourinho will not forget the guy who broke down the Chelsea goal and gave the opponent back the move: "Beatty should be anxious for himself, not for other teams. He's been at Everton for a whole year and has scored just two goals in the league. Against us, Beattie had just one touch of the ball in 90 minutes. It was the penalty that was taken. It was a beautiful shot but nothing more, he didn't pose any threat to our defence, and who saw that Terry was afraid of Beatty? Or is Hute afraid of Duncan. Ferguson? None of them! If anyone treats us like children. That would be a big mistake. ”

It was a shocking statement, especially against a 'goalless' striker, Mourinho's caution taught everyone a lesson, and there were many who expected Chelsea to lose.

The Guardian has made a special report in this regard. Their headline was, 'Why the whole of England is expecting the Blues to lose, but no one is talking about Manchester City'.

Chelsea and Manchester City have the same points and the same goal difference. So far, both teams are ten wins and one draw, and the report cards are very gorgeous, it stands to reason that both teams will become the target of other teams, media, and fans, just like Manchester United, which dominated the Premier League, in the football circle, good results do not mean that everyone will support you, and too good results will often become the target of public criticism, because compared to all fans, your fans will always be a small number.

But now strange things have happened, when Manchester City and Chelsea are doing as well, it seems as if everyone has forgotten about Manchester City and is expecting Chelsea to lose, as if they were expecting Manchester City to surpass Chelsea in points.

The Guardian invited a number of football celebrities to answer this, and the answers are varied, but they can be summed up in the following points:

"They are so eye-catching, every time they transfer, they have to make a fuss, which angers a lot of people......"

"Manchester City is just a small club, they are the underdogs, and people sympathize with the underdogs."

"The Portuguese man's mouth has offended a lot of people, so everyone would rather support Wansheng, and this young Chinese man will be much cuter."

'Chelsea play conservative football, Manchester City play attacking football, and when you put both teams together, everyone will love to watch Manchester City play!'

'It would be interesting if Chelsea lost to Manchester City, who have invested more than 100 million for several years in a row and Manchester City have only spent a lot of 20 million ...... over them.

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While the outside world was in a state of uproar about the rivalry between Chelsea and Manchester City, Wan Sheng was sitting quietly in his office and pondering.

He's thinking about things.

He had just received an unexpected phone call from Ivan Crewe.

It was not surprising that the previous players called him, after all, they have a very good relationship, especially for the player who has a high respect for Ivan Crewe, and his personal relationship is very good.

But now it's training time.

It stands to reason that Manchester City were training and Derby County were also training, but Ivan Crewe was on the phone at this time, which was a bit strange, and then Wan Sheng listened to the phone for ten minutes - ten minutes of a big man complaining on the phone was enough of a headache.

Wan Sheng comforted Ivan Crewe and also knew the reason for his call.

Ivan Crewe has not been in good shape lately, with new boss Adrian Boothroyd not taking him seriously, and the injury in the previous month has cost him his place in the main line-up, and he can only play as a substitute after he recovers from injury.

Derby County topped the league last season and Ivan Crewe was one of the biggest contributors. He was second only to Van der Vaart, who had scored second only to the outstanding Van der Vaart, and now he didn't even have a place in the main team, so he was naturally very unhappy with his situation, so he approached Boothroyd, hoping to play in the next round, but Boothroyd thought he had not recovered and refused the request.

So the two quarreled, and Ivan Crewe was banned from the team for two weeks.

The incident was reported by local media in Derbyshire, and the conflict between Ivan Crewe and new boss Boothroyd became public, and the Derbyshire club will certainly be on Boothroyd's side. Because in the eyes of the 'merchant chairman' Pierce, Ivan Crewe is not the kind of player who can sell for a lot of money.

In short, Ivan Crewe is not in a good situation at the moment, so he is ready to move away.

If you want to transfer and leave, you must find the most suitable home for you, and Ivan Crewe is naturally very aware of this after a long time in the lower leagues, so he immediately found Wansheng and hoped to come to Manchester City to play.

This is definitely good news for Wansheng and Manchester City.

In fact. Wan Sheng has also been a headache for the team's wings, and after Musampa's injury, he can only let David Silva, Reina and others play as full-backs, because the other full-backs only have two outrageously young players with poor ability. He has always believed that the biggest failure of the summer transfer was here, when the team sold Wright Phillips but did not buy a replacement for him.

Right now. Ivan Crewe?

Wansheng is quite excited.

For the players he has cultivated, Wansheng has great trust in him, if it were not for him. Ivan Crewe is just a very ordinary player, maybe a failure as a professional player, but in the three years that followed, Ivan Crewe's ability has improved in an all-round way, especially in free kicks, he is quite good.

Of course, the premise is that he must be in a team with 10,000 wins, otherwise he will no longer enjoy the bonus of individual ability improvement.

This is also the most important reason for Ivan Crewe's poor performance.

After all, Ivan Crewe is almost 28 years old, some players at this age are at the peak of their careers, and some have entered the late stage, and their strength has begun to regress in an all-round way.

However, as long as Ivan Crewe comes to Manchester City and returns to Wansheng, because he is an 'elder' member of the players' union, his personal ability will recover quickly, and he will be able to enjoy the 'double ability bonus' provided by the players' union again, plus Wansheng's various offensive and defensive attribute ability bonus skills, his performance will definitely get better again.

That way, the team doesn't have to worry about the full-backs......

Wansheng is very excited.

He knows what Ivan Crewe is calling for, and he knows that as long as he agrees, Ivan Crewe will definitely cooperate with Derby County, and then he will choose to come to Manchester City, but will it be im......moral to do so!?

Although he has made a lot of transfer decisions before, it is the first time he has secretly contacted players and then influenced the transfer process.

Wan Sheng was a little hesitant.

But he thought about it again...... Why not? Many teams do this, for example, Chelsea has been exposed to a lot of private contact with players, not to mention, this is Ivan Crewe found himself, he wants to come to his own team, instead of poaching players from other people's teams, besides, Ivan Crewe was originally a player cultivated by himself, and now he is still in Derby County, which is Pierce's earned for nothing.

In a word, it's professional football!

Wan Sheng made up his mind.

Ivan Crewe is willing to come to Manchester City, the only one who is unhappy is Pearce, and if that guy is not happy, he will be happy, what else do you need to hesitate about?

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At the same time, there was an interesting thing going on in City's reserves - Bisjoff kept glaring at Anelka, who ignored him.

After being sent to the reserve team in July, Bischev has been training here, and at first he thought it was no big deal, anyway, at most he was a transfer away, but when he found out that the transfer window was closed and he couldn't leave, he really panicked, and at the same time hated the name 'Wan Sheng'.

But he's still a member of Manchester City, so he has to train every day.

Although training with the reserves is almost the same as clocking in to work, he still has to be there every training day.

Manchester City has been soaring in the league, and even competed with Chelsea for the top spot in the league, but this has nothing to do with Bischev, but when he thinks of the team's current results, he hates Wansheng even more - if that guy hadn't put himself in the reserves, he would definitely be able to enjoy the winning streak with his teammates, but he can only be in the reserves, and the team's results have nothing to do with him.

Now he's just bent on getting out of here.

The summer transfer window is closed, but there is still a winter transfer window, November is here, and after a while, he can leave before Christmas, and his agent has been actively contacting other teams for him recently.

But now he still has to keep going.

Two days ago, Bischev was in a good mood because he had a new team-mate, Nikola Anelka.

"Isn't this our league golden boot?" Bischev laughed and quipped.

Bischov was very happy to see Anelka, because he felt that Wansheng had made a wrong decision, Anelka was the top scorer in the league, and he was actually sent to the reserve team, which is simply self-defeating!

If this continues, the team's results will definitely deteriorate, and the Chinese will lose their hearts, and eventually they can only get out of Manchester City, and then they may be able to return to the first team openly, and they don't need to think about leaving at all.

He had long been accustomed to Manchester and didn't really want to leave.

So when he saw Anelka, Bischev greeted him warmly, as if the two had become 'close comrades-in-arms', but unfortunately, his hot face was attached to someone else's cold ass, and Anelka's mood was too unhappy in comparison.

Anelka was sent to the reserves, his depressed mood can be imagined, plus he thinks very highly of himself, he looks down on Bischev at all, how can he have anything to do with him, in the face of Bischev's enthusiasm, he just yelled, "Get out!" ”

Because of this sentence, the two almost got straight to work.

This became the biggest news of the day in the reserves, and since then, Bischev and Anelka have not said a word, and in daily training, Anelka does not pay attention to Bischev at all, but Bischev's unilateral hostility, as if looking for an opportunity to take revenge on Anelka.

This kind of tense relationship within the team made Malwood, who was in charge of the reserve team, very headache, and at the same time he also complained about Wan Sheng, he is obviously the director of the youth team and the reserve team, why should he worry about this star one by one!

Bischev is a headache enough, and now there is another star who is the 'Premier League's top scorer', and now his development squad is on the verge of becoming the best in England.

Malwood sighed.

The only good news is that Anelka is not as troublesome as Schieff, he only cares about his own training and does not care about anyone in the team, which is not a good character, but not getting into trouble is the biggest good news. (To be continued......)