Half a season has passed in the flick of a finger, and the ambitious Manchester City have not achieved the desired ranking, while the belt-tightening semi-finals are led by Arsenal, and Liverpool has fallen behind. Arsenal are temporarily in the Christmas title with 45 points, while Manchester United (44), Chelsea (42), Aston Villa (35), Tottenham (34) and Manchester City (32) are not far behind, and the second half of the Premier League season will enter the era of super fierce princes.

Since the Abu Dhabi consortium entered Manchester City last summer, and the richest man in the Premier League and Chelsea owner Abou "intercepted" Robinho, the new richest man Manchester City is destined to make a name for himself. However, this summer is different from Real Madrid's gathering of talents, Manchester City is basically invigorating the internal economy of the Premier League and promoting domestic demand.

However, the 1.18 billion squad in the summer still made Manchester City's impressive early results unsatisfactory, and they struggled to occupy a top-four spot in the Premier League, and Hughes paid the price for this unbeaten run.

Manchester City's "great prospects" for the first four Champions Leagues this year are all tied to him. However, in the competition with the scheming Tottenham coach Redknapp and the experienced Villa manager O'Neill, Mancini will slowly find that the top four in the Premier League and the Serie A title are not the same, but he has a strong team strength and bench depth compared to other teams, as long as he does not make mistakes, Manchester City is still the most promising middle class to squeeze out Liverpool's status, as for the league title. They don't think about it for now.

Chelsea are under Carlo Ancelotti. He was once the favourite to end Manchester United's treble of titles. Carlo Ancelotti has not received many reinforcements. Only left-back Zhirkov, striker Stric and goalkeeper Malcolm Turnbull were brought in. There are not many reinforcements, and Ancelotti relies more on old courtiers such as Drogba and Lampard.

And Ancelotti's character has also been praised by the British media, the Italian's modesty and low-key make him a perfect manager, and his reputation even catches up with the legendary coach of the Blues, Mourinho, but he is also an excellent result, but Mourinho's character is far less popular than Anfat.

But like any other team, Chelsea have bad times. An's character seemed to have been dissipated overnight after the north London win over Arsenal, and there was just one win in the four Premier League games since. Three draws and one defeat, which was also the key to their loss of the league leader. To add insult to injury, Drogba, Kalou and others will return to their respective national teams for the Africa Cup of Nations after playing Fulham, but Malouda still received a red card against Birmingham, and Chelsea's schedule for more than a month will be very difficult, and Ancelotti will have to reuse the youngster.

However, soon the winter transfer market will open, although Anfat once gambled that he basically does not buy people, but Chelsea, who is not bad for money, is still very likely to launch an impact for the championship at this time, as long as he can win the championship, Chelsea is really not short of money.

No more Cristiano Ronaldo. Without Tevez, Manchester United will not collapse. Because Manchester United have Alex Ferguson!

After selling Cristiano Ronaldo for £80 million, Ferguson unexpectedly brought in free agent Owen, and Ronaldo's real successor, Valencia, only spent £17 million, which was also the biggest summer of transfer since Ferguson's arrival.

Does Ferguson really miss Cristiano Ronaldo? Quite possibly! The absence of the Portuguese means that United's most successful system in the last two years will have to be overhauled, with the 4-3-3 formation having to shift to 4-4-2, with Wayne Rooney given more responsibility for scoring goals, while midfielders such as Michael Carrick and newcomer Valencia also score goals. As expected, Wayne Rooney and others achieved their goal, and newcomer Valencia also showed his simplicity and perseverance from Cristiano Ronaldo, with the Red Devils scoring significantly more goals at the halfway point of the season than at the same time last season.

However, United's defence was not as brilliant as last season. Rio Ferdinand's form plummeted, substitute goalkeeper Forster made a series of mistakes, Van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Evans, Brown continued to suffer injuries, and in the last round against Fulham, Ferguson had to discharge Fletcher, Carrick and teenager Derae's three central defenders to "play the soy sauce defence".

Manchester United have the most solid bench in the Premier League, but they can't afford to be injured, especially with old rivals Arsene Wenger and Anfat chasing after him, and the difficulty of achieving a fourth consecutive title can be imagined.

Last season, Liverpool, who had not won the league title for 19 years, saw their first Premier League title hopes, and the team with the fewest defeats ended up losing to Manchester United. Sadly, this season, the Reds seem to be back on the beaten path. Liverpool, which lost Alonso, has been in a slump, having lost the League Cup and the Champions League since the start of the season, and the Premier League title is only a paper hope, and Benitez has suffered an unprecedented crisis of confidence.

Liverpool's unlucky fortune is well known, and at one point it was without Gerrard, Torres, Benayoun, Glenn? Johnson and many other main players, but in the Premier League, who hasn't encountered a time of bad luck? Arsenal, who were in the same period last season, also injured Adebayor, Theo Walcott, Cesc Fabregas and other main players, but also returned to the top four with the introduction of "Tsar" Arshavin in the winter transfer in January. Therefore, Bei Shuai can't blame all the problems on injuries. Arsenal's injuries seem to be more serious this season, but they still hold the top spot.

Anfield fell twice, and the stale stadium reflects the woes of two giants of yesteryear and the realities of 21st-century football. For Liverpool, they are in dire need of new investment; When the team was in financial crisis, the only people he could rely on were his disciples, the Latin players he brought in, but the players often let him down at critical moments. Lucas, Voronin, Ngo, these "mediocre players" that the British media does not look at at all do not seem to be able to help Liverpool compete for the title.

Due to Liverpool's fall, more opportunities have also been given to the middle and lower teams. It is worth mentioning that in the first half of the process, the middle class and relegation teams have risen and no longer easily succumbed to the giants. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United, who have suffered defeats against mid-table teams respectively.

Aston Villa, who are temporarily fourth, performed the most outstanding defense in the first half of the season, with a solid defensive line, and Milner and Ashley in attack? With a winger like Young, and striker Abang Lajo's finishing skills, Villa are in the top four for good reason.

Fifth-placed Tottenham is still key to their success, with 40 goals behind Arsenal and Chelsea, and Tottenham have a rich attacking mix in midfield, especially Lennon on the right flank; Top scorer Defoe is currently second in the scorer list with 13 goals, with many of those assists coming from Lennon. In addition, the succession of two Croatians, Luka Modric and Kranica, also seems natural, and they now have further qualifications.

Aston Villa, Tottenham and Manchester City, the middle class that has been ambitious in recent years and wants to end the rule of the four families, will still be an important part of the league in the second half, and in the end, whether Liverpool will fall behind and whether the order of the top four in the Premier League will be rearranged will be up to the middle class itself.

In today's football world, you can't really play without money, especially in the Premier League. So the upcoming winter transfer is the best time for many teams to fill in the gaps, whether it is to compete for the title or to be able to achieve their expectations, they really have a chance to complete the most haode at this time, and this is their chance.

'We get it every two years, and the substitutions have to be based on the team. This year was lucky, only two people left, and the number of previous editions was even higher. The Africa Cup of Nations affects the Premier League players who compete, and they will be tired when they come back, and the impact on the team will continue until the end of the season. "After playing Villa, Song and Eboue, two African players, had to go home for the Africa Cup of Nations, especially after the departure of the Cameroon midfielder, which was a headache for Wenger.

Now is the time for Arsenal to be distressed, although they are now the halfway champions, they also have to suffer from the attack of the pit club's Africa Cup of Nations; The current Arsenal is not only Song and Eboue leaving, even Xiaofa may have a temporary recurrence of injuries, coupled with the national team of the pit club, Arsenal is really unlucky.

Although they won the halfway title by beating Villa in the last round of the league; However, the Gunners captain pulled another thigh injury when he shot and was replaced by Ramsey shortly after.

The victory in exchange for injuries is bound to have a bit of bitterness in its sweetness. It's no wonder that Arsenal fans joked after the last round of the league: "We beat our arch-rivals Villa, but we are about to lose to bottom-placed Portsmouth!" Of course, this does not have to be taken seriously, but it also shows the current dilemma of the Gunners: winning Villa, the first place in the league belongs to Arsenal, but the injury to Xiaofa makes the future uncertain. What is certain is that Cesc Fabregas, who has suffered a recurrence of his leg injury, will not be able to play for the coming week, leaving the Gunners to rely on others.

Because of the team's injuries and other reasons, so the current Arsenal really needs to think about the next winter transfer, the current Arsenal finally saw the hope of regaining the league title, at this time if you are stingy, this may really anger those Arsenal fans, if Arsenal continues to be stingy at this time, then they are likely to pay the painful price of losing the league title.

'We have enough money at our disposal and we've been stingy in the winter and this time too. Arsenal chairman Hill Wood is also a rare initiative to speak up when the team is in a good situation, and this time Arsenal seems to be really likely to buy heavy reinforcements at this time. (To be continued......)