On November 26, in the 13th round of the English Premier League, Manchester City challenged promoted Burnley away.

Although they conceded a goal first after a poor start, thanks to Sergio Aguero's brace, Manchester City did not take much effort to win 2-1 away.

After the game, Zhang Chaoqiang was asked by reporters about the Golden Globe rankings.

"Last year's FIFA Ballon d'Or, I was only 19th and this year I moved up to seventh, which is already a huge improvement."

"But I'm not satisfied with that, I will continue to strive for higher goals......

Zhang Chaoqiang did not respond positively to the Golden Globe rankings, but he did not express his approval.

Arsenal and Liverpool both won the rest of the round, but Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at home by the Hammers.

In addition, in the strong battle, Chelsea, who are in good form, reversed Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home, completing seven consecutive wins in the Premier League.

So in the standings, Manchester City has 33 points, Chelsea 31 points, Liverpool 30 points, and Arsenal 28 points.

In the next round of the Premier League, Manchester City will host Chelsea in what will be a standard battle at the top of the table.

The English media have begun to warm up in advance, analysing the situation of both teams.

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It's the EFL Cup quarter-finals day in midweek, and Manchester City are already out, so they can take a break.

On December 1st, FIFA announced the final shortlist for the 2016 awards.

There is no doubt that the top three candidates for the World Footballer of the Year are still Ronaldo, Messi, and Griezmann.

But outside the top three, the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or are not the same.

The fourth is still Suarez, but the fifth has become Zhang Chaoqiang.

Strictly speaking, as long as you don't make it to the top three, whether you are ranked fifth or seventh, there is not much difference.

But Chinese fans are very concerned, because Zhang Chaoqiang has gradually become synonymous with Chinese football.

The higher Zhang Chaoqiang's ranking, the happier they can be.

Therefore, Zhang Chaoqiang's ranking fifth quickly became another hot topic in China.

On the list of candidates for the best team of the year announced at the same time, Huang Saren is still a big player.

Real Madrid had 11 finalists, while Barcelona Bayern had nine.

The team with the most entries outside of Real Saren is Manchester City, with Zhang Chaoqiang, Sergio Aguero, De Bruyne, David Silva and Bravo shortlisted.

Zhang Chaoqiang and other four people were shortlisted, but Bravo was a little surprised.

Because after joining Manchester City, the Chilean goalkeeper's performance was really bad.

And the reason why he made the cut was mainly due to his excellent performance in the Copa America in the summer.

After all, he is the best goalkeeper in the Copa America, and he defeated the strong Argentina in the final.

Zhang Chaoqiang's agent wants to drum him into the team of the year, but in the announced World Footballer of the Year rankings, Zhang Chaoqiang is still ranked behind Suarez, which is a bit unsatisfactory.

But within two days, good news came.

According to Spanish media reports, Barcelona may be absent en masse from this year's FIFA annual awards ceremony.

Because Real Madrid won the Champions League, this year's awards ceremony is basically certain to be the stage for Real Madrid and Ronaldo, so everyone in Barcelona does not want to be a background board.

It's not yet conclusive, but it's entirely possible.

As soon as the incident was reported, it immediately aroused heated discussions in the media of various countries, and the Barcelona media supported their own team and thought that it was natural not to support Real Madrid.

However, other media basically believe that if Barcelona really plays a collective disappearance, it will be too ungraceful.

In particular, the media that supported Real Madrid launched fierce criticism of Barcelona.

In the midst of the disturbances, Zhang Chaoqiang was also "affected".

Agent Jacques Freirlo called Zhang Chaoqiang and said excitedly: "If Barcelona is really absent en masse, it will undoubtedly be good news for us......

After a brief communication, Zhang Chaoqiang understood what the agent meant.

Barcelona is absent en masse, which will definitely make FIFA very unhappy,

Although it is not enough to directly turn against Barcelona, it is completely possible to wear small shoes or something.

For example, the Team of the Year competition.

As things stand, Suarez is the striker other than Melo who is most likely to make the Team of the Year.

But if Barcelona doesn't give face and collectively misses the award ceremony, FIFA is entirely likely to kick Suarez and put Zhang Chaoqiang in.

After all, Zhang Chaoqiang's backwardness is not large, and he deserves to replace Su Ya.

Of course, the final result will have to wait for the FIFA Awards ceremony in January.

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On December 3, in the 14th round of the English Premier League, Manchester City hosted Chelsea, and the much-watched battle for the top spot of the Premier League officially arrived.

"Blue Moon and Blues, two of the two most iconic blue teams, are about to compete for the top spot in the table."

'Based on the current situation of the two teams, Manchester City has the home advantage, the overall strength of the team is slightly stronger, and they are the leading side, as long as they don't lose at home, they can hold Chelsea down.

'Chelsea, on the other hand, have a strong morale, having won seven in a row in the Premier League, and the morale is high, and this season Chelsea don't need to be distracted by European competitions, they just need to focus on domestic games......

I have to say that Chelsea is indeed in excellent form, especially with Conte leading the team, and there is no need to be distracted by the European competition, which can be described as a rainbow of momentum.

Manchester City's overall form is relatively average, especially with the Champions League in midweek, which is related to whether Manchester City can compete for the top spot in the group.

Once the game started, Manchester City controlled the ball and attacked step by step, playing against their opponents in the way they do best.

However, Chelsea's defence was unusually solid and did not give City too many chances.

City exerted a lot of energy before De Bruyne's diagonal pass forced Tim Cahill to take the lead just before half-time.

However, Chelsea were unfazed by the goal conceded and continued to solidify their defence in the second half, threatening the City goal with a sharp counter-attack.

In the 60th and 70th minutes, Chelsea struck back-to-back goals, with Diego Costa and Willian scoring respectively.

With a goal down at home against defensive Blues Chelsea, Manchester City is in a less than ideal position.

But if they continue to hold on, Manchester City will not be without opportunities.

After all, Manchester City are leading the table and only need a draw to stay at the top of the table.

Unfortunately, Fernandinho did not hold his nerve and was sent off for a rough foul on Eden Hazard in the face of another Chelsea counter-attack.

Now Manchester City is in real danger.

Soon Chelsea relied on the advantage of one more man to score another goal and completely kill the game.

Although Zhang Chaoqiang scored a world wave in stoppage time with his form bonus, he could not change the overall situation.

Manchester City suffered their first Premier League defeat since the start of the season with a 3-2 defeat at home to Chelsea, while also relinquishing top spot.

After the home defeat, Chelsea are officially top of the Premier League with 34 points, while Manchester City are in second place with 33 points.

In the other games of this round, Arsenal and Tottenham both beat the underdogs, while Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw away by the Toffees Everton.

But if there is a real upset, it has to be Liverpool, who came back from an early 2-0 lead to defeat Bournemouth 3-4 away.

So in the standings, Arsenal is third with 31 points, Liverpool is fourth with 30 points, and Tottenham is fifth with 27 points.

As for Manchester United, they have only 21 points for the time being, a full nine points behind fourth-placed Liverpool.

The Red Devils are not only out of contention for the Premier League title, they are even out of contention for a top-four finish.

On the Premier League scorer list, Zhang Chaoqiang scored one goal in this round and still ranked first in the scorer list with 12 goals.

But his lead is not big anymore.

Chelsea have won back-to-back games recently, and Diego Costa, the Blues' lone arrow, has also scored 11 goals, just one goal behind Zhang.

There is also Arsenal's thigh Alexis Sanchez, who has scored five goals in the last two rounds, and his tally has also reached 11.

With the exception of three, none of the other Premier League players have scored in double figures.