In the highlight of this round, David Moyes's Manchester United beat second-placed Arsenal 1-0 at home, allowing Manchester City to extend their lead again.

After 11 rounds, their current record is 10 wins and 1 draw, and they are at the top of the table with 31 points.

Arsenal has 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, and is in second place with 25 points.

With Arsenal's surprise defeat, the gap between the two teams has been stretched to six points.

With the current form and fixtures of both teams, Manchester City is very likely to seal the halfway title early.

In the history of the Premier League, the probability of winning the half-way championship exceeds 6 percent, which is still the result of Arsenal's continuous reduction of probability.

Therefore, the gold content of the half-marathon championship is relatively high.

Among the Premier League's giants, except for Chelsea and Arsenal, the remaining teams have won.

Chelsea's form has been particularly sluggish since being held to a home draw by Manchester City, with them swept away 2-0 at the Magpies in the last round.

In this round, they were held to a 2-2 draw at home by West Bromwich Albion, a team from the middle and lower reaches.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Mourinho's Chelsea is in trouble.

And the problem is still serious!

This is an outcome that was not expected by the outside world.

At the start of the season, when it was revealed that Jose Mourinho was returning to Chelsea, there was widespread optimism about the madman's future in charge of the Blues.

However, in just a few months, doubts about Mourinho and Chelsea have become more and more intense.

The Blues, who are second only to Manchester City in the transfer market, are certainly aiming for the league title and the Champions League this season.

However, after 11 rounds, Chelsea have won five, drawn four and lost two, and have only picked up 19 points, which is lower than the points of Manchester United, who were not favored at the beginning of the season.

This record is completely unworthy of Chelsea's investment and the expectations of the outside world.

Red Devils manager David Moyes, on the other hand, has picked up in recent games after a bumpy initial period for Manchester United.

After a three-game winning streak, United are on 20 points and sit fifth in the table, beating their old rivals the Blues.

Mourinho's words of attacking Moyes in the second round of the league seemed to have turned into a boomerang and smashed on his own head.

Seeing the bad luck of old rivals and the continuous recovery of their own team's form, the Red Devils fans began to sneer at Chelsea one by one.

Who called Mourinho, this guy likes to attack Manchester United with a mouth cannon?

Manchester United has many opponents in the league, such as Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal, and Chelsea, all of which have deep grievances with Manchester United.

However, the fact that the Red Devils fans did not attack other teams, only Chelsea, is telling.

For David Moyes, after back-to-back home wins over rivals Liverpool and Arsenal, he is gradually starting to gain recognition from Red Devils fans.

The Red Devils' demands are simple: as long as David Moyes can lead the team to keep a few of United's old rivals under him, even if they don't win the Premier League in the end, that's okay.

And now, Manchester United have beaten Arsenal and Liverpool, and if they can complete their revenge on Chelsea and Manchester City, it will be perfect!

It's just that, with Manchester City's current state, it doesn't seem so easy to beat them at home.

Of course, there are those who don't think so.

The journalist who previously wrote an article in the Manchester Evening News criticising Manchester City's dependency on Lin Quanquan was posted again after this round of fixtures.

"Manchester City's away game against Sunderland proved my previous inference that Manchester City relied too much on Lin Quan!"

"By looking at the operation of Manchester City's attacking system in the front court in this game, we can find that Lin Quan dominated almost all the attacks in Manchester City's midfield.

I don't think that's a good thing, football is a team sport and relying too much on one player can lead to serious consequences.

In this game, Sunderland limited Lin Quan's breakthrough and shooting very well, and did not give him too good opportunities.

If it weren't for his bad luck in the end, he scored a free-kick, and Sunderland might have been able to draw against the mighty Manchester City in this game.

I think this game should be a warning to Manchester City.

They will have to change their reliance on Lin Quan, otherwise City's attacking threat will be greatly diminished if he is restrained by opponents or his form fluctuates.

If Manchester City don't make changes soon, their results will inevitably plummet. ”

After the publication of this report, it attracted a lot of attention.

Although the match between Manchester City and Sunderland is not the focus of this round, for many teams in the middle and lower reaches, this game is far more important than the matchup between the giants.

Sunderland's approach to the game is a style of play that they can all emulate.

The Black Cats are not much better than the other teams, and since they can make such a mess of Manchester City by swinging the bus on their home turf, then other teams can do the same.

Lin Quan also saw this article, except for the views in the second half that he disagreed, he recognized the analysis in the first half.

Following David Silva's injury, Manchester City are missing a playmaker up front.

And he's the only one in the City squad who can handle that role, so he's stuck in multiple roles, taking on the role of Demoman as well as attacking forward.

In positional battles, he is also responsible for organising attacks, distributing the ball, and even controlling the tempo of the game like a midfielder.

This core, Lin Quan himself is not willing to be.

He would have liked to have a De Bruyne behind him who could pass the ball to him all the time, so that he could shoot with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan suddenly remembered, why hasn't De Bruyne moved in recent times?

A look at Chelsea's squad for this round of fixtures shows that De Bruyne was nowhere to be seen in the starting XI or on the bench.

This guy looks like he hasn't played in a long time!

Thinking of this, Lin Quan picked up his mobile phone and called De Bruyne, wanting to ask him what he was doing lately?

……

At the Cobham training ground, about 20 miles from Stamford Bridge, young players wearing dark blue shirts with the number 15 on the back of their shirts practising free-kick kicks on the pitch.

Sweat continued to fall down his sideburns, dripping on the jersey on his shoulders.

The dark blue jersey was soaked with sweat and clinged to his body, completely highlighting his figure.

Several club staff members who hurried by the training base were a little surprised to see someone come over to practice so early.

However, after discovering that it was De Bruyne who practiced the game, they all shook their heads.

"Alas, this kid is hardworking, but what's the use of working hard?"

The old man of the doorman sighed, feeling a little unworthy for De Bruyne.

The opponent came to the Cobham training base on time every day, rain or shine.

The goalkeeper witnessed with his own eyes that De Bruyne was as thin as a bamboo pole when he first arrived at Chelsea, and he developed such a muscle.

With his years of observation of professional football, De Bruyne's current physical confrontation is completely fine with a foothold in the Premier League.

However, I don't know if it's because of prejudice or something else, Mourinho just doesn't like to use him.

De Bruyne hasn't played a game for two months since coming on as a five-minute substitute in the fifth round of the league.

In recent rounds, neither in the league nor in the Champions League, he has not been included in the 18-man squad.

After missing a number of games in a row, Kevin De Bruyne realised he had no future at Chelsea.

Therefore, De Bruyne, who was once bent on returning to Stamford Bridge, has now extinguished that enthusiasm and is seriously considering leaving Chelsea in the winter break transfer window to work for another team.

He was the assist leader of the Bundesliga last season and also broke the Bundesliga's assist record.

Therefore, De Bruyne is not worried that he is not strong and no one wants him.

It's just that he doesn't meet Mourinho's requirements, or rather, Mourinho is prejudiced against players of his type!

After a day of training, De Bruyne returned home to meet his agent, Patrick.

"Kevin, have you thought about where you're going?"

After Patrick was pressed to the bench by Jose Mourinho at Kevin De Bruyne, he began to contact other teams to find a suitable home.

He is confident in De Bruyne's quality and doesn't think Waterloo at Chelsea will have too much of an impact on the players.

Even if De Bruyne is not comfortable with the pace of the Premier League, he can return to the Bundesliga.

He has proven his strength in the Bundesliga and has been recognized by many Bundesliga teams.

There are quite a few teams that want to bring in De Bruyne, with Bayer Leverkusen, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg even expressing interest in him.

In addition to these mid-table teams, even strong teams such as Borussia Dortmund want to buy De Bruyne.

Of these teams, with the exception of Borussia Dortmund, who are not guaranteed a place in the main team, the other teams have promised to give De Bruyne an absolute main position and guarantee his playing time.

In Patrick's opinion, it is better to go to these teams than to stay at Chelsea.

"I don't know, I haven't thought about it yet."

De Bruyne was a little hesitant, he didn't really want to leave Chelsea like this.

That's why he trains so hard and wants to impress Mourinho with hard work and win back the trust of the other party.

However, he failed.

Mourinho was not impressed by him, Mourinho did not even pay attention to him.

With Chelsea's record in shambles, the madman is busy dealing with media criticism, studying opponents and improving the team's tactical play.

He had long forgotten about De Bruyne!

In this case, all De Bruyne's efforts were in vain.

"Don't hesitate, you don't have a place at Chelsea, the Premier League is not very suitable for you, only the Bundesliga is the best place for you to play, I suggest you transfer to the Bundesliga, where your talent can be better displayed!"

Patrick guessed De Bruyne's thoughts, and he was probably a little unhappy that he didn't prove himself at Chelsea and in the Premier League.

But no matter how unwilling you are, you can't gamble on your career!

He will get nothing by staying at Chelsea and will only waste his time.

If he doesn't have enough chances, his form is likely to drop quickly, and he will be completely out of the picture.

At this time, you must make a decisive choice and not waste time.

"Well, I'll listen to you!"

De Bruyne has a lot of trust in his agent, and the two have been working together for four or five years.

He knew that the other party was completely for his own good, so he would make such a suggestion.

"Okay, then let's go and continue to contact those clubs in the Bundesliga, by the way, which of these teams do you prefer?"

Seeing that De Bruyne had heeded his advice, Patrick was also relieved.

Every time a player is transferred, the agent gets the benefit from it.

Therefore, it is not only good for De Bruyne to leave Chelsea and move to another team, but also for himself.

"Werder Bremen, I like my old teammates and Coach Schaaf!"

Kevin De Bruyne misses the days he spent alongside his team-mates at Werder Bremen last season.

During his time at Werder Bremen, he had close friends who cared for his teammates.

But at Chelsea, he was like an outsider, isolated and ostracized.

No one wants to deal with a player that the manager doesn't like, especially if the opponent is dispensable to the team, and there is even less incentive to have a good relationship with him.

Kevin De Bruyne has been at Chelsea for almost four or five months and hasn't even made a friend.

"Werder Bremen? Their performance in the Champions League this season has been quite good, but I have to warn you that Werder Bremen is not a strong squad, and their league record has dropped greatly this season under the third-tier battle, and they are currently only 8th in the Bundesliga, and may not get a ticket to the Champions League next season. ”

"Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg have significantly stronger squads, and they are now in second, third and fifth places in the table, with a high probability of securing a ticket to next year's Champions League."

Patrick's meaning is clear, he wants De Bruyne to join a team that can play in the Champions League.

In this way, he can gain more exposure by participating in the Champions League, and he can also improve and improve at a high level like the Champions League.

De Bruyne sighed, he was a man who missed old loves.

The reason why I want to go back to Werder Bremen is because I had a good time at Werder Bremen last season and the team's record is also very good.

But Patrick's words reminded him that Werder Bremen at this time has changed a lot from last season.

Not only did they lose themselves, but they also lost one of their most important players, Lin!

Without Lin and himself, it is already very rare for Werder Bremen to get out of the Champions League group stage under the tutelage of Coach Schaaf.

With the strength of their squad, it is certainly unrealistic to want to have both Champions League results and league results.

This point, after he joined, I am afraid it will not be much improved.

So, going to Werder Bremen is not a rational choice.

"Alright then, let's go to Bayer Leverkusen and VfL Wolfsburg!"

Patrick was overjoyed and immediately booked a ticket to Germany, intending to fly to Germany overnight to negotiate with the two clubs.

De Bruyne is not cheap, and to bring him in, the two clubs may have to prepare a transfer fee of more than £20 million.

Patrick had just been sent off when De Bruyne's phone rang suddenly.

Pulling out his phone, the name on the caller ID made De Bruyne stunned.

(End of chapter)