After the win over Arsenal, Manchester City can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Playing three games in four days, it would be a lie to say that you are not tired.

Fortunately, they managed to hold on!

The FA Cup final will be played on 17 May, a month away, meaning they won't have to be distracted by the FA Cup for a month.

So then, Manchester City just need to go all out to deal with the league and Champions League games!

On 19 April, after a six-day break, Manchester City hosted West Bromwich Albion at home.

This match is likely to decide the Premier League title this season, so the FA has brought the Premier League trophy to the Etihad Stadium.

Before the game, countless Manchester City fans poured into the Etihad Stadium, which was packed to capacity, and tens of thousands of fans who had not bought tickets even outside the stadium.

For Manchester City fans, today is their holiday.

They are likely to lift their second Premier League trophy at home!

In order to ensure the fairness of the game, and at the same time create a tense atmosphere for the final stage of the league to win the championship.

The FA has specially scheduled the three games of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea to start at the same time.

Manchester City are currently nine points ahead of Chelsea and 10 points ahead of Liverpool.

If Manchester City win this game, they will basically seal the title, and Chelsea's title is only a theoretical possibility.

If Chelsea want to win the title, they need to meet extremely demanding conditions:

1. This game and the last three games were all won, and Manchester City lost all the next three games.

2. In these four games, they have to tie the gap of 38 goals with Manchester City.

The probability of these two conditions, either occurring alone, is close to zero, let alone happening together.

In his pre-match dressing room speech, Manuel Pellegrini stressed to his players that it was just a normal game and that they should not have too much psychological baggage.

The opponent is not strong in this game, as long as Manchester City is not arrogant and plays their due level.

At 18:30, all three games started at the same time.

West Bromwich Albion clearly didn't want to be the backdrop for Manchester City to win the title, so they chose to retract into their own penalty area at the start of the game and put a bus to defend it.

It's a trick that Manchester City have seen a lot in the league and already know how to deal with it.

After the opening, Lin frequently used his breakthrough ability to attack West Bromwich Albion's goal.

In order to prevent Lin Quan, the other party had to take the method of multiple people and even fouls to deal with him.

And this, naturally, gave Manchester City a lot of set-piece opportunities.

In the 15th minute of the first half, De Bruyne scored directly with an excellent free kick to rewrite the score to 1:0!

This goal made the Manchester City fans at the scene boil!

They are close to the championship trophy!

"Quick, look at the score between Chelsea and Liverpool!"

Fans pulled out their phones and started searching the internet for the results of the other two games.

"Chelsea 0-0 at home Sunderland, Liverpool 2-0 away to Norwich!"

"Damn, why is Norwich so rubbish, it's only been fifteen minutes to score two goals?"

"That's right, do these bitches want to be relegated? If they lose this time, they will be caught up by Sunderland! ”

Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are all relegated teams in this round of fixtures.

West Bromwich Albion currently have 33 points, just four points off the relegation zone.

Norwich have 32 points, worse off than West Bromwich Albion.

The worst of all is the Black Cats Sunderland, who are currently third from bottom on 29 points and are in the relegation zone themselves!

So in this round, all six teams want to win, and no one wants to lose.

Liverpool have a two-goal lead and they should have won this game.

Now it's up to Chelsea, if they draw or lose to Sunderland, then Manchester City only need to win this game to win the title four rounds early!

However, at this moment, bad news came from the other side:

"Damn, Chelsea are ahead!"

"Really, who scored?"

'Samuel Eto'o, Chelsea's quick counter-attack, Samuel Eto'o used his speed to shake off defenders and go solo to score.

"Alas, Eto'o is 33 years old, right? Why are you still so fierce? ”

"After all, he is the only player to defend the Treble, and it would be impossible to achieve such a great result without some strength!"

"Sunderland withstand, one goal, one goal!"

Manchester City fans are starting to pray for Sunderland, for your relegation, show the courage to come out, shoulder to shoulder, as long as you put Chelsea up you can get out of the relegation zone!

As if hearing the shouts of the Manchester City fans, Sunderland equalised quickly.

In the 18th minute, Sunderland drove a corner to the edge of the area, Alonso's half-volley from 25 yards saved the goalkeeper, and Wickham slotted home from the edge of the six-yard box before Terry.

The Black Cats stubbornly equalized away from home!

"Well done, Sunderland!"

"Well done, Wickham!!"

'Keep it up like that, don't let Chelsea score again!'

The sudden burst of cheers in the Etihad Stadium made the players of both teams on the field a little confused, and the score was still 1:0, no change?

What are the fans celebrating?

Shaking their heads, the City players ignored the rest of the game and returned their attention to the game.

The most difficult thing to break the dense defense is the first goal, once the lead is achieved, the opponent has no way to continue to shrink the defense, and has to take the initiative to attack!

After West Bromwich Albion fell behind, they had to attack in order to avoid relegation.

In the 22nd minute, Manchester City immediately launched a counterattack towards the opponent's penalty area after defending against a round of West Bromwich Albion's attack.

De Bruyne glanced up at Lin Quan's position and the position of the opposing defender on the counter-attack, and then sent a deadly through ball.

The ball penetrated the opponent's defense, Lin Quan received the ball and easily entered the penalty area, and calmly scored the ball in the face of the attacking goalkeeper.

2:0！

Manchester City seal the win!

The Blue Moon fans at the scene saw their team scoring again, and they all cheered happily and celebrated.

Well, after taking a two-goal lead, their own game is stable, and now they can focus on the results of the other two games.

It's just a pity that until the end of the first half, the results of the other two games did not change anything.

In the second half, West Bromwich Albion also wanted to start the game, but was directly pressed to the ground by Manchester City to explode the hammer.

The game quickly turned into a half-court offensive and defensive drill for both teams!

In the 50th minute, Lin Quan assisted Aguero to score another goal, rewriting the score to 3:0.

At this moment, West Bromwich Albion is completely hopeless.

The Manchester City fans at home were singing and dancing and were already celebrating the victory.

As long as the Black Cats Sunderland hold on for another 40 minutes and the other game ends in a draw, then Manchester City will win the title four rounds ahead of schedule!

So, although everyone sat on their own pitch, their minds drifted to Chelsea's Stamford Bridge.

At Stamford Bridge, the score was still 1-1, which was very unfavorable for Chelsea.

Mourinho's face was pale, standing on the sidelines.

Mourinho couldn't sit still after learning at half-time that Manchester City had beaten West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in the other game.

City's lead means Chelsea will have to win this game to keep the last ounce of theoretical hope alive.

But if they lose, they'll have to sit back and watch their rivals win!

In the coach's seat, several assistant coaches were whispering something.

"How's the game going over at Manchester City?"

"Don't look at it, Aguero has scored another goal, and now the score is 3:0!"

"Alas, West Bromwich Albion is also a relegation team, doesn't it mean that the relegation team is very strong at the end of the season? How could they be slaughtered by Manchester City so easily? ”

"No way, the difference in strength between the two teams is too big, West Bromwich Albion wants to defend it or not, and after falling behind, it is completely passive, and the game is actually over when De Bruyne scores the first goal!"

When it comes to De Bruyne, several assistant coaches can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

When the player was at Chelsea, he was abandoned by Jose Mourinho and couldn't even get on the bench.

But when he arrived at Manchester City, he was entrusted with the task by Pellegrini and became the offensive engine of Manchester City's frontcourt.

He used scalpel-like passes to help Manchester City open up the situation many times, and made great contributions to Manchester City's victory.

The point is that De Bruyne's performance at Chelsea has been seen by several people, and it really does not meet the team's requirements.

But why did it become so dazzling after arriving at Manchester City?

In the box at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea owner Abou Abou was also on hand to watch the game.

When he learned that Manchester City were leading 3-0, his face became very ugly.

Although he knew that it was almost impossible for Chelsea to win the title, he still had a little luck in his heart, after all, Mourinho had led Chelsea to great success at Stamford Bridge.

Abu still has a little expectation of him in his heart!

Now, however, all expectations have turned to disappointment, and he has once again developed a dislike for Mourinho, just as he had fired Mourinho.

However, this time Abu was not impulsive, and it was easy to sack Mourinho, but it was difficult to find a suitable replacement.

The man he wants most is unlikely to come to Chelsea anytime soon.

So, before there is a better option, he can only pinch his nose and tolerate Mourinho.

Give him another year, and if Chelsea don't get anything next year, then Abu will really run out of patience.

……

After taking a 3-0 lead, Manchester City began to draw gold.

Manuel Pellegrini replaced Lin Quan in the 67th minute and De Bruyne in the 72nd minute.

The substitution was clearly preparing for the Champions League semi-final at the weekend, and against a mighty Real Madrid, City will have to take advantage of the home leg and see them beat.

If the home team can't win the opponent, then their Champions League journey this year will basically come to an end!

Real Madrid still sent scouts to watch the game live, and his expression was very serious when he saw Manchester City's strong offensive firepower.

Manchester City is really difficult to deal with!

Shortly after City's substitutions, news came from another game.

Norwich scored twice in the 67th and 72nd minutes to miraculously equalise!

"Ah, is Liverpool swollen?"

Manchester City fans were a little surprised when they heard the news.

Can a 2:0 lead be overturned?

"Don't underestimate the determination of a relegation team!"

Thinking of this, Manchester City fans are inevitably a little worried.

Will their own team also be overturned?

As soon as that thought came to mind, West Bromwich Albion scored.

In the 76th minute, West Bromwich Albion took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to pull a goal back.

This made Manchester City fans can't help but think of the result of another game, and their hearts are uneasy.

However, City did not give their opponents a chance, and they began to control the tempo of the game, limiting their attacks and containing West Bromwich Albion's counter-attack.

The game was back in City's hands, much to the relief of Manchester City fans.

In the 81st minute, news came from Liverpool again.

Raheem Sterling exploded and scored another goal to complete his hat-trick and give Liverpool the lead again.

After Suarez's suspension, Sterling's outburst did not affect Liverpool's attacking firepower in the front court too much.

And Sterling himself has won the attention of many giants with his outstanding performances in these games.

Just when Manchester City fans lamented that Liverpool had a big life and could lead again, there was also the latest news from Chelsea's side - Chelsea was behind!

In the 82nd minute, Sunderland substitute Altidol burst into the right side of the box and fell under the defense of Cesar Azpilicueta, referee Mike Dean decisively awarded a penalty, but slow-motion replays on the big screen showed that the goal was controversial.

Tens of thousands of Blues fans at Stamford Bridge booed the referee and the sound of black whistles came and went.

Mourinho on the sidelines was emotional and wanted to find the referee to theorize, and at this time he gave the opponent a penalty, which almost killed the game!

This is indeed the case, Borini, who was in charge of the penalty, made it 2:1 in one fell swoop!

The penalty was a huge blow to the mentality of the Chelsea players, causing them to lose their mental balance in the closing stages, and Torres almost got into a big fight when he grabbed the ball in front of him, and received a yellow card for it.

In the end, Chelsea, who were playing at home, were beaten by their opponents after taking the lead at the beginning.

By losing this game, Chelsea not only lost their hopes of winning the title, but were also overtaken by Liverpool in the table, falling to third place.

When the news reached the Etihad Stadium, the Manchester City fans burst into loud cheers!

"We won!"

"We are champions!"

At this time, the game on the field was not over, and the referee watched for a while, and there were only ten seconds left in injury time.

Seeing that West Bromwich Albion looked unmotivated, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game in advance.

The moment the whistle blew, tens of thousands of fans in the stadium fell into a frenzy.

On the sidelines, members of the coaching staff, including the players sitting on the bench, all rushed to the pitch and hugged their teammates excitedly to celebrate.

Lin Quan and De Bruyne glanced at each other, and a happy smile appeared on their faces.

It was his first league trophy and the disappointment of failing to win the title at Werder Bremen last season has finally been made up for here at Manchester City.

When the players saw Pellegrini coming up, they immediately rushed to him, and without saying a word, they lifted him up and threw him high into the air!

As the biggest contributor to Manchester City's title this season, Manuel Pellegrini deserves such treatment.

The Chilean had a very successful first season at the Etihad, winning the League and League Cup, reaching the FA Cup final, winning the trophy and reaching the last four of the Champions League......

These results have all reached the pinnacle of Manchester City's history, and they have achieved results that were difficult to achieve in the past this season.

"Okay, okay, kids, let me down, I'm getting dizzy!"

After all, Pellegrini is in his sixties, and after being thrown a few times like this by the players, he felt a little unbearable and had to beg for mercy.

"Haha!"

When the players heard the coach's plea for mercy, they burst into laughter and finally let him go.

Then, they set their sights on Lin Quan again!

When Lin Quan saw his teammates looking at him, he already felt bad.

However, before he could start to run away, his teammates had already rushed up, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, and lifted him up.

As the heart of Manchester City, who has stepped up to help the team through difficult times at crucial moments on many occasions, Lin Quan is undoubtedly the second most important contributor to the team, and even more important than Pellegrini in some ways.

Originally, when he came to Manchester City with the highest salary in history, many players in the team were suspicious and even dissatisfied with him.

But after a season, no one will question Lin Quan's strength anymore.

He used his outstanding performance for a consecutive season to conquer all his teammates and make them convinced of Lin.

Without him, Manchester City would never have gone so far on multiple fronts this season!

"Alright, alright, that's pretty much it, we need to go to the locker room to change and get ready to take the stage to claim the award!"

Seeing that the players were almost finished, Pellegrini hurriedly reminded.

Everyone left Lin Quan and scattered, and Lin Quan fell on the lawn.

These unconscionable guys are too bad!

Lin Quan touched his buttocks, and was about to get up from the ground when he saw a hand handed in front of him.

He glanced up and saw that it was De Bruyne.

"It's still interesting for you kid!"

Lin Quan stretched out his hand defenselessly, De Bruyne pulled hard with a wicked smile on his face, and just when Lin Quan was about to stand up, he suddenly let go.

So, with a snap, Lin Quan fell again!

Lin Quan: "??? ”

Well, De Bruyne has learned badly, too!

Back in the dressing room, the players changed into their club-specific championship celebration jerseys.

By the time they appeared in the players' tunnel, the on-site staff had already set up the award stage.

FA officials also appeared at the Etihad Stadium with trophies symbolizing the Premier League championship at this time!

There was a round of applause as the City players stepped out of the pitch through the blue arch that had been erected.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudmore presented medals to the Manchester City players.

When presenting Lin Quan with the award, Scudmore patted Lin Quan on the shoulder and said to him:

"Lin, congratulations, your performance is impressive, you deserve this medal!"

Lin Quan bowed his head slightly, asked the other party to wear the medal around his neck, and shook hands with the other party: "Thank you for your congratulations Mr. Richard, I hope to see you again this time next year!" ”

Scudmore smiled, Lin Quan's implication was that he wanted to defend the league title?

It's not easy, the competition in the Premier League has always been very fierce, Manchester City won the title this season, and next season it will inevitably become the target of public criticism.

When Lin Quan came to the podium, the team members pushed him to the C position, Lin Quan resigned a few times, and saw that everyone was very resolute, so he had to stand in the middle position.

It just so happened that captain Kompany was the last to take the stage, holding the trophy and walking under the podium.

The Manchester City players opened their hands towards the trophy, and Kompany took the trophy in a circle, turned his back to the player, shouted 321, and lifted the trophy with a bang!

"We are champions!"

(End of chapter)