On May 3, the 35th round of the Premier League began.

Manchester United, who took the lead, lost 1-0 at home to West Bromwich Albion and suffered a four-game losing streak.

This is the first time in 35 years since 1979 that Manchester United have suffered four consecutive defeats in the Premier League.

After the game, Old Trafford was without the cheers of the fans, and the sky was full of insults and greetings from Red Devils fans to Van Gaal.

The damn Dutchman led the team even worse than last season's David Moyes, who nailed United to the shame post!

It wasn't just ordinary fans who were angry and disappointed, but even Sir Alex Ferguson, who came to watch the game, was very disappointed with the game.

The lord seemed to have had a heart attack, and before the game was over, he held his chest and hurriedly exited the field with the support of the on-site staff.

After losing this game, Van Gaal suffered the biggest crisis of confidence, and the countdown to the end of the class seems to have begun.

There has been speculation about when Manchester United will sack the unworthy so-called manager.

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As Manchester United's sworn enemies, usually, when Manchester United is unlucky, most of the Manchester City fans next door will ridicule and laugh at them.

After all, the sadder the Manchester United people, the happier the Manchester City people are.

This time, however, it was an exception, and it wasn't the Manchester City fans who had changed their minds.

It's that they're so busy worrying about the state of their own team that they don't have time to care about the lives of Manchester United next door.

There is good news and bad news for Manchester City.

The bad news is that this game is away and they are close to the Champions League semi-finals, so they will not be able to give their best in the game and will have to hold back.

The good news is that the opponent in this game is Tottenham.

Tottenham, on the other hand, have been Manchester City's plaything for the past few seasons, and City have often played very exaggerated scorelines against them.

Between Manchester City and Tottenham, there seems to be some kind of blood suppression.

However, it should not be careless, because Tottenham Hotspur must want to escape this fate at the mercy of Manchester City.

Taking advantage of Manchester City's poor form and having to be distracted from the Champions League on their home turf, a victory over the opponent will break the demons and make them less fearful when they meet Manchester City in the future.

Another highlight of this game is the matchup between Tottenham's popular fried chicken Harry Kane and Manchester City's number one star Lin Quan.

Harry Kane has been in excellent form this season and has already shown the potential of a super-striker.

In recent years, there have been relatively few strikers in football, and top strikers like Suarez have a transfer fee of more than 80 million!

Therefore, Kane was focused on training by Tottenham, intending to use him as the core of the team.

And his native household registration book also made the British excited, and the media on Fleet Street were even more full of enthusiasm and hyped up.

What British Emperor star, the future world's No. 1 striker and other titles, all arranged for him.

I have to say that in the area of bragging and star-making, the British are invincible.

This time, they trampled on Lin Quan and forcibly used Lin Quan to hype up Kane.

In fact, Lin Quan is not playing as a center forward, but as a free man, and it is actually Aguero who is more suitable for comparison with Kane.

It's just that the British feel that the comparison with Aguero can't attract attention, so they forcibly put the two different positions together to hype.

Not only that, but before the game, they also sent someone to interview Lin Quan, ask him what he thinks of Kane, and let him express his evaluation.

Although he knew that the other party was using his own name to praise Kane, Lin Quan not only did not dismantle the stage, but was also very cooperative:

"Harry Kane is a very good player, he has what it takes to be the best striker in the world, I really think of him!"

Hearing Lin Quan's evaluation of himself, Kane was very happy and excited.

He posted a photo of himself and Lin Quan on social media, with the caption:

"You have always been my idol and the object of learning, thank you for your recognition, this is a great encouragement to me!"

Harry Kane was extremely excited by Lin Quan's praise, but Tottenham Hotspur's chairman Levy's face changed after hearing Lin Quan's words.

Lin Quan is one of the top players in football today, and he can even remove one or two words.

His assessment of Harry Kane is bound to attract a lot of attention for the latter.

The major giants may not have heard of Harry Kane before, but after this time, I am afraid that he will enter the sight of the major teams.

If Tottenham is still the same Tottenham as before, has no ambition for the league title, and sells players to make a small amount of money with peace of mind, then that's fine.

But Tottenham now have ambitions, they want to be the upstart of the Premier League, they want to win the league title.

In this way, it is impossible for them to sell the gems of their youth training easily.

But Kane was praised by Lin Quan like this, and he was already completely famous, if other giants waved checks to poach people, would they still be able to keep Kane?

As soon as he thought of this, Levy's mood instantly became unbeautiful.

"I was put on a show by that kid!"

Kane obviously didn't know this yet, so before the game started, when he saw Lin Quan in the players' tunnel, he ran over to greet Lin Quan very excitedly, and thanked Lin Quan again for his recognition.

"Come on, the future belongs to you!"

Lin Quan patted Kane on the shoulder like a senior and said to him.

Kane, who was blessed by Lin Quan, was very excited in this game.

After the opening game, he frequently performed stunts and attacked Manchester City's goal.

Seeing Kane's performance so good, the Spurs fans who came to the scene were extremely excited.

This is a gem of their own academy, and their status in the hearts of the fans is completely different from those stars before them.

Harry Kane's performance was great, but his teammates were average.

In this game, Manchester City's control of the midfield was very strong, and Tottenham's organization was difficult to play effectively, and every time they hit the middle, they were intercepted by Manchester City.

Most of the time the ball was in the hands of Manchester City, and the situation on the pitch gradually evolved into a siege of Manchester City's goal against Tottenham.

This reminded Tottenham's players of the fear of being dominated by Manchester City.

In the 21st minute, Manchester City broke the deadlock and Sergio Aguero scored first.

In the 33rd minute, Lin Quan scored another goal.

In the 43rd minute, Kroos scored from a distance, and before the end of the half, the score had become 3:0.

Pep Guardiola really doesn't intend to play a war of attrition with Tottenham at White Hart Lane, so he intends to finish Tottenham in just 45 minutes of the first half.

And judging by the current score, he did it!

Tottenham tried to launch a comeback in the second half, but Lin's goal in the 55th minute shattered their attempt.

After the score was extended to 4-0, Guardiola began to make early substitutions.

David Silva and Sergio Aguero were substituted one after another.

In the 75th minute, Lin Quan was also replaced.

In the final moments of the game, taking advantage of the opportunity for the players to relax their mentality after the main force of Manchester City went off the field and the players took a big lead, Kane finally scored.

However, the goal came too late to help.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Tottenham 4-1 away from home, and before the Champions League semi-finals, they swept away the gloom of the previous game with a big victory!

In this game, Lin Quan scored two goals and assisted one goal, and won the best player of the game without any suspense.

Although Tottenham lost, Harry Kane also received high praise for his late goal in the game.

Many experts and celebrities believe that it is the platform of Tottenham that restricts Kane.

If he chooses to join a top club, with his talent and strength, he may not be able to beat Manchester City in the future.

The media touting Harry Kane also began to echo it, believing that Tottenham was too small and delayed their British star.

Under the media coverage, Harry Kane has a feeling that he is leaving Tottenham at any time.

When the news reached Tottenham chairman Levy, he became restless.

I'm afraid that when I wake up, I will hear the news that Harry Kane has been poached by other clubs!

"Renew the contract, hurry up and renew the contract with Kane, we must add liquidated damages to the sky, I think who else dares to dig up our youth gems!"

In February, Tottenham opened contract renewal talks with Harry Kane's agent.

It's just that the other party's agent asked for a weekly salary of 50,000 pounds, and Tottenham was only willing to give 35,000 pounds.

There are big differences between the two sides, and there is no agreement for the time being.

But as Harry Kane's fame and performance in the league grew, so did the asking price, with £50,000 no longer satisfying their appetites, with their latest asking price being £70,000.

This price is close to the maximum salary in the Tottenham team.

Tottenham are not giants, and their wage bills are more than twice as low as those of the giants.

Last season, for example, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and other teams spent more than £200 million on wage bills last year.

Tottenham, on the other hand, is only 100 million pounds, 60% lower than Manchester City, which has the highest expense!

A lower salary cap means a lower cap within Tottenham's squad and less attractive to top stars.

This is also the reason why Tottenham wants to sprint to the giants, only by being promoted to the giants and getting more operating income can they have enough funds to buy people.

Harry Kane's request for a weekly salary of 70,000 seems outrageous on Tottenham's side, but if he transfers and leaves to other teams, he can be a lot higher than this in minutes!

Therefore, Kane's agent feels that their asking price is not high, and if it were not for Halika Kane's affection for Tottenham, their asking price would definitely be higher.

Levy also knew that what the other party said was the truth, and it was said that Wenger's side couldn't help but make a move.

Harry Kane is not only young, but also has great potential, and Wenger really covets such a young demon.

What's more, this is still a player from Tottenham, and if he can dig it up, he can humiliate Tottenham fiercely.

Therefore, Levy could only accept the conditions proposed by the other party's agent painfully.

Sure enough, you shouldn't let those media brazenly tout Kane, now it's okay, shoot yourself in the foot.

And Lin Quan's kid, why follow the words of the unscrupulous reporter if you don't catch Kane Kua like that, will my Tottenham be so passive?

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Just as Manchester City beat Tottenham at White Hart Lane, Bayern Munich had already made an early departure to Manchester to prepare for the semi-finals of the Champions League.

After beating Hertha Berlin in the previous round, Bayern have already won the title four rounds ahead of schedule.

After winning the championship early, Bayern strategically abandoned the game against Bayer Leverkusen, leaving only some substitutes to play, and the main players rushed to Manchester three days early.

Bayern have a good relationship with Manchester United, and with Manchester City's relationship with Manchester United's sworn enemies, they have successfully moved into Manchester United's Carrington training base.

While the players resumed training on the pitch, Heynckes and his assistant coaches were watching the Manchester City and Tottenham match live.

"Tottenham is too watery, isn't it? So unbeaten? ”

Seeing that Tottenham Hotspur, which Manchester City played in only half a game, surrendered, Bayern's assistant coaches were very speechless.

It was expected that Tottenham could consume more Manchester City, and even take advantage of Manchester City's win-lose mentality to beat them and further hit their morale.

As a result, I didn't expect Tottenham to lose so quickly and so simply, it really blinded their expectations.

"There is indeed a gap between Tottenham's strength and top teams such as Manchester City, and their style of play is restrained by Manchester City, so it's not surprising that they played with such a scoreline!"

Tottenham are probably about the same quality as Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke 04, and you can't expect too much from them when facing top teams.

"Well, that's right, if we want to beat Manchester City, we can only rely on ourselves after all!"

After watching this game, Heynckes has an idea of Manchester City's form.

Although Manchester City are fighting on two fronts, they have benefited from Pep Guardiola's rotation and his excellent tactical arrangement.

Manchester City's fitness problems are not as serious as rumored to be outside, at least this game against Tottenham Hotspur will not be as much of a drain on Manchester City as expected.

So, the game three days later was definitely not easy for Bayern.

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After the win over Tottenham, Manchester City did not stay in London and returned to Manchester as soon as possible.

"Is Bayern already here? It's so fast! ”

Knowing that Bayern had arrived at Carrington, Guardiola was taken aback.

Bayern have come to prepare for the game so early, and it is evident how seriously they take this game.

"The Allianz Arena is not a good game to play, and if we don't build up a big enough advantage in the first leg, then in the second leg, we will be quite passive!"

"Well, you're right, so this battle at home must be won!"

Pep Guardiola pondered whether to use the new tactics he had previously developed in this match against Bayern.

The new tactics have worked well in the league and can effectively enhance Manchester City's attacking power and allow them to play big scores.

It's just that when encountering a top team, the weakness of this tactic is likely to be completely exposed.

If it is self-defeating, it will bury the team's hopes of qualifying.

3 days is a flash.

On May 6, the first leg of the Champions League semifinals between Manchester City and Bayern Munich at the Etihad Stadium officially began.

(End of chapter)