After nearly half an hour of tossing and turning, the game finally resumed.

In the end, Manchester City, who were sent off by two of them, were unable to recover and lost 1-2 to Chelsea at their home stadium.

After this game, the public opinion of the entire Premier League was in an uproar.

It was not only the British media that was paying close attention to the game, but even the news media in other European countries were reporting on the event as a front-page headline.

"Capture the Etihad, win eight in a row, the Blues are unstoppable! 》

That's the headline for pro-Chelsea media.

"Unfortunately at home, Manchester City did not lose to the opponent, but to the referee!" 》

That's the headline of the pro-Manchester City media.

"Chelsea attacked Etihad for the first time in three years, Manchester City lost in a row with red cards, and the battle of the Premier League Tianwang Mountain came to an end, and the result was surprising! 》

This is reported by neutral media.

However, no matter what position the media stands, they have described in detail the various confusing law enforcement of the referee in their reports.

In particular, he believes that Lin Quan's fake fall penalty can be said to be the culprit that caused the game to get out of control.

After the game, not only the major news media were lively, but on social media, a large number of fans who watched the game immediately complained on social networking sites.

"Tineema is outrageous, this referee is here with a mission, right, so I can't see Manchester City win?"

"It's really outrageous, Emperor Lin can be sentenced to fake falls, I don't know what to say!"

"Lin Huang has never faked a fall, and even when he was misjudged a penalty, he apologized to the opponent's goalkeeper, and directly gave the ball to the opponent, there is no intention to take advantage of the danger at all, such a person is actually considered to be a fake fall, I think this referee is dirty in his heart, so everything is dirty, right?"

"Indeed, before Lin Huang was sentenced to fake falls, although this Guapi referee also had several debatable decisions, and even deliberately favored Chelsea, but it was still within the acceptable range, but he made such a play, in other words, I am a Manchester City player, and I can't hold back!"

"Is it possible that this referee came with a mission?"

"You mean, the people up there made him do this?"

"I didn't say that, but I think he's a little referee, if no one directs him, would he really dare to do such a rebellious thing? Anyone who is not blind can see that his punishment is very problematic, and in the end, once he is held accountable, he will lose his job! So it didn't do him any good, so why did he do it? ”

There was no suspense, and Anthony Taylor, the referee who officiated the game, became the target of public criticism.

It is precisely because of his farcical law enforcement standards that this football feast, which should have belonged to the whole Premier League and even the world, has become a farce and a joke.

Due to the significance of the game, various conspiracy theories began to circulate on the Internet, and some even believed that the FA or the Premier League officials instructed Taylor to do this.

At first, this theory was circulated only in a small area, and most people did not know or believe it.

But as public opinion fermented after the game, this conspiracy theory was supported and spread by more and more people.

The FA and Premier League officials initially intended to deal with the matter coldly, but after learning about the conspiracy theories about the game on the Internet, they couldn't sit still.

On December 5, the FA took the lead in holding a press conference, announcing that it would seriously investigate the law enforcement records of the referee team at all levels of the league to maintain the fairness and justice of the English football circle.

The FA thought that this statement would dispel the doubts of the outside world and give an explanation to the relevant teams.

But after they made a public statement, the fans were not at all impressed by their evasive attitude.

"What does it mean to strictly check the referee's law enforcement records, is this going to dump all the pots on the referee?"

"Hehe, a big thing is small, a small thing, I think this matter is inseparable from the FA!"

Compared with the FA's statement, the Premier League's statement is much more sincere.

The league attaches great importance to this game, not only arranging the best commentators and live broadcast resources, but also promoting it to some countries and regions out of its own pocket, with the purpose of opening up the market with this high-level game, improving the influence of the Premier League, and making the league cake.

As a result, the stage was screwed up by Anthony Taylor.

Many fans who have watched the live broadcast of the game may involuntarily suspect that this game is match-fixing.

And then the fairness of the entire Premier League has begun to be questioned, and this can be said to be fatal to the brand image of the Premier League.

The Premier League is a commercial league, and destroying the image and reputation of the entire league is smashing everyone's jobs.

Even if the FA agrees to this kind of thing, the owners of the clubs in the league will not agree.

Therefore, after the game, the FA immediately stood up and said that it would send someone to coordinate the two clubs to replay the game.

The decision was naturally warmly welcomed by Manchester City, who did not directly agree to it, presumably because they did not want to give up the win.

Of course, Chelsea also knew that this game was not a good win, so they did not dare to say no in the open.

However, the Premier League cannot control the referees, and the dispatch and arrangement of the referee team to officiate the game requires the FA's nod.

The FA said it would not be appropriate to draw conclusions too early until the results of the investigation were released.

This means that the procrastination trick is going to be used, and the matter has been delayed.

Shortly after the FA's second statement, a tabloid newspaper called "World News" broke a shocking revelation that the FA vice-president had accepted bribes and used his position to arrange specific referees to enforce the law in certain matches.

Each referee has his own style of enforcement, some are harsh, some are lax, some are biased towards the home team, and some do not give the home whistle.

But don't underestimate this, if you use it well, it can be a great benefit to a certain style of team in a certain game.

Therefore, even if there is no direct evidence that the referee blew the black whistle to match-fix, after the news was revealed, it still caused an uproar.

The fans of the whole United Kingdom were in an uproar, football was the pride and sustenance of countless of them, but they didn't expect that the white moonlight in their minds would hide such an unknown dirty insider.

This has disappointed countless people, and there is a feeling that their dreams have been shattered.

Angry fans took to the streets to protest outside the FA headquarters, and some radical fans even rushed shirtless into the FA headquarters in the winter, with the intention of sending these worms to God.

Such a big movement naturally alarmed the British police.

They acted quickly, and after the newspaper revealed the relevant details, they immediately took action and took the relevant people involved in the case for investigation.

Some fans speculate that the people behind the news from the world are people from the Abu Dhabi consortium, that is, the forces behind Manchester City have made a move.

But this is only speculation, and there is no evidence for it.

This series of farce continued until around Christmas.

And in the meantime, the league has been quietly going on for three rounds.

Although Mansour took revenge on the FA, City's defeat to Chelsea could not be changed in the end.

Fortunately, after Manchester City's appeal and arguments, the additional suspension for the two red cards against Aguero and Fernandinho after the game was waived.

In these three rounds of league games, Manchester City, who are short of major generals, have achieved two wins and one loss, and are currently third in the standings, one point behind second-place Liverpool and seven points behind Chelsea at the top of the table.

Chelsea went on to gain momentum after the win over Manchester City, winning all three games and extending their winning streak to 11.

As Chelsea go on a high stride, more and more people are starting to believe they will be the Premier League champions this season.

On December 26, the 18th round of the Premier League began.

Before the game, Manchester City's wide stalwart David Silva returned from injury and was put in the 18-man squad by Pep Guardiola.

David Silva's return from injury is a good thing for Manchester City, but Sergio Aguero is injured again, Kompany is also suffering from an old injury, and with Gabriel Jesus being tackled in the last round against Arsenal, Manchester City's injury camp is almost full again.

Fortunately, Guardiola is used to this situation, as long as Lin Quan is not injured, other positions can be put together, and he can finally make up manpower.

Since Manchester City will be a guest at Anfield in the next round, Manchester City made an early effort in the first half of this round, Lin Quan scored early, and then created a penalty to rewrite the score to 2:0.

At the start of the second half, De Bruyne's free-kick made it 3-0.

Pep Guardiola began to deploy troops, replacing Lin Quan, De Bruyne and other main players with a group of young players.

Originally, it was just to let these young players accumulate game experience, but he didn't expect this group of young players to give him some surprises.

Sane scored his fourth goal in the 78th minute with an assist from Kylian Mbappe.

In the 89th minute, when the game was about to go into stoppage time, Mbappe's breakthrough in the box caused a foul and Manchester City won a second penalty.

Mbappe personally manipulated it and made it overnight, fixing the score at 5:0.

At the end of the game at Manchester City, news came from another stadium that Chelsea thrashed Bournemouth 3-0 to extend their winning streak to 12 games.

Crazy, really crazy.

With a 12-game winning streak, it can already rank in the top three of the Premier League's all-time record.

More than them, only Arsenal's 14-game winning streak in the 2002-2003 season.

Tied for second place was Manchester United's 12-game winning streak in 2000-2001.

Antonio Conte's arrival has brought an unexpected change to the Blues.

His three-man back system was very uncomfortable at first, and the team even suffered two consecutive defeats.

But as soon as the players got used to it, Chelsea's defence immediately went up a notch and the win rate went up.

Ten of Chelsea's 12 consecutive wins have come to clean sheets.

In the remaining two games, the opponents also scored only one goal, and the names of these two teams are Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, and there is no doubt that these are the top teams.

But even so, in the face of Chelsea's impregnable defence, they still can't bargain much.

The hapless Manchester United was even beaten 4-0 by Chelsea, and in front of his old club, Mourinho's old face was disgraced.

The last day of 2016 was also the final round of the first half of the Premier League.

Manchester City travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool, who are one point above them.

Considering the strength of Chelsea's opponents in this round, it is impossible for Liverpool or Manchester City to win this game and close the gap with Chelsea.

But even so, both sides took this game very seriously.

Although winning may not be able to catch up with Chelsea, losing will undoubtedly be completely left behind by Chelsea.

This game will not decide the top of the table, but it will determine the second place in the standings.

Although I have been to many stadiums in the Premier League, Anfield is still the most impressive.

The fans here are notoriously fanatical, and the atmosphere at home is very hot.

And Liverpool, who is playing at home, is like a tall chariot, regardless of the rampage, intending to turn the Manchester City car to the ground.

Both teams have very strong attacking prowess, so many fans are looking forward to seeing a good attacking battle.

But it's a pity that the physical confrontation between the two sides in this game is extremely fierce, and the repeated competition for the ball has become the main theme on the field.

Because of the fierce pressing by the opponent, the pass success rate of both sides is very low.

In the first half, Liverpool completed a total of 212 passes, and 130 were successful, with a measly 61% pass completion rate!

This means that there must be one mistake for every three passes on the Liverpool side.

City weren't much better, completing 206 of their 275 passes in the first half, a 75 per cent pass completion rate.

You know, Manchester City is a team that plays mainly on the ball, which means that they naturally pass more than other teams.

And a lot of them are inverted feet in the midfield, and this kind of passing that is almost impossible to make mistakes has pulled up their stats, and the real data is certainly much worse than the paper data.

The strangulation between the two sides in the midfield was so severe that neither could organize an effective attack from the midfield.

Seeing this, the head coaches of both teams decisively changed their style of play and focused their attacks on the wings.

It worked quickly, and in the 53rd minute of the second half, Manchester City opened the scoring.

Lin Quan took the initiative to cooperate with David Silva on the side, and after hitting the wall in a row, he entered the penalty area, and after attracting the attention of all the defenders on the other side, he knocked the ball horizontally to the middle, and the follow-up Son Xingmin easily pushed the empty goal.

Manchester City temporarily leads Liverpool 1-0.

However, Liverpool are not easy to get along with.

Just eight minutes later, they almost replicated City's goal as Philippe Coutinho equalised for Liverpool.

For Coutinho, it could be his last game for Liverpool and his last goal for Liverpool in the red shirt.

So after the goal, Coutinho made the move of kissing the Anfield lawn.

This move brought tears to the eyes of countless Reds fans in the stadium, who actually did not want Coutinho to go.

But they also know very well in their hearts that Liverpool can't keep such a talent.

The other party has made up his mind, if they forcibly keep it, they can only break up unhappily in the end, and there is no incense anymore.

Moreover, Barcelona has given too much, 160 million euros, I have never seen such arrogance!

(End of chapter)