Chapter 188 The Champions League officially kicks off, with crazy performances from the major clubs!

Author: Xue Niao

Chapter 188 The Champions League officially kicks off, with crazy performances from the major clubs!

On September 14, the fourth round of the league started.

There were no focus battles in this round, but there were a lot of upsets.

Manchester United, who played first, beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at home and finally stopped their decline.

However, the Blues in the BIG4 unexpectedly lost to Everton on the road.

This result is shocking!

Mourinho's team continues the same old problem as before, their forwards can't score goals no matter what.

In this game, Toffees Everton also performed extremely well. They relied on their tenacious defense and sharp counterattacks to defeat Chelsea, giving the opponent their first defeat of the season and breaking Chelsea's unbeaten streak.

The outside world thought that Everton's record would decline after Moyes left this season.

Unexpectedly, they not only continued their excellent results from previous seasons, but even went one step further!

Everton currently has one win and three draws in four rounds and remains unbeaten.

It is one of the only three teams left in the Premier League that has not lost a game.

The other two are Liverpool and Manchester City.

After an unexpected loss to Everton, Chelsea dropped to sixth place in the standings. Although Manchester United has the same points as them, they are just one point ahead of them with their goal difference advantage.

This gave the Red Devils fans, who had been ridiculed by Blues fans, an opportunity to fight back and ridiculed Chelsea one after another.

"Haha, I just like to see the Chelsea people looking deflated!"

"Everton did a great job, now I wonder what the fans have to say!"

"Hey, I will always remember the way the Chelsea fans jumped in the face when we lost to Manchester United in the last round!"

"Haha, they don't even think about who we lost to!"

In the eyes of Manchester United fans, the Red Army is a giant, and their home stadium is not easy to play at all. It would not be a shame to lose to them.

But who did Chelsea lose to?

Toffees Everton?

This is our younger brother from Manchester United. Isn’t it embarrassing that the Blues can’t even beat my younger brother from the Red Devils?

"Tch, it's just a game. What's there to worry about? You, Manchester United, should just worry about the next derby against Manchester City!"

"That's right, if Manchester United loses again, Moyes' job may not be guaranteed. Maybe we can watch a good show then!"

Chelsea fans grabbed Manchester United fans' sore feet and launched cynicism at them.

This further angered the Red Devils fans, who also began to attack Chelsea.

"It's as if Chelsea don't have to face Liverpool and Manchester City. They are in such a state that they can't score a single goal. Every time they get a point in a game, it's a blessing. Even if Manchester United wins one game and loses one,

, the points are also higher than yours!”

Manchester United's pain point is that the coach's position is unstable, while Chelsea's weakness is that their forwards cannot score goals.

Both teams are in serious trouble, and neither seems to be easy to solve.

If this continues, both the red and blue sides may not have a chance to win the Premier League title this season.

Forgotten in the corner, the Gunners fans silently made a fortune.

The Red Devils' record is unstable, the Blues' forward line is weak, and the Reds have been in decline for a long time.

Based on this view, is our Arsenal going to end the history of no championship this season and successfully win the Premier League championship trophy?

In the subsequent away game against Sunderland, Arsenal won three consecutive victories 3:1 and temporarily topped the list with nine points, which convinced Arsenal fans of this view.

A good era for Arsenal is coming!

Chelsea had just been upset, and Liverpool were not to be outdone.

In the away game against Swansea, the Red Army scored two goals in the first half and thought they were sure of victory.

Unexpectedly, the opponent launched a counterattack in the second half, chasing two goals in a row and knocking away the three points they obtained.

However, despite the tie, Liverpool still relied on the advantages accumulated from the previous three consecutive victories to beat Arsenal with 10 points and temporarily ranked first in the Premier League.

Manchester City was also almost tied by their opponents in this round.

Manchester City has too many stars in the team, so it has been greatly affected by the FIFA virus.

After participating in national team games, most players rush back to their clubs to participate in league games.

This made them out of shape for the entire game. Some players from South America were unable to finish the entire game due to excessive physical exertion.

The 0:0 score remained until injury time.

Just when everyone thought it would be a draw, in the last minute of stoppage time, Lin Quan sent an extremely fatal pass, assisting Negredo to score a goal, helping the team win 1:

0 defeated the opponent with difficulty.

Although the victory was very embarrassing, Manchester City still "wrapped three points" and maintained its top position in the standings with a 4-game winning streak.

After finishing the league, the entire Manchester City team flew non-stop to the Czech Republic to prepare for the first game of the Champions League group stage.

Victory Plzen is a team in the Czech First Division and is not famous in Europe.

But as their opponents in the opening game, no one at Manchester City dared to look down upon them.

They overturned so many times in the Champions League group stage that they were afraid of overturning.

"Victoria Plzen is the weakest opponent in our group. No matter what happens in tomorrow's game, we must win against them, and we must score as many goals as possible and accumulate enough goal difference advantages. In this case, in the future, we must win against them."

Only in this game can we take the initiative!”

Pellegrini also knows that Manchester City's boss takes the Champions League competition very seriously. His predecessor Mancini was fired because he was eliminated from the group stage twice in a row.

If he doesn't want to follow in Mancini's footsteps, then there can't be any surprises in this group stage.

Leaving Bayern aside for now, there is a gap between Manchester City's hard power and their opponents.

But the other two opponents in the group are weaker than them, so they must win this game steadily!

Perhaps Pellegrini's instructions before the game had the opposite effect. After the game started, Manchester City played very tightly and the players were very nervous.

The first half lasted 30 minutes, and the score was still 0:0. Instead, Manchester City players received two yellow cards for excessive movements.

Pellegrini was relatively relieved at first, but when he saw the team's posture, he began to get nervous again.

No way?

Manchester City won't lose away from home, right?

The players of Victory Plzen were a little scared when they heard the name of the opponent's Premier League team. They were already three points behind in terms of momentum.

After playing for thirty minutes, I found that the opponent's level seemed to be just like this?

As a result, they began to become bolder, no longer playing conservatively, but more and more trying to attack, trying to change the score.

Once the opponent attacked, Lin Quan felt relieved.

Previously, my teammates were too nervous, and there were too many players inside and outside the opponent's penalty area, so many coordination efforts were not possible.

Now it's okay, the other party is not honest and actually wants to fight with them.

There are suddenly more gaps in the opponent's penalty area!

Lin Quan then made a gesture to signal his teammates to speed up the pace of the game, and took the lead in pressing Pilsen's players in the midfield.

Under his leadership, Garcia, Navas, Aguero and others also took action and joined the pressing team.

Pilsen's players rarely play against teams from the five major leagues, and they are not used to the pace of play in the five major leagues, especially the Premier League.

As soon as Manchester City picked up the speed a little bit, they immediately couldn't hold it any longer.

The two sides fought in the midfield, and the winner was quickly determined.

Manchester City's players relied on better skills and stronger physical confrontation to overwhelm their opponents.

After taking control of the midfield, their offensive quality also quickly improved.

In the 48th minute of the game, Manchester City intercepted the ball in midfield and quickly passed it to Lin Quan on the wing.

Lin Quan dribbled the ball through the opponent's interception and then cut inside. After attracting the opponent's attention, he faked a shot and passed the ball to Aguero, who was in a better position.

The Argentinian did not waste his wonderful pass and scored the ball with a blast!

"pretty!"

On the sidelines, after seeing the goal, Pellegrini excitedly waved his arms and celebrated with the assistants!

He has waited for this goal for too long!

If the team can no longer score goals, the opponent will soon return to its previous conservatism. In that case, they may really not be able to win against the opponent.

After scoring the first goal, the rest of the game became much easier.
To be continued...