champion light

Chapter 1159 Eight Points
Ferguson knew the game was over after a hat-trick from Kevin Duyte gave Liverpool a three-goal lead.

With Manchester United's current state, it is difficult to score four goals in the remaining 25 minutes and complete the reversal.

Manchester United may have been under too much pressure in this game. In the game against Liverpool, they wanted to win too much, which affected their performance.

It was difficult for Liverpool to play in the first place, and they still had a very impatient mentality. How could there be good results?
But Ferguson doesn't think the pressure is on his players.

It was Manchester City.

After deciding to catch up with Manchester City in the league and compete for the league title, the pressure has been with Manchester United players for a long time.

Ferguson is also very aware of this, but he has no way to decompress. At the critical moment of the league competition, it is normal to have pressure, and it is also normal to have a lot of pressure. Decompression is useless at this time.The only way is to grit your teeth and get through it, until you win the championship in the end, and the pressure will naturally disappear.

Or simply waiting for their rivals to make their own mistakes would take the pressure off United.

In the beginning, when the glory was not there, Manchester City could still make mistakes, such as being tied by Arsenal, being tied by Blackpool, being tied by Aston Villa...

These games can help Manchester United decompress.

Manchester United therefore relied on their outstanding performance to catch up to only two points away.

As a result, as soon as Rongguang came back, Manchester City began to win consecutive games. Every time Manchester City won a game, it put a little pressure on the Manchester United players.

This pressure continued to accumulate, and it became bigger and bigger and heavier.

In the same city derby, Manchester City defeated Manchester United away, and the pressure has become a heavy cloud over the heads of Manchester United players.

Thunder and lightning flashed in the clouds, as if there might be a downpour of rain falling on their heads at any moment.

After losing to Manchester City, although Manchester United defeated Wigan Athletic with a big score of 4:0 in the next league, it seemed that it was just the inertia of Manchester United's advance.

In this game, Manchester United's inertia disappeared when they encountered a strong enemy Liverpool.

The pressure turned into bean-sized raindrops, which fell densely from the air and hit every Manchester United player's head and body, beating them so hard that they couldn't open their eyes or lift their heads.

They were completely out of shape during the game, even if Ferguson was at half-time, the hair dryer was on full fire, it was useless.

Ferguson was chewing gum mechanically, and the Liverpool fans in the stands at Anfield were cheering. He could fully imagine that those Manchester City fans in the Manchester City Stadium were probably also cheering.

Looking back now, which step did I not do right?
Every step was done right.

If you have to say where the problem lies... Ferguson thinks the problem lies in the Asian Cup.

If the Asian Cup schedule was longer, if the Asian Cup final was not on January 29 but on February 1, Manchester United might have defeated Manchester City and became No.[-].

Unfortunately, before that, Rong Guang returned to the team.

His return to the team has brought about earth-shaking changes in Manchester City.

There are nine rounds left in the league, and the point difference is eight points... Ferguson really can't think of how to surpass the glorious Manchester City.

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In the 80th minute, Sneijder took a long shot from outside the penalty area and locked the score at 3:0. In the remaining 10 minutes, Wigan Athletic basically had difficulty threatening Manchester City's goal.

Benitez used all three substitutions, allowing more starters to rest and allowing more substitute players to have more playing time.

Manchester City fans have already begun to mention and celebrate the victory of this game.

At Anfield, Manchester United relied on "Little Pea" Hernandez who came off the bench to score a goal in the No.809 minute, saving a little face.

But this ball can also be said to be meaningless.For Manchester United, they don't need face, what they need is victory, a championship!
Hernandez's goal can't bring them victory and championship, and this face can't be eaten.

When the game was over, every United player looked downcast and frustrated.

And the Liverpool players were celebrating their victory.

With a victory at home, Manchester United's hopes of winning the championship were completely smashed, and their goal was achieved!
Watching Manchester United lose hope of winning the title, the Liverpool fans who are further away from the championship are so happy!
It felt as if they had won the championship themselves... This shows how deep the hatred between the two teams is.

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"competition is over!"

In the Manchester City Stadium, the referee blew three whistles, also announcing the end of the game.

Even the Manchester City players on the field already knew the news that Manchester United lost the game, which means that they lead Manchester United by eight points.

The hope of winning the championship has greatly increased, or they can already win 90.00%.

Everyone is very happy at the thought of being able to defend the league title.

However, the expression on Rong Guang's face was not as excited as that of his teammates. His smile was very light, but it was not obvious and arrogant.

Because the goal of glory has not been accomplished.

The league title is just one of them.

Regarding defending the title, Rong Guang never doubted it, he thought it would be possible.

The key is in what way to defend the title.

To defend the undefeated record!
Winning this game is Manchester City's No. 40 consecutive unbeaten league games.

It is three games away from Arsenal's record and four games away from surpassing Arsenal's record.

All in this season.

The closer you get to the record, the harder it is.So Rong Guang will not take it lightly, and now he feels that it is not time to celebrate.

But he just thought about it in his own mind.He didn't tell his teammates.Because now when everyone is celebrating their victory, it is too cold to ask everyone not to be happy too early with a straight face.

If there is any pressure, let him bear it by himself.

As for teammates, it's good to have fun in time.

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After the game, the whole of England is discussing whether there is no suspense about the title of the Premier League champion.

After Manchester United lost to Liverpool, Manchester City won again. In the end, the gap between the two teams reached eight points.With Manchester City's current state, it will be very difficult for Manchester United to catch up.

Most people tend to think that Manchester United has no hope.

Ferguson insisted in his post-match press conference that the season was not over.

"...I know where we are, but I don't think it's bad enough for us to give up. We still have a chance!"

His statement was ridiculed by the media as "a dead duck with a hard mouth".

"Can Manchester United reverse Manchester City to win the championship? Unless the sun comes out from the west!"

"Ferguson just wanted to show their spirit of not admitting defeat, but it was useless at all. Whether there is still hope of winning the championship is no longer his decision..."

Manchester United has dominated the Premier League championship for a long time, and Ferguson is also relatively domineering, so he is not very flattering in the reporter circle. Many media like Ferguson's various domineering behaviors. Now that Manchester United is unlucky, the media are also gloating.

The media is like this. When they hated Manchester City and thought it was too easy for Manchester City to win the championship, they cheered for Manchester United, hoping that Manchester United can put pressure on Manchester City and make the league more attractive.

But now that Manchester United is out of play, the mocking mode of Manchester United is immediately started.

The media is like this, no wonder many people don't like them...

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Rong Guang didn't mention the undefeated league, hoping to take all the pressure and responsibility on himself, so that his teammates can face the next game with a relaxed attitude.

But he obviously underestimated his teammates.

After the game against Wigan Athletic, the Manchester City players did not relax because they were already eight points clear of Manchester United in the league.

During training, their attitude is still very focused and serious.

In fact, everyone has not forgotten that Sun Hai entrusted them with it.

Help Rongguang win the league unbeaten record and surpass Arsenal!
Now there are only three games away from this record. Why did we fall short because of laxity at the last minute?

After playing against Wigan Athletic, Manchester City ushered in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-finals.

This time Manchester City played against AC Milan at home.

But in fact, there is nothing to plan for this game.

It is difficult for AC Milan, which lost three goals at home, to comeback away.

The same is true of the final result of the game. At their home court, Manchester City and AC Milan scored 0:0, and finally eliminated AC Milan with a total score of 3:0, advancing to the quarterfinals.

The No.1 in Serie A missed the top eight, which can be regarded as a proof of how declining Serie A is now...

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In the No.30 round of the league, the difference between Manchester City and Manchester United became the first league game after eight points.

Manchester United beat Bolton 1-0 at home.

Being behind by eight points really hurt Manchester United's morale, so even if it was at their own home court, they faced Bolton, who was not very strong.

And a day later, Manchester City challenged Chelsea away.

In fact, if Manchester City loses to Chelsea, Manchester United is not without a chance. The point difference between the two sides will become five points again. With eight rounds left in the league, five points will not seem so far away.

But in this game, Manchester City performed well in the away game.

Although Chelsea scored two goals in the game, Manchester City scored more.

Glory scored twice, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick, and Manchester City directly defeated Chelsea 5:2 at Stamford Bridge!

This game surprised many people.They were not surprised that Manchester City could beat Chelsea, but they did not expect that Manchester City could score Chelsea five goals in the away game, winning so easily...

You know, it was Chelsea who competed with Manchester City for the league championship last season. At that time, the two teams were inseparable.

Now Manchester City can score Chelsea five goals so easily...

After the game, word spread that Abramovich wanted to sack Ancelotti.

But this has nothing to do with Rongguang and Manchester City.

Having won Chelsea, they are still eight points ahead of rivals Manchester United in the same city.

It is only two games away from Arsenal's unbeaten league record.

(End of this chapter)