Unlike yesterday's four matches, which all had relatively few goals.
These are the four Champions League Round of 16 matches today.
Apart from Arsenal's home game against defending champions AC Milan ending in a 0-0 draw.
The other three matches were all high-scoring affair.
Celtic lost 2-3 to Barcelona at home, Fenerbahce won 3-2 against Sevilla at home, and Leeds United beat Lyon 7-2 away.
A total of nineteen goals were scored in the three matches, which was a thrilling experience for both neutral fans and fans of the three winning teams.
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With the Premier League's 27th round starting the day after tomorrow, Li Shiguang did not give the players a day off after resting overnight in Lyon and returning to Leeds. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but the competition among the three teams in the league was gradually becoming fierce, and there was no room for relaxation.
February 23rd, afternoon.
The 27th round of the Premier League has begun.
Leeds United will host Derby County at Elland Road. Facing the bottom-ranked team in the Premier League, Leeds United, fresh from a resounding victory in France, have no reason to slip up.
Torres and De Bruyne each scored a goal in the first and second halves, securing three points effortlessly.
The good news is...
Shortly after that match ended, good news came from another venue: Arsenal were held to a draw by Birmingham away from home.
In this way.
Leeds United, having secured all three points, have once again overtaken Arsenal and reclaimed the top spot in the Premier League standings.
certainly.
The most noteworthy aspect of the Arsenal vs. Birmingham match was not the eventual 2-2 draw.
Instead, it was the fact that even Li Shiguang's presence couldn't change Eduardo's broken leg and Arsenal captain Gallas's post-match sit-in protest.
That evening, Li Shiguang saw a report on TV about Wenger's interview after the match.
To be honest.
This was the first time Li Shiguang had seen Wenger like this.
His refined demeanor was long gone, leaving only endless anger and a string of profanities that would likely be censored on television in other countries.
Wenger's losses in this match were considerable.
With the team captain caught in a media storm, the young talent he had nurtured ruined, and the team falling behind Leeds United again... it's no wonder that the usually mild-mannered Wenger lost his temper so much in a media interview.
However, Li Shiguang actually sides with Wenger on this matter.
Leaving aside other things.
There's no need to watch the replay of Martin Tyler's tackle on Eduardo. Li Shiguang, who witnessed it in his previous life, still remembers it vividly. That wasn't a tackle at all; it was clearly aimed at the player!
Back when he was a football fan, Li Shiguang had always looked down on Martin Tyler. Now that he's a member of the Premier League and even a club owner with some influence there, Li Shiguang has no intention of remaining silent.
It would be best to remove such a black sheep from the ranks of professional players as soon as possible!
Turn off the TV.
Li Shiguang did two things.
One action was to call FA CEO Bringham, strongly condemning Martin Taylor's dangerous behavior on the pitch and demanding that the FA issue a penalty for Taylor's malicious foul. He also stressed the need to pressure Birmingham City FC to also internally punish Taylor.
Brimham did not refuse Li Shiguang's request, because besides Li Shiguang, he had received no fewer than five calls tonight demanding severe punishment for Martin Taylor. Since the incident, the FA has also received countless complaint emails from fans about Martin Taylor.
After ending his call with Brim, Li Shiguang immediately logged into his Twitter account and quickly wrote a lengthy post criticizing Martin Tyler for his malicious foul.
As the owner and manager of Leeds United, Li Shiguang has a considerable number of followers on Twitter. His personal involvement in stirring up trouble had predictable consequences: countless fans retweeted Li Shiguang's posts and went to Birmingham City's official Twitter account to demand severe punishment for Martin Tyler.
Birmingham didn't hold out for long.
In order to quell the anger of the fans.
Just after the FA announced a five-match ban for Martin Taylor, they also posted on their official Twitter account that they would add three more matches to the ban after the FA's initial suspension.
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For Li Shiguang, the Eduardo leg-breaking incident was just an interlude; in fact, Leeds United became the beneficiary.
After 27 rounds of the Premier League.
The top four in the standings have changed again.
Leeds United lead the table with 62 points, while Manchester United, after their 5-1 victory over Newcastle United, are tied with Arsenal on 61 points, but are in second place due to a superior goal difference.
Chelsea is suffering the most.
After three consecutive draws, they have been overtaken by Liverpool and have lost their fourth place in the standings!
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One week later.
March has arrived.
On the first day of March, Li Shiguang led the entire Leeds United team to Manchester to challenge Manchester City away from home. Just like the previous match, they won 2-0. Thanks to Adriano's brace, Leeds United took three more points and continued to lead the standings.
Like Leeds United, Manchester United, in good form, secured a 3-0 away victory against Fulham, continuing to put pressure on Leeds United from behind.
But Arsenal is different.
Perhaps influenced by the previous match, the entire team was completely out of form for this home game against Aston Villa.
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