Chapter 935: Ginger is still experienced!
Despite the fierce commotion outside and the loud protests from the fans, Manchester United never took any action against Rooney.
Rooney must have informed Manchester United about his birthday party, and the reason was very legitimate, otherwise he would not have been able to book the restaurant and bar in advance. But no one expected that Manchester United would be slaughtered by their city rivals again at home.
Sometimes that's just the way it is.
Rooney actually had a difficult time. He had finally had a birthday. The restaurant, bar and programs were all arranged, and the guests were all invited. But at this critical juncture, he suffered such a disastrous defeat. If he cancelled it, not only would he lose face, but he would also suffer a huge loss. If he didn't cancel it, he would be held accountable by the media and fans, and he was in a dilemma.
Manchester United's attitude is to take a cold approach, neither imposing any punishment nor making any statement.
In fact, Ferguson himself has a difficult time.
After the game, the media photographed him drinking with the coaching staff. It was almost the 25th anniversary of his coaching Manchester United, and Ferguson was quite depressed when he suffered such a crushing defeat at this time.
Of course, the fans are not wrong.
I bought tickets to watch the game, and I support the team and players on a daily basis. Now that you are losing so miserably, who else should I blame if not you?
You, Rooney, are paid such a high salary. The team spent so much money to keep you. Now you can't lead the team to win, so naturally you have to take the responsibility and it is reasonable for you to be scolded.
To some extent, at least half of your high salary is earned by being scolded.
On the third day after the Manchester City derby, someone finally stood up to save Manchester United and Rooney.
FIFA has announced the 50-man shortlist for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or. Whether it is England or Manchester United, there is only one player shortlisted, and that is Rooney.
As the only remaining star player, it is not difficult to see the current decline of England and Manchester United from Rooney.
There is another football powerhouse with only one player on the 50-man roster, and that is Italy. Only Udinese striker Di Natale was selected, and even Pirlo and others were not shortlisted. This also shows the weakness of Italian football.
In terms of clubs, Barcelona, which just won the Champions League, is undoubtedly the biggest winner, with a total of nine players shortlisted. Bayern Munich followed closely behind with seven players selected, and Real Madrid also had five players shortlisted.
Manchester City is the team with the most shortlisted players in the Premier League. Not to mention Suarez, David Silva, Sanchez and Aguero are all on the list.
From the current perspective, the person who has the best chance of winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or should be Barcelona's Messi.
As soon as the list of candidates came out, the criticism of Rooney from the British media and fans obviously weakened a lot.
There is no way, because they are the only seedling of England and Manchester United? …………
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The League Cup has entered its fourth round and it has basically become a battle between the strong teams. Even the Championship teams are all Championship powerhouses like Southampton and Cardiff.
Manchester City will challenge Wolves away this time.
The team narrowly avoided relegation last season, but is still on the brink of relegation this season.
Guardiola adopted rotation and substitute lineup, obviously focusing on training.
Joe Hart finally regained the starting goalkeeper position, with Dzeko serving as the starting center forward.
After the opening, Manchester City controlled the ball as usual and continued to put pressure on the home team, creating opportunities in the frontcourt in turn. But in the 18th minute, Wolves made a quick counterattack and hit Manchester City's right side directly, behind Trippier, and passed the ball into the penalty area.
There was a gap in Manchester City's penalty area, and the opponent's player got the first point, then stopped the ball and passed it to a teammate who came in from behind, who scored near the penalty spot and opened the scoring for Wolves.
This goal actually had little to do with Joe Hart. After all, the opponent seized the opportunity and shot near the penalty spot. It is hard to blame for the goal conceded. But the problem is that the England goalkeeper was really unlucky.
So far this season, he has lost the ball every time he has played. Is this his problem or the team's problem?
After conceding a goal, launching several waves of attacks and missing several chances, Manchester City finally scored a goal in the 36th minute.
Trippier made a cross from the right, Dzeko passed it back, and Moutinho made a forward run and shot into the goal, equalizing the score for Manchester City.
Just two minutes later, Moutinho made another straight pass at the front of the penalty area, tearing through Wolves' defense and assisting young player Sterling to score a goal.
A minute later, it was Moutinho's cross that caused a melee in the Wolves' penalty area and created an opportunity for Dzeko. The Bosnian center volleyed the ball and extended the score to three to one.
Although the team was leading 3-1, Dzeko missed at least two chances to score in the first half.
After the change of sides in the second half, Dzeko first made a cross from the wing and Douglas Costa scored. Then the Brazilian winger made a cross and assisted Dzeko to score another goal. Manchester City secured the victory 5-1.
But just when Manchester City scored the fifth goal and felt proud of themselves and believed that the team had secured victory, Wolves launched a quick counterattack from the left, crossed the ball into the penalty area from the left, and then passed a low ball in front of the goal, where striker O'Hara, who had just come on as a substitute, scored a goal.
2 to 5! After that, no matter how Manchester City attacked, they could not break through the Wolves' goal.
In the end, thanks to Dzeko's two goals, Manchester City defeated Wolves 5-2 away and successfully advanced to the next round.
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Manchester City won and advanced to the quarterfinals, but Joe Hart lost.
The unfortunate England goalkeeper finally got a chance to start, even though it was only in the League Cup, it was enough for him to cherish it, especially as Courtois' performance became more and more stable and his position became more and more solid.
But who would have thought that he would lose two more goals.
This time even the British media couldn't help but complain, why is Joe Hart so unlucky? Is it because of his ability? Or is there another reason?
In addition to Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea also reached the quarterfinals. The other three teams are Blackburn, Cardiff and Crystal Palace.
After a round of draws, Manchester City drew Arsenal and the game was scheduled to be played away.
Chelsea will host Liverpool at home.
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Sometimes, I have to admire Ferguson's ability.
Maybe the method is a bit simple and crude, but the effect is really good.
After a crushing defeat, he flew into a rage, shocking all the players in the team and ordering Vidic to withdraw from the national team. As a result, the Manchester United locker room came out of the shadow of the defeat and defeated the opponent 3-0 in the subsequent League Cup, successfully advancing.
In the subsequent tenth round of the Premier League, Manchester United defeated Everton 1-0 away.
The winning goal was scored by Hernandez, but the best performances of the whole game were from Manchester United's two central defenders, Vidic and Phil Jones. The two central defenders performed well throughout the game.
Who would have thought that after being severely scolded by Ferguson, Manchester United's performance actually improved, especially Vidic.
This also makes people admire Ferguson's ability to control the team.
Apart from anything else, without Ferguson's lofty prestige, anyone who tried this would end up in a miserable state.
Just like another strong team, Chelsea.
Head coach Villas-Boas was brought in by Abramovich with high hopes, and he paid a record-breaking buyout clause for him. He gave him both money and people, which can be said to be a very great support.
This young Portuguese coach seems to have Mourinho's style. As soon as he took office, he carried out drastic reforms to rejuvenate the team. He wanted to mobilize a group of old players in the team and bring back a group of veterans such as Drogba, Lampard and Terry.
Among them, Drogba suffered the most and was directly excluded from the roster. Lampard and Terry were also frequently substituted, which made the three meritorious veterans very dissatisfied. In the game where they lost 1-3 to Manchester United, Boas directly replaced Lampard during the half-time break, which made Lampard directly criticize Boas after the game, believing that he was shirking responsibility.
But Villas-Boas just didn't have the toughness of Mourinho. After annoyed this group of veterans, he began to become a little timid. So Drogba, Lampard, Terry and other veterans returned to the starting lineup. Not only was the head coach's prestige gone, but the locker room was also in panic.
Everyone knows that Villas-Boas wants to win over these veterans, but Chelsea now needs to rely on these veterans. The problem is that Villas-Boas has called for rejuvenation and abandonment of these veterans since the beginning of the season. The conflict between the two sides is irreconcilable, so Chelsea is now very unstable internally.
Boas does not have enough experience and is completely unable to solve Chelsea's current problems.
In the tenth round of the league, Chelsea faced Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. Logically, they should have had a good chance of winning, but Arsenal equalized the score twice after taking the lead twice. Then, with the help of Van Persie and Walcott, they reversed Chelsea 5-3 and severely humiliated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Especially in the 85th minute, Malouda's pass was too strong, forcing Terry to compete with Van Persie in speed. As a result, he was left behind by the Dutchman and scored a goal with a single shot, changing the score from 3-3 to 3-4.
In a rage, Terry vented his anger at Malouda who made a mistake in passing the ball back, and cursed him with slogans of civilization and harmony. The two almost fought on the field, which shows that the atmosphere in Chelsea's locker room is currently quite bad.
Everyone can see that given the current situation this season, Chelsea can hardly even stay in the top four of the league, let alone win the championship. Many people even doubt that Villas-Boas will not survive the winter break.
Comparing Villas-Boas with Ferguson, one cannot help but sigh: old people are still the best! …
Compared to Chelsea, Manchester City continues to advance steadily.
Guardiola's team faced League Cup opponent Wolves at the weekend, but unlike midweek, this time Manchester City played against Wolves at home with their main lineup. In the first half, they took the lead 3-0 early with Su Dong scoring twice.
After the second half, Aguero scored another goal for Manchester City, helping the team to beat Wolves 4-0.
Having won ten consecutive league games, Manchester City is leading the standings, seven points ahead of second-placed Manchester United.
The outstanding results, in turn, have made the atmosphere inside Manchester City's locker room even better.
But as the team captain, Su Dong still felt a hint of disharmony.
(End of this chapter)
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