"This is a very critical three-pointer! We have entered the championship ranks!"

The next day, many media reported on the title of Wan Sheng's speech to report Arsenal's home match against Manchester City. This game received a lot of attention. The key is that Arsenal was originally a strong team to win the championship. After nine rounds, they also ranked third in the league. Manchester City led by Wan Sheng had better results. They are the second in the league and the only team that has never been too far away by Chelsea.

The two teams' matches attracted much attention, so many people paid attention to the results of the game the next day, and what Wan Sheng said in the interview attracted a lot of attention.

If Wan Sheng talked about Manchester City entering the championship ranks before this game, many people would be dismissed. In the eyes of Volkswagen, although Manchester City's performance is good, they do not have the foundation of a giant, the depth of the bench is too shallow, and the main lineup is too young and immature. Even if the results are good for a while, it will be difficult to persevere until the end of the season.

But this away game against Arsenal made everyone realize a 'terrible' fact that this Manchester City has the ability to compete for the championship!

Look, they both won at Highbury Stadium!

In ten rounds of games, nine wins and one draw, they defeated Manchester United, Newcastle United, Derby County and Arsenal one after another. These so-called "teams that are likely to compete for the championship" were defeated by Manchester City. Arsenal and Manchester United both failed at home. Such a Manchester City is really terrible.

"He said Manchester City is qualified to enter the championship ranks!? I was not surprised at all. When the Chinese went to Manchester City, I knew he wanted to win the championship. He was like me and had a heart to win the championship. He would not be willing to be calm. I dare say that this season, Manchester City will be our biggest and only competitor!" Mourinho said in an interview before the league between Chelsea and Everton the next afternoon.

Even though he said that, the Portuguese didn't care much about his face, and his mind seemed to be more focused on the upcoming games.

Media reporters did not delve into Mourinho's words. Perhaps they had this idea, but they were quickly covered up by bigger news - in the case where the outside world believed that Everton could not stop Chelsea, David Morse's team drew with Chelsea at his own Goodson Park Stadium!

Previously, Chelsea had completed nine consecutive victories, and they dominated the league's top spot with a very strong attitude, but this draw brought their momentum to an abrupt end.

Previously, Everton, as the home team, was about to fall to the bottom of the league.

This is a top-end and end-of-the-list contest. But what is unexpected is that Everton prevented Chelsea from being the perfect dream of 10 consecutive wins ended by the Toffees. The British news agency joked, "Chelsea came to Mosesade and talked about winning the championship at Christmas and dominating football for 100 years, but Everton obviously has a lot of objections to this."

Although Everton is at the bottom, they have had the "habit" of ending other people's good momentum in history.

In 1969, they ended the myth of Leeds' 34 unbeaten.

In 1988, Liverpool was also ended by them in 29 unbeaten games.

Arsenal remained unbeaten for a period of 30 games before 49 unbeaten in 2002, but was broken at Goodison Park.

Now, Chelsea's dream of winning 10 consecutive games is ruined by the Toffees.

Everton fought fiercely during the game. They used their bodies to make up for their strength and technical shortcomings. From the content of the game, Everton played tenaciously and could proudly leave the court with a draw. However, from the specific details, there were controversial waves in the 90 minutes. Mourinho expressed strong dissatisfaction with the referee's penalty after the game.

"We didn't win? We scored two goals, and under normal circumstances, we won." The two goals Mourinho mentioned, one was Lampard's wonderful long-range shot, which tied the score, and the other was Drogba's subsequent single-shot goal, but was judged as offside by the referee.

Mourinho expressed his dissatisfaction with the penalty for the second ball in his own way, "I don't need to watch the video at all, that ball is very clear (it's a good ball)."

Maybe Mourinho's complaint makes sense, it's indeed a good ball.

In the 62nd minute, Lampard made a clever pass, Drogba threw away the entire defense line and stood out, turned around and shot the ball into the goal. At this time, the lineman raised the flag to signal offside. He caught Goodyanson in the offside position, but the problem was that the Icelander was walking out of the penalty area "leisurely" and did not participate in the offense or interfere with the defense. Drogba, who scored the goal, did not offside. In terms of rules, this was a perfect good goal.

But Mourinho ignored another penalty in the second half.

In the 83rd minute, Everton counterattacked, Bent shot hard outside the penalty area, Terry opened his arms from the penalty area and rushed forward to intercept it. The ball hit his left arm. Everton player signaled that the ball was fouled by the handball and should be awarded a penalty, but the referee Cratenborg signaled the game to continue.

After the game, when asked if this should be awarded a penalty, Mourinho's answer was simple, "Impossible".

Despite his dissatisfaction with the referee, Mourinho still expressed respect for Everton. "Their fighting spirit is commendable. The problem is not where they are, the problem is the lineman."

With such a direct criticism of the referee, Mourinho once again showed his straightforwardness. Mourinho seemed to be angry. After being tied by Everton 1-1, he answered the question from Sky Sports reporters in a unique way.

When asked how he felt about Chelsea's winning streak was over, Mourinho's answer was stunned and left a strange question and answer.

Mourinho: "Didn't we win? We didn't win?" The Portuguese asked the reporter.

"Yes, the final score was 1-1, don't you know?"

"I don't know, I thought the score was 2-1, we controlled the game and scored two great goals. Under normal circumstances, it was a win, so it was a bit difficult for me to answer you, and for me, we won."

The question and answer will continue next.

When Mourinho was asked whether he was sure that the ball was a good ball and whether he needed to watch the video, Mourinho answered very simply, "No need at all, I don't want to watch it. It's very clear to me. I saw the players' reaction. I knew the running position on the court, and there was no problem with that ball."

Then the Q&A returned to normal track. Mourinho believed that Chelsea was the better side, but Everton also won respect. "We played better. But I want to praise their hard work and fighting spirit today. The fans at home are also amazing. In this game, they had about 30,000 referees. The fans have a great influence on the game. For a team, this support is amazing."

"Everton has a whole team of fighters. They will get more points in the future. It's a battle of equality, they play aggressively, but they're right to do that."

Finally, Mourinho still mocked the linebacker, "We scored two goals. You should ask the linebacker why that goal is not counted, whether he should protect the interests of the offensive side. We scored two goals. But this is not Everton's problem, it is the linebacker's problem."

Of course. The above is Mourinho's opinion. Everton coach Moyes also has a different opinion. According to his statement, Everton should win 2-1. First, Drogba's penalty was correct, and secondly, Terry's handball should be awarded a penalty.

“I think Goodyanson’s position may interfere with the game,” Moyes said. “I think I have to be called offside because he’s in his position that has affected the progress of the game.”

"That handball, I think it should be a penalty. Terry went to block the shot, but the ball hit his arm, not his chest."

The next media asked about Everton's situation. Everton's performance has been underestimated so far. David Moyes is under great pressure. He talked about some related issues, but perhaps it was their poor performance that made this draw extremely conspicuous - no one could have thought that Everton would end Chelsea's winning streak.

At the same time, some media quoted Wan Sheng again to report on this game - this is a very critical three-pointer!

Yes, very critical!

Manchester City won Arsenal and Chelsea drew with Everton. They were only two points away. This "key" three-pointer tied the gap between Manchester City and Chelsea, so the competition between Chelsea and Manchester City at the top of the league immediately became the focus of attention across England and even Europe.

In the ten rounds of the league, both teams won 9 wins and 1 draw, with 28 points, but after statistics, Chelsea still topped the league with a slight advantage - they scored 24 goals and conceded 3 goals, and Manchester City also conceded only 3 goals, but they scored one less goal, which is one goal.

This may have caused Chelsea supporters to breathe a sigh of relief.

Even if they draw a game, they still stay at the top of the league, but they have to accept the fact that their position at the top of the league is no longer stable, and they must face the tight pursuit of Manchester City behind them. With just one negligence or even a little bad performance, Manchester City is likely to surpass them and win the first place in the league.

...

The outside world is reporting on the competition between Chelsea and Manchester City at the top of the league, and these reports have also affected Manchester City. After re-assembling training, many people are discussing the competition between the team and Chelsea, and they will also look forward to the league championship. Whenever they talk about this, everyone is very happy. For most players in the team, they never thought about the championship before the season. They just think that it would be good for the team to enter a European event. As far as they are concerned, they performed better, attracted more media attention, and made the outside world highly evaluate themselves. It is only so. But unexpectedly, they became the only team in the league to compete with Chelsea, and then they also received more attention.

As the outside world pays more attention to the team, each of them will also receive more attention, and every game is very worth looking forward to.

When it comes to this, everyone is very interested. After all, no player does not want to become famous. Even those veterans want to shine at the end of their careers.

The only one inactive in the team is Anelka.

In the last game, Anelka's performance was quite good because he scored a goal. However, after the game, the media attributed the reason for Manchester City's victory to substitutions in the second half. In this way, the attention was Wan Sheng who made the substitution decision and Darren Bent who was replaced, and he became a player who was substituted for poor performance.

Not much media criticized him for anything, but Anelka still felt very unhappy.

On the day after the game, he didn't go out, but just talked about the game with his brother. He was quite dissatisfied with being substituted and thought that if he was on the court, he would definitely score two more goals and would be able to complete a hat-trick at that time. So he was very dissatisfied with the game that day and was also very dissatisfied with Wan Sheng. It is easy to imagine what kind of face he could have when he arrived at the team.

He wanted to show his face to Wan Sheng so that the young Chinese coach could know that he was dissatisfied with him. Unfortunately, he had no chance for the whole morning - Wan Sheng did not appear in the training ground at all, and he could not throw his temper on other coaches, because Pierce, who was in charge of training, was his senior, and in terms of reputation in the team, he could not catch up with Pierce at all.

There was no Wan Sheng in the morning, and Anelka's training was quite normal. In the afternoon, Wan Sheng appeared in the training ground and began to guide everyone in tactical training.

At this time, Anelka's "temper" came up.

He always wanted to show off his personal skills in training, so that football came to his feet, and there was no way to continue tactical training.

Diamares blew the whistle, paused the training, ran over and said, "Nicolas, you should pass the ball to the right, and Lee will follow!"

Anelka is just to express his dissatisfaction, so he naturally does not cooperate at all.

As Diamares said, he kept nodding, as if he was making it clear, but after the training started again, he was no different from what he had just now.

Diamares said to him three times in a row, but it was useless at all. Pierce also ran over and said a few words.

At this moment, Wan Sheng walked over and pointed at Anelka and said, "Since you can't do it well, go to the Yellow Team (substitute)." Then he looked at Darren Bent, "You exchange with him and go to the Red Team (main)."

Anelka suddenly glared at Wan Sheng.

But Wan Sheng had no intention of changing his mind at all. He just asked Darren Bent to exchange training suits with Anelka, and Anelka was in a stalemate.

He doesn't want to go to the substitute team, and he has already lost face in front of everyone!

"I won't change! I'm going to be here!" Anelka replied toughly.

Wan Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a gloomy face, "If you don't obey my arrangements, you won't need to train!"

After hearing this, Anelka shouted indifferently, "If you don't train, you won't train. What's so great about it!" After saying that, he took off his training suit and walked out of the court.

The others were stunned when they saw the two of them quarrel. They didn't expect Anelka to dare to argue with Wan Sheng, and they didn't expect that Wan Sheng was so tough that he didn't give Anelka any face, so he had to leave.

At this time, Wan Sheng stared at Anelka's back and said loudly, "You go out now and you don't need to participate in the team's games in the future. In addition, if you go to the reserve team tomorrow, I don't want to see people who disobey discipline in my team!"

Then Wan Sheng ignored Anelka, but turned around and shouted, "Training continue!"

Many people's hearts trembled. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!