The competition between Manchester City and Chelsea in the league has indeed reached a white-hot stage. The two teams' record of almost no mistakes in the league has put the pressure on both teams very high.

Manchester City has already experienced it.

During the daily training, the players always smile happily, but their smiles have decreased significantly during this period. Everyone is training hard and becoming focused on many things. This is a good thing, but it is always wrong.

Wan Sheng also knew that the team was under great pressure, so he proposed to Chairman Wadell to hire a professional psychiatrist to provide separate psychological treatment for each player to relieve this stress and tension.

"We not only need football coaches, but also psychological doctors. My players are under too much pressure and they need some mental therapy."

Wansheng said seriously.

Wadell agreed after considering it and hiring a psychiatrist was a considerable expense, but compared with the team's current results, it was nothing.

Soon Manchester City club began to recruit psychiatrists publicly, which was exposed by some media and became a topic of talk about by many fans. After all, there are very few hiring psychiatrists for players in the club. In fact, most players have their own private doctors, and they can already do some work, but Wan Sheng thinks it is not enough. Private doctors are not really ‘private’, and they are not professional psychiatrists. This work is definitely not as good as professionals. At this stage, as long as it is beneficial to the team, even if it is a little effective, he will do it seriously. Perhaps the competition between the league and Chelsea, if you want to win, the difference is just a little bit.

On December 10, the 16th round of the Premier League began, with Manchester City playing against Birmingham at home.

This season, Birmingham's relegation is the basic goal, but head coach Bruce has greater ambitions and is aiming at the European arena. In the past two seasons, Birmingham's performance has been quite different. Last season, people had expected them to go further, but in the end they were only ranked 12th. Their performance has improved this season, but if they want to enter Europe, they have to look at the performance in the second half of the schedule.

However, Birmingham's advantage lies in their many famous players, most of them abandoned players who escaped from other giants. Upson, Melchiott, Pennant, Bart, Husky, Foxell, and David Dunn all have good strength. If they can be combined and formed, they will definitely be a team that cannot be ignored.

But it is not easy to do it. Media commented, "Bruce still has a long way to go."

That's true.

Manchester City did not make much preparations, and the game was ushered in at Manchester Stadium. Manchester City played a suppression throughout the game, but it seemed that they were not very lucky. Manchester City did not score in the first half, and Birmingham, who were suppressed, had few shots. They were lucky to be able to defend the goal.

In the second half, the two teams played again, and Manchester City continued to suppress Birmingham's halftime. Birmingham was defending, and they seemed to want to hold a point, but in the end, Manchester City scored in the 77th minute, which was a straight pass from Morris in the middle. Anelka broke away from the defense and broke into the left side of the penalty area, and then crossed and moved to the right. Andy Cole inserted and got the opportunity to face the goalkeeper and scored the ball.

This is Andy Cole's 6th league goal that has been scored by Manchester City.

After scoring the goal, Andy Cole seemed very happy. He scored one goal in the last game against Charlton, and now another one. Two consecutive goals are not easy for him at present. After all, he can't always play the whole game. In the same position, Robbie Fowler scored a lot, and Darren Bent and Anelka are even more outstanding, so goals are still quite important to him.

However, Andy Cole certainly did not expect that this goal was so important that it directly determines the outcome of the game, because there was only one goal in the game.

In the following game, Manchester City remained suppressed, and Birmingham also tried to attack and find an opportunity to equalize the score, but the two teams failed to send the ball into the goal again and again, and the score was still stopped at 1:0.

Manchester City won another home victory, but those who have watched the game know how difficult it is to win.

At the same time, Chelsea is also competing with Wigan Athletics.

The result of this game was also 1:0. After helping the team defeat Middlesbrough with the winning goal in the last round, Blues Captain Terry once again contributed key goals in this game. At the same time, Chelsea did not conced goals in the last six official games and won four consecutive league wins, achieving 11 consecutive home wins at Stamford Bridge.

Before this round of battle, Chelsea had just made a successful appearance in the Champions League pressure. Coupled with this league victory, Chelsea also ushered in a full-scale outbreak.

After the game, the media listed the results of Manchester City and Chelsea.

Manchester City 1:0 Birmingham, with 12 consecutive league wins, 46 points, and the league remains unbeaten.

Chelsea 1:0 Wigan Athletics, with 11 consecutive home wins, 43 points, league, league cup, champions league, and three-tier cities are close.

Compared with the two teams, they are really amazing and scary. Manchester City has a better performance in the league, but Chelsea has a Champions League to play, which will definitely affect the league results. So it is hard to say which of the two teams is better. So some media began to look forward to the meeting of the two teams after Christmas, which will definitely be a battle where Mars hits the earth.

After the 16th round of the league, Wan Sheng returned to the club and started transfer work as soon as possible. He contacted Roy Keane's agent Kennedy, hoping to get the captain who was kicked out of the goal by Manchester United.

Since the beginning of the league, Roy Keane has been having a chance to play. Coupled with the "autobiography" incident, Keane has even become a thorn in the old Jazz's side. In early December, he broke up peacefully with Manchester United and became a free agent in the transfer market, and then he immediately became popular.

Roy Keane is definitely a hot item to be sold. Although he is 34 years old, no one dares to underestimate the old Manchester United captain. His game experience alone is enough to bring a lot of things to a team.

Clubs such as Bolton, West Ham, Wigan, Portsmouth and West Bromwich all wanted to invite Roy Keen to join. They all provided Roy Keen for one year's contract. A few days ago, Everton also joined the ranks of competing for this "football iron".

Everton head coach Moyes revealed that he recently held talks with Keane, who is unemployed, hoping that he can join Everton. Keane's agent Kennedy said Keane will decide his next professional station next Monday.

Kennedy also said that Keane has been training alone at home, but due to a foot injury, he can only wait until January next year before he has hope to return to the arena.

"Although Keane has left Manchester United now, since the contract has not expired, Manchester United still has to pay him a salary of £90,000 a week."

Kennedy told the truth.

But this cannot dispel the enthusiasm for Roy Keane. In addition to Premier League clubs, the Celtics in Scotland also hope that Keane can join. The Guardian even reported that Real Madrid is also very interested in Keane and plans to provide him with a short-term contract.

Whether these news is true or not is uncertain, but Manchester City must have joined the competition.

Wan Sheng contacted Kennedy and hoped to talk to Keegan alone. Of course, he was very interested in this "football iron man". You should know that it is "Iron Man Keeen". If Keeen can join Manchester City, the team's midfield will be stronger. He can also try to experiment with some new formations instead of always using the traditional 442.

It’s a pity that Wansheng’s request was rejected.

"I told Keane, but he doesn't want to stay in England," Kennedy replied. "He is also very interested in Manchester City and I'm grateful for your invitation. But he doesn't want to meet Manchester United in the league, so we're going to have a look in other leagues."

After hearing this, Wansheng shook his head with a bitter smile.

If a young newcomer is a young player, he can promise something in the future, the number of appearances, etc., but for famous veterans, except for the contracts that every club can come up with, it is difficult for him to promise anything. Some of these veterans don’t even look down on the championship. For example, Keegan, he has won enough championships at Manchester United, and it makes no sense to say these to the other party. For Keegan, more championships cannot be equivalent to memories at Manchester United, so Wan Sheng knows that Manchester City has been eliminated.

Wan Sheng felt very sorry for not getting Keegan, but the facts could not always be as satisfactory as possible. He calmed down and started preparing for the next game

The 17th round of the Premier League on December 18 is the last round before Christmas. Manchester City's opponent is Wigan Athletic, which is a newly promoted team in the Manchester region. They have never had any experience in the Premier League, and the media comments are also, "Wigan Athletic is destined to fight hard for relegation."

But in fact, Wigan Athletics' relegation path is not difficult. Although they have lost three consecutive times, their strength in the first few rounds of the league still keeps their points in the top ten.

Wigan Athletics head coach Javier has had the Premier League experience. He once led Bradford to the Premier League and successfully relegated in the second year. Obviously, he hopes to replicate his experience and lead the new team to stay in the Premier League.

For this reason, Jewell made several good deals in the summer. He freely signed former Liverpool Swiss central defender Henkutz, which brought the team the most needed experience. Last season, Norwich's midfielder Francis also came. It is also worth mentioning that Senegal international Henry Kamara from Wolves. He won two dollars in a single game against Sweden in the South Korean and Japanese World Cup. He also showed outstanding strength on loan to Southampton last season.

These players performed well, at least ensuring that Wigan Athletics has the power to play in the Premier League.

However, they played very hard at home against Manchester City. Wigan Athletics' style of playing is still very tough. When they face teams with slightly worse skills, they can still compete. However, facing Manchester City, which is absolutely top in the Premier League, their weakness in strength is reflected. When facing Manchester City's continuous transmission and cooperation, their pressing in the midfield could not work at all. After only more than ten minutes of the game, there were three crises in their defense. Fortunately, God saved them and Manchester City's two shots hit the post.

Just when Manchester City players lamented their bad luck, the Wigan Athletics players realized the gap. While feeling the gap, they also intentionally strengthened their defense, but the effect was not very obvious. Faced with the replacement of Manchester City from the left and right centers, their defense was still very weak. As a result, in the 27th minute of the game, Leto Ziegler's insertion created an opportunity for David Silva. The Spanish boy calmly shot low on the right side of the penalty area and sent the ball into the Wigan Athletics goal.

1:0!

"The goal was David Silva!" George Woodgate shouted David Silva's name. "This is his first league goal for Manchester City!"

On the court, David Silva was very excited, and he hugged each of his teammates.

This goal is very important to him.

David Silva can be said to be the most stressed player in the team, because everyone knows that he is valued by head coach Wan Sheng, and he keeps getting opportunities. Although he performs well, it is not better than Joey Barton and Morris. In the eyes of others, his appearance is more for "training experience", which shows how he is valued.

But until just now, David Silva has not scored a goal in the league. Although he is not a striker, he has played 16 rounds in the league and has not scored in total 10 appearances. This data is too ugly, so David Silva is very eager to score goals.

Now he finally scored a goal, and he also believes that after this goal, other goals will follow.

After celebrating with his teammates, David Silva ran to the coach's seat and hugged Wan Sheng tightly. At the moment of scoring, he did not forget to thank Wan Sheng for his trust in him. If Wan Sheng had not, he might still play in the Spanish League Two and would not have the chance to play in the Premier League. Now that he can perform well, he naturally has to thank Wan Sheng.

Listening to the shouts of fans coming from his ears, his name mixed in it, he found that he was a little in love with the city of Manchester.

After celebrating the goal, the game between the two teams continued. Manchester City continued to suppress the next time, but did not score again, and the first half ended 1:0.

Although he was only one goal ahead, after watching the first half, he would think that Manchester City would be the winner. Wigan Athletics, who was at home, had no power to fight back at all. But no one expected that Wigan Athletics made efforts in the second half, and they directly broke through Manchester City's goal with a fast offensive.

Next, they continued to maintain the offensive and overtook the score 2:0 when the game was 63 minutes!

This result is very surprising.

Wan Sheng kept shouting on the sidelines, "Calm down! Calm down!" He wanted to remind the players to be calm. The opponent suddenly burst into state and scored two goals in a row. This is very unfavorable to the team. The more time comes, the more you should be calm and not panic. After all, anything can happen in football games. The best way to prevent accidents is to stay calm at all times.

Under the reminder of Wan Sheng, Manchester City players have re-stabilized their formation and organized a new offensive.

During this period, Wigan Athletics was in very good shape. Manchester City had been attacking for a long time but could not break through the goal. After 80 minutes, Wigan Athletics also began to defend the goal. Judging from the posture, you knew that it would delay the time until the end of the game, so that they could score three points at home.

Wan Sheng hurriedly called Morris and reminded him, "Be careful to stabilize the formation and don't panic. If you have the opportunity to pass the ball into the penalty area, find an opportunity to create a set ball."

These are also two major ways to break intensive defense and cross the ball.

No matter how tight the defense is, it is impossible to stop the ball from hanging from the air into the penalty area, so as to create a header opportunity for the players in the penalty area. In addition, set-up balls are also a good choice, but Manchester City does not have a player with excellent free kick skills, and Wan Sheng has little hope for the latter.

But unexpectedly, Manchester City's next goal relies on set pieces.

This is a set ball made by Joy Barton on the left sideline. It is almost impossible to shoot directly at this position, so Manchester City's choice is to find a good position to compete for the header.

Morris stood in front of the ball and took the penalty, and he hung the ball to the back point.

Anelka, Andy Cole, Reiner and Joey Barton started the game almost at the same time. In the end, Andy Cole took the lead and squeezed out the Wigan Athletics defender to complete a fierce header.

Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Ferran was completely unable to make a judgment, and he could only watch the football fly by.

This is also the last goal of the two teams' match. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!