The match between Manchester City and Wigan Athletics ended with 2:2, and Manchester City's winning streak was also ended.

This is a result that many people did not expect.

In the previous league, Manchester City performed too strongly. Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, and one strong opponent after another. They all defeated them. The next league can be described as unstoppable. Many media talked about Manchester City's next game and believed that their winning streak would end and that they would have to play against Chelsea after Christmas. But unexpectedly, a newly promoted team, Wigan Athletics did it, and they stubbornly drew with Manchester City.

Although Manchester City remains unbeaten, it is much easier to accept than winning streaks.

At the end of the game, Manchester City players' disappointed expressions appeared on their faces. They were very unwilling to accept the draw, but they could not change the result.

As can be seen from the camera screen, Wan Sheng's face also showed helplessness. He even shrugged at the camera and grinned. Sky TV commentator George Woodgate explained, "Wan Sheng must be very disappointed with the result of the game. Their winning streak is over. If Chelsea wins another game, their advantage in the league will be only one point."

Another focus match that was soon held at the same time - the derby between Chelsea and Fulham - ended, and Chelsea narrowly defeated Fulham 3-2 and scored all three points.

Chelsea won a thrilling game. During the game, William Galas and Lampard scored one goal each. After that, McBride used Cech's low-level mistake to win a game. In the second half, Zachlet's obvious handball foul in the penalty area was not awarded. Next, Hulguson scored a penalty to tie the score, but Crespo's key goal helped Chelsea win again.

This is Chelsea's five-game winning streak after losing to Manchester United. They have maintained a total of 9 home games so far this season. Interestingly, their arch-rival, Fulham, the opponent of this game, has not won away so far, and has not defeated Chelsea in the last 17 encounters since October 1979.

The confrontation with Fulham can also be seen in Chelsea's previous life. While Manchester City's "missing" lost two points, Chelsea also caught up with two points, only one point away from Manchester City.

At the post-match press conference, Wan Sheng appeared on time and said to the reporters, "I was surprised by the results of the game. I was surprised to see them scored two goals in the second half. But this is football. Sometimes you have to accept some unexpected things, which is the charm of football. If there is no suspense in every game, I think the bookmaker will definitely go bankrupt." He made a small joke and praised his opponent's performance. "Wigan Athletics performed very well. They couldn't tell that they were a new team without Premier League experience, especially in the second half. They performed so well that we were not mentally prepared at all. They scored two goals in a row."

"We are a little out of shape today, or are careless, but I believe this will give us some reminders, telling us that we are not bound to win any team game, and don't be careless every second, so that we can get the best results."

Media reporters interpreted Wan Sheng's words and believed that he was just saying it was very "official". In fact, he must be very dissatisfied with the draw, but in fact, Wan Sheng really has nothing to be dissatisfied with. He could not require the team to win every game.

So after returning to the locker room, he did not criticize anyone, but instead praised Andy Cole and other several excellent players. Then he made everyone forget about this game and pack up and prepare to return to Manchester - even if it doesn't matter to failure, he is not in the mood to watch his opponent celebrate the draw here.

Wan Sheng's idea is actually very simple. This draw was an accident and allowed his competitor Chelsea to catch up with two points. The result was definitely very bad. But in fact, even if he lost this game, Derby County was still the first in the league, and Chelsea still lost one league point.

He and the team can lose!

The only shame is that his 15-game winning streak is difficult to complete, but this kind of winning streak that "breaks historical records" is too difficult. It is already very good to be able to win ten consecutive games. If you think about it carefully, it is nothing at all.

There is another reason why Wan Sheng doesn't care about failure, that is, he thinks that failure comes at a very time.

The team has won so many games in a row that every player is under a lot of pressure. They think that they can't lose or even draw. This pressure has also been brought to training, so he has to hire a psychological doctor to help the players release the pressure.

A specialized psychiatrist probably won’t be able to work after Christmas, but now if you lose one game, the players will be under much less pressure and the tense nerves can be relaxed.

In fact, Wan Sheng also thought about leading the team to win a winning streak, but that was really unrealistic!

I always think about creating miracles. Often, miracles are not created, but they will lose something. Now that miracles are gone, the team's pressure will become smaller, and the things that need to be worried about will be smaller, so the team's performance will return to normal.

This is what Wansheng hopes to see.

As long as the team performs normally, it is definitely not inferior to its opponent Chelsea in competition for league championships, and it is very close to achieving the goal of league championships.

As for other champions, let’s take a look. After all, you can’t be too greedy. Try to fight for what you can. If you force yourself to fight for it, you may not get anything.

The next day, Wansheng gave the team a holiday and the players could go home to prepare for Christmas. However, on the third day, the team resumed training because in a day they would usher in the quarterfinals of the League Cup, with the opponent being the Gunners' Arsenal.

Wenger's team is still an opponent that must be paid attention to.

After a day of vacation, when the team resumed training, the shadow of failure was difficult to find on them. Everyone regained their smiles and the training resumed their activity.

These made Wan Sheng very satisfied, and such an atmosphere was beneficial to the team.

However, leading the team training is the job of Diamares and others. He did not stay in the training ground for too long, so he went to do his own job - the most important job at the moment is to poach people, Yes, Ivan Kru.

After a week, there was new news in Derbyshire that Ivan Krue was listed for sale.

They had to do that, because Ivan Krew and head coach Adrian Bosroyd were in the same situation, but in this case, it would be difficult for Derby County to sell a high price. The clubs that were interested in Ivan Krew all came to buy at a low price.

The highest bidder is Middlesbrough. McLaren seems to want to strengthen the wing. Middlesbrough has offered Ivan Crew a transfer fee of £3 million and promised to give him a contract that is no less than Derbyshire.

It’s a pity that Ivan Krew ‘has a heart’. He just wants to trace back to Wansheng to Manchester City.

Manchester City also bid £3 million.

Many media are watching to see which club Ivan Cru will choose. Most of them prefer Middlesbrough because the grudge between Pierce and Wansheng is well known.

"Pearce will definitely not sell Ivan Cruel to Manchester City because there is a win there." The Guardian analyzed directly.

The Daily Mirror said mockingly, "That Chinese wants to get a former disciple? Unfortunately, Middlesbrough offers better conditions, and Derby County is unwilling to sell its players to 'enemy'. Ivan Cru is destined to miss Manchester City."

At this time, Pierce was also talking about the transfer with Sam Rush at the Derbyshire Club, but the atmosphere between the two was not very friendly and even had a quarrel.

"You said you want to agree to Manchester City's offer?" Pierce's face was full of incredible, "But that Chinese is in Manchester City! They have taken Morris and Ziegler away in the summer!"

Sam Rush looked at Pierce and said calmly, "But Crew did not agree to go to Middlesbrough. The transfer was three-party. If he was not sold to Manchester City, he would have to stay with the team."

"Even if I stay with the team, I will not sell the players to that damn Chinese!" Pierce said angrily.

"Ivan Krew's contract is less than a year. Do you want him to be a free agent?" Sam Rush said with a little self-deprecating, "That's 3 million pounds. I can't get so much money a year. You can't make the club suffer losses for personal feelings."

Pierce frowned and looked at Sam Rush. "What do you mean?"

"Because of Wansheng leaving, our results were affected and did not meet the expected returns. This season, we have gained some returns because of selling several main players such as Van der Fate. But with the current results, our returns will become lower next season, and we can even maintain a balance of income and expenditure. If we fall into the second division, it means we will have a lot of losses. This is not what Mr. Appleby wants to see." Sam Rush said, "Paul, you should know that we can no longer bear the loss of 3 million pounds, so we have no choice but to sell him to Manchester City."

"We sell it to other clubs? Even if it's cheaper!" Pierce gritted his teeth, "I'll pay for the difference myself!"

Sam Rush shook his head and asked, "Do you think Krew would agree to go to other clubs? Obviously, he just wants to go to Manchester City."

Pierce thought for a while, picked up the documents on the table and took a look, and threw them to the ground hard, "Damn it!"

But as Sam Rush said, he had no choice. After all, the Derbyshire Club belongs to the G-Color Group, not his own, and he does not have the right to be completely independent.

Ivan Kru's transfer was soon negotiated.

After a series of disputes between Derbyshire and Manchester City, the transfer offer was finally fixed at £3.4 million. After all the three parties signed, Ivan Krew became a member of Manchester City.

In the afternoon of the same day, the official website of Manchester City Club announced the news - Derby County player Ivan Kreu joined Manchester City for a transfer fee of 3.4 million pounds, but not many people paid attention to this news for a while, because Manchester City was playing the League Cup with Arsenal.

This is the quarterfinals of the League Cup.

According to the rules of the English League Cup, only the semi-finals will be played at home and away, so this game is still a one-game. What is beneficial to Manchester City is that this is a match at Manchester Stadium.

However, the teams of both sides do not attach much importance to the game. After all, this is just a "small-blooded" League Cup and does not make much sense at all.

Before the game, Wan Sheng expressed the team's weakness, "We just drew with Wigan Athletics, and the players' mentality will have some impact. I think the game will be very difficult."

This is a rare time when he keeps a low profile.

Unexpectedly, the opponent Wenger lost to them in a low-key league game, and it was away again, which was very bad for us. I told my players that Christmas can be celebrated after the game, and they all wanted to have a holiday in advance, so I think we want to win or need some luck."

The Frenchman said with a wry smile on his face.

No one knows whether the two coaches are saying true or not, but both sides are very conflicted about the game. It is true. The League Cup is a "sweet rib". But if you can win the championship, no team will refuse. Now it is the quarterfinals. If you can win this game, you can enter the semi-finals and then the finals. In this way, you can win the championship after three more games.

However, when you win all of them, it is obvious that it is difficult to win all of them. On the contrary, if you lose the game, you will no longer have the worries of the League Cup, and it will definitely be very beneficial to have three games less.

In short, both sides have a contradictory mentality about this game, so they both have a mentality that "it's best to win, but it doesn't matter if you can't win." The result is also mapped to the game field.

The competition between the two sides was very fierce, but the battle was not fierce.

As a result, the game was very good, because both sides were teams that were good at attacking, and the game had a fast-paced attack from the beginning.

Manchester City scored one goal in the 12th, 39th and 78th minutes respectively, while Arsenal scored one goal in the first and second half.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Arsenal with a 3-2 goal advantage and advanced to the next round of the League Cup.

After the game, Wenger shook hands with Wan Sheng politely. The Frenchman seemed to be completely unwilling to worry about the failure, but when he arrived at the press conference, his words still expressed some dissatisfaction, "Congratulations on your victory, I look forward to seeing the Manchester derby battle in the semi-finals."

This is a very ordinary sentence, and it is complicated to interpret.

The match between Manchester City and Arsenal is the last game. When the two teams play, other games have ended. Manchester United, Blackburn and Wigan Athletics will eventually advance to the semi-finals. Then, the Manchester derby will be held in the semi-finals, which is completely a "blessing" Manchester City draws Manchester United to draw.

This is not a blessing, but a gloating!

But when he won, Wan Sheng didn't care about this, he just nodded with a smile and thanked him.

Things didn't work as Wenger wanted. That night, the FA held a group draw, and Manchester City Chairman Wadel drew for Manchester City's semi-final opponent - Wigan Athletics.
Chapter completed!