Chapter 419 The 'Fifty-Ninth Round' League

At the end of the game, Manchester City players hugged and celebrated, everyone in the coaching bench rushed into the stadium excitedly, and the fans in the audience were also cheering wildly.

It felt like something Manchester City had won.

Actually, it's just a league.

But this league has a special meaning - after the match with Chelsea, Manchester City has already tied the football history AC Milan has created a 58-round unbeaten record in the league.

Sky Sports commentator George Woodgate is saying excitedly, "At the end of the game, Manchester City won Chelsea 2-0, and they won the twentieth round of this season, the first round since last season. Fifty-eighth league unbeaten game after Chelsea!"

"This is a key match, because the 58-round unbeaten run will no longer be exclusive to AC Milan, and they will share this honor with AC Milan!"

"For Manchester City, this moment is very glorious, because they are still moving forward, and every step they take in the future will be a new history!"

"This is a great moment!"

"Great moment for Manchester City! Great moment for English football!"

"..."

A throng of reporters poured into the stadium to interview Manchester City players, many of them surrounding Wan Sheng.

Wan Sheng looked at the surrounding reporters with a smile on his face.

Everyone waited for him to speak.

Wan Sheng finally waved his hand and said, "I think you guys are too excited."

"It's just a league, we didn't win anything. To say that the league is unbeaten, it's just tying AC Milan's record, not setting a new record. I think your excitement should be carried to the next game. , then we will be unique..."

"If you guys are going to the press conference, I'd rather say something about the game."

After Wan Sheng finished speaking, he walked away, looking like he didn't care.

He wants to play down the impact of the game, and doesn't want to talk about tying the record at this point in time.

Just like what they said, they just tied the record, not created a new record, even if they created a new record, it is just a kind of data, there is no need to celebrate, otherwise every game will be undefeated in the future. After the league, isn't it going to be a big celebration?

But obviously the media's thinking, especially the British media's, is diametrically opposed to Wansheng.

There has always been a competitive relationship between the Premier League and Serie A. Now that Manchester City has created an honor that belongs to the Premier League and has tied the record of the Serie A giants AC Milan, it naturally needs to be reported.

So no matter what Wansheng said at the stadium or at the press conference, few British media reported the content of the Manchester City-Chelsea match, and they were all talking about Manchester City tying the record.

At the same time, the Italian media are also reporting.

But the content of their reports is different from that of the British media. They don't have a good impression of Manchester City tying their own record, so they all use this incident to explain, "The level of the Premier League is decreasing."

"...Manchester City's unbeaten 58 consecutive league matches shows that the current Premier League has been dominated by Manchester City..."

"In the Champions League last season, Manchester City was just the defeat of AC Milan, but they were able to win consecutive Premier League wins, which shows the Premier League..."

In a word, the meaning of the Italian media is that Manchester City’s tie for the record just shows that the level of the Premier League is declining. They also talk about the current Premier League standings. Manchester City is the first in the league, but Manchester United, who is second, has already pulled away from them. With a gap of 6 points, Chelsea in third place is even worse. There is a gap of more than 10 points with Manchester City, and they are unable to compete for the league championship in the second half of the schedule.

"Just over halfway through the season, Manchester City has already shown an absolute advantage in the title race. They have won the Premier League title for two consecutive seasons before, and now the Premier League is completely dominated by a defeated team from AC Milan..."

The Italian media's remarks made the British media very annoyed.

The British media will not admit that the level of the Premier League has declined. In fact, from the indicators of 'UEFA points', as well as club strength, transfers, income and other aspects, the Premier League has surpassed Serie A in an all-round way. Take this season's Champions League as an example. , Of the four teams in the Premier League, three of them all qualified first in the group with an absolute advantage. The only remaining one is Liverpool, or the Champions League champion in 2004-2005. No matter from which point of view, the level of the Premier League has not declined.

However, the Italian media seized on the argument that "Manchester City lost to AC Milan in the Champions League last season" and constantly explained the decline in the level of the Premier League, which made the British media grit their teeth and do nothing.

They couldn't help but start looking forward to this season's Champions League, with the Italian side being beaten by the English side.

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Just when the British media and the Italian media were pinching together, Manchester City had already welcomed the next round of the league.

This round of Manchester City's away game against Newcastle United and the previous round against Chelsea were only two days apart, so Manchester City didn't even have time to relive the aftertaste of tying the record.

Perhaps the British media have 'helped' Manchester City to reminisce, and they also 'helped' Manchester City to report on the 21st round of the league in advance, analyze various situations, and judge one thing-whether Manchester City can beat Newcastle United and create the top five in Europe. A new history of unbeaten league records!

On a rare occasion, many large media such as "Manchester Sports", "Guardian", "Daily Mirror", "The Times", "Sun" and so on have reached an agreement on the issue, and they are all analyzing the two sides After considering various factors such as the lineup and the current situation, we came to a conclusion that "it is not difficult for Manchester City to remain unbeaten away from home", or, in other words, "there is no suspense".

Newcastle United are by no means a team to threaten Manchester City, even if they are at St James' Park.

In the summer, Newcastle United supplemented the lineup, but so far their league performance is not good, just in a middle and lower ranking, and the performance of Manchester City is naturally incomparable.

"As long as Manchester City value the game, they won't fall here..." The Guardian said.

Will Manchester City take the game seriously?

Obviously it will!

Before the game, Wansheng had been doing ideological work on the players. He used his majesty in the team, or his personal charm, to keep telling the team one thing, "As long as we play seriously, we will definitely win!"

If other coaches say this, the team will definitely think that it is just to inspire fighting spirit, but many players in the Manchester City team have a very high respect for Wan Sheng, so when Wan Sheng said this, everyone thought that he was expressing the truth. .

Therefore, the pressure on each player's heart is much less, and they play with the confidence of winning.

Newcastle United is definitely not willing to be a stepping stone for Manchester City to break the record. Before the game, the head coach Allardyce did a lot of preparation work, and also said seriously in the media, "Newcastle United is not a soft persimmon, we will do our best to stop it. They broke records!"

Allardyce is still somewhat authoritative, and his words are at least half fulfilled - full force.

Newcastle United did their best from the first minute of the game, and every player who came on was working hard, which led to them even suppressing Manchester City for a while.

In the 13th minute, Michael Owen received a pass from Gremi and shot from 15 meters in front of the goal to help Newcastle United lead the score.

"Owen Owen Owen Owen—!!"

"Owen helped Newcastle United take the lead! 1:0, this goal is to prove that Manchester City wants to step on Newcastle United to create a record, it is not so easy!"

The announcement from St James' Park was heartening and every Newcastle fan did their best to cheer.

They were very bored before the game.

The match between Newcastle United and Manchester City has not yet started, but most of the British media have already supported Manchester City, and many reports say that it means that Manchester City has already defeated Newcastle United.

Newcastle United fans are very happy to see the team ahead of Manchester City now.

However, their happiness only lasted for less than ten minutes.

Although Newcastle United took the lead and scored the first goal, it does not mean that they will be able to win. In this game, the Manchester City players came with the confidence to win. Even if they conceded a goal, their mentality will not change. It wasn't affected, but it was more powerful.

After the two teams restarted the kickoff, Manchester City pressed Newcastle United for more than 8 minutes in a row.

Finally, in the 21st minute, Manchester City's offense paid off. After Silva and Martin Petrov passed the ball three times in a row from the left, Martin Petrov made a long pass and hung up, and Torres stepped in and grabbed it. position and kick the ball into the goal.

"Gooal! Gooal!"

"Torres! Torres!"

"1:1, in just eight minutes, Manchester City tied the score!"

After Torres scored, Manchester City continued to suppress Newcastle United, but Newcastle United played very tenaciously and it was not easy to continue scoring goals. As a result, neither side was able to score again until 80 minutes into the game.

In the 80th minute, Manchester City got a good chance.

Silva was at the front of the penalty area and was shoveled to the ground by Joey Barton. Joey Barton's defense continued his fierceness at Manchester City. He was about to face his former teammates. Watt was no big deal. After standing up from the grass, Manchester City organized a free kick.

Ivan Crewe takes the free throw.

Ivan Crewe has long become the team's number one free-throw shooter. Usually, when he wants to take a free-throw, other teammates will not fight for it. At the same time, his free-kicks also have a certain reputation in the Premier League and even Europe, so Newcastle United In terms of organization and defense, they still paid more attention. They formed a four-person wall, and other players also stood nearby waiting to grab the ball.

Manchester City appeared to be fighting for points in the frontcourt, but Ivan Crewe chose to shoot directly.

This shot hit a high arc.

The football flew to the highest point and spun into the far corner. Irish goalkeeper Shay made a misjudgment. When he jumped up, he found that his hands were no longer able to reach the ball. As a result, he could only watch the ball fall from the top of his head.

1:2!

Manchester City overtake the score! (To be continued ~^~)