Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 227

The ratings of the Premier League are rising year by year, which is inversely proportional to the players' rest time.

While other leagues are taking a break to ease the pressure, the 19th round of the Premier League officially begins!

Currently, Manchester City ranks first in the Premier League standings with 16 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and their points have reached 49 points.

According to this score, Manchester City also won the title of Christmas champion as expected, which is what fans often call the first half champion.

At the pre-match press conference with Leicester City, Guardiola, who returned to Manchester, said very modestly,

"League champion? Yes, our current score is indeed good, but we will not relax, everything is not yet determined."

"In the second half, we will have a lot of games to play, the Champions League, the FA Cup, the league! Oh, including the upcoming League Cup, we will face four-line battles!"

Speaking of the League Cup, Guardiola wiped his face with a wry smile.

To be honest, it feels great to win, but Guardiola is not in a good mood when he thinks about the battle with Chelsea.

He is afraid that the team will collapse suddenly!

For this reason, after a brief reunion with family and friends, Guardiola immediately got down to work. Before flying back to Manchester, Guardiola had contacted several scouts and agents of relevant players.

The current situation is that Manchester City must work hard on recruiting players. Alvarez is not the only and not the last target!

"Kevin will be the best helper in the team. When he is healthy, he can be combined with Chen Chen."

"Yes, we still need to do some recruitment work. It is not our style to sit and wait for death."

"A genius from South America? I have informed the team management and River Plate that Alvarez will come to Manchester in this winter window!"

"Our goal is very clear, that is to try to win every game. The fans need more championship trophies."

"The arrangement against Leicester City? You will see it in the afternoon game."

It is very interesting that the pre-match press conference of this round of Manchester City vs. Leicester City was made up on the morning of the 26th because yesterday was Christmas.

So, there is nothing wrong with what Guardiola said to the media.

After Manchester City is Liverpool, which has 12 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss and 40 points with one game less.

Klopp's team has scored many goals, but they have too many draws!

In terms of finishing ability, Liverpool is still a little weak.

Of course, the defeat in the decisive battle between Liverpool and Manchester City was the main reason, after all, it was a 6-point battle!

Speaking of the lack of finishing ability, Liverpool specially bought Colombian striker Luis Diaz in this winter window, and the player only needs to be officially announced and undergo a physical examination.

Manchester City has competed with Liverpool before, but Luis seems to be a bit of a dream?

Following Liverpool is Chelsea.

With one less game, Tuchel's team has 11 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss with 38 points.

After Chelsea is Manchester United with 33 points, 10 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses and 33 points, and they have not played one less game.

It looks good, but it depends on who you compare it with.

It is definitely not good compared with Manchester City.

But if it is compared with the third brother Arsenal, it is still very comfortable.

At present, Arsenal has 10 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses and 32 points, and Tazige's winning rate is almost half and half.

It is worth mentioning that the third brother Arsenal has recently lost a lot of players.

For example, Aubameyang left without a visa, and the Gabonese international's next stop is Barcelona.

Well, Barcelona felt that signing Ferran Torres was not safe, so they brought in the 32-year-old Aubameyang.

As for the big brother AC Milan?

Milan is currently ranked first in Serie A. After 19 rounds, it has 13 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, and ranks first with 42 points. It is not comparable to the second brother Manchester United and the third brother Arsenal.

Finally, Tottenham, with two fewer games, has 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses and 29 points.

Conte's life is really not easy.

In the game against Leicester City, Guardiola fielded a semi-main lineup.

B Seat played as a center forward, with Sterling on the left and Mahrez on the right.

The midfield is Gundogan and Fernandez, and De Bruyne is a little forward.

The back line is Zinchenko, Laporte, Ruben Dias and Cancelo.

The goalkeeper is naturally Ederson.

In this kind of league match, Guardiola will not use young players in the starting lineup. The EFL Cup is a "tasteless and a pity to discard" chicken ribs, so Guardiola will use young players to play.

In fact, it is not just Manchester City that does this. In the match between Chelsea and Brentford, Tuchel also replaced most of the main lineup.

But the Bees are better than TottenhamPay some, the Blues ended the game with a clean 2-0.

Manchester City played against Leicester City at home.

The weather after Christmas was pretty good, with clouds but no rain, but the wind was a little noisy.

Before the game started, before the players on both sides returned to the locker room for final preparations, toys rained down from top to bottom in the stands of Etihad!

Isn't this because the Chinese New Year is coming soon?

So the fans brought the toys that their children didn't use or didn't like, and it rained toys in the stadium, and then the Etihad staff collected them and sent them to the children in the welfare homes.

The love of nearly 55,000 Blue Moon and Blue Fox fans on the scene was applauded and encouraged by the players on both sides of the field.

Yes, on the court, the players and fans of both sides have to fight for the three-point victory.

But in addition to the three points, there are some things that can keep everyone closely connected!

For example, the eternal and only purpose of football---love and peace!

At the beginning of the game, Sterling scored two goals.

In less than 20 minutes, Manchester City was already leading the Foxes 3-0! The suspense of the game was gone!

At the end of the first half, Manchester City beat Leicester City 5-2.

This was exciting for the fans at the scene and in front of the TV!

7 goals! Just go all out?

The second half started with a change of sides.

Guardiola's substitutions were very cautious, all of which were positional substitutions.

Jesus replaced Sterling, who had scored a hat trick, and Chen Chen came on in the 75th minute to replace De Bruyne.

The final result of the game was 7-3.

It was a good opportunity to score and assist, but unfortunately Chen Chen didn't get it.

When thanking the game after the game, the players on both sides shook hands and laughed with each other. It seemed that everyone had a happy Christmas holiday.

After attending the post-match press conference, Guardiola got on the team bus and led the team back to the Manchester City youth training base.

After arriving at the base, Guardiola announced that the team would be disbanded on the spot and that they should do whatever they needed to do.

But there were a few exceptions in the team.

Guardiola brought De Bruyne and Fernandez, who had just finished physical therapy, to the conference room.

Of course, this also included Chen Chen.