Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 168 Europe's Strongest Forward Combination

After the match, the English media gave it extensive coverage.

Manchester City's 5-1 thrashing of Manchester United in the derby surprised many. Despite their excellent performance this season, most people still do not consider them a title contender.

Moreover, the match was played at Old Trafford, so Manchester United had even less reason to suffer such a crushing defeat.

Before the match, Shan Yongzhuo made some boastful remarks, saying he would score more than three goals, which was considered arrogant.

Now that the competition is over, no one calls him arrogant anymore.

Shan Yongzhuo scored four goals, essentially defeating Manchester United single-handedly and breaking the record for the most goals scored by an away player at Old Trafford.

Every one of his goals can be analyzed in detail, but the header is the most talked about.

Because everyone believes that Shan Yongzhuo not only has superb shooting skills, but also incredible luck.

Manchester United's supporters immediately published articles reporting on the situation. The Manchester Sports Daily wrote: "There's nothing that can be done about the game, because God is on Shan Yongzhuo's side."

Many media outlets followed suit and even dug up some of Shan Yongzhuo's previous games in Serie A.

However, many people just laughed it off.

Even if Shan Yongzhuo scored a lucky goal, so what?
The other three goals were all demonstrations of ability!
Shan Yongzhuo didn't care about all the noise and commotion, and the entire Manchester City team didn't have time to deal with the media either.

This week features two league matches. Just one day after their game against Manchester United, Manchester City will host Birmingham City at home.

Birmingham City have only 12 points this season, ranking in the lower half of the Premier League, and are not a very high-profile team.

However, the reason this match has attracted attention is because it has been touted by Chinese media as an unconventional Chinese derby.

In October 2009, Hong Kong tycoon Carson Yeung acquired Birmingham City Football Club and became its chairman.

This marks the first time in Premier League history that a Chinese chairman has been appointed, drawing considerable attention from Chinese media.

Last season, under the leadership of this Chinese owner, Birmingham City, as a newly promoted team, achieved a respectable 9th place finish in the league, which garnered much attention.

Before the match began, Yang Jiacheng also expressed his admiration for Shan Yongzhuo in the media.

"Without a doubt, he is the world's best striker and the pride of Chinese football."

Yang Jiacheng was very friendly and didn't hold back in praising Shan Yongzhuo.

One doesn't hit a smiling face, and Shan Yongzhuo also boasted to his fellow Chinese compatriot in the media, saying that he would go all out in the match against Birmingham.

Unfortunately, Birmingham displayed amazing fighting spirit in this match.

At the Etihad Stadium, the score was 1-1 when the match ended. Shan Yongzhuo scored a free kick in the first half, but throughout the game, he was trapped in Birmingham's tight defense and failed to score with any of his skills.

In the final moments of the match, Birmingham scored a long-range goal to equalize against Manchester City.

For Birmingham, a draw away to the formidable Manchester City was almost a victory, while Manchester City fared much worse.

Seeing a victory snatched away and three points turned into one, Mancini was furious.

Balotelli, in particular, squandered numerous opportunities in this match and was severely criticized by Mancini after the game.

However, Balotelli didn't seem to care much. After the game, he called up his friends and went clubbing with Kompany, the Toure brothers, and others.

Shan Yongzhuo felt helpless about his teammates, but there was nothing he could do.

Premier League players are all well-off, and England has a thriving nightclub culture. For these energetic professional players who have nowhere to release their energy, nightclubs are indispensable.

For many, nightclubs are a kind of faith.

However, Shan Yongzhuo was destined to miss out on this opportunity. He could only envy him; without the ability, there was nothing he could do.

Manchester City's draw against Birmingham this round gave other teams a chance to catch up, but the strong teams all suffered upsets this round.

Apart from Arsenal's away victory against Everton, there were several upsets.

Chelsea's 3-0 defeat to Sunderland at Stamford Bridge was a major shock.

Manchester United also managed a hard-fought draw against Aston Villa away from home.

Liverpool suffered a crushing 2-0 defeat away to minnows Stoke City.

A series of upsets not only prevented Manchester City from being caught up, but also widened the gap with Chelsea, which is truly remarkable.

The league resumed a week later.

Manchester City travel to London to visit Craven Cottage and face Fulham away from home.

Fulham are taking this match very seriously.

Fulham fans, on the other hand, were terrified.

The reason is simple: their biggest nightmare, Shan Yongzhuo, has returned.

Last season, Shan Yongzhuo was still with Roma, but he became Fulham's biggest nemesis in the Europa League. In the four group stage and semi-final matches, Shan Yongzhuo dominated Fulham, giving them no chance.

Although Shan Yongzhuo has moved to the Premier League and joined a new team this season, his performance has not been affected in any way.

At this moment, Fulham fans are also showing a very pessimistic attitude towards Shan Yongzhuo.

However, Shan Yongzhuo's performance in this match was rather unremarkable, while Tevez, who had just recovered from injury, delivered a very impressive performance.

Tevez displayed amazing form in the match, scoring three goals in the first and second halves, completing a hat-trick.

Shan Yongzhuo also scored a goal in the first half.

In the end, Manchester City easily secured a 4-1 away victory against Fulham.

Tevez's outstanding performance in this match earned him unanimous praise from the media after the game, with many outlets considering his partnership with Shan Yongzhuo as the strongest attacking duo in the Premier League and even the world.

You can tell just by looking at the data.

After this match, Shan Yongzhuo has scored 26 goals in the Premier League, a truly astonishing statistic.

Tevez's performance was also not bad; scoring 6 goals in 14 league matches can be considered excellent.

The two players scored a combined 32 goals, a record unmatched in Europe.

Manchester City secured a resounding away victory against Fulham, further solidifying their position at the top of the league table.

Chelsea, in second place, faltered once again, suffering a 0-1 defeat away to Birmingham, marking their second consecutive league loss and widening the gap with Manchester City to 8 points.

What worries Chelsea fans even more is that rumors of discord between the manager and players have surfaced at this time.

Media outlets captured a scene at Chelsea's training ground where Ancelotti was talking to someone when the notoriously troublesome Anelka stormed off in dissatisfaction, leaving Ancelotti looking livid.

Later, Anelka publicly stated that he would leave in the winter.

This series of events immediately plunged Chelsea into another dressing room crisis.

(End of this chapter)