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Chapter 159 Overhead kick! New record in the Premier League! He is the most perfect winger in my mind! [Subscribe]

"Di Maria has always been a very, very good player for me."

"I always believe that he will not let anyone down!"

At the post-match press conference, Yang Cheng specifically praised Di Maria's winning goal.

This was the Argentine's first Premier League goal of the season.

Before, he had been criticized by the media and fans for scoring goals.

Especially with Gareth Bale and Walcott's greatly improved performances this season, everyone feels that these two local wingers should become absolute main players and star players.

But Yang Cheng always trusted Di Maria and arranged three players to rotate.

This decision paid off in last season's Champions League final.

Today, at Stamford Bridge, it paid off.

"Di Maria is a very special player who brings something special to the team."

After the battle at Stamford Bridge, Yang Cheng believes that Di Maria has withstood the pressure and is entering a period of transformation.

This is a stage that all professional players go through in their growth.

On the contrary, Gareth Bale and Walcott have not reached this stage yet.

Yang Cheng expressed satisfaction with the 1 win and 1 loss in this year's Christmas schedule.

The reason why Tottenham lost to Redknapp's team away from home was due to the rotation and the Club World Cup disrupting the players' rhythm of the game.

The flip side is that Redknapp's side did perform well, especially defensively.

In this game, Yang Cheng's team defeated Chelsea at home and once again proved their strength.

The defense organized by Scolari is indeed quite good.

After defeating Chelsea, Bayswater Chinese had a record of 20 wins, 16 draw and 1 loss in 1 rounds, scored 49 points, and ranked first in the Premier League.

Arsenal ranked second with 45 points, while Manchester United and Liverpool both had 44 points, ranking third and fourth respectively.

Chelsea is in fifth place with 39 points and Manchester City is in sixth place with 5 points.

Overall, the power structure of the Premier League has almost taken shape.

After the game, the British media were also analyzing that Di Maria's winning goal was of great significance.

Without this goal, the game would most likely have been a draw.

Then Bayswater Chinese will only have 47 points left, only 2 points ahead of Arsenal, and the situation will become very dangerous.

Of course, Yang Cheng didn't have too much pressure.

After all, the Chinese team in Bayswater has played two fewer games.

Although Manchester United beat their opponents 2-1 in the two Premier League rounds after Christmas, Ferguson was still very dissatisfied with the schedule.

After 20 rounds, he blasted the Premier League on the grounds that in the first half of this season, they played all of the top 10 teams in the Premier League last season away from home.

Well, the 3rd round home game against Bayswater Chinese has been postponed.

So, Ferguson pretended not to see this round.

"They told me it wasn't intentional, and I was like, damn it!"

The Premier League also responded immediately, saying that the schedule was indeed very troublesome.

In order to show their attitude, they decided to invite representatives from the club to be present when arranging the schedule to show transparency.

……

January 1, FA Cup third round.

Bayswater Chinese challenge Southampton away.

Visiting St. Mary's Stadium, Yang Cheng continued to play with a lineup of all substitutes and young players.

The Saints are in a very bad situation at the moment, ranking 23rd in the Championship. Although there is still hope of relegation, the situation is very dangerous.

Yang Cheng's team took the lead in launching an attack at St. Mary's Stadium.

But it was not until the 17th minute that Lewandowski made a wonderful heel pass, Gareth Bale broke into the penalty area from the right, dribbled past the defender and shot with his left foot.

1 is better than 0!

In the 26th minute, Aaron Ramsey broke into the penalty area, got a chance to score a goal alone, and calmly sent the ball into the goal, 2-0!

After the second half, until the 81st minute, Hazard dribbled the ball from the left into the left side of the penalty area, passed three defenders, and when he could have shot, he chose to pass the ball to the unguarded Lewandowski.

The Polish center forward scored in one fell swoop, locking the score at 3-0!

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Southampton 3-0 and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

……

On January 1, in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final, Bayswater Chinese once again went to White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.

This is the second time the two teams meet since Boxing Day.

Due to Leighton Baines’ injury, Marcelo played 3 games in a row with great intensity.

So in this game, Yang Cheng had to make a rotation again, and Matuidi was placed at the left-back position.

In the midfield, Matic stayed behind, while Rakitic and Aaron Ramsey partnered up.

After the start of the first half, the Bayswater Chinese played very well and successfully scored a goal against Tottenham Hotspur in the 15th minute, taking the lead.

But after the start of the second half, Tottenham launched a counterattack.

In the 47th minute, Kompany accidentally blocked the ball into his own goal while defending Pavlyuchenko.

It was a low cross from the left wing where Matuidi was stationed.

This kind of ball is very easy to cause own goals, and Kompany is just one of the unlucky ones.

But it was precisely because of this goal that Kompany missed Michael Dawson in a corner kick defense 4 minutes later and conceded another goal.

In just 5 minutes, they conceded two goals.

Although the Chinese in Bayswater quickly stabilized their position and Yang Cheng made substitutions to intensify the attack, they still failed to reverse the situation.

1 is better than 2!

Bayswater Chinese failed again at White Hart Lane!

After falling twice in a row at White Hart Lane, Yang Cheng had nothing much to say.

But he defended Kompany as evidence of the Belgian's bravery.

He not only said this in the media, but also praised Kompany in the locker room.

Defending a ball like this can easily lead to an own goal, but Kompany deserves recognition for daring to take action.

In another match, Manchester United lost 0-1 to Derby County away.

……

March 1st afternoon, Wembley Stadium, London.

In the 21st round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese played against Blackburn at home.

Just 1 minute and 43 seconds into the game, Di Maria received a cross from Maicon on the right. In the penalty area, facing the combined attack of Givet and Andrews, he dribbled the ball around as if he was in an empty space.

He made a cross kick with his right foot on the right side of the penalty area, trying to pass the ball to the middle of the penalty area to find Dzeko.

But Blackburn retreated across the board, with center back Nelson retreating directly to the right corner of the small penalty area and blocking Di Maria's cross.

The ball fell to Di Maria's feet again.

The Argentine was in excellent form after getting enough rest.

The moment the ball returned to him, he dribbled the ball with his right foot, dribbled past Blackburn's left-back Givet, and with his left foot, he dribbled the ball horizontally to the middle in front of Andrews.

Nelson immediately chose to rush forward, rushed out of the small penalty area, and made a sliding tackle towards the ball that Di Maria dribbled out.

But the Argentine got ahead of the opponent, caught up with the ball without adjusting, and shot with his left foot.

The ball made an elegant arc and hit the left side of the goal.

"The ball went in!!!"

"Di Maria!"

"Di Maria again!!!"

"Just 1 minute and 50 seconds into the game, the Chinese from Bayswater took the lead in breaking Blackburn's goal!"

"Angel from Argentina, Di Maria!"

Di Maria made a heart shape with his hands in front of his chest, ran all the way to the sidelines, and knelt down directly under the fans' stands.

The Bayswater Chinese players behind him also chased after him to celebrate the goal.

He scored his first league goal in the last round.

Unexpectedly, he scored again in this round!
That's it?

Do not!
At 4 minutes and 16 seconds, Di Maria passed the ball to Modric and ran towards the penalty area.

Modric got the ball and passed it to the right.

Maicon made a high-speed run along the right side, used his speed to overtake Givet, and then made a cross to Dzeko near the baseline.

Nelson headed the ball out from in front of the right post.

But the clearance did not fly very far and was still within the penalty area.

On the right side of the penalty spot, Di Maria, who had run too far, stopped and turned abruptly, then kicked the falling football with his left foot and passed it over Turkish midfielder Karimoglu Tugay.

Di Maria, who was in great form, did not turn around after picking up the ball. Instead, he flipped his body and made a bicycle kick, sending the ball into Blackburn's goal again with his left foot.

In an instant, the entire Wembley Stadium exploded!

"Upside down golden hook!!"

"Another Di Maria goal!"

"Two goals!!"

The 9 fans in the stadium were cheering and shouting wildly.

In less than 3 minutes, 2 goals were scored!
Is this the Di Maria who is accused by everyone of not being able to score goals?
The Argentine winger made his heart shape again and quickly rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.

Just when everyone in the stadium was immersed in Di Maria's feat of scoring two goals in less than 5 minutes after the start of the game, in the 16th minute, there was still an attack from the right.

Modric sent another side pass, Maicon used his speed on the right to get past Andrews who was returning to defense, and then made a low cross to the right side of the penalty area.

After receiving the pass from Maicon, Di Maria took the ball with his left foot and prepared to cut inside to the far corner.

Everyone knows that Di Maria is a left-footed player and his right foot is like a cripple.

Therefore, including Karimoglu Tugai, Givet and Nelson, all kept a close eye on Di Maria's left foot.

Especially Tugai and Givet, who tried to block Di Maria's left-foot shot at the same time.

Unexpectedly, after the Argentine took the ball with his left foot, he used a movement similar to a cow's tail to bring the ball back and passed it to his right foot. After stabilizing his center of gravity and creating an angle, he shot directly with his right foot and penetrated Blackburn's goal again.

hat trick!

Everyone was stunned!
Even the Sky TV commentator was completely shocked.

16 minutes into the game!!
It’s only been 16 minutes!!

Di Maria actually performed a hat trick!
Aren’t Argentines good at scoring goals?
It’s true that honest people don’t score goals, but once they do, it’s out of control!
"Blackburn manager Mark Hughes must be in a terrible mood right now."

"He vowed before the game that Bayswater Chinese had been in poor form recently and had lost consecutive games, so Blackburn had a chance to take advantage of the situation."

"But I didn't expect that Blackburn would concede three goals in just 16 minutes!"

“And all of them were attacks from the right side.”

"The Bayswater Chinese scored in their first two attacks. They were very efficient!"

"Angel Di Maria!"

"The Angel of Wembley!"

“Everyone should remember this name, because he created a whole new history!”

"A hat trick in just 16 minutes, Di Maria created the fastest hat trick in Premier League history!"

"This is unbelievable!"

"It is worth noting that the record Di Maria broke was that of his former team-mate, Andrey Arshavin."

"The Russian Tsar scored four goals in the 06th round of the Premier League in the 07/20 season, on Christmas Day against Chelsea, and also created the fastest hat trick in the history of the Premier League at that time."

"It took Arshavin 18 minutes!"

"But now, Di Maria has raised the record to 16 minutes!"

"This is simply unbelievable!"

"Di Maria scored his first Premier League goal of the season against Chelsea in the last round."

"Who would have thought that he would score a hat trick in this round!"

……

"This kid is simply an angel spokesperson!"

In front of the home team's coaching bench, Brian Kidd was so excited that he couldn't help cheering after seeing Di Maria score consecutive goals and perform a hat trick.

He watched these children grow up before his eyes.

Although Di Maria became famous last season, he will not turn 2 until February 14.

He is very young.

But under the careful cultivation of the Chinese in Bayswater and repeated training in competitions, he has demonstrated extraordinary talent, especially in the last two rounds, when he has clearly revealed his intimidating edge.

In Yang Cheng's opinion, the current Di Maria is also different from the Di Maria in his previous life.

In his previous life, Di Maria was a South American small forward in terms of technical characteristics, but he was not actually good at scoring goals.

It can be said that this was determined by the development of his career.

Anyone who stays in the same team with "ball bullies" like Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Mbappe can only be a wingman.

This is fortunate, but also unfortunate.

The reason why Di Maria is known as the king of the final is enough to prove that he can still hold on at critical moments and his scoring ability is beyond doubt.

His career has shaped his playing habits and technical characteristics.

But now, in Bayswater Chinese, in Yang Cheng's 433, the two wingers have strong scoring tasks, and there are no super strong points like Ronaldo and Messi, so the overall offensive authority is distributed more balanced.

Therefore, Di Maria has more and better opportunities to face the goal directly.

Although they are both not good at scoring, Di Maria has an advantage when he is next to Ronaldo and Messi.

But for the Chinese in Bayswater, this has become a weak point.

So, the Argentines are constantly working hard, changing and adapting.

In Yang Cheng's opinion, Di Maria is now more aggressive and sharper than in his previous life.

To put it simply, it is equivalent to Di Maria with enhanced scoring ability.

"This kid is completely different from Gareth Bale, Walcott and Hazard."

After seeing the players celebrate the goal, Brian Kidd returned to the court and said to Yang Cheng with a smile.

"Gareth Bale has a strong body, strong confrontation ability and is very fast; Walcott is relatively weak, but very fast, and is very sharp in running without the ball and inserting into gaps; Hazard is good at dribbling and breaking through."

"But among these four players, Di Maria has the strongest sense of cooperation, the strongest passing ability, and his technique is particularly outstanding. The individual ability of South American players is also the strongest."

After a pause, Brian Kidd said with some regret: "It's just that his body is a little thin."

Danny McGrane on the side heard this and smiled and continued, "But his personal breakthrough was very good."

"Don't be fooled by the awkwardness of his body movements. But just by twisting and turning like this, he can get you through."

With a 3-0 lead, everyone felt very relaxed and burst into laughter.

Di Maria's passing has a strong South American flavor.

how to say?

It’s just not standardized!
This is not a disparagement; rather, it is a compliment to South American players.

Why is it that European players have decent individual abilities, but generally are not good at fighting alone?

After all, the movements are a bit too standardized.

To put it bluntly, the more successful a team or country is in youth training, the more standardized the players' technical movements will be.

When players' movements on the court are very methodical, they will not be able to handle the situation when facing experienced defensive players, as they will guess what you are trying to do immediately.

Why are South American players different?

Because their movements are not standard at all.

They have been trained completely freely since childhood, without any rules or regulations in their minds. They just play in the way that is comfortable and effective, so they can always develop a set of technical moves that perfectly suit their personal conditions.

There are all kinds of things like frogs jumping over people and seals jumping over people...

Looks awkward?

It’s okay, the effect on the court is great!

Moreover, as the fans watch, they will feel that it has a unique rhythm and beauty.

Just like Di Maria.

He is as thin as a bamboo pole and is nicknamed Noodle Man. He twists and turns on the court with the ball. It looks awkward, but his movements are so fast that the defensive players have no idea how to defend against him.

But his entire set of movements was as smooth as flowing water, passing, controlling the ball and shooting were all done in one go, with almost no mistakes.

Because this style of play is what he has been playing since he was a child.

A unique set of moves that belongs exclusively to Di Maria.

Others can’t learn it!

This is the characteristic of South American players!

So, when the youth training camp for Chinese players in Bayswater was launched, Yang Cheng said something.

Give more decision-making power to the players.

When designing training programs, we should advocate more to stimulate the creativity and imagination of players.

This is his understanding of youth training after decades of coaching.

Perhaps it cannot achieve the same effect as players nurtured in the objective environment of South America, but at least it can make up for some of the shortcomings of European youth training.

"In fact, our team's performance in recent times has been good, and the overall tactical framework is relatively stable, but the players' state has fluctuated, which has led to some problems in the team's tactical execution."

Yang Cheng made a judgment on the team's performance in recent times.

No matter how good the tactics are, they still need the players to execute them.

The biggest problem with the English Christmas schedule is that it can cause teams to fluctuate in form.

"Our passing and cutting speed is slower than before." Brian Kidd agreed with Yang Cheng's judgment.

The slowdown in passing and cutting is caused by many factors, including schedule, fatigue, ups and downs, game rhythm, and even injuries.

For the Chinese in Bayswater, many problems will be exposed once the speed of passing and cutting slows down.

For example, players on the wing cannot receive accelerated passes.

Why can’t I answer it?
Because when you slow down, the opponent will seem faster. Once you return to defense faster, there will be less space left for the midfielder to pass the ball and for the two wingers to sprint.

When the passing space and sprinting space become smaller, the wingers can only receive the ball on the spot, which further slows down the team's passing and cutting speed.

Many people wonder why speed forwards like Gareth Bale, Walcott, Di Maria, and even Michael Owen, who was a little earlier, can become famous at such a young age?
Because they don't need to have too much physical contact and strength confrontation with the opponent, nor do they need to receive the ball with their backs.

All they need to do is use their speed advantage to rush forward and receive passes from their teammates.

If we want to unleash their threat, someone has to be responsible for passing the ball to them with enough lead time so that they can sprint!
On the contrary, slowing down requires strength to confront and receive the ball with your back to the basket.

"Our outstanding performance in the first half also made our opponents strengthen their defense against us. More and more teams began to adopt a tight defensive strategy when playing against us."

“There aren’t many good people like Mark Hughes!”

Yang Cheng's words made the assistants around him laugh again.

Mark Hughes is indeed a good man, at least he did not start conservatively. So, the Chinese in Bayswater were kicked into a sieve, which made Di Maria successful!
But after conceding three goals, he began to realize the problem and started to retreat.

At this time, it became a positional war.

Of course, Yang Cheng also has the means of positional warfare.

Including Dzeko's high balls, Di Maria and Modric's dribbling, and set-piece attacks in the frontcourt.

Even when necessary, Hazard can dribble the ball and cause a foul.

Just as Yang Cheng said before, this style of play of the Chinese in Bayswater will give their opponents a lot of headaches.

Pressing out to grab the ball, the Chinese players of Bayswater all have excellent quick passing and cutting abilities, making it easier for them to get the ball behind them.

Without pressing forward to steal the ball, the passing and controlling of the ball in the midfield and backcourt, as well as the passing ability in the midfield, will make the opponent nervous at all times.

It’s difficult no matter how you do it!
But the biggest headache for the Chinese in Bayswater was retreating and defending the area.

This is actually the biggest difference between the Chinese in Bayswater and Guardiola's Barcelona.

Guardiola's Barcelona actually lacks speed.

Even though he always presses his opponents flat and stretches their offensive formation wide, this is precisely because they lack the speed to advance.

Because after they get the ball, the first thing they do is to maintain control of it.

The slow pace of advancement, coupled with the lack of absolute speed advantage among the wingers, means that what Barcelona fears most is not the team that shrinks and defends tightly.

What they fear most is the team that presses out as a whole to grab the ball, quickly gets behind them after grabbing it, and returns to defense quickly.

As for the iron bucket formation set up by Hiddink at Chelsea in Yang Cheng's previous life, no matter which team encounters it, it will be a headache.

However, when Mourinho's Inter Milan played against Barcelona at home, they did not set up a solid defense.

Later, teams such as Arsenal and AC Milan repeatedly confirmed this when facing Barcelona.

None of them followed Hiddink's iron bucket formation, but instead followed Mourinho's Inter Milan.

Therefore, in Yang Cheng's opinion, purely from a tactical perspective, the current Bayswater Chinese are more comprehensive and more difficult to defend than Barcelona.

If you want to defeat the Chinese in Bayswater, besides setting up an iron bucket formation, you can only hope that the Chinese in Bayswater will cause problems themselves.

Or they may be confident that they can defeat the Chinese in Bayswater in the offensive.

Otherwise, it would be like Mark Hughes' Blackburn Rovers, who were beaten right from the start.

……

When the game entered the 59th minute of the second half, Bayswater Chinese launched another attack, confirming Yang Cheng's point of view.

After the team successfully intercepted the ball near the center line, they passed the ball to the frontcourt with a series of passes.

Di Maria sprinted quickly to the outside right corner of the penalty area in the frontcourt. After receiving the ball, facing Givet and Tugay, Di Maria shook continuously, deceived Givet with a fake move, and then cut inside with the ball.

The Argentine found a way to pass the ball between two defenders and immediately made a pass.

Dzeko was on the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area, with his back to the direction of attack, waiting for Di Maria's pass.

But there were two central defenders behind him. He didn't turn around or stop the ball, but directly passed it back to the top of the arc.

After Di Maria passed the ball, he suddenly accelerated, passed through two defensive players and chased to the top of the arc.

At this time, Blackburn's Dutch right-back Andre Oyer shook off Gareth Bale and rushed towards Di Maria.

The Argentine saw the opportunity and sent a diagonal pass.

The ball was passed between Oyer and center back Samba to the empty left side of the penalty area.

Gareth Bale made a high-speed run, without stopping the ball, and shot with his left foot, sending the ball into Blackburn's goal again.

The whole process was as smooth as flowing water, neat and efficient!

4 is better than 0!

In the end, Bayswater Chinese defeated Blackburn 4-0 at home thanks to Di Maria's hat-trick!

After the game, the entire British media was completely blown away!

All the media used a lot of space to report Bayswater Chinese's big victory and Di Maria's hat trick.

It even overshadowed Manchester United's 3-0 home win over Chelsea in the same round.

Almost all the media are praising Di Maria's wonderful performance!
This is the fastest hat trick in Premier League history!

No one expected that Di Maria would not be able to stop scoring once he scored.

2 goals scored in 4 rounds!
How does this look like a winger?

At the post-match press conference, Yang Cheng once again praised Di Maria highly.

"He is one of the most perfect wingers in my mind!"

Yang Cheng also specifically explained further that in the 433 formation of the Bayswater Chinese, the wingers looking for the center forward is a very important offensive channel.

And Di Maria has almost no shortcomings in this regard!
Of course, the British media has always liked to set traps for people.

For example, this time, they asked Yang Cheng, Di Maria is in such a hot form recently, what about Gareth Bale and Walcott?

In Yang Cheng's mind, who of these three wingers is more important?
Yang Cheng initially wanted to practice Tai Chi, but the media would never do as he wished.

In the end, he had no choice but to think of a quick solution.

"They are like our limbs. Which is more important, your left foot or your right foot? Which is better, your left hand or your right hand?"

“So, my answer is, both are important and indispensable!”

The media reporters at the scene were amused by Yang Cheng's wit and burst into warm applause.

But with four goals in the last two rounds, especially his world-class performance against Blackburn, Di Maria once again won everyone's recognition and the doubts about him disappeared.

In other matches of the same round, apart from Manchester United's 3-0 home win over Chelsea, Liverpool drew 0-0 with Stoke City away.

After Christmas and the winter break, Benítez's team continued to lose points and felt a bit exhausted.

Arsenal beat Bolton 1-0 at home.

Manchester City beat Portsmouth 2-0 away from home.

……

As mid-January approaches, the UK is hit by severe cold weather.

On the day of the 21st round, many professional matches were affected by rain, snow and ice and were forced to be suspended or even rescheduled.

But it is mainly concentrated in leagues below the Championship.

The reason is that the home facilities of teams in lower-level leagues are not perfect, especially the floor heating system, which is not even available in every stadium. This makes it difficult to conduct games when it rains, snows and freezes.

By midweek, Bayswater Chinese and Middlesbrough both advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup, which did not affect the make-up match.

But the bad weather still worries many people.

There was even a rumor that the game would be rescheduled.

The Bayswater Chinese insisted on proceeding as scheduled.

I have already missed two rounds of competition. If I don’t make up for it now, it will be very difficult to make up for it when the competition becomes more concentrated.

But Yang Cheng is definitely not someone who would joke about the safety of his players.

For this game, the Chinese in Bayswater invested more manpower and material resources to maintain Wembley Stadium and ensure that the game can go on smoothly.

The new stadium, coupled with advanced and complete facilities such as floor heating and drainage, allowed the game to proceed as scheduled.

Mr. Southgate's Middlesbrough still deployed their iconic 442 double defensive midfielder tactics, committed to defensive counterattacks.

But in the 40th minute of the first half, after the Bayswater Chinese midfielder intercepted the ball, Yaya Toure launched a counterattack.

Di Maria dribbled through on the left and made a cross, and Lewandowski turned and shot from the edge of the small penalty area.

Goalkeeper Tebruner performed bravely, falling to the ground and diving sideways to block the ball.

But just near the top of the penalty area, Yaya Toure, who had been advancing all the way, stopped the ball, passed it to his right foot, and hit the goal of Middlesbrough with a powerful shot.

1 is better than 0!

After the change of sides in the second half, Bayswater Chinese took the lead in launching an attack.

In the 53rd minute, Leighton Baines, who had just returned from injury, made a wonderful pass and Di Maria made a low shot with his left foot in the penalty area. The ball passed under the crotch of goalkeeper Terbrunn and went straight into Middlesbrough's goal.

2 is better than 0!

Just 6 minutes later, Di Maria made a diagonal pass from the left edge of the penalty area, and Walcott, who was unguarded on the right, volleyed the ball into the goal.

3 is better than 0!

With one assist and one goal, Di Maria has shown world-class performance in three consecutive games!

In the end, Bayswater Chinese won 3-0 against Middlesbrough at home.

After this round of games, Bayswater Chinese had 18 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and got 55 points, continuing to lead the Premier League standings.

Arsenal followed closely with 48 points, 7 points behind Bayswater Chinese.

Manchester United got 47 points and ranked third.

Liverpool is in 45th place with 4 points.

Manchester City overtook Chelsea with 40 points and took the fifth place in the Premier League.

Chelsea is ranked 39th in the Premier League with 6 points.

After the crushing defeat to Manchester United, rumors spread throughout Britain that Scolari would be sacked in the near future.

……

At the weekend, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese challenged West Ham United away.

The cold snap sweeping across the UK continues.

The poor venue caused a lot of trouble for the Bayswater Chinese.

Especially at the beginning.

Just 4 minutes later, defender Kompany made a mistake in stopping the ball and was intercepted by West Ham United's Italian striker Di Michele, who then dribbled past Neuer and pushed the ball into the goal.

The Hammers had a dream start at home!

But in the 22nd minute, Gareth Bale received a pass from Marcelo, kicked the ball from the left side 25 meters away from the goal, and fired a long shot that penetrated the West Ham United goal and equalized the score.

1 is better than 1!

After the second half, Modric suddenly dribbled into the penalty area and was fouled by the opponent's central defender Upson. The referee gave him a yellow card and awarded a penalty.

The Croatians scored in one fell swoop and reversed the score.

2 is better than 1!

In the 76th minute of the game, Walcott made a straight pass and Dzeko shot low in the penalty area and sent the ball into the West Ham United goal.

3 is better than 1!

Bayswater Chinese reversed West Ham United away and took all 3 points.

In the same round, Manchester City defeated Wigan Athletic 1-0 at home thanks to Kaka's goal, even though center back Richard Dunne was sent off early.

Manchester United fought hard for 90 minutes in the away game against Bolton, and finally won 1-0 with Berbatov's last-minute goal.

Chelsea scored two goals in a row after conceding a goal, and reversed Stoke City 2-1 at home.

Arsenal escaped danger safely and beat Hull City 3-1 thanks to goals from Benzema, Nasri and Bendtner.

Among the strong teams, only Liverpool drew 1-1 with Everton at home.

In this city derby, Benítez's team failed to beat their opponent.

Due to the consecutive points loss after Christmas, Liverpool’s current situation is very worrying.

To some extent, it is difficult for the Red Army to threaten the Bayswater Chinese team's championship momentum.

Instead, Benítez should be more worried about whether they can maintain their qualification for the Champions League next season.

After the game, the British media pointed their fingers at Benítez.

In a nutshell, Bei Dashi is simply asking for trouble.

There is a game a week, no pressure, and having been eliminated from the League Cup, the team will play in the FA Cup, still with a substitute lineup. As a result, Bei Dashi insisted on rotation and adjustment.

As a result, during the adjustment, the wrong nerves were connected and the aorta was severed.

In Yang Cheng's opinion, a very important reason for the recent consecutive points loss is that the already formed midfield iron triangle has been broken up.

Gerrard is a regular starter, but Xabi Alonso and Mascherano are always missing a corner.

The strangest thing is that in this round of home game against Everton, when Xabi Alonso started, his partner was Gerrard.

Benítez abandoned the established 4231 and switched to 442, which was a bit like Guardiola.

As a result, Liverpool only had 9 shots in the entire game, while Everton only had 7.

Not only was the whole game extremely boring, the key point was that we also lost points.

With Torres in poor form, Robbie Keane has been proven time and again to be unable to take on the responsibility.

Gerrard moved forward more, took on the offensive burden, and also scored Liverpool's goal.

As a result, all the defensive pressure in the midfield was on Xabi Alonso.

The whole Liverpool team was a mess!
This isn't the first time Benítez has messed up.

Yang Cheng had a vague feeling that Mr. Bei was actually competing with everyone.

What do you mean?

Now the whole world knows that Xabi Alonso is very important to Liverpool and that Benitez made a mistake last season.

But he denied it.

I refuse to admit it no matter what.

Not only did he refuse to admit it, he also insisted on going down this path to the end.

What he needs to do now is to prove to everyone through constant efforts and rotations that he is the only one who is indispensable in Liverpool!
His will is unshakable!

Xabi Alonso?
It's just a chess piece in his deployment of troops!
This is indeed true to some extent.

If the bet wins, the head coach's authority can be re-established.

But now, it turns out that he lost the bet.

Robbie Keane, Benayoun, Riera and others are unable to bear Liverpool's attack and organization!
At least in the current Liverpool team, an organizer like Xabi Alonso is still very much needed.

……

On January 1, the second leg of the League Cup semi-final.

Yang Cheng still played with all substitutes and a young lineup, but ended up being tied 0-0 by Tottenham Hotspur at home.

Redknapp's team continued to play a tight defense and successfully blocked the organization and attack of the Chinese in Bayswater away from home.

In the end, Tottenham eliminated Bayswater Chinese with a total score of 2-1 and successfully advanced to the final.

In another match, Manchester United lost 0-1 to Derby County in the first leg away from home, but returned to their home court and defeated Derby County 4-2 with goals from Ronaldo, Nani, Tevez and others.

But with almost the same lineup, Bayswater Chinese beat Everton 4-2 at home in the fourth knockout round of the FA Cup at the weekend.

In the 7th minute of the first half, Maicon made a cross from the right and Lewandowski scored with a header from close range.

In the 27th minute, Everton equalized the score with a penalty kick created by Pienaar after he dribbled into the penalty area.

But in the second half, Lewandowski made a wonderful heel pass and Di Maria scored with a low shot from the left.

2 is better than 1!

Bayswater Chinese successfully advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

……

Midweek, the 23rd round of the Premier League.

Bayswater Chinese challenge Sunderland away.

Playing two games in a week has kept the Bayswater Chinese in a state of non-stop work and the players are very tired.

But in the 55th minute of the second half, Gareth Bale's shot from the left was saved by Sunderland goalkeeper Flop, and Dzeko scored from close range.

This was also the only goal in the game.

Manchester United will challenge West Bromwich Albion away.

As goalkeeper Paul Robinson was sent off early, Manchester United used headers and kicks to defeat their opponents 5-0.

C Ronaldo scored twice.

Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at home thanks to Kalou's double goal.

Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-1 thanks to goals from Wright-Phillips and Kaka.

Young center forward Andy Carroll scored a goal for Newcastle.

This was his second Premier League goal of the season.

Arsenal also stopped in this round, drawing 1-1 with Everton away from home.

Moyes' team performed as bravely as ever.

Wenger was troubled by Fabregas' absence this round, and Gourcuff's performance as a substitute failed to meet the expectations of the outside world.

The French midfield genius has not had much improvement in his performance at Arsenal this season. He has always found it difficult to adapt to the fast pace of the Premier League, but Wenger still admires the player very much and continues to entrust him with important tasks.

In another draw of this round, Liverpool's Benítez continued to commit suicide.

The iron triangle in the midfield is still missing Xabi Alonso.

Benítez tried to replace the Spaniard with Lucas Leiva for two consecutive rounds, but the results did not meet expectations.

Is Xabi Alonso injured?
No, he just sat on the bench for 90 minutes.

In the end, Liverpool drew 1-1 with Wigan Athletic away.

After the game, Benítez was almost sprayed to death by the media and Liverpool fans.

The reason is simple.

After this round, Liverpool scored 47 points and still ranked fourth.

But Manchester City has 46 points and has successfully caught up.

Chelsea also got 45 points.

Who would have thought that before Christmas, Liverpool, who were so unstoppable and were ready to compete with the Chinese in Bayswater, would see their performance plummet after the winter break.

……

It seems that Benítez was affected by the continuous loss of points and finally learned his lesson.

In the 24th round of the Premier League at the weekend, Liverpool adjusted its tactics and returned to the previous 4231.

The iron triangle of midfield, Xabi Alonso, Mascherano and Gerrard, all started together.

As a result, Benítez's team defeated Chelsea 2-0 at home with Torres's two goals.

In this round, Manchester United defeated Everton 1-0 at home thanks to a goal from Ronaldo.

Arsenal drew 0-0 with West Ham United at home.

Manchester City beat Stoke City 1-0 away.

Yang Cheng's Bayswater Chinese will face Portsmouth at home.

Dzeko was in very good form in this game. He received an assist from Di Maria and scored the first goal for Bayswater Chinese in the 14th minute.

But in the 27th minute, the Bosnian center pulled a muscle during an emergency stop and was forced to leave the field.

Lewandowski, who came on as a substitute, scored twice in the 71st and 82nd minutes of the second half, receiving assists from Walcott.

The Pompey Legion scored a goal just before the end of the game.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese beat Portsmouth 3-1 at home.

The good news is that after the initial diagnosis by the team doctor, Dzeko only had a slight muscle strain. To be on the safe side, he will rest for two weeks, which will not affect the Champions League match at the end of the month.

This also made Yang Cheng feel relieved.

(End of this chapter)