The path to becoming a football legend began with being ousted from Carrington by Manchester United.

By the time the Manchester City team returned to Manchester with a 2-0 victory, Lin Yi had already undergone many subtle changes.

With his absolute speed, coupled with the enlightenment he gained during special training and the help of the system, Lin Yi's jumping ability has already reached the top tier.

In Bashim's words, it's definitely enough, at least on the football field.

So Bashim retired successfully, bid farewell to Lin Yi and returned to his own training. Apart from the coaching staff, the other Manchester City players didn't even know that such a track and field athlete had ever been to Carrington.

In this round of the league, the top-ranked teams had mixed results.

In addition to Manchester City's two-goal victory over Swansea, Manchester United also defeated West Bromwich Albion by the same score at home, continuing their close pursuit in the standings.

Tottenham Hotspur suffered another defeat this round, losing 0-1 to Everton at Goodison Park after recent losses to Manchester City, Manchester United, and the North London derby. The gap between them and league leaders Manchester City has widened to 14 points.

With 10 rounds remaining in the league, Tottenham's only option is to try and secure their Champions League spot.

Meanwhile, their city rivals Arsenal continued their unpredictable spell. The Gunners, whose form was inconsistent at the start of the season, not only suffered a humiliating 2-8 defeat to Manchester United, but also spent a period in the lower half of the league standings.

But as the season progressed, they quietly climbed up the rankings and are currently fourth in the standings.

Having been eliminated from the Champions League by AC Milan with a 3-4 aggregate score, they can now only focus on maintaining their reputation as top-four contenders.

Meanwhile, Arsenal's biggest rival, Chelsea, narrowly defeated Stoke City this round, but still trail the Gunners by 4 points. With three competitions to fight for, it looks like Chelsea will face a tough challenge in catching up with the Gunners and vying for a Champions League spot.

Fortunately, they still have the Champions League and FA Cup to look forward to, and under interim head coach Di Matteo, they will strive for European qualification for next season.

Liverpool ultimately failed to retain their king, Kenny Dalglish. After being eliminated from the FA Cup by Manchester City, they suffered a shock defeat to Sunderland in this round. Just hours later, Liverpool officially announced that Dalglish would leave at the end of the season.

This is the second top club manager to be sacked in a short period of time, following Chelsea's Villas-Boas.

A League Cup title can guarantee Liverpool's European qualification for next season, but it can't protect Dalglish, who is already seen as a thorn in the side by the owners.

Thanks to Dalglish's status as a Liverpool legend, he wasn't kicked out like Villas-Boas.

The battle for the relegation zone has become fierce. The bottom five teams – Wigan Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Bolton Wanderers, Wolves, and Blackburn Rovers – are separated by only four points, and it is highly likely that the relegation spot this season will come from these five teams.

Manchester City had no matches to play this week, giving the players a rare chance to relax. They won't have such a relaxed moment again for a while.

Manchester City will be playing two matches a week for the next month. If they can win their next Champions League match and advance to the semi-finals, then the two-match-a-week period will continue until May.

This summer's European Championship will be held in Poland and Ukraine, and major European leagues are all drastically shortening their schedules to make time for the tournament.

Like Chelsea, Manchester City is now facing a daunting three-front campaign. Limited by its short history of development, Manchester City's squad depth is not as strong as that of traditional powerhouses.

Head coach Pellegrini was already struggling with what to do next, and this dilemma reached its peak on March 15th when all the Champions League round of 3 matches came to a close.

Manchester City had expected that their disrespectful remarks to UEFA would teach them a lesson in the quarter-final draw, but surprisingly, they were not drawn against Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, two of the strongest teams.

Of course, Manchester City didn't get good draws like APOEL Nicosia and Benfica.

Manchester City's opponent is AC Milan, who eliminated Arsenal.

Objectively speaking, AC Milan, with its severely aging squad, is not only inferior to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, but it may also be at a disadvantage compared to Chelsea and Manchester City.

But they just eliminated Arsenal, who are currently fourth in the Premier League, and their victory was secured in the first leg.

At the San Siro, AC Milan thwarted Arsenal's hopes of advancing with a 4-0 victory.

Overall, considering they've offended UEFA, Manchester City's draw has been quite favorable. At least on paper, they have a good chance of making history and reaching the Champions League semi-finals.

Quite coincidentally, some people at AC Milan thought the same thing, believing that drawing Manchester City was a good draw.

In an interview, star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said that Manchester City's performance this season looks pretty good, but AC Milan is not afraid of them. He believes that teams lacking depth will falter in crucial moments.

Manchester City is nothing to fear; the great Jerami Gerrard will lead AC Milan to eliminate Manchester City and advance to the semi-finals.

Sure enough, when Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lin Yi, two eccentric individuals, met, it was a feast for the media.

Even though these two are technically on the same side, their agent is Raiola, the godfather of Italian football.

Reporters from all walks of life rushed to Manchester with Ibrahimovic's comments and ambushed Lin Yi at the Carrington training ground, asking for his thoughts.

"Who? Geraldano? Isn't he from Inter Milan? Why is he speaking up for their city rivals?" Lin Yi asked, his face full of confusion.

Without the reporter needing to remind him, Aguero corrected Lin Yi's mistake: "That was so long ago, he transferred to Barcelona a long time ago. By the way, why didn't he play in our match?"

Aguero's question to the reporters left everyone speechless, but Balotelli ended the farce with a few concise words.

"You're both wrong, Geratan plays for Juventus."

"You're Italian, so listening to you shouldn't be a mistake." Lin Yi agreed with Aguero's statement, and the two nodded together, casting affirmative glances at Balotelli.

Lin Yi turned to the reporters and replied, "Why should we care about the Juventus players' thoughts in our match against AC Milan?"

After saying this, the three Manchester City idiots strode away, leaving a group of reporters on the spot writing furiously, using the most ornate language to describe and interpret Lin Yi, Aguero, and Balotelli's mockery of Ibrahimovic.

If it weren't for Raiola's persistent persuasion, the hot-tempered Ibrahimovic would have immediately prepared to storm Manchester City's doorstep and have a real-life showdown with those three bastards.

To prevent his two key players from getting too into a fight, Raiola shuttled between Milan and Manchester, using all his persuasive skills to calm Ibrahimovic and Lin Yi down.

As a result, some people on the Milan side saw Ibrahimovic fighting alone against three Manchester City players, and in order to prevent him from being outnumbered and disadvantaged, they took the initiative to speak up for him.

Brazilian player Thiago Silva said in an interview: "I agree with Geratan's opinion. AC Milan is the team with the second most Champions League titles. Our deep heritage is something that Manchester City and other mercenary teams that only care about money cannot match."

When Ibrahimovic saw this interview, he was furious and wished he could just kill Silva, that traitor.

He originally thought he was a little better than the Manchester City trio, but after having Silva as a terrible teammate, he suddenly became a little worse than them.

Others might not know, but how could Lin Yi, who shared the same agent, not know that Raiola was helping Ibrahimovic make an exorbitant demand from Paris Saint-Germain?

Mercenaries, who the hell are you mocking? And Silva, don't you idiot know that you're about to defect from Milan for money and transfer to PSG to completely throw yourself into the arms of Middle Eastern tycoons?