As if by fate, the two came together, and on 2 June 2004, Chelsea announced that the young coach from Portugal had officially taken over Chelsea.

"Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm a European champion, so I think I'm the special one" Mourinho said in the face of the English media.

In the years that followed, Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea changed the Premier League from a two-man rivalry between Arsenal and Manchester United to a four-man rivalry, with Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea emerging as the final winners of the four-man contest.

A few years later, Abramovich's excessive involvement caused Mourinho's dissatisfaction, and the irreconcilable contradictions between the owner and the manager eventually led to Mourinho's departure from the Apennines and the treble of Inter Milan.

In the Premier League, the final four are gone, with Rafael Benitez destroying the Great Wall, Liverpool collapsing first, Chelsea in turmoil, Manchester United taking advantage of the situation to regain the throne, and Manchester City starting to rise after the arrival of the Middle Eastern tycoons.

After Jose Mourinho, Chelsea went through the eras of Grant, Scolari, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti before finally changing our manager again this season, with former Mourinho's assistant, Villas Boas, taking charge of Stamford Bridge.

Villas-Boas played for Chelsea as an assistant to Jose Mourinho and left Chelsea with him, but after Mourinho became Inter Milan coach, Villas-Boas chose to set his own feet.

He returned to Portugal and became the head coach of the University of Coimbra in October 2009, helping the team to stay in the Portuguese top flight.

So a year later, he became the manager of Porto, Portugal's traditional giant, and in Villas-Boas, people seem to see the shadow of Mourinho, who replicated Mourinho's achievements that season, winning the league title and the UEFA Cup.

In three years of triple jumping, Boas completely followed Mourinho's trajectory and jumped from Porto to Chelsea, but compared to Mourinho Boas, he was a little lacking in confidence, because when Mourinho came to Chelsea, he won the Champions League, while Boas only had one League Cup title.

The most important thing is that after a few years, Chelsea is no longer the Chelsea of a few years ago, they are now the champions of the Premier League, one of the strongest teams in the Premier League, a giant team in the Premier League, and the players have grown into real stars, even superstars, through a few years.

So this season, the young Villas-Boas has not really been in control of the Chelsea dressing room, although the current results of Chelsea are not bad, but the voice about Villas's dismissal has been cut off, and even a lot of news that Villas-Boas and Chelsea players are not in agreement, which can also be seen how the young coach is doing at Chelsea.

The situation at Manchester City is the complete opposite of Chelsea, Van Basten may have been famous as a player, but when it comes to coaching, Van Basten is obviously not as good as Villas-Boas, but now Manchester City is not as complicated as Chelsea.

Or it can be said that Manchester City is like Chelsea a few years ago, and with an owner who doesn't interfere much, there is no doubt that Van Basten is much happier than Villas-Boas, and even happier than Jose Mourinho once was.

No, the controversial Chelsea coach was once again exposed by the media before the game, saying that this game will be a life-and-death battle for the Chelsea young coach, and if he can't win Manchester City at home, then facing the fate of the Chelsea young coach will be fired.

Even Manchester United legends have jumped out again, and in recent times, retired Manchester United players Gary Neville and Villas-Boas seem to be on the pole, and the two have frequently exchanged blows in the media.

I have to say that even at this point, Boas is very similar to the treatment of a madman, but compared to Mourinho, Boas lacks the domineering and arrogant of a madman.

Even the Manchester City players couldn't help but jump out, "Chelsea? No~no~ No, I think our biggest threat this season has come from another team in Manchester, you know, they don't need to be distracted by the Champions League next season, but we still have to fight on multiple fronts, and as for Chelsea, I believe we will take a satisfactory result at Stamford Bridge. ”

Richards has not only been more and more outstanding on the pitch recently, but also has become more and more powerful, looking at this paragraph, not only mocked Chelsea, but also sprinkled a handful of salt on Manchester United's wounds.

This season, Manchester City can be said to have comprehensively suppressed Manchester United, not only pressing Manchester United under him in the league, but also trampling Manchester United under his feet in the Champions Cup, and beating all the giants in the super death group to advance as the first in the group, but what about Manchester United? Benfica, Basel, Galatz, they were eliminated in such a group, what else do they have to say.

"I very much agree with Mika's words, just like in previous seasons, we only value Manchester United, or Arsenal, but definitely not Manchester City" In the face of Richards' provocation, Chelsea's big mouth was naturally not to be outdone.

"As for the unbeaten league so far and the top of the table, I can understand that, after all, they have not won the title before, which is indeed something to be proud of, but I still have to warn the young Manchester City that a momentary lead does not mean anything, and the ranking at the end of the season determines the true ownership of the title" This big mouth is none other than Richards' national team teammate Ashley Cole.

As the two fired, players from both sides joined in, with Manchester City, Yaya Toure, Kompany, and Joe Hart joining the game one after another.

Not to be outdone, Chelsea also joined Ramirez, Drogba and John Terry, and in the end Manchester City joined the fray except for Balotelli, and Chelsea were similar.

'Chelsea is a difficult opponent, but I'm sure my players and I can cross any other side, just like we've done before. ”

'Our goal is to close the gap with the previous team and I'm sure I and my players can do that,' Villas-Boas said in an interview.

In this case, Van Basten and his Manchester City came to London, and with the arrival of Manchester City, England or the whole of Europe, and even the whole world are focused on London, after all, the two teams are hot before the game to doom the intensity of this game.

And the outcome of this game could very well change the course of the Premier League, as United beat Wolves a day earlier to narrow the table down to four points. (To be continued.) )