There is no doubt that among the 16 teams, the happiest is Manchester City, which is also the most disparity in strength against Celtic. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The other matchups are either strong or similar in strength, and it is no wonder that when the draw is over, the whole of Europe is lamenting Manchester City's good luck this year, and even Manchester City club executives are smiling when they are interviewed by the media.

Of course, the opponent is not strong, but he can't get carried away, Van Basten is still very clear about this, so the next day, Van Basten had to remind the players and fans of Manchester City in an interview.

"Celtic are not underdogs, you know, in the group stage, they beat Barcelona, and they can enter the round of 16, there are really underdogs."

Even at the tactical meeting later, Van Basten also reminded his disciples that although the Champions League knockout round will start in February, the necessary reminders are still needed.

With the Champions League draw now in place, Manchester City have once again turned their attention to the league and will aim to win all of their games at half-time, with two games remaining halfway through the season.

The two matches are between the most important holidays in the West, the 18th round against Reading, which is played on the afternoon of the 22nd, and the 19th round is against Sunderland, the day after Christmas.

Therefore, this Christmas, Manchester City's players are destined to have no holiday, but this has little impact on Li Feng, as a Chinese, he doesn't care about Christmas at all, and even now he has little to do with him Chinese traditional Spring Festival.

Since he started playing in Europe, the holidays have basically been missed by him, and at most he will call his parents during the holidays, and there is one more thing in recent years, that is, to send a few New Year's wishes to the fans.

Although Manchester has a great Christmas atmosphere, it does not affect the enthusiasm of the fans to watch the game, and many fans even complained that the game on the 26th was not on their home turf.

And in this game, Manchester City's performance did not disappoint the fans, another perfect victory, Li Feng sent two assists, Van Persie, Aguero scored successively.

Van Persie couldn't escape the gamble with Li Feng in the end, and in the 22nd minute of the game, he received a through ball from Li Feng to complete the goal.

After the goal, Van Persie took off his coat and showed the slogan I am Superman, then raised his right hand and rushed all the way to the fans.

The crowd burst into laughter, of course, and it must have been a well-intentioned one, and this is the Etihad Stadium, where Robin van Persie has been in excellent form since he joined.

"Hahaha~~~ Is this Van Persie's Christmas gift to Manchester City fans, but even so, he should write Merry Christmas instead of me being Superman?"

"Perhaps, Van Persie wants to send a piece of joy to Manchester City fans" The commentators speculated about Van Persie's intentions.

After the game, Van Persie was frantically surrounded by the media because of this celebration, and in desperation, Van Persie could only tell the real reason.

At the end of the first half, with goals from Robin van Persie and Sergio Aguero, City went into the break with a two-goal advantage, while in the second half, it was Silva who scored.

In a brilliant individual performance, Silva cut into the box after breaking through two in a row and fired a powerful shot into the far corner to complete the goal, and the trident was in full swing, and Reading could only hate Ittihad.

Eighteen rounds of league games, 17 wins, Manchester City and Manchester United points opened again, the difference in points widened to 11 points, this round of the league, Manchester United actually drawn, they did away to draw with Swansea.

However, the most remarkable thing about this round of games is not Manchester City's seventeen-game winning streak, after all, Manchester City's winning streak is nothing new, and perhaps the end of the winning streak will be more remarkable than the continuation of the winning streak.

The most notable was the team from London, Chelsea, who won a frantic victory and created the biggest goal difference of the season, 8-0, and Chelsea announced their return with a super slaughter.

Seven Chelsea players scored in this game, and Torres ushered in his best performance at Chelsea, scoring seven goals in the last six games, and the former golden boy seems to be in full recovery.

Compared with the 18th round of lightheartedness, in the 19th round of the league, Manchester City's victory is much more difficult, which may also confirm the saying, good things are grinding.

Sunderland opened the scoring shortly after the game began, while it was Adam Johnson, a veteran of Manchester City who left the team a few months ago to score goals.

After receiving a pass from a team-mate, Adam Johnson broke through Richards, cut into the box and shot hard before Lescott came up to defend, and Joe Hart made a save but didn't touch the ball.

The game also lasted until the end of the half-time, and although City attacked quite well in the first half, they were always close to the goal.

In the second half, Manchester City equalised not long after the start of the game, but it was only an equaliser, and it was Van Persie.

The assist was still Li Feng, a cross from the side, Li Feng and Silva switched positions, appeared on the side, completed the bottom cross, Van Persie grabbed the point in front of the goal, and helped Manchester City tie the score.

Subsequently, Manchester City entered a cycle of not scoring again, with Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure and even Robin van Persie, who had already scored a goal, all getting good chances.

Seeing that time is getting shorter and less, not only the players of Manchester City are anxious, but even the fans are beginning to be anxious, and in the last game of the half, Manchester City hopes that there can be a perfect ending.

So, in the eightiest risk, Van Basten used the last substitution, Dzeko, in this case, Van Basten hopes that the substitute will have a magical performance, Dzeko can bring some changes to Manchester City.

In fact, Dzeko did it again, in the 88th minute of the game, he scored an oblique header to complete the assist, Li Feng inserted it strongly from outside the penalty area, stretched out his foot, and the ball cheered a strange parabola, and cut it into the goal from the head of the Sunderland goalkeeper.

Another stunner, Li Feng's name as the king of the lore has been completely confirmed, 2:1 is only the final score, Manchester City got the eighteenth victory as desired, and sat in the half-way championship position with a crazy victory.

And with one game less, the lead over second-place Manchester United is as high as 11 points, so you can imagine how perverted Manchester City is this season.

Manchester City also set a record to look up to, leading the league halfway through with all wins. (To be continued.) )