Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Quiet Environment Is Important

Li Qingshan scored in the final minute to help Manchester United overcome Southampton and continue their winning streak in the league.

And Li Qingshan himself also got his first hat-trick in the Premier League.

Despite the hard-fought win, United managed to avoid a losing streak.

With Manchester City losing to the Hammers West Ham United in this round, Manchester United have won six consecutive league games to reach 18 points, three points ahead of Manchester City to the top.

In third place is the Hammers West Ham United, while in fourth place is Leicester City!

The only teams unbeaten in the Premier League are two teams right now. Manchester United, who have won six in a row, and Leicester City, who have won three and drawn three.

Claudio Ranieri's side have been in red-hot form this season. And the Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki, defensive midfielder N'Golo Kante, and central defender Hutter introduced this season have all become important chess pieces in the hands of Ranieri. This team has a distinct style of play, with a center-back combination of Huter and captain Morgan, and a strong sweeping ability of the midfielder, Kante at the back, while stabilizing the back, relying on Vardy's speed and Mahrez's passing and possession ability, plus the tireless stirring stick of Japanese Shinji Okazaki. Leicester City's performances this season have been impressive.

As a result, this relegation team has been praised in the media. And to be able to put a team that was still relegated last season can burst out with such combat effectiveness through the adjustment of several personnel, Ranieri is worthy of his name.

After Ancelotti's match with Southampton, many media believed that Ancelotti had completely lost to Koeman "at a tactical level".

“…… Yes, Manchester United won. But if fans who watched this game are well aware, Manchester United do not deserve the three points. In fact, if it weren't for the individual ability of their striker Li Qingshan, Manchester United would not even have won a point at St Mary's. That's right, injuries to Ander Herrera and Marouane Fellaini left Carlo Carrick and Blind in the starting line-up. However, in the first half, Koeman took full advantage of the holes in United's line-up and scored two goals. Manchester United is a big club, and if you are so passive just because two midfielders are injured and can't play, that's not what United should have. In fact, Manchester United have enough substitutes on the bench. ”

That's pretty polite. Some media outlets directly called it a "shameful victory"

The media in England has always been so unkind to outsiders.

And Carlo Ancelotti responded: "I'm happy that my team won, I never think it's shameful to win. In particular, our third goal came in the 93rd minute. This shows that my players have a strong desire to win and a strong fighting spirit. That's the only way to keep us chasing goals in the final moments of the game. Of course, I wouldn't call it "Ancelotti time", it's still "Ferguson" time. Ancelotti finally said with a smile.

The Italian had a little thorn in his last words.

You English media always want to make big news, and when you win, you still talk crookedly. In the past, Ferguson's Manchester United stoppage-time winner was "Ferguson time". My stoppage-time winner was a "shameful victory".

Isn't that why you English people look down on outsiders?

But the real big news of this round is the focus battle between Chelsea and Arsenal.

Chelsea won 2-0 against Arsenal. However, the focus after the game was not on this scoreline, but on Li Qingshan's former Atletico Madrid teammate Diego Costa.

The notorious Costa has something new to offer. Two minutes before half-time, Costa struck out in a scramble with Gunners defender Koscielny, pushing the French defender in the face with both hands and then slamming his left hand back to hit the opponent's face again. Subsequently, he rushed up and "bumped his chest" with Koscielny. Koscielny was clearly aware of Costa's trick and did not react violently, but Gabriel, who was not angry, came to stand up for his teammates, and finally fell into Costa's trap, and after a heated argument, he made a retaliatory move of kicking.

Costa's series of plots originally wanted to trick Koscielny, but Koscielny didn't fall for it, but the young and inexperienced Gabriel fell into the trap of Diego Costa.

Arsenal were forced to play 11 out of 10 before half-time when they were breached by Chelsea.

Costa's actions caused great controversy.

In the eyes of Chelsea fans, Costa has successfully applied the rules, and there is nothing wrong with that.

There are also many people in the football circle who have expressed support for Costa's actions, and even Gary Neville said on his Twitter: "I like Diego Costa. ”

Jose Mourinho was even more impressed with Costa after the game: "It's a great win, we need to win a game. I don't have a problem with the red card. The man of the match was undoubtedly Costa. He brought everything to the game and I feel like I've played 15-16 times with Arsenal and only once they didn't complain and I don't know why, maybe because they won that time. ”

However, Arsenal fans and other neutral fans lashed out: "Costa is definitely not an angel", "This behavior is shameful, two red cards are not enough to punish him", "Why is it Costa every time, is there no one to take care of this bad boy"...... The headline of the British "Daily Mail" immediately after the game was: The madman Costa has once again killed Arsenal!

The referee on duty, Dean, became Costa's "accomplice": on the one hand, he did not make a timely penalty for Costa's deserved red card action of hitting Koscielny twice, thus allowing the conflict to continue; On the other hand, after showing two yellow cards, he connived with Costa to provoke Gabriel under his nose, but did not stop it in time, causing the conflict to happen again, and the final penalty was sent off by Costa as Costa wished.

Dean's decision left the Gunners completely passive for the rest of the game, which affected the mood of the players, with a number of overly aggressive tackles and tackles. Faced with this situation, Dean, as the referee, did not stop it in time, which eventually led to the scene starting to get out of control. In the face of Cazorla's retaliatory kick, he had to issue another yellow card, thus giving Arsenal another red card. At this point, what should have been a close and exciting attack completely ruined the referee's bad decision. Arsenal, which fell behind 0:2 and faced with 9 men, could only shrink back into defense.

Despite the confusion, Chelsea won the game and finally won their second league game of the season.

And the "team doctors" incident that has entangled Chelsea and Mourinho is still not over.

The defending champions have been unlucky this season.

In comparison, the Red Devils that Carlo Ancelotti took over were much quieter.

In such a comparison, Ancelotti is very sympathetic to Mourinho in the whirlpool.

Manchester United's environment is much simpler than Chelsea's. Even captain Wayne Rooney was kept on the bench by Carlo Ancelotti and didn't make much of a fuss.

It's never a good thing for a team to be in the whirlpool of public opinion all the time.

Ancelotti's peace of mind is that at least United don't have a bad boy like Costa in their squad.