Manchester City and Chelsea have met once this season, at Stamford Bridge, where they won 5-3 at Chelsea, and the goals are still fresh in our minds.

Fernando Torres, Ivan Crewe, Morris and the best performer Mesut Ozil, City's five goals also put Chelsea's hopes of a win over Manchester City once again dashed.

It was a game of special significance for Manchester City, and Chelsea were once again opponents.

Manchester City and Chelsea have never lacked confidence, even if the outside world has been talking about the 'curse of reincarnation', but Manchester City does not care, because in the past two seasons, Manchester City has been unbeaten against Chelsea.

On the other hand, Chelsea are keen to beat Manchester City.

When Wan Sheng first took charge of Manchester City, their championship was won on Chelsea's 'head', and when it comes to Wan Sheng's season in charge of Derby County, the championship was also won on Chelsea's 'head', so Chelsea players are very hostile to Wan Sheng, because Wan Sheng 'snatched' their two titles.

Last season, Chelsea's league results were not as good as Manchester United, and there was no hatred for Manchester City, but many people believe that the reason why Mourinho left Chelsea is not unrelated to the achievements of Wansheng and Manchester City, and there are still many Chelsea players who 'miss' Mourinho, and the Portuguese have left a deep impression on Chelsea.

It's Manchester City again and every Chelsea player wants to win.

Just like the 'curse of reincarnation' as the outside media calls it, Manchester City's unbeaten league record started with the defeat to Chelsea, and what could be more exciting than ending the opponent's record with his own hands?

The Chelsea players' 'resentment' towards Wan Sheng and Manchester City was almost all focused on this game.

They want revenge, they want to silence everyone who says 'Chelsea haven't beaten Manchester City in two seasons', and they want a win to declare that Chelsea are still serious contenders for the league title.

Now the two teams are meeting again, in line with the media coverage. The Chelsea players couldn't resist being the first to start a war of words.

'We've had very good results lately, we're just nine points away from Manchester United, so we have the ability to catch up. Chelsea midfielder Ballack said: 'It's a direct battle against Manchester City, it's the best chance to get back on the scoresheet and my team-mates and I are looking forward to the win!' ”

Mikel followed suit and said, "This is our chance, to win the game, we have to show that the team is not weaker than Manchester City. ”

"I hate to hear those damn voices. They all said Chelsea didn't win against Manchester City, but the outcome was not certain, we just lacked a bit of luck before. Man City are not invincible and we will do our best! ”

Former Manchester City player Wright Phillips also said: "Manchester City have been in good form lately, they have a lot better injury situation than us, but it's not a condition to win, me and my team-mates, we will do our best to win. ”

Phillips has been in good form of late. His words were also convincing, and the words of Nicola Anelka, another player who is related to Manchester City's pity, made Manchester City fans a little disgusted, "I know them very well. They're all former team-mates of mine, but now I'm a Chelsea player and I want to help Chelsea score. This is a game where I will be able to prove that I made the right choice to come to Chelsea. ”

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One Chelsea player after another stepped up to speak. It was as if they were absolutely sure of winning.

But in fact, Chelsea have been riddled with injuries lately, with Frank Lampard, John Terry, Didier Drogba and goalkeeper Petr Cech all becoming ill. They couldn't play in the game at all, and although their other players were strong, they were still a bit worse than the main squad.

Perhaps the only thing Chelsea can be proud of is their presence in the transfer market.

The recent turmoil at Valencia in Spain, with first vice-president Lucas announcing his resignation, is a testament to how much chaos has been.

Valenjahi FC began the purge work, and after they purged Albelda, Canizares and Angulo in succession, some Spanish media broke the news that Valencia will have a bigger move during the winter break.

Of course, the players will not sit still, and the club's ruthless approach has chilled the hearts of many key players, with leading scorer Villa expressing his dissatisfaction to the club through his agent a few days ago, "I don't want to stay in a club that is in turmoil, I want to choose a club for myself that has a championship hope and can give a feeling of success." ”

There is no shortage of invitations on hand from Villa, with clubs such as Real Madrid, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur waiting for him.

According to British media reports, Chelsea have prepared a transfer fee of 20 million pounds (nearly 30 million euros) for Villa, just waiting for him to open his mouth to Valencia.

In addition, Tottenham Hotspur, coached by Spanish coach Juan de Ramos, are also willing to bring in Villa at a high price.

'It's hard for me to stay in Valencia anymore in a situation like this.' Villa complained.

Chelsea are also interested in another Valencia player, a move that is hopefully ahead of Villa's.

Canizares, one of the three captains who have been isolated from the team by Koeman, was thought to be struggling to find a new club for the 38-year-old, but Chelsea's offer of hope has given him hope.

However, all of the above is media coverage, and the transfer news is uncertain, and Chelsea have so far confirmed a transfer in the form of the signing of Branislav Ivanovic for a record transfer fee of £9.7 million in the Russian Premier League.

The transfer was furiously reported by the British and Russian media a week ago.

Chelsea's results have remained consistent despite the squad's full of injuries, but their league results have not been affected, leaving Arsenal and Liverpool behind to move up to third place in the Premier League table.

Wan Sheng shrugged off the Chelsea players' remarks, smiling and saying, 'I dare say the team is the most confident against Chelsea because they have never beaten us. ”

'Past victories can't really affect the next games, but there's no denying that we have a mental advantage and our players won't be under pressure because of that.

'Chelsea have been doing well lately, but that doesn't mean they can beat us. It doesn't matter if they have confidence or fighting spirit, but at Manchester Stadium, I can't think of a reason why they can win! ”

"As for the 'reincarnation spell'...... Hehe......"

Wan Sheng ended his speech with a disdainful smile.

There are two aspects to the media's interpretation of Wansheng's words, one is that Wansheng is empty-hearted, he does not want to anger the united Chelsea, and he does not want to leave a handle in the media.

Another view is that Wan Sheng's smile is disdainful, which means that he looks down on Chelsea.

'His attitude is the biggest insult to Chelsea!' Chelsea Grant stepped up at the right time and used his win-win attitude to boost his team's morale: 'He didn't take us seriously at all, but I'm happy to see him do it so we have more chances!' ”

After looking at the attitudes and rhetoric of the two teams before the game, the media knew that the game was not destined to be dull.

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Although Wan Sheng was dismissive of the Chelsea players' statements in the media, he still took the game very seriously, and even thought that this game was even more difficult than the Manchester derby.

Manchester City is first in the league, Manchester United is second, Chelsea is third, and it seems that Chelsea's results are not as good as the previous two seasons, but Grant's Chelsea is no longer the same as Mourinho's Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea is always 'stable', just like his '1:0' utilitarian football that has been criticized by the media, Grant's Chelsea is different, they have no 'stability', but show some characteristics of the youth army - when this Chelsea team plays a smooth game with high morale, they can easily win by a large score, on the contrary, when they suffer setbacks in the game, they may easily lose to the smaller clubs.

That's the state of Chelsea at the moment.

Chelsea's results in recent times have been evident that they are in good shape and that it will not be easy for City to win if they are allowed to play well at the Manchester stadium.

The same was true of the last game between Manchester City and Chelsea, with the score going 5-3 and City scoring two more goals than Chelsea, but admittedly, if City have a little bit of poor performance or lack some luck, they are likely to suffer defeat.

A Chelsea team like this must be taken seriously.

Wan Sheng considered the game and finally decided to start Darren Bent, who was more consistent than Torres, who stayed on the bench just in case.

In midfield, Wansheng continued to field a five-man duo – Ivan Crewe, Martin Petrov, Elano Brummer, David Silva and Mesut Ozil.

In the middle of this midfield combination, Ozil mainly attacked, Elano Brummer was in charge of the defense, and Silva also had to shoulder some defensive tasks, otherwise the team's defense in the middle of the midfield could easily have problems against the strong Ballack and Essien.

Partnering Kopelle Ferreira and Lescote at the back, the defense in front of goal is still assured, and Glenn Johnson and Robert Carlos start and can also provide support for the attack.

This starting lineup, the most important thing is to make the team 'go hand in hand', with Ozil and Silva in the middle, two fullbacks and full-backs, and also have a certain offensive ability, so it will not be easy for Chelsea to defend the goal.

The offense is assured, and the defense must also be taken care of.

Wan Sheng found Arano Brummer.

'Frank Lampard is not there, Ballack is the heart of Chelsea's midfield and I want you to limit Ballack as much as possible in this game and keep an eye on him whenever he gets past midfield.

"The most important thing is not to let him easily take the ball in front of the penalty area, or even to get his feet, don't give him this opportunity, can you do it?" (To be continued.) )