Anelka's incident shocked many players.

They didn't expect Wansheng to be so decisive, and suddenly put the current 'hot' first scorer in the team into the 'cold palace', compared to Anelka, who is ranked first in the league scorer list, they are nothing, so they are a little frightened, lest they annoy the young coach, so that they go to the reserve team with Anelka.

So, over the next two days, every player became very diligent and motivated in various training sessions.

That's a good thing, Wan Sheng is very happy with the atmosphere in the team's training, he didn't expect to punish Anelka to have this effect.

In the following days of training, Wan Sheng also completely ignored Anelka, as if nothing had happened.

In training, Darren Bent took Nicolas Anelka's place, while Miller, who had been promoted from youth to first team, was also given the opportunity.

Miller was in the first team last year, he made two appearances last season but has not played this season, he has only been a substitute in training games and has only been training with the first team, but now he can occupy a striker position, which is still a certain distance from playing in the league, but it is still an improvement.

Soon three days passed.

At the beginning, everyone was still thinking about Anelka, but gradually the voice of talking about Anelka became much quieter, and the first team seemed to have forgotten about this player, although Anelka still had a chance in the previous games, and even he beat Henry to occupy the top spot in the Premier League's scorer list, but now Manchester City training ground does not see him at all.

Where did Anelka go?

On the day of the opening of the training, many media reporters who came in to interview asked questions, and then they soon learned the news - Anelka had a conflict with coach Wan Sheng, was banned from the team, and was sent to the reserve team!

The news is still very shocking.

On this day, almost all the relevant media reported on it. The most important thing is that Anelka ranks first in the league scorer list, he was originally the focus of English football, no one can imagine that such a star was actually banned from the team because of the conflict with the coach.

Manchester Sport was quick to come out and point out the problem.

"Without the Frenchman, there will be a big problem for Manchester City's forward line, Darren Bent is still too immature, he can't replace Anelka at all, and there is a certain gap between his personal ability and Anelka."

'The forward line of Anelka and Andy Cole is one of the best in the Premier League. And if Darren Bent and Andy Cole have a ranking, we may have to start from the back to find it easier! ”

Manchester Sport's coverage of the incident was a sarcasm, not because of how much they supported Anelka, but because they were already hostile media for Manchester City - they supported Manchester United.

So they've always been hostile when it comes to Manchester City, and in Manchester Sport, they don't want to find good news about Manchester City, they only report negative news, and now this news is very much to their liking. Their reports came out pretty quickly.

This was followed by the City support media, who expressed concern about Anelka's problems and questioned whether Dalen Bent could replace Anelka.

"He's still too young"

"He's inexperienced!"

"There's a big gap between his ability and Anelka!"

After a series of analyses, they came to a conclusion. "Maybe Wansheng made a wrong decision, even if Anelka has some impulsive actions, he shouldn't be banned from the team, which is tantamount to cutting off his siblings!"

A number of media outlets have made similar reports. It's a pity that these are difficult to affect Wansheng.

Wan Sheng made a decision, he will not take it back at all, Anelka is indeed a genius. But if he doesn't recognize his mistakes, he will only be able to drag his feet back to the team, which will not make a difference, and Darren Bent is not bad at all, and now he can get more opportunities.

Wansheng is looking forward to Darren Bent's growth, as he knows that this is a talent who is in no way inferior to Anelka, and will get better and better in the future

On October 28th, it was the third round of the League Cup.

Before the game, Gillingham coach Royson said, 'We are just here to learn', his low-key gave Wansheng a good impression, so in the face of old opponents, he also said mercilessly that the team would take the game seriously.

But perhaps Royson doesn't want City to take it seriously, because then Gillingham won't have a chance.

The same goes for competitions.

The Manchester City players did take the game very seriously, and despite having plenty of substitutes in the starting line-up, they completely kept Gillingham at bay throughout the game.

Gillingham fought fiercely, but the difference in strength between the two teams was a bit too big, they only had two pitiful shots on goal in the whole game, and the final score was 4:0, and the score can also be imagined.

Manchester City won comfortably and reached the fourth round of the Carabao Cup (quarter-finals).

After the cup match, Manchester City has to prepare for the league again, their opponent is Aston Villa, for this game, Manchester City attaches great importance to it, the players hope to perform well in the game, and as a manager, Wan Sheng hopes to use the victory to respond to the recent media doubts, the 'Anelka incident' makes him still a little under pressure in the media.

Perhaps he felt the same way as Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

As the current top of the league, Chelsea attract almost all the attention, and whenever something happens to them, there is a lot of media to report it, which also puts a lot of pressure on manager Jose Mourinho.

This round of Chelsea's game came a day ahead of Manchester City, with a lot of media covering their clash with Blackburn.

The final result of the contest was 4-2, and Chelsea won, but in terms of process, it was a tough victory, and interestingly, before the game, Mourinho sighed, "Everyone is shouting about how Chelsea always win, everyone is waiting for Chelsea to fall." If one day we do lose. It's going to be a big festival. ”

His words were halfway fulfilled in this bitter battle with Blackburn.

Blackburn Rovers equalised from behind just before half-time, but Frank Lampard's second-half free-kick turned the tide and the resurrected Blues sealed a 4-2 win at home.

Even Jose Mourinho, who calls himself a 'consequentialist', can't help but feel a little stunned after this thrilling game, for Chelsea, who are currently under close pursuit by Manchester City, the league can hardly 'only win, not lose', and even then they have to worry about the first place in the league.

They're a spooky Halloween night in advance!

However, the media may be more concerned about the war of words between several coaches, especially Mourinho, the Portuguese 'madman'. There's always no shortage of news, and he had a pre-game quote that could have been a death story for Hughes or Alex Ferguson, saying: "Whatever the outcome of the game against Blackburn Rovers or Manchester United, we're going to be champions." ”

It is worth mentioning that the last round of the Chelsea League Cup was eliminated outright.

Suffering successive league draws and League Cup exits, the Portuguese felt the need to cheer himself on at this moment – since no one in the country was going to cheer him on.

'No matter how many points Chelsea drop next month, it won't change the fact that the Blues won the title.' Mourinho said, "Manchester United, Arsenal? They won't stand a chance at all, and the highest score among them is ten points off us. As for Manchester City? That's a good opponent. But I'm sure they'll be left behind after Christmas! ”

He said it to the point.

This sentence annoyed Wan Sheng a little, although he knew that Mourinho just likes to attack opponents with words, but so bluntly said that his team will fall behind after Christmas. It was a bit unbearable, so he immediately shot back, "They played ugly conservative football, while we played wonderful attacking football. Then we'll win the league and then he'll know how failed he is as a manager. ”

"Maybe he should consider continuing to translate, and I'll say the word 'football' in seven languages. But I always believed that he had a far better future as a translator than I did. ”

Wan Sheng finally made up the knife.

This is the civilized man's way of 'scolding', the intensity is quite high, and it also allows media reporters to see the sharpness of his language offensive, "The Sun" jokingly commented, "Mourinho should probably change opponents, because he can't take advantage of it on or off the field"

At the same time, Wan Sheng also has an additional supporter because of these words - Cruyff.

Cruyff has always been at odds with Mourinho, and last month he attacked Mourinho in his column for believing in conservative football, and Mourinho immediately mocked Cruyff with "I will never lose 0-4 in the Champions League final".

Since then, the two have become deeper and deeper.

Yesterday, Cruyff published an op-ed "Practical, Wise or Cunning" in the Spanish media newspaper La Vanguard, supporting Wan Sheng and pointing directly at Mourinho, "Football is more important than the championship to win the respect of the whole world!" Manchester City did it, Chelsea had nothing. ”

As a player, Cruyff won three European Champions Cups for Ajax; After picking up the whip, Cruyff led Barcelona to victory in 1992.

Not only that, but the beautiful football of the Cruyff era won the hearts of the people, which became Cruyff's most powerful weapon in fighting back against Mourinho.

'Manchester City are doing very well, they are second in the league but they are the same number as Chelsea. They can win and they can play football beautifully, that's the real football. I'm not necessarily better than their manager [Wan Sheng] in that regard, but I think I have the ability to teach that Portuguese how to play well, like Ajax in the 70s and Barcelona in the 90s. I've always believed that there is a fundamental difference between a possession-based style of play and a result-oriented style of play. A good team with good players should bring more to the world. As for the 4-0 in the Champions League final that Mourinho was talking about, I think it's hard to avoid it in a long coaching career. ”

Chelsea's results have been very good in the course of Cruyff, Wansheng and Mourinho, and they are also in sight of qualifying for the Champions League group stage, which is also unmatched by Manchester City.

Reflecting on Chelsea's recent performances, Cruyff admitted: 'Chelsea's results in the Premier League and Champions League have proven that Jose Mourinho is a coach who knows how to win games. But winning trophies is completely different from getting the world's recognition, and I'm sure Wan Sheng can do better than him in this regard, and we should skip this season and look forward to next season. ”

Cruyff was saying that Manchester City would not be able to play in the Champions League and not garner as much attention as Chelsea, but with their current results, they are likely to be able to play in the Champions League next season.

That's an understatement.

On this point, Wan Sheng clearly 'doesn't quite agree' with Cruyff, and before the game against Aston Villa, he said directly, "Our goal is only to win the title. I don't want to talk about next season, but can you imagine the Premier League champions not being able to play in the Champions League? ”

Next up is the game against Aston Villa.

Last season, Aston Villa finished 10th in the league, which is a testament to the quality of the current Villa squad – a team that is in danger of relegation but has little to do.

In the summer transfer market, Aston Villa did not have any eye-catching gains, Kevin Phillips and Borg came, Vassell and Hitzelsperg left, and the overall strength did not change much.

Coach O'Reilly talked about the outlook for the season, and only said that he would strive for better results, as for 'how much better', there is no exact information, but this game, in the face of Manchester City, who seemed to 'want to prove the manager's contention for the title', O'Reilly's spirit of 'wanting better results' was not reflected, and they were bombarded by Manchester City at Manchester Stadium.

O'Reilly didn't expect City to change so much, and although he had made some preparations before the game, his players were clearly very uncomfortable on the pitch in the face of such a frenzied attack from Manchester City, and the goal was also lost in the opening 10 minutes.

It was Morris who fired a low shot from the right side of the box.

The goal seemed to settle the game, and Aston Villa had to defend passively for the rest of the day, but even then they struggled to keep the back of the net, and just before half-time, Morris crossed to the right and Sinclair scored another goal to make it 2-0.

In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again as Aston Villa regained their morale and tried for an equaliser, only to be quickly re-pressed.

In the 71st minute of the game, Darren Bent's goal left Aston Villa in complete despair.

3:0。

Looking at the football rolling in the door and the young strikers shouting excitedly in front of the goal, O'Reilly can only accept the reality of defeat, and must admit that his team could not play Derby County coached by Wansheng last season, and now his team cannot play Manchester City, which is also coached by Wansheng, even if they change to Villa Park next time, they will have a very difficult time to get points.

This opponent is really a bit too strong.

The only team that can give him this feeling is Manchester United, Arsenal and the 'madman' Chelle in the whole of England, and now there is one more, that is, Manchester City coached by this young Chinese.

He was convinced that the young Chinese was not talking big before the game, and that this Manchester City team did have the strength to compete for the title.

By the end of the season, those who underestimate them may be surprised! (To be continued......)