Chapter 564: Premier League Scandal Shocks the World

After nearly half an hour of tossing, the game finally started again.

In the end, Manchester City, who had two men sent off, was unable to recover and lost to Chelsea with a score of 1:2 at their home court.

After the game, public opinion in the entire Premier League was in an uproar.

Not only the British media are paying close attention to this game, but also the news media in other European countries are reporting this matter as a front-page headline.

"Capture the Etihad, win eight consecutive victories, the Blues are unstoppable!" 》

That was the headline from the pro-Chelsea media.

"Regretful loss at home, Manchester City did not lose to their opponents, but to the referee!" 》

That was the headline from the pro-Manchester City media.

"Chelsea defeated the Etihad for the first time in three years. Manchester City regretfully lost after receiving consecutive red cards. The battle of the Premier League Tianwang Mountain came to an end. The result was surprising! 》

This is a report by a neutral media.

However, no matter what position they stand on, the media have described in detail the referee's various confusing law enforcement in their reports.

In particular, he believed that Lin Quan's diving penalty could be said to be the culprit that caused the game to get out of control.

After the game, not only the major news media were busy, but also on social media, a large number of fans who had watched the game immediately went to social networking sites to complain.

"That's outrageous. This referee is here with a mission, right? He just doesn't want Manchester City to win?"

"It's really outrageous. Emperor Lin was even sentenced for diving. I don't know what to say!"

"Lin Huang has never dived. He even apologized to the opponent's goalkeeper when he was misjudged for a penalty kick, and even gave the ball to the opponent directly. He had no intention of taking advantage of others. Such a person is actually considered to have dived. , I think this referee has a dirty heart, so everything he looks at is dirty, right?"

"Indeed, before Lin Huang was sentenced for diving, although the referee made several decisions that were questionable, and even deliberately favored Chelsea, it was still within the acceptable range, but he did something like this. I'm a Manchester City player and I can't hold back!"

"Do you think there is a possibility that this referee is here with a mission?"

"You mean, the people above asked him to do this?"

"I didn't say that, but I think he is a small referee. If no one instructs him, would he really dare to do such an outrageous thing? Anyone who is not blind can see that his penalties are very good. The problem is, once he is held accountable in the end, he may lose his job! So this matter is of no benefit to him, so why would he do this? "

There is no suspense that the referee Anthony Taylor who officiated this game became the target of public criticism.

It is precisely because of his farcical law enforcement standards that this should have been a football feast for the entire Premier League and even the world, turned into a farce and a joke.

Due to the importance of this game, various conspiracy theories began to circulate on the Internet. Some people even believed that the Football Association or Premier League officials instigated Taylor to do this.

At first, this statement was only circulated within a small range, and most people didn't know or didn't believe it.

But as public opinion fermented after the game, this conspiracy theory was supported and spread by more and more people.

The Football Association and Premier League officials initially planned to deal with the matter coldly, but after learning about the conspiracy theories about this game on the Internet, they could not sit still.

On December 5, the Football Association of England took the lead in holding a press conference and announced that it would seriously investigate the law enforcement records of referee teams in leagues at all levels to maintain fairness and justice in the English football circle.

The Football Association believes that this statement can dispel the doubts from the outside world and give an explanation to the relevant teams.

But after they made their stance public, fans were not at all impressed by their evasive attitude.

"What does it mean to strictly check the referee's enforcement record? Are you planning to put all the blame on the referee?"

"Haha, a big thing has been reduced to a small matter. A small matter has been reduced to a small matter. I think this matter is probably related to the FA!"

Compared with the FA's statement, the Premier League's statement is much more sincere.

The league attaches great importance to this game. Not only has it arranged the best commentators and live broadcast resources, but it has also spent its own money to promote it to some countries and regions. The purpose is to use this high-level game to open up the market. Increase the influence of the Premier League and make the league’s cake bigger.

As a result, the stage that was set up was messed up by Anthony Taylor.

Many fans who have watched the live broadcast of the game may involuntarily suspect that this game is match-fixing.

Then the fairness of the entire Premier League has begun to be doubted, and this can be said to be fatal to the brand image of the Premier League.

The Premier League is a commercial league, and destroying the image and reputation of the entire league is destroying everyone's jobs.

Even if the Football Association agrees to this kind of thing, the owners of the participating clubs in the league will not agree.

Therefore, after the game, the Football Association stood up immediately and stated that it would send people to coordinate the two clubs to replay the game.

This decision was naturally warmly welcomed by Manchester City. Chelsea did not directly agree, presumably because they did not want to give up the victory.

Of course, Chelsea also knew that winning this game would be disgraceful, so they did not dare to refuse openly.

However, the Premier League cannot control referees, and the dispatch and arrangement of referee teams to enforce games requires the FA's nod.

The FA said it would be inappropriate to draw premature conclusions until the results of the investigation are released.

This means that I am planning to use the procrastination technique to delay this matter.

Shortly after the FA expressed its position for the second time, a tabloid called "News of the World" broke a bombshell report, revealing that the vice-president of the FA had accepted bribes and used his power to do certain things. Arrange specific referees to enforce the rules during the game.

Each referee has his own enforcement style, some are strict, some are lenient, some favor the home team, and some do not give the home team whistle.

Don't underestimate this. If used well, it can be a huge benefit to a team of a certain style in a certain game.

Therefore, even if there is no direct evidence that the referee blew a black whistle and committed match-fixing, the news still caused an uproar after it was revealed.

Fans across the UK were in an uproar. Football was the pride and sustenance of countless of them. However, they did not expect that the Bai Yueguang in their hearts actually hid such an unknown and dirty inside story.

This left countless people disappointed and feeling like their dreams were shattered.

Angry fans took to the streets and protested outside the FA headquarters. Some radical fans even went shirtless in the middle of the winter to rush into the FA headquarters, threatening to send these insects to God. the meaning of.

Such a big movement naturally alerted the British police.

They acted quickly. After the newspaper revealed the relevant details, they immediately took action and took away the relevant people involved for investigation.

Some fans speculated that the people behind the News of the World were from the Abu Dhabi consortium, which means that the forces behind Manchester City took action.

But this is just speculation and there is no relevant evidence.

This series of farce lasted until around Christmas.

During this period, the league has quietly gone on for three rounds.

Although Mansour took revenge on the FA, there was nothing he could do to change the game when Manchester City lost to Chelsea.

Fortunately, after the Manchester City club appealed and argued hard, the additional suspensions for the two red cards against Aguero and Fernandinho after the game were waived.

In these three rounds of the league, Manchester City, which is short of major generals, has achieved two wins and one loss. It is currently ranked third in the standings, 1 point behind second place Liverpool and 7 points behind first place Chelsea.

Chelsea gained momentum after defeating Manchester City and won all three subsequent rounds, bringing their winning streak to 11 games.

As Chelsea continue to advance, more and more people are beginning to believe that they will be the Premier League champions this season.

On December 26, the 18th round of the Premier League kicked off.

Before the game, Manchester City's winger David Silva returned from injury and was put into the 18-man roster by Guardiola.

David Silva's return from injury is a good thing for Manchester City, but Aguero is injured again, Kompany also has a relapse of an old injury, and Jesus was tackled in the last round against Arsenal. Well, Manchester City's wounded barracks are almost full again.

Fortunately, Guardiola is used to this situation. As long as Lin Quan is not injured and other positions are put together, he can always find manpower.

Since Manchester City will visit Anfield in the next round, Manchester City made an early effort in the first half of this round. Lin Quan scored early and then created a penalty kick to rewrite the score to 2:0.

At the beginning of the second half, De Bruyne's free kick scored again, and the score became 3:0.

Guardiola began to mobilize his troops, replacing all the main players such as Lin Quan and De Bruyne and replacing them with a group of young players.

Originally, it was just for these young people to accumulate game experience, but unexpectedly, these young players gave him some surprises.

Sane received an assist from Mbappe in the 78th minute and scored the fourth goal.

In the 89th minute, the game was about to enter stoppage time. Mbappe's breakthrough in the penalty area caused a foul and Manchester City won their second penalty kick.

Mbappe personally took action and made the score in one fell swoop, setting the score at 5:0.

At the end of Manchester City's game, news came from another stadium. Chelsea defeated Bournemouth 3:0, extending their winning streak to 12 games.

It was crazy, really crazy.

The 12-game winning streak can already be ranked among the top three in Premier League history.

The only player with more wins than them is Arsenal's 14-game winning streak in the 2002-2003 season.

Tied with them for second place is Manchester United's 12-game winning streak in the 2000-2001 season.

Conte's arrival has brought unexpected changes to the Blues.

His 3-back system seemed very uncomfortable at the beginning, and the team even suffered two consecutive losses.

But after the players adapted, Chelsea's defense immediately improved to a higher level, and the winning rate increased steadily.

Chelsea's 12-game winning streak has included 10 clean sheets.

In the remaining two games, the opponents only scored one goal, and the names of these two teams are Tottenham and Manchester City. There is no doubt that these are top teams.

But even so, they still couldn't get any advantage in the face of Chelsea's iron-clad defense.

The unlucky Manchester United was even beaten 4:0 by Chelsea. Mourinho was completely embarrassed in front of his old club.

The last day of 2016 is also the last round of the first half of the Premier League.

Manchester City visited Anfield to challenge Liverpool, who had one point higher than them.

Considering that Chelsea's opponents are weak in this round, whether it is Liverpool or Manchester City, even if they win this game, they cannot narrow the gap with Chelsea.

But even so, both sides take this game very seriously.

Although you may not be able to catch up with Chelsea if you win, you will undoubtedly be completely left behind by Chelsea if you lose.

This game cannot determine the top spot, but it can determine the second position in the standings.

Although I have been to many stadiums in the Premier League, Anfield is still the most impressive stadium.

The fans here are famously fanatical and the atmosphere at home is very exciting.

And Liverpool, playing at home, was like a tall chariot, rushing over regardless, intending to overturn Manchester City's car to the ground.

Both teams have very strong offensive capabilities, so many fans are looking forward to seeing a wonderful offensive battle.

But it is a pity that the physical confrontation between the two sides in this game was extremely fierce, and the repeated battle for the ball became the main theme of the game.

Because of the fierce pressing by the opponent, the passing success rate of both sides was very low.

In the first half, Liverpool completed a total of 212 passes and succeeded 130 times, with a pass success rate of only a pitiful 61%!

This means that for every three passes made by Liverpool, there must be one mistake.

Manchester City didn't fare much better. They completed 275 passes in the first half and succeeded in 206, with a pass success rate of only 75%.

You must know that Manchester City is a team that focuses on possession of the ball, which means that they naturally pass more passes than other teams.

And many of them are in the midfield and backcourt. This kind of pass with almost no mistakes has boosted their data. The real data is definitely much worse than the paper data.

The stranglehold between the two sides in the midfield was so severe that no one could organize an effective attack from the midfield.

Upon seeing this, the head coaches of the two teams decisively changed their playing styles and focused their offense on the wings.

This move worked quickly. In the 53rd minute of the second half, Manchester City took the lead in scoring.

Lin Quan took the initiative to cooperate with David Silva on the wing. He hit the wall continuously and then entered the penalty area. After attracting the attention of all the opponent's defensive players, he knocked the ball across the middle. Son Heung-min, who followed up, easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.

Manchester City temporarily leads Liverpool 1:0.

However, Liverpool are not easy to deal with either.

After only eight minutes, they almost copied Manchester City's goal just now. Coutinho made a contribution and helped Liverpool equalize the score.

For Coutinho, this may be his last game for Liverpool, and it may also be the last goal he scores for Liverpool in this red shirt.

So after scoring, Coutinho made a move of kissing the Anfield lawn.

This move made countless Red Army fans shed tears. They actually didn't want to let Coutinho go.

But they also know very well that Liverpool cannot retain such a talent.

The other party has already decided to leave. If they forcefully try to stay, they will end up breaking up on bad terms, and even the love will be gone.

Furthermore, Barcelona gave too much, 160 million euros, I have never seen such a arrogant person!