After playing for Liverpool, the schedule for February ended, and March came soon afterwards. On the afternoon of March 2, Manchester City went to Birmingham to visit Villa Park Stadium to play Aston Villa.

Villa is not in good condition now and is currently ranked 18th in the standings. This result is not ideal, but Paul Lambert is still in the position of coach. The main reason for this aspect is attributed to American boss Lerner.

This rich second-generation boss spent a lot of money on the team after taking over Villa in 2006. To be honest, he also came to the team with ambitions and tried to salvage a sum from the Premier League, but the Premier League money was not so easy to make.

After he came to the Premier League, he realized a problem: relegation career takes precedence over everything, and business and other things must be based on this foundation. Especially for mid- and downstream teams like Villa, a very important source of income is relegation. If the relegation fails, everything will be nonsense.

As for relegation, haha, who can explain it clearly? There are too many factors that affect it, and Lerner is not an oil father who can invest unlimitedly.

After experiencing the glory of O'Neal's era, Villa has already dragged Lenner overwhelmed. He has not invested much in the team over the years. Villa has completely become a relegation team. Will he spend another in vain?!

Lerner didn't want to make trouble anymore. Paul Lambert's fate was better than most Premier League coaches, and he was not fired in the relegation zone.

Lambert and Wensheng have a pretty good relationship, and of course his life is not easy. The reporters at the press conference before the game, and none of the media in various pre-game media were optimistic about him. Some reporters even openly asked him how he viewed the rumors of his get out of class being dismissed.

Regarding this game, he also felt that he might be able to declare his fate, but he was so desperate that he met coach killer Wen Sheng at this moment. There are already two head coaches who will be out of class immediately after the showdown with Wen Sheng this season.

In this game, he also seemed extremely careful. He didn't want to win, at least he could guarantee a draw, so his coaching position could still be stable.

So at his home court, Villa also set up an iron barrel formation to deal with Manchester City. For Lambert now, style is nonsense, the most important thing is practicality, and he can get points.

Wensheng had long anticipated the difficulty of this game, and Lambert himself was not stupid, and this was Villa's home court, not to mention that Manchester City will go to Spain to play in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals in three days. Even if it is already leading 2:0, the Champions League level game cannot be neglected. His team must do all their efforts, so in this game, the team will have to rotate significantly.

The situation Villa faced in this game is actually not as bad as the outside world.

In the 13th minute of the first half, Villa played a counterattack. Joe Hart tried his best to grab it, but in the subsequent corner kick, the referee determined that Stones had fallen and fell Abonlaho and was sentenced to death. Abonlaho took the penalty himself and helped Villa take the lead at home.

After Villa led, the situation faced by Manchester City became even more dangerous. The subsequent games were completely in a dilemma of positional warfare. Costa and Nasri, whom Wensheng reused on the wing, failed to complete the task well, especially Costa, in a very bad state. Originally, he was the surprise soldier who Wensheng used to break through the dense defense today, but this guy, the surprise soldier, did not play a role, but lost too much ball rights and frequently gave the ball to Villa. Fortunately, Villa's team did not properly make use of these opportunities.

Manchester City only came on as a substitute to tie the equalizer for the team in the 86th minute.

Wensheng no longer has the hope of winning this game at this time, but sometimes the team wants to win, and luck cannot be stopped.

In stoppage time, Villa made a man-tapping mistake while defending Manchester City's corner kick, and Wan Yama headed the ball to defeat Villa.

The moment Wan Yama scored, Wen Sheng was ecstatic. Manchester City did not have much Ferguson time, but now Manchester City can still maintain a high-pressure attitude towards Villa in the final stage, showing resilience. How can this not satisfy Wen Sheng?!

Of course, Villa should have deserved a point, and the low counterattack success rate does not mean that they have no threat at all. So Wensheng also said after the game, "We played well in normal games, but their defense is also quite good! The final goal at the end is a compliment to our efforts and we deserve it! But I will tell the truth, if this is a draw, it will be reasonable for them!"

"Paul is an excellent coach, and I believe he can lead Villa to relegation successfully!"

The media said he was a "coach killer", and he also knew that he was really afraid that after this game, Lambert was fired by Villa. He didn't know that Lerner is now a financial slave and had to consider the cost of dismissal.

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When I was drinking with Lambert after the game, Lambert jokingly said: "I can't say this is the last time I have invited you to drink at Villa Park Stadium?!"

"Coach Killer?!" Wensheng shrugged with a wry smile.

"Haha, don't take it seriously, Daniel! Even if I'm off get out of class, it's not because of yours! That's my own reason, I couldn't lead Villa to do better!" Lambert's mood was not bad at this moment. He had no idea of ​​his fate, so he simply stopped thinking about it, and there was no meaning of bleakness in his words.

"You also say these scenes to me?! The reasons for the team's relegation are many, and it is definitely not just the responsibility of the head coach. On the contrary, I think the responsibility of the coach can only account for one-third at most!" Wen Sheng said seriously.

Lambert shook his head, didn't say anything, then took a sip of wine and asked Wensheng again, "What is the most important thing about the team's relegation?!"

"Defense! I think it's defense! There are 10 rounds of league games left to end. If you can get 10 draws and 10 points, the probability of Villa relegation might be quite high!" Wen Sheng replied without hesitation.

"I'm definitely not kidding, but this may be caused by my personality. My style is closer to the conservative style! Besides, Paul, don't forget that your team's Abanglaho is very fast, and you still have a good chance to make use of his counterattack."

Lambert was also very confused. Relegation teams have this kind of conflict. No one wants to lose. Everyone hopes to build a stable defense line, but there are many factors that restrict the establishment of a defensive system. Not every team can put on the bus and hold a steady point.

Wensheng thinks Lambert is getting closer to the misunderstanding. Who said that your bus must work in every game?!

"I'm telling me that you played very well in this game, really well. If you can practice the counterattack routine well, I think it's very likely that it will work in the game! I think you should learn to judge the situation. I personally feel that the situation in Vera is more suitable for counterattack tactics."
Chapter completed!