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"In this game, God chose Manchester City."

"But Ronaldo told God, you either choose my team or no one!"

The match between Southampton and Manchester City just ended, and Sky Sports in the UK wrote this paragraph on the headline of its official website.

In this game, Ronaldo proved himself to the world that he is a big player no matter which team he plays for.

He used his performance to help Southampton and Manchester City tie 2-2.

Although this game was played at home by Southampton and ended in a draw, in a sense, it actually lost two points. But from the whole process, this is Ronaldo helping Southampton to get back a point.

Don't underestimate this point.

In fact, this point is also extremely important.

This point allows Southampton to still lead Manchester City in points.

It also prevented Liverpool from taking advantage of Southampton's points.

Instead, after this round of the Premier League, they maintained the same points as Liverpool. It is because of the fewer goals in the goal difference that they temporarily gave up the top spot in the standings.

Knowing how important the point Ronaldo grabbed was, he received heroic applause from the Southampton team after the game.

After the game, all Southampton fans stood up to applaud Ronaldo and shouted his name in unison, and they were unwilling to stop for a long time.

Sun Yi also said to Ronaldo: "Thank you, Ronaldo. It is you who kept the team unbeaten. The best choice I made this season was to bring you to Southampton."

In addition, Sun Yi also took Ronaldo to the post-match press conference and praised Ronaldo's performance in front of the media.

Even Guardiola couldn't help but say to the media after the game: "We should have won all three points in this battle. It was Ronaldo who stole the victory we originally had."

De Bruyne, who was present at the game, also said with great emotion: "If it weren't for Ronaldo, we would have finished the game long ago. Although he is our opponent, I think his fighting spirit and spirit are worth learning from."

"It's a pity that the three points we got turned into one point. Our match with Southampton this season is over, but our championship competition with Southampton is not over yet. There is still a long schedule in the Premier League, and we will work hard to win the championship in the end!"

Just like that, with reluctance and regret, Manchester City left.

Southampton struggled to keep their home unbeaten and avoided a big defeat with a great impact.

The game is over, but its impact has just begun.

Sun Yi didn't feel happy about it.

Of course, he didn't have too many dissatisfaction with this game. The only thing he was dissatisfied with might be Balotelli.

After the game, Balotelli took the initiative to apologize to Sun Yi. He reviewed his problems to all the team members on the spot.

If you make a big mistake, you can't just admit it and forget about it. Sun Yi was ready to teach Balotelli a lesson.

However, before Sun Yi could punish Balotelli, the English Football Association took action against Balotelli.

Originally, Balotelli needed to be suspended for one game because of the red card. But the English Football Association punished him.

Balotelli was suspended for three more games on the grounds that he verbally insulted the referee during the game.

"I copied!" Sun Yi was violent on the spot when he received the notice.

This punishment means that Balotelli will be suspended for four games starting from the next round.

This is fatal.

Originally, Pulisic and Golovin were injured in the Southampton team. Now with Balotelli, it means that they are missing three main players.

Southampton's lineup is completely broken.

In addition to Balotelli, Pavard also received a yellow card in the match against Manchester City, and he will be suspended for one game in the next round due to the accumulation of yellow cards.

In this way, Sun Yi will have at least four main players unable to play in the next game.

But for Sun Yi, the most difficult thing is not this, but the next, Southampton will go to London to play against the next opponent-Chelsea in just two days.

It is said that the Christmas schedule is a devil's schedule, and the devil is here.

It is said that there are two days to rest, but in fact, Southampton only rested for one day, and Sun Yi had to take the team to the away game.

There is no recovery at all in such a short interval between games.

And because the game against Manchester City was too hard, Southampton suffered a huge consumption. You know, after the game, many players were slumped on the ground.

It can be said that the main players who started that game basically have no physical strength to deal with Chelsea. Even Ronaldo may not be able to play again.

Next, the match against Chelsea may be the most difficult match that Sun Yi has faced this season.

Before the match, the outside world also gave their own judgment on this match.

"Southampton's first defeat of the season is about to happen."

"In the match against Manchester City, Southampton's losses were too serious. In the match against Chelsea, Sun may only use substitute players to fight except for the goalkeeper."

"Chelsea is different. In the last match, they played against Huddersfield, the leader of the Premier League losses. Sarri not only rested many main players, but also won the victory with the substitute lineup. And this time, they also have the advantage of home court."

"From various situations, Southampton will most likely taste the first defeat of the season against the rested Chelsea team."

What the outside world says are all realities. They are right, Southampton really has a very low chance of winning in this upcoming battle.

Even the handicap offered by the bookmaker is 'Chelsea handicap one goal/half ball', which also supports this point.

Due to the objective conditions and the optimism from the outside world, the entire Chelsea team is full of confidence in winning this battle.

Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri announced a Christmas gift for the home fans for this game.

And Hazard said confidently in an interview: "I am looking forward to this game very much. To be honest, I can't wait. I can't wait to get the victory from Southampton." ”

"This time, no one can stop us from beating Southampton at Stamford Bridge."

"I also want to say that all the conditions for victory are on our side. If we can't win against Southampton this time, then we are complete losers. If we can't win against them, I will put my name on Facebook directly. Change it to loser.”

Azar's words were a bit of a gamble.

However, from his decisive words, we can also see how confident he is in this battle.