According to the agreement, when the game on TV was coming to an end, Wang Ai went to the quiet outdoors, sat in the front yard covered with green grass under the sun to answer the phone, and the sports channel and Wang Ai made an appointment for a phone interview after the game. Knowing that Wang Ai was depressed, Kang Si took a plate of fruit and put it on the coffee table in front of Wang Ai.

Facing a phone call that can be heard by fans all over the country, Wang Ai made a very serious comment: "Anfield is a magical place, Liverpool is a magical opponent, it is unlikely that they will win the championship this season, but there is almost no danger of the top four. , so I can give it a go. Usually, if the top players in the league want to go all out, it is difficult to say that there is any obvious strength gap between them. And the more hopeless the top players are, the more likely they are in direct dialogue. There are both competitive and commercial motives to fight against the quasi-championship. As for us, of course losing is unfavorable. Maybe our time to win the championship will be delayed, but the impact is not very big. After all, we have this leading advantage. margin to resolve this defeat.”

Although he said that to the outside world, when Wang Ai went to the team for training the next day, he found that the atmosphere in the team was a little tense. Got slapped by the Liverpool man. Although no one thought that they would definitely win, the deduction of the own goal made it 1:3, especially the obvious amateur mistake.

In addition to the local media, the media from all walks of life attacked and sneered, which made the rematch with Sunderland three days later all the more important. In the face of the coach's hesitancy, Wang Ai took the initiative to express his willingness to participate in the competition, and was obviously relieved to see the Chilean.

The so-called faith, but that's it.

However, Wang Ai still put forward a small condition: considering the injury, he hopes to be replaced in advance.

After the Chilean agreed, he joked: Everyone else is worried about not playing enough, you worry about playing too much.

The Chilean's joke caused everyone to joke, and the tense atmosphere was relaxed. This is the trust and even trust that Wang Ai has won with his continuous performance over the past half-season.

Hearing that Wang Ai was going to participate in the competition, Leoni was not very happy, and was not allowed until Wang Ai proved his ability with his actions at night. In the next two days, Wang Ai carried out rehabilitative training very rigorously, and by the day of the game, he felt almost better.

The Etihad Stadium at 7:30 p.m. was crowded again. Now Sunderland, who is in the relegation zone, urgently needs a victory to relieve tension in all aspects. Considering that Manchester City had just lost a complete game three days ago, Sunderland The desire to win was evident in the warm-up phase.

In the game that started at 7:45, Sunderland quite wanted to replicate the success of Liverpool. The way of playing was quite enthusiastic, but the strength was limited. In the 5th minute of the opening, Fernandio, who was assisted by the forward, was no weaker than that. The striker's dribbling skills make it easy to hit the ball in the penalty area. Then in the 14th minute, Wang Ai from the middle made a cross from the side and passed the header to Silva. The Spaniard volleyed again and succeeded.

It seems that a magnificent victory is about to be repeated when the Etihad goes to the stadium, which has caused the fans to be emotional. This improvement has boosted the home team's offensive, but Manchester City seems to be not very good at playing this kind of stream of consciousness game. The result of passion is frequent low-level mistakes, but the goal is delayed. Until the penultimate minute of the first half, Wang Ai was attracted by a fan's large-scale movements in the stands when facing his teammates on the sideline. " banner.

When the fans found that Wang Ai was looking at him, they shook the banner that a friend helped to pull with one hand, and pointed at Wang Ai himself in the field with the other hand.

This interesting scene was of course captured by everyone, especially after it was shown on TV, Wang Ai noticed the different expressions of his teammates and opponents, so he didn't say much, just nodded to the fans, indicating that I understand.

The teammate sent the ball from the sideline, Wang Ai leaned on the opponent's instep and slapped it, then quickly turned around and grabbed the front of the landing point. . Although the opponent found it difficult to run horizontally and block, Wang Ai took a relatively large turn and crossed the past to grab the first point again.

The two splendid performances made the fans widen their mouths, excited their teammates, and made their opponents dumbfounded. The third opponent who stepped forward was obviously just a physical instinct, and his mind hadn't figured out what was going on. Of course, Wang Ailian unloaded the ball and led him to pass him overnight.

At this time, Wang Ai had already entered the depths of the penalty area. Although there were opponents on the left and right moving to the center, the time was too late. Wang Ai had the opportunity to calmly kick up. Facing the goalkeeper who opened his arms, Wang Ai was stunned. Shot, the football took off from the ground and went straight to the top of the goal, pushing the net back a lot.

It took less than ten seconds from the time his teammates sent the sideline ball to Wang Ai's three consecutive shots into the goal.

The Etihad Stadium was already full of cheers, and the fans who had slipped away just now looked dazed. Although they cheered with their friends, they did not understand why everyone was so eager. After hugging and celebrating with his teammates on the court, Wang Ai deliberately ran to the sidelines just now and saluted the fans who were waving "50" banners!

This naturally attracted a louder and more enthusiastic response from the fans.

It was not until the big screen on the sidelines linked the two tidbits together, that individual fans didn't know what they had missed, and it was inevitable that they would be heartbroken.

Fortunately, they are the scene here, as long as they don't say it, they can fool other friends that they are the witnesses of the whole process.

In the family area, Leonie, who had been acquainted with the wives of Manchester City just a few days ago, wore the same slanted braids as Kang Si today. After celebrating with her friends, she put her arms around Kang Si's shoulder and leaned closer and said in a low voice: "This is our man!"

After finishing speaking, Leoni was called by other friends to speak again, leaving Cons to reminisce about "our man".

At this time, far away in the hinterland of the European continent, a team of father and son surnamed Sun were watching the game, looking at the star-studded yellow people in the camera, the father patted his son on the shoulder: "You are five years younger than him, you are the future. Him. But you don't just watch his tidbits, you still have to pay attention to his skills."

The son hesitated, but the father immediately understood his son's thoughts: "If it were someone else, of course I would not miss the fate of being in the same league with him in the past two years and coming from Asia, but who are you? You are the future Asian football champion, Xingmin, you don't need to bow down to him."