The Storm Was Quietly Approaching: Nasri, You're Finished!

Manchester Evening News: Stamford Bridge has become a library, with only the victory horns of Manchester City players echoing through the air!

"Both Manchester clubs won their matches in this round of the league!"

"Compared to Manchester United's easy 3-0 home win against Norwich, Manchester City's 2-1 away victory over Chelsea was more dramatic and the result was even more valuable!"

"19-year-old China prodigy Tang started strong, then suddenly accelerated in the second half, setting up Bony for an easy open goal!"

"With a goal and an assist, he has once again been selected as the best player of the match!"

"Congratulations to Manchester City! Having overcome Chelsea, there are no more obstacles on their path to the Christmas title!"

The Times: Mourinho lost the game, but won the release!

"The Portuguese are always special, even in the post-match press conference."

"He publicly accused Manchester City of parking the bus and playing dirty football, saying Chelsea only lost due to bad luck!"

"But Mourinho himself was the one who pioneered the 'parking the bus' strategy!"

"He won the 2010 Europe Champions League with his defensive tactics, which made Barcelona and Bayern very resentful at the time."

"Why can't it work when it's my turn?"

"Manchester City, using Mourinho's own tactics, killed his team at his home ground!"

The Guardian: Heartwarming scene: Nasri personally takes photos of Tang!

"It's the same old story: Tang led Manchester City to an away victory against Chelsea, allowing Manchester City to maintain their top spot in the league standings!"

"Tang's brilliant performance also impressed Nasri. The proud France midfielder even took on the role of photographer after the game, personally carrying a camera to take pictures of Tang. The two couldn't help but laugh!"

"This season, we've rarely seen Nasri on the field, and we've rarely seen his bright smile!"

"But at this moment, Nasri's smile was as bright as a child's; you could tell he was genuinely happy!"

<24 Hours News>: Nasri generously resolved the conflict, and the Manchester City team is united in their resolve!

Manchester City scored early on, but the process of that goal was somewhat bizarre and controversial!

"SportMediaset shows that Tang forcefully pushed Nasri aside and then shot the ball himself!"

"This kind of ball-hogging behavior reminds us of Milner's bullying of Sterling."

"Fortunately, Nasri didn't blame Tang at all; instead, he congratulated him and even generously allowed Tang Long to take photos!"

Why has Manchester City been able to stay at the top of the table since the start of the season?

"Because they are a united team, a cohesive group!"

After the match, major media outlets praised Manchester City's performance.

Commentators believe that once Manchester City overcomes Chelsea, Manchester City will have no strong teams to play in the remaining schedule, but Manchester United still have matches against Arsenal and Liverpool to play;

In addition, Manchester City already had a two-point lead over their arch-rivals!

It seems that Manchester City has secured the Christmas title without any doubt. For Manchester United, the real challenge is whether they can keep up the two-point gap with their title contenders!

Traditional right-wing conservative media, including Tang Long's arch-rival, the Daily Telegraph, also jumped on the bandwagon for attention;

However, their criticisms outweighed their praises, and their words were all directed at Tang Long.

First of all, congratulations to Manchester City; they achieved an incredibly hard-fought victory.

"However, the editorial team unanimously believes that Don Nasri owes him an apology!"

"In recent years, many France tourists have flocked to Britain. They spit everywhere and shout indiscriminately, showing us the rudeness unique to continental Europe."

"But Nasri is a true gentleman, as refined as any of us UK gentlemen."

"Tang, that barbaric Easterner, stole the goal that should have belonged to Nasri. If it were anyone else, they would probably have resorted to violence!"

"But Nasri not only didn't hold a grudge, he also enthusiastically took photos of Tang. Such magnanimity is truly rare among citizens outside the British Isles!"

"But other people's gentlemanly conduct cannot cover up your rudeness—if Tang himself is willing to grant our newspaper an interview and publish an apology to Nasri on the front page, we would be happy to do so and will not charge any publicity fees."

"Finally, this newspaper advocates that all players should take Nasri as a role model and learn from his qualities of kindness, integrity, generosity, and friendliness!"

On the flight from London back to Manchester that evening.

Reports from major Britain media outlets had already begun to flood in.

Many media outlets had already written their reports, just waiting to publish them as soon as the match ended.

Nasri sat on the plane, connected to the barely functioning Wi-Fi, scrolling through the news with a sense of smug satisfaction.

Kindness, integrity, generosity, and friendliness—these words inflated his ego, making him feel elated—"That's me!"

He then posted another social media status, accompanied by a picture taken from the Guardian, showing himself carrying a camera and filming Tang Long.

Unity is the essence of our victory!

Then, he even stood up and waved his phone in front of Tang Long in the back row.

"Tang, look, the media are all talking about us!"

Tang Long smiled and gave him a thumbs up. "Well done, Nasri. I told you long ago, you're a born photographer."

This is the third game in a round-robin week.

Pellegrini was in a good mood and gave the team a day off to let everyone rest.

The next morning.

Tang Long got up early, drank coffee, ate bread, spent an hour reading his teammates' mission biographies, and then spent another hour training in the AI Cloud Training Ground.

It was already ten o'clock.

Tang Long called Ranocchia and Kolarov, inviting them to his home.

As a newly formed group in Manchester City's dressing room this season, the Italian-speaking Faction is small, with only three members.

Logically, Kolarov, being the oldest and having spent the longest time at Manchester City, should be the leader of the Italian-speaking Faction.

Kolarov, as the initiator of the small group, was indeed the leader, but this leadership was only nominal.

In fact, both Kolarov and Ranocchia assumed that Tang Long was the absolute center of their trio!

This is due to both his record-breaking transfer fee and his unique and central role at Manchester City.

So, with just one phone call from Tang Long, the two of them dropped what they were doing and came to Tang Long's house.

"Why did you call us here? Are you treating us to hot pot?" Ranocchia excitedly.

This was Kolarov's first time visiting Tang Long's home.

Kompany had mentioned in a casual conversation that when Tang Long visited Milner, he brought him a fruit basket, saying it was a wish for the injured patient's speedy recovery. So, in addition to giving Tang Long a Serbia scarf as a gift, he also specially selected an exquisite fruit basket from a fruit shop to bring to Ranocchia.

After the three chatted casually on the sofa, Tang Long clarified the theme of the gathering.

A group photo of Manchester City from this season is casually placed on the coffee table.

Tang Long used a thick carbonated pen to draw an X on Nasri's head, who was sitting at the end of the second row.

"I'm going to kill this guy."

Upon hearing this, Ranocchia and Kolarov were both taken aback!

The cheerful chatter that had been going on stopped.

The living room was completely quiet.

Kolarov took a deep breath and tentatively asked, "Are you going to kill him?"

Ranocchia also looked at Tang Long with an unusual expression, wondering what he was up to.

Both of them played in Serie A for many years and have a deep understanding of Italian culture.

In Southern Mafia slang, drawing an X over someone's head means you want to kill them.

Ranocchia, in particular, was even more nervous.

He knew that Tang Long and Berni had a very good relationship. Berni was well-connected in both the legal and illegal worlds of Italy, and he also had many Mafia friends in the south. Could it be...?

"Haha, no! I mean I want to make sure this stupid France never makes a comeback at Manchester City, no, he can't even play in the Premier League, I don't want to see him again."

"Oh..."

Kolarov and Ranocchia exchanged a smile and breathed a sigh of relief!

As the former captain of Tang Long, Ranocchia, who often mediated relationships in the locker room, had a rough idea of what was going on.

He began to dissuade Tang Long from doing so.

"Tang, if I'm not mistaken, your argument with Nasri was about that opening goal in yesterday's game, right?"

"I know you must have had a dispute after the game because of this. Although I was injured and couldn't go to Stamford Bridge, and couldn't properly handle the follow-up, I also know that this is not something that Nasri can resolve by taking pictures of you with a camera after the game."

"It's just about one goal, let's forget about it. Everyone's happy with the win, there's no need for that. Besides, given our current positions, it's too early to talk about controlling the entire locker room or having the power to shut down a teammate!"

Kolarov, however, was quite puzzled.

He was a starting player and played the full 90 minutes.

Although Kolarov didn't see the specific situation clearly for the opening goal due to the large number of players in the penalty area;

However, neither Nasri nor Tang Long had any disagreements, whether on the field or in the locker room!

Before the end of the first half, Tang Long even delivered a brilliant through ball to Nasri, almost giving him an assist.

The two were all smiles and friendly after the match.

Nasri even uploaded a screenshot of the scene where he took a picture of Tang Long on social media, which Kolarov also saw and even liked!

Why the sudden talk of banning this kid?

Tang Long then recounted the entire story in detail.

Kolarov and Ranocchia listened with wide eyes, looking incredulous.

"What?"

"The photo of you on the front page of the Sun, was taken by Nasri?" Kolarov asked in astonishment.

"Nasri can't be that despicable, he's doing this on purpose!" Ranocchia frowned.

The two men stared at each other in bewilderment after seeing the surveillance footage that Tang Long had recorded at the police station.

"But, Tang, even if the license plate can indeed be identified as Nasri's car, you still can't prove that he actually took a picture the moment he stopped the car and raised his phone."

Ranocchia watched the recording again, cautious and worried that he might accidentally injure his teammates.

After comparing the Sun's photos with Tang Long's video, Kolarov suddenly exclaimed, "No, I'm 100% sure it was this Nasri kid who took it! Look!"

Although the photos in the Sun are blurry and only show that they were taken through a car window, the information is very limited, and it's impossible to tell what kind of car it is.

However, there is a small sticker on the lower left edge of the photo.

Only a small part of the sticker is visible, so most people wouldn't even notice it.

But Kolarov insists that he once rode in Nasri's car and there was a small spider sticker on the inside of the window that looked exactly like the one in the photo.

"Nasri son of a bitch, Nasri!" Ranocchia, usually so polite, suddenly swore!

"Nasri is such a vicious bastard! He's just jealous that you took his position. Doesn't he even know how badly you've played these past two years? If you hadn't come, he would have been a starter? Is he crazy?!"

Kolarov, an Eastern European with a strong personality, immediately stood up.

"Nobody stop me! I'm going to find Nasri right now and beat that little bastard up!"