Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions

Premier League round 4, Manchester City ready again, heading to London!

But this time their opponent isn't Tottenham, but Tottenham's city rivals, Arsenal.

The match kicks off at 3 PM on Sunday afternoon, Tang Long's back injury is recovering steadily, the speed is pretty good. After a ten-day recovery period, he finally joined the team's last pre-match training session on Saturday morning.

In his first post-recovery training session, assistant coach Rein reminded the entire team that since Tang has just recovered from his injury, they shouldn't make big tackles against him during training. He said this was specifically instructed by Pellegrig.

Ranocchia, Agüero, Kolarov, Sterling all gave Tang Long high-fives and hugs, "Congratulations Tang, you're finally back from injury!"

Especially Kolarov, seeing Tang Long join the training, couldn't hide his smile on his weathered face.

These guys are either Tang Long's hardcore brothers or have vested interests on the field with him, all hoping Tang Long can quickly return and play with them.

However, some players looked a bit indifferent, standing far away without the intention of approaching and speaking to Tang Long.

Silva covered his mouth, whispering to his Spanish compatriot Navas:

"Not early, not late, choosing to return right before the last training session before heading to London, this guy's intentions are clear, he aims to snag a starting position!"

Navas frowned, saying: "If Tang starts, aren't you going back to the flank? You played really well last match, two goals and an assist, even got Premier League player of the week! This isn't fair!"

"Wrong! It's two goals and two assists," Silva corrected Navas, raising two fingers. "I don't get it, I've performed just as well as Tang in the attacking midfielder spot, why does Pellegrini always put me on the wing and put him in the center?"

Silva was indeed quite frustrated.

Last season, except in the 442 formation where he played on the wing, whenever it was a 4231 formation, Silva was always the main attacking midfielder.

His nimble figure, excellent dribbling, and precise, penetrating through balls were fully utilized in the attacking midfielder position, and he himself was more accustomed to playing there.

But halfway through the league, first the loaned Lampard from Chelsea for six months took his spot, then in the last five or six rounds of the league, Lampard moved back to the defensive midfield, and Milner emerged, still occupying the regular starting option as attacking midfielder.

This season, after Lampard left, Silva thought, surely I can return to the regular attacking midfielder position?

But unexpectedly, the club spent a record transfer fee to bring in Tang Long, and that position still wasn't his.

Having served Manchester City for five years, Silva was quite discontented.

Not only the Spanish Language Gang's Silva, but also the French Language Gang's Klichy was glaring at Tang Long with hostility.

Klichy and Sagna, both having played for Arsenal and are compatriots, have a very good relationship, and are important members of the French Language Gang.

"Goodness, how long has Tang been at Manchester City, hasn't played many matches, already enjoying star treatment? What does 'don't touch him in training' mean? Is he made of gold? If the training isn't intense, how will he perform in official matches? Laughable!" Klichy stomped heavily in complaint to Sagna.

Seeing his compatriot's indignant demeanor, Sagna knew well in his heart, thinking:

"Tang's position is the attacking midfielder, if he's back from injury, he's competing for Silva's position, has nothing to do with you, a left-back. You're just jealous of your competitor Kolarov, who can play beautifully with Tang. Unfortunately, Tang wasn't there last round, though the team won, starting Kolarov didn't play well, and you might have a good chance of replacing Kolarov and getting into the starting lineup this round. You're worried Tang's return will have Kolarov overshadow you again, aren't you?"

Meanwhile.

Within Manchester City's first-team coaching staff, those who once supported Milner started gaining traction again.

They believe, Tang Long only played two Premier League matches before encountering muscle inflammation, indicating his physical condition is quite average. If they had kept Milner back then instead of hastily getting rid of him, it would have been the better choice!

"I've always said, Milner is one of our few players with strong tackling ability in the forward line, he rarely gets injured, often injuring opponents!"

"No one at Manchester City is indispensable, we won the last match without Tang, didn't we? If Milner were here, at least he could be a strong rotation option."

"What's crucial is, we actually sold him to Liverpool! God, why would Belgistan do such a foolish thing, sending him to Villa would have been better, it's just strengthening a rival's squad in the title race!"

"Tang is still too young, I heard that initially, the club was indecisive between De Bruyne and Tang, in the end, it was the strong recommendation from commercial director Belada that led us to choose Tang, maybe thinking about the huge Asian market he carries, being five years younger."

"Ridiculous, shouldn't we start from a competitive angle? De Bruyne's stats are better than Tang's at the start, and he's played all 90 minutes in 3 matches, something Tang can't match!"

"I've always said, a teenager's body functions aren't fully developed yet, even with both over 70 million, De Bruyne's error rate is much lower."