Manchester City Football Club was indeed stunned by this unexpected large fine.

Pro-Manchester City media suggested that Manchester City should follow Liverpool's example and appeal to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport.

However, this time Manchester City Football Club did not actually do so.

Because the FA made a deal with them in private.

In fact, the English FA was really afraid that Manchester City would appeal to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport.

This arbitration court doesn't just help Chen Hero and Liverpool.

Anyone who can create excuses and opportunities for them to interfere in FIFA's affairs, they will firmly stand on their side.

Therefore, as long as Manchester City sues, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport will definitely accept it.

In order to avoid this situation, the English FA could only run to make another deal with Manchester City and reach an agreement in private.

Manchester City's initial request was to cancel the points deduction, and they would accept everything else.

But the points deduction was definitely impossible to cancel, otherwise so many people would be watching, especially Liverpool and Chen Hero, who were eyeing them covetously. If the FA went back on its word, it would be difficult to explain to Liverpool.

However, the specific form of the points deduction could still be discussed.

The FA decided not to deduct ten points from Manchester City this season. This way, Manchester City still retains the hope of qualifying for the Champions League.

Then, postpone the ten points deduction to next season. That is to say, next season, other teams will start the new season with zero points, while Manchester City will start with negative ten points.

Although it looks scary, in fact, with a season's time, Manchester City has more room to maneuver. Unlike this season, there are only nine league games left. If Manchester City is deducted ten points again, it basically means that they will end their Champions League qualification battle this season early.

Next season, Manchester City has a full thirty-eight league games to make up for the difference of these ten points. Perhaps these ten points will prevent them from winning the league title, but that Champions League qualification is still no problem. After all, next season there will be a major benefit for Manchester City, that is, Chen Hero will retire, and Liverpool, which was a huge threat before, will no longer be a threat. Everyone believes that Liverpool will definitely decline after losing Chen Hero.

With one less strong enemy, wouldn't it be easier for Manchester City to compete for the top four in the league?

This adjustment is indeed acceptable for Manchester City. This way they have a chance to qualify for the Champions League in both seasons.

Especially this season. They worked hard for a season and were always in the leading group. Who would have thought that Liverpool would catch up at the last moment? If they were deducted ten points by the FA again, under the double blow, Manchester City would definitely have to give up the fight for Champions League qualification.

But are they really willing to do so?

They worked hard for a season, and in the end they were beaten down. Who can bear it?

Since the Middle East consortium acquired Manchester City, their initial goal was the championship. Later, they recognized the reality and found that with Chen Hero, Manchester City should not even think about the championship. So their goal was lowered to ensuring that they could enter the Champions League every season. This is the bottom line of the Middle East consortium.

The coaches who failed to achieve this goal were all dismissed by the club.

Now that they heard that they could still hold on to a glimmer of hope for Champions League qualification, Manchester City was naturally happy to make this deal with the FA.

They guaranteed that they would not appeal to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the English FA gave Manchester City a chance to appeal to the FA, so they could take the opportunity to adjust the time of the points deduction.

In this way, everyone is happy.

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After reaching an agreement, Manchester City did appeal as expected.

And the English FA, after pretending to study it for a few days, announced the new penalty result.

Everything else was the same, but the time for the points deduction was changed from immediate implementation this season to starting next season.

In this way, Manchester City has won the time for this season, and they still have hope of qualifying for the Champions League.

Regarding this result, Liverpool Football Club and Chen Hero actually knew what was going on—Manchester City and the FA must have reached some kind of agreement.

When he saw the media suggesting that Manchester City Football Club appeal to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, Chen Hero knew that the FA would compromise.

Sure enough.

But he was not angry, but laughed.

Because he felt that Manchester City had been tricked miserably by the FA, this old fox.

And they were tricked for two consecutive seasons.

This season, Manchester City thought they still had a chance to compete for Champions League qualification, which was simply wishful thinking.

Not to mention the points difference between Manchester City and the top four in the league, just look at the morale of Manchester City after this game. They were all scared out of their wits, and they were also made a laughing stock of all of England because of this game. Any team can bully them in the next game, and they themselves have no fighting spirit at all.

Such a team still wants to compete for Champions League qualification in the remaining nine games? How brain-dead would the Manchester City Football Club's executives have to be to think like that?

Even if the FA didn't deduct ten points from them this season, they would actually have no chance.

As for next season... They could have made a comeback. Because after a summer of rest and recuperation, the whole team would also take the initiative to forget about this matter, and they could devote themselves to the new season's preparations and games with a brand-new look.

But this ten-point deduction was moved to next season, which will constantly remind Manchester City before the start of next season that they had such a humiliating game last season, and the impact of this humiliation has continued into the new season!

Want to start over? No way!

This ten points is like a scar on their body, aching faintly, reminding them that this humiliation will not disappear with the arrival of the new season.

This situation will seriously hit the morale of the team.

It will also affect the team's preparations for the new season.

The other Premier League teams are not vegetarians. If Manchester City is so sluggish, and they can still get into the top four in the league, then it will be a shame for the other Premier League teams.

So Manchester City shouldn't expect to get any Champions League qualification in these two seasons.

They were tricked miserably by the English FA this time.

They thought they had escaped from death, but they didn't expect that they had only escaped from one death place to another.

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What relieved the English FA was that after they announced the latest penalty result, although some media still expressed doubts, Liverpool did not object, which was considered passed.

As for the media's doubts, the FA simply ignored them.

So the matter of Manchester City ended like this.

But the impact of this game is not limited to the fate of Manchester City.

There are many, many more.

For example, in the same city, this game also brought a deep stimulus to another person.

"Poor Louis Nacho!"

This was the headline of a Manchester newspaper after the game.

This headline expressed the feelings of many Nacho fans and neutral fans.

The originally suspenseful battle for the English League's top scorer lost its suspense after this game.

Nacho, who was twelve goals ahead of Chen Hero before, has now become the most pitiful person in the world in the blink of an eye.

This was originally a feud between Chen Hero and Manchester City, but Manchester United player Nacho was shot while lying down.

Chen Hero went completely berserk in the game against Manchester City and scored thirteen goals in one go.

From being twelve goals behind Nacho, he became one goal ahead of Nacho.

Although he is only one goal ahead, many people feel that Nacho will no longer be able to pose a threat to Chen Hero in the scorer list after facing such a blow.

Because Chen Hero's performance in this game was so amazing, he fully told Nacho the difference between mortals and gods.

Chen Hero can complete a thirteen-goal reversal in one game. Can he, Nacho, score thirteen goals in one game to widen the gap again?

As long as Nacho thinks that even if he leads the opponent, the opponent will solve it in one game, he will lose motivation and fighting spirit.

No matter what Nacho does, in front of Chen Hero, it is all in vain.

This is really too demoralizing.

Moreover, after this game, the media kept running to interview Nacho, specifically asking him what he thought of Chen Hero's performance.

Isn't this constantly reminding Nacho that his opponent is a very perverted and awesome monster?

This is further destroying Nacho's confidence.

So it was not only Manchester City that was completely destroyed by Chen Hero, but also Manchester United's top scorer and future star, Louis Nacho.

The battle for the league's top scorer this season has lost its suspense and the dust has settled.

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Another depressed person is Newman Geith.

Although two months have passed since Chen Hero's comeback, Newman Geith has become more and more low-key. But the media still did not let him go.

Every time Chen Hero scored a goal, the media would harass him, insisting that he talk about his feelings.

As a result, Newman Geith exploded directly and refused to accept any interviews.

But he shouldn't think that he can escape by not answering the phone.

After this game, the *Liverpool Echo* saw a large subtitle: "Newman, what do you think?"

It caused a new wave of ridicule against Newman Geith, and many media followed up.

And Newman Geith can only shrink in his shell at this time, as if this game never happened at all.

But he can't really stay at home and not go out to work. Therefore, as long as he goes out to show his face, the sensitive Mr. Newman Geith always feels that the eyes of others looking at him are carrying a hint of teasing.

This feeling makes him very uncomfortable.

He wants to shout at the people who look at him like this: "What are you looking at?! What are you looking at?! What's so good about it?!"

But this is of no use to change his reputation.

The eyes of everyone looking at him are not only teasing, but also sympathy and pity.

Like looking at a madman.

They are thinking in their hearts—Poor Newman Geith, he has been forced into a madman by Chen Hero! This is really terrible! Is this the end of offending Chen Hero?

Fortunately, Newman Geith can't see other people's inner thoughts, otherwise he would definitely become a madman...