With maxed-out heading ability from the start, I became the king of Arsenal.

11 month 6 day.

Bright Stadium.

After a week of rest, Stoke City will travel to face Sunderland, who are currently 12th in the Premier League.

Stoke City is ranked fifth in the Premier League, and judging from their rankings, it seems that the two teams are not in the same league.

However, the two teams are only 4 points apart, and Sunderland only needs one win to achieve a leap in the standings.

Of course, if they fail to score in three consecutive rounds, they can also fall into the relegation zone.

Sunderland fans are happy with the team's results, as Tottenham, Liverpool and Aston Villa also only have 12 points.

Sunderland at this time could be considered half a satellite team of Manchester United, as three players in the team came from Manchester United.

Left-back Baddsley and substitute Richardson are both from Manchester United's youth academy, while Welbeck is a key player in Manchester United's forward line development.

You can tell Sunderland is no small club just by looking at the players' nationalities. Welbeck's strike partner is Gyan, left winger Malbranque is from France, and right midfielder Elhamadi is from Egypt.

Mignolet is from Belgium, while former French international Zenden is from the Netherlands on the bench. Darren Bent is out injured.

Compared to Stoke City, whose players are mostly from Great Britain and Africa, Sunderland is a much larger club.

As the captain of Manchester United's first two Premier League titles, Steve Bruce received even more resources from the club than Moyes.

Two years from now, Manchester United will sell O'Shea and Brown as a package deal to Sunderland.

Ferguson had a habit after many league matches: he would invite the opposing manager to have a glass of red wine.

From the perspective of a time traveler like Sun Yu, this behavior is both a gesture of friendship and a test of obedience.

Most managers would choose to have a drink with Ferguson because no one wants to offend the most influential manager in Premier League history.

But Professor Wenger would always refuse him, and his reasons were not always the truth.

However, according to Sun Yu's understanding, Wenger probably felt disgusted by the hypocritical socializing with his main rivals.

Sunderland have had a pretty good run of results in the last two years, and have even nurtured a future Premier League top-class midfielder like Henderson.

Interestingly, as Bruce's former manager, Henderson would likely become the soul of Manchester United if Ferguson had been willing.

According to information obtained by the media, Manchester United only need to pay £1800 million to sign Henderson.

However, Manchester United's coaching staff, through technical analysis, indicated that Henderson's running form is problematic and could pose a risk of injury in his future career.

Liverpool then acted decisively, completing a significant signing in the club's history.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle in the first minute of the match. Stoke City set up their formation according to their established tactics, bombarding the opponent's territory with heavy artillery, and handing the ball to Sun Yu and Jones, the two ramming hammers.

Sunderland did not fight for every inch of ground, but instead maintained seven defensive players in their own half, leaving the ball to surround Sun Yu, while only leaving four players to launch counter-attacks.

Stoke City launched two attacks in the first ten minutes, playing a very impressive game.

But Sunderland launched a high-quality counter-attack in the eleventh minute. Welbeck outmaneuvered Huth on the left flank and passed the ball into the box past Shawcross, where Gyan followed up with a shot to score.

1:0.

After conceding a goal, Stoke City played increasingly aggressively, launching a barrage of aerial attacks against Sunderland.

Sunderland used three players against Stoke City's five defenders and kept creating attacking opportunities.

This kind of fast-paced team made it very difficult for Stoke City players, but they still had to grit their teeth and keep going.

In the 31st minute, Sun Yu was contesting a header during a corner kick when the center-back Turner, who was marking him, tried to secretly pull his shirt, resulting in a penalty being awarded by referee Atkinson.

Yellow dot meal.

Walters scored, igniting a foul battle between the two sides.

Huth seemed to have been provoked by Welbeck, as he made a reckless tackle on Welbeck in the penalty area in the 43rd minute, earning himself a yellow card and a penalty.

Malbranque's penalty was saved by Begovic, and Stoke City escaped a close call.

After the start of the second half, both teams engaged in a foul battle, which disrupted the game.

Walters, who scored the goal, almost received two yellow cards in a row, and Pulis quickly substituted him.

In the 58th minute, Sun Yu passed the ball to Whiteside in the penalty area, who then volleyed it into the goal without stopping the ball.

2:1.

Stoke City took control of the game away from home, and Sunderland players became increasingly aggressive, with yellow cards appearing frequently.

Starting in the 75th minute, Shawcross crossed the line twice within three minutes, receiving two yellow cards and being sent off.

Sunderland went all in, using up all their substitutions, and started pressing Stoke City, with Sun Yu barely getting the ball in the attacking third.

In the 88th minute, Sunderland took a corner kick into the six-yard box, and Wilson, playing as a makeshift center-back, finished with a low shot, which Gyan fired to equalize.

In the final minutes, Stoke City parked the bus and managed to hold on for a hard-fought 1 point.

After the match, Sun Yu was somewhat bewildered: "Is Sunderland really that hard to beat?"

At the post-match press conference, both head coaches stated that their tactics had been successful.

This is the legendary "winning amidst a draw".

In the evening's "Match Highlights," the two teams combined for 11 yellow cards, and one red card occupied five minutes of the highlights.

In other matches this round, Arsenal, who played in the Champions League midweek, lost 0-1 at home to their most troublesome opponent, Newcastle.

In fact, there are many mid-to-lower-tier Premier League teams that give them headaches, and the ways they cause them headaches are varied.

Chelsea's 0-2 away defeat to Liverpool has thrown them off their rhythm, with Torres scoring twice, a rare moment of brilliance in his later years at Liverpool.

Liverpool's outstanding performance costly Manchester United, who were struggling to catch up with Chelsea, as the Premier League champions defeated Wolves 2-1.

The game was evenly matched, but the three points were very worthwhile.

What's most admirable about Manchester United during Ferguson's era is that they could win almost any matchup, which truly demonstrates their solid skills.

After the eleventh round, Chelsea's lead has dwindled to just four points, with Manchester United overtaking Arsenal to take second place.

Arsenal and Manchester City are tied with 20 points, ranking third and fourth respectively.

Newcastle and Stoke City, both on consecutive wins, are tied with 17 points, with Newcastle in sixth place only behind Stoke City on goal difference.

Bolton, Liverpool, and West Bromwich Albion are all on 15 points, while Everton and Blackpool are all on 14 points.

With only a 3-point gap between the seven teams, Stoke City's failure to score in two rounds will likely cause them to drop out of the top ten.

The competition in the Premier League is indeed fierce.

Four days later, Stoke City returned home to face Birmingham.

Despite Birmingham's poor performance this season, they still managed to get 12 points.

This match is very important for Stoke City; they absolutely cannot afford to drop three points at home against relegation rivals.

Stoke City scored two goals in the first half through Huth and Ricardo Fowler, and Sun Yu thought the game was in the bag.

Unexpectedly, Birmingham scored two goals in the 74th and 78th minutes to equalize the score.

Pulis couldn't swallow this insult, so he simply put three center forwards in the attacking third and went all out against the opponent, resulting in Stoke City winning several throw-ins in the end.

In the 85th minute, Sun Yu headed in a corner kick from Etherington.

The goalkeeper blocked the ball, and Sun Yu followed up with a powerful shot that found the back of the net.

3 is better than 2!

Pulis substituted a center-back for a center-forward, and held on to the lead.

After the first twelve rounds, Stoke City have accumulated 14 points with 4 wins and 2 draws at home, ranking first in the Premier League.

However, the team's away record of 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses can only be considered as barely securing points per game to avoid relegation.

After the first twelve rounds of the league, Stoke City has 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, accumulating 20 points and still ranking fifth in the Premier League.

Their opponent in the thirteenth round will be Liverpool, the club with the most top-flight league titles in English football history.

Even before the match started, Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish was already giving his opinion on Stoke City: "Although it's an away game, I'm quite confident."

"Stoke City only kept a clean sheet in one of their first twelve games, which suggests that their results were somewhat accidental."

"Our tactics are very effective at breaking down four center-backs, and I am very confident about this match."

Seeing Dalglish's psychological warfare tactics, Sun Yu felt that this old man was really not that impressive; he was the first manager to engage in psychological warfare with Stoke City.

Liverpool's manager has lowered himself to this level!

He wants to win so badly.

Pulis responded enthusiastically, "He talks like he's got great grades. I think he's just obsessed with winning."

Damage is maxed out.

Sun Yu is still maintaining his momentum of scoring against top teams, and he has studied Liverpool's defense.

This momentum must continue.

We not only need to continue, we need to win!