In the early morning of May 1, the 34th round of the Premier League kicked off, and Manchester City, who slipped to no. 2 in the table due to Liverpool's win, made a 4-0 victory at the Eland Road Stadium before the game, killing the opponent 11-0 in two legs of the Premier League this season, and also ruthlessly retracting the top experience card that Liverpool had just arrived for 5 hours. In this campaign, 36-year-old veteran Fernandinho came off the bench and scored a goal, thus surpassing Lampard as the oldest player in Manchester City's history to score a Premier League goal.
In the middle of next week, Manchester City also have a life-and-death battle against Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, and the Premier League is also being chased by Liverpool, in which case Guardiola still made a rotation, with Glelles, Sterling, Gundogan, Acker and Canselo starting. Veteran Fernandinho is on standby with De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and others. City's start was a smooth start, with Rodri's header in the 13th minute giving the team a 1-0 lead to end the first half.
In the second half, City's attack did not decrease, Ak and Jesus scored successively, and the defending champions were far behind 3-0. In this case, Guardiola waved the flag, bernardo Silva and Fernandinho put on the bench successively for Foden and Rodri. The game went on in the 3rd minute of injury time, Sterling forced the ball into the penalty area and fell to the ground, Leeds United hurriedly released the ball out of the box, and Fernandinho, who had been waiting for a long time at the top of the arc of the penalty area, smiled at the long-range shot to lock the score at 4-0.
In this campaign, Fernandinho played 7 minutes, scored 1 goal with 1 shot, and 12 passes were all successful, and his performance was remarkable. Since then, the Manchester City captain has reached 260 Premier League appearances, surpassing Willian to become the brazilian player with the most appearances in Premier League history. However, this is also Fernandinho's last season for Manchester City.
At the pre-match press conference of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals that Manchester City had previously challenged Atletico, Fernandinho announced that he would leave after the end of the season, and his words made Manchester City manager Guardiola, who was sitting next to him, also look confused. Obviously, this was a decision made by Fernandinho himself. In fact, his contract with Manchester City ended last summer, but the club eventually gave him another one-year contract to stay at the Etihad Stadium. Just when everyone thought that the same plot would be staged this summer, Fei Bird personally announced the "end" of his Manchester City career.
To be fair, Fernandinho is still in good form, and so far this season, he has played in 28 games in all competitions and scored 2 goals and 3 assists, including 7 starts in 15 Premier League games, 2 goals and 1 assist. In the last two games, Fei Bird has played as a substitute for assists and goals, stepping up when City needed it most. In this state, It is not too much for Manchester City to give another year of contract.
However, choosing to leave while still having the strength to fight a war just shows the wisdom of Fei Bird. Because he hopes to leave with good memories for Manchester City fans. Of course, even if he leaves, it does not mean that Fei Bird and Manchester City are no longer related, and perhaps one day in the future, he will return to the Etihad Stadium and continue to play for Manchester City as an assistant coach or even manager. For Manchester City, what can be done now is to win the Champions League title for the veteran to practice, do not let last season's regrets repeat.