Chapter 993 Glorious Determination
Chapter 993 Glorious Determination
Regardless of whether everyone regards this game as the first game of Manchester City's [-] consecutive unbeaten games, Manchester City finally won a victory and avoided the embarrassment of a two-game losing streak in the league.
However, their performance after the game still attracted a lot of criticism from the media.
The media believes that Manchester City's difficulty in winning against a team of Stoke City's level is enough to show how bad the team's state is. If this state continues, they may lose.You can't think that you have got rid of the predicament just because you won Stoke City. A team with the strength of Stoke City can cause so much trouble for Manchester City, let alone other teams?
"If it wasn't for Rong, Manchester City wouldn't even win this game, let alone a draw. So the victory in this game can't let all Manchester City fans breathe a sigh of relief, because winning is not a manifestation of Manchester City's normal strength. They rely on one person—Rong! This game can certainly rely on Rong to win this game, but can they rely on Rong in every next game?"
The article was published in the North London Horn and was written by George Allen.
Obviously, George Allen will not admit defeat so easily.
However, in the next four rounds of No.20 in the league, Manchester City beat Portsmouth 2-0 at home, which seemed to turn George Allen's comments into a joke.
In this game, Manchester City's state is much better than the previous game. It doesn't matter if the two goals or the glory.
It seems to prove that Manchester City is not a team that only knows how to rely on glory.
But in the next round of the league, Manchester City drew 1:1 with Hull City in the away game.
If it weren't for Glory, Manchester City would have lost this time.
Rong Guang stepped forward to save the team.
So it seems that George Allen's statement is correct-Manchester City is a team that can only rely on glory.If there is no glory, they will definitely not be able to get the current ranking and points.
Not only that, Manchester City also discounted two players in the game.
One is the central defender Kompany, who strained his thigh muscle during the game and needs to rest for a month.
The other injured player is Sneijder. As the core of the team's midfielder, his injury is slightly milder. His right little finger is slightly contused, but he also needs to rest for at least two weeks.
Injured and invincible, Manchester City's current situation is not very good.
After an away draw by Hull City, Manchester City's first place in the league is in jeopardy.They are now tied with Chelsea in points.
The two sides have 63 points, and Manchester City temporarily ranks first only on goal difference.
But this is no longer an advantage.
Because Chelsea's goal difference is also good, Manchester City's current goal difference is 46 goals, and Chelsea's goal difference is [-] goals, which is only six goals away.
For a while, the media was full of discussions and criticisms about Manchester City's unstable state during this period.
George Allen of the "North London Horn" wrote triumphantly in his article: "...Obviously, there is a problem with Manchester City. Their players are a little tired after consecutive campaigns. In order to maximize the strength of this team, Benitez did not carry out a large-scale rotation. Except for the FA Cup, his league starting lineup is relatively fixed. Of course, this can keep the team in a stable state and achieve good results. But at the same time, it will also make the players feel tired.
The current injuries in Manchester City prove this point.If Benitez continues to be so obsessed, Manchester City will collapse sooner or later! "
In fact, what George Allen said is good, Manchester City is indeed very tired now.After the intensive Christmas season, the team has never had a chance to rest.In the one month from the beginning of January to the present, Manchester City played five league games and two FA Cup games. Three of the four weeks were double matches in one week.
Even if the Manchester City players are strong, they can't stand it at this time.
In the game, it was obvious that Manchester City's players were unable to run. There were some opportunities. If they had changed before, they could easily catch up, but now they can only watch the football roll out of the sideline or be taken by the opponent first.
Manchester City's players have experienced a physical bottleneck.
Benitez is very aware of the team's problems. On the one hand, the hunger for victory is declining, and on the other hand, it is because the team is too tired.
Hunger can be rediscovered, but team fatigue is hard to fix.
He can only use the rotation lineup in the next match between Manchester City and Bolton to let more first-line players rest.
But he can't guarantee the team's results like this...
Rong Guang had just made a bold statement about creating an undefeated record, and the team encountered such a problem, and Benitez was actually quite helpless.
He doesn't even think about being undefeated now, let's talk about winning the league championship this season.
Now, if Chelsea wants to overtake, they also hope that they will not be left too far, so that after the team's physical fitness is adjusted, they will be able to catch up.
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Next, Manchester City played against Bolton at home.
This is the No.20 round of the league. Three days later in the middle of the week, Manchester City will welcome Stoke City at home. This time it is the FA Cup match.
Stoke City almost overturned Manchester City in the league, and they must have more ideas in the "unpopular hotbed" of the FA Cup.
Manchester City will encounter great resistance.
Before the game against Bolton, Benitez announced the team's starting list and 18-man squad for the game.
The media saw that there were many substitute players in this starting list.
Sneijder was replaced by Elano, while Gareth Barry was also replaced by Ireland, while the injured centre-back Kompany was replaced by Uruguayan centre-back Godin.Left back Leighton Barnes was brought down by Sun Hai.
In addition, there are varying degrees of rotation in some other positions.
The original main players, except for a few people, were all rested, either on the bench, or they didn't even enter the bench at all.
Of course, Glory is definitely not being rotated.
No one will rotate him, not because of his outstanding strength and core players, but because of his very good physical fitness.He was the best player in the Manchester City team in the first few games. He galloped all over the field in the game, and even when the game was nearing the end, he still had the ability to sprint at high speed.
With such a performance, there is naturally no reason to replace him.
And this game has almost become Rong Guang's one-man show.
Although other Manchester City players performed well, although they are not very eye-catching, they are always quite satisfactory.It's better than the last game when it was completely out of shape.
But Rong Guang's performance was better - referring to his own performance in the last game.
Only 7 minutes into the game, Rong Guang took the lead in breaking Bolton's goal.
"1:0! Rong! He helped Manchester City take the lead! Taking the lead at such an early time, this start can relieve many Manchester City fans who are worried! No matter how other players perform, Rong will always be their most reliable player!"
"This is Rong's No. 20 league goal this season! He has already scored 20 league goals in only six rounds of No. [-] in the league! He is the most powerful contender for the league Golden Boot this season!"
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Rong Guang's goal not only reassured the Manchester City fans in the stands, but also reassured the Manchester City players.
Then they performed better than before.
Amidst the cheers of their home fans, they completely grasped the situation on the field.
No. 601 minutes, Rong Guang scored for the team again, rewriting the score to 2:0.
"Rong! It's Rong again! Leading by two goals! Manchester City's game is stable!"
The deafening cheers of Manchester City fans rang out over Manchester City Stadium.
When the team is not performing well, they can express dissatisfaction with any player in the Manchester City team, and even express dissatisfaction with the Manchester City coaching staff and the club's top management.
But they will definitely not show the slightest dissatisfaction with Rong Guang.
Because Rongguang's performance is worthy of their special treatment.
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In the end, Manchester City defeated Bolton 2:0 at home. Benitez relied on the substitute lineup to cope with the game. With Rongguang's outstanding performance, he finally made it through.
And there was another piece of good news after the game.
Chelsea played away to Everton 2:1 in this round of the league!
They lost!
It was originally tied, but now Chelsea are three points behind.
A few weeks ago, Manchester City fans were cursing Everton, and now they are all cheering for Everton, football is so amazing...
With their own victory and Chelsea's mistakes, Manchester City reopened the gap with Chelsea.
This is great news for them.
Because it won't be long before the Champions League knockout round.
The lead in the league standings will help them face the knockout round of the Champions League with a relatively peaceful mind, so as not to worry about gains and losses.
After the game, Benitez praised the team's performance and fully affirmed those substitute players.
As for Rong Guang, he simply said: "He has maintained a consistent standard and is a reassuring player."
Although there are not many words, the evaluation is very high.
With glory, Manchester City is equivalent to obtaining an insurance.
Insurance against losing!
After this game, a lot of criticism about Manchester City's poor state in the media disappeared, but the "North London Horn" still warned Manchester City fans not to be too happy about a game victory and not to relax.
It seems that they are thinking about Manchester City fans, but all fools know that they are playing tricks to belittle Manchester City...
George Allen even predicted that the real test for Manchester City would be after the start of the Champions League knockout round. If they were not careful at that time, Manchester City would likely collapse on both lines. They would be overtaken by Chelsea in the league and eliminated in the Champions League. How miserable it would be...
(End of this chapter)