Chapter 217: A huge home win, collective praise from the media, the best start in Premier League history!
"Stinky boy, I heard that you went to Belgium. Did you go to accompany your girlfriend?"
Bosque got the news from somewhere and made a special call to Lin Quan.
He did not call Lin Quan into the national team because he took into account that Manchester City had too many games in recent times and wanted to take care of this guy and let him rest for a while.
But instead of resting at home, he ran around everywhere.
This made Bosque very angry, and he planned to cancel the preferential treatment given to Lin Quan on the next FIFA match day.
"No, no, coach, please listen to my explanation..."
"What's there to explain? Just keep in shape. If you don't win the World Cup next year, I'll punish you!"
Beep, beep, and Bosque hung up the phone.
Lin Quan was speechless when he heard the dead tone coming from the other end of the phone: Girlfriend? De Bruyne?
Forget it, this kind of thing cannot be explained, and explaining it will only make things worse.
Let’s think about how to convince Pellegrini to buy De Bruyne during the winter break!
How about I let him off a bit in the next game, let Pellegrini realize that Manchester City has shortcomings in the frontcourt, and then take the opportunity to sell him De Bruyne and let him consider it? That 's what he thought and did.
In the 12th round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced the challenge of Tottenham Hotspur, who ranked seventh in the league, at home.
Tottenham's record in the past few seasons is not bad. It has been stable between 4th and 5th place, and is considered to be the strongest team among the championship group.
Facing such a strong team, if we let them off a bit, Manchester City will probably have a very difficult time.
By then Pellegrini will naturally realize the seriousness of the problem!
However, what Lin Quan did not expect was that Manchester City had too good luck in this game.
Just 13 seconds into the game, Navas's lob shot broke through Tottenham's goal.
You know, he was at least 35 meters away from the goal when he scored the goal.
This ball not only stunned the entire Tottenham team, but also Lin Quan.
I have a bad feeling!
His feeling was soon fulfilled.
Navas' magical goal boosted the morale of the entire Manchester City team, and after the restart, they launched a fierce siege around Tottenham's goal.
To make matters worse, in the 7th minute, Tottenham defender Sandro made a mistake in a hurry and kicked the ball into his own goal while clearing the ball.
Just 7 minutes into the game, Manchester City was already 2 goals ahead of Tottenham!
The outcome of this game is no longer in doubt. The only suspense is how many goals Manchester City, in hot form, can win against the opponent at home?
Ninety minutes later, the answer was revealed.
Manchester City beat Tottenham 6-0 at home, giving the opponent the biggest single-game defeat in nearly 15 seasons!
The last time Tottenham lost so badly was in 1997 when they faced Kevin Keegan's Newcastle team away from home.
At the end of the game, the stunned Tottenham players seemed to have lost their souls, and each of them found the result unbelievable.
Lin Quan was equally incredulous. When he saw the bright red number on the scoreboard, he put his hands on his hips and looked at the Tottenham players with some anger.
Aren't you very strong? How come you were slaughtered so easily?
If they hadn't intentionally let the game go, Manchester City might have broken the record for the biggest defeat in Tottenham's history.
If the Tottenham players knew Lin Quan's idea, they would probably curse in their hearts! Are your two goals and two assists a sign of letting others win?
You're fooling around!
In response to the terrifying score Manchester City scored at home in this round of the game, all major media outlets started to praise them after the game and sang praises for them: Sky Sports: "6-0!
Unbelievable score! Manchester City ruthlessly destroyed Tottenham at home! Before visiting the Etihad Stadium, Tottenham was the best defensive team in the Premier League this season, having conceded only 6 goals in the previous 11 games, but the Blue Moon doubled their goal conceded data in one game!
It’s incredible!”
They used the word "unbelievable" in bold and black capital letters to express their surprise!
The Guardian: "In two consecutive Premier League home games, Manchester City scored 7-0 and 6-0 respectively. The Blue Moon's offensive power is frightening! And so far this season, Manchester City has won all home games on all fronts. The Etihad Stadium is definitely the most terrifying home stadium in the Premier League this season, no doubt about it!!"
The Times: "After a hard-fought victory away from home, Manchester City responded to outside doubts with a hearty victory. They are still one of the best teams in the Premier League!"
BBC: "After beating Tottenham at home, Manchester City set a new record in the Premier League, breaking the best start record of the Premier League created and maintained by Chelsea in the 05-06 season.
Eight years ago, the madman led Chelsea to nine consecutive wins at the start of the Premier League, with 10 wins and 1 draw in 11 games.
Their unbeaten record lasted until the twelfth round of the league, when they were defeated by Manchester United at home.
After this round of matches, Manchester City will hold the record for the best start in the Premier League, with Chelsea only in second place. ”
In the post-match player rating session, Lin Quan received a 10-point rating:
Lin once again played a dominant performance. He not only scored two goals, but also made two assists. If his offensive desire had not been greatly reduced in the final moments, he might have completed a hat trick of goals and assists.
Aguero (9 points): In this game, Manchester City's striker continued his outstanding performance. He scored two goals and made an assist. The Argentine and the team's core Lin Quan are cooperating more and more tacitly. How to resist this killer duo will be a headache for all teams in the Premier League!
Navas (8 points): The Spaniard scored a long-range shot that tied the record for the fastest goal in the Premier League this season. He may not have scored the most goals, but he used a lightning-fast goal to break Tottenham's rigid shell and laid the foundation for Manchester City's big victory.
Yaya Toure (8 points): As Lin Quan has been with the team for longer and longer periods of time, Yaya Toure and his new teammate have become more and more in tune with each other.
Ever since he gave Lin Quan an assist when facing Chelsea away, the cooperation between the two has gradually increased.
In this game, Yaya Toure, playing in the defensive midfielder position, not only provided an assist to his teammates, but also became an insurmountable iron gate in Manchester City's midfield.
Most of Tottenham's counterattacks came to an abrupt end in front of him.
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The team had a good record and accidentally broke the record of the Premier League, which led to all major media outlets praising them to the sky after the game.
Manchester City fans are naturally overjoyed by the praise, and even want the media to step up their efforts.
However, the core of the team, Lin Quan himself, was a bit regretful.
The game was won too easily, not only failing to reflect Manchester City's problems in the midfield and frontcourt, but instead further concealing these problems.
This made him feel a little tricky about how to talk to Pellegrini and ask him to bring in De Bruyne during the winter break.
Forget it, there is still more than a month before the winter break, let's wait and see! Not long after the league ended, the fourth round of the League Cup started.
This time Manchester City will travel to challenge Newcastle, considering that they will face their last home game of the Champions League at home in two days.
Pellegrini left most of the main players in Manchester and only took half of the main players and half of the substitutes with him.
It is worth mentioning that David Silva, who had missed three months of games due to injury, has returned to the team and resumed training before this round of games.
In order to help the opponent recover as soon as possible, Pellegrini also brought him along this time.
It turned out that Pellegrini's decision was quite wise.
At St. James' Park, the home of the Magpies, Newcastle didn't know whether they were stimulated by Manchester City's big slaughter of Tottenham, or inspired by Sunderland's previous game at home where they parked the bus and almost tied with Manchester City.
When facing Manchester City at home, they also chose the bus-parking tactic! Facing the opponent's iron bucket formation, Manchester City, without Lin Quan, fought hard for 90 minutes without scoring a goal, and was eventually dragged into overtime by the opponent.
During the extra time, Pellegrini replaced David Silva, who immediately brought changes to Manchester City's frontcourt attack.
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His organization, passing, cutting and running, like adding lubricating oil to a rusty machine, injected vitality into Manchester City's offensive system.
As a result, Manchester City, which had previously found it difficult to score, scored two goals in 30 minutes of extra time and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the League Cup.
After the game, Pellegrini came to two conclusions: Manchester City's substitute lineup is not strong! Manchester City can't do without Lin Quan!
This made Lin Quan feel a little relieved. As long as he could recognize the problems in Manchester City's frontcourt, it would be fine! On December 2, the penultimate round of the Champions League group stage started.
Manchester City faced the challenge of Viktoria Plzen, the weakest opponent in the group stage.
Although Manchester City has already qualified for the group stage two rounds in advance, they still cannot afford to be careless in this game because there is still suspense in the competition with Bayern Munich for the first place in the group.
In this match, because the opponent was not strong, Pellegrini took the risk of putting David Silva, who had just returned from injury, into the starting lineup.
Obviously, he wants to help David Silva recover as soon as possible and integrate into the team's tactical system as soon as possible.
Plzen obviously noticed this, so they took advantage of the psychological weakness of most players who were afraid to engage in intense physical confrontation after being seriously injured, and attacked David Silva's side on the court.
Having lost all four games, Plzen has nothing to lose. Now they are just fighting for honor, so no matter whether they are away or at home, they play very openly and not conservatively at all.
This mentality actually made their performance much better than the previous time the two teams met.
In the first 30 minutes of the game, Manchester City didn't have any good opportunities.
On the contrary, because David Silva subconsciously avoided fierce physical confrontation, the opponent found some opportunities from him and completed several threatening counterattacks.
Because David Silva became the weak link in Manchester City's defense, Lin Quan had to come over frequently to help him fill in the position and cover.
This had a significant impact on Manchester City's offensive in the frontcourt.
We can't keep playing like this. The failure to score goals will affect the players' mentality and also boost the opponent's confidence.
More importantly, this is David Silva's first start after returning from injury. If he messes up, it will probably have a huge psychological impact on him.
Lin Quan has not forgotten the care he received from Manchester City when he first came to the city.
Therefore, starting from the 30th minute, Lin Quan increased his dribbling time and number of breakthroughs.
This will not only allow him to seize the opponent's defensive loopholes more quickly, but also reduce the time his teammates spend dribbling the ball, thus freeing them from the trouble of being entangled by the opponent.
Bjerg Brugge obviously did not understand Lin Quan's individual combat ability well enough and gave him opportunities when defending.
In the 33rd minute, Lin Quan dribbled past the opponent and was tripped by the opponent when he entered the opponent's penalty area. Manchester City got a penalty kick opportunity.
As Manchester City's number one penalty taker, and having to compete with super shooters like Ronaldo and Messi on the Champions League scorer list, Lin Quan would definitely take the penalty himself in normal times.
But today, he gave the penalty opportunity to his teammate David Silva.
"Lin, this isn't good, right? You need this goal to compete for the top scorer list, but I don't need it. There's no need to give me the chance to score!"
David Silva was very touched by Lin Quan's kindness, but still refused.
It was enough that the opponent had such intention. As for the penalty kick, he was really embarrassed to take it.
David Silva was actually not very satisfied with his first start after his comeback.
If he were asked to grade himself, he might not even get a passing score of 6 for this performance.
In fact, if he hadn't been there to drag the team down, Manchester City might have already scored a goal and taken the lead.
"It doesn't matter, even if there is no penalty, it will not affect my competition with others for the top scorer.
Go ahead, don't refuse it. This is my gift to you. I hope you can use this Champions League goal as a sign of your return as a king and get back to your form soon!"
Lin Quan spoke very sincerely, and David Silva was deeply moved after hearing it. He finally nodded and did not refuse anymore.
The audiences watching the live broadcast at the scene, on TV and on the Internet saw that after the referee awarded a penalty kick, Lin Quan did not take the penalty kick. Instead, he and David Silva showed courtesy to each other.
This made the fans very surprised: "What is Lin Huang trying to do? Why doesn't he take the penalty kick himself?"
"It seems like he wants to give the chance to David Silva, right?"
"Is this true? Is Emperor Lin going to give up such a good scoring opportunity?"
"It doesn't look fake!"
"He really did. I cried to death!"
"Lin Huang's character is really beyond reproach. If I were his teammate, I would sell my life to him if I met such a great teammate!"
"Having said that, Lin Huang only has 5 Champions League goals now. Manchester City probably won't go far in the knockout stage. It will probably be a bit difficult for him to compete with Messi and Ronaldo for the Champions League Golden Boot!"
"It's hard to say. The gap between him and Messi, Ronaldo and others is not that big. If he didn't give up this penalty, he would be two goals behind Ronaldo!"
"It's better not to do that. This way, there won't be a penalty kick in Lin Huang's goal, so that others won't use this as an excuse to criticize him!"
"Indeed, the value of a goal without a penalty is naturally not the same as that of a goal with a penalty!"
(End of this chapter)