Chapter 221: Wenger's harsh words, Manchester City faces internal and external troubles

"Manchester City's players have been behaving very strangely on the pitch lately. They don't seem to dare to attack."

In the commentary booth, He Wei also noticed something unusual about Manchester City.

"Manchester City is one man down now, and the opponent has also gained momentum recently, so it seems understandable that they play more conservatively!"

Xu Yang tried to find some reasons for Manchester City and tried to explain why they made such a choice.

"That's not right? If that's the case, then why did they replace Lin Quan in the final stages? Can't they just replace a defensive player?"

He Wei obviously didn't believe his partner's explanation, because Manchester City's substitution of Lin Quan meant that they wanted to win the game by attacking.

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On the field, taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Lin Quan found captain Kompany.

"Captain, we need to step up our offense. We can't just keep on defending passively like this!"

Kompany was a little hesitant. He was in poor form in this game and made several mistakes. Pantilimon's red card was directly related to him.

"Let's be careful. We are one man short. If we launch an attack at this time and the enemy counterattacks, we will most likely lose."

"If we lose, we lose. There is no difference between 0 points and 1 point in my opinion. Moreover, if we continue to defend passively like this, we may not be able to hold on to this draw."

Lin Quan was somewhat dissatisfied with Kompany's hesitation. In his opinion, Manchester City was strong in offense but weak in defense.

If we continue to attack, there might be a glimmer of hope.

But if they continue to defend passively like this, they might really lose! Kompany knew that what Lin Quan said made sense.

My condition in this game was so bad that I had made several mistakes before.

If he continues to play defense passively like this, it will be hard to guarantee that he won't make the same major mistakes as before.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and nodded heavily, "Okay, I'll listen to you and attack!"

Lin Quan breathed a sigh of relief. Kompany was the captain, and it would be easy to convince others after convincing him.

Sure enough, when he dribbled the ball to attack again, the Manchester City players finally came forward to participate in the attack.

Although Manchester City was one man short on the field, their lineup was much more luxurious than the opponent's after all. In addition, with Lin Quan on the field, Manchester City players united their thoughts and attacked with all their might, and West Bromwich was quickly suppressed.

After Manchester City launched a very threatening attack, the West Bromwich Albion coach also calmed down.

"Hold on!"

"Everyone come back to defend!"

The game was about to end. If they were defeated by the opponent at this moment, then all their efforts would have been in vain.

Although he really wants to beat Manchester City and get 3 points, at this moment, the opponent's offensive threat is far greater than theirs.

If we continue to attack Manchester City, the opponent might be the first to score the goal.

At this point in the game, whoever can score first will almost certainly win the game.

West Bromwich Albion's offensive power is not strong, at least much weaker than Manchester City, so it is obviously unwise to compete with the opponent in offense at this time.

On the contrary, if they withdrew all the troops to participate in the defense and used the iron bucket formation to hold out for the last few minutes, they would be able to maintain a draw.

A draw at least gets one point, and it was one point taken from Manchester City. He is already satisfied with this result!

The West Bromwich Albion coach didn't know that the order that he thought was extremely correct was the decisive reason for their loss at the last moment.

Manchester City players were participating in the attack, but they were very wary of West Bromwich Albion's counterattack ability. The back line did not dare to press too forward, and the midfield was also always on guard against the opponent's counterattack.

In this situation, Manchester City's offensive firepower is far from being fully utilized!

However, West Bromwich Albion gave up its own strategy and took the initiative to withdraw all its players and parked the bus, which made everyone in Manchester City feel relieved.

Kompany and others saw that things were just as Lin Quan said. Manchester City suppressed the enemy with offense and resolved the threat posed by the opponent to their own defense line, so they felt relieved.

They no longer had any concerns and pressed forward boldly, delivering ammunition and providing support to the offensive players in the frontcourt.

For a moment, the situation on the field turned into Manchester City besieging West Bromwich's goal.

On the sidelines, West Bromwich Albion's coach saw that Manchester City's offensive firepower was so fierce and that the team was still struggling to defend even when all the players retreated. He couldn't help but feel lucky in his heart:

Fortunately, I withdrew all the players in advance. If I still had a fluke mentality and wanted to fight against Manchester City at this time, my goal would have been broken by the opponent long ago.

Before we knew it, the game had reached the 90th minute and the score was still 2:2. The fans at the Hawthorns Stadium stood up nervously, craning their necks to look towards their own half.

In the past few minutes, Manchester City's attack was like a tide, suppressing their players within a 30-meter area and making them unable to move.

West Bromwich Albion's several lines of defense have been compressed to the extreme, and the penalty area is densely packed with people.

Lin Quan tried to break through, but because there were too many people, he would often have the ball kicked away by others after passing one or two players.

There’s no way, there are too many people!

This is no longer a case of two fists against four hands, this is simply one person against an entire team.

Moreover, there were too many people in the penalty area, and the forward passing lines were almost all cut off by the opponent, making it difficult for him to pass the ball to his teammates.

This may not be because the opposing players have excellent defensive awareness, but simply the result of too many people piling up.

Since this doesn't work, let's shoot from a distance! Two ways to break through dense defense: set pieces and long shots! Set pieces waste too much time. Manchester City doesn't have much time now. Even if this trick is to be used, it must be used until the last offensive opportunity.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan no longer forced an attack into the penalty area. He withdrew from the penalty area, passed the ball to David Silva, and then came to the area near the top of the penalty area.

David Silva pretended to break into the penalty area from the left, attracted the opponent's defensive players, and then decisively passed the ball to his teammate at the bottom.

Navas received the ball and quickly passed it to his teammates in the penalty area.

Kompany and Yaya Toure both jumped up and tried to compete for a header.

How could West Bromwich Albion's players let them do as they wished? While interfering with the two players, they also joined in the header, trying to get the ball and clear it away.

Kompany, who had been in poor form throughout the game, actually managed to bravely grab the ball this time.

However, he was pushed by his opponent, his center of gravity was unstable, and it was difficult for him to adjust his body posture, making it difficult for him to make an attacking move.

At this time, he saw Lin Quan at the top of the penalty area. When the defensive players were focusing on the football, there was no one around Lin Quan! Good opportunity! Kompany didn't think much and pointed the ball to Lin Quan with his forehead in the air.

Good pass! Seeing Kompany pass the ball to him, Lin Quan secretly praised it in his heart.

When West Bromwich Albion players saw Kompany pass the ball to the unguarded Lin Quan, they were all scared to death.

Oops, missed this guy!

Because of his height, Lin Quan did not pose much threat in headers, and since he left the penalty area, West Bromwich Albion players lowered their guard against him.

However, this choice was a fatal mistake, because the biggest threat in Manchester City is always Lin Quan!

Seeing the flying football, Lin Quan didn't wait for the opponent's defensive player to rush over. He skipped the step of stopping the ball and directly swung his leg at the oncoming football and performed a volley!

Bang! With a loud bang, the football flew out and flew towards West Bromwich's goal.

The West Bromwich Albion player, who had just finished competing for the header and had not yet landed, had no time to jump a second time to intercept Lin Quan's shot.

What's even more tragic is that the goalkeeper's vision was blocked by players from both sides who jumped up to compete for headers, and he failed to notice Lin Quan's shot in the first place.

"careful!"

"Danger!"

The West Bromwich fans in the stands behind the goal were horrified and shouted loudly, trying to alert the goalkeeper.

However, the speed of the football was so fast that almost at the moment the goalkeeper heard their reminder, the ball had already flown in front of him.

Swish! The goalkeeper raised his hand symbolically, and heard the sound of the ball flying into the goal and making close contact with the net.

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Seeing the football fly into the goal, all 21 players on the field were stunned.

Lin Quan, who was the first to react, ran excitedly, taking off his jersey as he ran! He threw away his jersey, revealing his muscular body, and ran to the corner area where the away team's fans were, and roared at the camera in the corner area! The reporters on the sidelines pressed the shutter to record this moment.

"Oh, so handsome, Lin Quan, I want to give birth to a baby for you!"

Lin Quan seldom takes off his clothes to celebrate, so even Manchester City fans rarely see his true body shape.

At this moment, after seeing Lin Quan's strong muscles, the fans at the scene went crazy.

Some female fans even had stars in their eyes and screamed continuously.

Lin Quan's appearance is already quite good, and his strong muscles add a lot of points to his appearance.

Not to mention the female fans at the scene, even the fans watching the live broadcast on TV and the Internet were getting excited at this time.

"Damn, Emperor Lin's muscular body is really good!"

"No wonder Lin Huang's physical confrontation ability is so strong. He can face the Premier League defenders without losing. It turns out that he is actually a hidden devil muscle man!"

"Hiss, these face-obsessed people want to throw themselves into the arms of Emperor Lin just because he's so handsome!"

"Haha, Emperor Lin is not only handsome, but also has a good figure, good football skills, and is also very rich..."

"Stop talking, stop talking, I'm already autistic, thank you!"

Seeing the fans’ enthusiastic reaction, Lin Quan was preparing to strike a few more handsome poses in front of the camera to respond to them.

However, his group of teammates who didn't understand romance had already rushed up at this time, and a group of them threw him to the ground like crazy.

The ups and downs of this game made Manchester City players very depressed. At this time, Lin Quan once again scored the winning goal, which finally made them feel relieved.

At the same time, Manchester City players also felt a little puzzled. It’s just a small West Bromwich Albion, why does it feel so difficult to play?

You didn't think the opponent's performance was very strong?

By the time they finished celebrating, the injury time was almost over.

After the restart, the referee did not give West Bromwich any chance and blew the whistle to end the game.

In the end, thanks to Lin Quan's winning goal in the 92nd minute, Manchester City defeated their opponent 3:2 away from home.

After 14 rounds, Manchester City currently has 13 wins and 1 draw, with 40 points.

Unfortunately, Arsenal also won this round and the gap between the two sides was not widened.

Since losing to Manchester United away from home, Wenger's team has been performing very well recently, with a wave of three consecutive wins to keep the gap with Manchester City.

But it doesn’t matter. The two teams will face off directly in two rounds. Perhaps in this game, Manchester City can widen the gap with them.

However, what is surprising is that Manchester City had already fallen behind before facing Arsenal.

In the 15th round of the league, in the away game against Southampton, Manchester City, who scored the first goal, was once again reversed by the opponent.

This time, Lin Quan failed to save the team, and Manchester City was eventually tied by Southampton.

Fortunately, Arsenal also failed to perform well and were tied by Everton at home.

The difference between the two teams has not changed and remains 6 points.

After learning the result, fans of both teams were very disappointed.

Manchester City fans feel that they missed the opportunity to widen the gap. If they can win this round, they will be 8 points ahead of their opponents before facing Arsenal.

Arsenal fans were upset about their team's poor performance at home. If they had not been tied by Everton, the gap between them and Manchester City would have been narrowed to 4 points.

If they can beat Manchester City in the next round, the gap between the two teams can be narrowed to 1 point! In this way, Arsenal's championship situation will be greatly improved.

If Manchester City's form continues to be sluggish, they might be able to snatch the half-time championship from the opponent at the end of the first half of the game.

After the game, Wenger said in response to reporters' questions that he had found a way to deal with Manchester City, and Arsenal would end Manchester City's unbeaten record and home winning streak at the Etihad Stadium.

Many people think Wenger is bragging about his statement.

After all, Manchester City's record at home is too terrifying, leaving a deep impression on the outside world.

“I don’t think the professor is exaggerating. Manchester City might have been invincible a month ago, but now they are like a tired and weak beast. They only have a scary appearance, but they are no longer as strong as before.

Otherwise, why did they play so badly against West Bromwich Albion and Southampton? "

If you think carefully about Manchester City's first two games, it seems that something was wrong with their form.

Manchester City, who was able to slaughter Tottenham 6:0 at home, suffered a series of reversals on the road. If it weren't for Lin Quan's heroic performance and his several times of saving the team, Manchester City might have lost.

"I think we don't need to keep guessing. The next game is the Champions League. We will know whether Manchester City's form is problematic or not by looking at how they play against Bayern away from home!"

"That's right. Neither Manchester City nor Bayern can afford to lose this game. They must go all out to fight for first place in the group. This gives us a great opportunity to observe Manchester City's situation!"

"If they can withstand Bayern's offensive, or even overturn Bayern, then it will be enough to prove that there is nothing wrong with Manchester City's current state; on the contrary, if they are completely defeated by Bayern and lose by a large margin, then Manchester City may really have a problem!"

On December 11, under the attention of the public, Manchester City came to the Allianz Arena to challenge the powerful Bayern Munich.

This is the last group match and also the most important one!

(End of this chapter)