Chapter 334 Hat-trick by substitute, breaking the fastest record in the Premier League

Whether the outside world is optimistic or critical, it will not affect Manchester City's preparations.

Having won the championship last year, they seem to have a calm attitude towards the new season of the Champions League.

The group stage hasn't even started yet, so it's a bit too early to talk about winning or defending the title.

Manchester City will participate in four competitions this year: league, cup, Champions League and Club World Cup.

More games will not only further disperse their energy, but also place higher demands on their physical fitness and condition.

Therefore, in order to avoid the situation like last year where we almost collapsed due to fighting on multiple fronts.

Pellegrini decided to rotate the team's lineup early to ensure that every player has as much rest time as possible.

On August 30, the third round of the Premier League kicks off.

Manchester City will face the challenge of Stoke City at home.

Because the opponent was not strong, Pellegrini made some adjustments to the starting lineup in this game.

He put Lin Quan, Aguero, Kroos, Fernandinho, Zabaleta and other main players on the bench.

This adjustment is quite bold. Half of Manchester City's championship heroes last season are sitting on the bench.

New faces such as Van Dijk, Sagna and Fernando appeared in Manchester City's starting lineup.

In addition, Jovetic, who rarely played last season, also appeared in the starting lineup in this game.

After Negredo's transfer, he was increasingly valued by the old coach.

Pellegrini's idea is very good. He uses a lineup of substitutes + main players to deal with a weak team like Stoke City, using games as training to accelerate the growth of these young players.

This season, Manchester City will probably have close to 70 games in total. If they use their main lineup to play so many games, all the main players will be exhausted.

So this season, Manchester City's substitutes have to step up and help the main players share the pressure.

Of course, there are risks in doing this.

Because the strength of the substitute lineup is still far behind that of the main players, especially Lin Quan's substitute.

Not to mention Manchester City, there is almost no suitable player in the entire top five leagues who can serve as a substitute for Lin Quan.

In football, the only player with a style very similar to his is Messi.

But Manchester City can't buy Messi to be Lin Quan's substitute, right?

This is too luxurious!

Even if they really have such an idea, Barcelona will not sell players, and Messi will not condescend to be a substitute! In fact, Lin Quan feels that he does not need any substitutes. His physical fitness is fine and he will not get injured. It is no problem for him to keep full attendance.

After the game started, Manchester City players played very actively.

Although there are many substitutes on the field, their morale is not low at all.

After all, we are part of the treble winners. Facing such a weak team in the lower middle of the league, shouldn't we play as we want? However, reality gave them a blow and made them dizzy.

Throughout the first half, Manchester City kept trying to launch attacks.

However, their attack failed to bear fruit and Stoke City's goal was never broken.

As soon as the second half began, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Taking advantage of a counterattack opportunity, Stoke City broke the deadlock and sent the ball into Manchester City's goal.

Joe Hart was very depressed! The opponent played this ball very tricky, and he had no way to deal with it. He could only watch the ball go into the net.

After Manchester City bought the best goalkeeper Navas in La Liga in the new season, Joe Hart's main position has been severely tested.

In the previous two games, Manchester City's starting goalkeeper was Navas.

Navas also proved with his outstanding performance that Manchester City's 15 million euros were worth it.

If it weren't for Zabaleta's own goal in the previous game, Navas' first two games for Manchester City would have been perfect.

The outstanding performance of his competitors put Joe Hart under great pressure.

He was finally included in the starting lineup for this game and he was determined to perform well.

As a result, my luck was very bad, and the opponent's striker kicked a magical goal.

Not to mention Joe Hart himself, any other goalkeeper would have suffered the same fate if he had come to defend.

But unfortunately, he was unlucky and it was his turn.

Seeing this scene on the bench, Lin Quan felt a little sympathy for Joe Hart.

There is a famous saying among the fans: When you meet Hartmon, you will be kicked! Joe Hart seems to be cursed and always becomes a background board for others on the court.

In fact, in terms of strength, Joe Hart is not bad.

As his teammate, Lin Quan often played against him in team training matches and knew his strength very well.

Joe Hart has no problems with his height, reaction speed, jumping ability and basic skills as a goalkeeper.

But, his luck is really not good.

"If the sky has feelings, it will also grow old. When it meets Hart, it kicks you", "If you don't know the true face of Mount Lu, Hart is just the background", "There is always love across thousands of mountains and rivers. Just see Hart and shoot"...

There is a reason for these jokes! Joe Hart always encounters the kind of world wave that is difficult to save, and it is often the kind of fairy ball.

Other goalkeepers also encounter such things, but the frequency they encounter is far less than Joe Hart.

And thanks to the popularity of the Premier League and Manchester City, the fact that Joe Hart frequently becomes a background board in Premier League and Champions League games is easier to spread.

So, over time, he got the title of the strongest background emperor.

After seeing the goal conceded, Pellegrini cursed angrily.

He did not blame Joe Hart, the ball was not the opponent's fault.

However, they fell behind at the beginning of the second half, which made Pellegrini a little panicked.

He let the substitutes play more games in order to improve their strength and maintain better condition.

Not letting them lead the team to loss and then leaving a psychological shadow of loss in their hearts.

Moreover, the impact of losing at home is too bad, and Manchester City cannot accept such an outcome.

Thinking of this, Pellegrini did not hesitate at all.

He directly called Lin Quan and Cross and asked them to warm up and prepare to play.

Manchester City fans are also very depressed, even though many of the team's main players are not on the field.

But this does not affect them from cheering for their own team.

But, seeing the home team attack for half the game but fail to score a goal, while the opponent scored a goal with just one sneak attack, the feeling was extremely uncomfortable.

Fortunately, after seeing Pellegrini's substitution, the Blue Moon fans at the scene started cheering again.

As long as that man comes on stage, everything will be fine!

“I don’t know why, but when I saw Emperor Lin appear, I instantly felt relieved!”

"Yes, this sense of security really makes people feel very at ease!"

"After hearing what you said, I realized that it's no wonder that even though the team had the upper hand in the first half, they were still a little unsure. It turned out to be because Lin Huang was not there!"

In the 55th minute, Lin Quan and Kroos were both substituted on at the same time.

The fans at the Etihad Stadium gave the two players a warm round of applause, and they were looking forward to seeing the team launch a vigorous counterattack.

Lin Quan and Cross did not disappoint them.

After the two came on the field, Manchester City's attack immediately improved.

Kroos controlled the tempo of the game in the midfield and frequently delivered ammunition to the players in the frontcourt.

After Lin Quan got the ball in the frontcourt, he coordinated with his teammates to mobilize the opponent's defense and find the weak points in the opponent's back line.

After all, Stoke City is just a mid-to-lower ranking team, and their players are not the kind of stars with strong individual strength.

Under Manchester City's patient probing, the weaknesses of their defense were quickly exposed.

In the 69th minute of the second half, Lin Quan dribbled the ball in front of the penalty area and attracted double-teaming from several opposing players. He then passed the ball between the players to De Bruyne who was coming in from behind.

De Bruyne passed the ball directly to the empty space on the right side of the penalty area, assisting Jovetic to score a goal.

Manchester City equalized the score! Although Lin Quan neither scored the goal nor assisted the goal, at least half of the credit for the goal should be attributed to him.

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If he hadn't used his personal superb dribbling and breakthrough abilities in the frontcourt to attract the opponent's attention and take away the defensive players.

There is no way Jovetic would have such a good shooting opportunity!

Of course, De Bruyne's pass was also very beautiful, and he did not take too much credit.

When Lin Quan passed the ball to him just now, he could have shot directly.

After seeing his teammate score a goal, Lin Quan walked up and high-fived De Bruyne to celebrate.

“That’s a good spread!”

"Your spread is not bad!"

The two laughed, put their arms around each other's shoulders, and went to celebrate with their teammates who scored the goal!

The Stoke City players were helpless.

After they took the lead, they had dreamed of taking a victory away from the Etihad Stadium.

If they can really beat Manchester City, then they will have something to brag about!

After all, they defeated the treble winners of last season! However, Jovetic's goal shattered their dreams.

Now the score has been tied and the opponent's main players have returned to the field.

Just seeing Manchester City's No. 10 made them lose the courage to attack.

Teams that go head-to-head with Manchester City usually suffer a miserable death.

Therefore, don't fantasize about getting three points, keep holding on, and it's good enough to take away one point! As an underdog, Stoke City can recognize the reality and give up unrealistic fantasies, which is very valuable.

However, it seems that they don’t know each other enough.

It is very difficult to take a point away from the Etihad Stadium! After equalizing the score, Manchester City's players instantly felt relieved.

They were originally worried about losing, but now they have let go of their psychological burden.

In addition, the core of the team returned to the court, which gave them an unparalleled sense of security.

Influenced by these factors, their performance on the field has become better and better, and they have played with more confidence and composure.

In the 82nd minute of the second half, Manchester City played a dazzling combination in the frontcourt.

After several consecutive passes, Stoke City's defensive formation was disrupted.

De Bruyne seized the opportunity sharply and quickly sent a low pass.

The ball was aimed at the space behind the opponent's defender! Lin Quan and De Bruyne have played together for more than two years and have a very good understanding of each other.

Seeing where De Bruyne glanced, Lin Quan immediately understood the other party's intention without waiting for the other party to make a gesture.

He pretended to retreat, but suddenly turned back and shook off Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross who was marking him.

Ryan is over 1.9 meters tall, and his physical flexibility is far inferior to that of smaller players like Lin Quan.

Seeing Lin Quan running back and leaving him behind, Ryan quickly turned around and chased after him.

But by the time he finished turning around, Lin Quan had already opened up a distance of one meter from him, had already received the ball, and was rushing into the penalty area with the ball.

Stoke City goalkeeper Begovic greeted the families of his defenders in his heart: a bunch of big sieves, how can you mark people like this?

In the end, it still depends on me. As long as I can block Lin Quan's single-handed attack, I can...

Lin Quan glanced at him and saw that the opponent's goalkeeper's legs were spread wide apart, so he took advantage of the gap and kicked the ball over.

Begovic felt a chill in his crotch and subconsciously tried to bring his knees together to complete the closure.

But he was too slow, the football had already passed through his small goal and rolled into the net along the grass.

Before Begovic's sweet dream could be finished, he was awakened by a basin of cold water.

Facts have proved that it is not so easy to stop Lin Quan's one-on-one attack.

It’s not that many goalkeepers before him hadn’t tried, but they just couldn’t do it!

Lin Quan's goal made the score 2:1, and Manchester City reversed Stoke City.

I saw the team score goals in succession within ten minutes and complete the reversal.

Tens of thousands of Manchester City fans who came to the scene waved their team scarves excitedly, shouted Lin Quan's name, and gave the warmest applause and cheers to their hero.

Sure enough, as long as Lin was on the court, they could enjoy the game with peace of mind.

The Stoke City players were very frustrated. In just thirteen minutes, their cooked duck flew away.

Now not only can we not get three points, we can’t even get one point.

Unwilling to accept such a result, they launched a fierce attack on Manchester City in the final stage of the game, trying to change the score.

They seem to think that they have fallen behind and those who are barefoot are no longer afraid of those who wear shoes.

Continuing to concede goals would not change the outcome of the loss, but if they could score one more goal, they might be able to get a valuable point.

The idea was good, but the results were bad.

After Stoke City's self-defeating attack, Manchester City's offensive threat became even greater.

After no longer being closely guarded or even double-teamed by the opponent, Lin Quan's threat ability in the frontcourt has been greatly improved.

In the 85th minute of the game, he dribbled past the opponent's defender and shot into the far corner, scoring his second goal of the game.

This is not the end. In the 89th minute, when the regular time was about to end, Lin Quan received a pass from David Silva and shot the ball into Stoke City's goal for the third time.

This was his third goal of the game. After coming on as a substitute, Lin Quan completed his hat trick in just 7 minutes! This time broke the record of the fastest hat trick in the Premier League set by Manchester United star Dwight Yorke in 2001, and greatly increased this time to 7 minutes!

What’s even more terrifying is that Lin Quan completed the record as a substitute!

If this point is taken into account, his record will probably be difficult to be broken by other players!

Of course, there are even more exaggerated things in the football world. A player who also came on as a substitute scored five goals in just nine minutes.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't know how it happened...

(End of this chapter)