Chapter 217: A wild victory at home, the media collectively praised it, the best start in the history

"You brat, I heard someone said you went to Belgium. Did you go to accompany your girlfriend?"

Bosque didn't know where he got the news, so he made a special call to Lin Quan.

He did not call Lin Quan into the national team because he considered that Manchester City's recent games were too intensive and wanted to take care of this guy and let him rest for a while.

As a result, he didn't take a good rest at home, but instead ran around.

This made Del Bosque very angry. He planned to cancel the preferential treatment for Lin Quan on the next FIFA match day.

"No, no, coach, please listen to my explanation..."

"Explain what? Stay in good shape. If you don't win the World Cup next year, I won't punish you!"

Beep beep, Bosque hung up the phone.

Lin Quan was speechless for a while when he heard the blind voice coming from the other side of the phone: Girlfriend?

De Bruyne?

Forget it, this kind of thing cannot be explained. The explanation will only make it darker and darker.

Let's think about how to convince Pellegrini to buy De Bruyne during the winter break!

How about I relax a little in the next game and let Pellegrini realize that Manchester City's frontcourt has shortcomings, and then take the opportunity to sell De Bruyne to him and let him think about it?

That's what he thought, and that's what he did.

In the 12th round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced the challenge of Tottenham Hotspur, ranked seventh in the league, at home.

Tottenham's record in the past few seasons is not weak, they have been stable between 4-5, and they are considered the strongest team in the championship group.

Facing such a strong team, if you let yourself go a little bit, Manchester City will probably have a very difficult time.

By then Pellegrini would naturally realize the seriousness of the problem!

However, what Lin Quan did not expect was that Manchester City was so lucky in this game.

Only 13 seconds into the game, Navas's kick broke through Tottenham's goal.

You know, he was at least 35 meters away from the goal when he scored.

Not only did this goal stun the entire Tottenham team, Lin Quan was also stupefied.

There is a bad feeling!

His feeling soon came true.

Navas' miracle goal boosted the morale of the entire Manchester City team. After the restart, they launched a fierce siege around Tottenham's goal.

It rained all night, and in the 7th minute, Tottenham defender Sandro made a mistake and kicked the ball into his own goal while making a clearance.

Only 7 minutes into the game, Manchester City was already 2 goals ahead of Tottenham!

There is no suspense about the outcome of this game. The only suspense is, how many times can Manchester City, which is in hot form, beat the opponent at home?

Ninety minutes later, the answer was revealed.

Manchester City beat Tottenham 6-0 at home, giving the opponent their biggest single defeat in the past 15 seasons!

The last time Tottenham lost so miserably was back in 1997 when they faced Newcastle, coached by Kevin Keegan, away from home.

At the end of the game, the stunned Tottenham players seemed to have lost their souls, and every one of them felt unbelievable about the result.

Lin Quan was also in disbelief. When he saw the bright red number on the scoreboard, he put his hands on his hips and looked at the Tottenham players angrily.

Aren't you very strong?

How could he be washed away in blood so easily?

If they hadn't intentionally let things go, Manchester City might have set a new record for Tottenham's biggest defeat in team history.

If the Tottenham players knew what Lin Quan was thinking, they would probably curse in their hearts!

Are your statistics of two goals and two assists a waste of time?

Lie to a fool!

In response to Manchester City's horrific score at home in this round, major media outlets started to praise them after the game and sang their praises:

"Sky Sports": "6-0!

Incredible 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, conceding only 6 goals in the previous 11 games. However, Blue Moon doubled their conceding data in one game!

It's unbelievable! "

They used two incredible words, bold and black capital letters, to express their surprise!

"The Guardian": "For two consecutive Premier League home games, Manchester City scored disparate scores of 7-0 and 6-0 respectively. Blue Moon's offensive power is frightening!

And so far this season, Manchester City has won all its home games on all fronts. The Etihad Stadium is definitely the most terrifying home stadium in the Premier League this season, bar none! ! "

"The Times": "After a difficult victory in the away game, Manchester City responded to the doubts from the outside world with a hearty victory. They are still one of the best teams in the Premier League!"

"BBC": "After defeating Tottenham at home, Manchester City set a new record in the Premier League. They broke the record for the best start to the Premier League set and held by Chelsea in the 2005-06 season.

Madman once led Chelsea to create a 9-game winning streak in the Premier League eight years ago, and achieved 10 wins and 1 draw in 11 rounds.

Their unbeaten record lasted until the twelfth round of the league before they were defeated by Manchester United at home.

After this round of games, the record for the best start in the Premier League will be maintained by Manchester City, with Chelsea having to settle for second place. "

In the player rating session after the game, Lin Quan received a 10-point evaluation:

Lin once again played a dominant performance. He not only scored two goals, but also completed two assists. If his offensive desire was not greatly reduced at the last moment, he might have completed a hat trick of goals and assists.

Aguero (9 points): In this game, Manchester City's forward continued his outstanding performance. He scored twice and provided an assist. The Argentine and the team's core Lin Quan are cooperating more and more. The better the tacit understanding, how to resist this killer pair will be a headache for all teams in the entire Premier League!

Navas (8 points): The Spaniard scored a long-distance shot that tied the record for the fastest goal in the Premier League this season. He may not have the most goals, but he used a lightning goal It shattered Tottenham's stiff shell and laid the foundation for Manchester City's victory.

Yaya Toure (8 points): As Lin Quan has been joining the team for longer and longer, the cooperation between Yaya Toure and this new teammate has become tacit.

Since giving Lin Quan an assist when facing Chelsea away from home, the cooperation between the two has gradually increased.

In this game, Yaya Toure, who was in the 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's record was good, and they accidentally set a new record in the Premier League. This caused the major media to want to blow them to the sky after the game.

Manchester City fans are naturally overjoyed with these compliments, and even want the media to increase their intensity.

However, Lin Quan, the core of the team, is a bit regretful.

This game was won too easily, which not only failed to reflect the problems in Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt, but also further covered up these problems.

This made him feel a bit tricky about how to talk to Pellegrini and let the other party introduce De Bruyne during the winter break.

Forget it, there is still more than a month left before the winter break, let's keep an eye on it!

Not long after the league ended, the fourth round of the League Cup started.

Manchester City will go away to challenge Newcastle this time, considering that they will face the last home game of the Champions League at home two days later.

Pellegrini left most of the main players in Manchester and only brought half of the main players and half of the substitutes.

It is worth mentioning that David Silva, who was injured and missed three months of competition, has returned to the team to resume training before this round of competition.

In order to help the opponent recover as soon as possible, Pellegrini also brought him along this time.

Facts have proved that Pellegrini's decision was quite wise.

At St. James' Park, the home ground of the Magpies, Newcastle didn't know whether they were stimulated by Manchester City's huge victory over Tottenham Hotspur, or by the previous game in which Sunderland set up a bus at home and almost drew with Manchester City.

When facing Manchester City at home, they also chose the tactic of setting up a bus!

Facing the opponent's iron barrel formation, Manchester City, which lacked Lin Quan, struggled for 90 minutes without scoring, and was eventually dragged into overtime by the opponent.

In overtime, Pellegrini replaced David Silva. After the latter came on, he immediately brought changes to Manchester City's frontcourt offense.

His organization, passing and running were like adding oil to a rusty machine, injecting vitality into Manchester City's offensive system.

As a result, Manchester City, which had been difficult to score before, scored two goals in 30 minutes of overtime and successfully advanced to the top 8 of the League Cup.

At the end of the game, Pellegrini came to two conclusions:

Manchester City's substitute lineup is not strong!

Manchester City cannot live without Lin Quan!

This makes Lin Quan feel a little relieved, as long as he can recognize the problems in Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt!

On December 2, the penultimate round of the Champions League group stage begins.

Manchester City faced the challenge of Plzen, the weakest opponent in the group stage.

Although Manchester City has qualified for the group stage two rounds in advance, they dare not be careless about this game because there is still suspense about competing with Bayern Munich for first place in the group.

In this game, because the opponent was not strong, Pellegrini took a risk and put 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 strive to integrate into the team's tactical system as soon as possible.

Pilsen Victory obviously noticed this, so they took advantage of the psychological weakness of ordinary players who dare not engage in fierce physical confrontation after serious injuries, and beat David Silva's side on the court.

Plzen, who had lost all 4 games, has nothing to lose. Now they are just fighting for honor, so whether it is away or at home, they play very openly and are not conservative at all.

This mentality actually made their performance much better than when the two teams met before.

In the first 30 minutes, Manchester City never got any good chances.

Instead, because David Silva subconsciously avoided fierce physical confrontation, the opponent found some opportunities from him and completed several threatening counterattacks.

Because David Silva's side has become a weak link in Manchester City's defense, Lin Quan has to come over frequently to help him cover and cover.

This has greatly affected Manchester City's frontcourt offense.

It's not okay to continue playing like this. The delay in scoring will affect the players' mentality and increase the opponent's confidence.

More importantly, this is David Silva's first start after returning from injury. If he messes up, it may have a great psychological impact on him.

Lin Quan has not forgotten how he took care of him when he first came to Manchester City.

Therefore, starting from 30 minutes, Lin Quan increased his personal dribbling time and number of breakthroughs.

This will not only allow him to seize the opponent's defensive loopholes faster, but also reduce the time of his teammates with the ball, thus allowing them to get rid of the trouble of being entangled by their opponents.

Pilsen Victory obviously didn't know enough about Lin Quan's individual combat capabilities and gave him a chance during defense.

In the 33rd minute, Lin Quan dribbled the ball and completed consecutive dribbles. When he entered the opponent's penalty area, he was tripped by the opponent and Manchester City got a penalty kick opportunity.

As Manchester City's number one penalty kicker, and in addition to competing with super shooters such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi in the Champions League scorer list, Lin Quan will definitely take such penalty kicks himself.

But today, he gave up the penalty kick opportunity to teammate David Silva.

"Lin, isn't this bad? You need this goal to compete for the top scorer list. I don't need it. There is no need to give me the chance to score!"

Facing Lin Quan's kindness, David Silva was very moved, but still refused.

It was enough for the opponent to have 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 since his comeback.

If he were asked to rate himself, he might not even get a passing score of 6 points for this performance.

In fact, if he hadn't been there to drag down the team, Manchester City might have taken the lead.

"It doesn't matter, even if there is no penalty kick, it will not affect my competition with others for the top scorer list.

Go ahead, don't refuse, this is my gift to you. I hope you can use this Champions League goal as a sign of your return as the king and get back to your form as soon as possible! "

Lin Quan said it very sincerely, and David Silva was very moved after hearing it. He finally nodded and did not refuse anymore.

The audience who watched the live broadcast on site, in front of the TV and on the Internet saw that after the referee awarded the penalty kick, Lin Quan did not take the penalty kick. Instead, he and David Silva showed humility to each other.

This surprised the fans:

"What is Lin Huang doing? Why don't you take this penalty kick yourself?"

"It seems like he wants to give the opportunity to David Silva, right?"

"Really or not? Would Lin Huang let such a good scoring opportunity go?"

"It doesn't look like it's fake!"

"He really made me cry to death!"

"Lin Huang's character is truly impeccable. If I were his teammate and met such a great teammate, I would sell my life to him!"

"Having said that, Lin Huang only has 5 Champions League goals now, and Manchester City may not be far away in the knockout stage. It is probably 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 big. If he doesn't let this penalty kick happen, he will only be 2 goals away from Ronaldo!"

"It's okay if you don't want to. In this case, there won't be a penalty kick in Lin Huang's goal, and you will save yourself from others taking advantage of it!"

"Indeed, a goal without a penalty kick is not as valuable as a goal with a penalty kick!"