After the two international matches, the players finished their international matches and returned to their respective clubs.

Manchester City's Carrington training base is back to its former bustle.

However, it is not always good to play in the national team, and there is always news of injuries in every national team game.

This time, Kompany was injured in the Belgian national team and will miss two weeks.

But after the next league game, it's the Champions League......

Manchester City host Arsenal on 12 September and will continue to host Bayern Munich three days later on 15 September.

Both of these games were not easy to play.

Manchester's media lamented City's bad luck.

The main centre-back was injured before such an important two games......

And will definitely miss the first Champions League group game against Bayern Munich.

Manchester City fans have been looking forward to the first game of the Champions League for 39 years, and the final result may be a little different from what they had hoped for......

"Kompany's injury is definitely a heavy blow for Benitez, in this backline, Kompany is the main force that cannot be beaten, and his injury will seriously affect the stability of Manchester City's backline...... I think Benitez must have had a headache by now, grabbing all his already small hair......"

Kompany's injury was also discussed in the media.

For Benitez, it was a real headache, but it didn't go out of his hair......

Kompany was supposed to be used against Bayern Munich and two extremely fast players, but now he is injured and can't play, what should he do?

When he was studying Bayern Munich, he was always thinking about how to deal with those two extremely fast players.

Kompany's speed is good.

Now that Kompany is injured, who will replace him?

Dunn?

That's definitely not going to work, Dunn is a traditional English defender, tall and has outstanding frontal defense, but the speed of that turn is really miserable...... If he goes up, he will immediately become a gap for Bayern Munich's wolves to break through.

Who else?

Diego Godin?

Benitez came up with the name.

The Uruguayan, who was bought by himself as a substitute centre-back, has good pace......

However, he has never played a game since he came to Manchester City, and he has to face Arsenal and Bayern Munich all at once, can he do it?

Arsenal also have a lot of fast players, such as Robin van Persie, such as Theo Walcott.

Benitez thought about it and finally decided to give Godin a chance to play against Arsenal and let him start against Bayern Munich first.

If not...... I'm thinking of something else.

Benitez also intends to make changes at right-back, resting Zabaleta, who has just finished playing for the national team, and starting at right-back will be Mika Richards, who was trained in Manchester City's academy.

The black defender is extremely physical, has good pace and is still strong, defending better on the right flank than Zabaleta.

Like Godin, if Richards performs well against Arsenal, then Rafael Benitez will consider keeping him in the starting line-up for the Champions League game against Bayern Munich.

Being able to start Manchester City's first Champions League game in 39 years is enough to motivate the young Richards to do a good job.

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In the fifth round of the league, Manchester City hosted Arsenal.

The match was played up by the media before the game as a "revenge fight".

Because last season, Arsenal, who had been in fourth place, was pulled down like a madman by Manchester City......

Although they fought hard, they were still powerless to change the tragic fate of losing fourth and Champions League qualification......

The myth of the four mad demons has been shattered.

And being able to play in the Europa League has dealt a heavy blow to both the Arsenal club and the players. Some players were in talks with the club about contract renewal, but they had to be postponed or postponed because Arsenal did not qualify for the Champions League for the new season......

Both players and clubs need to rethink when they can't play in the Champions League......

At the same time, the inability to participate in the Champions League has also had a big impact on Wenger's preparation for the season.

And this chain of consequences is brought about by Manchester City.

Originally, Arsenal did not have any enmity with Manchester City before, but the hatred between them and Manchester United was very large.

But now, they have a vendetta.

Arsenal's fire has been holding back since the end of last season, and they will not let go of Manchester City again.

Before the game, the media on both sides had already started a war of words.

There were pro-Arsenal media who ridiculed Manchester City's Champions League group results.

“…… I knew that the final result would be such a result, what did I do so hard last season? If Arsenal had entered the Champions League, it would have been a first-tier team, and such a tragic thing would never have happened...... Letting Manchester City go to the Champions League is a waste of a place! The first Champions League group game against Bayern Munich will soon make that clear......"

It's really close to the truth, and it's rubbing salt in City's wounds.

The Champions League grouping is the most discussed topic for Manchester City, and the pro-Arsenal media are going to disgust Manchester City if they use it as an example.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the Manchester media, which had been playing before, suddenly didn't know what to say.

Speak for Manchester City?

In case Manchester City loses to Bayern Munich in the end, won't this slap in the face have to be slapped in the face in the end?

If you can't make a mistake, you can't make a ......

And the media that supported Arsenal won the war of words, which made them beaming, and now wait for Arsenal to beat Manchester City in the game as well!

The media is generally favoured with Arsenal beating Manchester City, albeit at home.

Or no matter how bad it is, Arsenal should not lose to Manchester City on the road.

Why?

Because next is the game against Bayern Munich.

Manchester City's side will definitely stay to deal with Bayern Munich, after all, it is Manchester City's first Champions League game after 39 years, whether it is the club's senior management, coaches and ordinary fans and players, they will pay more attention to it.

For that reason, he may opt to stay in the game against Arsenal.

In the battle with Arsenal, if you still have strength, you don't want to win at all!

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Manchester City's home game against Arsenal is fast approaching.

Before the game, both sides announced their respective starting lists.

Arsenal fielded their strongest squad and as a major international player, the national team match day did not seem to affect their line-up.

The desire for revenge is evident.

And Manchester City's side surprised everyone...... Rafa Benitez doesn't seem to have any reservations for the next Champions League group game.

He has almost all the main players he can plaster, regardless of whether they have just played for the national team or not!

In addition to the centre-back position, the Uruguay international replaced the injured Kompany.

At right-back, though, there were some surprises.

Since the rest of the positions are the main players, why didn't Zabaleta, the main player at right-back, not start?

Instead, Mika Richards, a young player from Manchester City's academy!

Could it be that Zabaleta was also injured in the national team match?

I haven't seen any news about it......

So why was Zabaleta replaced by Richards?

A reporter asked Benitez this question in his pre-match press conference.

'Zabaleta was a little tired, so we gave him a rest. Here's how Benitez answered the question.

Of course not, but Benitez doesn't intend to tell the truth either – he'll have to be careful of Bayern Munich's scouts.

Since he can send scouts to Germany to find out the news about Bayern Munich, then Bayern Munich will definitely send people to observe Manchester City.

He didn't want Bayern Munich to know that Richards was there to deal with them......

He wants Bayern Munich to think it's just a normal rotation.

Then give Bayern Munich another "surprise" in the next game.

And Benitez himself has already communicated with Zabaleta, telling him his own arrangements, hoping to get her understanding, and at the same time hoping that Zabaleta and himself will maintain their tone.

If a reporter came to ask him, he would also answer with "physical fatigue".

Benitez gave an answer, and the media did not continue to dwell on the issue.

It is true that there is no injury, but after playing for the national team and after a long flight, the player is physically tired and mentally not excited enough, so the manager arranges for him to rest...... No big deal.

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The next day, at the Manchester City Stadium, 45,000 Manchester City fans joined the team to welcome Arsenal, who vowed revenge.

When the live broadcast was announcing the starting line-ups for both sides, every Manchester City player was cheered, which was fine, it was normal. It's not normal for the home fans not to support their team.

Then, when it was the turn to introduce the visitors' starting line-up, every name drew boos from the City Stadium.

Manchester City fans don't have such a big grudge against the Arsenal players, who are actually lying down because of the comments in the media that support them......

Manchester City fans are booing to express their displeasure with those media, with those who rub salt in their wounds.

Fans will not be able to use the media to refute the pro-Arsenal media, and boos are their best weapon.

In response to the boos of the Manchester City fans, the Arsenal fans who came with the team cheered loudly.

Before the game even began, both sides felt a strong smell of gunpowder.

Next, the players of both sides came out, and Rongguang, as the captain of the team, walked at the forefront of the team.

He scored twice in last season's most crucial game to help Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-1.

If Arsenal are to get revenge, he will certainly be Arsenal's number one enemy.

But now it's Manchester City's home stadium, so the glory was warmly cheered by all the Manchester City fans.

If this were at Arsenal's home stadium, he would have been greeted with overwhelming boos......