A week after the Community Shield, the Premier League kicked off in full swing.

Manchester City, as the defending champions, were the first to play.

On the afternoon of 14 August, Manchester City took on Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

However, in this game, Manchester City did not win.

In this game, Benitez sent all the main players, but it didn't seem to work very well.

Manchester City were unable to get on the scoresheet.

Since Rafa Benitez took charge of Manchester City, there have only been two games in which City have failed to score, both of which occurred last season, with the first being a 2-0 defeat at Everton, which also broke City's previous 42-game unbeaten streak.

The other was a 0-0 draw with Liverpool at home. However, at that time, Manchester City was focused on the Champions League quarterfinals, and they didn't take the league too seriously.

In other games, Manchester City's attacking firepower is still very strong.

In fact, although Benitez played a counter-attacking tactic, Manchester City did not score a lot of goals at all.

Last season, Manchester City scored a total of 98 goals in 38 league games.

This figure ranks second out of twenty teams in the entire league, behind Chelsea's one hundred and three goals.

However, Chelsea's 103 goals were mainly won in the last round of the league...... In the final round of the league, Chelsea swept Wigan Athletic 8-0 at home.

The fact that a team with a counter-attacking strategy as its main tactic is able to score ninety-eight goals in the league is enough to say that this team's attacking firepower is enough.

However, in this league, Manchester City faced Tottenham Hotspur, but they were not able to score and did not win this game.

They ended up drawing 0-0 away at Tottenham Hotspur.

This result is somewhat surprising.

The reigning champions of the league, Manchester City, who have just beaten Chelsea 3-0 in the Community Shield, can be said to give the impression that they are already in full swing.

After receiving the Community Shield, the media was overwhelmed with praise and praise.

All sorts of favourites have come out for Manchester City to defend their league title this season.

It seems that within the Premier League, there is no team left to stop Manchester City.

Their journey should be a sea of stars...... No, it's the UEFA Champions League.

You can win any game in the Premier League.

This is something that Manchester City may have never experienced before – they have always been hacked by the media of the whole country before.

When have you ever experienced such praise from all mouths?

The media across England are fancied for Manchester City to get off to a good start to the league – and Tottenham Hotspur are clearly the weaker ones than Chelsea.

Even if it is an away game, Manchester City deserve to win Tottenham Hotspur.

The result?

Not only did Manchester City not win, they also failed to score a goal.

It's really surprising.

The media that had praised Manchester City before also changed their tunes at this time.

“…… It was clear from the game that Manchester City would not have a good idea of what they could do against Tottenham Hotspur's dense defence in this game...... Of course, the tactical problem can be solved sooner or later, and I believe that with Benitez's name as a 'master tactician', it will not be difficult to solve this problem. But there is a more difficult problem for Benitez to solve, and that is the decline in competitiveness and motivation of Manchester City's players after their historic Premier League title......

'This Manchester City team is so different from Manchester City who beat Chelsea by three goals a week ago that one can't help but wonder what happened in the past week...... Could it be that Manchester City underestimated the enemy? It's unbelievable to think that this team will not be able to win games now because of the underdogs...... Shouldn't this have happened to them the other way around? ”

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The media in England would be vicious enough to ridicule it.

Their ability to steer the rudder in the wind is also very superb.

They have always been optimistic about Manchester City before, and now they have said that if Manchester City continues to perform like this, they are likely to be in vain this season......

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Before training on the second day after the game, Benitez lost his temper with the team, criticizing the team's performance in the game.

Although the media is a bit of a steer, one thing they say is very right, and that is that Manchester City did not show fighting spirit in this game. The players are not active enough to run, and they are not aggressive enough to scramble. Being able to draw without conceding a goal is already a good result.

Benitez's criticism of the players is not a general criticism, but a one-on-one criticism.

Every player who played in the game was criticized by him, and his criticism was not the kind of simple and crude swearing, saying some specious things, which might be appropriate to apply to whomever it was, but there was no specific reason at all.

His criticism is substantial, he doesn't swear, but such criticism can be more uncomfortable than direct swearing.

Because he's right.

He named the players one by one, and then said what shortcomings they had in the game, what mistakes they made, and what consequences they had. Benitez came with his mouth open, but it was evident that he had put a lot of effort into coming down.

That's how Benitez works.

He criticizes people and will let you know why he criticizes you.

So every Manchester City player who was criticized by him lowered his head, a little embarrassed and a little ashamed.

They did not play well against Tottenham Hotspur, and they knew that, but Benitez chose to criticize them in a merciless and faceless way, and they couldn't stand it.

However, as the criticism progressed, some people began to wonder - according to this posture, every player who played was criticized, so ...... Will Glory also be criticized by Benitez?

Criticizing Glory is not easy to happen. Because Rongguang's performance is always stable and excellent, it is difficult to find shortcomings from him.

If Benitez were to criticize Glory, would he be able to keep his word for it?

It stands to reason that the table of Glory in the last game is still working hard, but the state of the whole team is really not good, which drags down Glory. In addition, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Gomez was like a hanger when facing Glory, who had five shots in a game, four of which hit the woodwork, and Gomez was saved......

Could it be that Benitez wants to criticize Glory and say that he is too unlucky?

Finally, they heard Benitez call out Glory's name.

At this moment, all the Manchester City players raised their heads and looked at Glory and Benitez.

They wanted to see what Benitez would say about glory.

After calling Glory's name, Benitez did not speak immediately, but paused, or was temporarily silent.

The players are looking at Benitez and thinking about a reason?

Others looked at Rong Guang and found that his expression was quite calm, at least without the shame and embarrassment he felt when he was criticized. Perhaps he also felt that he had a clear conscience in his last game.

Benitez was silent for about three seconds, and then he said to Rongguang: "Your table in the last game was good, there is no problem. If you're a normal player, I'm not going to criticize you, I'm going to praise you. It doesn't matter to you that the team doesn't win, you don't have responsibility, you can leave White Hart Lane with your head held high......"

Everyone listened, they were a little confused, what is this? Don't criticize? So what do you name!

But at this time, Benitez's tone suddenly took a turn.

"But ......"

He said but.

Everyone's spirits were lifted.

But what?

They wanted to see how bizarre Benitez could criticize people.

In fact, in the team, although Benitez can lead the team to victory, he does not score well in the private evaluation of the players. Because of his straightforward language style, he never seems to consider the acceptance of the other party when he speaks, so they are now watching the drama with the mentality of watching the excitement.

If Benitez is too strong, will Glory turn around?

Someone else set their eyes on Glory, and found that Glory was also hooked by Benitez, but raised his eyebrows, and it seemed that he also wanted to know what Benitez would say.

"But you're the captain, Young. You are the captain of this team. You're not an ordinary player, you're the best player in the world. I think it deserves more expectations and responsibilities on you. You can't just settle for yourself to give it your all in one game. Remember that grand goal of yours? Don't you want to surpass Arsenal's unbeaten league record? Shouldn't you be stricter and more demanding of yourself? ”

Faced with a series of rhetorical questions from Benitez, Rongguang was stunned.

He didn't expect Benitez to say such things, and every sentence hit the mark.

Yes, unbeaten in at least fifty league games!

It's only seventeen league games unbeaten, and it's still far from fifty......

How can I lower my requirements for myself at this time?

That's right, against Tottenham Hotspur, even if you are already very good, as long as the team doesn't win, it's your responsibility, and it's your responsibility to be not good enough.

As the captain, what did he think in the first place?

When the team is not in good shape, he should step up and continue to lead the team to victory.

But in yesterday's game, he didn't step up.

Thinking of this, Rong Guang was a little ashamed, and he lowered his head slightly.

The Manchester City teammates who saw this scene on the side were also stunned, they didn't expect this to be okay!

Benitez's statement actually seemed to them to be close to strong words, but Glory really agreed with it!

Monster!

What a monster!

Obviously, the table is already impeccable, but I was stunned to pick the bones in the egg and find fault!

Ibrahimovic watched the whole process from the sidelines, and he had a new understanding of the paranoia of Glory......

The requirements for themselves are almost harsh......

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