Chapter 840: The Right Way
In the second half, facing Newcastle, who had no fighting spirit, Manchester City did not show mercy on their feet, and they still firmly controlled the game.
In the 64th minute, after receiving a cross from a team-mate in the box, the glorious head scored to give Manchester City a 3-0 lead.
"Rong! It was his eighteenth league goal of the season! He's way ahead of the league scorers' charts! No one can pose a threat to him! Regardless of City's own results, Rong's form has always been outstanding. It's just that in the first half of the season, no matter how good his personal performance is, he can't save the team. But at the start of the second half of the season, when Benitez gradually took control of the team, we saw a change...... Young's performance is still excellent, and Manchester City are profiting from his excellent performance - and it is only now that we can say that Wing and Manchester City are really starting to come together. It used to feel like glory was always glory, Manchester City was Manchester City, and the two of them were separated......"
After Glory's goal, the cheers in the stands were much louder.
Glory is the person that Manchester City fans will always trust, and no matter how up and down the team's form, Glory will not.
After the glorious goal, Newcastle United have basically given up resistance, three goals behind, and there is no advantage on the field, there is no hope of winning, what are they dying?
Newcastle United have lost their fighting spirit, and Manchester City have slowed down the tempo.
It wasn't until near the end of the game that City scored another goal, this time by substitute Petrov.
This ball is the icing on the cake.
In the end, Manchester City beat Newcastle United 4-0 at home.
With the win in this game, Manchester City have won three in a row in the league.
This is the second time this season, the last time was when Mark Hughes led the team, and it was the best time for Manchester City, and that three-game winning streak made Mark Hughes think he could continue to manage Manchester City......
As a result, in the end, Mark Hughes could not escape the fate of class.
After beating Newcastle United at home, Manchester City moved up two places in the table and are now ninth.
City are gradually returning to the top of the league.
From the relegation zone to mid-table, it was only a matter of three league games, and now there is no one in the media who questions and ridicules Benitez's management of Manchester City. The defeat in the 2005 Champions League final is almost uncommon.
Within the team, many players are also convinced by Benitez's ability.
Even if they don't watch the game, just watch the training, the Manchester City players feel that Benitez is much better than Mark Hughes.
At this time, the money that Manchester City spent last summer seems to have some meaning......
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After Manchester City got on track, they beat Stoke City 1-0 away in the next league game, and Glory scored the only goal of the game to help Manchester City win four consecutive league games.
However, the team's ranking has not changed much.
But everyone saw hope.
You know, in the first half of the season, the team table was only three consecutive wins, and now it has won four in a row!
The changes at Manchester City are visible to all, and when Rafael Benitez took over, he put the team together and did what Mark Hughes failed to do. Now Manchester City fans have even begun to hope for a big comeback in the second half of the season......
Now think about what Glory and Benitez said...... The goal is to qualify for next season's European competition, which is at least a top-five finish in the league. This trend continues...... Maybe by the end of the season, it's really possible!
Even if it's just qualifying for the League Cup, that's fantastic!
In the 25th round of the league, Manchester City defeated Middlesbrough 3-1 at home, and Glory scored a goal again.
With City's victory, they have won 10 games this season, the same number as their defeats.
But City haven't lost in a while.
Five league wins in a row!
After this league game, the media across England focused on Manchester City's fifth consecutive league win.
Including the two FA Cup games, this is City's seventh consecutive win in all competitions.
“…… Manchester City have won back-to-back games and they are rising in the league and are now seventh in the league – a position they reached when Mark Hughes led the team, and everyone thought they were on the right path...... But now we can confirm that it took them half a season to finally find the right way this time! ”
“…… Manchester City are racing all the way, it doesn't really matter how fast they are, what matters is whether they are on the right path, otherwise the faster they are, the farther they go. Now it seems that they have finally found the right path...... It's still about Rong at the heart of the attack, but Benitez's tactical thinking is much clearer than Mark Hughes's. At the same time, the most important thing is that Benitez's tactics have clarified the roles of Berbatov and Robinho, and inspired these two attacking players, so that Manchester City is no longer just Rong struggling to support ......"
"Benitez is certainly better than Mark Hughes, at least he has coached big clubs and has a history of winning trophies – he led them to two league titles and one UEFA Cup when he was in Valencia. He did well at Liverpool, and if he hadn't won the Champions League, he should have gained more support at Liverpool...... It is said that the Manchester City club management has a lot of trust in him, tries to meet his requirements and gives him maximum support, so it seems that he may have more room to play at Manchester City than Liverpool......
"It's been amazing how much City has changed...... Rafa Benitez won all of his fixtures in January, which earned him the Premier League Manager of the Month award...... There's no problem, the whole Premier League, in addition to leading Manchester City to a winning streak, has brought more than just a winning streak to Manchester City......"
Benitez's name has been mentioned again and again, and this time it is not a laughing stock.
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After the match against Middlesbrough, Manchester City are back in the FA Cup, this time in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, and if they can beat their rivals Aston Villa, they will reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Aston Villa are Manchester City's first opponent this season, and they have played the role of green leaves well in the battle for the glorious comeback, setting off the glorious comeback with great brilliance.
At that time, they were also a bit underweight against Manchester City, who lost to Manchester City by three goals at home.
They were well prepared for this match, against Glory, against Robinho and Berbatov...... Specialized defensive tactics have been developed.
But against the in-form Manchester City team, none of these arrangements were of much use.
In the FA Cup, Glory kicked overhead and scored twice, leading Manchester City to eliminate Aston Villa 3-1 and break into the FA Cup quarterfinals.
After the FA Cup, Manchester City will welcome Liverpool in the league.
They are heading to Anfield to take on the second-best team in the Premier League and former club Rafael Benitez.
Everyone knows about Benitez's departure from Liverpool, so the media also defined the game as a "revenge fight". Not the revenge of glory, not the revenge of any other player, it is the revenge of Benitez.
Until the 2007-2008 season, they issued an ultimatum to Benitez, requiring him to lead Liverpool to win the Champions League that season, otherwise he would reduce his investment in the team next season, which means that if Benitez can't win the title, then he will have no money to buy players next season.
In the end, everyone knows who will win the Champions League that season. Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties on a rainy night in Moscow to make Cristiano Ronaldo a success.
Rafael Benitez fell out with Liverpool FC altogether, announcing his resignation at the end of the season.
Liverpool have brought in Kenny Dalglish, and under his leadership, Liverpool have played well, consistently finished in the top two, and even have hopes of competing for the league title. Benitez, on the other hand, has been at home, although there have been rumors of his "scandals" with Real Madrid and Juventus during this period, but in the end he did not go anywhere.
Until he returned to charge Manchester City.
When Benitez left Liverpool, the club's hierarchy didn't want to see him, and the Liverpool players didn't speak for him, except for Torres and Spanish players like Arbeloa and Alonso.
So to say that Benitez has no grudge against Liverpool at all, it is impossible......
He definitely wants to prove in front of his former club that he's doing well.
In what way is this proven?
Led Manchester City to beat Liverpool, of course!
And beating Liverpool at Anfield!
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For Liverpool, it can barely be regarded as a "revenge battle".
Liverpool are now second in the league with 55 points, seven points away from the 62 points of league leaders Manchester United, a big gap, but that is not to say that there is no hope of winning the title. They're definitely going to have to keep trying.
Although they are lower in the ranking than Manchester United, they also have fewer points than Manchester United. But there's one thing Liverpool are better than their arch-rivals, and that's the number of games they've lost.
First-placed Manchester United have lost two games so far this season, while Liverpool have lost just one.
If it weren't for the fact that they drew too much, the position at the top of the league and the status could have changed a little.
The only game Liverpool lost was due to Manchester City, or to be more precise, to glory.
In the seventh round of the first half of the league, Manchester City hosted Liverpool.
Things had gotten bad for City at the time, having not won since two wins in a row at the start of the season. Rumours have it that Mark Hughes will be sacked if he can't win Liverpool.
No one thought Liverpool would lose to Manchester City before the game, and Mark Hughes' sacking was a foregone conclusion.
Unexpectedly, the glory of that game came to a big explosion, he scored three goals in the game, completing his second hat-trick since arriving at Manchester City.
This hat-trick also helped Manchester City to victory at home!
This is the end of Liverpool's unbeaten season.
So in this game, if Liverpool wants to seek revenge on Manchester City, it must be for this reason......
But with Manchester City's current form, this revenge may not be avenged, even at Liverpool's own home turf......