But Manchester City has its own popularity, so after the game, there were still some voices criticizing Manchester City.

There is nothing new in the criticism from these newspapers. They still repeat the same old tune, saying that Manchester City relies too much on Lin Quan.

They believed that without Lin Quan’s superb performance to help the team beat the opponent after coming on the field, Manchester City might not have been able to win this game.

"This Manchester City always gives people a feeling similar to Barcelona!"

"People often ask, is Messi a system player? Can he survive after leaving Barcelona?"

"I think this game should give the answer!"

Although it is a tabloid, the analysis of one of the newspapers is actually quite reasonable.

"One thing to say, it's true. When Messi couldn't play, Barcelona played ugly. The whole team seemed to have no backbone and didn't know how to complete the offense. The previous Champions League away game against Celtic

That was the case in that game, it was exactly the same as Manchester City's performance in this game!"

Some fans who follow Barcelona and Manchester City at the same time quite agree with this view.

"So, I think the debate about whether Messi is a system player or not is settled:

Yes, Messi is a system player, but he is the one who brings his own system. Once he is gone, Barcelona's entire system will collapse!"

"And Manchester City is gradually turning into Barcelona!"

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"Becoming Barcelona? Is there such a good thing?"

After hearing the outside discussions, Manchester City fans not only did not feel worried, but their eyes lit up.

Barcelona can be said to be the most successful club in football in the past few years. In the past five years, they have not only won the Champions League twice, but also reached the Champions League semi-finals many times.

If Manchester City can really copy Barcelona's successful path and become a top team like Barcelona, ​​then Blue Moon fans will laugh out of their dreams.

Therefore, they don’t care at all about outside criticism!

We have such a powerful superstar like Lin, why can't we rely on him?

There’s nothing wrong with relying on him!

Therefore, they showed disdain for the criticism from the outside world. Before the start of the eleventh round, they organized an expeditionary force of 5,000 people and marched towards Sunderland in a mighty manner, preparing to cheer for the team.

Sunderland felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy with the arrival of Manchester City, facing such an undefeated team.

They set up a bus at their home court and only put one striker in the frontcourt. Everyone else shrank back to their own half, not trying to win, but just hoping to get a point from Manchester City.

Breaking dense defense is a worldwide problem. Facing Sunderland's bus, Manchester City was almost shattered and unable to shake the opponent's defense.

In the second half, the team's shortcomings in continuous battles began to show up, and many Manchester City players began to suffer from lack of physical strength.

Although Pellegrini made timely substitution adjustments, it still did not have a good effect.

When the game reached the 80th minute, the score on the field was still 0:0.

In the second half, Sunderland even replaced the front forward and replaced it with a defensive player to strengthen the defense.

Obviously, they intend to stick to this score.

Although the team was beaten at half-time by the opponent at home, the Black Cat fans who came to watch the game at the Stadium of Light did not feel frustrated at all.

On the contrary, they felt very proud and sang the team song loudly. Every time the team successfully defended, they would give warm applause.

If they were facing other ordinary teams, they might boo if they played so conservatively at home.

However, the opponent is Manchester City, the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the Premier League this season and the only team with an unbeaten record so far.

Facing a team like this, we should be more conservative.

"How despicable!"

"It's so shameless, playing like this in our home stadium!"

"Shameless, so shameless!"

The Manchester City fans who were traveling with the team started to curse when they saw their opponent's appearance.

They suddenly felt very worried, not only worried about the result of this game, but also worried about Manchester City's next game.

If Sunderland's plan succeeds this time and they really get a point from Manchester City.

Then, when other teams, especially those in the middle and lower reaches, face Manchester City, they will definitely follow their example and set up a bus with them.

If every team sets up a bus when they meet Manchester City, it will be very difficult for Manchester City to play in the next game.

Seeing that the two teams were about to draw a goalless draw, Lin Quan stepped forward.

In the last minute of regular time, Manchester City received a free kick in the frontcourt.

Lin Quan chose to take the penalty shot himself. He had two choices for this shot: the elevator ball or the falling leaf ball.

Elevator balls have a higher probability of scoring, but free throws are more difficult and may fail.

The falling leaf ball is more certain to be kicked, but the quality of his falling leaf ball is not top-notch, and it is better to defend compared to the elevator ball.

Therefore, after weighing it up, Lin Quan finally chose the elevator ball, which was riskier and more profitable.

After positioning the football, Lin Quan stepped back step by step.

When the Sunderland goalkeeper saw Lin Quan retreat a dozen steps, alarm bells rang in his heart.

He sensed danger!

However, feeling the danger does not mean he can prevent the opponent from scoring.

After the referee blew the whistle, Lin Quan quickly accelerated towards the football.

One step, two steps, three steps. He had adjusted his steps while running and completed the final accumulation of energy.

boom!

There was a loud noise, and the football was kicked out of shape. It made a "woo-woo" sound similar to crying, and flew up into the sky with a roar.

The Sunderland players lined up against the wall and jumped up trying to intercept the ball.

However, the football was much higher than the height of their jump, and they did not touch the ball at all.

Isn't this ball suppressed?

Seeing the football flying so high, the Sunderland players couldn't help but think like this.

According to common sense, the flight trajectory of this ball is so high that it will definitely fly into the stands.

However, just when they thought the ball was hit high, the football suddenly hit the ground and fell into the net before the goalkeeper could complete the save!

The scene was completely silent. Sunderland was dumbfounded. His singing voice was stuck in his throat and he could not come out.

Relying on Lin Quan's goal in the last minute of regular time, Manchester City defeated their opponent in the away game!

If you include the assist he gave to Sergio Aguero when he came on as a substitute in the final stages of the League Cup, this is Lin Quan's two consecutive games where he helped the team complete the last-minute victory.

On the coaching bench, Pellegrini saw Lin Quan score directly with a free kick. He was excited and hugged the surrounding assistant coaches warmly.

The Manchester City players on the field also rushed toward Lin Quan like crazy, threw him to the ground, and celebrated crazily.

At this moment, they had exactly the same thought as Manchester City fans: Fortunately, we have Lin!
Chapter completed!