Regardless of whether you regard this game as the first game of 50 unbeaten in a row, Manchester City finally won a victory, avoiding the embarrassment of two consecutive defeats in the league.

However, their performance after the game still attracted a lot of criticism from the media.

The media believe that Manchester City is so difficult to win when facing a team of Stoke City, which is enough to show how bad the whole team is. If they continue to do this, they may lose. Don’t think that they have gotten out of the predicament just because they win Stoke City. A team of strong strength like Stoke City can cause such great trouble for Manchester City, let alone other teams?

"If it weren't for Rong, Manchester City wouldn't even be able to draw in this game, let alone win. So the victory in this game cannot make all Manchester City fans feel relieved, because winning is not a reflection of Manchester City's normal strength. They rely on one person - Rong can certainly rely on Rong to win this game, but can they rely on Rong in every game next?"

This article was published in the North London Horn, with the author's signature George Allen.

Obviously, George Allen would not admit defeat so easily.

However, in the next 24th round of the league, Manchester City beat Portsmouth 20 at home, which seemed to turn George Allen's comments into jokes.

In this game, Manchester City's condition is much better than the previous game, and it doesn't matter whether it's two goals or glory.

It seems to prove that Manchester City is not a team that only knows how to rely on glory.

But in the next round of the league, Manchester City tied with Hull City away.

If it weren't for glory, Manchester City would have lost this time.

Rongguang stood up to save the team.

So it seems that George Allen's statement is correct - Manchester City is a team that can only rely on glory. Without glory, they would never be able to get the ranking and points like this.

Not only that, Manchester City also lost two players in the game.

One is central defender Kompani, who strained his thigh muscles during the game and needed a month of rest.

The other injured player is Sneider. As the team's midfielder core, his injury is slightly milder and his right little finger is a bit contusion, but he also needs to rest for at least two weeks.

Injury and invincibility, Manchester City is in a bad situation now.

After being tied by Hull City away, Manchester City was in danger of being the first in the league. They are now tied by Chelsea in points.

Both sides have accumulated 63 points, and Manchester City is temporarily ranked first by relying solely on goal difference.

But this is no longer an advantage.

Because Chelsea's goal difference is also good, Manchester City's goal difference is now 46 goals, and Chelsea has 40 goals, which is only six goals away.

For a time, the media was full of discussions and criticisms about Manchester City's unstable state during this period.

George Allen of North London Horn wrote proudly in his article: "...It's obvious that there was something wrong with Manchester City. Their players were a little tired after continuous battles. In order to maximize the limit to squeeze the strength of this team, Benitez did not conduct large-scale rotations. In addition to the FA Cup, his starting lineup in the league is relatively fixed. This will certainly keep the team in a stable state and achieve good results. But at the same time, it will also make the players feel tired.

The injuries that Manchester City have now proved this. If Benitez continues to be so obsessed, Manchester City will collapse sooner or later.”

Actually, George Allen said it well, Manchester City is really tired now. After the intensive Christmas schedule, the team has not had any chance to rest. From early January to now, Manchester City has played five league games and two FA Cup games, and three of the four weeks are a one-week double game.

Even if Manchester City players are playing hard, they can't stand it at this time.

During the game, it is obvious that Manchester City players can't run. There are some opportunities, if they were the ones they could easily catch up, but now they can only watch the football roll out of the sideline or be picked up by the opponent first.

Manchester City players have experienced a bottleneck in their physical fitness.

Benitez is very clear about the team's problem. On the one hand, the hunger for victory is declining, and on the other hand, the team is too tired.

Hunger can be found again, but the team's fatigue problem is difficult to solve.

He can only use the rotation in the next league between Manchester City and Bolton, so that more first-tier players can rest.

But he can't guarantee the team's performance in this way...

Rongguang just made a bold statement that he wanted to set an unbeaten record, and the team encountered such a problem, and Benitez was actually quite helpless.

He doesn't even think about what he is not defeated now, and he will be able to win the league championship this season.

Now, if Chelsea wants to overtake, I hope not to be dumped too far, so that I can only chase after the team's physical fitness is adjusted.

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Next, Manchester City will face Bolton at home.

This is the 20th round of the league. Three days later, Manchester City will usher in Stoke City at home in the middle of the week, this time it will be the FA Cup match.

Stoke City almost overturned Manchester City in the league, and they must have more ideas in the FA Cup, the "unpopular hotbed".

Manchester City will encounter great resistance.

Before the game against Bolton, Benitez announced the team's starting list and 18-man roster in this game.

The media have seen that there are many substitute players in this starting list.

Sneijder's position was replaced by Elano, and Gareth Barry was replaced by Ireland. In addition, the person who replaced injured central defender Kompani was Uruguayan central defender Godin. Left-back Leiden Barnes was brought down by Sun Hai.

In addition, there are also rotations to varying degrees in some other positions.

The original main players, except for a few, were all resting, either on the bench or not even on the bench.

Of course, Glory is definitely not rotated.

No one will rotate him, not because he is outstanding in strength and core player, but because he has very good physical fitness. He is the best player in Manchester City's team in the previous few games. He ran all over the game, and even when the game is approaching the end, he still has the ability to sprint at high speed.

Naturally, there is no reason to replace him with such performance.

And this game has almost become a one-man show for Rong Guang.

Although other Manchester City players performed well, although not very eye-catching, they always have some in a good manner. They are better than the previous game.

But Glory performed better—referred to his own performance in the last game.

Just seventeen minutes into the game, Rongguang took the lead in breaking Bolton's goal.

"0 Rong helped Manchester City take the lead so early. This start can be a lot of worried Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how other players performed, Rong will always be their most trustworthy player."

"This is Rong's 20th league goal this season. With the 26th round of the league, he has already scored 20 league goals and is the strongest contender for the league's Golden Boot this season."

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Glory's goal not only calmed down Manchester City fans in the stands, but also gave Manchester City players a reassurance.

They performed better next time than before.

With the cheers of their home fans, they completely grasped the situation on the court.

The 61st minute, Rong Guang scored another goal for the team and changed the score to 20

"Rong is the second time, Rong leads Manchester City with two goals. This game is stable."

The deafening cheers of Manchester City fans rang over Manchester City City Stadium.

When the team is not performing well, they can express dissatisfaction with any player in Manchester City, or even dissatisfaction with the Manchester City coaching staff and club executives.

But they will never show any dissatisfaction with the glory.

Because the manifestation of glory deserves their special treatment.

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In the end, Manchester City defeated Bolton 20 at home. Benitez relied on the bench to deal with the game. With Glory's outstanding performance, he finally got him to handle it.

And after the game, another good news came.

Chelsea allowed Everton to play 2ls away in this round of league games

They lost the game

Originally, Chelsea was three points behind again.

A few weeks ago, Manchester City fans were still cursing Everton, and now they are cheering for Everton. Football is so wonderful...

Manchester City has reopened the gap with Chelsea with its own victory and Chelsea's mistakes.

This is great news for them.

Because it won't be long before the Champions League knockout round.

Leading in the league standings will help them face the Champions League knockout stage with a relatively peaceful mindset, so as not to worry about gains and losses.

After the game, Benitez praised the team's performance and fully affirmed the substitutes.

As for glory, he said straightforwardly: "He maintained his usual level and was a reassuring player."

Although I didn't talk much, my evaluation was very high.

With glory in place, Manchester City is equivalent to obtaining insurance.

Insurance that won't lose

After this game, criticisms about Manchester City's poor form disappeared a lot in the media, but the North London Horn still warned Manchester City fans not to be too happy about the victory of a game and not to relax.

It seems that they are considering Manchester City fans, but fools know that they are devalued Manchester City in different ways...
Chapter completed!