It turns out that Benitez's confidence makes sense, and this is not blindly arrogant.

In the away game with Porto in the mid-week, Manchester City did not score in the first half, and the two sides scored 0:0. But just as the second half began, Ibrahimovic scored the first record for Manchester City.

Then Rongguang scored another goal, expanding the score.

Although Porto then scored a goal. This time it was Kaka's turn to show off. In a quick counterattack from Manchester City, he dribbled the ball forward at high speed, passed two Porto defensive players, and shot the ball into Porto's goal.

3:1!

Porto's fighting spirit was extinguished.

Manchester City completely controls the initiative in the game away game, and even if Porto scores a goal, it will not hurt the overall situation at all.

Manchester City's offensive trident was really good, and Porto had no choice but to do anything to the three of them.

It's like a repeat of the European Super Cup.

However, the difference is that Manchester City still reserved this time. After 3:1, they did not keep attacking wildly, but made adjustments.

Slow down.

After all, Benitez now has to consider the whole season, not one or two games.

As the head coach, it is also a very important task to adjust the player's status.

What he is most worried about now is that the team's performance at the beginning of the new season is really good. It feels like it is in a state too early. It is afraid that in the second half of the season, the state will be gone, and at the most important moment, the third line will collapse, which will be miserable.

Such examples are not without them in reality.

Didn’t Hoffenheim, the former Bundesliga’s newly promoted team, perform well in the first half of their first season in the Bundesliga?

At that time, they even won the Bundesliga half-time championship, and the team's center Ibissevic also won the top scorer in the half-time.

The team and the players are in an amazing state.

As a result, after a winter break, Ibissevic was seriously injured and bid farewell to all the remaining games of that season, and Hoffenheim's form plummeted. He was originally a team that had the hope of winning the league championship, but in the end he didn't even get the qualification for the European Cup.

This is a typical example of how state comes too early.

This phenomenon also exists in various intercontinental cup matches. Those slow-heating teams are often able to reach the end.

However, the team that defeated all sides in the group stage is likely to stop at the quarterfinals and quarterfinals.

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Under Benitez's intentional control, Manchester City did not score any more goals, but they did not let Porto score. The offense slowed down and there was no slack in defense.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Porto 3-1 away and won the first victory in the Champions League group stage in the new season.

The defeat of the seed team in the group also made Manchester City's first-class road much smoother.

This also indicates that Manchester City may have a good prospect in the Champions League this season.

Back in the domestic league, Manchester City challenged Fulham away.

However, perhaps it was because of the continuous away games that Manchester City was a little tired. Manchester City did not play very well in this away game in the away game against Fulham.

If it weren't for too many powerful players in their team, Manchester City might have lost the away game.

Their league unbeaten record will also end in Game 59.

However, with his glorious double score, Manchester City tied Fulham 2:2 away. Although he didn't win, he didn't lose.

After this draw, Manchester City's unbeaten record in the league continued to Game 60.

This is also Manchester City's first draw this season.

This draw also left them with their city rival Manchester United in the league standings.

Although he won the record of unbeaten in the league, he looks very glorious.

But in fact, Manchester United is the real winner, because when everyone turned their attention to Manchester City, they quietly won five consecutive victories.

After the start of the league, Manchester United, Manchester City and Newcastle United are the only three teams that have not lost. However, Newcastle United and Manchester's two teams are obviously not on the same level. Although they did not lose, their two wins and three draws were not possible before Manchester City and Manchester United.

Manchester United is the only team to win.

In the league standings, they surpassed Manchester City and became the number one with their draw in this round of league.

Although Manchester City has attracted much attention recently because of record events, it seems that it has dominated the world.

But Ferguson and the team he led did not give up, and they are still challenging Manchester City.

The champion lost last season, this season, Ferguson vowed to retake it.

After this round of league, the happiest person must be Manchester United fans, who finally surpassed Manchester City in the standings...

Since Manchester City won the league championship, Manchester United has never surpassed Manchester City in the standings, which is also something that makes many Manchester United fans feel unhappy.

Now, seeing the team perform like this, they feel proud.

So after the end of this league, Manchester United fans on the Internet were very active.

Then in the mid-week League Cup, Manchester City and Manchester United also won both. Manchester United eliminated Leeds United 3-0 away, while Manchester City defeated Birmingham 2-0 at home.

The competition between the two teams began at the beginning of the season.

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But Manchester United fans were not happy for long.

Because of the next sixth round of the league, Manchester City defeated Everton 2-0 at home, but Manchester United was tied 1-1 by Stoke City on the road.

Now the two teams are tied, they both have a draw and have the same points, both of which are five wins and one draw, and they have 16 points.

At this time, you have to have a goal difference.

Manchester City scored 21 goals in five league rounds and conceded four goals. Seventeen goals were goals.

Manchester United scored 22 goals in five league rounds and conceded five goals, and also had seventeen goals.

The competition between the two sides is indeed fierce enough.

When the goal difference is the same, we compare the number of goals. Manchester United has one more goal score than Manchester City, which makes them temporarily ranked first in the league!

Manchester United suppressed Manchester City in two consecutive rounds!

The English media have said that it seems that this season will be another very fierce competition.

Manchester United will definitely win back all the losses they lost last season this season!

And can Manchester City defend their defending champion under Manchester United's aggressive offensive?

No one wants Manchester City to dominate. In this case, the Premier League, which is known for its fierce competition, will lose half of its vitality.

Why was Serie A called the "Small World Cup" back then? In addition to the many world-class stars in the league, there is another very important reason, that is, the strong team group represented by the "Seven Serie A Sisters" has strong strength, and their competition is very fierce. Even a team like AC Milan cannot say that they can definitely defeat all their opponents and win the league championship.

The same is true for the glorious morale in the Premier League. In addition to the four strong teams of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, there are also Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United... Such teams can threaten the four strong teams.

Fierce competition is the guarantee of the vitality of a league, and the suspense is not revealed until the last moment.

Why does the Premier League look down on La Liga?

I just think that La Liga is a total duo of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Except for them, no other team can threaten them. What is the meaning of such a league?

The Premier League always felt that fierce competition was something they were proud of. Until Manchester City emerged, it was necessary to break this fierce competition.

This has made many Premier League analysts worry.

Fortunately, when other teams are gradually becoming unsuccessful, Manchester United is still firm and deserves to be the best team in the Premier League.

Now we can only hope that Manchester United can continue to put pressure on Manchester City.

But it's a pity that Manchester United was tied by Stoke City in this round of the league. Otherwise, Manchester United could still maintain a two-point lead over Manchester City...

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After playing the league, the Champions League group stage is here again.

Manchester City's opponents are not strong, and they play at home, and they face the Greeks at home.

Similarly, Manchester United also faces Basel at home.

It is quite rare to play the two Champions League group matches in the same city, which makes Manchester police feel like they are facing a big enemy.

Fortunately, the two games did not start at the same time.

Manchester United's game is one day earlier than Manchester City's game.

Perhaps because the team's focus is now in the league, Manchester United's performance in the Champions League group stage this season is not very good.

In the first group stage, Manchester United challenged Benfica away, and like Manchester City challenged Porto away, they are both a Portuguese team.

But unlike Manchester City's 3-1 win against Porto away, Manchester United was tied 1-1 by Benfica.

Back at home, Manchester United's performance is difficult to satisfy.

They led Basel with two goals in the first half, but when the game was over, the score on the big screen on the scene was...3:3!

Manchester United got another draw at home, and they were tied by Basel!

In sharp contrast to them is the performance of the city's arch rival Manchester City.

One day later, Manchester City welcomed the Greeks at their home court.

Facing this team with little strength, Manchester City won easily.

They finally defeated their opponents 2:0 at home with goals from Ibrahimovic and Glory.

In the league, although Manchester City was suppressed by Manchester United, their performance in the Champions League is obviously better than Manchester United.

This leads analysts to think that maybe it means two teams have different strategies.

Manchester United obviously has to make efforts in the league this season. It takes a lot of luck to win the Champions League. Ferguson may think that it is unnecessary to let the team spend too much energy in the Champions League. In comparison, beating Manchester United in the domestic league is probably the most important task at present. After all, Manchester City snatched the league championship from Manchester United last season. How could Ferguson swallow his anger?
Chapter completed!