Although Rongguang and Kaka had any questions when participating in the national team competition, this does not mean that all the players in Manchester City who participated in the national team competition were not injured or sick, and returned to the Carrington training base safely.

David Silva was injured in the training of the national team, and was seriously injured. It was not the kind of injury that could heal after a week or two. He would miss the game for about one to two months.

This is definitely a bad news for Benitez. Although David Silva is not as outstanding as the Trident in Manchester City's offensive system and is not as famous as these three. But he is also very important. His all-around attributes allow him to play assaulters on the wing and organizers in the middle.

After Sneijder retreated, he was more responsible for organizing tasks ahead.

Now that he is injured, he knows what impact it will have on Manchester City.

Benitez wanted to scold her, but he held it back.

This kind of thing can only be considered unlucky.

In addition, Godin also suffered a minor injury in the game and was going to miss two to three games.

The only thing that can comfort Benitez is that the offensive tridents are in good shape and are not injured.

They can somewhat ensure the team's combat effectiveness and performance.

In the first league game after the national team match day, Manchester City played against Newcastle United at home. Benitez replaced almost all the main players before the game, allowing the main players participating in the national team to rest. The same is true for Kaka and Ibrahimovic, and they did not start.

Because although they were not injured, they would feel tired after playing two games.

Only the glory remains unchanged for thousands of years and is unshakable.

It was also because of his starting lineup that Manchester City finally won the game.

The score is 1:0, and the only person who scored for Manchester City is Glory.

No matter when, Glory is Manchester City's stabilization needle.

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In the mid-week Champions League group stage with Porto, Benitez brought some of the main players back to the starting list, but not all of them.

Porto has completely missed the Champions League group qualifying, which makes them have no fighting spirit when they are away.

Of course, Manchester City did not show mercy because Porto was so pitiful.

They beat their opponents 2:0 at their home court.

Although there was no David Silva or Godin, Manchester City's performance was still very stable, which surprised the media who felt that Manchester City's performance might fluctuate and also made Benitez breathe a sigh of relief.

This team is trustworthy.

In the next league, Manchester City tied 1:1 with Liverpool at Anfield Stadium.

Manchester City's seven consecutive wins this season have been ended, but they remain unbeaten. After being tied by Liverpool, Manchester City has accumulated 35 points and ranked first. Manchester United has accumulated 30 points and ranked third.

The second-ranked team is a team that no one expected - Tottenham Hotspur.

After Bale returned from injury, Tottenham Hotspurs became a Rockets in the standings, rising rapidly, which was exactly proportional to Bale's running speed.

While everyone was paying attention to the fierce competition between Manchester City and Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur quietly became a dark horse and actually reached the second place in the league. With 31 points and only four points away from Manchester City, this is not an insurmountable barrier.

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Next, Manchester City will finally meet a strong enough opponent in the League Cup. In the League Cup quarter-finals, their opponent is Arsenal.

Since Arsenal won the FA Cup in 2005, six years have passed and Arsenal has not won a single championship.

Not only are the champions with great value like the league champion, but they have not even won the championships like the Community Shield Cup.

It was originally a team that could reach the Champions League final and win the league championship with an unbeaten record, but now it has become like this, which is really sad.

They still missed the league championship this season. The competition between Manchester City and Manchester United is too fierce. Even the city's arch rival Tottenham Hotspur is ranked second. Arsenal, ranked seventh, basically said goodbye to the league champion in advance. It would be great that they can win the top four of the league this season.

If you want to make a breakthrough with zero championship numbers, then the League Cup and the FA Cup are their best breakthroughs.

Anyway, Manchester City's energy this season should still be focused on the league and the Champions League, and they didn't take the League Cup seriously at all. This can be seen from Manchester City's performance in the League Cup in the previous seasons.

Arsenal intends to break the embarrassment of their zero championships in recent years in the League Cup.

Judging from the starting list announced by Manchester City before the League Cup, Manchester City did not send all the substitutes this time, and they still retained many main players.

But this is normal. After all, it is the quarter-finals of the League Cup, and the opponent is still a team of Arsenal. You can't just go to a substitute lineup, right? That would be too perfunctory.

So there is actually no valuable information from the starting lineup.

The most important thing is to look at the players' performance on the court.

Arsenal believes that Manchester City players should be a little absent-minded in the game. Of course, Rongguang should not, but what's the use of him alone...

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As it turns out, even glory is useful for a person.

The League Cup was just eleven minutes after the start of the 10th minute. Rongguang was knocked to the ground while dribbling the ball in the frontcourt. Manchester City won a free kick twenty-nine meters away from the goal, and the position was slightly off.

Rongguang took the penalty himself, and he took a left-footed arc ball, and the football went around from the outside of the wall and headed straight to the goal near the post!

Arsenal goalkeeper Fabianski was standing closer to the far post before - someone blocked the near post, so there was no need for him to go over.

As a result, this was the point that Glory played. Fabianski rose into the air and stretched his arms hard, but it was still useless. He could only watch the football go around the goal!

"Rong!!Rong! Oh—! Wonderful free kick! Manchester City is leading Arsenal away!" John Motterson shouted.

"I know Arsenal definitely thinks that Manchester City will not focus on the League Cup this season..." Alan Hansen said from the side. "They predicted well, and Manchester City's focus will certainly not be in the League Cup. However, with Rong's performance, Manchester City does not need to focus on the League Cup..."

When Wenger saw this scene on the sidelines, his head raised slightly and closed his eyes in pain.

Meeting Rongguang is really the most unlucky thing. Even if the whole Manchester City team is unwilling to fight, Rongguang wants to fight. Manchester City may not regard the League Cup as an important event, but Rongguang cares a lot!

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After Glory scored, Manchester City took the lead. However, they did not push the attack as they led. If they played against Arsenal, they would give Arsenal an opportunity to take advantage of it.

So Manchester City chose to continue to defend and counterattack. Leading is beneficial to them. Manchester City is very good at playing defensive counterattacks, and their defensive counterattacks have no good way to get off the ground.

From this point of view, the performance of the entire Manchester City team does not seem to be as important as others do.

Manchester City players strictly abide by the tactical arrangements arranged by the head coach before the game to play football, which is definitely a performance that is important.

In the second half, Arsenal tried his best to attack, but what he exchanged for was not a goal, but a goal concealed.

Because of their offense, the defense line was empty, and Glory scored another goal...

Manchester City finally won Arsenal 2-0 away and advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup, which is their best result in the League Cup in recent years.

Manchester City, who entered the semifinals, has two games left before the League Cup final.

According to the rules of the English League Cup, after entering the semi-finals, the competition system will change from the previous single-game elimination system to the home and away two-round system.

The finals were the two semi-finals.

However, after the quarter-finals, many English media said that Manchester City is only one step away from the League Cup.

Their reason is also very simple - since they have reached the semi-finals, with their glorious virtues, can he still have no idea about the League Cup?

You should know that he won almost all the championships he could win at Manchester City, but there was no League Cup championship, otherwise he would not say "almost everything".

Don't he want to make up for this regret?

As long as he can win the League Cup, he will be considered a Grand Slam in England.

Such temptation must be very attractive to glory.

Once he has such an idea, it will be more influential than any technical and tactical thing to the League Cup championship.

A glory full of motivation is simply the most terrifying person in the world...

Whoever meets will be unlucky!

So some media joked: "...I'm afraid Manchester City will be the opponent that no one wants to meet in the next League Cup semi-finals..."
Chapter completed!