After beating Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City are just one game away from AC Milan's n-record.

So the number on the official social network of the Manchester Evening News was changed to "1".

Originally, the third round of the league was fully kicked off on August 27.

However, due to the fact that Manchester City are going to Monaco to play the UEFA Super Cup against last season's UEFA Cup winners Porto on August 27, the third round of Manchester City's league game has been brought forward by half a week.

On the afternoon of 24 August, Manchester City will travel to Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham Hotspur are not a weak team and caused problems for Manchester City at one point last season.

Gareth Bale was unstoppable in the race. If it weren't for the glory being more unstoppable than him, Manchester City could also lose to Tottenham Hotspur.

If there is one player who can say that Tottenham Hotspur can threaten Manchester City the most, it is Bale.

After Bale lost to Glory, Glory offered him to exchange jerseys and encouraged him, which led Bale to turn down Real Madrid's high-salary offer this summer and insist on staying at Tottenham Hotspur.

He hopes to help his team qualify for next season's Champions League in the new season.

But it is very unfortunate that during the pre-season training camp, Bale was injured, and the injury was not light, and he had to miss three months of play.

It was a heavy blow for both Bale and Tottenham.

At the same time, Bale's absence has also deprived Tottenham of their only hope of beating Manchester City at home.

If Bale hadn't been injured, it's hard to say what the final result of this game would have been.

Before this game, Rongguang gave an interview to reporters and also talked about Bale.

'It's a shame that you can't play him on the pitch. I hope he can come out of his injury as best he can. ”

Bell also responded with a glorious blessing: "Thank you! Rong is a very great and amazing player! It's always been my dream to be able to play with him. I'm sorry I'm injured now, but I'll do my best to get back on the court and try to challenge Rong again! ”

The interaction between the two is also considered a heartwarming moment in this focal battle.

But the warmth off the pitch will not affect Manchester City's table in this game.

After all, they only need to win Tottenham Hotspur to equalize the record. At this critical juncture, it is almost impossible for City to drop the chain – as has been proven several times before.

Tottenham Hotspur are at home in this early third round of the league, but they look vulnerable against Manchester City.

Without Bale, their offensive quality has dropped a lot compared to usual.

Unable to threaten Manchester City offensively, he can only be pressed and beaten by Manchester City.

There's nothing to be gained from any team being beaten by Manchester City, let alone a team like Tottenham Hotspur, which is already shaky defensively......

At the end of the first half, Manchester City had a two-goal lead over Tottenham Hotspur. The man who scored those two goals for Manchester City was Ibrahimovic, who scored four goals in the last game and he didn't score a single one. Ibrahimovic could only watch Glory and Kaka get in the limelight, and finally he let out all his anger in the last game.

Manchester City were also held to a two-goal lead against Bolton Wanderers, so will they repeat the same mistakes this time?

Apparently not.

At the beginning of the second half, Rong Guang blasted away Tottenham Hotspur's goal with a powerful shot in the penalty area, rewriting the score to 3:0.

The suspense of this game has been completely lost.

Commentators John Mortensen and Alan Hansen have already started discussing what it means for City to equalle the AC Milan record and how they managed to equalle the AC Milan record.

“…… It's not easy for Manchester City to equal AC Milan's record right now...... After being knocked out by Everton, Manchester City are just seven games away from the longest unbeaten run in the English top flight. At the time, the North London Clarion ridiculed Manchester City, but I didn't expect that such an ordinary taunt could become the beginning of a great history...... John Mortensen lamented. "Young's goal was to surpass Arsenal's record, and now they're on top of Europe... ē”

"It's really remarkable. In 58 league games, there have been many times when City are on the verge of defeat. But there's always someone on this team who can make a difference on their own. Young, Ibrahimovic like that. Now they have Kaka again...... I say Manchester City are one of the strongest teams in Europe today, I guess there's nothing wrong with that, right? Alan Hansen said.

"Of course there is no problem, and we can even remove the 'one'......"

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Manchester City fans on TV and online are excited to see the team equalise with AC Milan.

However, City's players on the pitch have no intention of stopping.

After Glory's goal, Sneijder and Godin added a goal each. In the end, the score was fixed at 5:0.

Tottenham Hotspur, the home team, failed to score even a single goal.

Without Bale, Tottenham's attack came to a standstill.

During the broadcast of this game, the camera often shows Bale's face, sitting in the box, watching the game accompanied by his wife, but his expression has always been very solemn. He was more excited than his teammates on the pitch when the team missed a good chance, and when the team conceded a goal, he covered his face with his hands and couldn't bear to look at it again.

There are times when he is more eye-catching than the players on the pitch.

However, it didn't help.

Tottenham Hotspur still lost the game.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, John Mortensen raised his arms and shouted, "It's over!" Unbeaten in the 58th league game! Manchester City equals AC Milan! ”

"Amazing record! Amazing Manchester City! Twenty years later, Manchester City has finally caught up with AC Milan and is shoulder to shoulder with that great team! ”

Before the end of the game, City's substitutes left their seats and stood on the sidelines. Now when they hear the whistle, they rush straight onto the pitch to hug their teammates and celebrate.

It was as if Manchester City had won the title.

But it's more to be happy than a champion.

A team can lose one or two games on the way to the championship, and such a defeat will not affect the final result. But in the pursuit of an unbeaten record in the league, you can't lose a single game.

Champions allow for a certain margin for error, which allows you to make some mistakes. And this, but you can't make any mistakes.

In the last 58 league games, Manchester City have made no mistakes and have not lost a single one. This record is hundreds of times more difficult than winning the championship.

They have reason to celebrate so.

Manchester City fans in the stands were also celebrating wildly.

The only fly in the ointment is that this is the home of Tottenham Hotspur, and Tottenham Hotspur fans don't want to see Manchester City so arrogant under their noses.

So as Manchester City celebrated, the Tottenham fans booed, making their victory look a little regrettable.

A reporter also mentioned this issue to Rongguang in a post-match interview.

Glory didn't seem to do anything: "It's not a big deal, we still have home games." ”

What he meant was that City could continue to celebrate their unbeaten run back at home, meaning that at least City's unbeaten run in the league would be 59 games, not 58. He was determined to be the best team and not "one of the best teams".

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After the game, the whole of England, and the whole of Europe, was talking about it.

Especially the Italian media.

"Milan Sports Newspaper" published the news that Manchester City equaled AC Milan's unbeaten league record for the first time, which caused heated discussions in Italy.

Some people were amazed by Manchester City's cousins, believing that they were as great as the AC Milan team back then.

But there are also those who express disdain, believing that it is too easy to get a back-to-back unbeaten league run nowadays, and that it is completely unrivaled by Serie A in the early 90s of the last century.

The two sides clashed on television, newspapers and the Internet.

As the head coach who led AC Milan to a record-breaking record that year, Sacchi seemed to be very generous, and after Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur, Sacchi congratulated Manchester City on the Internet for the first time.

"Congratulations to Manchester City, this is a great result! With the joint efforts of all the Manchester City players and coaches, the team is very proud of this achievement. I'm glad to see another team like AC Milan. This era belongs to Manchester City! ”

Later, a number of media reporters rushed to interview Saki, hoping to hear in detail his views on the matter and his views on the current controversy.

Sacchi is still a fan of Manchester City.

"I don't share the perception that our time was tougher than it is now. Football has always been developing, and the current skills and tactics must be more advanced than we were back then, and the players of today must be better than the players we were at that time. There is no doubt about it, otherwise football would really be going backwards. But is football going backwards? I don't think so. To take the simplest example, there have been successful Champions League champions defending their titles in the past, and it is not uncommon, is there still one now? It has long been gone, which shows that today's football competition is becoming more and more fierce, and the gap between teams is getting smaller and smaller. In such circumstances, Manchester City are still able to go 58 consecutive league games unbeaten, which is of course very remarkable. I don't think there's anything to argue about, any team that can go 58 games unbeaten in a league game in such a competitive environment deserves any praise. ”

The official social network of Manchester City Club also successfully equaled the record of AC Milan, and distributed a picture, in which the left is the Manchester City players, and the right is the record-setting AC Milan players and manager Sachi, in the middle of the picture is a huge Arabic numeral "58", and below is a line of English text: "Shoulder to shoulder, pay tribute to the legend!" ”