Newcastle United have long been a strong team, and in the first decade of the Premier League, they have been one of the best teams in the north. I think they also competed with Alex Ferguson's Manchester United for the league title under Kevin Keegan.

In recent years, though, Newcastle United have been in decline without even realizing it.

In the 2008-2009 season, they were even relegated from the Premier League to the Championship.

This is a shame for Newcastle United.

Back in the Premier League, they finished twelfth.

This season, though, Newcastle United's table has been good.

After 36 rounds of the league, Newcastle United ranked fifth with 19 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, accumulating 65 points.

They are even higher in the table than Chelsea, who are now sixth on 61 points.

Fifth place in the league guarantees a place in the Europa League, and although it is not the Champions League, it is good for a team like Newcastle United who have just been relegated to the Europa League.

So they're very concerned about finishing fifth in the league.

If they lose to Manchester City and Chelsea win, the gap will be reduced to just one point.

With the final round of the league remaining, Newcastle United's fifth-place finish is not secure......

So in this game, Newcastle United must go after the win.

This is destined to be an easy game for Manchester City.

Newcastle United, playing at home, took advantage of home advantage at the start of the game to launch a wave of swift attacks on Manchester City's goal, but they failed to score.

Unable to break down the Manchester City goal, Newcastle United did not fall in love with each other, and soon shrank back and began to slowly weave around Manchester City in central midfield.

They fear that their insistence on attacking will give City a chance to counter-attack.

In recent seasons, Manchester City's quick counter-attacks have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone knows how sharp their counter-attacks are.

Neither side was able to score until the end of the first half.

This was a relief to Barcelona fans and Messi supporters who were following the match in front of their televisions.

Glory scored another forty-five minutes less......

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After the start of the second half, the situation did not seem to change.

Newcastle United are more afraid of losing than not winning, so they have been doing everything they can against Manchester City in midfield, which has prevented them from scoring, but also made it difficult for Manchester City to score.

At the end of the season, Manchester City is tired both as a main player and as a substitute. Even if Benitez adopts rotation, there is no guarantee that the players will be able to fight.

Since the beginning of March, Manchester City have basically played two games a week every week, and Benitez has already started to rotate frequently, so the physical consumption of the substitutes is also very high.

So when they face a Newcastle United side away from home, they don't have much to do.

At this time, if you want to win, you have to count on the power of the stars.

In this game, Benitez left Kaka in Manchester, Ibrahimovic sat on the bench, and the attacking trident was only on the pitch, not even Sneijder.

Therefore, the star that Manchester City can really rely on at this time is actually a glory.

When the team's performance is not good, everyone's eyes naturally fall on the glory. Even television broadcasts began to frequently cut close-ups of glory.

Everyone is waiting for the glory to erupt.

Similarly, all Newcastle United players are on the lookout for a burst of glory.

Glory is often accompanied by two Newcastle United players, and sometimes even three.

In any case, there is only one glory in Manchester City's starting line-up, which scares Newcastle United, and they can use almost all of their defensive strength to defend glory without worrying about holes in other positions.

In such a situation, everyone felt that it was really difficult for Glory to score goals.

Those Messi supporters gloated online and cheered on Newcastle United. Glory's supporters criticized Benitez for using rotation in such an important game, and the director was too much defensive pressure to score goals......

The game came to the 69th minute in a stalemate, and the score was still 0:0.

In fact, Manchester City doesn't mind the result, even if it ends up with a draw, Manchester City can win the championship in advance.

But now with the rivalry between Glory and Messi, City have to win – and they only win if Glory scores. As long as Glory scores, Manchester City can win.

However, Newcastle United should not be able to accept a draw.

Because even if they draw Manchester City at their home turf, they are only two points clear of Chelsea.

That still doesn't guarantee them a fifth-place finish in the league. Because in the last round, Newcastle United is away to Everton.

So they should be looking for a win, but against Manchester City, they don't have the courage to go for it.

Even if it is a Manchester City team that does not have a full main force, they will not dare.

At this time, Rongguang solved this problem for them.

In the 70th minute, City launched an attack.

Glory had already dropped back to the halfway line and as soon as he picked up the ball and turned, the Newcastle United defender rushed up to make a flying tackle.

And Glory's reaction was fast enough, he used his foot to stop the ball, grabbed the Newcastle United player's tackle, and pushed the football away, while the Newcastle United player who fell to the ground and flew the tackle could only watch his foot pass by the football, but could not do anything.

He slipped past the glory.

Throwing off the glory of the defense and taking the football forward, he also completed the transition from the wing to the middle.

Next, face the second Newcastle United defender who came up to defend him. Glory a croquette, beautiful to shake off the other party.

Continue to accelerate with the ball and dash diagonally towards the penalty area.

On the edge of the big penalty area, his upper body was shaky, making people think that he was going to change from the ribs to break through, but in fact, he gently flicked the football forward with his foot, chose to break through in a straight line, and entered the penalty area!

The rest is much simpler.

Glory shot straight into the box, straightened his instep and slashed the ball with the outside of his right foot, which arced against the turf and flew past Newcastle United goalkeeper Krul before ...... Drilled into the goal!

"Sakae!! Glory!! Seventy-first goal! Seventy-one!! John Mortensen also reported the score, which didn't make much sense, and he just reported that it was the first time Glory had scored this season.

"In the 70th minute, although there is not much time left, I think it is still enough for Rong, and he can tie Messi with one more goal!" Alan Hansen was also cheering for glory on the side.

Instead of rushing straight into the goal to pick up the football, he raised his arms in celebration.

However, his teammates were more anxious about this matter than him, and the center Berbatov was the closest to the goal, and he rushed into the goal as soon as possible, then picked up the football and ran back, while he also waved to the glory: "Don't celebrate, hurry up!" ”

The rest of the team-mates didn't want to come up to celebrate the goal with Glory, and they immediately retreated to half-time and returned to their positions, waiting for kickoff.

Glory opened his arms and found that no one came up to hug him and celebrate, and then he saw that his teammates had returned to their positions, and everyone looked at him, the meaning in those eyes...... Glory is not a fool, so he can naturally see it.

So he lowered his arms a little stupidly and ran back.

Seeing him back, the Manchester City players were relieved.

The game can go on.

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Before the glorious goal, Newcastle United still have to struggle with whether to attack or defend.

Now they don't have to worry about it - if they want to win, they have to attack!

However, Newcastle United's attack will also give Manchester City more chances......

In the 78th minute, Manchester City played a counter-attack by Dimitar Berbatov in the middle of the pitch to give glory to the football. As a result, the ball was blocked by a Newcastle United player as it passed two Newcastle United defenders.

The football did not pass to the feet of Glory, or to the front, as promised, but fell behind Glory!

At this time, Rongguang had already run into the penalty area, only to find that the football had not come, and when he turned around, he found that the football was bouncing and rolling forward on the turf behind him, but the speed had slowed down significantly.

It's impossible to get the ball and shoot as planned.

Rongguang quickly adjusted its strategy.

He turned around and paddled the bouncing soccer ball with his left foot, then picked it lightly, then turned and volleyed with his left foot!

The attacking goalkeeper Krul did not expect Glory to shoot in such a way with his back to him, and the ball came very suddenly, and after passing him, he made a fall to the ground to make a save, but it was to no avail.

The football flew into the goal for the second time!

"Seventy-second ball!! Rong tied Messi again! ”

"It's so much competition between the two of them, and now they've both scored seventy-two goals!"

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Of course, the two goals will not stop Rongguang from seeking goals, and in the eighty-ninth minute of the game, Rongguang took the ball outside the penalty area and shot directly from a distance!

Krull made a save and touched the football, but the power of Glory's shot was so great that the ball didn't even change its flight course, continued to fly forward, and crashed headlong into the net!

"Hat-trick! Seventy-third ball! Rong overtook Messi again! Three goals, each one brilliant, and 100 per cent no penalties! John Mortensen also mocked the Catalan media and Messi's supporters.

In front of the television, almost all Chinese fans cheered.

Glory did not disappoint them, he helped them slap the faces of those who laughed at him and questioned him!