McLaren came to Manchester with a desire to qualify, and he had plenty of reasons and enough conditions.

The reason is that he hopes that he can return to England in a way of "returning home", which is something to be proud of, but like most people who want to return home, if it is too deliberate, it means that most of this person was not in a very good condition before, and the most typical point is that he is not recognized.

McLaren, who spent most of his playing days in the lower leagues, did not get off to a smooth start, and the first turning point in his coaching career was when he was invited by Alex Ferguson in 98 to be an assistant coach at Manchester United, and interestingly, in a sense, his job is thanks to the current assistant coach of Linson, Brian Kidd, because it was when Kidd left Ferguson as Blackburn's head coach that McClaren got this opportunity, but McClaren did not stay under Ferguson for long, He followed in Kidd's footsteps: moving to Middlesbrough as head coach. During this time, he has been working part-time as an assistant coach of the England national team.

McClaren's experience at Middlesbrough was not a failure, as three years later, he led the team to the honour City had just won: the League Cup. In '06, McClaren ushered in the second turning point of his career, taking over from Eriksen as head coach of the England national team, and then, McClaren did two things, one was to abandon David Beckham, the captain of the England national team, and the other was to make England lose qualification for the Euro 08 finals.

Both things are not good, and his appointment as England manager is already full of controversy, and the media generally believes that he is not qualified enough, which makes him the most "short-lived" manager in England history except for interim managers, only 18 months in office, and he is also considered by the British media to be the worst manager in the history of the England national team.

With these premises, it's not hard for you to imagine. Why McLaren wants to return home.

McClaren is indeed one step away from returning home, his FC Twente, currently unbeaten in the Eredivisie, are closing in on the club's first ever league title, and against one of the Premier League title contenders this season, his side are currently 3-1 up with two goal differences, and if he can qualify for tomorrow's game in Manchester, then he is really coming home.

Manchester City just beat Manchester United to win the Carabao Cup? For McLaren. It's a great touch.

'I think we have the match points in our hands and the main thing is that we don't make too many mistakes at the City Stadium and we can qualify, so I'm confident about that.' McClaren was indeed confident when speaking to the English media, while Linson was particularly low-key in front of the media, "Tomorrow's game will be tough. Especially after a tight contest with Manchester United. ”

Is Lin Sen really so low-key? Just in front of the media.

"Today's game, I don't accept the second result, there are no retreats and excuses, we have to advance! You already know very well what the media will say. If we do get knocked out tomorrow then they are right, we only deserve the Carabao Cup, I don't believe we're done here. Now, I need you to sue all the people that they are wrong! And. Next season, we'll go even further! On the field of the Champions League! ”

The pre-match remarks to Twente, Lin Sen broke the boat.

Since Reus is not eligible, in this game, Bale who paid in the final stage of the last game got the opportunity to start, as soon as it opened, Manchester City launched a tidal wave of offensive, as Linsen said, in this game, they have no way out, they must attack, and only attack!

And McLaren is clearly very aware of his situation, and he knows where his strengths lie. The 3-1 draw in the last game was not enough for the arrogant enough to think their team had enough quality to play against Manchester City at the City Stadium, and from the outset, Twente's strategy was to defend and counter-attack, leaving only an experienced striker Nkoufo in front of him, and then slotting heavily into central midfield.

The midfield suddenly became the main battlefield for both sides.

Manchester City, who are united in their hearts, meets Twente, who are united.

Manchester City were rightfully met with strong resistance, and until the end of the first half, Manchester City still could not open the situation, and at this time, one person stepped up, not David Silva, nor Robben and Bale, but Kompany, who has been established by Linson as the core of the defense this season. As against Manchester United, set-pieces remain the best weapon to break the deadlock.

When Vincent Kompany received a corner kick from David Silva and smashed the ball into the back of the net with a powerful header, the entire city stadium was in a state of flux.

With no open space at the City Stadium due to the Carabao Cup triumph, it will be a season like no other, and not many Manchester City fans would want to miss out on any chance to see it firsthand.

The score became 1-0.

The aggregate score, two to three.

Manchester City are still behind, but they only need to score one more goal and defend to ensure that they will be the ones who advance.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, McClaren's face softened slightly, but only eased a little, what were the number of shots in the first half of Manchester City, he didn't know, but he knew, a lot, so every time Manchester City shot in the first half, his heart would shrink, the referee's whistle came at the right time, this suffocating atmosphere was too difficult to endure.

He had long known that the Manchester City in the last game was not the real Manchester City at all, but he didn't expect that the real Manchester City would make him so helpless.

In a game, if the tactics are not right, then he can make a change. If he is not in good shape, then he can make substitutions, but if you are still at a disadvantage in this situation, it is a pure gap in strength, and this gap is also the most difficult gap for the manager to overcome. McClaren made what he thought was an exciting speech in the dressing room, and he did see a mental change in his players at the start of the second half, but sadly, that change was soon shattered after City's second goal.

The same set-pieces.

It was David Silva who scored the goal, a perfect curling shot.

For an hour, Twente resisted at the City Stadium for an hour, and then, they put the initiative in the hands of the opposing team.

There was no way back for McClaren, who immediately made a substitution, removing a midfielder and adding a striker.

However, not all of them can change their lives, and they may starve to death or drown. The midfield was originally the most important part of Twente's fight against Manchester City, otherwise, where would Manchester City need to take the initiative through guò set-pieces, and McClaren's move is tantamount to drinking water to quench thirst.

So, he really poisoned himself.

In the 74th and 85th minutes, Manchester City scored two more times.

Four to zero.

A magnificent reversal drama.

With an aggregate score of 5-3, Manchester City advanced.

If the score is 2-0, or 3-1 overtime, then, McClaren may still be able to stubbornly speak, but the 4-0 defeat made him have no excuses, after the game, McClaren had to admit that there was a gap between his team and Manchester City, and Linson, highly praised his team's table, he doesn't know how many teams in history can be reversed in the first leg 1-3 down, but obviously this number will not be too much, today's Manchester City, deserves any praise.

Progression to the round of 16 also allowed City to continue their contention for the season's two main goals.

City and FC Twente will be joined by seven other fixtures, including the one that will decide City's quarter-final opponents.

After Benfica was forced to draw 1-1 by Hertha Berlin in the first leg, Linsen really hoped that Hertha Berlin could continue to win glory for Germany once and help himself avoid a small embarrassment, but unfortunately, in the second leg, Benfica, who was sitting at the Stadium of Light at home, also defeated the Bundesliga vice-president who was still waiting for "No Tailai" this season with a score of 4-0, and Benfica's promotion was due to the two Manchester City supernumerary players: Falcao and Di Maria.

Two hat-tricks: one assist, which belonged to Di Maria. A hat-trick of goals belonged to Falcao.

After Linson bought Di Maria in advance for 20 million in the winter, there has been a controversy in the British media, but now, this controversy can be put to an end. After the game, Germany's "Transfer Market" updated the latest issue of the player's assessment, Di Maria's value is 25 million, and Falcao's is also over 15 million.

When Benfica confirmed that they will play against Manchester City, in response to reporters' questions about whether the two "Manchester City" players will play in the game against Manchester City, Benfica's manager Jorge Jesus gave a positive answer: We know that Angel and Romerdal are both Manchester City players, but there is no agreement between us and Manchester City that the two players cannot play, so fans do not need to worry, both of them will be in the squad for the game.

Some media asked Jesus, and naturally there were also malicious media who used this question to ask Lin Sen, in this regard, Lin Sen rarely laughed at himself: I hope that at least in these two games, their performance is not too good, otherwise when they return to the team next season, I can't guarantee their safety.

It's a joke.

This is, of course, a joke. It's not something Linson wants to see, but if one Falcau plus one Di Maria can beat Manchester City, then City are not qualified to move on. Therefore, according to Dina's previous statement, Lin Sen prefers to call this game a competition for his own personal inspection. (To be continued......)