In Lin Sen's eyes, Inter Milan in front of him is still strong.

Samuel Eto'o, Sneijder, Diego Milito, McConn, Cesar...... Inter Milan is almost half a team, and under Linsen's eyes, they are all golden.

Of course, Manchester City, who wore a different colour shirt on the pitch, were no worse either.

Arjen Robben, David Silva, Suarez, Bale, Kompany...... Although Manchester City does not have as many players as Inter Milan for the time being, almost most of the players are just a step away.

No one knows better than Linson himself where the two teams on the pitch are going, with Inter Milan and Manchester City both being the most successful teams in Europe last season, but from this season onwards, the two teams will go in two different directions. If the peak of a team is compared to the sun at 12 o'clock in the afternoon, then Manchester City is now the morning sun at 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning, far from the most radiant time. Inter Milan, on the other hand, is the sun at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, although it is still impossible to look at directly, but it has already passed the hottest stage.

Sunrise, sunset, night, dawn...... No team can escape such a cycle, and the difference only lies in the length of each cycle. Linson doesn't believe Benitez doesn't know what kind of Inter Milan team he has taken over, but it is clear that he made a mistake.

Every manager has his own style and he will inevitably bring that style to the team, which is why the club hired him, but if everything is just right, otherwise it will be easy to go wrong. Benitez is too eager to put his mark on Inter, or rather, to erase Mourinho's legacy in this team.

Linson, who accepted Manchester City last season, was also bold, but he never deliberately rejected what Mark Hughes left behind, it's not that Linson is big-hearted, it's just that he doesn't need to worry about anything with Mark Hughes at all, and Benitez is different. He even removed Mourinho's portrait on the day he took office, although it was just a rumor, but it was obviously no wind and no waves.

It's just that what Linsen can do doesn't mean that Benitez can do it, because the two are facing two completely different situations: Mourinho is not Mark Hughes, and the Inter Milan left by Mourinho is not Manchester City left by Mark Hughes.

Haste makes waste.

Benitez, who couldn't wait for Inter Milan to play high defensively, forgot that this is a team with an average age of more than 30. He's up against a team whose average age is less than twenty-five.

Just as the game entered its final stages, Manchester City broke the deadlock.

Robben ate Zivo on the right side, and the in-cut shot was once again blocked by Cesar, who has become the "Holy Say" in the mouth of Inter Milan fans, with one hand, but this corner kick created Manchester City's goal, David Silva took a corner kick from the left, Lucio's header was not far from the penalty area, and Bale volleyed directly after winning the ball. This time, Cesar, whose vision was blocked, could only look at the ball and sigh.

Conceding goals in the last 10 minutes is something that no manager wants to see.

Benitez, who had no way out, immediately made three substitutions at once, with Pandev, Balotelli and Coutinho all coming on. In particular, the appearance of the latter two directly lowered the average age of Inter Milan on the field by two years. Linson saw the move, with Xavi Martinez coming on for David Silva and Falcao coming on for Suarez. With the pressure on Inter Milan on both wings, a high wall was built in the middle.

Ten minutes later, the whistle blew. Linson raised his arms high to celebrate City's first title of the new season.

The score was 1 to 0.

The easiest score, the most affordable win.

Especially in the case of a game that decides a champion.

Inter Milan's dream of a six-time title was shattered, while Manchester City proved their determination to not be afraid of tigers.

At the post-match press conference, Benitez, who was not that important in the game, but was tantamount to smashing an unusually important "exam" for him personally, was a dead duck: the players actually played well, the problem was that the team had problems in the strings, Stankovic? If I had to make another choice, I would still have DeYoung in the same position.

As for Lin Sen, he praised almost all the players who appeared.

Why not?

Not only today's Inter Milan, but also Liverpool before, plus Tottenham Hotspur in the first round, after losing the inconsequential Community Shield, Manchester City won two and drew one in three rounds, no matter from which point of view, it is just an illusion to be realistic Manchester City in the warm-up game.

The next day, the English media blew Manchester City into the clouds again, just as they did at the end of last season, but at this time, they certainly couldn't imagine what was going to happen next. Because even Lin Sen didn't think of it-

On August 31, the last day of the summer transfer market closure, Tottenham created a big surprise, they brought in Dutch star Van der Vaart from Real Madrid for 8 million, and several big clubs who had already completed the transfer work were calm, including Manchester City.

Due to the relationship of the European Super Cup, the game was postponed to this day, Manchester City challenged Sunderland away, with the prestige of winning the European Super Cup, Manchester City bombarded the opponent's goal for 90 minutes in this game, nearly 20 shots on goal, and even used several boxes of shells, but Manchester City did not knock on the other party's closed door, and then, a careless, the opponent was walking idle throughout the game, Darren Bent suddenly rushed out and released a cold shot.

Right in the middle of the eyebrows.

A disgraced Manchester City had to swallow a 0-1 defeat.

On September 11, after more than a week of rest, Manchester City restarted, but this time they still did not win at home, Blackburn, who had almost no counter-attack against Manchester City last season, even scored first in this game, and under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of home fans, Manchester City's equalizing goal was not too late, but after the goal, Manchester City fell into a scoreless predicament.

In the end, the two sides can only shake hands and make peace.

But the bad luck is not over, and it has also rushed out of the Premier League and towards Europe. September 15th. In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City visited the Weser Stadium in Germany to challenge Werder Bremen, facing the German team that was not in good shape, but Manchester City staged a goal battle with the opponent, and the final score was 3-3, and Manchester City ushered in a draw again.

If you add the league games, Manchester City are already winless in three games.

A week later, the away game against Wigan, and Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor, who were still helping to exonerate Manchester City, who were just unlucky, proved once again that they were not just unlucky. Rather, there was a problem with form, as this game saw City suffer their second defeat in five league games.

Five games, one win, two draws and two losses have five points, and they are thirteenth in the league.

Sitting high in the table is Chelsea, winning all five games, scoring 21 goals and conceding just one, just four points ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal in just five games, and as many as 10 points ahead of defending champions Manchester City. Manchester City's only consolation is Liverpool, who are their neighbours in the standings. They also won just one of their five games this season.

There's no doubt that Hodgson is in dire straits, and in fact, no manager can survive such a result. With last season's results. Linson's condition is a little better than Hodgson's, but only some.

The English media, which was still singing the praises of Lin Sen and his Manchester City more than half a month ago, finally couldn't suppress the restlessness in their hearts, and all kinds of scandals related to Manchester City and Liverpool began to fly all over the sky. Today is the Liverpool top ultimatum Hodgson, tomorrow is the Manchester City top management and Linson meeting, and today is Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is dissatisfied with the team's table. Tomorrow is Manchester City's infighting......

There is only the Manchester Evening News, a local newspaper in Manchester, facing Manchester City's current predicament objectively: "It is clear that Manchester City, as the defending champions, is at a critical juncture, even if it is an excuse that the league is still long, the gap of ten points is too much. We believe that Manchester City FC still have faith in this team and have patience with Linsen, after all, they were the most successful team in the entire Premier League last season, but Linsen should know that this patience is limited and Manchester City must bounce back as much as they can because their opponents in the next round of the league are none other than ......Chelsea."

In fact, without being urged by others, Lin Sen also knows that his current situation is definitely not optimistic, or to put it bluntly, Lin Sen knows that he has overdrawn the trust accumulated last season. Speaking of which, Lin Sen has not encountered this kind of bad time, the last time, when he first became the head coach, but that time, he was cleaning up other people's messes, and now, he is digging a hole for himself.

The danger is that last time, he was able to maintain an optimistic attitude and clearly plan his response. And this time, he was a little puzzled.

What's worse is that whether it is Ariel, Dina, or Tang Hua, they are all ...... about the current situation of Manchester City Incomprehensible, that's right, it's incomprehensible, because whether it is mentally, physically, or tactically, Manchester City seems to be so normal that it can't be normal anymore, Lin Sen has watched the video of the last few games several times, but still can't figure out why.

The team's poor results have also affected the atmosphere of the training ground, although Yiqiē is still in order, seemingly calm, but nothing can escape Lin Sen's eyes, in this regard, Lin Sen remains calm at least on the surface, because, this is not an individual problem, but an overall problem, Lin Sen can certainly go to each player who is not right to talk to one by one, but he does not think this is the solution.

The solution is actually very simple, as long as you win, it will disappear. Manchester City, however, seem to have forgotten the taste of victory.

September 22, the third round of the League Cup, the underdog day.

A total of eight teams were eliminated from the tournament in 16 games, including Tottenham Hotspur who were eliminated by Arsenal, Everton who were eliminated by Brentford in League One, Liverpool who lost to Northampton on penalties in League Two, and Chelsea, who lost 3-4 to their opponents in a state of explosion with Newcastle.

Of course, the most important thing for Manchester City fans is that the defending champions, Manchester City, have also been eliminated from the competition. (To be continued......)