After the team's match against Aston Villa, the time officially entered November, and on Tuesday of the second week, Manchester City ushered in a new round of the League Cup.

Manchester City's League Cup started from the second round, as a mid-table team in the Premier League, it was still relatively late, after the match between Donska and Gillingham, the team has entered the fourth round, and there are only sixteen teams left, that is, the team will play the game for the quarterfinals, and it will be difficult to draw easy opponents at this time.

In the end, Manchester City drew Aston Villa.

This is a good opponent, in the fourth round of the League Cup, as long as you don't draw giants like Manchester United and Arsenal, you can count it as lucky.

Manchester City has just beaten Aston Villa, and they are facing them at home, perhaps the headache will be Aston Villa coach O'Reilly, he has not thought of how to deal with Manchester City, the two teams 'second round' meeting is coming again, he can only lead the team to Manchester hard.

O'Reilly also spoke about the issue before the game, "It's bad because we just lost to them by a big margin and now we have a cup game against them. ”

"If after 90 minutes we lose the game, no one will be surprised because we just lost 3-0, maybe it gives us no pressure, but the pressure is on their side......

O'Reilly said 'as much as possible' for the better, but when it came to the playing field, it became pure 'self-comfort'.

In this game, Wansheng made some adjustments to the lineup.

The most important adjustment is the frontcourt matching, Darren Bent has determined the starting position, but his partnership with Andy Cole is not a very good choice, there will always be a little problem with the cooperation of the two, which may be related to Andy Cole's strong offense, and Darren Bent is just a young player, but there are still some problems with the cooperation of the two. So Wansheng chose Robbie Fowler and Darren Bent as partners.

It is worth mentioning that the youngster Miller has also been placed in the squad, and if the situation goes well, Wansheng will also consider giving Manchester City's homegrown youngsters a chance.

In addition, in the midfield, Wan Sheng gave Morris a break, so the starters in this game were David Silva and Joey Barton, Joey Barton's personal ability is still passable, the advantage is that the defense is quite good, David Silva has been trained in two games. Now it can support some of the situation.

However, the duo is really a little unstable, so in terms of the selection of the wing, Wansheng arranged the veteran Reina and the strong Sinclair.

Reina, David Silva, Joey Barton and Sinclair, this central four-man combination is not bad, as long as they can perform normally, at least it is more than enough to deal with Aston Villa.

Of course, experiment with new formations, collocations. Give the team newcomers a chance, but it is still unstable, and the opponent is Aston Villa, but it is definitely not a weak team. But Wan Sheng didn't put his mind on the League Cup at all, for him, this is a chicken rib event, and he won the last honor. It doesn't matter if you don't win it, because the team's only goal this season is to win the league and it doesn't matter if you lose two cups. If you want to get everything, you may not get anything, but after all, the focus on the league is certain, and the cup is just the right place to use as a testing ground.

In the frontcourt, Wan Sheng is most concerned about the combination of Joey Barton and David Silva.

The only midfielders can take out are Morris, Joey Barton and David Silva, Morris is no problem, he can do a good job with others, in comparison, Joey Barton is a lot worse, David Silva has ability, needless to say potential, but he still has too little game experience, which limits his performance.

The combination of Joey Barton and David Silva is fine, so the team's midfield is basically worry-free.

Football matches are always full of unexpected things.

In this game, there was no problem with the cooperation of Joey Barton and David Silva, the two of them were one in front of the other, one offensive and one defensive, and the game performed very well according to tactics and habits, but there were problems in the team's backfield defense, Sun Jihai and Kopelle Ferreira, one person and one mistake led to Aston Villa scoring two goals in the first half, if it wasn't for Robbie Fowler scoring a goal before, Manchester City would have to face the passive situation of two goals behind in the midfield.

Even if the home team is down by one goal, the situation is not much better.

Wan Sheng started to have a headache for the backcourt defense.

He found that Copelle Ferreira and Sun Jihai are not good partners, mainly because Copelle Ferreira has too little experience, Sun Jihai is experienced, but his personal ability is a little unable to keep up, that is to say, no one on the field can 'provoke the beam' now, if the two partner with Distin or Dunn respectively, there will be no problems, and now the two are still too immature.

So Wan Sheng could only choose to replace Dunn.

Richard Dunn is definitely a big man for Manchester City, he has been the best player for Manchester City in previous seasons, and he and captain Distin form the backbone of the back, and he is no worse than Distin.

However, after being injured last season, he has been recovering from injuries and has not been able to participate in the team's summer preparations, unable to keep up with the team's new tactical rhythm, so Wan Sheng can only use him as an alternative.

In fact, Dunn was quite unbalanced.

Before the start of the season, he never worried about his main position, as he believed he was City's best defensive player, so he did not rush to try to keep up with the team's new tactics after returning from injury.

But Dunn didn't expect this to affect his appearance.

In his understanding, the central defender does not need to keep up with any tactics, what rhythm, timely defense, timely insertion, but the team's new tactics have broken his inherent thinking, and when he realizes this, it is difficult to have a chance to play, because whether it is Distin or the new Portuguese kid Kopele Ferreira can do a good job, and even Sun Jihai, who he has always looked down on, can get a lot of opportunities to play because he can keep up with the team's tactical routines, and he can only sit on the bench most of the timeand watch your teammates play on the playing field.

Since realizing this, Dunn has also started to work on it.

He had a reason to work hard, even if he was unhappy with Wan Sheng - he had just recovered from injury and needed to regain his position. When the time comes, you can decide for yourself whether to stay, instead of now, if he wants to leave, he will not be contacted by the team, because others will think that his injury has affected his state, otherwise how can he lose the opportunity to play after recovering from the injury?

After a period of hard work, Dunn also has a certain understanding of the new tactics, and he has to admit in his heart that this new young manager is really a genius, and it is almost impossible for an average team to beat Manchester City with this set of tactics alone. Because according to the concept of tactics, after the whole game has been suppressed, it is difficult for the opponent to find opportunities in close proximity to the goal, let alone to score, of course, these are the understandings of a defender at the back, after he knows what he needs to do in tactics, how to run, how to insert assists at the right time, after knowing this. He'll be able to keep up with the team's offensive and defensive tempo.

Still, in the previous few games, Dunn didn't get a chance.

He was still a little anxious.

No professional player wants to sit on the bench and watch his teammates perform, and now Dunn has finally got his chance to play. It's only in the Carabao Cup, but it's a big step forward for himself, he's never been so excited about a chance to play, but now he's feeling it again.

When I come up. He even had a warm hug with Sun Jihai, who was off the field - the two have not been so close for two seasons.

Then, he came out.

……

"Richard Dunn. He was replaced by Sun Jihai! ”

Manchester Stadium commentator Berbart said, "It's been a long time since we've seen Dunn and it seems like injuries have affected him a lot, but we can still remember how good he was defending and scoring with great intensity! ”

"Now we wish him the best of luck......

Perhaps City fans are more concerned with scoring goals than with how Dunn is doing.

They do have an impression of Dunn, and many fans are also familiar with it, but what they care about is the team's results, since Wansheng coached the team, the team's results have made many fans crazy, so that Dunn, a player who does not play, has gradually been forgotten, and even some fans think that Dunn has been sold, and then see Dunn's figure to realize that this guy has not been sold, but is injured and can't play.

Now they're just clapping a few hands in response and then talking a little bit about who will help the team equalize, but there will certainly be no Dunn among those players.

However, Dunn's strength is indeed very strong, at least much stronger than Sun Jihai.

After adapting to the team's new tactics, his individual defensive strength has been shown, and he has always been solid defensively in training, and now on the field, he has immediately become the core of the defense that can be relied on at the back, and at the same time, the inexperienced Copelle Ferreira has a lot less pressure, and with Dunn to support the situation, he does not have to take on too much defensive responsibility.

In Wan Sheng's eyes, he was still very satisfied with Dunn's performance.

With Distin at the back, Copelle's Ferreira and now Dunn, he doesn't have to worry about the centre-back position.

But in the eyes of Manchester City fans, Dunn's performance is really inconspicuous, the main thing is that he is a defensive player, no matter how good the defensive player is, it is difficult to attract attention, everyone is still concerned about Manchester City's attack.

In the frontcourt, the brightest player is only Darren Bent!

Darren Bent opened the second half and took the lead in the equaliser after receiving a long pass from Joey Barton.

This goal wants to shine, and many media commentators have praised Darren Bent greatly, but what they didn't expect is that this is just the beginning, and in the following time, Darren Bent is completely possessed by God!

In the 59th minute, Aston Villa defender Melburg fouled David Silva, Manchester City won a free-kick from 24 yards in front of goal, David Silva curled the ball over the wall, Darren Bent followed up with a header, and the ball hit the right post and bounced into the other side of the net.

This goal gave Manchester City a 3-2 lead over Aston Villa!

The media and fans were all thrilled with Darren Bent's brace, but just five minutes later, the scene was repeated.

Robbie Fowler broke through and David Silva got the ball at the post and pushed it in front of goal, but Joey Barton's volley on the back met goalkeeper Sorensen and just when he was still upset, Darren Bent reappeared, in the right place at the right time.

He met the ball and finished the follow-up shot and hit the ball into the goal for the third time!

4:2！

When the football flew over Sorensen's ten fingers again, the whole Manchester stadium was boiling, all the Manchester City fans were shouting a name, and all the cameras were pointing at a player, that is, the young boy standing in front of the goal with his hands over his face excitedly.

"Darren Bent - !!"

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！”

"The third goal! Darren Bent scored a hat-trick and he scored a magical scene at the Manchester Stadium! Perfect goals, perfect hat-tricks, the second half started until now, and in just twenty minutes, this Cambridgeshire kid has scored three goals! ”

"Poor Sorensen, completely beaten by Darren Bent, lost the door three times in the 20 minutes of the second half......"

"After this fight, I'm sure he'll remember Darren Bent's name, and it's going to be a nightmare for him...... Of course, we don't care about Sorensen right now, we want to send our best wishes to Darren Bent on the field! With three goals, he delivered a belated Halloween gift to Manchester City fans! ”

“……”

The entire stadium was furious with Darren Bent's hat-trick, and the crowd erupted in the loudest cheers, but in a position in the back row of the east stands, a figure wearing a Manchester City shirt with a long brim did not move.

When he looks up and looks closely, it is Nikola Anelka!

Anelka went to the reserve team and was not in the squad, and he wanted to come and see what the kid who replaced him could perform, but now his expression has become worse because his rivals have exploded in full swing.

Three goals, all beautiful, this kind of performance can definitely shake his place in the team, and now he can't do anything but sit here and watch, and even look down on the fans around him.

Looking at his teammates who were celebrating excitedly on the field, as well as the new young boy, he felt more and more uncomfortable in his heart, and he was also like a pincushion in his position.

Eventually, he stood up and turned away from the court. (To be continued......)