Chapter 650: Winning five consecutive wins in the Premier League, De Bruyne is injured!
"Faith in victory?!"
Aguero lamented: "In that game in '12, we already knew that Manchester United had won 1-0 and that we wanted to win the title and there was no way back.
After the equaliser, we had only one thought on our minds – one more goal!
In the end, we were lucky enough to take our chance and win the game.
Some people think it's luck, but I very much agree with Lee's statement, it's the belief that you must win, and that is the belief that you must win in the championship.
We can't win all the games in one season, but even if we fail, we still have to stick to the belief that we must win, so that we have a chance to turn defeat into victory and win the final championship!"
Everyone nodded, they all knew it.
"So ......"
Li Chuanqi opened his mouth and said, "What we are struggling with now is not how to avoid defeat, but how to win!
When we were talking as a team just now, everyone was talking about how to avoid failure, and that was a big problem.
Victory is not what should be ours, victory is to fight, to snatch from others!
These two statements seem to be the same, but they are actually very different.
The psychological basis for avoiding defeat is that we should win, so we carry a heavy burden on our backs, even if we win the game, we feel that we should do it.
The basis for winning is that we and our opponents are equal, and whoever plays well will win, and only after winning will we have strong joy!"
The crowd fell into deep thought.
Li Chuanqi continued: "There is nothing wrong with the coach holding a team discussion, it is right, but what we lack most now is to build the belief that we will win.
Last season we won the Premier League but we fell to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
I followed those two games and I found that City's biggest problem was the lack of belief to win!"
Sergio Aguero disagrees: "We don't lack the belief that we will win, what we lack is the person who will deliver the final blow. We tend to create good chances in games but we can't take them.
Many teams are like this, they go out on the pitch with the belief that they must win and create great chances to score, but when teammates waste opportunities again and again, the belief slowly collapses!"
Sane nodded and said, "That's right! We're just missing the Terminator!"
Sterling looked at Li Chuanqi and said, "Now that you're here, we think you're the finisher who can lead us to a higher podium!"
Li Chuanqi didn't refute his teammates, nodded and said, "Okay! As much as you can, you have as much responsibility as you have!"
He held out his right hand, "Then let's work together!"
The crowd folded their hands and shouted, "Victory! Win! Victory!"
The theme of the game is the belief in victory, so the slogan they shouted was "Victory!"
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On September 15, the fifth round of the Premier League will begin, and after this game, the first game of this season's Champions League group stage will be played.
Manchester City's opponents in this round are Fulham, who continue to play at home.
At 8 o'clock in the evening of the 15th, the match between Manchester City and Fulham began.
Manchester City scored in the thirteenth minute of the first half to break the deadlock.
Raheem Sterling crossed from the left, Li Chuanqi weirdly appeared in the middle, went around to the defender in front of him, pushed and shot, and easily succeeded!
With the score in the lead, Manchester City slowed down the pace of the game.
Fulham took the opportunity to launch a couple of good attacks, and City had a thrilling one by one.
In the forty-second minute of the first half, Li Chuanqi cut inside to create a chance, and after connecting the two, he made a diagonal pass to the right rib of the penalty area!
Aguero, who successfully ran back, scored with a push in the penalty area!
Two to zero!
City established an early lead.
At half-time, Pep Guardiola began to make substitutions, bringing on Lee Chuanqi for Leroy Sane.
In the twelfth minute of the second half, Raheem Sterling won a free-kick for Manchester City on the left.
De Bruyne sent the ball to the back post, and the full-back Ederson at the back post scored with a successful header!
Three to zero!
Manchester City sealed the win.
Just as Pep Guardiola was about to replace De Bruyne on the field, he was tackled by the opponent!
In the end, De Bruyne was stretchered off the pitch and taken directly to the hospital!
Soon after, Manchester City announced to the outside world: De Bruyne has a ligament injury in his right ankle and will rest for two weeks!
This means that he will learn the first game of the Champions League, the sixth round of the Premier League, and the League Cup!
Although Manchester City won the game at home and won five consecutive Premier League games, De Bruyne's injury cast a shadow over Manchester City.
Manchester City fans console themselves: our squad is strong, without De Bruyne, we still have Lee!
The Manchester City Weekly commented: "Obviously, Pep Guardiola is responsible for De Bruyne's injury, Manchester City have already established a two-goal advantage in the first half, and it is completely possible to replace him at this time!
If Lee can be replaced early, why can't De Bruyne be replaced early?
Why do you have to wait until the third goal has been scored for Pep Guardiola to remember that there is the Champions League in four days' time?"
Pep Guardiola is aggrieved, can I blame me, I'm already preparing to replace him, who knows that the other party will have black feet at this time?
Facing criticism from the media, Guardiola said in an interview with the media: "Kevin is our most important member and I am sad for his injury, but his injury is not so serious and he will be back in two weeks.
[In view of the general environment,
About the Champions League...... I think we can win without Kevin, not that he doesn't matter to us, but we have a lot of talented players in the squad.
About substitutions...... I don't think there's anything wrong with me, professional footballers can't avoid injuries and have to fight injuries.
When I visited him in the hospital, I told him to recuperate and get better soon, we need him!"
Damn, we've won five in a row in the Premier League, shouldn't it be a compliment at this time?
Who can avoid injuries to players?
Could it be that Lee's addition has inflated the media?
Think we should win all the games?
Even so, as long as Li can play steadily, even if it is the Champions League, there is no problem, this is just the group stage.
He still has confidence in playing Leon.
Manchester City are in Group F in the Champions League, facing Hoffenheim, Lyon and Shakhtar Donetsk.
It is widely believed in the media that Manchester City will not have any difficulty in progressing from the group.
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The highlight of this round takes place between Tottenham and Liverpool.
After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Liverpool won 2-1 with goals from Wijnaldum and Firmino, won five consecutive wins in the Premier League, and only ranked second in the standings with a goal difference!
Tottenham Hotspur have suffered two defeats in a row after a win over Manchester United and are fifth in the table.