Chapter 19 Arsene Wenger: Not being able to sign Lin Quan is my lifelong regret!

Who can stop Manchester City? 》

Pep Guardiola is slaughtering the entire Premier League! 》

"Two games with 15 goals, Lin Quan + Guardiola's terrifying power! 》

After these two games, the whole Premier League was shaken.

After Pep Guardiola's transformation, Manchester City slaughtered their opponents by consecutive scores, showing an unstoppable posture.

This makes all the teams in the Premier League, especially those who face Manchester City in the upcoming fixtures, a little shivering.

Other giants are even more worried:

Pep Guardiola has not been in Manchester City for a long time, and he has only just begun to transform Manchester City, and the effect is already so prominent.

When he completes the transformation of Manchester City according to his own wishes, how will the other giants of the Premier League play?

Any tactic has weaknesses, and Pep Guardiola's full-back tactics certainly have them, so if you find their weak points, you won't be helpless against them in the future.

On February 22, the 26th round of the Premier League began.

Before the start of this game, the major giants of the Premier League, and even some teams from other leagues, sent people to watch the game live, trying to find City's weaknesses.

In particular, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, after beating Crystal Palace away, rushed to the Etihad Stadium to watch Manchester City's match against Newcastle.

Once the game began, Manchester City continued their frantic momentum.

Playing at home, they crushed Newcastle with a frantic attack.

In the end, they swept Newcastle with a score of 5:0 and avenged the elimination of the League Cup by their opponents.

After watching this game, Wenger's face turned pale.

He feels like his team is about to stop in the round of 16!

There are many other teams who feel the same way as Arsene Wenger, and they also have a headache, how will they defend if they draw Manchester City in the knockout stages of the Champions League?

Manchester City's frenzied momentum has captured the attention of all over Europe.

In addition to the British media, the media in Spain, Italy, France and Germany have also begun to report on Manchester City's series of big wins.

Manchester City has scored 20 goals in their last three games, averaging 6.6 goals per game, and their attacking efficiency is the highest in Europe.

And as the team's main players return from injury one after another, Manchester City's offensive firepower will be further improved.

The media around the world started to use words like 'shocking, terrifying' when reporting on Manchester City.

"Just as he pioneered pass-and-control football at Barcelona, Pep Guardiola's new tactics at Manchester City will inevitably bring new changes to football."

"The full-back tactics have improved Manchester City's attack in all directions, and if we can't find a way to limit them, then I'm afraid no one can stop this crazy Manchester City team!"

"Perhaps, when facing Manchester City at home, it will be a necessary choice!"

The report of Real Madrid's mouthpiece As, which brought this wave of panic in football to a climax.

Even the grandeur of Madrid are considering using the iron bucket formation to deal with Manchester City, how can other teams play?

Of course, there are those who disagree.

With MSN's strong firepower, Barcelona, who have beaten all sides in the league and Champions League, said that if they do meet Manchester City in the knockout stage, then they will prove themselves with a strong attack and avenge last year's arrow.

It seems that the Barcelona people are still haunted by being knocked out of the quarter-finals by Manchester City last year.

In fact, Real Madrid, which has a BBC combination, is not necessarily worse than Manchester City in terms of offensive firepower.

In the top five leagues this season, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester City are undoubtedly the three teams with the strongest attacking firepower.

Coincidentally, all three teams have superstars.

The team with the supergiant is gradually opening up the gap with the other teams without the supergiant.

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On February 26, the knockout round of the Champions League kicked off.

Manchester City face a Premier League civil war in this round of fixtures, and they will travel to the Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal.

Manchester City's recent winning streak and hot form, coupled with Pep Guardiola's groundbreaking tactics, have caught the attention of the whole of Europe.

As a result, the game attracted a large number of media reporters to follow up and report.

Considering that Manchester City have won against some weaker teams before, everyone has doubts about the power of Manchester City's tactics against the giants.

If Manchester City can continue their previous crazy performance in this game and beat Arsenal to the north, then it proves that this tactic also applies to the giants, in which case the major giants will really panic.

Arsene Wenger said before the game that he had found a way to limit City.

This statement made Arsenal fans breathe a little sigh of relief in their hearts, and also made the outside world full of expectations for this game.

After the opening, Arsene Wenger's side seized on the right flank of Manchester City and launched an onslaught, seemingly feeling that City's weakness was on the wing.

The move seemed to have had some effect, with City's attacking threat in the first 20 minutes not as great as in previous games.

However, the game changed completely when Kroos broke the deadlock with a long-range shot in the 28th minute.

Before the end of the first half, Lin Quan scored directly with a free kick to expand the score to 2:0.

After the start of the second half, Sergio Aguero's goal extended the score to 3-0.

The game has entered garbage time, and Arsenal's experience has shown everyone that Manchester City's tactics are just as effective against the big clubs!

On the sidelines, Arsene Wenger frowned, struggling to think about countermeasures.

The wide attack worked, but it was not enough to completely limit City's attack.

So, where exactly is City's weakness?

Arsene Wenger couldn't find a solution, and Arsenal's players were out of balance when they were beaten on their home turf.

After Sergio Aguero scored the third goal, Coquelin and Bellerin were booked for fouls one after another.

Their rough fouls were less like executing team tactics and more like venting their anger.

Seeing that the opponent's movements were getting bigger and bigger, Guardiola quickly replaced several key players, including Lin Quan, to avoid accidental injuries.

Since Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City, it is very unlikely that Lin will play the full game unless the team runs out of substitutions.

Pep Guardiola usually replaces him after he has scored a goal or when his team is leading by a wide margin.

In his words, there is no need for the main players to continue to consume on the field when the winner has already been decided.

Back then, he didn't protect Messi enough, and he used Messi excessively, which led to a series of injuries to Messi.

In fact, Messi's injuries under Pep Guardiola are not many, and Messi's injuries only broke out after he left Barcelona.

But even so, when he saw Messi's frequent injuries later, Guardiola still blamed himself very much.

If Lin Quan hadn't been born, Messi would have been Guardiola's favorite player in the world, there is no one!

And now, this love has been transferred to Lin Quan.

For the regrets left on Messi back then, Guardiola wants to compensate Lin Quan for all the regrets left by Messi.

I've worked so hard to protect him, this kid must be moved in his heart!

When Lin Quan was off the field, Guardiola, who took the initiative to give Lin Quan a hug, thought so in his heart.

However, Lin Quan was speechless, he meowed, every time he wanted to brush up on a data, he replaced it for himself, and let people play unpleasantly?

And if you openly favor yourself like this, aren't you afraid that the other players in the team will be jealous?

He began to understand what it felt like for Haaland to be substituted after scoring five goals in the Champions League!

It's not a good thing to be spoiled by melons!

After Lin Quan was substituted, City's attacking threat dropped considerably.

Without Lin Quan's threat, Arsenal's players breathed a collective sigh of relief.

They can't guard against Lin Quan, but that doesn't mean they can't guard against other Manchester City players.

After filling the holes in the defence, Arsenal's performance is getting better and better, and the attack has improved.

In the second minute of stoppage time, substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled a goal back for Arsenal and rewrote the score to 1:3, which was a little save face for the Gunners.

In the end, the game ended at full-time, and Arsenal, who were playing at home, lost 1:3 to the mighty Manchester City.

This score basically killed the suspense of promotion, and Arsenal visited the Etihad Stadium in the next leg, which may also be more auspicious.

During the post-match handshake, Arsene Wenger praised Pep Guardiola and his team:

"Your team has done a great job, congratulations on your victory!"

Pep Guardiola also has great respect for Wenger, who, in his opinion, is the arrival of Arsene Wenger who has changed the Premier League and injected technical football into the Premier League.

If the Premier League was still the league with a simple and rough style of play and only knew how to play long passes, he would definitely not join such a league.

"Thank you for the compliment, you and your players are excellent as well, I wish you all the best in the upcoming games!"

Wenger smiled bitterly, the good results that Guardiola said were nothing more than keeping the top four in the league.

He has been doing this job for many years, and he has learned all about it.

While Southampton's surprise rise this year has created some difficulties for Arsenal's re-four, Liverpool's fall has increased their margin for error.

After playing against the strong teams, the rest of the games are relatively easy for Arsenal, as long as the team does not make any mistakes, it will not be difficult to complete the top four.

It's just that he keeps four every year and is eliminated in the first round of the Champions League, what's the point of doing this?

Whether it's the league or the Champions League, Wenger wants his team to win the title once!

"I really envy you for being able to coach such a great player as Lin!"

Arsene Wenger made no secret of his love for Lin Quan, and one of the things he regrets most now is that he didn't take a step forward to grab Lin Quan in the summer two years ago.

With his good reputation for making good use of young people, if he makes a move, he may not have a chance to bring Lin Quan to the Emirates Stadium.

It's a pity that if you miss it, you will miss it forever.

When Lin Quan's value was not very high, he didn't grab it, and after Lin Quan made a name for himself, with Arsenal's financial resources, I am afraid that he would never be able to get Lin Quan again.

Pep Guardiola heard Wenger's sadness and chagrin, and for a while he didn't know how to respond to the other party.

When facing Arsene Wenger, Guardiola actually felt a little guilty in his heart.

When he was in charge at Barcelona, he poached Cesc Fabregas from Arsene Wenger.

Arsene Wenger's love for Xiaofa is well known, but Xiaofa betrayed him and Arsenal in a tragic way.

The amount of damage that transfer did to Arsene Wenger was completely underestimated by the outside world.

You must know that after Xiaofa transferred to Arsenal, Wenger even sent the old captain Vieira away in order to make room for him.

Wenger treats Xiaofa more closely than his son!

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In this round of the Champions League, the three Premier League teams that advanced to 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.

It was Jose Mourinho's Chelsea who drew 1-1 away at Paris Saint-Germain.

However, an away goal is good news for the Blues.

In the next leg at home, as long as they don't lose or let the opposition score more away goals, they will basically qualify for the quarter-finals.

In other matches, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have won against each other.

Among them, Bayern's 7-0 slaughter of Shakhtar Donetsk at home gave people a glimpse of the terrifying firepower of the Bayern team under Heynckes.

This victory made the fans of Bayern and the whole of Germany extremely excited!

It's back, it's all back!

This is the real Bayern!

This is the taste of German football!

They shouldn't play pass-and-control football, but they should continue to carry on their glorious traditions.

If they hadn't done this last year, Bayern would not have been eliminated and Germany would not have lost in the final.

Fortunately, everything is not over now, and they still have time to stop the loss.

And this big victory is undoubtedly a boost for them.

The whole football world was hyping how invincible and unstoppable Manchester City's offensive was.

But in this round of the Champions League, the biggest limelight was stolen by Bayern, and they used a massacre to prove that they are the real tragedy makers.

"Champions League winners? Why not? That's what I'm trying to do with my players! ”

In the post-match press interview, the veteran coach Heynckes unabashedly expressed Bayern's desire for the Champions League title.

His return is to correct the confusion left to Bayern during the Pep Guardiola period.

And the best way to prove that the reforms Pep Guardiola made during his time at Bayern Munich were wrong would be to win another Champions League title.

In this way, the year coached by Pep Guardiola, sandwiched between the two Champions League titles at Bayern, was naturally a failure!

After Heynckes's statement reached Guardiola's ears, Guardiola was very calm about it:

"Congratulations to Bayern on their victory, and I sincerely wish them the best in the Champions League!"

Since coming to Manchester City and being able to coach Lin Quan in person, Guardiola has long been indifferent to criticism of the outside world.

He doesn't need to prove anything, now he just wants to enjoy football!

(End of chapter)