Every year, after the international break, there are many players whose form suffers because of the national team's match.

This is especially true in areas that are very far away from Europe, such as South America.

In the fifth round of the Premier League that began on September 12, Sergio Aguero, who had just returned to the club after playing for the Argentine national team, left the game injured in the 20th minute of the first half, casting a shadow over the game.

Sergio Aguero is not the only one affected by the FIFA virus, many of the players in the Manchester City squad are not in good form in this game.

Their opponents happen to be second-placed Crystal Palace, who play at home in this game, and they continue the good momentum since the start of the new season, playing very boldly on their home turf.

At the end of the first half, Palace had 45 per cent possession and six shots on goal.

For a team like Manchester City, who play pass-and-possession football, the opponent's possession rate of more than 40% proves that they have not been able to completely suppress their opponents.

So at the end of the first half, Manchester City had a rare smudge and failed to take the lead.

The situation remained unchanged in the second half, and as the game time passed little by little, the Manchester City fans who came to the scene to cheer for the team began to worry in their hearts.

The winning streak of their own team should not be ended here, right?

Crystal Palace fans would love to see their side overturn Manchester City at home, but they know in their hearts that the odds are low.

Manchester City are so difficult to deal with when they are not in good form.

If they meet Manchester City in their heyday, then this game will be more than auspicious even if they play at home.

Therefore, Crystal Palace fans can settle for a draw.

With their lineup and strength, it is not only not a shame to draw with the mighty Manchester City, but it is still something to boast about.

The 90 minutes of regular time were coming to an end and both teams were still unable to score.

The expectations of Crystal Palace fans seem to be coming true soon!

Although in the second half, Manchester City increased possession to 58 per cent, gained control of the field, and formed a siege of the Crystal Palace goal in the second half.

But they blasted 20 shots on goal but didn't get a single goal!

In this game, goalkeeper McCarthy, who Crystal Palace bought from Queens Park Rangers for £4.9 million this summer, performed very well, he made six effective saves and saved his team again and again.

If it weren't for his god-like performance, Crystal Palace's goal would have been breached long ago.

On the sidelines, Pep Guardiola couldn't sit still.

He withdrew his gaze and glanced over his own team's bench as if he was preparing for one last substitution.

The reason why Manchester City was difficult to score in this game was mainly because after Aguero retired from injury, Lin Quan was targeted by the opponent.

The lack of response on the front line caused Lin Quan to easily fall into an isolated situation.

And his teammates are not in good shape, which also leads to no one being able to step up and share the pressure for him.

As a result, the opponent's targeting had a good effect, making Manchester City's offensive firepower dumb.

To change this situation, the best way is to change a striker to go up and share the pressure for Lin Quan.

It's just a pity that no one expected Aguero to be injured before the game, so the substitute striker brought by Guardiola was not Jovetic, but Iheanacho, who was trained by Manchester City's own academy and is not yet 19 years old.

At such a moment, on such an occasion, is it really possible to put a young player who is not yet 19 years old on the field?

Seeing that the game was about to end, and the score on the field was still 0:0, Guardiola gritted his teeth, turned his heart sideways, and replaced Iheanacho on the field.

Iheanacho jumped up from his seat and immediately ran to Guardiola's side, looking like he was listening to advice.

"Boss, what do you want me to do?"

"Listen, Klech, go up and rush into the penalty area, help Lin Quan pull the space, if Lin Quan passes the ball to you, then boldly shoot and help me send that damn ball into the opponent's goal!"

Hearing that Guardiola handed over such an important task as scoring goals to himself, Iheanacho only felt dizzy and seemed to be hit by happiness!

The boss actually values himself so much, and at this time he changes himself to make himself a savior?

"Cluck, did you hear me clearly?"

Seeing that the other party seemed to be distracted, Guardiola asked in an accentuated tone.

"No problem, wrap it up on me!"

Heheanacho's self-confidence is now bursting, he feels like he's been doped with a hundred shots, and he can't resist going on the pitch to get the ball into the Crystal Palace goal in one hundred and eight ways.

"Well, go ahead!"

Pep Guardiola patted him on the shoulder and sent him off the pitch.

City's last-minute substitution caught the attention of the Crystal Palace people, but when they saw that it was just an unknown young player who was substituted, they suddenly felt a disdain in their hearts.

"Hehe, Guardiola is in a hurry to go to the hospital, even Lin Quan can't break the goal, can he break it with such a young player?"

"I think he's going to give up, that's why he became a live horse doctor, thinking that stacking strikers in the front court can change the situation, which is too naïve!"

"Hehe, I've heard of Guardiola's famous name for a long time, and when I see it today, I can't see it!"

Crystal Palace fans are already inflated at this point!

What bullshit Premier League hegemon, what bullshit Champions League champion, it's not easy to play in front of our big crystal palace.

How much is your Manchester City worth?

What about more stars in the team?

Isn't it just as impossible to score our goal?

Our Crystal Palace are invincible!

As if to confirm the thoughts of the Palace fans, Iheanacho made a mistake on the first touch of the ball after coming on the pitch.

He failed to form a tacit understanding with his teammates, and when his teammates passed the ball to him, because of lack of preparation, he made a mistake in stopping the ball, and was successfully tackled by the Crystal Palace player, and almost fought back on the spot.

Fortunately, Kante appeared in time to complete the counter-robbery, which was able to resolve the crisis in time.

"Focus, don't get distracted!"

As he retreated to catch the ball, Lin Quan passed by Iheanacho's side and reminded him.

"Okay, Boss!"

Iheanacho nodded heavily, and although he was a little embarrassed by the mistake he had just made, he quickly put it behind him.

Fantasizing about being the savior of the team, he runs and pulls very hard in the frontcourt, trying to find a vacancy.

Although the players of Crystal Palace despised him in their hearts, they didn't dare to really let the other party go, so his seemingly random running really had a certain effect.

At least when Lin Quan dribbled the ball again, the number of defenders who came to cover him became smaller.

Golden opportunity!

The other party reduced his own troops, allowing Lin Quan to see an opportunity to break through.

So when De Bruyne leaned towards him, he pretended to pass the ball to De Bruyne, but when the opponent relaxed his vigilance, he turned around with a smash and wiped the first defender.

The second player who was caught in the bag saw Lin Quan pass his teammates, and in a hurry, he subconsciously stretched out his foot to intercept and tried to break the ball.

However, Lin Quan's foot frequency was much faster than he imagined, obviously he kicked first, but the football was not cut off by him as he thought, but was deducted by Lin Quan, a fried croquette, and then another person.

The third person also rushed over at this time, but there was no teammate around him to assist, so he could only defend Lin Quan one-on-one.

In football, some defenders who have suffered losses in the hands of Lin Quan have summed up a lesson: don't try to fight Lin Quan alone!

One-on-one with him, the end will be miserable!

The Palace player may know this, but at this point he has no choice.

He can only block as many as he can before he is passed to create conditions for his teammates to make up for the defense.

However, Lin Quan only used two extremely fast smashes and changes of direction to pass him.

However, the defender's efforts still paid off, in order to pass the opposing defenders, Lin Quan took the ball into the penalty area when he walked diagonally, at this time his position was close to the bottom line near the goal, and the angle of the shot was very small.

And Crystal Palace's goalkeeper McCarthy has also blocked to the near corner at this time, almost blocking all of Lin Quan's shooting angles.

In this case, unless Lin Quan learns to shoot the tiger and shoot the goalkeeper with the ball, his shot will not be able to cross the McCarthy level.

However, football has never been a one-man sport, but a team sport.

When Iheanacho broke through with the ball in Linquan, he kept Guardiola's advice in mind and worked hard to run and pull.

The other party invested so many troops to encircle Lin Quan, and the consequence was that Iheanacho was undefended - he was in an empty position!

As long as you can get the ball into the goal, what does it matter if you score it yourself?

When Lin Quan pounced on him in the Crystal Palace goalkeeper, he immediately passed the ball back to the vacant Iheanacho.

Iheanacho watched Lin Quan pass one opposing player after another at close range, and his mind was full of thoughts about Brother Lin's awesomeness, but in a trance, he saw that Brother Lin seemed to pass the ball to him.

Before his brain could react, his body seemed to be a conditioned reflex, and he subconsciously stretched out his foot to complete a blast.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the football flew high and flew into the Crystal Palace goal.

The quality of the ball is not high, the height is obviously on the high side.

But fortunately, Iheanacho was relatively close to the goal when he shot the goal, otherwise the goal would have been put into an anti-aircraft gun.

Pep Guardiola, who was on the sidelines, was scared out when he saw Iheanacho's shot.

This damn guy, at such a close distance, it's still an empty door, can't you honestly push and shoot?

If you have to come to a blast, it's high!

Thankfully, the ball went in, and if it hadn't been scored, hehe'd have had to use a hair dryer to give Iheanacho a two-hour lesson.

When Iheanacho scored, Crystal Palace's home side were silent.

The fans were dumbfounded!

They never imagined that the last goal would be the unknown person they looked down on!

Iheanacho himself didn't expect the goal to come so easily, and the script he fantasized about in his heart was to be like Lin Quan, go through five levels and kill six generals, break the opponent's entire defense line with his own strength, and then send the ball into the opponent's goal in style.

Although the process is a little different, the result is still the same in the end.

So, he put his palms next to his ears and asked the fans in the stands for applause as he ran towards the sidelines, as he had previously envisioned to celebrate.

It's just that this stupid boy doesn't know if his eyes are bad, he ran to the wrong fan stand and ran under the stand where Crystal Palace fans gathered.

So he was greeted not by the tsunami of cheers and applause, but by the boos and the rain of coins and lighters.

Crystal Palace fans thought the guy was here to provoke them, and some angry fans even climbed over the railings and rushed onto the pitch to beat people.

Iheanacho was startled and hurriedly ran back to the pitch and celebrated with his teammates.

"Good boy, you almost lost the ball with that last kick!"

Captain Kompany rubbed Iheanacho's head dotingly and said to him with a smile.

As captain and veteran, Kompany was extremely pleased to see such outstanding young players emerge from the team's own academy.

Kompany arrived at the age of 22 and has been with the club for eight years so far, making him one of the oldest players in the club.

When he first arrived, Manchester City were just a very ordinary mid-table team, with almost nothing.

But now, Manchester City have three Premier League titles, two Champions League titles, and are the most successful club in all of Europe in the last five years.

A Manchester City dynasty is gradually taking shape under the hard work of their players.

But the iron battalion is a flowing soldier.

Kompany is about to turn 30 years old, and his time at Manchester City may not be long.

One day, they will leave Manchester City, either retire here or leave the team to retire elsewhere.

After they leave, the team needs young people to step up and take their place.

So for these young people in the team, Kompany is very appreciative and cared for.

He hopes that these people can thrive at Manchester City and carry the banner of Manchester City in the future and lead Manchester City to greater glory.

Iheanacho didn't know what Kompany was thinking, but he smiled and explained:

"Hehe, my brain hasn't reacted yet, and my body has already made movements."

"Then you have to learn and practice more, and strive to practice the standard of subconscious shooting movements, just like Lin!"

Another team veteran on the side, David Silva, spoke.

Iheanacho nodded vigorously, Lin Quan was originally an idol in his heart, and learning from an idol was something he couldn't ask for.

Itheanacho's goal came in the second minute of stoppage time, and by the time the celebrations were over for Manchester City, the stoppage time was almost gone.

So when the game restarted, the referee quickly blew the whistle for the end of the game.

In the end, Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 1-0 away to make it a perfect start to five consecutive league wins.

The highlight of the fifth round of the match is Manchester United's home match against Liverpool.

Jose Mourinho's side performed well in this game, winning 3-1 at home to Liverpool, which not only halted the team's decline, but also further won the goodwill of the Red Devils fans.

In the minds of Manchester United fans, Liverpool are even more hateful opponents than Manchester City.

Therefore, every year's double red meeting is extremely important for Manchester United fans.

On the other side, Arsenal beat Stoke City 2-0 at home and Chelsea lost 3-1 at Everton.

Ranieri's Leicester City, on the other hand, staged an earth-shattering comeback at home.

After falling behind 0:2, they scored consecutive goals in the final stage of the second half, and finally won 3:2 against Aston Villa, one point ahead of Manchester United in the standings, and four points apart, temporarily in second place in the standings!

can stand out among the giants, Leicester City's dark horse nature, after this battle, finally received the attention of all parties.

(End of chapter)