In this round of games, except for Chelsea, who continued to slump, several other strong teams have won.

It is worth mentioning that Leicester City, the big dark horse this season, was blown up by the Gunners in the home game against Arsenal.

The Gunners were in red-hot form for the game, with Alexis Sanchez netting a hat-trick, Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud netting one each and five away goals as Leicester City were in full swing.

Although Vardy also scored a brace on Leicester's side, Leicester City's defense was still much worse without Kante, and it couldn't stop the attacking group of the Gunners who were in hot form.

After this game, Leicester City fell to 8th in the Premier League standings and gradually faded from the dark horse.

And the fans who were originally very optimistic about Leicester City have to admit that there is still a big gap between them and the top teams.

This defeat has calmed down a lot for Leicester City's players and fans.

Ranieri also modestly stated after the game that they are aiming for relegation this season.

His words made those who had previously looked up to Leicester City realise that this is a team that has only been promoted to the top flight for less than two years, and it is unrealistic to expect them to snatch the trophy from a few wolf-like top giants.

The team's ups and downs have left Guardiola worried.

He feels that the players' ups and downs may have been influenced by previous FIFA match days, with many players playing in two national team matches, and some players who are far away have even experienced long flights of more than ten hours.

Intensive playing can exhaust them and increase their risk of injury.

With this in mind, Pep Guardiola decided to start the rotation early.

On October 1, the second round of the Champions League group stage began.

In this round, Manchester City visited the Prussian Park Stadium to challenge Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Mönchen's strength is not strong, but for this team, there are many people who know their names, and the reason is that Mönchenchen has a stalk about Bayern: eat and sleep and play Bayern!

I don't know how, it's like they are mutually reinforcing.

Every time they meet Bayern in the league and cup, Borussia Mönchen is particularly energetic and always makes Bayern suffer.

But Manchester City are not Bayern, and they are not at all afraid of the situation.

In this game, Guardiola did not use his main force when arranging the lineup, but pressed many of the main forces on the bench.

The likes of Sergio Aguero, Kroos and David Silva were all unfeatured in this game.

Naturally, this approach made the Borussia Monchenchens feel humiliated, so as soon as they started, they rushed and slammed into the game, as if they wanted to use the usual tricks of the Bundesliga team to punch the master to death and take out Manchester City.

However, Manchester City have long been aware of the style of the Bundesliga team, Pep Guardiola has coached in the Bundesliga, and Lin Quan, De Bruyne and Son Xingmin have also played in the Bundesliga, so they are naturally not afraid of this tactic of Borussia Mönchen.

Following his excellent performance in the previous game, this time, Son Heung-min was reused again, with Pep Guardiola putting him in the starting line-up for the first time.

This arrangement is mainly based on the following considerations:

First, Son Xingmin played less games before, and compared to other players, he was in better physical condition.

Second, Son Heung-min has played in the Bundesliga for several seasons and is most familiar with the style of the Bundesliga team, so it is most suitable to arrange him to play.

No matter what the head coach thinks about, the other party gives himself a chance, which is enough to make Son Xingmin overjoyed.

So, he was very positive in this game.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Menxing to press the attack, he staged several side explosions on the wing.

Borussia Mönchenchen attacked for more than ten minutes in the opening stages, only to find that City's defence was immovable, and they simply couldn't move.

On the contrary, on their own side, when the formation is too far forward, the loopholes in the back line are becoming more and more obvious.

It was a matter of luck that they didn't concede a goal, but if they were left alone, it was only a matter of time before they conceded.

So, Borussia Mönchen honestly began to shrink back, ready to play Manchester City's defensive counterattack.

As soon as Menxing's formation contracted, Son Xingmin's threat dropped suddenly.

After all, without space to sprint, his speed advantage cannot be brought into play.

But City weren't the only attacker, with Lin Quan and Kevin De Bruyne stepping up after Son Heung-min's demise.

The two of them coordinated in the front court, making the wind in front of the goal, and they were almost breached several times.

However, they were lucky, until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0, and Borussia Mönchenchen temporarily held on to their home stadium.

"Phew, it's finally over, the opponent's oppressive attack is simply suffocating!"

The Mönchen fans at the scene all sweated for their team, and it was really better to meet than to be famous.

Everyone in the world says that Manchester City is very strong, but if you haven't seen it with your own eyes and have no personal experience, you can't intuitively feel how strong the other party is.

Now, after 45 minutes of fighting, they finally have the bottom in their hearts.

Manchester City are really strong, and they are not an existence they can deal with.

This game is not extravagant to win, the home field is held, and a draw is acceptable.

With such an idea, after the start of the second half, Menxing directly set up the bus!

Seeing that the other party set up the bus, Guardiola was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face was a little stunned.

Is this still the Menxing you know?

When he took Bayern to play Menxing a few times before, Menxing was not like this?

The opponent's iron-hearted swing of the bus made Manchester City's attack a lot more difficult.

Breaking the dense defense is a global problem, and no matter how strong the team is, it will be a headache when it encounters an opponent who is bent on swinging the bus.

City tried all sorts of things, set-pieces, long-range shots, etc., and all the means were exhausted.

But Borussia Mönchen's goal is still standing!

Pep Guardiola began to scratch his head, not afraid of the opponent's ambition, Manchester City's ability to seize opportunities is very strong, as long as the opponent launches an attack, they can seize the hole between the opponent's attack and defensive transition to catch them off guard.

I'm afraid that like now, the opponent has no ambition and only wants to score one point.

On the field, after Manchester City stormed for more than ten minutes to no avail, the football came to the feet of Lin Quan.

He didn't rush to organize the attack, but knocked back to his teammates, and then retreated to get the ball, as if he was ready to control the pace of the game first.

Seeing that Manchester City seemed to intend to suspend the attack, the players of Mönchen were relieved, taking advantage of the fact that Manchester City did not have the opportunity to attack, they pushed out a little and pushed their formation out, so that the defensive formation could regain its elasticity.

This choice is not wrong, but this choice of the other party is exactly what Lin Quan wants to achieve.

After seeing Menxing's people disperse, Lin Quan immediately stopped dribbling the ball slowly, switched to rapid mode on the spot, and rushed to Menxing's penalty area with the ball again.

The players at Borussia Mönchen were taken aback: still coming?

However, without allowing them to think too much, Lin Quan had already dribbled past one person and burst into the top of the arc of the penalty area.

didn't have time to think about it, Borussia Mönchenchen's back Xhaka rushed towards Lin Quan, but he pounced too hard, and Lin Quan took advantage of the change in rhythm to easily pass him.

Xhaka didn't dare to let Lin Quan rush over so easily, so he was forced to make a tactical foul and dragged him to the ground.

The referee's whistle blew just in time, giving Xhaka a yellow card and Lin Quan a well-placed free-kick.

Seeing the location of this foul, the head coach of Borussia Mönchen couldn't help but mutter.

This location is too dangerous!

But the ball just now, it's not a foul, it's not a foul.

If Lin Quan was allowed to rush over like that, he would have entered the penalty area and hit the goal with his feet, maybe it would be a goal directly.

A foul blocked, although it gave a dangerous free kick, but at least avoided a direct shot on goal.

I just don't know how Manchester City will deal with this free kick, is it a tactical combination, or a direct shot?

Under his inquisitive gaze, City's number 10 arrived at the tee point with a football in his arms.

When the Menxing fans at the scene saw this scene, they couldn't help but panic a little in their hearts.

He is a master of free-kicks, having scored quite a few free-kicks in the league and the Champions League.

Whether it's a lift ball, a defoliant ball or an S-shaped free kick, he's very good at it.

This is a big test for Borussia Mönchen's goalkeeper Sommer.

Sommer is also a little nervous, he has long heard of Lin Quan's free kick ability, Neuer, Buffon and other predecessors, but they have all been directly scored by this guy's free kick record, can he prevent it?

Glancing at the upper left corner of the goal, Lin Quan took a few steps back, accelerated and ran, and the ball hung straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

Seeing the ball's trajectory, Sommer was taken aback.

He also noticed the other party's eyes just now, but he thought that this might be a trick for the other party to interfere with his judgment, so he didn't care too much.

I didn't expect the other party to be so upright, saying that if he hits here, he will really hit here, and the quality of this ball is extremely high, and he really goes to the dead corner.

The goalkeeper was powerless in the face of such a ball, and Sommer had tried his best, but he was still far from reaching the ball.

With a crisp sound, the football flew into the goal from the dead corner, and it came into close contact with the net.

The score on the field was finally rewritten.

The Borussia Mönchen players on the pitch, the Borussia Mönchen fans in the stands, including Sommer, who fell on the lawn and stared at the football in the net in a daze, were all silent.

Is this Nima a free kick?

It's simply a guided missile, where to hit!

"Lin, how did you do it, this is too powerful, right?!"

De Bruyne praised his team-mate from the bottom of his heart, and he would never have been able to do it if it were him.

"Hehe, if I say it's Meng, do you believe it?"

Lin Quan still has a bit of AC for his strength, if he can really point to where to play, then he can make fouls and penalty free kicks every game, how can he use so hard.

This goal can be scored, in fact, there is still a lot of luck component.

Although he did aim at the corner of the goal, after the penalty was given, whether he could score or not, it was not up to him to decide.

"Cut, I've seen you take penalties, basically just to hit the dead corner of the goal, isn't this where to play?"

De Bruyne looked incredulous, and the expression on his face was clearly that I didn't read much, don't lie to me!

"Haha, if you don't believe me, I'll try again later, and you'll know!"

Lin Quan didn't force an explanation, as long as he missed it once and let De Bruyne see it, he understood.

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Under the siege of Manchester City, there were no few fouls on the other side at this time.

In the 78th minute, when De Bruyne dribbled the ball, he seemed to stick to the ball a little bit, and was brought down from behind by the opponent, and Manchester City won another free-kick in front.

"Hey, you kid, why didn't you hide just now?"

Lin Quan saw that De Bruyne fell to the ground, and hurriedly went up to check on his situation.

The foul of the opposing player just now seemed to Lin Quan to be completely avoidable, but De Bruyne did not dodge it in time, although in exchange for a free kick opportunity, but if he was injured because of this, it would be too much to lose.

"Ahem, I want to hide too, it's not that I have no physical strength, my movements are a little slower!"

De Bruyne blushed a little, he was not good at lying, and he felt embarrassed every time he lied.

Fortunately, because his face was already red after intense exercise, his embarrassment was not so easy to find.

But Lin Quan has been with De Bruyne for a long time, and knows this guy's habits, if he lies, he will inevitably blush, and he likes to touch his nose with his hands.

Just like that!

Sure enough, this guy got that kick in order to get a free kick for himself!

He was keen to tell De Bruyne that there was no need to take such a risk, because with Lin Quan's ability to make fouls, it would not be difficult to get a free-kick opportunity.

Besides, Lin Quan has the talent of injury immunity and is not afraid of injury, but De Bruyne does not have such a talent, if he is accidentally kicked and injured, it will be a big loss, and his entire career will be affected.

Thinking of the other party doing so much for himself at the risk of being injured, Lin Quan's heart would definitely be impossible if he was not moved.

Therefore, for the opportunity that De Bruyne gave him, Lin Quan decided to grasp it well and not let him down.

Seeing Lin Quan take the free kick again, Menxing's goalkeeper Sommer was already a little startled in his heart.

He looked at the corners of the goal on the left and right sides of the goal, and didn't know which direction the opponent would aim to shoot.

However, if the opponent really aims at the corner of the goal, then no matter which direction, he seems to be unable to stop unless he moves in advance.

But in this case, the opponent may change the direction of the shot, and then he will be self-defeating.

So in the end, he could only stand in the center and resign himself to fate.

The shot aimed at the upper left corner of the goal went in, so this time Lin Quan still aimed in this direction and made a kick.

This penalty is almost a replica of the last one, and even the trajectory of the soccer ball in the air is very similar.

Still coming?

The Sommer people were stupid, and they suddenly had an ominous premonition in their hearts!

With a bang, his hunch came true!

Lin Quan sighed in his heart: It's over, I can't explain it to De Bruyne now!

(End of chapter)