After the game, Guardiola's interview video was uploaded to the Internet, which immediately attracted a wave of attention and discussion among fans.

"BBC reporters are really good at making trouble, how can Guardiola answer such a question!"

"One is the player he once admired the most, the other is the most effective player under his current command, and he is also his son. The key is that these two are very strong and have similar styles, and Guardiola is not a good choice! ”

"If there is no Lin Quan's appearance, I think Guardiola will definitely choose Messi, I heard that when he went to Bayern to coach, he often used Messi to PUA Bayern players, and often said how Messi was."

"Haha, I've also heard about this matter, it is said that Guardiola formulated tactics according to Messi's standards, so that the players how to behave, but it turned out that the players couldn't do it at all, and then I found that Messi was unique, so he became more determined to become a plum blow!"

"It's a pity, such a plum blow, it's only been a few years, and he has betrayed the organization!"

It was obviously Messi's fans who said this, and the tone of the voice seemed to be joking, and they were a little helpless.

Before Lin Quan, Mero and the two were often compared together.

But the styles of the two are actually very different, and each has its own unique advantages, if you have to force a comparison, you can only compare some data and honors.

But Lin Quan is different, his style is very similar to Messi, and it can even be said to be exactly the same.

When he first debuted, people called him Little Messi, and it was only after he became more and more famous in the past few years that he got more and more honors that Messi had never won, and then he took off Little Messi's hat.

However, when it comes to who is most like Messi in football, the first thing fans think of is Lin Quan.

The two are about the same height and size, their technical styles are very similar, and their position on the pitch, the way they pass, and the skills of shooting are almost identical.

It can be said that it is the same carved out of the same mold, and such two people can naturally be compared together.

As for the topic of who is stronger Lin Quan or Messi, it has actually been discussed on the Internet for a long time.

There are a lot of people who support Lin Quan, but even more who support Messi.

After all, Messi has played for so many years and has accumulated a more fan base.

But Lin Quan's momentum is very strong, he won the World Cup that Messi didn't get, and he got it as the core of Spain, which attracted him countless fans.

For the younger generation of fans, they obviously prefer Lin Quan, after all, when they first started watching the game, Messi was already past his prime, and Lin Quan was still in his prime, and he was even getting stronger.

But for old fans, there are still more people who like Messi, which includes the impression points left by Messi's outstanding performance in the past few seasons, as well as the feelings about his youthful years.

"Messi was really strong back then, but unfortunately due to injuries and the impact of the team's lineup and tactics, his current performance is not as good as before!"

"Messi is no longer young, if he doesn't change his style of play and continues to be injured so frequently, I'm afraid he will follow in the footsteps of Da Luo, so for us briquettes, his game is really one less game!"

Messi has suffered from injuries since 2013 and has been injured in a row this year, missing a number of league games and the Champions League.

The reason why Barcelona's record this year is so bad is because of Messi's absence, coupled with Neymar's departure, which has caused them to lose their vitality, and not only can they not compete with Real Madrid in La Liga, but even Atletico Madrid can't hold it down.

This, combined with the Catalan independence movement, has made Barça's future uncertain.

Barcelona's current situation worries the fans who support them.

Compared with Barcelona, which is in poor condition and has an uncertain future, Lin Quan's Manchester City obviously has a bright future.

With plenty of transfer money, a stable management team, and strong coaches and team-mates, Manchester City have all the makings of a top club, just waiting for them to go on the pitch and win trophies and honours.

In fact, there is a discussion about who is stronger between Lin Quan and Messi, although there will be no result for a while.

But no one denies that according to Lin Quan's current momentum, he will definitely replace Messi in a few years and become the most powerful player on the planet, and it can even be said that he is already now.

If there are no young players who can reach the heights of Mero and others in the future, then he is likely to end Melo's peerless era and dominate football!

……

Lin Quan was not affected by the reporter's questions, but Guardiola was different.

He seemed to be a little weak-hearted, he usually chose Lin Quan to sit with him in the past, but today he specially ran to the front of the bus and sat with a few assistant coaches.

"By the way, Pep, why don't you answer the reporter's question?"

Torrent was squeezed by Guardiola and could only sit down half of his buttocks, so he deliberately asked questions that Guardiola had not answered at the previous press conference to make things difficult for him.

"Only a fool answers!"

Guardiola gave him a blank look, and said in his heart that I am not stupid, this kind of unflattering problem at both ends is clearly a reporter who deliberately framed himself, and he will not jump into it.

After Guardiola finished speaking, he ignored his assistant, picked up the team's schedule and began to study it in earnest.

At the end of October, City have two games to play.

One was against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup and one at home to Norwich in the league.

Neither of these opponents is strong, and with City's quality and current form, it will not be difficult to overcome them.

Pep Guardiola doesn't take the Carabao Cup results very seriously, so he intends to send substitutes against Crystal Palace to find their form.

As for the game against Norwich, it will depend on the performances of these substitutes in the Carabao Cup.

If they do well, then Guardiola will probably continue to give them a chance, and if they don't, then there is no way.

At the end of each year, the biggest fear for Premier League teams is the fast start of the Christmas season.

For the Premier League, which does not have a winter break, this period of fixtures is definitely a devil's schedule.

The Christmas Express races are numerous and there are plenty of focus battles.

A loss would be a six-point loss, and even if the previous lead was huge, it would be easy for the opponent to catch up here.

Coupled with the fact that there is no winter break and not even being able to go home for Christmas, the morale of the players is low and the form will be greatly affected.

If you add the cold weather in the British Isles, this time period is also a high incidence of injuries for players, and if you are not careful, the team will be full of injuries.

So this time of year, it's a big test for the teams, testing their bench depth and the team's management skills.

In the summer, Manchester City were more restrained in their recruitment, so during the winter break, Guardiola planned to bring in another striker to complement the team's forward line.

Although there is still Jovetic on the bench, he is not up to the level of Pep Guardiola's requirements, and he is not the type of player he likes.

In order to cope with the potential injury wave and busy schedule, it is necessary to further improve the depth of the team's bench.

Of course, if you really can't do it, you can also go to the youth team to select talents like last year.

……

On October 29, League Cup, Etihad Stadium, Manchester City hosts Crystal Palace.

In this game, Pep Guardiola sent a large number of substitutes and even youth team players to play, and on paper the strength is not necessarily much better than Crystal Palace.

However, Manchester City's group of substitutes won 5-1 at home in a devastating manner.

In this game, Son Heung-min scored twice, Heheanacho scored a goal and substitute Kevin De Bruyne scored a penalty.

It is worth mentioning that the 17-year-old Manu Garcia of the Under-18s came off the bench in the 84th minute of the game and scored a goal in stoppage time.

The goal brought him a lot of attention and many teams began to look at the young player.

With Lin Quan's successful case of Zhuyu in the past, many teams now have a soft spot for those seventeen or eighteen-year-old young players, and the world wants to Taobao to see if they can find some Puyu that others have not found in advance.

This has given a lot of opportunities to young players, such as Kylian Mbappe.

In the 11th round of Ligue 1, he came off the bench in the 82nd minute of the game to make his senior debut and at 16 years and 308 days, he broke the record set by Thierry Henry in 1994 and became the youngest player in Monaco history to make his senior league debut.

This is more than a month earlier than Lin Quan's impression that he played for the Monaco first team, and although Mbappe, who came on as a substitute in this game, performed mediocre, it was already a huge success in itself to appear in Ligue 1 at such an age.

After the first time, as long as Monaco's own results do not drop significantly, their manager may give Mbappe a chance to play in the future if he gets the chance.

With the tempering of a competition of the level of Ligue 1, Mbappe may become famous a lot earlier than before.

After relying on the substitute to win the opponent at home by a big score, Guardiola's confidence has increased.

In the league two days later, he continued to boldly bring in new talents, not only putting Son Heung-min in the starting line-up, but also putting Iheanacho and Manu Garcia on the bench.

Manchester City, playing at home, was full of momentum, leading the opponent 2:0 in the first half with goals from Lin Quan and Son Xingmin.

In preparation for the Champions League game in midweek, Pep Guardiola made bold substitutions, replacing Lin Quan and David Silva, who only played half the game.

Iheanacho and Fernando and Sagna were replaced.

When these players first came on, Norwich City still seemed to have recovered from the heavy blow of the first half and were still showing fear.

But after seeing through the reality of their opponents, they decisively increased their offensive forces.

I don't know if it's the opponent's luck or Manchester City's bad luck.

In the 66th minute of the second half, the opponent's shot hit the hands of the defender, and the referee immediately awarded a penalty.

Manchester City's starting star in this game is not Keylor Navas, but Joe Hart.

Joe Hart's luck was so bad that he finally got a chance to play, and it ended up being such a bad thing.

However, there is an old saying called "No Ji Tailai", maybe he was unlucky to the extreme and then transferred.

He misjudged the direction, but the opponent's shot hit his foot and was blocked.

Captain Vincent Kompany was quick to clear the ball and City escaped.

"Wow, it seems like even God is watching over Manchester City!"

"Norwich's players managed to get a chance, but they buried it themselves!"

After Joe Hart blocked the opponent's penalty, he roared angrily and completely vented the dissatisfaction that had been squeezed in his heart for a long time.

It's finally time to get going, and it's finally time to get out!

As it turned out, however, his bad luck didn't seem to be over.

In the 82nd minute of the second half, seeing that his own attack could not penetrate Manchester City's defense, the opposing striker Jerome tried to cover a kick in the penalty area.

As a result, this blinded kick made an extremely elegant arc, leaving Joe Hart stunned and unable to react.

With a bang, the score became 2:1, and Norwich broke through the Manchester City goal and successfully pulled a goal back.

Although the score was still behind, the morale of Norwich City who scored the goal was so high that their players didn't even want to waste time celebrating, and rushed straight into the Manchester City goal, scooped up the ball and ran.

There is a lot of going to equalize or even turn the game around in those last few minutes!

As a result, the last moment turned into a spectacle like Norwich besieging Manchester City's goal at Manchester City's home stadium!

Pep Guardiola's expression turned serious, and the players seemed to be frightened by the opponent's last-minute goal, and became a lot more conservative in their thinking, as if they wanted to rely on defense to drag out the last few minutes.

This made him very unhappy, even if there were a lot of newcomers on the field, the team should not be so conservative.

Offense is the best defense, and if you blindly defend passively and get beaten, wouldn't that give the initiative to the opponent?

So, he immediately shouted at the players on the field to get them back on the attack.

At this time, Son Xingmin is still on the field, and his speed is a sharp weapon for Manchester City's counterattack, as long as he can hand the ball to his feet in the counterattack, with the cooperation of his teammates, it is not particularly difficult for Manchester City to score, especially when the opponent presses heavily and the air defense is weak.

Things turned out as Guardiola expected, in the 88th minute, Manchester City broke the ball at the back, and Kroos made a long pass to Son Xingmin.

Sun Xingmin ran wildly with the ball, the speed was like lightning, and the speed was amazing.

The opposing defender had no choice but to put him to the ground and was expelled from the game by the referee with a red card.

Seeing that their counter-attack worked, and the opponent was sent off, Manchester City's morale was immediately restored.

They resumed their siege and in the second minute of stoppage time, Kevin De Bruyne was tripped after dribbling into the box and the referee awarded City a penalty.

But it seemed to be a courtesy exchange, and De Bruyne's penalty hit the crossbar and bounced off the line.

Seeing that Tintin missed the penalty, Lin Quan and Guardiola were dumbfounded.

What's going on?

Did De Bruyne actually fall ill too?

Is this contagious by the opposing player?

Two penalties in a game are rare, so it was just an ordinary game, but it received a lot of attention after the game.

However, the form shown by Manchester City in this game has given many teams an opportunity.

Even Norwich City came close to toppling Manchester City, so why can't they?

(End of chapter)