When the national team game ended, the international players of their respective teams returned one after another, and so was Manchester City.

The two consecutive national team games and long-distance running made the players look very tired.

But Manchester City will challenge Liverpool away next time.

For Benitez, this is his second time facing his former club since coaching Manchester City.

Judging from the results of last season alone, he doesn't seem to be qualified to return to Anfield Stadium with his head held high and his chest held high.

Because last season, Manchester City finally ranked fourth, while his successor Kenny Dalglish coached Liverpool ranked second, almost winning the championship.

Manchester City beat Manchester United away at the last minute last season, but unfortunately Liverpool failed to seize the opportunity.

But judging from his performance this season, Benitez is definitely qualified to make Daglish feel ashamed.

In the Champions League, Manchester City has created the best results of the English team this season.

In contrast, Liverpool and Daglish led the team only scored four points in the four-round group stage in the Champions League, and it was very dangerous to qualify in the group.

In the league, Daglish's team also encountered difficulties. Last season, they made great progress from the beginning and even ranked first for a time, and had a fierce competition with Manchester United for the league championship.

The final ranking was already a very good result.

But this season, it would be fine if it was not good in the Champions League, but its performance in the league has plummeted, which is in sharp contrast to last season.

After the twelve rounds of the league, their ranking is seventh...

This result is a far worse than the second in the same period last season.

When the two teams met last season, Liverpool was in high morale, while Manchester City encountered their first crisis of the season. At that time, everyone thought that Liverpool would win even on the road, and Mark Hughes would be dismissed due to the failure of this game.

But who knew that Glory had a big explosion in the game, scoring three goals alone and scoring a hat-trick, not only saved Mark Hughes's position as coach, but also caused Liverpool to suffer a setback.

This time this season, I just experienced a national team match, and there were many international players in both teams, so the physical condition of both players is not very good.

And there is a Champions League group match next.

It's okay for Manchester City to say that they have already qualified in the group first in advance and do not have such urgent results for the Champions League group stage next week.

But Liverpool is different.

They will challenge Hungarian team De Bresen away from home in the middle of next week.

This team's identity at the beginning of this group was the fourth-level team.

But it is not easy for Liverpool to win them.

Liverpool's first Champions League group stage this season was to challenge De Breson at home. Before the game, everyone thought that Liverpool would definitely win easily, and the only suspense was to win a few goals.

As a result, Liverpool finally won with only one goal at home and almost won.

This is also Liverpool's only victory in the Champions League group stage so far.

So away games in the middle of next week are crucial for Liverpool. If they still want to keep their hopes of qualifying in the group, they must win this game.

At the same time, we must also expect Lyon to lose to Fiorentina away so that the two teams can split the game. Then Liverpool beat Fiorentina at home in the last round, and hope that Lyon cannot win De Bresson at home. Because once Lyon wins, the winning and losing relationship between the two teams is the same with the same points, and Lyon has the advantage of one win and one draw.

So for Daglish, he may not have time to consider the league at all now, and he will first strive to qualify from the Champions League group stage.

The club legend, who once led Liverpool to the Champions League final in Heatherberg, is now facing very difficult challenges.

So he actually doesn't care about Manchester City's game at all.

Even at home, he did not send the main players and did not have the stance to fight Manchester City to the death.

Manchester City also did not send all the main players, but it was not to keep the strength of the Champions League group stage next week. They were because too many main players played in the national team games and needed rest.

In this game, both sides sent a second team lineup.

Rongguang is the most dazzling star in this lineup.

In addition, David Silva also got the chance to start in the game.

He replaced Robinho, and Sturic replaced Berbatov as the team's center.

The three of them form the team's new offensive trident.

Liverpool has no intention of fighting, so Manchester City played very smoothly.

They scored one goal in the first and second half respectively, and eventually defeated Liverpool 20.

Rongguang scored a goal to secure the victory for the team in the second half, and the person who assisted him was David Silva.

After defeating Liverpool, Manchester City has accumulated 34 points in the 13th round of the league and is still in the lead.

However, Chelsea behind him also chased him very tightly, with Ancelotti's team defeating Wolves 40 at home.

Still only one point away from Manchester City.

Although Manchester City plays one game less than Chelsea, in this level of competition, it is meaningless to play one game less and one game more.

Sometimes the decisive decision is often the momentum. When you are as powerful as a rainbow, you can cut melons and vegetables all the way. When you are not as powerful as a team, it will become very difficult to even play in the mid-range team.

The momentum is mainly based on the accumulation of victory.

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After playing against Liverpool, the whole Manchester City team returned to Manchester.

They don’t have to take a plane, just take a bus. The two cities are only a few dozen kilometers apart, and this distance is placed in many provincial capitals in China, which is the distance from the city center to the suburbs.

Take the bus and drive quickly, you can go home in less than an hour.

Although there is still a Champions League match in the middle of the week, Benitez still gave him half a day off after the game. He doesn't need to train at the Carrington training base in the morning, just come in the afternoon. Moreover, there is not much content in the afternoon training, mainly restorative training.

Let the players recover their bodies, those who participated in the game relax their muscles, and those who did not participate in the game maintain their physical fitness.

Prepare for the mid-week Champions League match.

In the mid-week Champions League group stage, Manchester City played at home, and their opponent was Bordeaux.

This game is no longer important to Manchester City. But for Bordeaux, it is a very critical game.

In the last round of group stage, they beat Bayern Munich 20 away.

This made their points change from two points to five points, while Bayern Munich was still four points. At the same time, both Bordeaux and Bayern Munich were over, with Bordeaux winning and draw, and they had the advantage in the winning and losing relationship between the two sides.

Considering that Real Madrid has been eliminated, Bordeaux and Bayern Munich are now competing for the right to qualify in the group. Bordeaux leads Bayern Munich by one point in points, and Bordeaux also has the advantage in terms of victory or loss.

If Bordeaux can beat Manchester City away in this game, they can qualify for the last game as long as they tied.

However, it is not easy to beat Manchester City away. They only have one chance, that is, Manchester City, who qualifies in the group in advance, will not do their best in this game, and Manchester City players have a mentality of underestimating their opponents.

Only in this way can Bordeaux have a chance.

Otherwise, once Manchester City really gets serious, the final result will be that when the two sides first met, Bordeaux lost 02 at his home court.

Judging from the starting list announced by Manchester City before the game, Manchester City did not send all the main players in this game.

But compared to the game with Liverpool, Manchester City is no longer a second-tier lineup.

Rongguang still starts - this is enough, he is the most threatening player. When Rongguang does not start, the opponent can breathe a sigh of relief.

Glory starts, and it will be difficult for Bordeaux to win this game.

Despite this, Bordeaux's midfielder Gurkuf still expressed his confidence before the game.

"We all know that Manchester City is strong and Rong is strong. However, in order to qualify from this group, Bordeaux will do his best. When the draw results came out, no one believed that Manchester City and Bordeaux could qualify from this group, but Manchester City proved that they can, why can't we?"

Gurkuf has the capital to say such things, because Bordeaux beat Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the Champions League this season and ranks second in the group, and a large part of the credit belongs to Gurkuf.

When Gurkuf first debuted, he was called a genius and later bought by AC Milan. He originally planned to be Kaka's replacement, but Ancelotti, who was the head coach of AC Milan at the time, believed that Gurkuf could not be Kaka's replacement, because although he was excellent in the place, he lacked forward impact and dribbling speed like Kaka. Therefore, in AC Milan, the genius Gurkuf was not happy. He only played 36 league games in two seasons, 23 of which were substitutes.

For a young player with talent like Gurkuf, it is a fatal matter not to play in the game. For this reason, he chose to loan to the Ligue 1 team Bordeaux in the 26269 season.

As a result, he performed well in his first season in Bordeaux and scored goals in his first league match. That season he played thirty-seven times and scored twelve goals.

He helped Bordeaux win the Ligue 1 championship that season and also qualified for the Champions League this season.

The outstanding performance last season made AC Milan feel the thoughts that Gurkuf used for himself.

Especially after Kaka decided to leave AC Milan, they urgently needed a midfielder who could replace Kaka. In addition, Ancelotti, who has always disliked using Gurkuf, also left AC Milan this summer after his contract expired.

It is logical that the obstacles to Gurkuf's return to AC Milan have been cleared.

But this time Gurkuf himself was unwilling to come back.

At the same time, Bordeaux also decided to initiate the 15 million euro buyout clause in the loan contract.

Although AC Milan desperately persuaded Gurkuf to promise him a very bright future, Gurkuf insisted on staying in Bordeaux.

That's it, this summer, he officially transferred to Bordeaux.

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Gurkuf wants to beat Manchester City away, and he believes that as long as Manchester City does not give 100% of their efforts, he and Bordeaux will have a chance.

But this is actually a luxury, because there is glory in Manchester City's starting lineup.

Judging from the position on the field, both of them are front midfielders.

Although Gurkuf is also a very good genius, he still doesn't have enough to compare with glory...
Chapter completed!