What made Benitez a little wary was that after playing the Champions League group stage with Bayern Munich, Manchester City was tied by Bolton on the away game when they returned to the league.

Bolton is definitely not a strong team, but Manchester City almost lost the game.

Fortunately, Chelsea was tied by their opponents.

Otherwise, the gap between Manchester City and Chelsea will be narrowed to one point, so the previous victory against Chelsea will be meaningless.

So before the game against Tottenham Hotspur, Benitez believed it was necessary to let the team fully realize the harm of the last draw.

Before the game against Tottenham Hotspur, in the locker room, Benitez said to his players with a serious face.

"...I don't care what you have, you can say that it's a week's double game that makes you feel tired, or that the opponent has a home advantage at home, or that Bolton can't play in his own home court... But this is not a reason. This is not a reason why we don't have a win. If you just want to relegate, you can indeed find many reasons, but if you have greater pursuits and ambitiousness for honor, then all the excuses now are things that losers will use. The next schedule will be more intensive than now, and the next opponent may be more rude than now... If you can easily win because of this reason, then we might as well surrender from now on."

After saying what he wanted to say, Benitez went out.

Leaving a group of players thinking about what he just said.

It is natural that more costs must be paid for victory and honor.

But there are still people who want to win the game and win the championship without paying any price.

How could this actually happen such a good thing?

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After the start of the match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City fought a defensive counterattack as usual.

There was nothing special about this.

But when Tottenham failed in an offense, they quickly felt the unusualness of Manchester City in this game.

Manchester City's counterattack was very sharp and efficient.

This counterattack was not a long-distance attack by Rong Guang, who dribbled the ball alone, and then scored the football into the opponent's goal.

Instead, all the players were running, passing the football continuously, passing the ball to the front of the goal.

From the backcourt, Gareth Barry turned around and sent the football to the front.

After Sneider received the ball, he passed it horizontally.

Rongguang received a ball from Sneider in the midfield, and he did not directly dribble the ball and forcefully break through.

Instead, he quickly moved the football to the side and gave Leiden Barnes to the back row.

Barnes dribbled the ball along the side and attracted Tottenham Hotspur’s defensive players, but he suddenly passed the ball in the middle.

Sneider had returned to the middle, and he received a pass from Barnes and made a long shot. The Tottenham Hotspur player on the front lost his balance, but he pushed the ball straight out.

The football fell at the feet of David Silva who was inserted from the ribs. The Spaniard did not stop the ball, but shot directly.

"David Silva - the ball scored a beautiful goal. Manchester City made a classic collective counterattack. Continuous passes and running, which made Tottenham Hotspur's defensive player run away in retreat. He was completely confused by Manchester City's continuous passes..."

"This is David Silva's second goal in the last three league rounds of the starter. His form is excellent and can be described as 'hot,'"

"I think Robinho should have felt the threat from David Silva. Even if he returns from injury, he may lose his main position... He has to start with a substitute..."

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Robinho was watching David Silva, who was celebrating with his teammates on the TV, and he also heard the commentary.

He frowned, and his eyes reflected the fluorescence from the TV screen.

The expression on his face was a little shady.

But he was originally a black man, so he couldn't say that his face turned black...

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David Silva's goal opened the door to victory for Manchester City.

Manchester City, who is good at playing defensive counterattacks, plays more easily after leading.

They consolidated their defense and then seized the chance to counterattack from Tottenham.

Because Tottenham Hotspur is at home, they are definitely unwilling to lose at home in this game, so they also attacked very hard after falling behind.

This gives Manchester City more room for counterattack.

Before the end of the first half, it was also a counterattack. Rongguang received an assist from David Silva, jumped high and pushed the ball into the goal.

20

"The first half was two goals ahead. Manchester City has killed the suspense of this game. Manchester City is in excellent form this season. They are the only team in the league that remains unbeaten so far. This is amazing. They were tied by Bolton on the road in the last round. This time when facing Tottenham Hotspur, everyone thinks that Manchester City may encounter great resistance... But now, the first half is not over yet, Manchester City has led two goals. Is there any suspense in this game? Manchester City, who is good at playing defensive counterattacks, has a lead of two goals... This is simply the most boring game."

Alan Hansen is right, after leading two goals, the game has really quickly become boring.

In the second half, Manchester City began to deliberately slow down the pace. Benitez started to substitution very early, allowing more main players to get more rest time and also allowing bench players to have more game experience.

After frequent substitutions, it is difficult for Manchester City to borrow the previous smooth game, and the mentality of the players has also changed.

So in the second half, Manchester City even let Tottenham Hotspur get some possession rate.

But at this time, Glory brought the initiative back to Manchester City.

He assisted Berbatov and scored a goal that completely secured the victory.

B0 Manchester City won the game

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Three days later, in the 18th round of the league, Manchester City will face Sunderland at home.

David Silva continued to start in this game, although two days ago, Robinho had already started to undergo restorative training under the leadership of a dedicated person.

However, everyone thinks that it is impossible for Robinho to start if he wants to recover from his injury.

David Silva's performance in this game is still outstanding, especially the tacit understanding between him and Rongguang is increasing.

David Silva's football play is not as fancy as Robinho, and it is more direct. After all, one is a Brazilian player and the other is a European player.

But in fact, David Silva's simplicity and directness are better, and can be more coordinated with glory.

Robinho always misses some opportunities because he is too fancy on the court. If Rong Guang cooperates with him, he actually has not completely let go. He suppresses himself and makes him compatible with Robinho.

This is like a UE.0 interface that can be backward compatible with UB.0 mobile hard disks, but in terms of the ability to transmit data, it is definitely not as good as a mobile hard disk that connects to UE.0 mobile hard disks.

David Silva is like a U53.0 that can be used to fully utilize his abilities.

So in this home game, Manchester City finally defeated the "Black Cat" Sunderland 40.

Of course David Silva had a very good performance in this game, completing one goal and two assists.

David Silva has scored goals and assists in two consecutive league rounds, and recently he is in a hot state

After the game, the media in England and Spain praised David Silva's recent performance.

I think he played a good role after Robinho was injured.

He connects the front line and the front line, and can also assist teammates to score. He can still score by himself at critical moments.

This is exactly what Benitez intended to buy him.

In terms of assisting skills, he is better than Robinho, and the same is true in terms of scoring skills.

And he is younger than Robinho...

No matter how you look at it, he should be the main player.

In fact, if he hadn't been injured when he just came to the team, maybe he should have been Manchester City's main player this season.

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Robinho's recovery went very smoothly. After the game against Sunderland, he could already train with the team instead of training alone in the gym.

This should be a good thing, but Robinho didn't seem very excited.

After he followed the team to train together, he found head coach Benitez.

He felt that he should have a good talk with his boss.

He felt the threat from David Silva, and he hoped that Benitez would make him feel safe.

Benitez was very surprised after hearing Robinho's purpose and looked at Robinho blankly for a long time without saying anything.

Until the Brazilian couldn't help but ask him: "What's wrong, boss?"

"Uh..." Benitez came to his senses, "If I heard it right, do you mean to ask me to ensure your main position?"

Robinho nodded.

"This... I'm sorry, Robinho, I can't make such a guarantee to you. Actually, I can't assure anyone that they can get the absolute main force here. Even Rong, it won't work."

Seeing that Robinho was about to open his mouth, Benitez immediately said the last sentence.

"But Rong has always been the main force, and he has never been replaced in advance, boss." Robinho was a little dissatisfied.

"That's because Rong never disappointed me, and did not give me any reason to replace him from the starting list, Robinho." Benitez said seriously. "He was able to become a starting player because he had such ability and qualifications, not for any other reason, and had nothing to do with his value, weekly salary and fame."

Benitez then asked Robinho to leave.
Chapter completed!