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Chapter 1234 Paying Tribute to the Legend

After defeating Bolton, Manchester City is only one game away from AC Milan's record.

So the number on the official social network of the "Manchester Evening News" was replaced with "1".

Originally, the third round of the league was fully kicked off on August 27.

But because on August 27th, Manchester City will go to Monaco to play the UEFA Super Cup with last season's UEFA Cup champion Porto, so Manchester City's third round of the league was moved forward by half a week.

On the afternoon of August 24th, Manchester City will challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.

Tottenham Hotspur cannot be regarded as a weak team, and it once caused trouble for Manchester City last season.

Gareth Bale was simply unstoppable in the game at the time.If it weren't for Rongguang being more unstoppable than him, Manchester City might also lose to Tottenham Hotspur.

To say that Tottenham Hotspur's most threatening player to Manchester City is Bell.

After Bell lost to Rongguang, Rongguang took the initiative to ask him to exchange jerseys and encouraged him. This made Bell reject Real Madrid's high-paying invitation this summer and insisted on staying at Tottenham Hotspur.

He hopes to rely on his own efforts to help the team qualify for the Champions League next season in the new season.

But very unfortunately, during the pre-season training camp, Bell was injured, and the injury was not serious, and he would miss three months of the game.

This is a heavy blow for Bale and Tottenham Hotspur.

At the same time, Bale's absence also deprived Tottenham of their only hope of beating Manchester City at home.

Originally, if Bell was not injured, it is really hard to say what the final result of this game will be.

Before this game, Rong Guang accepted an interview with reporters and also talked about Bell.

"It's a pity that I can't compete with him on the court. I hope he can come out of the injury as soon as possible."

Bell also responded to Rong Guang's blessing: "Thank you! Rong is a very great and amazing player! It has always been my dream to compete with him. I regret that I am injured now, but I will recover as soon as possible and challenge Rong again on the court!"

The interaction between the two is also considered a tender moment in this focus battle.

But the warmth off the court will not affect Manchester City's performance in this game.

After all, as long as they win Tottenham Hotspur, they will tie the record.At this critical moment, it is almost impossible for Manchester City to lose the chain-this has been proved several times before.

In the third round of the league ahead of schedule, although Tottenham Hotspur are at home, they looked vulnerable when they faced Manchester City.

Without Bell, the quality of their offense has dropped a lot from normal.

Can't threaten Manchester City on offense, so naturally they can only be beaten by Manchester City.

There is no good fruit for any team to be beaten by Manchester City, let alone a team like Tottenham Hotspur with an inherently unstable defense...

At the end of the first half, Manchester City led Tottenham Hotspur by two goals.The person who scored these two goals for Manchester City was Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored four goals in the last game and missed one.Ibrahimovic could only watch Rong Guang and Kaka show off, and finally he vented all his anger from the last game in this game.

In the game against Bolton, Manchester City also had a two-goal lead and was tied by the opponent. Will Manchester City repeat the same mistake this time?

Obviously not.

Just at the beginning of the second half, Rong Guang blasted away Tottenham Hotspur's goal with a powerful shot in the penalty area, rewriting the score to 3:0.

This game has completely lost its suspense.

The commentators John Mortensen and Alan Hansen have already begun to discuss the significance of Manchester City tying the AC Milan record, and reviewing how Manchester City tied the AC Milan record.

"...For Manchester City, it is really not easy to equal AC Milan's record...After being eliminated by Everton, Manchester City was only seven games away from the longest league unbeaten record in England's top league. At that time, the "North London Horn" mocked Manchester City. I did not expect that such an ordinary ridicule turned into the beginning of a great history..." John Mortenson said with emotion. "Ron's goal at the time was just to surpass Arsenal's record, but now they have reached the top of Europe..."

"It's really remarkable. In the 58 league games, there were many times when Manchester City was actually on the verge of failure. But this team always has some people who can change the game by themselves. Rong, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, etc. Now they have Kaka...I said that Manchester City is one of the most powerful teams in Europe today. I think there is no problem?" Alan Hansen said.

"Of course there is no problem, we can even remove 'one of'..."

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Manchester City fans in front of the TV and on the Internet are all excited for the team to tie with AC Milan.

But Manchester City's players on the field have no intention of stopping.

After the glorious goal, Sneijder and Godin each scored another goal.In the end, the score was fixed at 5:0.

The home team Tottenham Hotspur did not even score a goal.

Without Bell, Tottenham Hotspur's offense suddenly came to a standstill.

During the broadcast of this game, the camera often showed Bell's face. Bell, who was sitting in the box, watched the game with his wife, but his expression was always dignified.When the team missed a good opportunity, he seemed more excited than his teammates on the court, and when the team lost the ball, he covered his face with his hands and couldn't bear to watch.

There are times when he simply steals the spotlight from the players on the field.

However this is of no use.

Tottenham still lost the game.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, John Mortensen raised his arms and shouted: "The game is over! Unbeaten in eight league games! Manchester City tied AC Milan!"

"Amazing record! Amazing Manchester City! After 20 years, Manchester City finally caught up with AC Milan and stood shoulder to shoulder with that great team!"

Before the game was over, City's substitutes had left their seats and stood on the sidelines of the football field.Now when they heard the whistle, they rushed straight onto the field to find their teammates to hug and celebrate.

It was almost as if Manchester City had won the championship.

But this is more to be proud of than the championship.

A team might lose a game or two on the way to a championship, and such losses don't affect the final result.But in pursuit of the undefeated record of the league, they can't lose a game.

Champions allow a certain margin of error, allowing you to make some mistakes.But this one can't make any mistakes.

In the past 58 league games, Manchester City has made no mistakes and has not lost a single game.This record is hundreds of times more difficult than winning the championship.

They have reason to celebrate.

The Manchester City fans in the stands were also celebrating wildly.

The only fly in the ointment is that this is Tottenham Hotspur's home court, and Tottenham Hotspur fans don't want to see Manchester City so arrogant under their noses.

So while City were celebrating, the Tottenham fans booed, making their victory look slightly regrettable.

A reporter also mentioned this issue to Rong Guang during the post-match interview.

Rong Guang seemed to be doing nothing: "It's no big deal, we still have a home game."

What he means is that after returning to the home court, Manchester City can continue to celebrate their unbeaten streak, which means that at least Manchester City's unbeaten streak in the league will be 59 games instead of 58 games.He was determined to be the best team, not "one of the best teams."

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After the game, the whole of England and even the whole of Europe were discussing this matter.

Especially the Italian media.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" published the news that Manchester City tied AC Milan's unbeaten record in the league for the first time, which aroused heated discussions in Italy.

Some people were amazed by Manchester City's performance and thought they were as great as the AC Milan back then.

But some people expressed their disdain, thinking that it is too easy to get unbeaten in the league now, and it is completely incomparable with Serie A in the early 90s.

The two sides clashed on television, newspapers and the Internet.

As the head coach who led AC Milan to set a record that year, Sacchi seemed very generous. After Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur, Sacchi congratulated Manchester City for the first time on the Internet.

"Congratulations to Manchester City, this is really an amazing achievement! With the joint efforts of all Manchester City players and coaches, the team has achieved such a result. I am very happy to see that there is another team that can be like AC Milan. This era belongs to Manchester City!"

Afterwards, many media reporters went to interview Saki, wanting to hear his views on this matter and his views on the current controversies in detail.

Sacchi still favors Manchester City.

"I don't agree with those who think that our era is more difficult than it is now. Football is always developing. The current skills and tactics must be more advanced than ours at that time, and the current players must be stronger than ours. The quality gap between the teams is getting smaller and smaller. In this situation, Manchester City can also achieve 58 consecutive league games without defeat, which is of course very remarkable. I don’t think there is much to argue about. Any team that can go 58 consecutive league games without defeat in such a competitive environment deserves any praise.”

The official social network of the Manchester City club also distributed a picture after successfully tying the record of AC Milan. On the left side of the picture are the soldiers of Manchester City, and on the right side are the record-setting AC Milan players and head coach Sacchi.

(End of this chapter)