The Tigers shot at the beginning, Ronaldo and Messi begged me to retire!

After the win over Chelsea, City took two days off to play the Carabao Cup in midweek.

Manchester City had good luck against Championship side Sheffield Wednesday, and their strength can only be said to be average.

And the Carabao Cup is undoubtedly the lowest in England, so Manchester City's focus will certainly not be much.

Half of the substitutes and half of the academy players directly form the starting lineup.

Rao was so, Sheffield Wednesday did not pose much of a threat to Manchester City, who made it to the next round without bloodshed.

For the League Cup, Xu Ning is not very interested, and last season even only played minutes on minutes.

But it is more or less a championship, and if you can fight for it, you must fight for it.

Of course, provided it doesn't affect City's other competitions.

Whether it is the Champions League or the Premier League, or even the FA Cup, the order must be before the League Cup.

But what Manchester City don't know now is that Pellegrini is actually deliberately trying to give up the Carabao Cup this season.

The main thing is that Manchester City took all the titles, which is too hated.

After all, for many middle and lower teams, the FA Cup and League Cup are the honors they are more willing to compete for.

If Manchester City have a monopoly, what else will they play?

Forcing them to be anxious, fighting to the death when playing against Manchester City, and playing black hands to death, it is also enough for Manchester City to drink a pot.

And the overall fixture schedule for Manchester City in the new season is more intensive than last season, and making the right trade-offs is good for the team.

After eliminating Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester City have ushered in a wave of intensive fixtures with no respite.

On 27 September, Manchester City away to Hull City.

Relying on the goals of Xu Ning and Nasri, Manchester City, who controlled the rhythm of the whole game, did not have much consumption to kill their opponents, and won six consecutive league games.

On 1 October, the Champions League group stage kicked off again, with Manchester City hosting Borisov.

Because of the weakness of the opponent, Pellegrini decisively adopted a large rotation, and even Xu Ning sat on the bench.

The rotation players also lived up to the trust of the head coach and defeated their opponents like a devastation.

Xu Ning came off the bench in the second half and also scored the icing on the cake.

On 5 October, Manchester City, who returned to the league, played away to Villa.

The main players who were rested were full of fire and got a big victory, and Xu Ning easily scored twice in the first half.

The Premier League then returns home and Manchester City face the challenge of Tottenham.

In fact, Manchester City will play Tottenham twice in a row.

First a Premier League match, then a League Cup meeting.

However, Tottenham's current form is hardly a threat to Manchester City.

However, no one expected that Tottenham Hotspur would not even have the slightest intention of fighting with Manchester City.

With Manchester City starting almost all of their main players, Manchester City actually sent most of the substitutes, and only a few main players played on the field.

The situation was naturally very embarrassing, and it was kicked by Manchester City in the first half!

When Xu Ning was substituted in the second half, he had already completed his hat-trick, and the score was already 5:0.

Pellegrini was able to see much more.

Obviously, it was a game that Tottenham deliberately gave up.

In the face of a strong Manchester City, many teams are only symbolically resisting, feeling that there is no need to fight too fiercely, too much consumption can not affect the result in the end, why bother!

Saving energy against other opponents is the best way to do so.

It's just that Tottenham raised their hands and surrendered, and even Pellegrini didn't expect it.

How to say that Tottenham can not be regarded as a weak team in the Premier League, in terms of squad strength, normal play they have a chance to impact the Champions League zone.

Is it really not a shame that such a Tottenham Hotspur is actually directly tied up in the face of Manchester City?

So after the game, all public opinion was critical of Tottenham, and even Tottenham's own fans ran to the club's headquarters and training base to protest, very dissatisfied.

However, three days later, everyone knew that they had wrongly blamed Tottenham!

It turns out that Tottenham's goal is not the league at all, but the League Cup!

Manchester City naturally chose to rotate heavily in the Carabao Cup, while Tottenham played almost all the main game, and in the game three days ago, Tottenham did not consume much, it was when the dragon was fierce.

So Tottenham's main team and Manchester City's substitute lineup directly roared a big battle.

Even Pellegrini did not expect that Tottenham would choose to compete with Manchester City in the way of Tianji Saima.

Don't say, they really calculated correctly!

No matter how strong Manchester City's substitute lineup is, it will not dominate the Premier League, and the overall level is similar to Tottenham, and may even be slightly inferior.

The two teams played fiercely and very gluely, and they were playing at Tottenham's home stadium.

Tottenham scored first, Manchester City tenaciously pulled back;

Manchester City reversed the scoreline, Tottenham stubbornly pulled back;

Sixteen minutes into the second half, Tottenham were in a wave of attacking plays, with goals from Harry Kane and Eriksen giving Tottenham a two-goal advantage.

Xu Ning couldn't sit still on the bench and was eager to fight.

However, Pellegrini calmed Xu Ning and let him honestly sit on the bench and watch the game.

Xu Ning was originally not very comfortable, but looking at Pellegrini's calm and calm, and even with a little indifferent expression, Xu Ning finally realized.

The Engineers are planning to give up the League Cup!

I couldn't help shaking my head, I wanted to say something, but I couldn't say it, and my heart was still a little contradictory.

No matter how you say it, it is an event, and if you win, you will get a championship trophy.

It's a pity to give up.

But Xu Ning also knows that Pellegrini is definitely a targeted trade-off.

Manchester City suffered a wave of injuries last season and almost ruined the season, and the situation was extremely difficult.

But fortunately, in the end, it survived and achieved Manchester City's hegemony.

But even so, how could Pellegrini not take it as a warning!

The title is good, but if there are accidents in the league and the Champions League for the insignificant League Cup, it will definitely not be worth the loss.

So that's the choice Pellegrini made!

Xu Ning, as a player, must support the manager's decision, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with it.

League Cup, how can there be no Champions League fragrance!

So, Xu Ning honestly sat on the bench and saw his teammates fighting.

Although Manchester City also made personnel changes in the second half, the strong striker pair of Dzeko and Sergio Aguero were all on the field, and David Silva was behind him.

But Tottenham's tenacity is still a bit beyond imagination.

In the absence of Xu Ning, Tottenham eventually beat Manchester City 4-2 at home, eliminating Manchester City from advancing to the next round of the Carabao Cup.

This one can be said to be an outright unpopular!

Tottenham's performance wowed everyone.

Even if Manchester City are not fully in the game, this is the first time since last season that a team has eliminated Manchester City.

Of course, Pellegrini also came under a certain amount of public pressure after the game.

Manchester City's intention to deliberately abandon the Carabao Cup is all too obvious!

After all, Xu Ning did not play, and Manchester City certainly did not give it their all.

So much so that many people criticized Pellegrini for not respecting the Carabao Cup as a competition.

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