Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 372

Chapter 372

Leaving from the smoky Champions League battlefield, Liverpool is about to usher in the eighth round of the Premier League and Manchester City's top battle.

The Red Army's draw in the Champions League was criticized by Manchester City's media, and the downturn of the forward trident also made Liverpool's black fans see the light.

The "Daily Telegraph" published an article just before the game, giving Blue Moon, who was about to go to Anfield to challenge the Red Army, a wave of chicken blood.

"If Manchester City beat Liverpool in the 2018-2019 season, the chances of winning the Premier League will be greatly increased!"

After the run-in of the 16-17 season, Guardiola's team burst out a strong force last season, the pass and control style of play has become more and more perfect and crushed all the way, with a record of 32 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. won the Premier League runner-up, only behind Liverpool, who are super gods with Trident and super fierce Zhang Mai.

Throughout the season, Manchester City scored a record-breaking 100 points, scored 106 goals, and conceded 27 goals. They scored the most goals and conceded the fewest goals.

曼城的三线都可谓是顶级配置，核心球员丁丁27岁、萨内22岁、斯特林24岁、阿坤30岁、大卫席尔瓦32岁，新老搭配合理，唯一的隐忧就是33岁的飞鸟状态能否保持和上赛季一样出色。

In the summer, Manchester City ate the long-rumored Mahrez at the beginning of last season, making it impossible for Sterling to fully implement his happy football.

Jorginho, who has come to the end of the season, ran to Chelsea. In the new season, Asuka is one year older. The problem of the midfielder has not been completely resolved. If Liverpool's berserk cannot pass and control comfortably, it is very likely to repeat the mistake of being triple-killed last season.

Liverpool led by Klopp has won the Premier League twice in a row. The solidified style of play will not work in the Premier League. For example, in the 16-17 season, Chelsea’s three-backs became popular. By the 17-18 season, they could not even maintain the top four. .

The World Cup in Russia reflects to a certain extent that each team has figured out the tactics to deal with pass-and-control play, but fortunately, the coach of Manchester City is Guardiola, an innovator who has new ideas all the time,

The first few rounds of the current season have not really seen the changes in Manchester City in the new season, but I believe Gua Shuai can cope with the tactical changes after the season deepens.

This season, Manchester City is still the biggest contender for the Premier League title. With Manchester United in the third year, Chelsea's internal and external troubles, and Arsenal's weakness, only Tottenham, which has retained important stars, and Liverpool, which is strong and strong under Klopp, can aspire to the championship. champion.

Whether Manchester City can overturn Liverpool to win the Premier League title without injuries, I believe countless British fans are waiting to see.

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10月7日晚23:30分，2018-2019赛季的英超联赛第八轮进行了一场焦点大战，英超豪门利物浦在主场对战曼城。

The two teams are currently ranked first and second in the Premier League standings. The unbeaten Liverpool lead Manchester City by 2 points, which can be described as a real battle for the top spot.

两家球会历史上交锋180次，利物浦89胜46平45负占据上风，其中联赛81胜41平42负。

In the last 7 confrontations, Liverpool remained unbeaten. Manchester City lost 5 games during the period, including the past 3 games.

Is it the continuation of Manchester City's 19-year Anfield invincible curse, or can Manchester City take all three points and overthrow Liverpool?Answers are coming!

The starting lineups for both teams are as follows:

Liverpool: (4-3-3)

13 - Alisson;

26-Robertson, 4-Van Dijk, 6-Lovren, 12-Joe Gomez;

5- Wijnaldum, 10- Zhang Mai, 7- Milner;

10-Mane, 11-Salah, 9-Firmino.

Manchester City (4-3-2-1):

31 - Edson;

22-Mendy, 14-Laporte, 5-Stones, 2-Kyle Walker;

21-Silva, 25-Fernandinho, 20-Bernardo-Silva;

7-Sterling, 26-Maherez;

10 - Aguero.

Maguire and Arnold on the Liverpool defense line were truce due to injuries, Lovren and Joe Gomez replaced them, and the rest were still all the main players.

Manchester City's Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez started two consecutive games, while Sane and Jesus were on the bench.

The game started quickly, and Manchester City took the lead in the away game without fear of Liverpool's high pressure.

In the 2nd minute, Walker passed the ball from the right side of the front court to the center, but Aguero was offside first, and Manchester City lost an excellent scoring opportunity.

In the 4th minute, Sterling volleyed with his right foot from the right side of the penalty area and missed the right post.

After adapting in the opening minutes, Liverpool also launched an offensive against Manchester City.

In the 9th minute, Robertson made an extraordinary pick on the left side of the front court, and then made two crosses from the left side of the penalty area, but both were blocked by the defender.

In the 11th minute, the Red Army got a right corner kick, Zhang Mai took the corner kick, Lovren headed the goal, the ball bounced off the ground and was confiscated by Edson.

In the 14th minute, Sterling made a strong shot from the left side of the penalty area, and the ball hit Gomez and went out of the baseline.

In the 17th minute, Zhang Mai made a long pass from midfield and Salah advanced, but the latter failed to catch up with the ball and the ball was confiscated by Edson.

In the 20th minute, Aguero was kicked down by Lovren in the penalty area. The referee didn't notice it at the first time, and finally refused to award a penalty kick.

In the 21st minute, Bernardo Silva received a yellow card for a tactical foul on Salah, and the emotions of the Manchester City players fluctuated a little.

In the 29th minute, both Milner and Fernandinho fell to the ground in midfield, Liverpool was forced to make a substitution, and Keita replaced the injured Milner.

The fighting spirit of the players on both sides became stronger, and the smell of gunpowder on the court became stronger.

In the 34th minute, Fernandinho uprooted Mane, and then the two had some conflicts, which almost caused a big PK between the two teams, and was finally stopped by the referee.

In the 38th minute, David Silva's shot in the penalty area was blocked by Van Dijk.

From then until the end of the first half, the two teams did not have any good chances to score goals, and most of them fought fiercely near the midfield.

At the end of the first half, the two teams tied 0-0.

In the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and fought again with the original team in the first half. Liverpool took the lead this time.

In the 50th minute, Gomez made a long shot at the top of the penalty area and the ball was blocked by Laporte.

In the 53rd minute, Robertson's cross from the right side of the penalty area failed to pose a threat.

In the 56th minute, Liverpool organized a counterattack. Aguero kicked down Zhang Mai with the ball in the frontcourt and received a yellow card.

Then Zhang Mai sent a free kick with a long pass, and Keita shot a long shot in front of the penalty area, and the ball went above the crossbar.

In the 60th minute, Manchester City took a right corner kick and Silva took the corner kick. There was chaos in the penalty area, but was eventually cleared out of the penalty area by the Red Army defender.

Mahrez got the ball at the top of the arc in the penalty area, then dribbled into the penalty area, shot from the left side of the penalty area, and the ball missed the right post.

In the 62nd minute, Mahrez passed Gomez again, shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, and was thrown by Alisson.

In the 63rd minute, Zhang Mai made a through pass and Salah shot with his left foot in the penalty area. The angle was too straight and failed to pose a threat.

Three minutes later, Manchester City began to make personnel adjustments, and Jesus replaced Aguero.

In the 67th minute, Salah took a direct free kick on the right side of the penalty area and shot directly from the back corner, but unfortunately flew directly out of the baseline.

In the 69th minute, Zhang Mai scored the ball at the front of the penalty area. Salah got the ball on the left side of the penalty area and shot the goal. The ball went over the crossbar again.

In the 72nd minute, Liverpool made another substitution, with Sturridge on and Firmino off.

Two minutes later, Manchester City also made a substitution, and Sane replaced Sterling.

In the 75th minute, Mahrez repeated the old trick, but this time it was Robertson who passed by. Finally, Alisson saved the shot from the right side of the penalty area to the bottom line.

The battle situation was extremely stalemate, the physical strength of the players on both sides was very high, and the actions of the defensive players of the two teams began to become rough.

In the 84th minute, the vigorous Sane was kicked down by Van Dijk on the left side of the penalty area. This time the referee Manchester City won a penalty.

Because Manchester City's top penalty shooter Aguero is off the field, the decision is left to the players on the field, but Kompany, who can decide who will take the penalty, is not on the field.

At this time Guardiola came out of the coaching area and pointed to Jesus, and Mendy also wanted to take the penalty.

As Gabriel Jesus stood on the penalty spot, Mahrez walked up and said, 'I'll take the penalty', pointing to his chest.

In the end, Mahrez volunteered to take the penalty, but kicked the ball over the crossbar. The score was still 0-0.

Liverpool escaped, and even Zhang Mai on the field lamented that his old friend's shooting skills had not improved, but the Red Army soldiers who survived the near death gradually became fighting spirit.

In the 89th minute, Robertson made a pass from the left. Van Dijk caught the ball in front of the goal. Zhang Mai made a second header in front of the goal and relayed the ball to the net.

1-0!Zhang Mai's lore helped Liverpool, who survived the catastrophe, beat Manchester City.

At the end of the game, Liverpool defeated Manchester City 1-0 at home, causing Blue Moon to return empty-handed at Anfield, and the score gap between the two teams also widened to 5 points.

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City turned from victory to defeat in the final minutes of the game, which became the focus of media attention after the game.

Former Manchester United star Neville thinks Mahrez is a bit selfish in stealing Jesus' penalty kick:

"In a situation like this, you look down on your team-mates a little in public - it's like you're saying you don't trust the other players and think they can't take the penalty well. That's going to make it bigger for yourself. The pressure. The penalty was so bad - he leaned back when he shot it."

"Riyad Mahrez has yet to prove himself at City - he hasn't been spectacular since he arrived and he's competing with some really good players for a place in the team's starting lineup."

"When he took the penalty, he showed his authority in the team, but he was also a little bit selfish - because he looked like he wanted to be a hero.

"You know he's missed three of his last five penalties and then you can see he's anxious about missing penalties because it means he's not perfect in terms of penalty kicks."

Mahrez, who kicked a penalty kick and also kicked away Manchester City's 3 points, also responded after the game that missing a penalty kick would not affect his self-confidence.

"In the Champions League I took penalties well, but not in the Premier League."

"I've missed a few penalties, that's part of football. You have to keep going and be strong (inside). But it doesn't affect my confidence in the slightest. Everyone misses, even the very Top, top players."

"I decided to take the penalty myself, but it was high. I have to look forward, it's part of football. Sometimes you score, sometimes you miss. The most important thing is today we performed. Good, I think we deserve to win, but sometimes you can't help losing."

look!This is Mahrez, who is full of cowhide and whose wife looks like Kardashian, but unfortunately his feet are not good.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Carragher, a famous Red Army star, believed that Salah could not be blamed for Liverpool's recent goals. Zhang Mai is the final guarantee of victory:

"Remember, there's the World Cup this summer, the league starts right after that, Liverpool's three for the World Cup. Salah is in the spotlight now, every team is focusing on him, but Firmino and Mane didn't fully fire either. I feel like Firmino needs five chances to score a goal, Mane needs six or seven chances."

"For Liverpool, the most reliable guarantee of victory is Zhang Mai. As long as he has the opportunity, he can score goals. After eight rounds of the league, Zhang Mai helped Liverpool score 10 goals when the trident was not in good condition. And they played against three strong teams in eight games, so it seems more optimistic."

However, Liverpool legends Carragher and Souness believe that it is necessary for the Red Army to sign a creative midfielder as Zhang Mai's partner when facing a team of Manchester City's level.

"If Liverpool are leading in January next year, I think they need to sign a creative midfielder by then. The new creative midfielder doesn't even have to play every game, Liverpool lacks that in the current squad. Lallana is too prone to injury."

Carragher said:

"If Chamberlain comes back, Keita and Fabinho will play the same role. Liverpool still lack players like David Silva, B Silva. I'm not talking about the possibility of Zhang Mai being injured. , as long as it feels like Liverpool need that type of player."

Liverpool legend Souness said:

"Liverpool signed Fabinho, Keita this summer, and tried to sign Fekir from Lyon, which shows the coach Klopp's view of the team's midfield. I think Liverpool have three good midfielders. Players, they do a fantastic job but in a game like Manchester City they need, besides Zhang Mai, a player who looks one way and passes the other way."

"Klopp's desire to sign Fekir shows that they lack creative midfielders. One Zhang Mai is not enough. Manchester City's De Bruyne did not play today due to injury. When Liverpool try to improve their strength , they may need more players who can improve the level of the team. Liverpool has a fast pace, high intensity, what Klopp calls 'rock football', they can get the balance of both rock football and creativity from creative players .”

Klopp, who won the top game, expressed his satisfaction with Liverpool's current situation and believed that the four Premier League teams could compete for the championship. Arsenal hoped not to mention Manchester United.

At the end of the 8th round of the Premier League, Liverpool topped the list with all victories. Manchester City and Chelsea have 19 points.

Liverpool coach Klopp believes that the final championship will be produced among these 4 teams:

"I knew from the start that the title wasn't going to be a two-team race and Arsenal are only one point behind and they've won six games in a row so it looks like they're in good shape. We played Manchester City today and got 1 It's good. Looking at our schedule, if someone told me in advance that we will have 6 points after 3 games, I would not believe it."

Klopp also believes that Milner's early exit against Manchester City had an impact. Regarding his situation, Klopp also updated:

"Milner left the field too early. I don't know his specific situation yet. I asked him if it was serious. He said it was not that serious, but he really couldn't play anymore." As for Zhang Mai's opinion, Klopp said:

"Van Dijk can improve the lower limit of a team, Salah can improve the upper limit of a team, but Zhang Mai is the kind of superstar who can improve the entire team!"

(End of this chapter)