Chapter 479 Liverpool finally rose to prominence
David Silva's return from injury is good news for Manchester City.
However, Guardiola felt a little headache.
They bought too many wide players during the winter break, and now there are many wide players in the team. If David Silva returns, it will further intensify the competition for this position.
Based on David Silva's performance in the past, there is no need to question his strength.
But these substitutes performed very well, and if they were put on the bench rashly, they might not be convinced.
That's why this problem gave him such a headache!
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On March 3, the 28th round of the Premier League started.
Just three days after the League Cup final, Manchester City once again met its old rival Liverpool.
But this time, Manchester City was not as lucky as before.
At Anfield, Manchester City scored first, but Sane's celebration angered the Liverpool players, and the two sides almost came to blows. Even Guardiola and Klopp had a quarrel on the sidelines.
The relationship between these two people has always been very good, and they used to cherish each other, but this time, after getting emotional, they also put their former friendship behind and couldn't care about anything else.
Liverpool, which was originally lagging behind and suppressed on the scene, was completely ignited with anger. Everyone exploded and performed at a super level.
They abruptly reversed the score before the end of the first half. Although Manchester City once equalized the score in the second half, Liverpool, who were playing crazy, had fully recovered and could fight as hard as they wanted.
They scored three goals in 13 minutes from the 65th minute to the 78th minute, rewriting the score to 5:2!
Although Lin Quan scored directly with a free kick at the end of the game and chased another goal, he still could not save the team. In the end, Manchester City failed to win the game and lost to Liverpool 3:5.
The Liverpool fans who came to watch the game went crazy with joy after the game.
In the eyes of Liverpool people, this is not just an ordinary league game, but also a battle of revenge!
After defeating Manchester City at their home court, they finally got their wish to avenge Manchester City's humiliation at Anfield!
If this revenge is not avenged, they will never be able to stand up in front of Manchester City.
More Red Army fans began to regard this victory as the beginning of Liverpool's rise!
Even Manchester City, the world's top team, can beat it. What is there that we, Liverpool, can't do?
And Klopp, who led the team to this victory, has suddenly risen a lot in the hearts of Liverpool fans.
Although Liverpool's record in the league this season is very poor, not only is there no hope of winning the championship, but even reaching the Champions League is a delusion.
And their performance in the cup was not good. They just lost the League Cup championship.
However, being able to defeat the invincible Manchester City at their home court and defend the glory of Anfield is enough to satisfy them!
Klopp has been with the team for most of the season, and as long as fans are not blind, they can see that he has something.
However, due to the level of the players and the depth of the team's lineup, the power of his set of tools has not yet been fully developed.
By the summer window, they will have sufficient funds and time to strengthen their lineup. Liverpool will definitely become stronger next season!
In addition to the presence of Klopp making Liverpool fans feel full of hope, the presence of another young player in their team also makes them look forward to the future.
That person is-Coutinho!
In this game, Liverpool's winger Coutinho was in extremely hot form. Not only did he score twice like Lin Quan, but he also had an assist!
After the game, he also won the best player of the game with his outstanding performance of scoring three goals.
After this game, Coutinho became famous and attracted the attention of countless wealthy clubs.
Barcelona, which was rumored to be interested in him, couldn't sit still at this time and had already started counting the money, hoping to bring him to the Nou Camp during the summer window.
And Coutinho's old club Inter Milan also took the opportunity to extend an olive branch to him, hoping to bring him back to Meazza!
In addition, teams such as Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Paris Saint-Germain have also made offers to him.
For a time, Coutinho became a hot commodity in the transfer market and was sought after by countless people!
Of course, Liverpool also hopes to keep this goal scorer.
In fact, Guardiola also noticed Coutinho, and he saw the performance of his opponents.
However, Guardiola has no intention of buying Coutinho.
As soon as Manchester City's wingers gathered together, there was no shortage of people at all.
Secondly, he knows very well that Coutinho's performance at this time cannot be separated from the support of Liverpool's tactical system.
Coutinho has a high tactical status under Klopp and serves as the core of the team's frontcourt offense. He has free fire rights in Liverpool.
And once you leave Liverpool and go to other teams, I'm afraid you may not receive such good treatment.
When the time comes to throw him in a position he is unfamiliar with, his performance may not be as good.
But not everyone is as calm as Guardiola. Barcelona, which lost Neymar and caused a chaos in the team, is a little confused now. When they see a good prospect on the wing, they want to take action!
Since it was not the transfer period, Barcelona did not communicate directly with the Liverpool Club. Instead, they contacted the player's agent privately, intending to negotiate the terms with the player himself first, and then spend money to buy the player after getting the player.
That way, there will be a lot less variables!
I don't know if Barcelona's affairs are not very secretive, or if someone has set it up.
Their private contact with Coutinho's agent was exposed by the media!
This incident aroused a strong reaction from Liverpool. While they condemned Barcelona's behavior, they immediately started contract renewal negotiations for Coutinho, hoping to completely deal with Coutinho to prevent him from being poached.
The last player to be poached from Liverpool was Suarez. His departure caused Liverpool's record to plummet.
Liverpool, which has learned a lot from the experience, will not let others easily steal its core this time.
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Liverpool, who won, were in trouble, but Manchester City, who lost, seemed fine.
In the 29th round of the league, Manchester City beat Aston Villa 5-0 at home.
In the first half, the two teams had no achievements and ended in a goalless draw.
But after the second half of the game, Manchester City suddenly showed strength and scored 4 goals in just 14 minutes from the 48th to the 62nd minute.
Lin Quan completed a hat trick and Son Heung-min scored a goal.
In the 66th minute, substitute David Silva also scored, helping the team expand the score to 5:0.
If Manchester City players hadn't missed a penalty kick in the 73rd minute, the score might have expanded to 6:0.
But it actually doesn't matter anymore. One more goal and one less goal will not affect their victory and 3 points!
When the team couldn't get going in the first half, Guardiola was worried about the status of his players while sitting on the bench.
When the team scored frequently in the second half, Guardiola couldn't help but feel sorry for his opponent:
Isn't this too cruel?
Opponent players have begun to doubt life...
The highlight of this round of the league is the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham.
The two teams are rivals, and every encounter between the two teams is full of tension.
This game was no exception. At White Hart Lane, the two teams received a total of 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Arsenal took the lead in the first half and then was sent off one man. In the second half, Tottenham took advantage of their numerical advantage to launch a vigorous counterattack.
Harry Kane and Alderweireld scored successively, rewriting the score to 2:1.
Just when everyone thought Arsenal was helpless and Tottenham were about to win the North London derby, Arsenal's thigh Sanchez stepped forward.
In the 76th minute of the second half, after receiving an assist from Bellerin, Sanchez scored and helped ten-man Arsenal equalize the score in an extremely unfavorable situation.
The score of 2:2 remained until the end. Arsenal was lucky to escape, but Tottenham unfortunately failed to win at home.
As for other teams, Chelsea continued to be in a sluggish state and was tied with Stoke City at home.
Liverpool continued their previous good form and came back to win away from home.
Leicester City scored three points after Mahrez scored the winning goal after a hard-fought away game.
The most unlucky one was Manchester United. In the away game against West Bromwich Albion, Mata received two yellow cards in the 24th and 26th minutes of the first half. Two yellow cards turned into one red and he was sent off.
Mourinho on the sidelines was stunned when he saw this scene.
This referee is fucking guilty!
Mata has never received a red card in all his years in the Premier League!
You actually gave him two yellow cards and expelled him within 2 minutes. Isn't this targeting us at Manchester United?
Mourinho strongly protested to the fourth official and was even given a yellow card by the referee for using some vulgar language.
After receiving the yellow card from the referee, Mourinho applauded the referee and gave him a thumbs up!
Naturally, the referee didn't like him either, so he was sent to the stands with a red card!
The game has just started, but Manchester United is missing one player and the head coach has been expelled. How can we still play this game?
Originally, their recent form has not been very good, but now they are forced to fight with only ten people, so the ending will naturally not be good.
In the end, ten-man Manchester United lost to their opponents 0:1 in the away game and dropped another place in the league rankings. They were overtaken by Liverpool and fell to seventh place.
At this time, they were already 25 points behind Manchester City at the top of the list!
This huge point difference proves that the two teams are not on the same level at all!
Manchester United fans who had high hopes for Mourinho at the beginning of the season are now completely desperate.
Since Ferguson retired, Manchester United seems to have completely fallen, and no matter who comes in, it can't change this situation.
In just three years, they changed three coaches quickly, but no one could lead them out of the quagmire!
Could it be said that Manchester United is really going to sink forever?
When Manchester City fans saw their neighbors being unlucky, they would make some mocking remarks.
But now, they have lost interest in continuing to mock Manchester United.
It seems that in their eyes, Manchester United is not worthy of comparison with Manchester City.
Being ignored by Manchester City fans made Manchester United fans extremely angry.
But they couldn't do anything, they could only feel helpless and furious in their hearts.
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In the 30th round of the league, in order to prepare for the Champions League knockout rounds four days later, Guardiola only sent a half-main and half-substitute lineup to challenge the bottom-ranked Norwich away away.
Norwich is deep in the relegation zone, but unlike Aston Villa, a team that doesn't even have a chance to save, the gap between them and the teams in front is not big.
Therefore, Norwich hopes to score points against Manchester City.
Although it is unrealistic to get 3 points from Manchester City, it is still very promising to get one point, especially when the opponent only sends half of the main lineup.
So, at Norwich's Carrow Road Stadium, Manchester City once again encountered the opponent's bus tactics.
It's a pity that this time their opponent's Noble Phantasm Lin didn't come, so the Manchester City players on the field had nothing to do with their opponent's turtle shell.
Sane, Jesus, Iheanacho and others blasted 18 shots in this game, but only one shot was on target and 0 goals were scored.
From this outrageous shooting percentage, we can see how tightly Manchester City's offensive players were defended!
They had no chance to adjust and shoot comfortably. Most of their eighteen shots were long-range shots from outside the penalty area, and they were forced shots under interference. There was no accuracy at all!
The opponent's defense made Manchester City's frontcourt players lose their temper!
Damn it, if you could show such excellent defense in previous games, how could you be in the relegation zone?
Even if you only score 1 point in each game, you still have 29 points in 29 rounds, right?
These points are enough for you to avoid relegation!
Although Norwich has an extremely invincible team, their number of shots on target in this game tied with Manchester City.
Although the ball possession rate was only a pitiful 21% and the number of shots was only 2, they also had one shot on target.
Thanks to the united efforts of the Norwich players, they were able to contain Manchester City's attack as they wished.
In the end, after 90 minutes, neither team scored a goal, and Norwich got a point as they wished.
Although they got one point, their direct competitor Sunderland defeated Everton 3-0 at home and got the key three points.
Now, Norwich's situation has become even worse. The 1 point they finally got from Manchester City is completely gone!
The substitutes were unexpectedly tied in the away game. Although Guardiola was a little surprised, he didn't care too much.
The reason is simple. The lead in Manchester City's hands is too great and can fully withstand such consumption.
Although Leicester City won this game.
However, the point difference between the two teams is still 9 points, and there are only the last 8 rounds of the league left.
It's not that difficult to recover 9 points!
You can't always expect Manchester City to lose their chain, right?
