Chapter 93, Champions League Away

The twenty-seventh round, the last round of the league before the first round of the quarter-finals of the Liverpool Champions League.

Liverpool host Manchester City.

It's not an easy opponent, especially Manchester City right now.

Twenty-six rounds have been played in the league, and Manchester City ranks sixth.

At the beginning of the season, Manchester City's ranking was even worse. Now that they have caught up, they naturally want to make their league ranking even higher.

Now they have 44 points, only one point away from Aston Villa, who is fourth in the league.

So their desire for victory is very urgent.

In this game, Ancelotti considered that the next quarter-final of the Champions League with Lyon, and it was an away game, so he adjusted the lineup for the game against Manchester City.

He did not follow the lineup of the previous two games, but replaced some main players.

After all, the next game is against Lyon, and these main players have not played much in the first two games, so they must find out the state of the game, otherwise, if they directly play against Lyon in the Champions League knockout round, I am afraid they will suffer.

Ancelotti does not dare to be careless in the Champions League. He knows that this is completely different from the Premier League.

In the final game against Manchester City, Liverpool shook hands with them at home and made a 0-0 draw.

Manchester City wanted to win the game, but Liverpool's counterattacks continued to threaten them.

Let them have no way to attack with all their strength.

Although Liverpool counterattacked very sharply, their luck in this game was almost unlucky. Su Han had a shot and a header in the game, both of which were rejected by the post.

It's a pity that the game was not won, but it didn't affect the mood of the Liverpool players, and it didn't even make Liverpool fans care too much.

After all, the next quarter-final of the Champions League against Lyon is up.

For the Champions League knockout, Liverpool fans can be said to have been looking forward to it for a long time.

Liverpool's performance in the Champions League group stage was very good, which boosted the confidence of Liverpool fans and also made them look forward to the next knockout stage.

I want to see how the team can perform in the Champions League knockout rounds.

Hasn't there always been a saying before?

The UEFA Champions League group stage and the knockout stage are completely different events. Being able to perform well in the UEFA Champions League group stage does not mean that you can also perform well in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage.

After all, the opponent's mentality is completely different from his own in the group stage and knockout stage.

In the group stage, those strong teams may not try their best. After all, the group stage consists of six games. If there is a mistake in this game, it can be made up for in other games.

But the knockouts won't work.

Two games determine the outcome. If you fail to play well in one game, it may directly affect the final result.

Therefore, some teams may not perform very well in the Champions League group stage, but after the knockout stage, their performance is getting better and better, and it becomes very difficult to deal with.

So it makes sense that the knockout rounds are the real test for Liverpool.

If Liverpool want to be the dark horse in the UEFA Champions League this season, they have to test their quality in the knockout round.

After the game against Manchester City, Manchester City fans are still annoyed that they did not win Liverpool in the away game, but Liverpool's attention has long been out of it.

The "Liverpool Echo" began reporting on Lyon, Liverpool's opponent in the knockout round of the Champions League.

Starting from his history, he talked about their seven consecutive championships in Ligue 1 and their wonderful performance in the Champions League.

......After the results of the draw for the round of 16 came out, I know there will be some Liverpool fans who think they have drawn a good draw, but I must remind them that Lyon is not a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually. In the Champions League, Lyon is a team that will not be at a disadvantage against Real Madrid..."

But the "Liverpool Echo" also talked about Liverpool's advantages.

...Liverpool won the UEFA Champions League last season. They are the most powerful team in Europe, so...even if they face Lyon this season, they don't need to worry too much... ..."

Behind this article, the newspaper put a photo of Su Han holding up the Champions League trophy.

Expressed Liverpool's ambition to win the Champions League again this season.

This will definitely make Liverpool fans very happy to watch, but it makes many Longguo fans feel that "Liverpool Echo" really doesn't understand what is called "saving character".

A picture of Liverpool winning the championship came directly before the game. They are not afraid of inheriting the title of "Champions League Ten (Li Hao) Liulang" from Real Madrid?

In Longguo, everyone is also very concerned about this game. After all, it is related to whether Su Han can defend the Champions League.

How the European media viewed the game, the Longguo media all truthfully relayed back to China.

As you can see, for this game, the European media generally believe that Liverpool lacked some hunger this season, so Lyon is not without a chance.

They think this game may be a tug of war.

In this way, under the eyes of everyone, the Liverpool team left Manchester by plane and flew to Lyon, France, to prepare for their away game.

For many people, the second half of the season may not really start until this time... use....