Chapter 479 Liverpool finally rose to prominence

David Silva's return from injury is good news for Manchester City.

However, Guardiola felt a bit of a headache.

Too many wingers were bought during the winter break, and now there are too many wingers in the team. If David Silva returns, the competition for this position will be further intensified.

Judging from David Silva's past performance, his strength is beyond doubt.

But it happens that these substitutes are performing very well. If they are rashly put on the bench, they may not be convinced.

That's why this problem gave him such a headache! ...

On March 3, the 28th round of the Premier League kicked off.

Just three days after the League Cup final, Manchester City once again met their old rival Liverpool.

But this time, Manchester City was not as lucky as before.

At Anfield, Manchester City scored the first goal, but Sane's celebration angered Liverpool players and the two sides almost got into a fight. Even Guardiola and Klopp on the sidelines had an argument.

The relationship between these two people has always been very good, and they used to appreciate each other, but this time, after being overwhelmed by their emotions, they forgot about their past friendship and didn't care about anything else.

Liverpool, which was originally lagging behind and suppressed on the field, after their anger was completely ignited, all the players exploded and performed beyond their level.

The score was reversed before the end of the first half. Although Manchester City equalized the score at one point in the second half, Liverpool, who were playing like crazy, were already in full swing and were winning no matter how they played.

They scored three goals in 13 minutes from the 65th to the 78th minute, changing the score to 5:2!

Although Lin Quan scored a goal directly from a free kick at the end of the game, he was unable to 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 were all overjoyed after the game.

In the eyes of Liverpool fans, this is not just an ordinary league game, but also a battle of revenge! After winning a big victory over Manchester City at home, they finally got their revenge for the humiliation Manchester City had at Anfield!

If they don't take revenge, they will never be able to stand up to Manchester City.

More and more Liverpool fans began to regard this victory as the beginning of Liverpool's rise! Even the world's top team Manchester City can be defeated, what else can't we Liverpool 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 bad, not only is there no hope of winning the championship, even making it to the Champions League zone is a delusion.

And their performance in the cup competitions was not good either. They just lost the League Cup.

However, being able to beat the invincible Manchester City at home and defend the glory of Anfield is enough to satisfy them! Klopp has been with the team for more than half a season, and fans can see that he has something as long as they have eyes.

However, due to the limitations of the players' level and the team's roster depth, the power of his skills has not yet been fully developed.

By the summer transfer window, they have enough money and time to strengthen their squad, and Liverpool will definitely be stronger next season! In addition to the presence of Klopp, Liverpool fans are full of hope. The presence of another young player in their team also makes them look forward to the future.

That person is Coutinho! Liverpool's winger Coutinho was in extremely hot form in this game. Not only did he score twice like Lin Quan, but he also had an assist! After the game, he was also awarded the best player of the game for his outstanding performance of creating three goals.

After the game, Coutinho became famous and attracted the attention of countless giants.

Barcelona, ​​which is rumored to be very interested in him, can no longer sit still and has started counting money, wanting to bring him to Camp Nou in the summer transfer window.

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, Real Madrid, and Paris Saint-Germain have also extended olive branches 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 the goal scorer.

In fact, Guardiola also noticed Coutinho and he saw the performance of his opponents.

However, Guardiola has no intention of buying Coutinho at all.

First of all, Manchester City has a lot of wingers and has no shortage of people at all.

Secondly, he is very clear that Coutinho's performance at this time is inseparable from the support of Liverpool's tactical system.

Coutinho has a high tactical position under Klopp. He is the team's front-line offensive core and has the freedom to fire freely in Liverpool.

But once he leaves Liverpool and goes to other teams, he may not receive such good treatment.

If he is put in a position he is not familiar with, his performance may not be so good.

However, not everyone is as calm as Guardiola. Barcelona, ​​which has lost Neymar and is in chaos, is now a little confused. When they see a good player on the wing, they want to take action to win!

Since it was not the transfer period, Barcelona did not communicate directly with the Liverpool club, but contacted the player's agent privately, intending to negotiate terms with the player himself first, and then spend money to buy him after signing the player.

In this way, there will be fewer variables! I don’t know if Barcelona’s affairs were not kept secret or if they were set up.

Their private contact with Coutinho's agent was exposed by the media!

This incident caused a strong reaction from Liverpool. While they condemned Barcelona's behavior, they immediately started contract renewal negotiations with Coutinho, hoping to completely secure Coutinho to prevent him from being poached.

The last player to be poached by Liverpool was Suarez, and his departure caused Liverpool's record to plummet.

Liverpool has learned from its failures and will not let others easily take away its core players no matter what.

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Liverpool, who won the game, were exhausted, but Manchester City, who lost the game, seemed to be fine.

In the 29th round of the league, Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 5-0 at home.

In the first half, both teams had made no progress and the game ended in a 0-0 draw.

But after the game entered the second half, Manchester City suddenly exerted their strength and scored 4 goals in just 14 minutes from the 48th minute 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 a goal, helping the team to extend the score to 5:0. If it weren't for the Manchester City player's missed penalty in the 73rd minute, the score might have been extended to 6:0. But it doesn't matter anymore, one more or one less will not affect their victory and 3 points! When the team was unable to open the situation in the first half, Guardiola was sitting on the bench and was a little worried about the players' condition.

When the team scored frequently in the second half, Guardiola couldn't help but feel sorry for the opponent:

Isn’t this too cruel?

The opposing players have already started to doubt their lives...

The focus of this round of the league is the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham.

The two teams are old rivals, and every match 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 one red card.

After Arsenal took the lead in the first half, one of their players was sent off. In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur used their numerical advantage to launch a vigorous counterattack.

Harry Kane and Alderweireld scored goals in succession, changing the score to 2:1. Just when everyone thought that Arsenal was powerless to turn the tide and Tottenham was about to win the North London derby, Arsenal's pillar Sanchez stood up.

In the 76th minute of the second half, Sanchez scored with an assist from Bellerin, helping the ten-man Arsenal to equalize the score in an extremely unfavorable situation.

The score remained 2:2 until the end of the game. Arsenal luckily escaped, but Tottenham unfortunately failed to win at home.

As for other teams, Chelsea continued to be in a slump and was tied by Stoke City at home.

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Liverpool continued their previous good form and won the away game in a comeback.

After a tough battle away from home, Leicester City got three points with Mahrez scoring the winning goal.

The most unlucky team 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. The two yellow cards turned into one red card and he was sent off.

Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, was stunned when he saw this scene.

This referee is committing a fucking crime!

Mata has never received a red card in all his years in the Premier League! You actually gave him two yellow cards in two minutes and sent him off the field. Isn't this targeting us Manchester United? Mourinho protested strongly to the fourth official and was even given a yellow card warning 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!

The referee naturally didn't tolerate him and sent him to the stands with a red card! The game had just started and Manchester United was one man short and the head coach was also expelled from the game. How could they play this game? Their recent form had not been very good, and now they were forced to play with ten men. Naturally, the outcome would not be good.

In the end, the ten-man Manchester United lost 0:1 to their opponents away from home, dropped one place in the league ranking, and was overtaken by Liverpool and fell to seventh place.

At this time, they were already 25 points behind Manchester City, which was at the top of the list! This huge difference proved that the two teams were not at the same level at all!

Manchester United fans who had placed high hopes on Mourinho at the beginning of the season are now completely desperate.

Ever since Ferguson retired, Manchester United seems to have completely fallen, and no matter who comes, this situation cannot be changed.

In just three years, they changed three coaches, but no one could lead them out of the quagmire!

Is it true that Manchester United is going to sink forever?

Manchester City fans would normally make some sarcastic remarks when they saw their neighbors getting into trouble.

But now, they have lost interest in continuing to mock Manchester United.

It seems that in their eyes, Manchester United is not worthy of being compared with Manchester City.

Manchester United fans were extremely angry at being ignored by Manchester City fans.

But they could do nothing but 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 match four days later, Guardiola only sent a half-main and half-substitute lineup to challenge Norwich, who was at the bottom of the rankings, away.

Norwich are deep in the relegation zone, but unlike teams like Aston Villa who don’t even have a chance to save themselves, the gap between them and the teams ahead is not that big.

So, Norwich hopes to get points from Manchester City.

Although it is not realistic to get 3 points from Manchester City, it is still hopeful to get 1 point, especially when the opponent only sent out half of the main lineup.

So, at Carrow Road in Norwich, Manchester City once again encountered the opponent's bus tactics.

It’s a pity that this time their bus treasure Lin Quan didn’t come, so the Manchester City players on the field had no way to deal with the opponent’s turtle shell.

Sane, Jesus, Iheanacho and others fired 18 shots in this game, but only 1 shot was on target and 0 goals were scored.

From this outrageous shooting accuracy, we can see how tightly Manchester City's offensive players were defended! They had no chance to adjust and shoot comfortably. Most of the 18 shots were long shots outside the penalty area, and they were forced shots under interference, with no accuracy at all!

The opponent's defense made all the players in Manchester City's frontcourt lose their temper! Damn, if you could have played such an excellent defense in the previous games, how could you have fallen into the relegation zone?

Even if we only get 1 point in each game, we will get 29 points after 29 rounds, right?

These points are enough for you to stay in the league!

Although Norwich played the ultimate invincible bus defense, their number of shots on target in this game tied that of Manchester City.

Although their ball possession rate was only a pitiful 21% and they only had 2 shots, they also had one shot on target.

With the concerted efforts of Norwich players, they successfully curbed Manchester City's attack.

In the end, after 90 minutes of play, neither team scored a goal and Norwich got a point as they wished.

Although they got one point, their direct rival Sunderland beat Everton 3-0 at home and got the crucial three points.

Now, Norwich's situation has become even worse. The 1 point they finally got from Manchester City is completely useless! The substitutes were unexpectedly tied away from home, which surprised Guardiola a little, but he didn't care too much.

The reason is simple. Manchester City's lead is too big and they can withstand such consumption.

Although Leicester City won the game.

However, the gap between the two teams is still 9 points, and there are only 8 rounds left in the league.

It is extremely difficult to recover 9 points! We can't always rely on Manchester City to fail, right? (End of this chapter)