This draw at Anfield is actually not the most ideal result for both sides.

As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. Both teams got one point, while Manchester United and Tottenham both took three points.

Manchester United seized the opportunity to narrow the gap with Manchester City, while Tottenham also took the opportunity to narrow the gap between them and Liverpool to 2 points.

Liverpool's fourth place in the league has become somewhat precarious.

Although both sides suffered heavy losses, after the game, fans on both sides could barely accept the result.

After going through the suffocating period at the end of the game, Liverpool fans felt lucky that the team did not lose.

The strong dominance displayed by Manchester City in the final moments of the game left them with lingering fears.

Although many people privately felt sorry for the team's missed opportunity, they also saw the potential of Liverpool through this game.

Although Liverpool is not as good as Manchester City in terms of hard power now, once Klopp trains the Red Army well, they may be able to compete with the opponent in the future.

So there is no need to rush for revenge! Besides, it is not shameful to draw with Manchester City. After all, many giants cannot draw with Manchester City this season even if they want to!

As for Manchester City fans, they felt lucky to have escaped death.

Liverpool gained such a big advantage in the second half that many of them felt that the team was in danger.

However, they didn't expect that at the last minute, the team scored three goals in a row and tied the score.

But in the middle of the game, Manchester City fell behind so much, which definitely exposed many problems of the team. Now that these problems have been exposed, they still have time to improve them.

Once it is delayed to the end of the season, when Manchester City faces the final battles of the league, cup and Champions League, there will be no time to adjust. At that time, these weaknesses may very well cost them their lives.

For this reason alone, the tuition Liverpool paid for this game was not a loss.

Guardiola did realize the team's defensive loopholes in the midfield through this game.

To this end, he made further adjustments to the team's defense, dividing the defensive areas more clearly so that the players could better understand their responsibilities.

In addition, when attacking and defending, more attention is paid to protecting the weak side. When the opponent counterattacks, the pressure and blocking of the ball holder are strengthened to prevent the opponent from dribbling forward.

These changes are in preparation for more intense and demanding Champions League matches in the future.

But they can test the waters in the league first. Anyway, Manchester City has a great advantage now and has enough room for error and can withstand the test.

I don’t know whether Manchester City has become stronger after the adjustments, or the strength of the opponents in the league is too weak.

They used this style of play and became even more invincible in the league.

In the 24th round, Manchester City beat Newcastle United 4:0 at home.

In the 25th round, Manchester City beat West Bromwich Albion 3:0 at home.

In the 26th round, Manchester City beat Burnley 3:1 away.

In the 27th round, Manchester City beat Leicester City 5:1 at home.

In the 28th round, Manchester City beat Arsenal 3:0 away.

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Before the start of the Champions League knockout stage, Manchester City once again won five consecutive games in the league, and not only did they win these games very easily, but they also left their opponents without any chance of fighting back.

Just like in the game against Newcastle United, Manchester City's possession rate throughout the game reached a terrifying 85%.

They got a total of 18 corner kicks in the whole game, while the opponent didn't get even one!

This is not only the case when playing against ordinary teams, even teams with certain strength such as Leicester City and Arsenal were beaten to a pulp in front of them and had almost no ability to fight back.

Manchester City has once again become a monster in the Premier League, the kind that no one can stop.

Fortunately, the knockout round of the Champions League has resumed, and the monster Manchester City will finally be distracted.

However, thanks to excellent luck in the draw, Manchester City's opponents in the knockout rounds were too weak.

In the first round between the two sides, Manchester City beat their opponents 4:0 away from home. Now, the suspense of the two-round game is completely over. In the next game back at home, even if Manchester City replaces all the substitutes, it will be difficult to be eliminated.

So, Manchester City's next opponent, Chelsea, was unlucky.

By the 29th round of the league, the Blues, who were previously ranked third, had dropped to fifth place in the standings.

At this time, they are 2 points behind Tottenham in fourth place and 4 points behind Liverpool in third place.

As for Manchester City, who are at the top of the list, there is no need to even think about it. Manchester City now has 78 points, which is 25 points more than them.

There are still ten rounds left in the league. Manchester City only needs to win seven games and draw one to break the Premier League points record and bring it to a new height of 100 points.

Unfortunately, Chelsea is the stepping stone for Manchester City to reach new heights.

Before the game started, although both teams had just finished the Champions League, Manchester City won 4:0 against Basel away, while Chelsea drew with Barcelona at home.

Although Chelsea played at home, their consumption was greater than that of Manchester City who played away.

This time they visited the Etihad Stadium, which reminded people of Chelsea's ignominious victory over Manchester City last year.

How the Manchester City players, with their strong desire for revenge, will take revenge on Chelsea has become the biggest highlight of this round of games.

Manchester City had no intention of being polite to Chelsea and launched a fierce attack on their opponents right from the start.

Chelsea tried to fight back with Manchester City at the beginning, but were soon overwhelmed by Manchester City's crazy pressing in the frontcourt.

Throughout the first half, the ball almost never appeared at the feet of Chelsea players.

The opponent's ball possession rate exceeded 90% at one point, and the football kept going back and forth in and out of Chelsea's penalty area, constantly testing the tense nerves of Chelsea players.

Chelsea fans have followed the team on many battles over the years and are quite knowledgeable.

It's not like they haven't seen teams that play passing and controlling the ball before, but to be honest, this is the first time they've seen a team that takes passing and controlling the ball to such a terrifying level. Even Barcelona back then had never made Chelsea so embarrassed.

Of course, this may also be because the Chelsea team back then was stronger than the current Blues.

Although the situation is very embarrassing, Chelsea under Conte's coaching does have something in defense.

The team seemed to be stretched like a taut string, at risk of breaking at any time.

But they relied on their strength and gritted their teeth to hold on, and did not lose the ball under Manchester City's fierce siege.

In the first half, Manchester City completed a total of 17 shots, 7 of which were on target, but failed to score a single goal.

Chelsea's defense was a huge success.

But they can't just sit there and take the beating like this all the time. In the first half, in order to stop the opponent's attack, many of their players were given cards for fouls while defending.

If the opponent continues to attack like this in the second half, these players with yellow cards will definitely not dare to make any big moves for fear of getting a red card.

This will undoubtedly weaken Chelsea's defensive capabilities!

Therefore, during the half-time break, Conte assigned some tasks to Hazard and Pedro, hoping that they could stand out in the second half and pose a threat in the counterattack, so that Manchester City would not dare to attack them so unscrupulously.

The two players obviously listened to the head coach's words. After the start of the second half, Hazard became active in the frontcourt. He even made a clever breakthrough after getting the ball and caused Kante to foul, resulting in Manchester City's midfielder receiving a yellow card.

But it was of no use. Chelsea tried to launch a counterattack, but Manchester City gave them a heavy blow.

Taking advantage of the opponent's counterattack and the formation pushing outwards, Manchester City decisively seized the opportunity to attack the opponent's offense and defense.

After successfully defending, they quickly crossed the midfield, passed the ball two or three times from the wing, and reached Chelsea's penalty area.

Mbappe dribbled the ball to the bottom and made a beautiful cross, assisting Aguero in the middle to score against Chelsea.

After holding out for nearly fifty minutes, Chelsea's goal was finally breached!

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Once the psychological defense line is broken, Chelsea will be completely defeated.

In the 55th minute, less than ten minutes after Manchester City's last goal, Manchester City once again got a chance through the pass from the wing. After David Silva and Lin Quan made a small-scale pass and cut, he broke into the penalty area and shot into the near corner.

The score became 2:0!

However, this was not the end. Only 2 minutes later, Lin Quan took advantage of the opponent's defender's mistake and successfully counterattacked in the frontcourt. He got a chance to score a goal alone. Facing the goalkeeper who came out, he easily lobbed the ball into the goal, extending the score to 3:0. To be honest, it was very unusual for Chelsea to have this score, because this is a team that excels in defense, and their defensive quality has always been among the best in the Premier League.

But today, under Manchester City's fierce attack, Chelsea's defense collapsed.

This defeat is not good news for either Chelsea or their head coach Conte.

In another match that has already ended, Tottenham Hotspur beat Huddersfield 2-0 at home, and if they had lost to Manchester City, the gap between the two sides would have been widened.

At this time, they are only 2 points behind Tottenham and still have a chance to catch up with 10 rounds of the league.

But once the gap is widened to 5 points, it will be difficult to catch up with only nine rounds left in the league.

If they cannot compete with Tottenham, they will not be able to play in the Champions League next season. In addition, they withdrew from the Premier League championship race early this season. Although they can still compete for the FA Cup, such a championship with little gold content will not quench Chelsea's thirst at all.

Given Abramovich's impatient character and his tendency to fire coaches at will, Conte's good days at Stamford Bridge are probably over.

Conte suddenly realized that after this summer, he would most likely be unemployed.

Oh, I'm so tired. These troublemakers in the team are not obedient. On top of the team's poor record, we have such a grumpy boss. Life is really unbearable.

Destroy it, hurry up, I'm tired! I don't know if it was affected by his mentality, but when the team was trailing 0:3, Conte actually chose to replace the defensive players to strengthen the defense, instead of replacing Giroud and Morata on the bench and other offensive players to fight to the death.

This substitution caused widespread controversy after the game, and caused dissatisfaction and even attacks from many Chelsea fans.

The fans also had their own reasons. The head coach is the backbone of the team. If you are scared, what will the players think? But to be honest, Conte's substitution of defensive players to strengthen the defense was effective. Although Manchester City still worked hard to attack, they could not further expand the score.

From this perspective, Conte's substitutions are still very effective.

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After consecutive encounters with giants such as Arsenal and Chelsea, coupled with the consumption of the Champions League knockout rounds, Manchester City has also encountered certain crises.

The players' physical reserves have declined somewhat!

This is not surprising. For any other team, the physical fitness of players will decline when the league is about to end every year.

The Premier League, which does not have a winter break, is obviously the hardest hit area.

At this time of year in the past, all the major Premier League clubs would have been plagued by a large number of injured players.

Although Manchester City also has some injuries, it is still much better than these teams.

But to reduce the risk, give players more rest time.

In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final on March 8, Guardiola pulled out the team's substitute lineup for the domestic cup competition and let them face their knockout opponent Basel.

Basel lost badly in the first round, losing 4 goals to Manchester City, all of which were away goals.

As long as they don't let them score four goals at the Etihad Stadium in this game, Manchester City will definitely advance.

So in terms of performance, the players actually don't have much pressure.

Although they are substitutes, each of them is worth a lot of money. They are just a little younger and have less game experience. This does not mean that they are a bunch of fools who will be bullied by their opponents.

The substitutes are actually under a lot of pressure. In the FA Cup quarter-final that ended not long ago, they unexpectedly lost to Wigan Athletic, a team from League One, away from home.

Although this defeat was related to Manchester City having one player sent off in the first half, which resulted in them having to play with fewer players.

But the opponent is only from the third-level league after all, and it is somewhat embarrassing to lose to such a team.

The FA Cup has always been a hotbed of upsets, with countless top clubs causing upsets in the FA Cup every year.

If this had happened in the past, if Manchester City had lost to Wigan Athletic, probably no one would have paid any attention to it. It was only after their good performance and increased popularity in recent years that they attracted so much attention and discussion.

But a loss is a loss. Although they defeated Arsenal, who played with all their main players, 3-0 in the Carabao Cup final a week later, they still could not wash away the shame of losing to the English League One team.

Therefore, in this game, this group of substitutes put in their best efforts, intending to show their strength to the outside world and let them know that the previous loss to Wigan Athletic was just an accident due to human mistakes and horse stumbles.

Since they were able to beat the Premier League giants Arsenal, then beating a mere Basel would be a piece of cake.

As if to prove what they said was true, Jesus scored a goal shortly after the start of the first half.

Manchester City's substitutes got off to a great start!

However, the good times did not last long. Before they could be happy, the opponent equalized the score in a flash.

El Younoussi, a young winger from Norway, took advantage of Manchester City's complacent defense and launched a lightning attack after the kick-off, catching Manchester City off guard. Many Manchester City players lost the ball before they could react.

This goal made Guardiola on the sidelines very unhappy. He allowed young players to make mistakes, but not such low-level mistakes.

And it was a collective low-level mistake!

You guys should get it right, this is the Champions League, not your neighborhood amateur league! Get serious! (End of this chapter)