575 Mighty Manchester City
Liverpool returned to the league to play Anfield to face West Brom on the weekend. The FA treated Liverpool with preferential treatment this year. Basically, the leagues that came back from the European game were all at home.
It is probably also directly related to the Premier League team's missed the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in many years.
The FA also hopes that Premier League teams can perform well in the Champions League.
There is a big good news about Liverpool that made the fans very happy.
Although Suarez did not enter the starting lineup for the game, he sat on the bench and could obey orders and go on the field to fight at any time.
Therefore, Situ Yunbing let Vardy, Sterling and Gareth Bale form the front line today, which seems to be giving Suarez the opportunity to make a substitute in tactical space.
West Brom worked hard to defend and resist at Anfield Stadium, and Liverpool's midfielder was more organized and controlled today.
Situ Yunbing set up a combination of Coutinho, Gerald and Kanter.
The game went smoothly. When the first half was halfway through, Gareth Bale scored a goal in the penalty area, and Vardy's shot made a save from West Brom goalkeeper.
The game became smoother after Liverpool opened its goal account.
Goals came one by one, and by the time Suarez came on the court in the 63rd minute of the second half, the score had already become 3:0.
Suarez performed well after returning to the court. The threat he brought about by receiving ball control on the front line is unique, at least different from other Liverpool strikers.
This gives Liverpool more options for tactical changes.
In the 81st minute of the game, Suarez received Azpilicueta's assist in the penalty area and stopped the ball. The defender changed direction and shot with a strong shot. The Reds fans in the stands at Anfield Stadium were ecstatic about this!
Nothing is more exciting than seeing him returning from injury still able to capture the city and the village.
After the game, Situ Yunbing just smiled and said something about Suarez's performance after returning from injury.
"We are all happy with his return, but our opponents don't think so."
Liverpool beat West Brom 4-0 at home.
Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea all won in other games in the same round.
But Manchester City lost, they lost to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge!
After 9 rounds of the league, Liverpool ranked first, and the team behind them was somewhat surprising.
Liverpool, 25 points.
Arsenal, 22 points.
Chelsea, 20 points.
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Manchester City, 16 points.
Manchester United, 14 points.
The Red Devils are already at the top of the list in a double-digit gap, and Manchester City is almost the same. It seems that the two Manchester City champions are unlikely to achieve this season.
Liverpool will challenge Manchester City in the middle of the week, and the quarter-finals of the League Cup will arrive as scheduled.
This will be Situ Yunbing's first time facing Manchester City's Pellegrini this season.
He had no intention of burning the war on the League Cup battlefield. The challenge of the Champions League group stage this season was something he had not expected before. Perhaps the speed of Napoli's integration was somewhat unexpected.
Even if the outside world is optimistic about Liverpool's prospects, as the head coach, he needs to be objective first, and secondly, be cautious.
If he leads the team to lose to Dortmund in the next game, no one can guarantee that Liverpool will definitely advance to the Champions League knockout stage even if he scores 12 points.
Because Marseille can lose six group matches!
Before the League Cup started, Situ Yunbing did not comment on Pellegrini at the pre-match press conference, nor did he comment on Manchester City. He publicly said that he wanted to give young people some opportunities.
Many head coaches make plans, but whether they can stick to it is another matter.
Before the League Cup reached the semi-finals, this stage was trained. Too much investment will only have a negative impact that is not visible to the naked eye in the middle and second half of the season.
When leading the team to the Etihad Stadium, Situ Yunbing was naturally an extremely unwelcome figure among Manchester City fans. Perhaps it was because his extreme humiliation of Mancini last season that caused Manchester City to suffer significant losses in appearance.
Liverpool came to practice troops, but Manchester City didn't think so. But then again, Manchester City, as the team with the strongest team in the Premier League, is indeed not a team that has the patience to practice troops.
Besides, Pellegrini, who is in a crisis of trust, certainly cannot face any game hastily, especially when the opponent is Liverpool, he needs to do his best!
Manchester City has set up a full lineup!
The coefficients of generals such as Aguero, Yaya Toure, Silva, Fernandinho are listed.
Liverpool almost put the youngest players in the first team on the court in order.
Situ Yunbing gave instructions to the team and emphasized the tactics of defensive counterattack.
Facing Manchester City with a strong roster, Liverpool's substitute lineup really has no capital to challenge directly!
If you can win a sneak attack, it would be a pure luck.
When the game started, Manchester City took the advantage of the field and bombed wildly. Situ Yunbing always looked calm, paying attention to whether his disciples would perform abnormally due to pressure on the field.
Fortunately, although the situation is difficult, the team as a whole remains calm and calm.
In the 24th minute of the game, Liverpool won the first goal through a quick counterattack!
Sterling assisted Vardy to score after performing a wonderful breakthrough in the frontcourt!
Liverpool's goal did not make Situ Yunbing optimistic about the game, but instead further emphasized to the team that it was necessary to strengthen its defense!
Manchester City quickly tied the score!
Only 7 minutes later, Aguero scored a goal in the penalty area. Reina had already saved Yaya Toure's long shot, but Coolibali failed to clear the ball, but was scored by the smart Aguero.
Before the end of the first half, Manchester City assisted defender Kompany to head the ball with a set piece attack!
Manchester City overtakes the score!
Pellegrini just looked a little relaxed, but she was very excited.
Because he knew that the target of Manchester City fighting with all his strength was Liverpool's substitute.
Situ Yunbing looked at the overall situation and was worried about the long term, while Pellegrini couldn't care about so much. He couldn't think about the middle or second half of the season, because if he continued to lose, he didn't know what Manchester City would be like in the second half of the mid-term. He must have been no longer in the position of Manchester City coach at that time!
Liverpool will challenge Arsenal on the weekend and play Dortmund in the middle of next week. How could Situ Yunbing invest too much in this League Cup?
Fighting with will is an irresponsible expression. If you really want to compete, it is also on the stage of the league and the Champions League!
In the second half, Liverpool did not fight back and tried to turn the situation around. Liverpool's tactics were very simple, defensive counterattack. If there was no change before 80 minutes of the game and Liverpool only needed one goal to change the situation, then Situ Yunbing would let the team launch a crazy attack in the last 10 minutes!
But Manchester City did not give Liverpool such a chance.
Yaya Toure and Silva performed well today. In the 63rd minute of the game, Yaya Toure made a straight pass in front of the penalty area. Silva made a forward shot and shot directly to the goal and sent the ball into the far corner of the goal.
Manchester City leads Liverpool 3-1 at home.
In this way, Manchester City can also withdraw the troops.
Manchester City fans celebrated in the stands with great excitement, as if they were venting something, and were naturally targeting Situ Yunbing.
In the end, the score did not change again, and Liverpool did not launch a crazy attack, but became more proactive in the final stage, but Manchester City's strict defense was not easy to break through.
At the end of the game, Liverpool lost 1:3 away, and Liverpool, who has won the League Cup for two consecutive years, ended in the quarterfinals this season.
After the game, Situ Yunbing took the initiative to shake hands with Pellegrini with grace. In an interview after the game, his comments on the game made Fleet Street laugh and cry.
Situ Yunbing sighed dejectedly in front of the camera: "Manchester City is too strong. Liverpool is not their opponent in the game at all, so I once said that Manchester City is definitely a threat to Liverpool this season. You didn't believe it half a month ago. Today's game has proved everything!"
Anyone can hear that Situ Yunbing is satirizing Manchester City!
A League Cup game has always been the stage for the military parade inspection team of the second Premier League team, but Manchester City has devoted all its main players to play. Do you really regard a League Cup as a champion?
Prove it all?
Prove a hammer!
If Manchester City's main team cannot beat Liverpool's substitute lineup at home, Pellegrini will definitely be dismissed!
If there is anything that can prove Situ Yunbing’s judgment before, then it’s only time for the two teams to officially confront each other in the league!
Or Manchester City will first improve the league ranking to the top three.
Liverpool will challenge Arsenal on the weekend, and Wenger has been in high spirits recently.
This is how Arsenal's plot in the league in the past three seasons.
In the first 9 rounds of the league, they won 5 games at a time and 4 games twice. Although they did not fall out of the top four, the gap from the top was more than 5 points!
This season is arguably the best league start in four years, and it seems that Wenger spent a lot of money to introduce Ozil in the summer and did get a good result.
The "Full Formation" exerted the power he expected.
Now they will face the biggest challenge in the first half of the season, defending champion Liverpool!
Wenger talked freely before the game, and had a better record and talked more, and he could accept interviews with a smile.
"The Liverpool coach had some judgments about us before the season. Now he seems to be a good coach, but not a precise prophet.
Arsenal's record is the best fight back against his ridiculous predictions.
We are confident of defeating any opponent, including Liverpool!
We are not far from the championship, but we have to play every game well. The team's vigorous vitality and sufficient motivation make us full of excitement and expectation in our work every day.
Our top-ranked battle with Liverpool will be a difficult challenge, but we are fearless!
Chapter completed!