Football Legend No. 13

Manchester City won 3-2 against Bayern in this game, but failed to finish first in the group, which was bad news for City.

The next step is to wait for the Champions League group draw.

This draw doesn't mean much for Manchester City anymore, because apart from Ligue 1's Grand Paris, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps, so there is nothing to look forward to, all you can do is keep yourself in shape.

According to the schedule, this is the start of February 19th, and there is almost a month to go before now, which is enough!

However, the most important thing at the moment is the league, the current league is still in the first echelon, four teams Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, these four teams are biting to death, an oversight may lead to falling behind, thus leaving the championship camp.

After the end of the 17th round of the league, the top four points in the Premier League are as follows

: 1, Arsenal: 36 points 2, Liverpool: 36 points 3, Manchester City: 35 points 4, Chelsea: 34 points 5, Everton

: 34

points

.... The 18th round of the league is Manchester City vs Liverpool, a competition between the championship teams, this win and defeat is a difference of 6 points.

It was also the most high-profile game, and no other Premier League game has been so decisive.

In the final game of the 18th round of the Premier League, Manchester City will host Reds Liverpool.

This game is crucial for both sides, after all, the current points between the two sides are not much different, and after this kick is opened, then the initiative will be lost in the follow-up.

Since the 12th round of league, Manchester City have won four and drawn one and picked up 13 points, which is one of the reasons why he has been able to stay at the top.

At the same time, in these games, Pellegrini let Zheng Lin continue to play as a forward back, and also let him participate in the defense according to the situation on the field.

This is extremely demanding for Zheng Lin's physical fitness, after all, it is not enough to rely on Fernandinho to support the defensive line, it is necessary to help him, if the Kompany in the back can play, then this will reduce the pressure on Zheng Lin.

But fortunately Kompany is available for this game, which is good news for Manchester City.

Regarding this game, many football commentators have made predictions

: Liverpool [goalkeeper: Mignole

backline: Ali Sissoko, Sako, Skotel, Glenn Johnson

midfielder: Lucas, Joe Allen, Henderson, Coutinho, Sterling

forward: Suarez]

and Manchester City are determining that Kompany can play, then Manchester City's back line will be more advantageous;

[Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

backline: Zabaleta, Kompany, Leskot, Konarov

midfielder: Xavi Garcia, Fernandinho, Zheng Lin, David Silva, Keylor Navas

forward: Dzeko Negredo]

If the back line is played in Kompany, then Manchester City's back line is guaranteed.

The midfielders of the two teams should be almost the same, they mainly look at the creativity of the players, which for Manchester City they must be careful with Liverpool's impact.

Sterling's "little motor" will cause some trouble for Manchester City.

However, they agree that if Liverpool cannot limit the connection between Zheng Lin and David Silva, then they will most likely lose the game!

At the same time, they think that Manchester City should concentrate on attacking the league if nothing else!

After all, their opponent is Barcelona, sitting on the most luxurious attacking line in Europe, and they are a hellish start for City's weaker backline.

Obviously, this also indicates that the Champions League has gone far, but Manchester City will obviously not let Barcelona take away the victory easily.

At this time, they are looking forward to winning Liverpool and Arsenal make a mistake, then they will get the top spot.

For this top spot, they have been waiting for a long time!

On the 27th after Christmas, the long-awaited competition came.

They had already learned before the game that Arsenal had won West Ham United, which gave them no chance of topping the table for the time being.

"Good morning, everyone in front of the TV, welcome to the highlight of the 18th round of the Premier League - Manchester City at home to Liverpool."

The personnel on the pitch were not much short of what previous English football commentators had predicted.

It's just that Manchester City chose Negredo in the starting line-up.

At the beginning of the game, Liverpool chose to attack first, which was clearly prepared.

After the kick-off, Suarez stepped forward to open up space for the midfield, and as an all-around striker, his strength should not be underestimated, but what surprised him most was his spirituality and the unexpected joy that his sudden whims could bring.

This is also what Pellegrini has instructed, let Xavi Garcia and Fernandinho a few defensive generals pay attention to this guy.

And behind him with a strong impact is Sterling, this small man's speed is a major feature of him, which is for the current Manchester City defense, one-on-one to keep an eye on this guy, will cause problems in the overall defense, so this trip Pellegrini uses area defense.

Although it was said that there was some arrangement, it was really found that after receiving Henderson's pass, Sterling accelerated and rushed, and David Silva failed to impose any restrictions on him.

At this point, he was confronted with Fernandinho and Konarov.

At this time, Sterling saw the other two Suarez and Coutinho, who were also in the front court, and Suarez was better in the position of Suarez, but he was surrounded by Kompany on the side, and Coutinho was behind Kompany.

Sterling's happy football concept emerged in his brain at this moment, he broke through Konarov with a dexterous one, and there was only one central defender and goalkeeper in front of him!

Fernandinho was about to pounce on the defence when Raheem Sterling fired a shot straight into the far foot, which was a bit surprising and felt more like a pass.

But then came a very ingenious thing.

The ball hit Lescott with a refraction, which changed the direction of the ball.

"The direction of this ball was blocked by Lescott and flew straight up, this is still the penalty area, this..."

"Suarez failed to rub it in the scramble, but the football hit his shoulder and fell towards the back of the box."

"In the chaos, the goal has gone into the net!"

"That's obviously interesting! Let's take a look at the replay!

"It turned out that after Suarez flew the ball out, Zabaleta failed to drive very far, and the ball hit Xavi Garcia's thigh and refrowned, which was picked up by Coutinho in the back!"

"This ball is really a little helpless!"

......

Less than 15 minutes into the league round, there was a dramatic scene when Liverpool scored the lead as they now led Manchester City 1-0.