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The stagnation in the transfer does not affect Liverpool's single-minded preparations for the League Cup semi-finals.

There have been four meetings between the two sides in the League Cup, with Liverpool winning two, drawing one and losing one.Manchester City's only victory was in 1970, when Manchester City narrowly beat Liverpool 1981-[-] at home, and then won the championship. In [-], Liverpool eliminated Manchester City in the semi-finals and finally won the championship.

The media is also building momentum to claim that this is "the semi-final to determine the title of the champion."

If the media uses history to warm up this game, it makes people feel unreliable.More than 90.00% of the fans believe that the team that eliminates the opponent and reaches the semi-finals will win the English League Cup this season.

The reason why fans think so is because the two teams in the League Cup semi-final held at another venue are very weak, they are Crystal Palace and Cardiff City.

These two teams have one characteristic, they are both Championship teams.

The last time Crystal Palace was in the Premier League dates back to the 2004-2005 season, while Cardiff City from Wales is even older. The last time Cardiff City participated in England's top league was in the 1961-1962 season.

Not to mention their strength is on par with teams like Liverpool and Manchester City, even ordinary Premier League relegation teams are a level stronger than them.

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On January [-], Liverpool returned to the Etihad Stadium.

In this game, Manchester City's big boss Mansour appeared in the box at the Etihad Stadium.

When a close-up of Mansour appeared on the live screen, there was thunderous applause at the Etihad Stadium.

Mansour is one of the few club owners who are hated by many Premier League fans, because after Mansour took over Manchester City, he first made Manchester City, which was originally poor like most Premier League clubs, immediately become a local tyrant, and then Manchester City waved The banknotes recruit stars, buy the core of the small teams, and tap the main players of the major giants, Manchester United's Carlos Tevez, Arsenal's Adebayor, Kolo Toure and Nasri, Chelsea's Wright Not to mention Phillips, Ben Haim, and Liverpool, they were all ridiculed by the media as the "Ittihad Youth Academy".

But for Manchester City fans, Mansour is the best club chairman in their eyes.

It's just that Mansour's presence is not good news for Manchester City coach Mancini, and he is under more pressure.

After experiencing many failures, Mancini and his disciples no longer dare to clamor for revenge in front of the media.Even in the bottom of their hearts, they already feel a little scared of Levi's Liverpool.

What makes Mancini the most headache is... he is not only full of injuries, but also suffers from the tea poisoning of the African Cup.

The team's defensive core Kompany was also sent off in the last FA Cup match against Manchester United.The red card was originally suspended for three games, but because of excessive actions, he was also suspended for an additional game by the Premier League Disciplinary Supervision Committee, for a total of four games.

Manchester City immediately appealed.

In this appeal, in addition to hoping to eliminate Kompany's red card, Manchester City is also using reinforcements.

According to regulations, the penalties before the appeal period will not be implemented immediately.

As a result, two hours before the start of the game, the FA's Disciplinary Supervision Committee suddenly announced that it rejected Manchester City's announcement, and Mancini had to change temporarily.And Kompany will also miss two rounds against Liverpool because of the suspension.

In addition, during the preparations for the African Cup of Nations, two important players in the Manchester City team, Yaya Toure and Kolo Toure, have been absent from the game.

In the wounded barracks, Balotelli and Dzeko were both lying in the hospital. The core of the offense, David Silva, was injured in training. Whether Gang Athletics can play in the game has to be marked with a capital question mark.

This also caused Mancini to have only 17 first-team players left to use. In order to replenish his strength, Mancini had to vigorously promote players from the youth team, including the [-]-year-old young Dutch central defender Rechik.Some media pointed out that the Dutch central defender Reichick is likely to be strengthened as the main central defender during January.

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When seeing the starting players from both sides play, all Manchester City fans were shrouded in a haze.

Goalkeeper: Reina, this position is not bad. Reina has performed quite well in the cup this season. Manchester City can reach the semi-finals of the League Cup. He has contributed a lot.

Defenders: Richards, Mangala, Savage, Clichy Mangala is a hidden danger in the defense, but Savage is a bigger hidden danger. This central defender from Montenegro is only 20 years old. The team's reserves, but now they have to be pushed to the main position.

Barry partnered with De Jong in the defensive midfielder position, but this pair of defensive midfielders has more than enough defense but insufficient organizational skills.

Adam Johansson and Milner served as the left and right midfielders respectively, and Aguero appeared in the midfielder position.

Manchester City fans really doubt Aguero's organizational skills.

On the striker, Mancini let Balotelli start as a single arrow, but this is also impossible.

Although Dzeko returned from injury, no one can guarantee his status.Although some players who have just returned from injury are in good condition, most of the players have not yet recovered to their best physical condition because they have just returned from injury, and they will still be psychologically shadowed by the injury. Fear of getting hurt again.

With such a physical state and such a psychological quality, can he perform well?
Compared with Manchester City, although Liverpool have some substitutes here, they are more than one grade stronger than Manchester City in spirit.

Goalkeeper: Mattia Palin Defenders: Flanagan, Varane, Gary Cahill, Felipe Luiz Midfielders: Henderson, Gerrard, Lallana Strikers: Bale, Lewandowski On each line of Dovsky and Thomas Muller, Liverpool has sent main members, and even if it is a substitute, Liverpool's substitute is also a sweetie in the transfer market.

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At the beginning of the game, Liverpool activated the center of the attack on Manchester City. Fortunately, Mangala said that he just has a poor sense of position, but Savage is just a rookie. He was under huge psychological pressure when he played against Liverpool. Now he is under physical pressure. Bigger and full of holes in the game.

Although De Jong and Barry helped defend for a long time, there were still problems in the No. 13 minute of the game.

No. In the 13th minute, Gary Cahill, who is a central defender, suddenly rushed into the penalty area and wanted to turn around after getting the ball. Savage made an irrational move nervously and pushed Gary Cahill down. on the ground.

The referee decisively handed Savage a package of yellow cards and penalties.