Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 879 League Champion Manchester City
Arsenal, a team from London, will not be favored by Liverpool fans, which is normal, because Arsenal is also a strong team.

Coincidentally, Everton drew with Arsenal at home tonight's game. Although the city rivals did not lose, they only scored one point. Of course, their opponent, the strong contender for the league title in the hearts of Liverpool fans, only scored one point. Liverpool fans are very happy.

Everton fans went to the bar to drink for the draw against mighty Arsenal, Liverpool fans celebrated the draw, what a happy day!
The distance between Manchester and Liverpool is not far, and the total area of ​​the British Isles is only this large, and it can be far away to go there, so Liverpool drove their own bus to the away game.

Manchester City is very impressive to Zhang Yuan. The Chinese player Sun has played there for a long time. Of course, when he played, Manchester City was just a team dedicated to relegation, so Zhang Yuan knew Manchester City very early. this club.

After that, Zhang Yuan passed him by once. At Schalke 04, he had the opportunity to go to Manchester City, but he chose Real Madrid. If he listened to Mino Raiola, maybe his career will be completely different.

The two teams ranked first and second respectively last season. This game attracted a lot of attention, and Zhang Yuan also got a lot of expectations. He got two assists in his first battle in the last game, but he did not achieve his first goal. Show goals, so in this crucial dialogue, will Zhang Yuan go crazy, will he score his first league goal joining Liverpool? !

Apart from Zhang Yuan, there are many topics between the two teams. Therefore, under the noisy atmosphere, the fans of the two teams are working very hard. Liverpool fans set off from Liverpool by car, bus, and train. Ten kilometers away to the Ittihad Stadium, Manchester City fans are waiting in full swing at the Ittihad. Although it is not a weekend, the Ittihad is destined to be full for this game.

Although in the summer, Manchester City did not make too many moves, but in terms of value, they still surpassed Liverpool by a lot. The total value of Manchester City's team reached 4.14 million pounds. They are the four players in Europe with a total value of more than 3.42 million pounds. One of the teams, while Liverpool only has [-] million pounds, and Zhang Yuan alone occupies a large part of the head.

So the outside world said that Liverpool, a century-old giant, is not like a giant now. Suarez led Liverpool forward last year, but this year it just changed to another top superstar.

Everyone is not optimistic about this away trip, but the Liverpool players are different. They have adjusted their mentality very well. In the Premier League, every game is very important. The real exception for Liverpool is the war with Everton. The big battle and the big battle with Manchester United.

Manchester City captain Kompany played psychological warfare before the game. He told the media: "Liverpool will not be against Manchester City, whether it is this game or in the Premier League! The Champions League is very difficult for them. I don’t think Liverpool will be able to do a good job of maintaining a few lines in the new season!”

He stopped talking, but Liverpool turned a deaf ear to it. Zhang Yuan hoped in his heart that he could play and score in front of Kompany, so that he could see if Liverpool was qualified to challenge them.

As he wished, Manchester City's Kompany started.

Pellegrini formed a 442 formation in this game.

Goalkeeper: Caballero

Defender: Zabaleta Compani Demichelis Clichy
Midfielder: Nasriaya Touré, Fernando David Silva

Forward: Jovetic Dzeko

For Liverpool it is 4312.
Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defender: Johnson Scottel Colo Touré Moreno

Midfielder: Gerald Henderson, Joe Allen
Attacking midfielder: Coutinho

Forward: Zhang Yuan Sturridge

Moreno made his debut. He also moved to Liverpool this summer. In the final of the Europa League last season, he and Zhang Yuan once played against each other.

Today's referee is also very interesting. His name is Michael Oliver. He is a well-known young referee in the Premier League. He was born in 85 and is less than 30 years old this year. Being sent to enforce such a heavyweight coach shows that he is in the eyes of the FA. The status, the future training object.

However, this game was also a test for him. How did Clattenburg become blind? It was because of a serious misjudgment in the enforcement of a match between Chelsea and Manchester United, which made him controversial.

Players from both sides stepped into the stadium under the leadership of Oliver. The Manchester City fans responded with warm applause and boos, which were for Liverpool. You can even hear their curses when you get closer to them later.

The handshake was still very friendly. Demichelis and Zhang Yuan were old acquaintances, and he patted Zhang Yuan's back heavily with a smile.

But when the game started, the friendly atmosphere disappeared, and everyone showed no mercy. As a result, just 3 minutes into the game, Liverpool suffered a tragedy. Kolo Touré was injured in the summit fight with Dzeko He staggered off the field.

Rodgers was forced to replace Lovren, who hadn't played for Liverpool yet. Lovren performed very well in Southampton. He was a great contributor to Southampton's relegation and was worth a lot. This team did not adapt to Southampton so quickly, and Rogers had no choice but to play him.

Manchester City is a team that pays more attention to technical content in the Premier League. Arsenal used to be the representative of this aspect, and now Manchester City is also such a good player. There is no doubt about Pellegrini's coaching ability. praiseworthy place.

Silva is the core of their organization, often moving from the side to the center to take the ball, and Jovetic's title of "Messi of Montenegro" is not for nothing. Jovetic's ability is very strong in a healthy state. There is a very good performance in Serie A.

However, he suffered too many injuries, and he was injured at every turn, which made people very helpless. He was finally fine this season, completed Manchester City's pre-season preparations, and performed well in the warm-up match. In the Liverpool game, he scored twice alone, almost directly solving the battle.

So in the first two games of this season, he firmly put Aguero on the bench. It is said that Aguero has been on the bench, which shows how fierce the competition in Manchester City is.

In the 5th minute of the opening, Jovetic received a cross pass from Silva, dodged to get rid of Henderson, and made a kick from the outside of the penalty area to test Mignolet.

And Liverpool has not shot yet. Manchester City has been occupying the ball in the first few minutes, and Liverpool is still in a passive posture for the time being.

Today at the Etihad Stadium, Rodgers' attitude is very pragmatic. First ensure his defense, and then attack with the ball. Manchester City's strength lies in its strong offense. They scored 102 goals in the league last season. It's not a bragging, they are not as good at defending as Chelsea, and they have conceded more than 10 goals.

Therefore, Rogers' choice is correct and wise.

Nasri is the striker in the frontcourt of Manchester City, Silva is the passing organization, Jovetic is in series, and moves around Dzeko, Yaya Toure will rush to the Liverpool half from time to time to help his players put pressure .

The delay in the first goal was unreasonable. Liverpool's defense was not bad, and Manchester City did not get any particularly good opportunities. Of course, because they were too focused on defense, the offense naturally did not pose much threat. Zhang Yuan and Stu Rich also seemed a little inactive in the front.

But just when everyone thought it was going to end the first half in a draw, City caught a mistake from Liverpool's defense and broke the deadlock.

In the 40th minute, Nasri made a pass from the wing. Silva did not know when he reached the Liverpool penalty area and stood still, causing Lovren to use his height advantage to make a clearance. As a result, the ball fell backwards. Moreno The clearance was also unreliable, and it was given to Jovetic by mistake, and Jovetic volleyed directly. Of course, Mignolet had nothing to do, and Manchester City took the lead like this.

Zhang Yuan is really speechless about such a poor performance in the defense, but this is the Premier League. It is rare to communicate here to achieve the level of Mourinho, and to train his own defense to be impeccable. Nearly 30 goals were conceded.

(End of this chapter)