Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 367

9月22日，英超联赛第6轮开战，利物浦在安菲尔德球场主场3比0完胜南安普敦，利物浦6战全胜领跑。

Firmino returned to the starting lineup, Matip and Shaqiri rotated Maguire and Zhang Mai to play.Milner came on for Shaqiri in the second half.Van Dijk was injured and replaced by Gomez.

In this campaign, Shaqiri made the opponent's own goal, Matip expanded the score, and Salah, who was in a sluggish state in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, also scored a goal.

Van Dijk, who was slightly injured in this battle, is the Red Army player who knows Zhang Mai's thoughts best. After discussing with Zhang Mai, the Dutch central defender announced Zhang Mai's new season goal.

"Daily Mirror" reported: "Van Dijk thinks something special is happening at Liverpool and he hopes to prove it by winning four trophies this season."

So far this season, Liverpool have won all 6 games in the Premier League, and they have also defeated a strong enemy like Tottenham. In this week's Champions League group stage, they defeated Paris at home.

Van Dijk said:
"I want to make great memories here with these lads and write history. Everyone is excited, it feels good, everyone wants to be part of the team. We know it's a long season. We have four events To play, we want to win everything. That's our basic thinking."

Zhang Mai's absence is just to prepare for the League Cup on the 27th, when Zhang Mai, Pickford and Maguire will lead a group of Red Army substitutes to compete in the League Cup.

Liverpool's remaining two games in September are very interesting. Both opponents are Chelsea. They first meet in the third round of the League Cup on the 9th, and then face off at Stamford Bridge in the eighth round on the 27th.

When the League Cup match at Anfield Stadium started on the 27th, Zhang Mai found that Chelsea's boss really understood Van Dijk's declaration.

Chelsea basically sent young players from the reserve team, and the first team only had a goalkeeper. It seems that Chelsea's goal for the new season is to qualify for the Champions League.

The Liverpool substitute team led by Zhang Mai finally eliminated the Chelsea reserve team 4-0 and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the League Cup.

On September 9, the results of the fourth round (eighth-finals) of the English League Cup were drawn by lottery.

The coach Lampard, who just led Derby County to beat Manchester United, once again encountered a Premier League team. In the fourth round, Derby County will be a guest at Anfield Stadium to challenge Lampard's former club's arch-enemy Liverpool. The latter eliminated Chelsea in the last round to advance.

In addition to Liverpool's encounter with Derby County, Manchester City and Arsenal also drew good signs:
Manchester City encountered newly promoted Fulham in the Premier League, while Arsenal drew the League One team Blackpool.Tottenham will face Premier League team West Ham.

English League Cup round 4 complete matches:
Liverpool VS Derby County, Manchester City VS Fulham, Arsenal VS Blackpool, West Ham VS Tottenham, Leicester City VS to be determined (Everton and Southampton winners), Bournemouth VS Norwich, Middlesbrough VS Crystal Palace, Burton VS Nottingham Forest.

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Liverpool, without Zhang Mai, easily won the sixth round of the league. At the same time, Manchester City was not idle, licking the wounds of the Champions League defeat, and once again broke out in the league.

9月22日，2018/19赛季英超第6轮，曼城在卡迪夫城球场客场5比0大胜卡迪夫城，曼城联赛3连胜后仍距榜首利物浦2分。

Aguero took the lead, Bernardo and Gundogan scored one after another. What made Zhang Mai most happy was that his old friend-"6000 million pounds" Mahrez scored twice.

After an unexpected defeat in the Champions League, Manchester City quickly stopped the decline in the weekend league and did not let themselves be suppressed by Liverpool in the league too much.

After a devastating 5:0, coach Guardiola bluntly said that although the Champions League in the middle of the week was substandard, the current Manchester City is as good as it has been in the past year.

Guardiola said that he is very satisfied with the victory of this game, which he believes is a continuation of last season:
"The level shown today was the level of last season. The first half on Wednesday was a bit below normal, but we must not forget that the opponents in the Champions League are also of a high level."

"We know it's a part of our journey that we have to go through. It's a long season with a lot of games to play and it's important to get back to normal quickly after a bad game." Guardiola explain.

Guardiola praised Mahrez, who was introduced this summer.

"He (Mahrez) is someone who will help us a lot, he is a special talent, he has an unbelievable talent when it comes to scoring goals."

Regarding Aguero, Guardiola hailed him as a "Manchester City legend", saying:
"Aguero is a real passer for the club and we want to help him keep his form and continue his legend."

As for some journalists talking about Liverpool's performance on various battlefields inappropriately, Guardiola said that there will be a long way to go in Japan:
"A season is very long and there are many games. It is impossible for any team to win forever. Just because we lose first doesn't mean we can't win later!"

Some reporters also asked Guardiola what he thought of Zhang Mai, the Chinese player who won the Golden Globe last season. Gua Shuai was blunt:

"From any point of view, Zhang Mai is the best player in today's football. There is no one. Since he is not yet 20 years old, I hope that in the next 10 years, someone can successfully challenge him, just like the previous one. In 10 years people challenged Melo."

"Sane, Sterling, and Jesus in our team all have opportunities, and Mbappe in Paris has even more momentum."

Guardiola then specifically named some outstanding youth players.

Liverpool is in full swing, but the Red Army with a strong personality still has a lot of black fans in England, especially the so-called elites in London and Manchester.

The Red Army won consecutive battles, and the sports media in London and Manchester City began to praise the Red Army's biggest rival, Manchester City, as if they could hold down Liverpool.

"Gua Shuai = the number one magician in football! Rescue Manchester City from the sidelines and rebuild a dynasty", "Gua Shuai brought Manchester City back on track" and so on...

After the 6th round of the Premier League, the red and black media in the two places praised the recovered Manchester City and Guardiola to the sky again:
5-0!The defending champion Manchester City showed the majesty of the champions at the Cardiff City Stadium, and won 3 points firmly in the bag with the attitude of the king.

And when the familiar Guardiola replaced the relatively unfamiliar Arteta and reappeared in the command area on the sidelines, Manchester City's victory seemed to be an extra guarantee.

I have to admit that Guardiola has been very successful in transforming and upgrading Manchester City, and now he is building a Premier League version of an invincible battleship in a familiar way.

The UEFA Champions League group match against Lyon in the middle of the week was very bitter for Manchester City. The Blue Moon Army was cut off by Lyon at the Etihad Stadium. The team's competitive state and player level were not at their best. Tower's command on the sidelines also seemed pale (Guardiola was suspended).

Coupled with the fact that Manchester City has shown a downward trend in creating absolute opportunities and offensive fluency so far this season, Manchester City has also been shrouded in a lot of negative news for a while.

Compared with last season's invincible Manchester City, there is a big trend of deviation.

However, Manchester City is happy because they have Guardiola, and the Spaniard definitely has the ability to get Manchester City back on track.

Against Cardiff City in this campaign, Guardiola came back after lifting the ban. The Spaniard's command on the sidelines and the scheduling of the players were very successful. The Blue Moon Army also achieved a very "Guardiola" victory under his leadership.

From the very beginning of the game, Manchester City quickly took control of the ball and used their skilled feet, tacit interspersed running and excellent passing ability to overwhelm Cardiff City.After Aguero broke the deadlock, Manchester City completely crushed their opponents.

Looking at the data in this field, Manchester City's ball possession rate reached 78.5%-of course, this is not surprising.

曼城与卡迪夫城射门数之比为21-2，射正为10-2，关键传球数之比为15-2……

Obviously, this is a game in which Manchester City completely crushed Cardiff City.

Manchester City's campaign has blossomed more, which is one of the reasons why Cardiff City is hard to defend:

Aguero scored a goal in the 300th game representing Manchester City. Both Gundogan and Bernardo made great achievements with passes. The 6000 million pound new aid Mahrez came off the bench and scored twice.

This big victory in this campaign is the epitome of Manchester City's leap in the past two seasons, and all of this is naturally inseparable from coach Guardiola.

Manchester City regretted losing the championship last season and became the strongest No.100 with 2 points. People saw the shadow of Barcelona at the peak in Manchester City. Conservative tactics will be adopted when facing Manchester City.

When the middle and lower reaches of the team met Manchester City, most of them just fought some trapped beasts, and eventually became the soul of Manchester City.

In addition, many players can also complete sublimation under Guardiola's account.

De Bruyne is like a fish in water and has directly become the favorite of the strongest midfielder in the Premier League;

The two flying wings of Sterling and Sane completed the two wings under the cultivation of Guardiola;
Delph was successfully transformed into a left back, helping Manchester City survive the critical period of personnel shortage;

The two teenagers Zinchenko and Foden have also received praise from the outside world, and the latter almost scored a goal in this campaign...

In Guardiola's tactical system, many stars who have been frustrated in the national team have also got a stage that suits them.

Aguero even had to worry about how to play in Argentina, and scored goals after returning to Manchester City;

When Otamendi was in Argentina and Fernandinho was in Brazil, they were often criticized for their rashness, but in Manchester City, their performance was relatively stable;

Sterling is regarded as a representative of "happy football" in England, but in Manchester City he is a sharp weapon for the team to attack the city and an indispensable wing point for the team;
Sane, who became the best rookie of the PFA under Gua Shuai, was not selected for the German team's World Cup squad...

From this point of view, Guardiola is indeed superior. He has a lot of "magic power to turn waste into treasure". It is probably not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one magician in football coaching.

Lineker had previously praised Guardiola's Manchester City: "Guardiola has also created a cosmic team in the Premier League."

If there is any team that can prevent Liverpool from winning three consecutive Premier League titles this year, it must be Manchester City!

Can Manchester City topple Liverpool under Pep Guardiola?How high can Gua Shuai lead Manchester City to reach in the Champions League?This is also the biggest highlight of the Premier League this season.

(End of this chapter)