Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 430 Toxic Milk and Anti-Toxic Milk (thanks to maae1218 and the monthly pass through-lish)
The next duo of the Premier League will intensify. Liverpool and Manchester City will have 7 games to play in April. The 33rd to 36th rounds of the league, the two rounds of the Champions League quarter-finals, and there will be one match for each. The semi-finals of the FA Cup, maybe the two teams will meet in the FA Cup final in May.

The fiery atmosphere at the end of the season's sprint has diluted the rumors that Zhang Mai may leave the Red Army next season. At this time, the Premier League is full of wars and gunpowder.

4月4日，英超第33轮拉开战幕，曼城在伊蒂哈德球场主场2比0取胜卡迪夫城，德布劳内和萨内进球。曼城8连胜后以1分优势领跑。

8 consecutive victories! 2-0 victory over Cardiff City.Manchester City steadily scored 3 points and temporarily regained the top spot from Liverpool.

Unknowingly, Manchester City has achieved a wave of 8 consecutive victories in the league. The British media exclaimed that Manchester City, which almost killed Liverpool last season, is back.

And with the return of injured Ferdininho, Kompany, Delph, Mendy and others, this Manchester City team may be waiting for Liverpool to lose the chain.

In this campaign, Guardiola sent a number of young players, Phil Foden, Zinchenko and other young players all got the chance to start.

The average age of Manchester City's starting lineup in this game is only 25 years and 139 days, which is also the youngest starting lineup of Manchester City in the last 8 years.

But Manchester City still achieved a crushing victory. Manchester City scored in the 7th minute. This season, Blue Moon has scored 17 times in the first 15 minutes. Their start is always very strong. .

According to OPTA statistics, Manchester City had as many as 27 shots in this game, 11 of which were on target, and the ball possession rate reached a terrifying 78.4%, while their opponent Cardiff City only had 1 shot on target. So the "Mirror" said after the game: "This is almost an offensive drill for Manchester City."

After winning this game, Manchester City quietly won a wave of 8 consecutive victories in the league.

从联赛第25轮3-1战胜阿森纳开始，蓝月亮展现出了上赛季令人感到恐怖的实力。球队也从最多落后利物浦14分，到现在反超红军2分。

During this period of 8 consecutive victories, although Manchester City lost the Champions League Cup, they made great strides in the Champions League and the FA Cup.

With 5 rounds left in the league, as long as Liverpool make no mistakes and win a complete victory, Manchester City has no chance to overtake.

And Liverpool has always had the traditional habit of losing the chain at critical times. Although it has improved a lot in Klopp's hands in recent years, isn't there still a turbulent transfer of Zhang Mai?

From the perspective of Manchester City's schedule, among the last five opponents, there are two BIG5 teams, namely Tottenham and Manchester United; the remaining three opponents are not difficult, namely Burnley, Leicester City and Manchester United. Brighton.

Relatively speaking, Liverpool's schedule is a little easier. They only have Chelsea as a Big5 team in the last 6 rounds.

Judging from the current Premier League standings, although the initiative to compete for the championship is still in Liverpool's hands, the 1-point lead also means that every game has to be lost.

And in terms of goal difference, Manchester City is far ahead of Liverpool. If the points of the two sides are the same in the end, Manchester City will win the Premier League championship.

Manchester City's recent terrifying state may put more pressure on Liverpool, and the Red Army has gradually shown some fatigue recently.

In the last round, Liverpool had good luck. At the last moment, they relied on Zhang Mai's free kick to win a difficult game. In the last round, Liverpool only defeated Fulham 1-2.Judging from the recent team status, Manchester City is undoubtedly better than Liverpool.

Although Manchester City is still fighting on the third line, the overall strength of the team and the depth of the bench can handle it, and with the return of Fernandinho, Delph, Kompany, Mendy and other wounded, Guardiola has more many choices.

Blue Moon's core De Bruyne has also begun to find his best form recently.Manchester City, which exploded directly at the end of last season, seems to be back.

Even Klopp was privately concerned, saying:
"Manchester City will not take the initiative to lose points. We have no room for mistakes. We must win every victory and look forward to three consecutive championships."

But now is by no means the time for Manchester City to celebrate. Guardiola asked the players to still do their best in every game, and he himself did not forget to put strong pressure on the opponent after the victory.

After the 33rd round of the league, Manchester City coach Guardiola accepted an interview with the BBC. He believed that the team performed well, but should score more goals. In addition, he also named and praised the performance of the 18-year-old teenager Foden.

"We played pretty well. We got off to a good start and Kevin De Bruyne scored well. But we have to admit we missed a few chances, we were a bit haphazard in our chances, it wasn't I would like to see it. We should have scored more goals, but I am happy with the result."

In this game, the 18-year-old England teenager Phil Foden got the chance to start, and his performance was very good.

For Foden's performance, Guardiola is also full of praise:

"Foden is a fantastic player and today he played flawlessly and did everything I asked him to do. He was always doing the right things on the pitch and he felt really good in front of goal. We all know Foden has Be ready, but know that he is competing with top stars like David Silva, De Bruyne, JD, Bernard Silva, and sometimes he has to be patient. But I'm sure, Foden will be Manchester City's core player in the next ten years. Next season, he will get more playing time."

Zinchenko also got a chance to start this game, but he was off due to injury in the 19th minute.

For this Ukrainian teenager, Guardiola has always maintained high expectations:
"He is very important for us, he knows our football philosophy, he has been doing well, he is very calm on the field. I hope his injury is not too serious, we need him."

As for whether Aguero can recover from injury in time, in time for the FA Cup semi-finals on the weekend, Guardiola sold a pass: "Let's wait and see."

Finally, talking about the current league championship situation, Guardiola of course spent more words to add obstacles to the Red Army in the game two days later:

"Liverpool? I don't care, I only care about my own team, but I did hear the news that Zhang Mai wanted to make a move. I don't know if that is true, otherwise I would also ask the management for a purchase."

"Do you want Zhang Mai? Nonsense! A top midfielder in the world can play in various positions on the forward line, and can also play as a central defender. He has been the league's top scorer and MVP for three consecutive years and has created countless records. Such a super Every team wants to have it."

The more Guardiola blows to Zhang Mai, the more troubled Klopp and the Red Army fans will be.

……

On April 4, the 6rd round of Liverpool's league came. This time, the Red Army rushed to St. Mary's Stadium to challenge Southampton away.

利物浦近10次联赛对阵南安普敦仅负1场，其余9场6胜3平，可以说是全面占据上风。

Klopp arranged for Fabinho and Keita to play in rotation, and the other positions remained in the main lineup of the previous round. Zhang Mai sat on the bench because of the FA Cup semi-final the next day.

At the beginning of the game, Southampton, which has a home bonus, took the lead in attacking, and Liverpool was caught off guard for a while.

In the 5th minute, Keita, who had been out of battle for a long time, lost the ball in midfield, and Van Dijk faced his old team and made a clearance in the defense.

Southampton took the lead in the 9th minute, Bertrand made a cross from the left, Heiber headed forward and then slid, and the unguarded Sean Lang volleyed into the net in front of the small penalty area.

Sean Long became the fourth Irish player to score 4 goals in the Premier League.It was also Liverpool's 50th goal conceded in England's top flight since 1894.

The Red Army, who fell behind shortly after the start, was naturally anxious, and quickly accelerated the offensive rhythm, and almost equalized in the 16th minute:

Salah made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, Mane's header from the edge of the penalty area was saved by Gann, and Keita hit the side net with a supplementary shot from the right side of the penalty area.

Then Southampton is also expected to expand the score. In the 25th minute, Arnold lost the ball and Bertrand made a pass from the left, but Sean Lang missed the opportunity.

Two minutes later, Westergaard's header went wide in a corner melee.

Liverpool did not equalize the score until the 36th minute. Arnold made a direct pass. Salah made a pass from the right side of the penalty area and was cleared (but the replay showed that he was slightly suspected of being offside). Arnold made a pass from the right near the bottom line. Bednarek made a clearance. Keita heads in the bottom left corner from the edge of the penalty area.

1-1!Keita scored his first goal for the Red Army and helped the team equalize.

Shortly afterwards, Firmino made a cross, and Mane's header went wide.

In stoppage time in the first half, Salah passed the ball, and Firmino's oblique shot from the right side of the penalty area also missed.

In the second half, the two teams fought again in another place, and Southampton still tried to grab the start.

In the 47th minute, Westergaard's header still missed the goal in the corner kick melee.

Five minutes later, Sean Lang missed a long shot.

In the 55th minute, Keita broke into the left side of the penalty area and fell under the shovel of Yoshida Maya. The referee refused to award a penalty kick.

Four minutes later, Milner and Henderson came off the bench, replacing Arnold and Wijnaldum.

In the 66th minute, Firmino's shot from the outside on the right was confiscated.

The strength gap between the two teams was gradually revealed. After that, Liverpool gradually took control of the situation and began to bombard the home team indiscriminately.

In the 75th minute, Keita passed the ball, and Firmino shot from 10 yards in the melee was blocked by Yoshida Asaya.

Liverpool overtook the score in the 80th minute. Henderson counterattacked with a header and Salah broke through to the edge of the penalty area and shot into the lower right corner.

2-1!This is Salah's 50th Premier League goal for Liverpool. The Egyptian striker broke his nearly 8-game drought.

The Egyptian baby, who has always been low-key, was ecstatic, and finally got a yellow card for taking off his jersey to celebrate.

Liverpool expanded their advantage in the 88th minute. Captain Henderson sealed the victory. This time it was a long pass from Maguire. Firmino broke into the penalty area and made a cross from the right. Henderson pushed a shot into the net from the small penalty area, 3-1.

In the end, Liverpool defeated Southampton 3-1 away, Keita equalized the score, Salah scored a goal, Henderson passed a shot, and Liverpool temporarily led by 6 point after 1 consecutive victories.

3-1!Liverpool completed a big reversal in the away game. Having won 6 consecutive victories, they now overtook Manchester City again, ranking first in the league with a 1-point advantage.

In fact, Liverpool has struggled quite a lot in this campaign, and the bright spots on the field are very limited, but the most important thing is to get 3 points in their hands.

However, the referee group of this game came to the cusp again after the game. Liverpool's equalizer goal was suspected of being offside, which made people have to re-examine the problem that the Premier League does not currently use VAR.

The highly controversial moment came in the 36th minute, when Trent Alexander-Arnold headed the ball over from midfield and Salah sprinted forward from between the two defenders, just as Keita scored Liverpool's equalizer. Generated after this pass.

However, it can be seen from the live broadcast that Salah's body slightly exceeded the offside line at the moment of receiving the ball, but neither the referee Paul Tierney nor the linesman made any comments.

Liverpool star Carragher, who was a guest commentator at the scene, bluntly said that the goal of his old club was offside:
"The Southampton players were complaining about Salah being offside, that's offside, (with VAR) it shouldn't be considered valid, his boot was just over the offside line. The linesman was in a good position and he was able to see clearly. Seeing the situation at the time. You can't criticize the referee because it's really offside."

Former Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason satirized Liverpool on his Twitter account: "This is another offside goal for Liverpool!"

Before equalizing the score through this goal, Liverpool was very passive on the field. The defense line had obvious flaws under Southampton's stormy onslaught, and the Red Army's offensive end had no bright spots.

This suspected offside goal turned the game 180 degrees. After returning to the same starting line, Liverpool stabilized their position. Although they did not create a good chance, Salah and Henderson finished at the last moment. Scored a goal and helped Liverpool achieve an away reversal.

The result of this game will undoubtedly have an impact on the ownership of the Premier League title this season. Any good news for Liverpool will undoubtedly be bad news for Manchester City.

The competition between Liverpool and Manchester City for the Premier League championship has entered a fierce stage. The Blue Moon Legion has won 8 consecutive victories in the league. The Red Army currently has 6 consecutive victories and leads by 1 point.

Liverpool scored 3 points with Zhang Maiquan at the last moment of the last round. At that time, Guardiola lamented Liverpool's extraordinary luck:
"When you see them score, you're like 'Ah, I'm X!' But, no one is going to say it's easy, no one!"

I don't know how Guardiola will feel after seeing Liverpool's reversal process this round?

And Klopp, who had just successfully walked through the wire night, was naturally in a good mood, and did not hesitate to attack Guardiola with a wave of poisonous milk: Manchester City is the strongest team in the world!

The championship battle between Manchester City and Liverpool is full of excitement. As the championship is heating up, Klopp once again praised his opponent Manchester City.

Klopp gave Manchester City high praise after the game. He said:

"If you look at it from an outsider's perspective, you would think that Manchester City might surpass us, and I think so. Right now, Manchester City, they look like the best team in the world. That's it, Barcelona is not bad either. , they just had a 4-4 draw with Villarreal in the previous La Liga game despite some struggles."

"Juventus look impressive in Serie A, but in the Champions League, their prospects are not yet known. In my opinion, Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​​​plus Juventus, these three teams The team are the top three favorites to win the Champions League this season. However, that doesn't mean the aforementioned three teams will win all of their games, and I can imagine some would think so, but it doesn't improve what they do possibility of this."

Klopp's citations are more like responding to Guardiola's previous poisonous milk against Zhang Mai, but is Manchester City really the strongest team in football today?
Sure enough, Klopp changed the subject and talked about Liverpool:

"I want to ask, how many people watched the full 90 minutes of Manchester City's game? It was their 2-0 victory over Fulham. We won 2-1 against Fulham. We made a mistake. But I Don't care, I'm not interested in the odds or anything. I'm only interested in our game and trying to win as much as possible."

"We were really happy after beating Tottenham on Sunday, but we knew we had the next challenge soon - Southampton, then Porto, then Chelsea, Porto. There were a lot of games to come. Playing, the only thing I can say is that we will do our best to play every game well."

Uncle scum is indeed a scumbag. If it were Mourinho, he would definitely say this:
"I'm a big fan of Man City being the best team in the world, but we're one point ahead of Man City!"

……

The rhetoric between the head coaches was extremely hot, and Zhang Mai, who did not play in the 33rd round of the league, led a group of substitutes and rotations in the FA Cup semi-finals on the second day.

In the end, relying on Zhang Mai's brace, Liverpool beat Watford 3-1 and will soon meet Manchester City in the FA Cup final on May 5.

(End of this chapter)