Revive Liverpool

Chapter 140 Advance to the League Cup Final

Liverpool defeated Stoke City at home in the League and achieved the first victory of the 2012 Premier League.

Although they failed to win against Manchester City in the first game in 2012 and failed to make a good start, they were able to break through the defense and win against Stoke City's tenacious defense afterwards, which can be regarded as a relatively good start for Liverpool's new year.

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英格兰时间1月21日17:30，英超联赛第22轮的比赛迎来一场比赛，利物浦做客对阵博尔顿。

Liverpool's goalkeeper is still Keylor Navas, Agger and Skrtel partner in the center, Martin Kelly and Glenn Johnson appear on the flanks.

In the midfield, Gerrard leads, De Bruyne and Kanter are in the middle, Griezmann and Maxi Rodriguez appear on both sides; the forward line is the single arrow.

In the 8th minute, Martin Kelly dribbled the ball and was intercepted by Igors, and then Igors dribbled the ball along the baseline and then made a cross pass, and the ball slid past the goal.

In the 18th minute, Agger passed the ball to De Bruyne after a long-distance attack. The latter tried a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball was taken by Bogdan.

In the 23rd minute, Gerrard made an oblique pass to the penalty area, and Dirk Dirk's header was taken by Bogdan, but the referee also ruled that the ball was offside.

In the 29th minute, Bolton threw a throw-in, Bolton played a match on the right side, and Igors passed the ball to Leo Kirk who came to meet him.

Leocock passed the ball to Petrov, who was leaning on Skotel with his back, and Petrov passed the ball to Igors who came to the center.

Igors dribbled the ball to the penalty area line and cleverly passed it to Leo Kirk who was running forward. The latter stopped the ball in the chest and calmly shot. Navas' block failed. Leo Kirk helped Bolton rewrite the score to [-]-[-].

In the 37th minute, Bogdan took a goal kick. Maxi Rodriguez grabbed the first point and pushed the ball forward. After that, Dirk Didier headed the ball.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool drew with Bolton [-]-[-].

After the second half, the two teams did not choose to make personnel adjustments during the intermission.

In the 54th minute, Liverpool took the lead in making adjustments. Lewandowski and Meireles came on to replace Dirk Drivet and Maxi Rodriguez.

However, after the two sides made substitutions and adjustments, the two sides did not score any more goals throughout the second half.

Until the game entered the stoppage time period, in the 91st minute Meirelles received a pass from Kanter at the front of the penalty area and then got rid of the defense and kicked the goal.

The score failed to be rewritten again in the following time, and after nearly 6 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew his whistle to end the game.

At the end of the game, Liverpool defeated Bolton away and continued the New Year's victory.

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At 1:25 on the evening of January 19th, in the focus of the second round of the English League Cup semi-final, Liverpool sat at Anfield Stadium against Manchester City and started.

The League Cup has entered the semi-finals, and Liverpool must not ignore it. The lineup is similar to that of the league.

Starting goalkeeper Keylor Navas, two central defenders David Luiz and Agger, two full-backs Danny Rose and Glenn Johnson.

Gerrard continued to play midfield, Meirelles and Aquilani.

Forward line Griezmann, Lewandowski and Dirk.

The game started, and Manchester City, who played away, kicked off first.

In the 8th minute, Nasri's long-range shot from the outside of the penalty area was higher than the crossbar. Aquilani also responded with a long-range shot after 3 minutes, but the angle of his shot was too straight, and Joe Hart fell to the ground and confiscated the ball.

In the 16th minute, Manchester City got a right corner kick, David Silva passed the ball into the penalty area, and Aquilani kicked Dzeko down in the penalty area while defending, but the referee ignored it.

In the 30th minute, Dirk Dirk and Lescott got into a dispute over the right to serve a throw-in, which shows how much the two teams attach importance to this game.

In the 31st minute, Manchester City took the lead in breaking the deadlock. David Silva dribbled the ball from the left and then made an emergency stop.

Manchester City led [-]-[-] at Anfield, and the total score of the two teams also became [-]-[-]!

Liverpool, which has the advantage of home court, is definitely not reconciled to being led by the opponent like this.

In the 40th minute, Liverpool won a penalty. Glen Johnson crossed the goal from the right and was blocked by the Manchester City defender.

But the ball after the block came right at Ager's feet, and Ager's in-situ shot hit Richards who wanted to fall to the ground to block it.

The referee awarded a penalty kick and Gerrard accurately scored the ball in the lower left corner of the goal.

The two sides tied [-]-[-], and Liverpool led [-]-[-] on aggregate!

The first half is over.

In the second half of the game, the game changed sides and fought again. Manchester City, who were in desperate need of goals, replaced Aguero and central defender Savage was replaced.

In the 48th minute, Hart, who performed bravely, blocked a shot from Dirk.

Four minutes later, Gerrard used a free kick on the left side of the front field to shoot directly. Hart saved the ball, but Manchester City players made a mistake in making a clearance. Skrtel intercepted the ball in the penalty area and volleyed from close range.

In the 54th minute, Couitt made a high-speed breakthrough from the right and made a pass. Downing, who outflanked the goal behind the goal, volleyed from a small angle. Hart blocked the ball out of the baseline with his foot, and then Kolarov was given a yellow card for a foul.

In the 64th minute, Danny Rose was given a yellow card for a foul.

In the 67th minute, Manchester City took the lead again. Kolarov broke through from the left and made a pass. The ball passed three Liverpool defensive players and Manchester City's offensive players at the previous point.

Accurately found Dzeko, who was ambushing behind the goal, the Bosnian striker succeeded in pushing a shot from close range in front of the goal. Manchester City led [-]-[-], and the total score of the two teams was [-]-[-].

Manchester City rekindled their hopes of qualifying.

But in the end Liverpool snuffed out this hope.

In the 74th minute, Liverpool equalized the score again. Dirk Didier got rid of the defense on the right side and took the ball all the way to the middle. Griezmann passed the ball to Glenn Johnson on the right. After turning around, Glenn Johnson made a cross from the right to Griezmann. Griezmann scored near the penalty spot and Liverpool led [-]-[-] on the total score!
In the 78th minute, Adam Johnson came on to replace De Jong, and Manchester City continued to strengthen their offense.

After 3 minutes, Adam Johnson broke into the right side of the penalty area, but he turned around and swayed the defensive left foot shot slightly wide of the far corner of the goal.

At the end of the game, Liverpool eliminated Manchester City with a total score of [-]-[-] and successfully advanced to the final of the League Cup.

(End of this chapter)