Bab 56: Chapter 258 This is Anfield, but it is Liverpool who are desperate!
"With this draw, I feel like Bayern is going to the final again!"
"We have reached the finals three years in a row, so I asked who else is there?"
"Do you look down on Atletico Madrid so much?"
"I have a hunch that Bayern may overturn!"
"Haha, then I thought Real Madrid would lose to Manchester City!"
Seeing this draw result, fans talked a lot.
The mainstream view is that this pick is very beneficial to Bayern and Real Madrid, and they have great hopes of advancing to the finals.
Of course, some people hold different views and believe that Atletico Madrid and Manchester City can cause some trouble for Bayern and Real Madrid.
Real Madrid's mouthpiece Marca believes that Real Madrid needs to take Manchester City seriously, especially in the first away game.
"Manchester City's home record this season is very good. They have only lost one game at home so far. It is not easy to conquer the Etihad Stadium."
Aspen also believes that when Manchester City has a superstar like Lin Quan, Real Madrid must go all out, and any carelessness will pay a heavy price.
However, whether it is AS reported or Marca reported, they all feel that Real Madrid has a better chance of winning as long as they go all out!
"On the way to the tenth championship trophy in team history, Real Madrid will overcome all difficulties. No matter who stands in front of Real Madrid, they will be crushed by Real Madrid!"
"Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"
The Champions League semi-finals will begin on April 24, with Manchester City facing Real Madrid at home in the first leg.
This game is very important. If Real Madrid cannot be defeated at home, it may be a disaster in the away game.
However, it is too difficult to win Real Madrid with Bell and Ronaldo.
The Manchester City club seems to be very aware of the difficulty of reaching the finals, so Fahim personally came forward to relieve the pressure on the players and coaching staff and let them concentrate on playing in the league.
"Our set goals this season have been achieved. Now every step is making history. Regardless of success or failure, you are the heroes of the team."
Of course, having said that, you still have to have dreams. What if you succeed?
Fahim immediately said that if Manchester City can eliminate Real Madrid and reach the final, the club will pay a huge one-time bonus of 10 million pounds.
Upon hearing this bonus amount, the players couldn't help but breathe quickly.
10 million pounds, which is more than the annual salary of most players in the team!
Let's not talk about honors, even if it's for money, we have to defeat Real Madrid!
Seeing the players' morale suddenly rising, Pellegrini was a little dumbfounded.
Sure enough, money and silk are very attractive!
Not to mention the players, he, the coach, was tempted.
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On April 12, the third day after the Champions League match, the entire Manchester City team took a bus to Liverpool, dozens of kilometers away, preparing to go to Anfield Stadium to challenge the declining giants - the Red Army Liverpool!
As one of the four giants in the Premier League, Liverpool has not won the Premier League championship for more than 20 years.
Liverpool's last British top league championship was won in 1989-1990, before the Premier League was restructured.
Since the reorganization of the Premier League, Liverpool has never won a championship.
Coincidentally, the time when the Red Devils' meritorious coach Ferguson came to Old Trafford coincided with the time of Liverpool's decline.
Before Ferguson came to Manchester United, Manchester United only had 7 championship trophies, while Liverpool had 19.
By the time Ferguson left, Manchester United's number of championship trophies had soared to 20, surpassing Liverpool and becoming one of the most successful teams in the history of the British top league.
Ferguson fulfilled his promise and not only won 13 Premier League championship trophies for Manchester United, but also personally kicked Liverpool off the throne.
Now, after finally retiring this old guy, the Red Army has also shown signs of recovery.
Their record this season is very good. After 33 league rounds, their points have soared to 74 points, 13 points higher than the final points last season!
With this point, after four years of absence from the Champions League, Liverpool will finally be able to return to the Champions League next season.
Not only that, there are still five rounds of the Premier League to play, and Liverpool still theoretically retains the hope of winning the championship, although the hope is not very high.
But for the Red Army, which once created a miracle in Istanbul, how can they give up without fighting until the last minute?
Currently, Liverpool is 7 points behind Manchester City at the top of the list. If they can defeat the opponent at home, this point difference will be reduced to 4 points.
After this game, there are still 4 rounds left before the end of the league. Whether they can win the championship depends on whether Manchester City will continue to make mistakes.
But no matter what, if they want to retain their hope of winning the championship, they must win Manchester City at home. Otherwise, if Manchester City returns to home in the next game, as long as they win, they will win the championship three rounds in advance.
Even the theoretical hope is enough to make Liverpool fans who have been without a championship for more than 20 years crazy.
Besides, even if they fail to win the championship in the end, they still have to defeat Manchester City.
After all, watching others make money is more painful than losing money yourself.
Liverpool fans are so 'enthusiastic' that Manchester City's bus was blocked by them on the road before it even approached the stadium.
"Go to hell, Mancunians!"
"Get out of Liverpool!"
"We'll beat you to tears at Anfield!"
If it's just verbal abuse, then it's okay. Manchester City has actually encountered this kind of thing when playing other away games.
There are many football hooligans in the UK. Some crazy fans will not only block the visiting team's bus, but will even go to the visiting team's training ground and hotel to make noise, disrupting their training and rest.
If they just talk but don't do anything, that's actually fine. But if they talk and then do something, that would be a bit troublesome!
There was a loud bang, and someone threw something towards the bus.
A half-empty mineral water bottle hit the window of the team bus, startling Javi Garcia who was sitting by the window.
It seems that what they were most worried about happened!
Seeing that the faces of the Red Army fans wearing Liverpool jerseys had the same color as their clothes, the expressions of the Manchester City players in the car became serious.
These guys have drank countless amounts of fake wine. When these fans who drink too much have their minds heated, it is easy for them to behave irrationally.
Facing the surging Red Army fans, in order to ensure the safety of the players, the manager of Manchester City immediately chose to call the police and waited for the police to help disperse these fanatical fans.
After receiving the news, the mounted police patrolling outside the stadium quickly rushed to the scene.
In every round of Premier League matches, there are a large number of police officers outside the competition venues responsible for maintaining law and order.
They were very experienced in how to deal with these fanatical fans. With the help of the mounted police, the Manchester City bus moved forward slowly and finally arrived at Anfield an hour later than scheduled.
Because it was much later than the scheduled time, Pellegrini did not have time to explain the tactics. He asked the players to go to the court to warm up and adapt to the venue.
Time is tight and the players' bodies must be warmed up before the game starts.
Manchester City players were booed by Liverpool fans as soon as they stepped onto the pitch.
"Honestly, when I hear their boos, I feel irritated and have the urge to teach them a lesson!"
The anger in the hearts of the Manchester City players, who were overwhelmed by the Liverpool fans, was rising.
This is a good thing and a bad thing.
When playing away games, the biggest fear is to be intimidated by the opponent's home momentum, and then play timidly and perform abnormally.
Looking at the state of Manchester City players, this concern can be dispelled.
Of course, anger also has a bad side, that is, it is easy for players to lose their minds and make some impulsive choices.
For example, if you commit a foul at an unnecessary position and time, you will receive a yellow card or even a red card.
On the court, some players specialize in doing this kind of thing. They use small moves in defense and trash talk in their mouths to stimulate the opponent's players, anger them, and make them make mistakes.
The most serious one was Zidane's shocking collision in the 2006 World Cup final, knocking off the French team's championship trophy!
Zizou, who was angered by Materazzi's trash talk, made a huge mistake because of his irrational behavior on the field, which prevented his career from ending satisfactorily!
At Anfield, Manchester City seemed to be showing signs of this.
Wait until the players have finished warming up and return to the locker room.
There were only ten minutes left in the game, and Pellegrini didn't talk about tactics or anything.
He asked the players: "Do you see that sign on the wall facing the tunnel?"
The players didn't know what the head coach was going to say, but they nodded obediently.
"Great, can someone tell me what it says?"
"This is Anfield!"
Someone reminded him in a low voice, as if he really regarded his head coach as a bad old man with low energy and easy forgetfulness.
This Anfield brand was established by the Red Army's legendary coach Shankly, and it has a history of fifty years!
Throughout the Premier League, and even throughout Europe, no player who has visited Anfield knows the existence of this brand.
Because it stands on the wall facing the entrance to the players' tunnel, players on both sides will inevitably see it on their way back from the court to the locker room.
"What did you say, I didn't hear it!"
"This is Anfield!"
The player in question loudly repeated what he had said before.
"Yes, this is Anfield!"
Pellegrini waited until the other party repeated the previous words loudly, and then introduced in a eloquent tone:
"This is Anfield, a great stadium and the most difficult home ground to conquer in the Premier League!
The owner of this stadium, Liverpool, holds 19 league titles and 5 Champions League titles. In front of them, we are nothing! "
Pellegrini's words made the Manchester City players very depressed. Why did the head coach sing praises for his opponent before the game even started?
Doesn't this make others' ambitions destroy one's own prestige?
Lin Quan glanced at Pellegrini. The Chilean said this before the game, certainly not to demoralize the players.
Sure enough, I saw the blank and stunned eyes of the players.
The Chilean engineer smiled slightly and said:
"But so what? Liverpool's glory belongs to the past, but we are on the road to creating legends.
One day, we at Manchester City will become as brilliant as Liverpool, or even more glorious than Liverpool! "
"Go, step onto the field from here, snatch the victory and championship from Liverpool, tell them, you old guys, continue to sink with your pride, the new era belongs to us Manchester City!"
Pellegrini's words made the players excited.
What Manchester City fans and players care most about is others talking about history and heritage in front of them.
Because Manchester City doesn't have these things.
They are a nouveau riche, or a newly rising nouveau riche.
And what they faced at Anfield was the team with the deepest history and the most honors in the Premier League!
Such a huge gap would have easily given Manchester City players an inferiority complex.
But now, there is no inferiority complex, only a strong fighting spirit and the urge to step on a giant like Liverpool!
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Entering the player tunnel, the Liverpool players looked at their opponents curiously, as if they wanted to see on their faces the fear and uneasiness of country bumpkin coming to Anfield.
However, they didn't see what they wanted to see.
Manchester City's players were not panicked or nervous, but all of them looked eager to try.
It seems that they can't wait to start the game!
Humph, it's just pretentious!
After the game starts, I will let you see the true strength of Liverpool at Anfield Stadium!
At 19 o'clock, with the referee's whistle, Liverpool's home game against Manchester City officially started.
Before the game started, the Red Army fans in the stands had already started singing.
They sang the famous song "Never Walk Alone".
Encouraged by tens of thousands of fans at the scene, Liverpool launched a fierce attack on Manchester City, trying to use offense to quickly defeat their opponents.
Coutinho, Sterling, Suarez, Skrtel and other Liverpool players were extremely active on the offensive end, attracting bursts of applause and cheers from the fans at the scene.
However, their opponents seemed undeterred by their onslaught.
Manchester City has been extremely proactive since the opening game.
They boldly fought against Liverpool in the away game. Lin Quan, Aguero, David Silva, Navas and others also frequently threatened Liverpool's goal.
The two teams fought against each other at Anfield!
Liverpool fans were stunned to see such boldness from their opponents.
Few teams coming to Anfield dare to play against Liverpool.
Manchester City is so arrogant!
They sang even harder, eager to lend all their strength to the players on the field and let them beat the guys on the opposite side to death!
The pace of the game was very fast. The first half only lasted 15 minutes. The two teams completed a total of 10 shots, averaging once every minute and a half.
Such a fierce attack means that there will definitely be no shortage of goals in this game.
Sure enough, in the 16th minute of the first half, the first goal came.
Liverpool's attacking midfielder Sterling received Suarez's pass, entered the penalty area, passed Demichelis, and succeeded in pushing the shot into the near corner, taking the lead in scoring.
Liverpool temporarily leads 1:0!
Sterling's goal ignited the atmosphere at Anfield and the Liverpool fans celebrated wildly as if they had won the game.
However, after just one minute, Manchester City equalized the score.
After David Silva and Lin Quan completed the cooperation against the wall, the latter dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area, faced the attacking goalkeeper and passed the ball in front of the goal, assisting Aguero to score with a shovel, and Manchester City quickly equalized the score!
The score became 1:1!
"Damn it, why don't these damn Manchester people want to die honestly?"
Liverpool fans were very angry. They had just started celebrating, and before many of them had finished celebrating, their opponents scored.
It makes them feel like they've eaten a fly!
However, what makes them even more uncomfortable is yet to come.
In the 27th minute, Kroos took a corner kick, and Yaya Toure hit the post with a header. In the melee in front of the goal, Lin Quan cleverly made a follow-up shot and kicked the ball into Liverpool's goal again.
Manchester City completed the reversal in the away game and temporarily led Liverpool 2:1.
Lin Quan's goal temporarily stopped the singing at Anfield. Liverpool fans seemed to have forgotten to sing, and everyone looked at their own goal in stunned silence.
So, falling behind?
Not only did they withstand Liverpool's attack, but they even took the lead in the confrontation?
This gave Liverpool fans a bad feeling in their hearts!
After finally defeating Manchester United, Liverpool's record has improved greatly this season. Many Red Army fans feel that this is a sign that their team will rise again.
However, Manchester City's two goals within ten minutes were like two basins of cold water poured on them, making them wake up instantly!
What they are facing now is the top of the Premier League, not a weakling!
After a brief silence, the Red Army fans once again sang the team anthem in unison:
Through the strong wind!
Through the rainstorm!
Let the world laugh at your dreams!
keep going!
you'll never Walk Alone!
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Under the singing of the fans at the scene, every Liverpool player was excited and frantically launched a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal again and again.
Finally, in the 37th minute, Liverpool scored another goal.
Skrtel received a cross from Gerrard, shook off Lescott and scored with a header.
2-2!
Liverpool tenaciously equalized the score!
The Red Army fans became excited again and celebrated with singing and dancing.
It seems that equalizing the score is also something worth celebrating!
However, Manchester City is like an invincible little strongman, so tenacious that it is terrifying.
In the 43rd minute, De Bruyne sent a fatal through ball. Lin Quan successfully reversed the offside and went to the meeting alone. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he easily passed him and pushed the shot into the empty goal, completing his two goals.
3:2, Manchester City once again took the lead.
Liverpool fans are in despair!
Why are your opponents so tenacious!
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