This match between Manchester City and Liverpool, in addition to the battle for the top spot, has two big highlights.

This match has two players who need to face their former owners.

For Liverpool, James Milner is back at the Etihad Stadium, but instead of the blue of a blue moon, he is wearing the red shirt of the Reds.

In the summer of last year, James. James Milner has officially ended his five-year Manchester City career with Liverpool. Since moving to Manchester City from Aston Villa in 2010, Milner has made 203 appearances for Manchester City, scoring 18 goals and has been instrumental in the team's FA Cup, League Cup and two Premier League titles.

Manchester City fans were grateful for Milner's contribution to Manchester City, and when Milner's name was read out on the radio, the crowd burst into applause as they thanked the veteran for his contribution to the Blue Moon.

On Manchester City's side, the young England international Sterling also had to face his old boss Liverpool this time, when Sterling's name was read out on the radio, the Liverpool fans in the away fan stands let out huge boos, and Milner was different from Manchester City's peaceful parting, Sterling in order to transfer to Manchester City, it can be said that he tore his face with Liverpool, and even threatened to boycott the game before he was finally able to transfer away.

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The live camera also gave Sterling a close-up at the beginning of the game, falling out with Liverpool, and finally joining Manchester City for a sky-high price of 49 million pounds, Sterling, was clearly the focus of the game.

'Raheem Sterling should have been under a lot of pressure today. "The media will look at his performance today with a magnifying glass, and if he can perform well and prove that he made the right decision to come to Manchester City, if he performs badly, then there will be nothing good to say after the game. ”

Raheem Sterling obviously knows that, so after the game started, Sterling worked hard, raising his hand up front for the ball, and he wanted to be able to perform well in the game, preferably to score goals, and help Manchester City win Liverpool at home.

In addition to Raheem Sterling, Jiang Chenxi is also the focus of media attention, he scored a hat-trick in the previous two league games against Chelsea and Southampton, respectively, and achieved a hat-trick brace, and the audience is also looking forward to what kind of performance the super goalscorer can have in this peak matchup.

In fact, before the game, some betting institutions offered odds for whether Jiang Chenxi could score a hat trick in this battle for the top spot and achieve a big hat trick in three consecutive games.

However, what all the viewers didn't expect was that it was not Jiang Chenxi or Sterling who came out first in this game.

The game was due to one player, an accident, and this summit matchup deviated from the track that everyone had predicted before the game from the start.

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In the seventh minute of the game, Milner broke through the ball after breaking the ball from the feet of Sagna, Jiang Chenxi took the ball in the front court, waited for Salah to come up, he passed the ball to Salah, and turned forward himself, Salah took the ball and shook off Fernando and then divided the ball, and Firmino passed back to the bottom line on the left side.

A cross that didn't pose much of a threat was unexpected.

Jiang Chenxi rushed forward, ready to grab a shot, Mangala followed him to death, objectively speaking, this time Mangala's defense is in place, the French defender's body is indeed very strong, stuck in most of the position, leaving little space for Jiang Chenxi.

However, I don't know if it was because he was too jealous and too nervous about Jiang Chenxi next to him, Mangala made a mistake in his busy schedule and accidentally touched the ball into his own door, 0:1!

Manchester City conceded a goal!

It was their own player Mangala who scored the goal.

Liverpool got off to a dream start with a 1-0 away lead thanks to Mangala's own goal.

“Goooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaal！”

"It's so unexpected, Mangala is defending Jiang, Jiang can't get a chance to shoot, but Mangala touches the football into his own goal!"

"One to zero! Hapless Mangala! He 'helped' Liverpool to take the lead away! ”

At this time, many viewers and fans remembered what Mangala said before the game that he wanted to guard against Jiang Chenxi, and in this situation, it really made people laugh and cry.

He did prevent Jiang Chenxi and did not let Jiang Chenxi score, but he himself scored an own goal under Jiang Chenxi's persecution.

"Well, at least Mangala did what he said, he didn't let Jiang score!" Lineker shook his head and said humorously.

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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini spread his hands on the sidelines, such a start, such a way of conceding the goal, it really made him 'speechless'.

However, fortunately, the game has only just started, and there is still time, so let's just lose the first leg 0-1, and now it's the second leg with a 0-1 disadvantage. Pellegrini could only console himself.

In fact, the tactics formulated by Pellegrini for the Manchester City team in this game are steady, Manchester City is the leader, there is no need to press out, even if this game is a draw with Liverpool at home, Pellegrini is acceptable, but Liverpool is two points behind Manchester City in the standings, if you can't chase points in a direct duel, you will be a little disappointed.

It's just that now, after scoring an own goal at the beginning, Pellegrini's previous tactics have failed, and in the current situation, Liverpool can play a defensive counterattack after a one-goal lead, but Manchester City must launch an attack as soon as possible to score goals.

After the game resumed, Manchester City began to try to press out and attack.

However, what Pellegrini didn't expect was that Liverpool did not defend after taking the lead, but suddenly launched a more fierce attack, which caught Manchester City off guard.

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In the fifteenth minute of the game, Lallana sent a through ball in the midfield.

Jiang Chenxi slashed to the position.

Yaya Toure didn't rush up, he stabilized his center of gravity and waited for the battle.

However, Yaya Toure found that he underestimated Jiang Chenxi's speed, and after Jiang Chenxi got the football, he took a trip, and then accelerated suddenly, and only took two steps to dribble the ball in front of him.

Yaya Toure only regretted a little at this time, he didn't go up to force Jiang Chenxi when he got the ball, and now he hurriedly made an interception action.

However, the distance between the two sides was too close, which gave Jiang Chenxi the opportunity to show his ability to change direction in a quick stop in high-speed dribbling.

Flick the ball and then accelerate again.

Yaya Toure was just about to make an interception when he felt bad, he only felt a gust of wind blowing past him...... Jiang Chenxi rushed over with the ball.

So fast!

Yaya Toure was shocked.

Broken through?!

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