Chapter 407: Champions League quarterfinals

Liverpool won a hard-fought victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

However, Leicester City, who were in hot pursuit behind them, also won as the Foxes won 1-0 at home to Liverpool's Southampton in the last league round.

Now, after 32 rounds of the league, Liverpool leads with 69 points, Leicester City follows with 67 points, the difference is only two points, Arsenal beat Watford 4-0 in this round, the points surpass Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal is in third place with 59 points, Tottenham Hotspur is fourth with 58 points, Manchester City is fifth with 52 points, West Ham United is also 52 points, however, because of the goal difference is in sixth place, Manchester United is in seventh place with 49 points, but, Liverpool and Manchester City both have played one game less.

With six rounds of league games remaining, Manchester United, with 49 points, has basically no hope of finishing in the top four, and the most practical situation is that it is not easy for Manchester United to finally finish in the top six, and West Ham United have been in very good form recently.

In addition, Manchester City is ranked fifth in the league, six points behind the fourth-place Tottenham Hotspur, which has also caused a heated discussion in the English media, and it can even be said to be ridiculed.

In this context, The Sun reports that Manchester City's Arab bosses are unhappy with the current state of the team, have considered throwing money at the summer transfer market, and are said to have targeted a superstar, although it is not explicitly stated, but the Sun has implied that Manchester City's target is Premier League number one Jiang Chenxi.

Of course, Liverpool fans don't believe this report of The Sun, or they can be said to be extremely disgusted, they have a deep old grudge against this media, anyway, the "Sun" has not been less rumors to disturb Liverpool's military morale.

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Three days later, Liverpool welcomed the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals.

They host old rivals Manchester City.

Despite the strength of the Manchester City team, before the game, many media commented that this game can be said to be relatively suspenseful in the quarterfinals, because Liverpool has maintained a complete victory against the Manchester City team in recent seasons, especially after Jiang Chenxi joined Liverpool.

The Guardian even bluntly said that the Manchester City team has suffered from 'Jiang Chenxi's phobia'.

“Goooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!”

"De Bruyne! Beautiful goal! He scored with a shot after cutting inside! Manchester City's performance surprised everyone! ”

On the pitch, Kevin De Bruyne was running to celebrate the goal, and behind him were the excited Sergio Aguero and David. Silvas.

The electronic scoreboard at Anfield shows the score so far, 1:2, with the home team in front and the visitors behind, with the visitors Manchester City in the lead.

In this game, Liverpool's start was perfect, Jiang Chenxi's shot was saved by Hart, Liverpool's corner kick opportunity, Lallana's corner kick, and Van Dijk, who is tall, beat Mangala's header to score!

1 to 0!

Just three minutes into the game, the goal sent the Anfield stadium jubilant, from the dugout and the bench to the top of the pitch.

The fans, the coaches, even the reporters in the media box, the commentators in the commentary box, everyone thought: sure enough, Liverpool is ahead, the goal comes so quickly, so easily, it seems that their guess is correct, Liverpool will pass the Manchester City team relatively easily.

However, the ensuing course of the game was beyond everyone's expectations.

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Manchester City weren't frustrated by the goal conceded, and their manager Manuel Pellegrini wasn't angry, as he sat in the dugout and looked quiet.

Manchester City are clearly prepared for them to be behind.

They are mentally prepared for the difficulty of playing away at Anfield.

On the Liverpool side, after scoring a goal, the mentality of the Liverpool players was obviously a little relaxed, perhaps because of the winning record against Manchester City in the past two seasons, which made them a little contemptuous of this opponent.

This relaxation of mentality and contempt for action made Liverpool pay the price very quickly.

Liverpool were soon attacked by Manchester City on a counter-attack!

It was a careless pass from Emrejan in midfield that was tackled by Fernandinho and then quickly fed Kevin De Bruyne, who pulled the ball beautifully to avoid Milner's top tackle and deliver a pinpoint through ball that City counter-attacked quickly.

After Sergio Aguero's shot was saved by Carrius for the first time, he took control of the ball before it went off the line and then passed it back, but De Bruyne did not stop the ball, but pushed it and Fernandinho cut it in.

1-1, Manchester City equalised!

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When the score became 1-1, the mentality of the Liverpool players changed again.

The fact that Manchester City scored away and the score was tied made them impatient, and the rush to score made them press higher and higher. With such a good counterattack opportunity, the Manchester City team, whose strength is higher than the league ranking, will naturally not let it go.

They took advantage of Liverpool's big pressure and scored again on a counter-attack with Kevin De Bruyne's in-cut shot.

Two to one!

The visitors, Manchester City, were 1-0 down and scored twice in the 15th and 36th minutes to put the score on the scoreline.

It was a mental process to go from being relaxed after an early goal to being impatient after being equalised by Manchester City.

And now, it was actually scored twice in a row by Manchester City, Liverpool is now 1-2 behind, and at the same time the opponent got two away goals, Liverpool's players can no longer be described as impatient, they are now a little scared, a little worried.

They are afraid of losing!

Liverpool's players suddenly realized that although they had a good record against Manchester City before, they underestimated this opponent, which was the league champion of the previous season, and it was a Manchester City team with strong capital and strength that was not inferior to them!

From despising the opponent to now being a little worried and scared, the impact of this psychological process on the Liverpool players is huge.

Thinking so, the action was deformed, absent-minded, and the rhythm of the game began to be controlled by Manchester City.

In this situation, Liverpool are playing worse and worse.

In first-half stoppage time, Sergio Aguero hit the post with a shot that could have been 3-1 down if it weren't for luck, which would have been a huge blow to Liverpool at home.

When referee Rizzoli blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score of the first half was temporarily fixed at 1-2, and Liverpool fell behind Manchester City 1-2 at home.

It was a score that no one expected before the game.

The camera gave a close-up of the players who exited, Manchester City was excited, the players had smiles on their faces, and some Manchester City fans gave a thumbs up to De Bruyne, the biggest contributor to Manchester City's reversal, who smiled a little shyly; On Liverpool's side, the players were a little frustrated, bowing their heads and quickly leaving the pitch through the players' corridors, and this first half was definitely the worst half of Liverpool's recent period.

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