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Chapter 1172 It's Not Time to Celebrate Now

After Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored, there was no singing in the sky above Anfield.

Liverpool fans really can't imagine that when their team is in good shape, they will face Manchester City at home and let the opponent score two goals in a row within 10 minutes of the game...

How to play this game?
Even the most optimistic Liverpool fans feel pain and despair at this time.

You say it's okay to face other teams.

Now Liverpool's opponent is Manchester City!
It is Manchester City with glory!
How good he is, Liverpool fans know it all too well.

When Liverpool counterattacked with all their might, how could Rongguang miss so many opportunities to counterattack?

Think about Real Madrid...

Liverpool fans feel hopeless.

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Liverpool fans were right.

In the next game, although Liverpool regained their spirits, they desperately attacked Manchester City's goal.

But after Manchester City recovered across the board, they didn't have many options.

Carroll has the ability to head the ball, so Liverpool kept crossing from the wing.

But Kompany and Lucio are not vegetarians either.

They are trustworthy against high balls.

Coupled with Manchester City's counterattack, Liverpool's defense was disturbed, and there was no way to provide too much support for the offense.

Before the end of the first half, Manchester City led Liverpool 2-0.

John Mortensen said: "With 45 minutes to go, they will equal Arsenal's record..."

These words made many Arsenal fans who were watching the game in front of the TV feel a lot colder.

Could it be that their record can only monopolize half of the game?

Although Arsenal will still hold the record after Manchester City wins this game, Arsenal fans want to completely monopolize this record.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Liverpool besieged Manchester City, while Manchester City shrank their defense.

But no one thinks that Manchester City is at a disadvantage now and may lose the ball at any time.

Because this is the normal form of Manchester City's game.

They shrink their defense in order to better counterattack.

As long as Manchester City still has glory on the field, it cannot be said that they are at a disadvantage.

Liverpool attacked like crazy, hoping to equalize the score.

In the second half, Dalglish adjusted his offensive routine, changing the routine of blindly passing high-altitude balls to find Carroll in the first half and letting Carroll head the ball.

After turning into a high ball to find Carroll, let Carroll control the first landing point, and then give the football Baidu to Dirk Dirk and Suarez.

Let the two strikers figure things out.

Dalglish's adjustment is mainly because Carroll is too conspicuous as the team's high center forward. He will definitely be marked by Manchester City's central defenders.

Relatively speaking, the defensive pressure of Suarez and Dirk is not so great, they can look for space.

Especially Suarez.

His running position is very ghostly and flexible.

However, these adjustments did not help.

Most of the time, it still depends on the personal abilities of the three people of Dirk, Carroll and Suarez.

There is no cooperation at all.

If you have to say something about cooperation...the cross from the wing, Carroll's header ferry, that is cooperation.

Such a simple cooperation has no effect in front of the defense line composed of Lucio and Kompany.

Kompany and Carroll are not at a disadvantage in the header.

Therefore, the success rate of Carroll's header ferry is not high.

In addition to No. 701 minutes, Manchester City scored the third goal of the game from Zabaleta. This goal completely sealed the victory and extinguished the fighting spirit of the Liverpool players.They realize that if they continue to attack recklessly, then their defense will simply concede more goals.

Liverpool believes that Manchester City can definitely do it, especially Rong Guang, he doesn't know what it means to "be merciful"!
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After Zabaleta scored, although there were still 10 minutes before the end of the game.

But John Mortensen has announced ahead of time that Manchester City have equaled Arsenal's record.

"No. 40 consecutive unbeaten nine league games! Manchester City did it! They did it!" John Mortensen shouted. "When Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to complete the unbeaten 49 league games, we all thought that for a long, long time, no one should be able to break this record, but we didn't expect that in less than ten years, a team that none of us thought of before appeared..."

"John, I think it's not about Manchester City tying the record," Alan Hansen said next to him. "It's about whether they can set a new record and how many games will their unbeaten streak end. Manchester City will host Tottenham at home in the next league round. Tottenham are fifth in the league. If Liverpool lose this game, Tottenham will be six points ahead of sixth."

Alan Hansen began to analyze.

"But the key point is the gap between Chelsea, which is fourth in the league, and them. Chelsea now have 58 points, and Tottenham Hotspur have 51 points. The difference between the two sides is seven points. The gap seems a bit big, but if Chelsea can't win Wigan this round, and Tottenham Hotspur wins again.

"What you said is very reasonable, Alan. But don't forget that Manchester City has glory, glory." John Mortensen said to Alan Hansen with a smile, and he interrupted the other party.

Alan Hansen was stunned upon hearing this.

Then he smiled wryly: "You're right, John, I didn't consider Rong's factors. Well, I believe Rong will not let those accidents happen. Didn't he say before that he would definitely break Arsenal's record? At least Manchester City won't lose in the next game..."

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When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Anfield was much quieter than before the game.

Manchester City's subs rushed onto the pitch and celebrated with their team-mates as if they had won not a league game but the Champions League final...

"49! Manchester City have achieved 49 unbeaten league games!" Although it was over before the end of the game, John Mortensen still wanted to emphasize.

Because important things have to be said twice...

"Compared to tying Arsenal's record, what I care more about is that Liverpool lost so thoroughly at home. 0:3, without scoring a single goal..." Alan Hansen pouted.He was Liverpool's main defender when he was a player. At that time, Liverpool not only dominated England, but also dominated the whole of Europe.

As someone who has experienced it, he is not very satisfied with Liverpool's performance in this game.Dalglish was his teammate at that time, but he continued to criticize Dalglish's on-the-spot command in this game.

Liverpool was beaten by Manchester City and didn't even score a goal. This is the most uncomfortable thing for him.

It was a total defeat...

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After the game, Rong Guang was surrounded by reporters. Everyone wanted to hear how he felt about tying Arsenal's record.

They think that Rongguang should be very happy. After all, it is very difficult to be unbeaten in 49 consecutive league games.

Unexpectedly, Rong Guang said with a straight face and seriousness: "Now is not the time to celebrate, because our goal is not just to tie the record. In the next game, we will go all out!"

After speaking, he left without celebrating the victory at all.

A group of reporters were left looking at each other.

They knew that Rongguang had made a bet with the "North London Horn", saying that they would try to surpass Arsenal's record.

At that time, the "North London Horn" criticized Rong Guang for being self-indulgent and not knowing how to respect others.

Looking at it now, perhaps it was the criticism of the "North London Horn" that became the driving force behind Rongguang's decision to surpass Arsenal.

Because Rong Guang said at the beginning that he was only a little interested in this record and wanted to try it.

As a result, he really turned this "try" game by game into reality, until now he finally caught up with Arsenal.

The face of the "North London Horn" is going to be swollen, isn't it?

But it's hard to say, maybe they deliberately provoke Rong Guang... Before that, how many people in England knew about this tabloid whose influence could not even be published in North London?

Someone glanced at George Allen in the crowd.

This former unknown in the English media circle, now many people know him.

But this name is...

It's better not to come out.

George Allen could sense the meaning in the glances his peers threw at him.

To say that he took the opportunity to hype, that would be a bit unfair to him.

At the beginning, he really thought that it was absolutely impossible for Rongguang to lead Manchester City to achieve an unbeaten 49 league games.

Because that's not something that he alone can have the final say on.

Who knew, who knew... that kid actually brought the team to this point all by himself!

He slapped himself in the face...

The ridicule I had at the beginning has now become the ridicule of others.

This was something he hadn't expected at all.

Now Arsenal's record has been shared by Manchester City, so is it time to die next?
The next league game is Manchester City v Tottenham in four days.

George Allen doesn't want to go to Manchester City Stadium for that game now...

(End of this chapter)