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Chapter 1273 Advance to the Finals
Rongguang scored a goal and equalized the total score between the two teams, which was a blow to Liverpool.

Because they have always had a psychological advantage because of this lead.

Now they are on the same starting line as Manchester City.

But this blow is not big, because there is no such thing as away goals in the League Cup, no matter how many Manchester City score away goals, as long as they do not lead Liverpool in score, they will not be able to advance.

So then the two sides only need to compare the number of goals scored.

As long as Liverpool can lead Manchester City in total points, they can also eliminate their opponents.

Next they attack.

Liverpool firmly believe that since they can beat Manchester United 1-0 away, they can beat Manchester City even more at home.

But it didn't take long for City to make them realize how...fantastic the idea was.

At No. 307 minutes of the game, Manchester City attacked.

After Rong Guang received a pass from Kaka at the front of the penalty area, he did not turn around with the ball, but knocked the football behind him with his heel.

The football slipped between the legs of Liverpool defender Skrtel, who was closely guarding him.

This time it was Ibrahimovic who plugged in, received the ball behind Liverpool's defense, then turned around and volleyed!
Reina was helpless against Zlatan Ibrahimovic's strong volley from close at hand. Although he made a save, it was more of a formality than really being able to throw the ball down.

The football flew past Reina's hand and hit the net!

"Oh! Ibrahimovic! Manchester City leads Liverpool 2:0! The total score is 2:1! They overtook!"

After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic also did not come up to Rongguang to celebrate, but pointed to Rongguang.

Rong Guang pointed to Ibrahimovic after scoring the goal, meaning that the ball was passed well.

Ibrahimovic naturally didn't want to appear stingy in front of Glory, so he expressed the same meaning with the same action.

Then the two were surrounded by different teammates.

"Rong's backheel pass is also very beautiful! Ibrahimovic gave him a very beautiful pass earlier, helping him complete the volley. Now, Rong returns the same way. The chemistry between the two of them is really interesting... " said Alan Hansen. "In other teams, there is such a thing, those two people are absolutely inseparable on the court, but in Manchester City, Rong and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are surprisingly able to be enemies, rivals, and at the same time... a golden partner in a sense!"

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal silenced the cheers of the Liverpool fans above Anfield.

They were full of confidence before and felt that they could definitely beat Manchester City on their home court.

Unexpectedly, before the end of the first half, two goals were scored. The previous one-goal lead was gone, and it became one goal behind.

Was it just an accident that we beat Manchester City away?
Liverpool fans dissatisfied!

Soon, the stadium was filled with the singing of Liverpool fans.

That's Liverpool's anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.

The singing is melodious but full of power.

With the encouragement of the fans, Liverpool's performance recovered, but they just made sure they didn't concede a goal before the end of the first half...

In the second half, the two sides changed places to fight again, and no one made substitutions.

The singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" still resounded through the Anfield Stadium, and Liverpool players, encouraged by the fans, launched a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal, hoping to equalize the total score.

But it also created conditions for Manchester City to play a defensive counterattack.

Taking advantage of Liverpool's onslaught, Manchester City played a textbook defensive counterattack in No. 60 two minutes.

Liverpool were holding the ball near midfield and pushing forward.It was Liverpool midfielder Adam who got the ball.

When he dribbled the ball forward, he pushed forward, but he didn't notice the situation behind him at all. Matuidi, who quickly chased back, passed the position near the middle circle, grabbed the football from behind, and broke the football.

Matuidi's grab just passed the football to Manchester City's full-back Alba.

Alba did not stop the ball, and passed the ball directly to the front of the football, giving it to David Silva who retreated to respond.

David Silva turned sideways after receiving the ball, then picked up the football and passed it to the center.

At this time, Sneijder had already run up from the middle circle. He received a pass from David Silva, but he didn't stop the football and volleyed it, and passed the football to Ibrahimovic who was diagonally ahead.

Ibrahimovic cut in from the ribs, received the ball, sent it diagonally forward, and the football passed between the two Liverpool centre-backs.

At the same time, Rongguang plugged in at high speed and caught up with the football!
"Rong! Beautiful counterattack!"

Seeing this, Liverpool's defenders swarmed towards Rongguang, trying to stop him.

Rongguang dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

Goalkeeper Reina also abandoned the door to attack.

It is necessary to surround the glory near the penalty spot.

Rong Guang didn't continue to dribble or shoot. He suddenly flicked the football to the right!
The football went past the defender Agger and fell to the other side.

The camera lens turned around, and everyone saw Kaka who appeared in front of the football and swung his right leg!
"Kaka—!!"

Facing the empty goal, Kaka slowed down a little while running, and then swung his feet to push the shot, just like pushing the ball into the hole with a golf shot.

The football rolled into the goal without any suspense!

"3:1!!! Manchester City leads by two goals in total! This is a classic quick counterattack! The team scored!"

"Trident scored one goal and showed their power again! Liverpool seems to be in danger this time..."

When any team plays against Manchester City, the most fearful thing is that the tridents will show their strength at the same time, because that often means that there is a chemical reaction between these three people. They seem to be individually in the limelight, but in fact they are united.

Such a trident is very difficult to defend against.

Liverpool is now facing such a situation.

In fact, after all the tridents scored, many people thought that it was impossible for Liverpool to win the game.

Subsequent games also proved this point.

After falling behind by two goals, Liverpool counterattacked even more frantically, trying to equalize the score.

But that would only give City more chances to fight back.

So before the end of the game, Manchester City used a counterattack to score another goal.

The one who scored this time is an honor.

At that time Kaka had already been replaced.

Kaka runs with the ball alone, even in the Manchester City team, no one on the field can keep up with his speed.

So Rong Guang didn't pass the ball to anyone, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and then scored the football into the goal.

4: 1!

Manchester City completely sealed the victory!

"The game is over, the game is over!" Although the referee did not blow the whistle for the end of the game, John Mortensen couldn't wait to start announcing.

The score of 4:1 is indeed no different from the end.

Can Liverpool chase three goals in a row and drag the game into overtime with less than 5 minutes left?
Obviously it is impossible.

The singing at Anfield is still singing, but the meaning is no longer to cheer for Liverpool and encourage them to win the game.Instead, it became a kind of comfort, a means of expressing one's unyielding attitude.

In fact, the game is over, and Liverpool's players are not so active on the court.

When Manchester City passed the ball back and forth from the backcourt, none of them came up to fight back frantically.

They seemed to be waiting for the referee to blow his whistle.

Just after 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The cheers in the Anfield stadium were gone, and the TIFO that was turned out at the beginning of the game to mock Rong Guang for "not losing enough" did not know when it was put away. If it is hanging out at this time, it is actually hitting their own face...

Those are gone, replaced by scenes of Manchester City players embracing and celebrating on the pitch.

"The game is really over! Manchester City beat Liverpool 4-1 on aggregate and they made an amazing comeback in the second leg after losing the first leg! Rong scored twice! Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Kaka each scored a goal, Manchester City successfully advanced to the final! Now Rong is only 10 minutes away from his first League Cup title in his career!"

John Mortensen, for a reason.

Another semi-final has ended yesterday, Manchester City's opponent in the League Cup final is Cardiff City.

In terms of the strength of the two teams, it is not a problem for Manchester City to beat Cardiff City in the final.

If someone wants to say that weak teams often explode with amazing energy in this kind of game, Cardiff City's determination to win the championship cannot be underestimated.

Then John Mortensen will remind those who say this, and please don't underestimate Rongguang's determination to want this League Cup.

For this reason alone, John Mortensen believes that it is impossible for Stoke City to snatch the championship from Manchester City, to be precise, it is impossible to snatch the championship from Rongguang.

(End of this chapter)