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Chapter 1274 Always Liverpool

On the third day after the end of the League Cup, Manchester City will usher in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

It shows how dense Manchester City's schedule in January is.

On December 31st, the No.19 round of the league against Sunderland was played. On January 22rd, it was a match against Liverpool. Next, on January 25th, Manchester City played against Manchester United at home. This is the FA Cup match.On January [-]th, the League Cup semi-final, Manchester City played against Liverpool at home.On January [-], Manchester City challenged Wigan Athletic in an away game. On January [-], Manchester City played against Tottenham Hotspur at home in the league.On January [-], in the second round of the League Cup semi-final, Manchester City challenged Liverpool away.

Next is the fourth round of the FA Cup on January 28, Manchester City's opponent... Liverpool again!

These two teams have really met recently.

Manchester City will play a total of eight games in January, and Liverpool will play four games, accounting for half of all games in January.

Even the media complained that these two teams have met too much, and I am afraid they are all tired of aesthetics.

Some media also said that Liverpool can just get revenge in the FA Cup, after all, they have just been eliminated in the League Cup.If Liverpool can kick Manchester City out of the FA Cup, it can be regarded as revenge.

However, this kind of statement was only mentioned by the local media in Liverpool. In other parts of England, no one said it at all.

Because everyone believes that this is absolutely impossible.

With Manchester City's current state, how could they lose to Liverpool?
But Liverpool should be careful, they have just been reversed by Liverpool in the League Cup, the morale of the team is low, and Manchester City also understands them, this FA Cup game will definitely not be easy to play.

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In this FA Cup match, Liverpool is still at home.

However, when Rongguang led his teammates into the Anfield Stadium, this time he did not see the giant TIFO of "Rongguang has not lost enough".

It seems that Liverpool fans also know that ridiculing and angering Rong Guang will not do them any good.

It must be pointed out that although Liverpool have just lost to Manchester City in the League Cup semi-final, their performance in this FA Cup game is still respectable.

They did not appear distraught because of the loss to Manchester City in the League Cup. They prepared carefully for this game, and they were very active and serious in the game.

The only pity is that this doesn't change anything.

Despite No. 201 minutes, Liverpool scored the first goal in a corner kick attack by their central defender Agger.

But in No. 309 minutes, David Silva equalized the score for Manchester City.

Afterwards, the two sides have been in a stalemate. It can be seen that the impact of the double match a week on the two teams is actually quite large.

Whether it's Manchester City or Liverpool, their physical fitness can't keep up.

Liverpool is slightly better, after all, these two cup games, they are fighting in their own home, do not need to travel back and forth.

And Manchester City was miserable. They came to Liverpool from Manchester to play the League Cup semi-finals, returned to Manchester after the game, and set off for Liverpool two days later to play this FA Cup match.

So Liverpool's physical strength is better than Manchester City, and they can also struggle a little longer in the game...

No. 808 minutes, just when everyone thought that the two teams had to fight another day, Berbatov, who replaced Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the second half, received a pass from Rongguang and shot the football into the goal with a very chic action.

The goal came so suddenly that no one expected it.

Anfield fell into a brief silence.

This goal is tantamount to a death sentence for Liverpool.

No. 808 minutes of conceding a goal, there is not much time left in the game, how can Liverpool equalize the score in the remaining time?
So until the end of the game, Liverpool were not able to change the score.

Manchester City finally defeated Liverpool 2-1 away and knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup...

The League Cup and the FA Cup have been eliminated one after another. Now Liverpool can only work hard in the league, hoping to get the top five in the league and qualify for the Europa League.

But this is not easy for them.

Because of the sudden emergence of Tottenham Hotspur, the top five in the league this season is likely to be Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal. How can there be a place for Liverpool?

For a time, Hodgson's handsome position was in jeopardy.

After losing to Manchester City, Liverpool's local media revealed that the Liverpool club may fire Hodgson in the near future.

It is really embarrassing that the best coach in the Premier League at the time was facing the end of the mountain after only half a season in Liverpool.

But Manchester City does not care about Hodgson's fate.

They returned to Manchester by car from Liverpool after yet another victory.

It's January 29th.

But the tough and grueling January didn't end there.

The last game of January awaits them - on the night of January 31, they will come to Liverpool again, this time not against Liverpool in red, but Everton in dark blue.

It has only been a day since they left Liverpool now.

If the two cities of Liverpool and Manchester are too close, the Manchester City team will definitely live in Liverpool for half a month...

"Ah, I'm getting tired of the city of Liverpool when I think we'll be back the day after tomorrow!" someone in the team complained on the way out of Liverpool.

Benitez is also frowning, he is not tired of the city of Liverpool, he is worried about the team's physical fitness and state.

In this FA Cup game against Liverpool, he saw in the second half that the players were going to run.

There is only two days between this FA Cup match and the next league match, and there is not enough rest time to go back and forth like this.

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Against Everton, Benitez substituted everyone but Rong Guang and goalkeeper Joe Hart, otherwise he feared his players would run out after half an hour.

Even so, Manchester City's state is indeed not good.

Benitez once again proved that he was right to let Rongguang start, because without Rongguang, Manchester City might lose.

In the end, Manchester City shook hands with Everton 1:1 in the away game.

It was Everton who scored first.

And Rong Guang equalized the score for Manchester City in the No.70 minute.

So if Rongguang didn't start the game, Manchester City might really lose the game.

The 23 league rounds are over, because Manchester City has too many draws in the league recently, and they are only one point ahead of Manchester United with one game less.

In this round of the league, Manchester United defeated Stoke City 2-0 at home.

Although Manchester City triumphed in the League Cup and FA Cup, their advantage in the most important league is rapidly shrinking.

This seems to confirm the previous analysis of the media.

It is not necessarily a bad thing for Manchester United to lose to Manchester City in the FA Cup, and it is not necessarily a good thing for Manchester City to go hand in hand in both the League Cup and the FA Cup.

"...Manchester City is not good at the consequences of multi-line combat. Multi-line combat requires not only strength, but also experience. For Manchester City, they rarely have this kind of experience. Their rise is only a matter of two or three seasons... They are likely to start to collapse in the next league. Because the Champions League will start again soon, Manchester City cannot get a chance to breathe..."

The first round of the UEFA Champions League round of [-] will be played on February [-].Manchester City challenge Lyon away.

The fifth round of the FA Cup was on February [-]th, and there was only four days between the two games.

In addition, on the last day of February, there will be a national team match. At that time, many international players in the Manchester City team will have to leave the team to participate in the national team match.For example, Rongguang had to fly back to China to participate in the World Cup qualifier against Jordan.

And the impact of the national team's game, the so-called "FIFA virus" will affect Manchester City's next game in March.

Manchester City still has one less game, and they have to find a free time to insert their game against Arsenal, but this time is difficult to find, so it is very likely that it will be another double match a week in the end.

With so many unfavorable factors, it seems that it is indeed not easy for Manchester City to want to win the league three consecutive times.

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On February [-], Manchester City played against Fulham at home.

In this game, Benitez returned the main lineup that had been rested against Everton back to the starting lineup.

And Manchester City, who played all the main players, also defeated Fulham 3-0 at home.

On the second day, Manchester United drew 3:3 with Chelsea away.

The difference between the two sides was stretched to two points.

In the following week, no other teams in the Premier League will play, but Manchester City and Arsenal will play a make-up match.

Manchester City vs. Arsenal.

Although Manchester City was only two points ahead of Manchester United before, they had one game less than Manchester United.

If Manchester City beat Arsenal, they will have the same number of games as Manchester United, and they will be five points ahead of Manchester United in points, which is a point difference that makes people feel slightly safe.

But if Manchester City lose to Arsenal, then Manchester United and Manchester City have the same number of games, but they are only two points behind Manchester City, which will definitely make Manchester City nervous.

Therefore, this game is very important for Manchester United and Manchester City.

It is equally important for Arsenal.

There have been 24 rounds in the league, and Arsenal also missed one game. In 23 games, they won [-], drew [-] and lost [-]. With [-] points, they ranked sixth.

Seventh place Liverpool are only one point away from them.

Newcastle United, ahead of Arsenal, have 42 points, Chelsea 43 points, and Tottenham Hotspur [-] points.

It is impossible for Arsenal to win the league title this season. If they want to qualify for the Champions League, they must get the top four in the league.

The difference between them and fourth place Chelsea in the league is less than three points.

If they can beat Manchester City, relying on the victory of this game, they will tie Chelsea in points, although they can only rank fifth due to factors such as goal difference.

But it's better than what it is now, right?
If you lose this game, it is tantamount to standing still.

Arsenal will definitely prepare for this game seriously, and hope to take advantage of Manchester City's multi-line combat physical strength to act first!
(End of this chapter)