Chapter 496: League Champion Manchester City

Arsenal, a team from London, will not be favored by Liverpool fans, which is normal, because Arsenal is also a strong team. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It so happened that Everton drew at home to Arsenal tonight, and although the city rivals did not lose but only got one point, of course, their opponents, the strong contenders for the league title in the hearts of Liverpool fans, were also only one point, which made Liverpool fans very happy.

Everton fans went to the pub to drink for a draw against the mighty Arsenal and Liverpool fans celebrated the draw.

Manchester and Liverpool are not far away, and the British Island is so large in total, and it can go there farther, so Liverpool drives its own bus to the away game.

Manchester City is very impressive for Zhang Yuan, Chinese player Sun has been there for a long time, of course, when he played, Manchester City was just a team committed to the cause of relegation, so Zhang Yuan knew about Manchester City for a long time.

After that, Zhang Yuan had a brush with him, when he was in Schalke 04, he had the opportunity to go to Manchester City, but he chose Real Madrid, if he listened to Raiola, maybe his career would be completely different.

The two teams ranked first and second respectively last season, this game attracted a lot of attention, Zhang Yuan also got a lot of expectations, the first game got two assists, but did not achieve the debut goal, so in this key conversation, will Zhang Yuan be mad, will he score the first league goal of joining Liverpool? !

In addition to Zhang Yuan, there are many topics between the two teams, so in the noise of this atmosphere, the fans of both teams are extraordinarily hard, Liverpool fans from Liverpool by car, bus, train, they rushed to the Etihad Stadium from dozens of kilometers away, Manchester City fans are waiting in the Etihad, although it is not a weekend, but the game Ittihad is destined to be full.

Although in the summer, Manchester City did not make too many moves, but in terms of value, they still have to surpass Liverpool a lot, Manchester City's total team value reached 414 million pounds, they are one of the four teams in Europe with a total value of more than 400 million pounds, and Liverpool only 342 million pounds, Zhang Yuan alone occupies a large part of the head.

So the outside world says that Liverpool, a century-old giant, is not like a giant now, last year it was Suarez who led Liverpool forward, and this year it was just another top superstar.

Liverpool's players are different, they have a good mentality, every game is important in the Premier League, and the real exception for Liverpool is the big game against Everton and the big game against Manchester United.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany played psychological warfare before the game, telling the media: "Liverpool will not be Manchester City's opponent, whether it is this game or in the Premier League! The Champions League is very difficult for them, and I don't think Liverpool can do well in the new season to maintain a few fronts!"

He did not speak, but Liverpool turned a deaf ear, and Zhang Yuan hoped in his heart that he could come on the pitch and score in front of Kompany, so that he could see if Liverpool was qualified to challenge them.

As he had hoped, Manchester City's Vincent Kompany started.

Manuel Pellegrini fielded a 442 formation for this game.

Goalkeeper: Willy Caballero

Defender: Sabaleta Kompany, Michaeli Sclich

Midfielder: Nasriya Toure, Fernando, David Silva

Forward: Dzeko Jovetic

Liverpool's side is 4312.

Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defender: Johnson Scottel Colo Touremoreno

Midfielder: Gerrard Henderson, Joe Allen

Forward: Philippe Coutinho

Forward: Zhang Yuansturridge

Moreno, who made his debut, also moved to Liverpool this summer, having faced off against Zhang Yuan in last season's Europa League final.

Today's referee is also particularly interesting, called Michael Oliver, a famous young referee in the Premier League, born in 85, not yet 30 years old this year, was sent to officiate such a heavyweight coach shows his status in the eyes of the FA, the future training object.

However, the game was also a test for him, and how Clattenburg's blindness came about was due to the fact that he officiated a big battle between Chelsea and Manchester United, which resulted in a serious miscalculation, which made him controversial.

The players from both sides walked onto the pitch under Oliver's leadership, and the Manchester City fans responded with loud applause and boos, which were for Liverpool, and they could even be heard scolding when they got closer.

The handshake was still very friendly, Demichelis and Zhang Yuan were still old acquaintances, and he also smiled and patted Zhang Yuan's back heavily.

But when the game began, the friendly atmosphere was gone, and there was no mercy at everyone's feet, and just three minutes into the game, Liverpool were tragic, and Kolo Toure was injured in a tussle with Dzeko and limped off.

Rodgers was forced to replace Lovren, who has not played for Liverpool, Lovren performed very well in Southampton, was a big contributor to Southampton's relegation, and his value was also very high, but after his arrival, the team that adapted to Liverpool did not adapt to Southampton as quickly, and Rodgers had no choice but to take him.

Manchester City is one of the more technical teams in the Premier League, Arsenal used to be the representative of this aspect, and now Manchester City is also such a good player, Pellegrini's coaching ability is undoubted, and their small passes up front are still quite commendable.

Silva is the heart of their organization, often moving from the wing to the middle to get the ball, and Jovetic's title of "Messi of Montenegro" is not for nothing, Jovetic is very capable in his healthy state, and he has performed very well in Serie A.

But he just has too many injuries, injuries at every turn, people are very helpless, this season he finally has no problem, completed Manchester City's pre-season preparations, and performed well in the warm-up matches, in the International Champions Cup, the game with Liverpool was his brace alone, almost directly solved the battle.

So in the first two games of this season, he firmly pressed Aguero on the bench, and it is said that Aguero was on the bench, which shows how fierce the competition is in the Manchester City team.

In the fifth minute, Jovetic received Silva's cross pass, dodged away from Henderson, and came to test Mignolet with a kick from the edge of the box.

Liverpool's side has not yet shot on goal, Manchester City has been in possession for the first few minutes, and Liverpool is still in a passive position for the time being.

Today at the Etihad Stadium, Rodgers has a pragmatic attitude, first to ensure his defense, and then to attack on the ball, Manchester City is actually strong in attack, last season they scored 102 goals in the league is not blown, the defense they are not as good as Chelsea, more than 10 goals conceded.

So Rogers made the right choice and was wise.

City frontline Nasri is the attacker, Silva is the passing playmaker, Jovetic is the link-up, moving around Dzeko, Yaya Toure has to rush to the Liverpool half from time to time to help his players press.

The delay in the first goal was unreasonable, Liverpool's defense was not bad, and did not let Manchester City get any particularly good opportunities, of course, because they were too focused on defense, there was naturally not much threat in this attack, and Zhang Yuan and Sturridge also looked a little idle in front.

But just when everyone thought they were going to end the first half with a draw, Manchester City took advantage of a mistake in Liverpool's backline to break the deadlock.

In the 40th minute, Nasri crossed from the side, Silva didn't know when he hit Liverpool's penalty area and stood up, causing Lovren to use his height advantage to clear the ball extremely awkwardly, but the ball fell to the back point, Moreno's clearance was also unreliable, and he gave Jovetic a direct volley, Mignolet of course had no way, and the Manchester City team was ahead.

Zhang Yuan is indeed speechless about such a clumsy performance in the defence, but this is the Premier League, where there are few exchanges to achieve the level of Mourinho, and the defense of his own defense is finely adjusted, but Chelsea also conceded nearly 30 goals last season.