The FA Cup can be given up, but Li Chengfeng doesn't want to give up in the League Cup, he has already reached the semi-finals, and he can win the championship with 3 more games, so there is no reason not to fight for it. Although in the last round of the league, the Liverpudlians were very cooperative, Li Chengfeng will not be grateful, who will give up if he has the opportunity to win the championship.

In the round of the home game against Liverpool, although Li Chengfeng did not go all out, he also sent most of the main force, he thought that this was enough to deal with Liverpool, which has not been in good form recently. However, Liverpool were in a strong position in the face of adversity, beating Manchester City 1:O on the road with a controversial penalty.

Li Chengfeng didn't complain about this result, the Liverpool people are very tenacious, and this result is also a tribute to their hard work. Relatively speaking, Manchester City's players are still a little relaxed, otherwise they could have achieved a better result even with this penalty. Fortunately, there is still a second leg, and Manchester City still have a chance to redeem their mistakes.

After another two-game winning streak in the league, Manchester City face Liverpool again, and this time it is their turn to be the challengers.

In this game, Li Chengfeng chose to attack strongly, there was no way, and the defeat in the round made Manchester City have to win to advance.

In this game, Liverpool still sent the strongest defensive line, Lucas and Spearing were absent due to injury, Gerrard sat in the midfield, and Manchester City's old Bellamy played as a single arrow; For Manchester City, Vincent Kompany and Gareth Bale were in the spot, with Lescott at centre-back, David Silva in midfield and Sergio Aguero and Dzeko up front.

Although Liverpool were in a more favourable position to win the round, they still played proactively, without the slightest hesitation, which is the usual style of the Reds.

Shortly after the game, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard gave Manchester City a dismissal when he brought down Silva with the ball and received a yellow card. Seeing his resolute figure, Li Chengfeng knew that this game would be more difficult than he thought.

The Liverpudlians were the first to attack. In the fourth minute, Downing's cross from the left flank, Kolarov made a mistake in clearing, the ball fell in front of Jose Enrique, and the Liverpool left-back's 6-yard volley was blocked by Joe Hart's outstretched leg. Downing then fired wide of the left-hand post. In the 7th minute, Glen Johnson's low 2o yard shot was confiscated by Joe Hart.

In the 11th minute, Charlie Adam's low shot from 25 yards was confiscated by Joe Hart. In the 18th minute, Jose Enrique's 3o yard volley was blocked by Richards. Bellamy then fired a 2o yard shot over the crossbar. In the 21st minute, Bellamy's 16-yard volley past Savage was saved by Joe Hart. In the 24th minute, Bellamy broke through the Manchester City goal but was offside, and the goal was disallowed.

In the first half, Liverpool suppressed Manchester City for more than 20 minutes, which is not a common scene for Manchester City, even Manchester United cannot do it. Liverpool's results in the league this season have been poor, and they can only qualify for next season's European competition through cup competitions. In a desperate situation, Liverpool burst out with extremely terrifying combat effectiveness.

However, such an offensive could not last, and their physical strength could not be sustained, so they had to regain it, and Manchester City finally had a chance to breathe and began to show more strength overall.

In the 28th minute, Dzeko's 18-yard shot was blocked by Skrtel. In the 31st minute, Manchester City equalized on aggregate, David Silva crossed, Toure kicked a world wave from the top of the penalty area when his body was out of balance, and the ball hung straight into the top right corner, Manchester City led 1-o and pulled the aggregate score back.

Manchester City, who rallied back the score, wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to extend the score, while Liverpool, who had their backs to the water, showed even more frenziedness, and they once again set off an attacking climax.

In the 33rd minute, Charlie Adam's left-side baseline volley in the box was blocked by Joe Hart. In the 38th minute, Jose Enrique's 3o yard shot was blocked by Zabaleta. In the 4o minute, Liverpool equalised, Ager shot hard in front of the penalty spot, Richards reached out and slid to clear the ball and accidentally hit his arm, referee Dodd thought Richards was handball foul and awarded a controversial penalty. But this is clearly an unintentional handball, how can a penalty be awarded. Thinking that Liverpool also relied on controversial penalties to defeat Manchester City in the last round, Li Chengfeng was even more angry, and he slammed the mineral water bottle in his hand on the grass, and the splash from the mouth of the bottle flew high.

However, no matter how angry Li Chengfeng was, he couldn't change this fact, and he watched Gerrard hit the penalty again, and his mind turned quickly, thinking about how to break the game next.

In the second half, Li Chengfeng replaced Silva with Milner, Liverpool's scramble was too fierce, Silva's pass-based style of play could not be waved in such a situation, Li Chengfeng hoped that Milner could add some toughness and control the midfield.

However, in the opening stages of the second half, it was the Liverpudlians who prevailed, and they launched wave after wave of attacks to the singing of tens of thousands of Anfield fans.

In the 48th minute, Kuyt's 18-yard volley forced Joe Hart to save the ball, Downing couldn't keep up with the follow-up shot, and Liverpool missed a good chance to score. In the 5o minute, Toure's shot from 2o yards from the left side of the box went wide of the near post. In the 53rd minute, Gerrard took a free kick from the left side of the box, Joe Hart saved, Skrtel turned and stabbed from 12 yards, Joe Hart made another save and lifted the crossbar with both hands. One minute later, Kuyt crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Downing's volley from a tight angle was blocked by Joe Hart. In the 56th minute, Kolarov brought down Henderson and received a yellow card. In the 58th minute, Charlie Adam's 2o yard shot was blocked by Toure.

This time the Liverpudlian offensive ended earlier than the first half, after all, it was the second half, and everyone's physical energy was somewhat consumed, which was also expected by Li Chengfeng, and now it was the time for Manchester City to counterattack.

In the 67th minute, Manchester City took the lead again, Kolarov crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Dzeko got rid of Agger and scored at the back point, 2:1!! Manchester City came back on aggregate again.

However, Lee's joy didn't last long, as the Liverpudlians equalised again. In the 74th minute, Glen Johnson threw the ball on the right side, Kuyt cut inside and passed to Bellamy, who combined with Glen Johnson to kick the wall and then pushed the goal from 6 yards to make it 2-2.

Damn it, these unbeatable Liverpudlians. Li Chengfeng felt that the fans' singing of "you will never walk alone" from the stands was so harsh that he was upset.

You have to work hard, Li Chengfeng replaced De Jong with Modric, and now he doesn't care about defense, and scoring goals is important. In the 81st minute, Modric's shot from the right rib of the penalty area was confiscated by Reina. In the 87th minute, Dzeko's close-range shot was blocked by Agg.

In stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game as Sergio Aguero's 12-yard inverted shot was confiscated by Reina. In the end, Liverpool drew 2-2 at home to Manchester City and advanced to the League Cup final 3-2 on aggregate against Championship side Cardiff.

Li Chengfeng, who was still extremely angry during the game, did not say a word about the controversial penalty after the game. After all, this is just a chicken League Cup, and Li Chengfeng doesn't want to be banned by the FA for a few games because of this trivial matter. Li Chengfeng has suffered several losses in Italy before, and now it is a critical period to compete for the British championship, there can be no surprises, a league cup is just a league cup, Li Chengfeng can afford to lose.

However, City's players were affected by the fact that they drew away to Everton, but then United also missed and drew with Chelsea, and City managed to maintain a three-point advantage.

There is also good news that although Manchester City did not buy any players this winter, they still received a strong reinforcement. Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has returned from his loan spell and has apologised to the team and hopes to stay at Manchester City and work for the title.

The six-month loan spell taught him that going home and playing football was just a beautiful dream, far from being as good as he imagined. Although he is closer to home, has more time to spend with his family, and even if the income is less, he can accept it, but he can't accept the poor football environment in Argentina. After several losses, the fans blocked his door and scolded, and when it was serious, he didn't dare to go out, and his wife and children were also beaten.

Tevez chose to return to Europe to at least settle his family down. Li Chengfeng also expressed his welcome, Tevez's ability is still very strong, and it also fits his tactical requirements, if it weren't for his homesickness, he should have been the core of the team. I don't know if he'll be homesick again in the future, but he'll be quiet this season, so let's unite and win City's first English title together.

The Champions League knockout round has also begun, Manchester City's opponent is Li Chengfeng's old club Inter Milan, as for why it is so coincidental, Li Chengfeng does not know if there is any shady in it, but Li Chengfeng will not worry about this opponent.

He is now more concerned about another game, a real-world match, the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals against Como away to Arsenal.

This is the first time that veteran coach Arsene Wenger has returned to the Emirates Stadium as an opponent, and he must have mixed feelings. The mood is also complicated by the fans, who have called for Arsene Wenger to step down, but after the new coach Emery took office, more money was spent, but the results did not improve, and the field did not look as good as before.

Now, Arsene Wenger has led a team that has not spent as much as Arsenal back to the Emirates Stadium as an opponent, and even forced Arsenal to the point where they must win to advance, which can't help but make them feel emotional.

Before the start of the game, Arsene Wenger came on the pitch to the applause of the fans, and the signs in the stands were "Welcome home". Li Chengfeng looked at the behavior of Arsenal fans and couldn't help but want to mock them. At that time, it was these people who were clamoring for Wenger to be dismissed, I wonder if Arsenal was eliminated by Como after the game, these fans would be so warm?

(End of chapter)

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