On the third day of the Carabao Cup, Manchester City are facing the fourth round of the FA Cup.

It shows how busy Manchester City's fixtures are in January.

The 19th round of the league against Sunderland is played on 31 December, with Liverpool on 3 January, followed by Manchester City hosting Manchester United on 8 January in the FA Cup. In the League Cup semi-finals on January 11, Manchester City hosts Liverpool. On 16 January, Manchester City travelled to Wigan Athletic, and on 22 January, Manchester City hosted Tottenham Hotspur in the league. On January 25, in the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Manchester City challenged Liverpool away.

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

These two teams have really met recently.

City have eight games to play in January, while Liverpool have 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 that they are both aesthetically fatigued.

There are also media outlets suggesting that Liverpool could get revenge in the FA Cup, after all, they have just been knocked out of the League Cup. If Liverpool can kick Manchester City out of the FA Cup, it will be a revenge.

However, this is only mentioned by the local media in Liverpool, and no one in the rest of England says it at all.

Because everyone believes that it is absolutely impossible.

With Manchester City's current form, how could they possibly lose to Liverpool?

Liverpool should be careful, they have just been beaten by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, the morale of the whole team is low, and Manchester City know 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 Glory led his teammates into the Anfield stadium, this time he didn't see the giant TIFO that "Glory didn't lose enough".

It seems that Liverpool fans also know that taunting and angering Glory is not good for them at all.

It must be noted that although Liverpool have just lost to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, their performance in this FA Cup match is still respectable.

They didn't lose their souls because they lost to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup, they prepared for the game seriously and were very positive and serious in the game.

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

Although in the 21st minute, Liverpool opened the scoring from a corner through their centre-back Ager.

But in the 39th minute, David Silva equalised for City.

Since then, the two sides have been deadlocked, and it can be seen that the impact of two matches a week on the two teams is actually quite large.

Whether it's Manchester City or Liverpool, their fitness is a little out of the way.

Liverpool are slightly better, after all, these two cup games, they are playing on their own home turf, and there is no need to go back and forth.

Manchester City travelled from Manchester to Liverpool to play the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, then returned to Manchester and then left for Liverpool two days later to play the FA Cup.

So Liverpool are a little bit better than Manchester City and they can struggle a little longer in the game......

In the 88th minute, just when everyone thought that the two teams would have to fight again at another date, Berbatov, who replaced Ibrahimovic in the second half, received a glorious pass and shot the football into the goal with a very dashing action.

The goal came so suddenly that no one expected it.

Anfield fell silent for a moment.

The goal was tantamount to a death sentence for Liverpool.

With a goal conceded in the 88th minute, there is not much time left in the game, how can Liverpool equalise in the remaining time?

So until the end of the game, Liverpool were not able to change the score.

Manchester City eventually beat Liverpool 2-1 away to knock them out of the FA Cup......

Having been knocked out of the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, Liverpool will now be left to fight their way through the league in the hope of finishing in the top five and qualifying for the Europa League.

But this is not easy for them.

Because of Tottenham Hotspur's sudden rise, the top-five in the league this season is likely to be the pattern of Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal, where is there a place for Liverpool?

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

After the defeat to Manchester City, Liverpool's local media broke the news that Liverpool FC may sack Hodgson in the near future.

The best coach of the Premier League at the beginning only coached Liverpool for half a season, and he was facing the point of exhaustion, which is really embarrassing.

But City, for their part, don't care what Hodgson's fate will be.

After another victory, they returned to Manchester by car from Liverpool.

It's January 29th.

But the hard and hard January is not over.

There is one final game ahead of them in January – on the evening of 31 January, they will be back at Liverpool, this time against Everton in a dark blue shirt instead of Liverpool in the red shirt.

It's been just a day since they left Liverpool.

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

"Ah, the thought of us coming the day after tomorrow makes me start to get bored with the city of Liverpool!" On the way out of Liverpool, there were people in the team who complained.

Benitez also frowned, it's not that he's tired of the city of Liverpool, he's worried about the fitness and form of the team.

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

There are only two days between this FA Cup game and the next league game, and there is not enough time to rest in this back and forth.

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Against Everton, Rafael Benitez rotated everyone except Glory and goalkeeper Joe Hart, failing to do so feared his players would not be able to run half an hour into the game.

Even so, City's form is really bad.

Rafa Benitez proved once again that he was right to start Glory, because without Glory, City would have lost.

In the end, Manchester City drew 1-1 with Everton away from home.

The first goal was scored by Everton.

Glory equalised for City in the 70th minute.

So if Glory doesn't start, City really have the chance to lose.

Twenty-three league games are over, as City have drawn too much in the league lately, and they are only one point ahead of Manchester United with a game in hand.

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

While Manchester City are on high ground in both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, their advantage in the most important league is rapidly shrinking.

This seems to confirm the previous analysis of the media.

Manchester United's defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup is not necessarily a bad thing, and Manchester City's double play in the League Cup and FA Cup is not necessarily a good thing.

“…… The consequences of City's lack of multi-front play are already beginning to be felt. Playing on multiple fronts requires not only strength, but also experience, which is rarely available for Manchester City, and their rise is only a matter of two or three seasons...... There is a good chance that they will start to crumble in the next league. Because soon the Champions League is about to start again, Manchester City can't get a respite......

The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals takes place on 14 February. Manchester City travels to Lyon.

The fifth round of the FA Cup is on 19 February, with only four days between the two matches.

In addition, on the last day of February, there will be a national team match, when many Manchester City internationals will have to leave the team to play for the national team. For example, Rongguang had to fly back to China to participate in the World Cup qualifiers against Jordan.

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

Manchester City have one game to play and they will have to find some free time to plug in the game against Arsenal, but this time is not easy to find, so it is likely that it will be another double game in a week.

With so many unfavorable factors, it seems that it will not be easy for Manchester City to win the league three times in a row.

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On 4 February, Manchester City host Fulham.

In this game, Rafael Benitez returned to the starting line-up that rested in the last game against Everton.

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

The next day, Manchester United drew 3-3 away at Chelsea.

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

The rest of the Premier League will not play in the following week, but Manchester City and Arsenal will play a make-up match.

Manchester City host Arsenal.

Manchester City were only two points ahead of Manchester United, but they have played one game less than Manchester United.

If City win against Arsenal, they will play the same number of games against Manchester United and will be five points ahead of Manchester United in points, which is a slightly more secure point difference.

But if Manchester City lose to Arsenal, then Manchester United are only two points behind Manchester City in the same number of games, which will certainly make Manchester City nervous.

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

It's just as important for Arsenal.

The league has played 24 rounds, and Arsenal has also played one less game, with 12 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses in 23 games, accumulating 40 points and ranking sixth.

Seventh-placed Liverpool are just one point away from them.

Ahead of Arsenal, Newcastle United have 42 points, Chelsea 43 and Tottenham Hotspur 50.

Arsenal will not be able to win the league this season and will have to finish in the top four if they are to qualify for the Champions League.

They are less than three points clear of fourth-placed Chelsea in the league.

If they can beat Manchester City, a win in this game will level Chelsea on points, although they are still fifth on goal difference.

But it's better than it is now, right?

If you lose this game, you will be stuck in the same place.

Arsenal will definitely prepare for this game seriously, hoping to take advantage of Manchester City's multi-front combat body lì to make the first move!