26. A striker in hot form
After two consecutive wins in the Champions League group stage, Liverpool returned to the league to take on Manchester City away.
Manchester City spent a lot of money this summer, and after the acquisition of the Middle East consortium, Manchester City's pockets suddenly bulged, and in the summer transfer, they made a big high-profile move, and when the transfer door was about to close, they were going to make a finale transfer.
That is Robinho, who has been in conflict with Real Madrid this summer, which cost Manchester City 32.5 million pounds, and this guy has become the Premier League standard this summer.
When Real Madrid wanted to introduce Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, Robinho was very unhappy. Especially this summer, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo was once very close to Real Madrid and almost transferred to Real Madrid.
At that time, Robinho made even more trouble, and this guy even shouted "With me without him, with him without me." At that time, Real Madrid thought that Cristiano 61 Ronaldo joining Real Madrid was a sure thing, so at that time, Real Madrid's attitude towards Robinho was very bad.
Robinho was wronged, and of course he didn't want to continue to stay in Real Madrid, so he made a small fuss for three days and a big fuss for ten days, so that Robinho couldn't leave without leaving. Zuihou, Manchester City's upstart spent a whopping £32.5 million to take Robinho away.
The deal was completed just before the transfer door closed, and Manchester City were really bold.
With such a big investment, Manchester City's results have improved slightly this season, but it still hasn't had the effect he expected, and in their opinion, they want to challenge for Champions League qualification, but they are still far from this position.
However, the league has only just started and they are not far behind the teams ahead of them, and Manchester City are confident they can make a breakthrough this season. And they haven't played a top-four team yet, and once they do, they are convinced that a top-four is not a dream.
Next, in the seventh round of the Premier League, Manchester City will face Liverpool at their home stadium, and they are now six points behind, and if they win two games against Liverpool, they will only be one goal behind, so they are not without chances.
Moreover, now that Liverpool's midfield core Qiu Ze is injured, Liverpool's strength in this period of time must be greatly reduced, which is the luck and opportunity of the Manchester City team, which makes the Manchester City team more confident of winning the game.
After the start of the game, Manchester City played very well, the attitude of the owner was very good, and the Liverpool team was pressed from the beginning. I have to say that the strength of the Manchester City team is very good, especially Robinho, who they spent a lot of money to bring in, this guy is very good, especially the speed and dribbling, which has caused trouble for Liverpool.
In the 16th minute of the first half, Manchester City's Robinho received a through ball from team-mate Ireland in the middle, and then dribbled past two Liverpool defenders and into the Liverpool penalty area. Facing the attacking Reina, Robinho fired directly into the far corner to give Manchester City a 1-0 lead.
After taking the lead, Manchester City were even more excited, they frantically stormed the Liverpool penalty area, and at the beginning of the second half, Manchester City's Robinho once again scored a brace to give City a two-goal lead.
Manchester City played well in this game and showed their quality. Just when everyone thought Manchester City was winning, the situation on the pitch changed. Rafael Benitez's substitution of Robbie 61 Keane suddenly erupted, and he volleyed directly from the edge of the penalty area, and the football flew through the Manchester City defence and directly into the Manchester City goal, 1-2, and Liverpool pulled a goal back.
It was also an official match goal scored by Robbie 61 Keane after joining Liverpool. To tell the truth, Robbie 61 Keane spent a lot of money on Liverpool, but after coming to Liverpool, Robbie 61 Keane did not get many opportunities to play, and almost every game was on the bench.
Liverpool paid such a high price to bring in a bench player, which made their Premier League peers feel extravagant. However, now the season's games have just begun, and now the Premier League and Champions League are played, such as the League Cup, FA Cup and Shijie Club Cup, which have not yet been rolled out, and after these games are rolled out, it will be Robbie 61 Keane who will come on the field.
In this game, Robbie 61 Keane came off the bench and scored a goal as soon as he came on the field, which shows that Robbie 61 Keane is in good shape, and Benitez on the sidelines are considering whether there are more Robbie 61 Keane opportunities?
Just three minutes later, Liverpool equalised with Fernando 61 Torres but Robbie Keane with the assist.
Seeing that Liverpool equalized so quickly, Manchester City fans couldn't accept it, they were still winning just now, and now they were equalized, what is the situation? Three points become one point, and this is becoming too fast.
The Manchester City players also couldn't accept it, they didn't want to see the three points become one point, so the Manchester City team stepped up the attack, hoping to exceed the score as soon as possible and get the three points. Now the three points are extremely important for Manchester City, who are aiming to compete in the Champions League.
Manchester City's aggressive attack did cause Liverpool a lot of problems, but the defensive leakage was also very big. When Manchester City couldn't attack for a long time, Liverpool seized the opportunity and Gerrard counterattacked to exceed the score.
Three to two, Liverpool reversed Manchester City away from home to ensure that the three points were in hand, and these three points were more important than anything. In this way, Liverpool is still clenching Chelsea and launching a strong attack on the top spot in the league.
To be honest, during the time Scolari was in charge of Chelsea, Chelsea's results were very good, firmly occupying the first place in the Premier League, which also created a lot of pressure on Liverpool, especially Benitez.
Liverpool's investment this summer is huge, and their goals will not be low. Now that the league has a strong eye like Chelsea, and the Champions League is coveted by a team that ignores the strong team, this season, it is very difficult for Liverpool to fight from the army.
However, now that Liverpool is biting, the pressure on Benitez is still a little less, if Liverpool is thrown off that day, then the pressure will really come, and Benitez will lose his job because of this.
Therefore, Benitez is very cautious now, trembling on thin ice, and every step is as if he is on the edge of an abyss.
After the seventh round of the league, Liverpool will play a single game next week, and the weekend gift will face Wigan Athletic at his home stadium.
Benitez fielded a two-striker formation for this game, with Robbie 61 Keane and Fernando 61 Torres starting together. It seems that the last game against Manchester City gave Benitez the confidence that he will have to give Robbie 61 Keane more games.
Robbie 61 Keane did not disappoint Benitez either, and in the 10th minute of the first half, Robbie 61 Keane took the lead on the counter-attack, helping Liverpool to lead Wigan Athletic by one goal and give the game a good start.
Robbie 61 Keane performed very well, Fernando 61 Torres naturally will not be indifferent, in the 29th minute of the first half, Spanish striker Fernando 61 Torres volleyed in the penalty area, Liverpool led 2-0.
Less than 30 minutes later, Liverpool had a two-goal lead, which seemed to have blinded Wigan Athletic. In the 38th minute of the first half, Spanish striker Fernando 61 Torres received Arshavin's corner kick in the penalty area and scored with a header, and Liverpool led 3-0 and established the victory.
Liverpool led 3-0 before the end of the half, and Liverpool won the game. However, in the second half, Wigan Athletic seemed to be possessed by Chelsea, scoring two goals in the first 20 minutes of the second half to make the score 2-3, which scared Liverpool a lot.
After that, Liverpool's players were much more serious and did not give Wigan Athletic a chance, which only secured a 3-2 result, and Liverpool got three points again. However, the three points seemed very thrilling, and if the Liverpool players had woken up too late, the three points of this game would have flown away.
Fortunately, at least the three points are still in their own hands, and Liverpool are still putting a lot of pressure on Chelsea. Next, in midweek, Liverpool will play Atletico Madrid away from home. Atletico Madrid have already shown their strength in the previous games, even the Liverpool team does not dare to underestimate this opponent, this is the fourth tier of the team across the river Raptors, not to be underestimated.
At this time, Liverpool urgently needed Qiu Ze to return to the team, but the team doctor said that Qiu Ze was not able to play now, and he had not fully recovered. Although he can resume training, for the sake of insurance, Qiu Ze will not be able to play in this game.
After receiving the notice from the team doctor, Benitez frowned and thought for a while, and then decided not to wear Qiu Ze in this game, so that Qiu Ze could recover from his injury. This is because the league at the weekend is much more important than this UEFA Champions League, as Liverpool will be away from home to Chelsea at the weekend.
It is clear that Qiu Ze is more needed for the weekend game, and in order for Qiu Ze to be able to play in the weekend game, Benitez gave up the idea of taking Qiu Ze to Spain.
So, while Liverpool went to Spain, Qiu Ze stayed at Liverpool and he will watch the game in front of the TV.
And Spanish striker Fernando 61 Torres went back to Spain, this is the first time the Spanish striker has returned to the Calderón Stadium after leaving Atletico Madrid, and it is also the first time he has faced his old club, and his thoughts must be very complicated.
When Fernando 61 Torres returned to Madrid, the fans of Atletico Madrid gave Fernando 61 Torres a very warm welcome, and many fans pulled banners to greet and thank Fernando 61 Torres.
Fernando 61 Torres has always been the pride of Atletico Madrid, even if he is no longer an Atletico Madrid player, Atletico Madrid fans have already supported Fernando 61 Torres. Even, some fans directly pulled out "You score, we don't cheer, okay?" Such a banner, seeing Fernando 61 Torres is tears in his eyes.
Atletico Madrid's quality is good, and Liverpool already know it through the group stage of the Champions League in the first two rounds. However, in the game, they really felt the power of Atletico Madrid, their attack was really set, Forlan and Aguero The two forwards were very strong, causing a lot of trouble for Liverpool.
In the 41st minute of the first half, Atletico Madrid's striker Diego 61 Forlan shot directly from the edge of the penalty area, which was fast and big. Although he was pounced on by Reina, he still couldn't stop the football from going into the net.
1-0, Atletico Madrid took a one-goal lead before the end of the first half, much to the excitement of Atletico Madrid fans. However, they didn't get excited for long, and shortly after the start of the second half, Fernando 61 Torres, who has been in excellent form recently, received the ball in the box and swept away the old owner.
1-1, Liverpool went to Spain to get a draw. Although Liverpool did not win this game, the result was not bad, and the Liverpudlians were able to accept it.