Ferguson was disappointed.

Three games, now the three teams he hopes to lose are in the lead.

Even if he knows that this is the most normal result, but Ferguson is still disappointed, there are only seven games left in the league, during which Manchester United will have to collide directly with Chelsea and Manchester City, if today is his lucky day, then, maybe Manchester United can have a greater chance, even if any team falls, it will increase Manchester United's chances of winning the title, but now, a qiē as usual.

It's still six points, ahead of Manchester United, it's still three teams.

Of course, disappointment is disappointment, but it is definitely not to despair.

Counter-attacks have always been United's forte, not just in the game, but throughout the season. In the 95/96 season, Manchester United trailed Newcastle by as many as 12 points, but Ferguson relied on psychological warfare to directly play Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan, and in the end United won the title with a four-point lead, and Manchester United chased 16 points. It is worth mentioning that Ferguson also tried to provoke a psychological war with Lin Sen more than once this season, but Lin Sen did not accept it at all. The same reversal drama also happened in the 0203 season, when Manchester United was once eight points behind Arsenal, but it was still Manchester United who won the championship.

Despair? That's what it is.

Manchester City are leading the goal, and it is not just Alex Ferguson who is disappointed, but also for Arsenal and Chelsea fans, it is also disappointing news, because it means that everything is the same as before the game.

Manchester City is number one, Chelsea is number two and Arsenal are number three.

Linsen still made substitutions, but he didn't change three at once, and only one of the "scary" substitutes on the sidelines got a chance to play, and that was Suarez.

Suarez replaces Petrov.

Then, four minutes later, the Uruguayan star provided the assist. It was Reus who sealed the win for Manchester City.

The end of the game -

Ferguson turned off the TV after Reuss' goal, but Benitez chose to continue watching it while he was far away at Liverpool.

Because the starting point for watching this game is far less complicated than Ferguson, he doesn't care about the other two games, the top four is already a luxury for Liverpool, and now Benitez is only focusing on the next game. Europa League matches.

Benitez has always been most commendable for two things, one is the ability to fight hard, and the other is the cup record.

At Liverpool, the former's most classic is two games, one is a four-goal home win over Real Madrid in the Champions League, and the other is a four-1 away win over Manchester United. The latter's masterpiece is also two classic thrilling reversals, one is known as one of the greatest reversals in the history of the Champions League, in the 0607 season of the Champions League final, they scored three goals in a row and finally beat AC Milan on penalties. The other was the 0506 FA Cup final, where Steven Gerrard scored in 90 minutes and finally won West Ham United on penalties.

However, Benitez has lost two of his biggest capitals this season. In the league. Liverpool have beaten Manchester United in the early stages of the league and have lost all of their matches against other strong teams. Just in the last round, Manchester United also got back the game they lost in the first half. In this season's league games against the other traditional top three, Liverpool only have one final game against Chelsea, the first five? One win and four losses. And the cup side is even more bleak. Liverpool were out of the League Cup and FA Cup early, and the Champions League was wiped out in the group stage, so they could only be relegated to the Europa League......

Although Liverpool's board of directors still professes to trust Benitez, Benitez knows that this qiē is all about "harmony" and that the board's patience is running out.

The Europa League will be his last straw.

Manchester City drew Liverpool, which is not good news for Linson, but Liverpool drew Manchester City, which is not bad news for Benitez. Benitez has enough reason to be optimistic, since he came to Liverpool, plus the two games this season, Benitez's Liverpool and Manchester City have played a total of 11 times, with a record of five wins, five draws and one loss, occupying an absolute advantage.

Even this year's Manchester City, which has caused headaches for other giants, Benitez has never lost -

April 1st, April Fool's Day.

On this day, the English tabloids, which were not so serious, were even more unscrupulous. Some of the April Fool's jokes seem to be the same thing, some are pure nonsense, what Ferguson announced his retirement after the game, what Manchester City has initialed Rooney, and the hapless Benitez has of course also become the target of the joke, but the content of the joke is somewhat ironic: Benitez and Liverpool have renewed their contract for four years.

For fans who know that this day is April Fool's Day, these jokes can only be a laugh for Bojun, and for fans who have forgotten what holiday it is, most of them can only accept the ending of being mocked. But that's not including Manchester City fans, who don't have time to pay attention to the English tabloids today, because today, Manchester City have games, important games.

The City Stadium is still packed.

In the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Manchester City hosts Liverpool.

After two home and away advantage, Manchester City suffered a poor schedule at the most crucial moment, this time with a home and away fixtures.

At this time, the game has entered the second half, and the big screen above the stands clearly shows the score at hand: 2-0.

In the lead, it is Manchester City.

As far as Manchester City is concerned, the game was a smooth one.

Linson's rotation against Everton looked to have paid off, as both men who scored were well rested in that game.

The first goal came from Bale.

Glen Johnson, who loves assists, bears the biggest responsibility for this conceded goal, because it was his rash step forward that gave Bale the chance to fly at City Stadium.

The second goal came from David Silva.

The Spanish midfielder looked to have forgotten about the harassment from Real Madrid for a while, and after assisting Bale, he used his flashy individual skills to get past two opposing players to score the ball just before the end of the first half.

A two-goal lead.

However, Lin Sen on the sidelines still did not dare to relax, and Manchester City on the field did not dare to relax.

In an ordinary game, a 2-0 score in the first half will be called an absolute initiative, and in the second half, especially when there is not much time left in the game, it will be called a locked win, but this is not an ordinary game, this is a knockout game, two 90-minute games, together, become a 180-minute game, not to mention the half-time result, even if it is the result of a game, it cannot be said that it decides a qiē.

What's more, the knockout round, and the away goal.

Manchester City, who are two goals ahead, look to be in a good position at the moment, but the truth is that Liverpool only need one goal to make the outcome uncertain. Because it will be an away goal, it means that Liverpool will theoretically only need one goal to knock out Manchester City if they are optimistic when they return to home.

So, it's simple, City still need to be fully focused and try to keep the score intact. Because only then will they be able to be more relaxed in the second round.

In the singing of the fans, Lin Sen looked stern, while Benitez looked angry.

The reason for the anger came from the defence, because the two goals conceded, almost all of them were led by the player's good intentions, the first conceded goal, Glenn Johnson should not have rushed forward at all when Kuyt was already involved in the attack, and the second conceded goal, Lucas, who was in charge of marking David Silva, should not have been thrown off so lightly.

With two goals down, Liverpool's hopes can now only be pinned on attack.

But now, Liverpool's attack is also in trouble, the arrow man Torres simply can't take advantage of Kompany, and Babel on the left and Kuyt on the right are also defending more than attacking in the battle with Robben and Bale.

Judging from the current form of the game, the third contest of the season, there is no doubt that Manchester City occupies the top. However, Lin Sen knew that the reason why the shape on the field had changed compared to the previous two games was that he had somewhat taken advantage of the opponent's incomplete lineup.

First of all, Torres has just returned from injury and is in average condition, and secondly, Liverpool is also missing a key player, that is, the Argentine Mascherano, you know, this Argentine iron waist is still the best player in the first meeting between the two sides, and in both competitions, he locked up the core of Manchester City, David Silva, but in this game, the Argentine was absent due to injury. Benitez has given a replacement for the 22-year-old Brazilian Lucas, but the young man and Mascherano are really far apart, and the simplest measure is David Silva's cousin.

With two key figures, one out and one out of form, Liverpool can only count on one person they have been counting on for a long time, and that is their captain Steven Gerrard.

It's just that Gerrard met the same opponent in this game, and that was Vidal.

Vidal, who has been in excellent form recently, is different from Javi Martinez, who is still in ups and downs, after the run-in in the first half of the season, has gradually become an indispensable figure in Manchester City's midfield, and in this game, Linson gave him the task of staring at Gerrard, especially to guard against the opponent's long-range shot, because in the last game between the two sides, it was Gerrard's long-range shot at the last moment that made Manchester City lose three points.

So far, Vidal's mission has been done well, at least, not allowing the Liverpool captain to create any lethal chances.

In the 71st minute, Benitez finally lost patience and made a last-ditch push to change three men at once.

Aquilani, Voronin, and Liela are on the line.

But not all last-ditch fights work, and it's not that if you change the attacking players, the attack will definitely be strengthened.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the City Stadium erupted in applause, and the score was 2-0.

In the first leg, City won the lead: two goals and a clean sheet. (To be continued......)