"Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini's starting line-up today is 4,321, which looks a bit conservative, and considering the opponent is Liverpool, such a line-up is understandable.

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart.

Defenders: Richards, Kolo Toure, Kompany, Kolarov.

Midfielders: Wright Phillips, Yaya Toure, De Jong, Barry, David Silva.

Striker: Carlos Tevez.

Liverpool boss Koeman started the same line-up today as in the previous game, still in a 433 formation.

Goalkeeper: Reina.

Defenders: Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Aurelio.

Midfielders: Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard.

Forwards: Raul, Torres, Qin Xiong.

The game will start immediately, with Manchester City kicking off at home. ”

Carlos Tevez and David Silva stood at the centre kick-off point, with Manchester City and Liverpool facing each other as if they were facing each other.

Manchester City, which is impoverished in the honor book, now has a very good squad, and many people in the outside world are saying that Manchester City's players are attracted by high wages, but from another point of view, they will be Manchester City's pioneers!

As long as Manchester City can win the honour, their group of players will go down in the history of the club and write themselves into the club's legendary epic as a particularly dazzling image.

So even if they are called mercenaries, Manchester City's players have no doubt about their fighting spirit and fighting spirit!

The game got on, and Manchester City started by constantly passing the ball in midfield to get the whole team into the groove and rhythm of the game.

They seemed cautious and did not dare to speed up the pace of the game easily.

In terms of fast-paced competition, I am afraid that no team in Europe dares to compete with Liverpool!

Manchester City need a little more patience, so they are in no hurry to attack.

In the 5th minute of the game, Kolarov assisted on the wing, because the team has three backs, and there are midfielders in the defense to supplement the wings, so the full-back assist will reduce the defensive pressure.

Kolarov faced Johnson on the flank, and he played a one-two with David Silva to the wall after cutting through the baseline. Kolarov swept the ball into the front of the box and Carragher appeared in key positions to cut off the link between the ball and Tevez before kicking the ball out of the box with the arch of his foot.

Gerrard got his back on the edge of the box and knew Barry was behind him ready to press. So he moved the ball wide and wide to the left wing.

Wright-Phillips is ready to fight Qin Xiong.

He stuck to Qin Xiong, but on the line where the football flew, Qin Xiong used his physical confrontation to squeeze little Wright away, and it was easy to do this, after all, Little Wright was too short.

Qin Xiong unloaded the ball with ****. Little Wright wanted to run to Qin Xiong's front to steal with his foot, but Qin Xiong squeezed him away again, and at the same time turned around and knocked the ball forward with his heel, Little Wright forced the grab to fail, and was thrown off by Qin Xiong!

Qin Xiong began to move forward along the wing, and Gerrard was also rushing forward, and he stepped forward along the middle of the strip, maintaining enough distance to be connected with Qin Xiong.

When Yaya Toure rushed over, Qin Xiong crossed the ball to Gerrard and cut inside the corridor in front of the penalty area. Gerrard sent the ball back to Qin Xiong's feet with a diagonal kick.

At this time, Qin Xiong saw his former old teammate De Jong, and he rushed over with an expressionless face, looking like he was going to steal fiercely.

Qin Xiong made a long-range shot, forcing De Jong to put a shovel!

After De Jong put the tackle, Qin Xiong stepped on the football and pulled back the horizontal, shook off the angle and then really shot with his feet.

The ball slammed into the right side of the Manchester City goal.

The ball was powerful and powerful, with a perfect combination of speed and power, but unfortunately the angle was a little right, and Joe Hart moved his fists to knock the ball out.

Qin Xiong shook his head slightly, feeling that he had wasted a good opportunity.

Manchester City increased their aggression when pressing in midfield. This left the two teams almost in hand-to-hand combat at midfield!

In the 12th minute, Barry was fouled in a scramble with Steven Gerrard, and a minute later, Alonso's defender David Silva also fouled.

"Roberto Mancini started to implant the Italian defensive philosophy in the Manchester City team. In the non-dangerous zone, Manchester City can foul and have the effect of delaying Liverpool's attack. ”

"I have to say that Manchester City's move is still very effective, so that Liverpool can't organize the attack quickly and fluidly, it just makes the game a little boring."

Seeing that Manchester City continue to use fouls to curb their own attack. Manchester City also hope to threaten their own goal with a quick attack after a successful interception in midfield, and Liverpool will immediately change their attacking strategy.

Qin Xiong retreated slightly, and he, along with Gerrard and Alonso, began to use the ability to play the precision of the mid-long pass.

With Raul and Torres attacking in front, the duo are agile and can make the attack more direct.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Qin Xiong exchanged passes with Alonso in the midfield, and then suddenly sent a straight ball to the ground.

Manchester City's midfielders stood slightly forward in order to contain Liverpool's attack, which made it easier for Qin Xiong to find a gap in the direct pass.

The ball rolled quickly between De Jong and Barry.

Raul pulled to the right in front of the penalty area, and Qin Xiong's through ball was delivered to his feet.

Raul dribbled into the middle of the box after stopping the ball, Kompany immediately stepped forward to press, but Raul suddenly stopped and changed direction to dribble the ball diagonally into the box.

As soon as he entered the box, Kolarov returned to the penalty area and tackled the ball cleanly!

Although Kolarov blocked Raul's shot, the ball he tackled rolled in front of Torres.

Kolo Toure was caught off guard, after Kompany was wiped out by Raul, he rushed to Raul's side, and when the ball rolled behind him, it was too late for him to brake and turn around!

Even goalkeeper Joe Hart felt like a bolt from the blue.

The ball rolled past his eyes, and he immediately turned to chase it.

But it was clear that Torres was a step quicker and stabbed the ball into the empty net before he did!

In the stands at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City fans were disappointed.

I didn't expect Liverpool to score first!

In the past 20 minutes, Manchester City's attack has not played an eye-catching performance, and now that the score is behind, the game will be even more difficult!

Fernando Torres scored his first goal of the new season and raced down the sidelines in excitement before stopping at the corner flag and raised his fist at the Reds fans as if to shout in unison.

Mancini frowned slightly, he was a little disappointed with Kolarov's tackle, yes, Kolarov blocked Raul's shot, but gave Torres a better chance to shoot, it could almost be said that Kolarov sent Torres a nanny ball. (To be continued.) )