Chapter 855: With an aggregate score of nine to one, Manchester City advanced to the semifinals of the Champions League
A storm of public opinion started by the South Korean media came and went quickly.
As if it had never happened.
The only people implicated were some officials in South Korea, who suffered unjustified disasters and ended up secretly stepping down...... You can even go to jail.
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Li Chuanqi didn't care about these things, he looked down on South Korea from the bottom of his heart.
South Korea has never been strong, and they don't know it, they always feel that they are the strongest.
This is especially true of South Korean football, in order to achieve a good ranking in the World Cup, taking advantage of the host country, it is hard to eliminate Spain, Portugal, Italy and other world giants.
Their fame has stinked in Europe.
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After the first round of the Champions League, Manchester City's 7-0 slaughter of Tottenham Hotspur was of course the biggest news.
Liverpool beat Porto 2-0 at home to lay a solid foundation for advancing to the semi-finals.
Eredivisie powerhouse Ajax drew 1-1 at home to Cristiano Ronaldo-led Juventus to keep the suspense of promotion until the second leg.
Overall, Juventus have the upper hand, after all, they have an away goal in their hands.
Manchester United, which was given high hopes by Premier League fans, lost 0-1 at home at the feet of Barcelona led by Messi, and the promotion situation was worrying.
Manchester City are back in the Premier League, with they currently eleven points ahead of Liverpool, and that's the rhythm of winning the title early.
But how many rounds can you win the championship in advance?
It depends on City's own results and Liverpool's results.
On 13 April, the Premier League was ignited again.
If Manchester City can win this round and Liverpool can't, Manchester City will be able to win the title four rounds early!
You must know that Liverpool's opponent in this round of matches is Chelsea, and Chelsea have the quality to stop Liverpool at Anfield.
But are Chelsea willing to stop Liverpool?
Nobody knows.
On 14 April, Manchester City travelled to take on Crystal Palace.
Pep Guardiola tweaked his main line-up, with the injured Kevin De Bruyne missing the game and the B seat getting a chance to start.
Sergio Aguero was also not named in the starting line-up and Gabriel Jesus was given a chance to start.
After the start of the game, the two sides fought against each other.
Crystal Palace will be hoping they can end City's unbeaten run.
Win over Manchester City!
This has become a demon in the hearts of Premier League fans.
An unbeaten season, Arsenal created a myth and the Premier League side don't want to repeat it.
Crystal Palace put pressure on the Manchester City backline from the opening kick-off, and City responded calmly, breaking up the opposition again and again.
Palace's tenacity broke Pep Guardiola's strategy for a quick break, and the deadlock was only broken in the 35th minute of the first half.
Li Chuanqi played an important role in this goal.
After receiving the through ball from seat B, Li Chuanqi connected with two defenders and sent the football to the penalty area.
Gabriel Jesus shoots low in front!
1 to 0!
Manchester City went into the second half with a one-goal lead.
In the 19th minute of the second half, Raheem Sterling created a chance on the left and crossed in front of goal!
Gabriel Jesus grabs the point!
Two to zero!
Gabriel Jesus scored twice!
After taking a two-goal lead, City slowed down after taking possession of the ball, hoping to run out of time.
Palace made a couple of dangerous attacks but failed to find the back of the net.
In the end, Manchester City won 2-0 away against Crystal Palace, extending the points lead to 14 points!
If Liverpool can't beat Chelsea at home in this game, Manchester City have already won the Premier League title this season ahead of schedule!
An hour later, the match between Liverpool and Chelsea came to an end when Liverpool won 2-0 thanks to Mohamed Salah's brace in the space of three minutes.
The difference between the two teams returned to 11 points, and Manchester City failed to live up to their hopes of winning the title four rounds with four rounds to go.
As for whether Chelsea let go of the water and don't want to see Manchester City win the title four rounds ahead of schedule?
It doesn't matter anymore.
Manchester City fans don't think about it at all, after all, the Premier League title is already a certainty, and there is no atmosphere to win the title away from home, it is better to return to the home team to win the title.
What's more, Manchester City's opponent in the 35th round is Tottenham!
Is there anything more exciting than a win over Tottenham?
Of course not!
Before that, of course, City want to play the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final at home to Tottenham.
With certainty that he can advance early, how will Guardiola arrange his squad?
What's more, Manchester City are still unbeaten, doesn't Guardiola want to write a myth?
So...... Manchester City will take this game seriously.
According to Manchester City fans: at least you can't lose!
Although Pochettino was not sacked by Tottenham, the Tottenham hierarchy was very unhappy with the fiasco, and there were media reports that if Tottenham did another heavy defeat at the Intihad Stadium, the Argentine would roll up and leave.
So Pochettino is under a lot of pressure.
As big as ...... I heard that I lost a lot of hair, and I have been studying how to limit Li Chuanqi.
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On April 17, the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals began.
Manchester City are back at home to Tottenham.
Pep Guardiola put Li Chuanqi, Aguero and other key players on the bench.
Once the game began, Manchester City took control of the tempo of the game with the advantage of their home field.
Pochettino did not play against Manchester City this time around, and the first leg taught him a hard lesson.
In the 23rd minute of the first half, Tottenham scored with a quick counter-attack.
Kane made the ball to Ali, Ali shot from a distance, Ederson bravely saved the football, Kane made a successful follow-up shot!
1 to 0!
Pochettino was greatly relieved by the goal, knowing that he should not have played against Manchester City in the first leg.
Manchester City launched a ferocious attack in the next game, but the forward line wasted good chances again and again.
Tottenham went into the second half with a one-goal lead.
The second half was still a stalemate, with Manchester City unable to score a goal despite being in the ascendancy.
Pep Guardiola gradually lost patience and in the second fifteen minutes he brought on Li Chuanqi and Sergio Aguero.
Substitution is like changing knives.
The duo created a good chance in front of the box shortly after coming on.
Li Chuanqi passed directly, Aguero knocked back, Li Chuanqi went straight to the plug, Aguero turned into the penalty area and scored with a low shot!
One-to-one!
Manchester City equalis!
In the thirty-second minute of the second half, Li Chuanqi relied on his super personal ability to forcibly break through to the penalty area with the ball and was put down by the opposing defender!
"Drop! ……”
The referee blew the whistle.
Penalty kick!
Li Chuanqi personally operated the hit!
Two to one!
The group of reporters on the sidelines sighed: "Manchester City wants to win, but it still has to rely on Lee......"
In the end, Manchester City made a strong effort in the second half and won the second leg, and finally advanced to the Champions League semi-finals with an aggregate score of 9-1!
Nine to one!
Manchester City rewrote the record for the largest point margin in the quarter-finals of the Champions League!
Pep Guardiola produced his best Champions League result for Manchester City.