"This draw, it feels like Bayern is going to the final again!"

"Reaching the final for three years in a row, I asked who else?"

"Do you look down on Atletico so much?"

"I have a hunch that Bayern may overturn!"

"Hehe, then I thought Real Madrid would lose to Manchester City!"

Seeing the results of this draw, fans talked a lot.

The prevailing view is that this signing is good for Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, and they have a good chance of progressing to the final.

Of course, there are those who have a different view, believing that Atletico and Manchester City can cause some problems for Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

Real Madrid's mouthpiece Marca believes that Real Madrid needs to take Manchester City as an opponent seriously, especially in the first away game.

'Manchester City's home record this season has been outstanding, they have only lost one game at home so far and it will not be easy to take the Etihad Stadium.

The newspaper also believes that with a superstar like Lin Quan in Manchester City, Real Madrid must go all out, and any mistake will pay a heavy price.

However, whether it is Ace or Marca, they all feel that as long as Real Madrid goes all out, the chances of winning are still greater!

"On the way to the tenth championship trophy in the team's history, Real Madrid will overcome all difficulties, no matter who stands in front of Real Madrid, they will be crushed by Real Madrid!"

"Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"

The semi-finals of the Champions League will be played on 24 April, with Manchester City hosting Real Madrid in the first leg.

This game is crucial, and if you can't win Real Madrid at home, you may have less luck away from home.

It's just that it's too difficult to win Real Madrid with Bale and Ronaldo.

Manchester City FC also seemed well aware of the difficulty of reaching the final, so Fahim stepped in to relieve the pressure on the players and coaching staff and let them focus on playing in the league.

'We've achieved what we've set for this season, we're making history every step of the way, and you're the heroes of the team, whether you succeed or not.'

Of course, having said that, there is still a dream, and what if it succeeds?

Fahim then said that if Manchester City can eliminate Real Madrid and reach the final, the club will give out a huge prize of 10 million pounds in a lump sum.

Hearing this bonus amount, the players' breathing couldn't help but become short.

£10 million, which is more than the annual salary of the vast majority of players in the squad!

Let's not talk about honor or anything, even if it's for money, you have to overthrow Real Madrid!

Seeing the morale of the players rise all of a sudden, Pellegrini couldn't laugh or cry.

Sure enough, it's a wealth that touches people's hearts!

Not to mention the players, he is the coach who is tempted.

……

On April 12, the third day after the end of the Champions League, the whole Manchester City team took a bus to Liverpool, dozens of kilometers away, ready to go to Anfield Stadium to challenge the declining giants - Red Army Liverpool!

As one of the four giants of the Premier League, Liverpool has not won the Premier League title for more than 20 years.

Liverpool's last top-flight title was in 1989-1990, before the Premier League was restructured.

Since the restructuring of the Premier League, Liverpool have not won the title again.

Coincidentally, the timing of the arrival of Ferguson, the Red Devils' decorated manager, at Old Trafford, coincided with the fall of Liverpool.

Before Alex Ferguson's arrival, United had only seven trophies, compared to Liverpool's 19.

By the time Ferguson left, Manchester United had already won 20 trophies, surpassing Liverpool to become the most successful team in the history of the English top flight.

Ferguson made good on his promise, not only winning 13 Premier League trophies for Manchester United, but also kicking Liverpool off the throne with his own hands.

Now, the old guy has finally been retired, and the Red Army is showing signs of recovery.

Their record this season has been outstanding, and after 33 league games, their points have soared to 74 points, 13 points higher than last season's final points!

With this point, Liverpool will finally be able to return to the Champions League stage next season after four years of absence from the Champions League.

Not only that, but with five games to go in the Premier League, Liverpool still theoretically still have the hope of winning the title, although not very much.

But for the Red Army, which once created the miracle of Istanbul, how can it give up lightly if it does not fight until the last moment?

Liverpool are currently seven points behind Manchester City at the top of the table, and a win at home would see that gap close to four points.

After this game, there are still four rounds of matches left before the end of the league, and whether they can win the title will only depend on whether Manchester City will continue to make mistakes.

But in any case, if they want to keep their title hopes alive, they must win Manchester City at home, otherwise they will win the next game at home and win three rounds of titles.

Even a theoretical hope is enough to make Liverpool fans who have not won a championship for more than 20 years go crazy.

Besides, even if they don't win the title in the end, they will have to beat Manchester City.

After all, it's more uncomfortable to watch others make money than to lose money yourself.

The Liverpool fans were so 'enthusiastic' that Manchester City's bus was stopped on the road before they could get close to the stadium.

"Die, Manchester!"

"Get out of Liverpool!"

"We're going to beat you to tears at Anfield!"

If it's just name-calling, it's nothing, and this kind of thing has actually happened to Manchester City when they go to other away games.

There are a lot of football hooligans in the UK, and some crazy fans will not only come to block the away team's buses, but even go to the away team's training ground and outside the hotel to make noise and interfere with their training and rest.

If you just talk and don't do it, it's actually okay, I'm afraid that they will use their mouth and hands, then it's a bit troublesome!

There was a loud bang, and I don't know who threw something at the bus.

A mineral water bottle with half a bottle of water smashed into the window of the team's bus, startling Javi Garcia by the window.

It seems that their worst fears have happened!

Seeing the Reds fans outside wearing Liverpool shirts with the same color on their faces as their clothes, the expressions of the Manchester City players in the car turned serious.

These guys, I don't know how much fake wine they have drunk, and these fans who have drunk too much are easy to behave irrationally as soon as their heads are hot.

In the face of the surging Reds fans, in order to ensure the safety of the players, the Manchester City team leader immediately chose to call the police and wait for the police to help disperse these fanatical fans.

The mounted police patrolling outside the stadium got the news and quickly rushed to the scene.

In each round of the Premier League, there is a large number of police officers outside the stadium who are responsible for maintaining law and order.

They were very experienced in dealing with these fanatical fans, and with the help of the Mounties, the City bus slowly moved forward and finally arrived at Anfield an hour later than scheduled.

Pellegrini didn't have time to explain the tactics because it was much later than scheduled, and he told the players to go to the pitch to warm up and acclimatise to the pitch.

Time was of the essence and it was important to warm up the players before the game started.

As soon as the Manchester City players stepped onto the pitch, they were booed by Liverpool fans.

"Honestly, I'm irritated to hear their boos and feel the urge to teach them a lesson!"

The Manchester City players, who were overwhelmed by the Liverpool fans, were getting angry in their hearts.

This is a good thing and a bad thing.

When you come to play away from home, the most fearful thing is to be frightened by the opponent's home momentum, and then play timidly and play abnormally.

Looking at the form of the Manchester City players, this concern can be dispelled.

Of course, there is a downside to anger, which is that it is easy for players to lose their minds and make some more impulsive choices.

For example, committing a foul in a place where it is not necessary and at the wrong time, and then getting a yellow or even a red card.

On the pitch, there are players who specialize in this kind of thing, using small gestures in defense and trash talk in their mouths to irritate the opposing players, provoke them and make them make mistakes.

The most serious thing is Zidane's shocking collision in the 2006 World Cup final, knocking out the French team's championship trophy!

Qizu, who was enraged by Materazzi's trash talk, made a huge mistake on the field because of his irrational behavior, and his career did not come to a successful end!

At Anfield, Manchester City seem to have signs of that as well.

By the time the players have finished their warm-up and returned to the dressing room.

There were only a dozen minutes left before the game, and Pellegrini didn't talk about tactics or anything.

He asked the players: "Do you see that sign on the wall facing the tunnel?" ”

The players didn't know what the manager was going to say, but nodded obediently.

"Very well, can someone tell me what is written on it?"

"This is Anfield!"

Someone reminded him in a whisper that he really seemed to treat his own manager as a bad old man who was low in energy and easy to forget.

The Anfield brand was also set up by the legendary coach of the Red Army, Shankly, and has been around for 50 years so far!

Throughout the Premier League, and across Europe, as long as a player has visited Anfield, there is no one who is unaware of the existence of this brand.

Because it stands on the front wall at the entrance to the players' tunnel, players from both sides will inevitably see it on the way back to the dressing room from the pitch.

"I didn't hear what you said!"

"This is Anfield!"

The player who was asked repeated the previous words loudly.

"Yes, this is Anfield!"

Pellegrini waited until the other party repeated the previous words aloud, and then introduced in a eloquent tone:

'This is Anfield, it's a great stadium and the toughest home stadium in the Premier League!

The owners of this stadium, Liverpool, who have 19 league titles, 5 Champions League titles, are nothing in front of them! ”

Manuel Pellegrini's words made Manchester City's players very depressed, why did the manager sing praises for his opponent before the game started?

Isn't this the morale of others to destroy their own prestige?

Lin Quan glanced at Pellegrini, the Chilean said such things before the game, it was definitely not to demoralize the players.

Sure enough, I saw the blank and stunned eyes of the players.

The Chilean engineer smiled and said:

"But so what? Liverpool's glory belongs to the past, but we are on the road to creating a legend.

One day, we at Manchester City will become like Liverpool, or even more brilliant than Liverpool! ”

"Go ahead, step on the pitch from here, snatch the victory and the title from Liverpool, and tell them, you old things, hold on to your pride and continue to sink, the new era belongs to our Manchester City!"

Pellegrini's words made the players excited.

What Manchester City fans and players care about most is when people talk about history, heritage and stuff in front of them.

Because these things are not available to Manchester City.

They are an upstart, or a nouveau riche who has just risen.

And they face the most historic and decorated team in the Premier League at Anfield!

Such a huge gap was originally easy to make Manchester City players feel inferior.

But now, there is no inferiority complex, there is only a strong fighting spirit and the urge to trample a giant like Liverpool under your feet!

……

Walking into the tunnel, the Liverpool players looked at their opponents curiously, as if they wanted to see the panic and uneasiness of the country buns coming to Anfield on their faces.

However, they didn't see what they wanted to see.

Manchester City's players are not panicked and nervous, but all of them are eager to try.

It seems that they can't wait to start the game!

Hmph, it's just pretending!

Once the game starts, we'll show you what Liverpool are really capable of at Anfield!

At 19 o'clock, with the referee's whistle, Liverpool's home game against Manchester City officially began.

Even before the game began, the Reds fans in the stands were already singing.

They sang the famous song "Never Walk Alone".

Encouraged by tens of thousands of fans in action, Liverpool launched a fierce attack on Manchester City, trying to use the attack to quickly break down the opponent.

Coutinho, Raheem Sterling, Suarez, Skrtel and other Liverpool players were extremely active in attack, attracting bursts of applause and cheers from the fans.

However, their opponents did not seem to be intimidated by their onslaught.

Manchester City have been extremely proactive since the start.

They boldly played against Liverpool away from home, and Lin Quan, Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Keylor Navas and others also frequently threatened Liverpool's goal.

The two teams went head-to-head at Anfield!

Seeing the opponent so bold, Liverpool fans were stunned.

Few of the teams that came to Anfield dared to play against Liverpool.

Manchester City are so arrogant!

They sang even harder, eager to lend all their strength to the players on the field, and let them kill the guys on the other side!

The pace of the game was very fast, with only 15 minutes of the first half, and both teams had a total of 10 shots on goal, an average of one and a half minutes on goal.

Such a fierce attack means that there will definitely be no fewer goals in this game.

Sure enough, in the 16th minute of the first half, the first goal came.

Liverpool striker Raheem Sterling took on a pass from Suarez, slid past Demichelis in the box and fired home into the near corner.

Liverpool leads 1:0 temporarily!

Raheem Sterling's goal set the mood in flames at Anfield on fire, and the Liverpool fans began to celebrate like they had won the game.

However, it was only a minute before City equalised.

After David Silva and Lin Quan completed the collision with the wall, the latter dribbled into the right side of the penalty area, faced the attacking goalkeeper and crossed in front of the goal, assisted Aguero to tackle the goal, Manchester City quickly equalized!

The score became 1:1!

"Damn, these damn Mancundians, why don't they die honestly?"

The Liverpool fans were very angry, they had just started to celebrate, and many of them had not finished celebrating before the opponent scored.

It makes them feel as bad as eating flies!

However, what made them even more uncomfortable was yet to come.

In the 27th minute, Kroos took a corner kick, Yaya Toure in front of the goal shook his head and hit the post, and in the scuffle in front of the goal, Lin Quan's clever follow-up shot kicked the ball into the Liverpool goal again.

Manchester City completed the comeback on the road, leading Liverpool 2-1 temporarily.

Lin Quan's goal stopped Anfield's singing for a while, and the Liverpool fans seemed to have forgotten to sing, and they all looked at their own goals in amazement.

That's it, falling behind?

Not only did they withstand Liverpool's attack, but they even took the lead in the attack?

This made Liverpool fans suddenly have a bad feeling in their hearts!

Liverpool's record has improved greatly this season, and many Reds fans feel that this is a sign that their team is about to rise again.

However, Manchester City's two goals within ten minutes were like two basins of cold water, pouring on them, making them sober up instantly!

They are now facing the top of the Premier League, not a fish belly!

After a brief silence, the Reds fans once again sang the anthem in unison:

Through the wind!

Through the rainstorm!

Let the world laugh at your dreams!

Keep moving!

You'll never go it alone!

……

Under the singing of the fans at the scene, the Liverpool players were full of blood one by one, and launched one fierce attack after another towards Manchester City's goal in a frenzy.

Finally, in the 37th minute, Liverpool scored again.

Skrtel latched on to Gerrard's cross and headed home from the edge of the post to shake off Lescott.

2-2！

Liverpool stubbornly equalised!

Once again, the Reds fans were excited, and a group of people sang and danced in celebration.

It seems that the equaliser is also something to celebrate!

However, Manchester City is like an unbeatable little powerhouse, tenacious and terrifying.

In the 43rd minute, De Bruyne sent a lethal through stopper, Lin Quan successfully countered offside and went to the meeting alone, facing the attacking goalkeeper to easily pass it, pushing the empty goal to score, completing the brace.

At 3:2, Manchester City took the lead again.

Liverpool fans are going to despair!

Why is the opponent so tenacious!

Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)