Football: From becoming a god-level striker

Three days after the FA Cup with Chelsea, Manchester City ushered in what may be the most important league game of the season.

As long as they win this league, they will win the league championship six rounds ahead of schedule!

Once they draw or lose, their league title will hardly be lost, but they will play away games in the next three league games.

The treatment of winning the away game early and winning the championship at home must be very different.

That's why Guardiola rotated so many players in the FA Cup, and after Zhao Gang suffered a facial injury, he replaced him directly to maintain his physical fitness.

For this crucial battle.

If this game can win Liverpool, Manchester City will have no pressure in the league, and they can shift all their focus to the Champions League.

This season is the closest Manchester City have come to winning the Champions League in so many years.

Manchester City must go all out.

Liverpool, as the former overlord of League One and a veteran giant, of course will not allow itself to be the background board.

Of course, they will try their best in this game, and they are also in the key battle for the fourth place. This game is destined to be sparks hitting the earth.

On April [-], fans at the Etihad Stadium came earlier and more than ever.

There are a large number of fans waiting here at seven or eight o'clock in the morning.

Those fans without tickets could not enter the stadium, but they were still enthusiastic, singing the team anthem and shouting slogans belonging to Manchester City.

The voice of "Champion" resounded throughout the block.

For Manchester City fans, this game is far more important than the League Cup final.

This is tantamount to the final of the Premier League. If one game is won, the efforts and expectations of the whole season will bear fruit!

All fans of Manchester City hope to be able to witness this glorious moment on the spot.

This is destined to make these fans and fans excited.

The championship is the greatest pride and glory for those who are full of faith and love for football.

When players from both sides stood in the channel, the entire stadium was already full of voices.

The blue flag rose against the wind, entrusting the fans' longing for this blue moon.

"When the blue flag flies...we come together..."

"We are all witnesses...we raise our arms and shout..."

"Man City!"

"champion!"

"Man City!"

"champion!"

The fans have inexhaustible strength, jumping, raising their arms and shouting loudly.

In Longguo, Mr. Zhan has already obtained the starting lineups of both sides and started introducing them.

Liverpool is still a very smooth four-three-three lineup. Klopp has not made any adjustments to the lineup. This is their most confident starting lineup and formation this season.

In the face of this crucial battle, Klopp did not take the risk of changing the starting lineup.

And Manchester City, Guardiola...

"Guardiola...well, not following the four-two-three-one lineup that has been very consistent this season.

In this very important game, Guardiola showed his personality perfectly.

Any team can be his guinea pig.

Whether it is the Cosmos team Barcelona or the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich, or the current Premier League overlord Manchester City, as long as he wants, he can experiment with his new lineup and instill his own football philosophy.

This is really only Guardiola has this courage and ability to control the team.

If it were any other head coach, he wouldn't dare to try this easily.

Let's take a look at Manchester City's starting lineup, which has changed directly into three, four, and three.

Goalkeeper Bravo, the back three are Otamendi, Kompany and Kyle Walker.

Four midfielders, De Bruyne, De Bruyne, David Silva, Stones, Sane, Fernandinho are on standby.

This is a very strange change. Stones was mentioned as a central defender in the midfield, similar to the position of the midfielder. In the last round of the FA Cup against Chelsea, Stones played as a substitute for Zhao Gang and once appeared in this position. But the effect was not ideal, and the midfield was a bit chaotic.

It didn't improve until De Bruyne and Silva came off the bench.

Let's see how it goes today.

The three forwards are Zhao Gang, Aguero and Sterling.

This time Zhao Gang completely appeared as a winger. With his speed and confrontation ability, there is no problem at all as a winger.

And he made his debut as a striker, this time he returned to his good position, we can look forward to his performance.

This formation was not created by Guardiola. Conte is the coach who is best at playing three-four-three formations. Guardiola may have learned some experience from it.

Unlike Chelsea's three central defenders, Manchester City's three defenders are more like two full-backs and a central defender. In Conte's three-four-three formation, the two wing-backs not only need to attack, but may also retreat when defending. Bilateral defender.

In Guardiola's formation, it is impossible for De Bruyne and Sane to become bilateral defenders. There is a high probability that Stones will retreat and form a double central defender with Kompany.

The specific changes will depend on the performance on the field. "

"Well...the camera is here...this is the wives of the Manchester City players...it's indeed a crowd of beauty, the most beautiful scenery.

They are all models, singers, fashion designers, and their appearance is impeccable. "

It's nice to have money.

Zhao Gang stepped into the Etihad Stadium, took a deep breath, not nervous, only anticipation.

There are only two words in his mind.

champion.

So far in his career, the only little regret he may have is the league championship.

He won the Europa League, League Cup, Champions League and FA Cup.

Only missed the league title.

Didn't win the Championship.

There is a high probability that you will not be able to get it in the future.

It is difficult for Manchester City to be relegated, and the small probability of transfer is destined to be a wealthy championship team, and it is impossible to enter the low-level league.

As for the Dragon Super champion that he had been thinking about in his previous life?

I guess I've never had that honor in my life.

Messi and Ronaldo are full of honors, but they are not capable of winning the Dragon Super Championship.

A victory over Liverpool would make for an exciting and milestone night.

Players from both sides are ready to fight.

Liverpool almost drew with Manchester City in the first round, and the two sides jointly played a game with the most goals in the Premier League this season.

This game, the pre-match media almost one-sidedly believed that it would be another big score.

Of course the Liverpool players are not convinced. Manchester City has not only become the public enemy of the Premier League team because of their record, but now they are stepping on them to ascend to the throne.

Is there any reason for this?

We must do our best to fight a battle and delay Manchester City's pace of winning the championship!

And this game has naturally become the focus of attention of the entire Premier League, and there is a huge amount of attention in Europe and even the world.

Among them, Manchester United fans are the most contradictory.

They definitely hope that Manchester City will lose, but they will also feel uncomfortable if their arch-enemy Liverpool wins.

It would be nice if both teams lost.

But this is impossible.

After much deliberation, it seems that only a tie is the best.

In this case, Leicester City still needs to win, so that Manchester City cannot win the championship in advance.

drop! !

The referee Clattenburg blew the whistle to start the game.

Liverpool pass back and Lallana has the ball.

In this game, Manchester City was very proactive at the beginning, and the formation was very high.

Sterling, Zhao Gang, and Aguero all have good counter-attack and defensive capabilities.

Aguero went straight to the grab.

The midfielder behind him also kept running to cut off Lallana's possible passing route.

Lallana can only choose to pass back to the back line. Manchester City's midfielder ignores it, brushes it up and raises it up, forcing Liverpool players to pass back to Mignolet.

Aguero is extremely active, rushing into the penalty area and pressing the goalkeeper.

Mignolet looked at the six directions and saw Zhao Gang and Sterling on the scattered double back route.

The double central defenders in the middle are too close to the goal. Once the pass is wrong and they are robbed, the consequences will be disastrous.

Mignolet drove directly towards the midfield with big feet.

This is the safest option.

Liverpool is the team that is best at playing this kind of full-court press. Manchester City played in the way Liverpool is best at this opening.

Firmino and Kompany competed for the top. Kompany headed forward. After Stones received the ball, he did not choose to pass the ball. Instead, he glanced at his position and began to take the ball forward.

He is a central defender, but today Guardiola let him act as an organizational midfielder, making Manchester City more offensive.

So he can also be used as the starting point of the team's offense.

Manchester City started a methodical attack.

Zhao Gang was placed in front of this game, and the task was a lot easier. There was no need for the midfield to organize the ball, and he only needed to keep running and pulling, and finally broke through to shoot or score the ball.

Of course, he can also retreat to the midfield to get the ball and break through all the way, but it is not necessary.

Manchester City's four midfielders all have good ball control ability.

This is Manchester City's offensive ability, very ferocious.

Liverpool's players retreated across the board. It is true that Manchester City has too many offensive personnel, and they all have the ability to hold the ball with one hand and play positional warfare. It is difficult for any team to snatch the ball from Manchester City.

Several Manchester City midfielders began to pass the ball non-stop, looking for a breakthrough.

Aguero would even retreat to respond, while Zhao Gang was a little quiet, but Liverpool's defense did not dare not take Zhao Gang seriously, and was still keeping a close eye on Zhao Gang's position and next move.

Klopp on the sidelines was somewhat relaxed when Zhao Gang mentioned the forward position.

Zhao Gang is in the midfield, which is capable of sudden and passing organization, and there is a good space for him to play.

Now that he is at the front and Manchester City's midfield is very crowded, Zhao Gang's role has been greatly reduced.

After De Bruyne took the ball, he kicked a light through ball. Zhao Gang got the ball and faced Klein directly.

Zhao Gang took the ball and ran towards the baseline. When he accelerated, Klein tried to block it. It was difficult for him to keep up with Zhao Gang's pace.

Before the bottom line, there was a relatively large gap. Zhao Gang squeezed in, and Matip took advantage of the opportunity to attack, and cooperated with Klein to form a line of defense.

Zhao Gang kicked the ball out, and rushed out before the two closed the door!

"Ouch, Zhao Gang! Klein's speed is too bad, and Matip's defense didn't stop him!"

Emrejan also withdrew from the center and passed immediately, and the three defended, firmly restricting Zhao Gang to the left side of the penalty area.

Zhao Gang rushed out with the ball, and suddenly with a heel, the football went through Matip's crotch.

Aguero, who is very familiar with Zhao Gang, has long seen the gap behind Matip.

He knew that Zhao Gang could pass the ball to the position, but he didn't care how he passed it.

Anyway, it can be delivered.

Aguero took the first step and ran to the place.

The football leaked to his feet, Aguero took advantage of the situation and turned halfway, and shot from a small angle!

Lovren's concentration was already very concentrated, but he was still a little slow. He didn't block the shot line, but just used his body to interfere with Aguero's shot a little.

The king of small angles, Argentine professional boxing champion Aguero's explosive shot is full of power.

Mignolet made a very wonderful save, saving the ball sideways!

boom!

The football hit Mignolet's hands and flew to the right.

Milner didn't hesitate, didn't stop the ball at all, and kicked the ball out of the touchline.

Aguero covered his head, a little unbelievable that Mignolet was able to throw such a wonderful small angle.

There was a burst of regret from the whole stadium.

This ball, the pass is chic, the shot is wonderful, and the pounce is also beautiful.

"Manchester City's offense is very fierce, and Liverpool's defense on the right is a bit difficult. Should you consider switching Milner and Klein's positions?

It was difficult for Klein to keep up with Zhao Gang! "