Chapter 482: Blue Moon

After the 5-0 away win over Tottenham, everyone will no longer question Liverpool's current strength.
It's like Liverpool's record at the top of the list now. Everyone believes again that even if the team is affected by injuries, Liverpool is still the most promising team to win the Premier League this season.
In the subsequent home game against Cardiff City, Henderson, Sterling and Coutinho contributed three goals to help the team defeat the visiting Cardiff City 3-1 and let The team's lead in the standings continues to remain at three points.
Behind Liverpool are Arsenal, who have performed well this season, as well as Manchester City and Chelsea.
Among the six giants, Manchester United and Tottenham, with the recent unsatisfactory record, have opened the points gap with the championship group, and even before them are Everton, Newcastle and other mid-range teams in the past.
However, whether Liverpool really has a championship appearance, this boxing day schedule, we can see some clues.
Everyone recognized the strength of Liverpool, but also recognized by people are Manchester City, which is "trenched and inhuman", Arsenal, which has outstanding offensive firepower, and Chelsea, which has performed equally well after Mu Bird's second entry into the palace.
In the Boxing Day game, Liverpool will have two consecutive away games with Manchester City and Chelsea's two direct opponents for the title after Christmas.
Liverpool's first game after Christmas was to face Manchester City, which has a large number of powerful players.
Although Manchester City has been slow to enter the Champions League due to the team’s focus on the Champions League in the early stage, as the Champions League group stage is coming to an end, Manchester City has recently won 6 consecutive victories in the Premier League, making the team silent. From the middle of the ranking, all the way up to the third place.
Liverpool, which is now at the top of the list, is only 4 points away.
After Ferguson retired, for Manchester City, who are also in Manchester, this season is actually their best opportunity to compete with Manchester United for local Manchester fans.
Before, even though Manchester City received crazy capital injections from oil capital for many years, Manchester United is like a big mountain on the top of Manchester City. When it comes to Manchester, everyone will always think of the "Red Devils" Manchester United, and the old coach Sir Alex Ferguson. And Manchester City, always regarded as an ordinary team, cannot be compared with traditional giants like Manchester United.
However, after Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester United immediately fell into decline. This is the best chance for Manchester City to get rid of the shadow of Manchester United. If they can take over the lost robes of Manchester United and become the new Premier League champion and the new King of Manchester, So it is crucial for Manchester City's future development.
Only 4 points away from the top Liverpool, this direct matchup with Liverpool will be Manchester City's best chance to narrow the points gap.
It's just that the strikers on both sides before the game have been damaged. Aguero on Manchester City's side is missing due to injury, while on Liverpool's side, Sturridge's injury still needs a period of rest.
Several of Liverpool's injured players have not recovered yet. Rogers has exactly the same lineup as Tottenham's players in the starting selection.
On the Manchester City side, without Aguero, they can only start with Gredo.
Negredo has been competing with Dzeko this season, and Negredo, who has performed well recently, has naturally been favored by the Manchester City coach.
The most daunting aspect of Manchester City is their luxurious midfield configuration.
Nasri, Navas, the two top-ranked wingers in world football, are separated from the left and the right, while David Silva, Yaya Toure, and Fernandinho are the three of them. The field is both offensive and defensive. In the case of a solid and good defense, you can also send subtle passes.
And Manchester City’s Etihad has won 8 consecutive wins in the Premier League this season. In the new season, they have won 12 home games and 11 wins in all competitions. They only lost to the universe in the European group stage. Just benevolence.
Such a terrifying home court is a huge challenge for Liverpool's defense.
Compared with the away game against Arsenal, Manchester City has a stronger wing and a stronger midfielder. Although the overall pass control level of the team may not be as good as Arsenal, but in the delivery of key balls, there is Schell. Manchester City, where the two midfield superstars of Wa and Yaya Toure sit, are no worse than Arsenal.
In terms of the team’s offensive threat creation, Manchester City’s loss of Aguero is definitely affected, but in the face of Liverpool’s defense, it is definitely still able to occupy a certain advantage.
Liverpool's defense in this game is the most worrying, that is, the two wingers have to face the repeated impact of Nasri and Navas.
Flanagan, who is on the right of Liverpool, will face the impact of Nasri directly. Whether young Flanagan can defend his defense is crucial for Liverpool in this game.
At the beginning of the game, Manchester City, which played at home, really took the initiative on the field.
Liverpool, forced by Manchester City's offense, can only turn to the defensive, waiting for the opportunity to fight Manchester City's counterattack.
In this strong matchup, Manchester City did not have any scruples. Manchester City, which is playing at home, dared to fight Bayern. Facing Liverpool is not a healthy line of defense at this time. Manchester City’s attack is easy to play. .
Especially the two wingers, from the very beginning, relying on strong personal ability, caused a great threat to Liverpool's defense.
As soon as the kick-off, Manchester City's midfielder passed the ball directly to Navas on the right.
Navas did not deceive any fake moves, just dribble the ball directly to the bottom right.
Glen Johnson, at this time, his weakness in acting on the left side has been revealed, and he can deal with ordinary players. However, now, Glen Johnson is still lacking in a position that is not the most familiar.
One person's defense cannot limit Navas' breakthrough.
Navas succeeded and made a half-high pass directly. Fortunately, goalkeeper Mignole reacted quickly~EbookFREE.me~ to attack and jump forward, hugged the pass directly, and did not let it. Manchester City in the middle of the match has a chance to grab points in front of the goal.
The threat of Navas on the right has not been resolved, and Nasri on the left of Manchester City can also show off.
Facing the young player Flanagan, this British-style full-back is slightly taller and much stronger than Nasri, so when facing a quick-witted player like Nasri, his speed is naturally In terms of agility, it will suffer a big loss.
Nasri was also on the outside line, and Flanagan, who was defending by himself, could only watch Nasri helplessly, kicking and passing in a threatening place on the side, but his upper grab could not make it.
After all, if Flanagan really rushes forward, then if Nasri makes a breakthrough, it will pose a greater threat to Liverpool.
For Manchester City's wing pass, Liverpool can only let it go.
And Nasri’s football passed to the back point this time directly crossed Liverpool’s central defender line. In the back point area, Navas jumped to the top and headed a contra-angle, which caught Mignole by surprise. .
The ball flew to the upper left corner of the goal area. Mignolet, who was guarding the right post in the near corner, could only watch the ball fly to the goal, hit the post, and bounced out of bounds!
Liverpool’s defensive players were scared into a cold sweat, almost, that goal was scored by Navas in the goal...