No matter if you ask Guardiola or Zhuo Yang, if Manchester City can pick an opponent in the Champions League quarter-finals, they will definitely not want to meet Liverpool. Even if they meet Barcelona and Real Madrid now, it is better than seeing Uncle Zha.

The opposite is also true, Liverpool would not want to meet Manchester City so early, and neither Uncle Zha nor Detu would want to.

But it happened to be them. The only two remaining teams in the Premier League collided head-on in the quarterfinals of the Champions League in the 2017-18 season.

This year's top eight are surrounded by the four major leagues, three from La Liga, two each from the Premier League and Serie A, and Bayern is the only one from the Bundesliga. However, the only one competing in the same room is the Premier League.

Real Madrid faced off against Juventus, Barcelona met Roma, and Bayern met Sevilla.

With a record of 28 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss in the Premier League, Manchester City came to Anfield with a strong record of 86 points in 31 games. However, the only loss this season was at this stadium.

In the 3:4 match in the 23rd round at the beginning of the year, Uncle Zha's run-and-gun tactics gave Guardiola a headache, and he still hasn't been able to come up with a solution.

There aren't many things in football where it's hard to catch Lao Gua, but damn Uncle Scumbag is one of them.

Klopp also hates Guardiola so much that he almost hanged himself in the 0:5 match in the fourth round last September.

It was indeed revenge in January this year, giving Manchester City their only defeat so far this season. However, Liverpool itself also suffered from excessive consumption, and then lost to Swansea in the league and was defeated by Spain in the FA Cup.

Brown was eliminated and suffered a big loss.

So far in the league, it is still a mess for Liverpool. Manchester City rode to the other side of the mountain. Liverpool, who are temporarily ranked fourth, and Manchester United, Chelsea, and Tottenham have not opened up the points. Now they are biting.

It’s a critical period for Tottenham to compete for fourth place, but can they ignore Manchester City?

Unless we win the Champions League against Manchester City and then win the championship in one go, we cannot afford to lose the top four in the league. Alas, this hurdle is difficult to overcome.

Liverpool's main lineup is not inferior to that of Manchester City, but Uncle Zha suffers from the thickness of the lineup, so Manchester City can attack from five lines, but they accidentally failed in the FA Cup, but it is difficult for Liverpool to take care of both lines.

In fact, the 5:2 victory over Everton four days ago was Guardiola's tactical preview for today's away game against Liverpool. But looking at the entire game, excluding the second half, Zhuo Yang single-handedly defeated Everton.

After forcing the game, Manchester City could hardly be called a success in the first half.

Laporte was quite satisfactory as a left back, and even after conceding two goals, the defense could not be called impregnable.

The change in the midfield can be called a failure. On the surface, it is still Feidin's seat, but according to Lao Gua's tactical requirements, Dingding was positioned further back in that game, forming an actual double midfielder with Feiniao.

This seems to be of little use tactically.

The inside forward position left by Ding Ding's retreat, that is, the handle of the halberd, was taken care of by Zhuo Yang. This also made him a little far away from the goal, revitalizing the midfield and frontcourt, but his personal attack efficiency dropped.

Guardiola is a stubborn person. Even if the things he believes in do not have the expected results, he will not change his views easily. He will only reconsider it after he has suffered a bloody blow.

Lao Gua decided that it was a reasonable and good idea to use double midfielders against Liverpool. Since Fedin's seat was not suitable, then add Gundogan.

Ding Ding continued to partner with Feiniao as a double defensive midfielder, Gundogan went to the inside forward, that is, the handle of the halberd, and Silva wandered between the ribs and the wing, and he could hit the front.

David Silva is in good form recently, and his rib breakthrough is becoming more and more popular. Lao Gua likes Zhuo Yang and also likes it, so the 4-3-3 remains the same, but Silva has changed.

Allowing the midfielder and frontcourt to switch between 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 at any time.

Aguero is still recovering from his injury, Stones has recovered from his injury, and Lao Gua arranged for him to be a substitute today.

Ederson, Walker, Lao Kong, Horta, Laporte, Fedinkin, Drosaki.

Liverpool has just those people, Salah, Mane, Firmino, Chamberlain in the front, Henderson in the back, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson in the defense, and goalkeeper Karius.

The only people on the bench who can really provide immediate combat effectiveness for Uncle Zha are Wijnaldum, Klein, Milner and Moreno. Matip and Can are not available, and they are also resting due to injuries.

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German referee Felix Bruich blew the opening whistle and Liverpool kicked off first.

Firmino passed the ball directly back to the back line in the center circle. The Croatian center back took the ball, looked up, and passed it to the left side of the frontcourt, allowing Salah to fight for it in the crowd.

Although Uncle Zha's team is faster than Manchester City, it still advances quickly at every level, so from the long pass at the beginning, we can see some of Liverpool's tactical pursuits today.

The running and gunning wolf pack will definitely not lose. Liverpool obviously gave up the fight for possession of the ball today. After all, competing with Manchester City for this data is a thankless effort.

In the 5th minute, Walker and Salah won the battle. After stealing the ball, he passed it to Zhuoyang to create a counterattack.

Taking advantage of his long legs and fast speed, he managed to get rid of his old brother Detu, and Zhuoyang made a pass from the left side of the penalty area. Silva and Sane were already outflanking the goal, but unexpectedly, left back Robertson stepped in in time to slide.

Destroyed the ball beyond the baseline.

The 24-year-old Andrew Robertson is another masterpiece of Uncle Slag's Midas touch. He played for Hull City in the first two seasons and was not very conspicuous. After Hull City was relegated last season, he was acquired by Liverpool for 10 million.

At that time, he was also said to be inflated.

Liverpool has veteran Milner and Spaniard Moreno at left back, so there is no shortage of players.

But after half a season, Robertson was firmly on the left side of the Red Army, Milner was more often used as a substitute in the left midfielder, and Moreno was Robertson's substitute.

If Robertson falls into Guardiola's eyes now, he will basically get another 40 million.

Now that Robertson has been appointed as the captain of the Scotland national team, Kop also believes that he is the person most like Riise after Riise. John Riise is the legendary left back of Liverpool and one of the most important sluggers in football in the past. He played in his hometown of Norway the summer before last

Retired.

Robertson is a loser who counterattacks, while Trent Arnold, the much-anticipated Liverpool prince on the right, is a bit up and down.

He rose to prominence in the first team last season. This season, he has squeezed out Klein and settled on the right back. Alexander-Arnold and Trippier, who are not yet 20 years old, and Walker make the right wing of the England national team appear to be full of talents.

In the 30th round of the league last month, Liverpool lost 1:2 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. Alexander-Arnold was blown away by Sanchez. Even though he was a scumbag, he had to be replaced in the second half.

When the two armies confront each other, they must use their strengths, avoid weaknesses, restraint and counter-restraint in tactics, and attack the opponent's weaknesses in technology.
Chapter completed!