The 11th round of the Premier League is coming, and a strong showdown against Mai Mang is about to officially begin: at 23:30 on Sunday evening, October 16, the Reds Liverpool and Blue Moon Manchester City will stage a "red and blue battle" at Anfield Stadium ! This exciting game is naturally full of highlights. Today we will bring you five highlights of the "Red and Blue Battle" of the Premier League -
. Blue Moon Fighting for the Top Red Army hopes to stop the decline, no one can afford to lose in the battle of a must!
In the past five years, two clubs have monopolized the Premier League championship trophy: the Blue Moon took off four times, and the Red Army won the championship once. But now the two companies are hard to say: the Reds won only 2 games after 8 rounds of battles, tied 4 times and lost 2 times, ranking 10th in the league with only 10 points. Although the team has scored 20 goals this season, nearly half of them are obtained from the newly promoted Bournemouth . What is even more ironic is that after that 9-0 tragedy, Bournemouth, who completed the change of coaches, has now climbed to the front of the Reds. Liverpool , which once "robbed the rich and helped the poor", not only lost the ability to wrestle with Big6 teams, but also turned into a "peace elite" when fighting with some non-strong teams, and tied against Fulham , Crystal Palace , Everton and Brighton.
In contrast, the defending champion Manchester City , the team remained unbeaten with 7 wins and 2 draws, ranking second in the standings with 23 points. Blue Moon scored 33 goals with Demon Haaland , with the average number of goals scored 3.67, and conceded only 9 goals. The Blue Moon Legion, which has made targeted reinforcements this summer, is now really an offensive and defensive team, and is the only team in the league that has never lost.
The Reds are still 6 points away from the top four, and the league has suffered three rounds of unwinding. The team urgently needs a victory to stop the decline in time and get back on track. As the new overlord of the Premier League, the Blue Moon Army is determined to defend the title and achieve the three consecutive championships. They are fighting against Arsenal and they also need to continue their winning streak through a victory and seek to take over the top throne. For both sides, this strong showdown means a valuable 3 points, so no one can afford to lose.
2. Injury! hurt! hurt! Seven generals are lying on the hospital bed. How do you dispatch troops?
Liverpool's sluggish form this season is actually closely related to the team's repeated injury problems. The shortage of manpower is the most obvious in the midfield position. At first, the Spanish core Thiago was injured and absent. In order to make up for the loss of this role, the team loaned Juventus midfield Artur . However, before Thiago recovered from injury, Artur was also troubled by injuries. In addition, Chamberlain, Keita , and Curtis Jones, three midfielders who can be rotated, are also suffering injuries, and it is still unknown when they will return.
The midfield injury wave directly caused the Klopp 's iconic 4-3-3 system to be unable to maintain. After trying to use young players Carvalho and Elliot to force a three-midfield formation, Uncle Zha decisively chose to use the 4-2-3-1 formation that had been used in Dote , which achieved certain results. At least the team began to find a way to threaten the opponent's goal. However, in the last round of the game against Arsenal, Dias, who was absolutely the main player in the left winger, was injured, which once again disrupted Klopp's deployment. To make matters worse, the team's main defenders Arnold and Matipu are also injured now, and there are very few cards available in Uncle Zha's hands.
Although Klopp had a partial rotation in the mid-week Champions League league, Uncle Zha obviously would not expose his real tactical intentions too early before the key game against Manchester City. Now that midfielder Thiago has returned from injury, it is worth paying attention to whether he will re-activate the three-midfield configuration; in the frontcourt, between Salah , Firmino , Nunes and Jota , it is also worth paying attention to how many people will Uncle Zha choose and which one will choose between Salah , Firmino .
3.1-0 to 4-20, Nunes and Haaland reversed the situation
This summer, Liverpool and Manchester City signed a "god forward" respectively: worth 75 million euros Uruguay scorer Nunes successfully "joined the army" and earned 60 million euros for Dortmund Norwegian magic kid Haaland successfully "landed the moon". Before the new season league officially started, the two teams met in the community shield final, and the two gods also ushered in the first duel to land in Britain. In the end, Liverpool won 3-1, and Nunes also "beats" Haaland, who has been famous with a 1-0 goal.
The one who "victory" opened high and ended low. After scoring the Premier League debut, he was red because of his hot heart. He was suspended for three games during the time period when he needed to get along with the team most. He wanted to catch up but found it too late. The one who "failed" debut was amazing, and his performance since then became even more explosive. He completed three hat tricks in just 8 league games. Now he has become an existence "resisted" by fans of other 19 teams. When we meet again two months later, the score between Nunes and Haaland has changed from 1-0 to 4-20. Naturally, there is no need to say clearly about the change in the "win-loss relationship" between the two.
When the "winner" is still struggling to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, the "loser" is making the Premier League adapt to his rhythm. Nunes and Haaland, the two gods, meet again. Will their situation reverse again in this game?
4. "The Moon Shooting Hero" was lost for a long time and woke up overnight. Can he appear again in the league?
The most "shot" experience in the Red Army formation is Egyptian pharaoh Salah. He has won 8 goals and 5 assists in 16 games against Manchester City. He is also the third player in the history of the two teams' battles. In the Community Shield Cup final this season, Salah made a pass and shot, helping the team to shoot 3-1 and successfully win the shield.
However, Salah, who is the three-time Premier League Golden Boot, has been bizarrely in a downturn this year. He only scored 2 goals and 3 assists in eight league games this season, which has had an adverse impact on the team to a certain extent. But in the Champions League group stage mid-week, Egyptian Pharaoh Salah made a three-goal appearance on the bench, breaking the record of the fastest hat-trick in the Champions League while helping the Reds slaughter the Rangers 7-1 away.
With Liverpool's wounded soldiers full of camp and poor record, Salah, whose condition has recovered, is undoubtedly the core figure in the team's competition with Blue Moon Manchester City, and is also the leader in leading the team out of the trough and returning to the right track on the league track. But the question is, does such a good state mean the re-awakening of the Pharaoh, or is it just a "flash in the pan"? Everything depends on whether he can continue to play the role of "The Moon Shooting Hero" this time.
5. I once sent the invincible warship to open the door! Can the Red Army break the undefeated golden body of Lan Yue this time?
After the new season officially kicked off, Manchester City achieved an unbeaten record of 10 wins and 3 draws in all competitions, but strictly speaking, they are not an "invincible battleship". The last time they lost was thanks to the Reds Liverpool. In the traditional "warm-up" event in the Premier League - the Community Shield Cup final, the Blue Moon lost to Liverpool 1-3 and encountered a dark goal.
Although the current situation of the two teams is very different, we cannot deny the fact that the only team that has defeated Manchester City so far this season is Liverpool. Two months ago, the Reds were fighting, and the one who laughed to the end was the Reds; this time the two sides met again, would it be their victim of Liverpool who broke the unbeaten Golden Body in the Blue Moon League?
All suspense will be answered in this "Red and Blue War" late this Sunday night!
