With Liverpool's 6-goal fat beating Leeds United, and Conte's hard hard guardiola success, most fans may not have thought that the Premier League title race, which has been "spoiled" in advance, has come to a limit reversal in more than a month.
The last game of 2021, Liverpool 0-1 by Leicester City, this game not only allowed Klopp to suffer the second game of the league this season, but also let Liverpool be thrown away by the top Manchester City as many as double-digit points gap, and worse, the African Cup of Nations followed, Salah and Mane returned to help, once made the outside world think that this season's Premier League title has no suspense.
However, after Tottenham Hotspur won Manchester City like a "return to the light", fans suddenly found that Liverpool, which had one less game, had quietly approached the throne of Manchester City's leader. Especially in front of Leeds United, who are not afraid of the sky, and the old coach Bielsa, who is quite respected by Guardiola, Liverpool used a 6-0 victory to highlight Klopp's passionate play of two sets of "farmer three punches" after the game.
12 rounds of the league, 3 points gap, Guardiola and Uncle Scum will turn on the scoring mode
The Premier League schedule is over 2/3, and Manchester City's 3-point gap between Liverpool and the remaining 12 rounds of the league are almost equal to the same starting line, and the head-to-head showdown between the two teams in the 32nd round of the league will be the pinnacle of this season's Premier League champions.
But before that, there is no doubt who tests Manchester City and Liverpool who has more staying power and who can soar higher.
From the perspective of the schedule, the rest of manchester city's matches, in addition to the head-on match with Liverpool, the top opponent is only Manchester United, and Liverpool will also play with Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham Andttenham and other strong players. Relatively speaking, The pressure on Manchester City is relatively small, especially Guardiola also holds the fault tolerance rate of the three-point advantage.
In addition, although manchester city and Liverpool both enjoyed relatively easy promotion in the first leg in the Champions League round of 16, Liverpool had one more FA Cup final against Chelsea than Manchester City.
City have a slight advantage in the schedule, but the mentality of Liverpool's catch-up is also dominant. Therefore, before the two teams have a neat lineup, a hot state and a scorching competition, whether the soaring scoring mode of Guardiola and Uncle Scum can reproduce the champions and runners-up scene of the 18-19 Premier League super points will undoubtedly become the picture that fans are looking forward to.
The competition for the championship is the scoring mode, enjoying the fans, and profiting from the Guardiola
In the past 5 seasons, although Guardiola has announced Manchester City's dominance over the Premier League with 3 Premier League titles, in Guardiola's eyes, Klopp's frontal challenge has never stopped.
From trailing by 25 points in the 17-18 season, to just one point difference in the 18-19 season, to the successful topping in the 19-20 season, Klopp continued to put pressure on Guardiola to compete for the title. Although Klopp slowed down in the 20-21 season, with Van Dijk's strong return this season and the stretching of the squad gradually disappearing, Klopp once again opened the scoring mode with Guardiola.
The enthusiasm of the fans will undoubtedly be brought to a climax by the two coaches for the rest of the schedule, but it is Guardiola who is really profitable in the current situation.
As we all know, Guardiola and Manchester City, who have completely conquered the Premier League, are currently the biggest goal to win the Champions League. From the analysis of previous seasons, except for the 18-19 season with Liverpool in the league to the last game, Manchester City almost established the trend of league title competition early.
Therefore, Guardiola, who easily plays in the Champions League knockout stages, is often prone to sudden and bizarre changes in key games, resulting in an abrupt end to the momentum of the good championship. At the same time, the relaxed mentality of players in the league will largely lead to fluctuations in the state of players, making it difficult to find a balance between one loose and one tight.
With the official start of the Champions League knockout rounds, it means that the season has entered the sprint stage. With Liverpool maintaining the strong momentum of the league title race, Guardiola will obviously be more pragmatic in tactical choices, and players can also maintain enough focus in the urgent situation to avoid the idea of slacking in the sprint stage of the season. This is clearly good news for Guardiola to achieve his ultimate goal.
The "two tigers" fought, and it may be Ronnick who was injured
After two consecutive wins, Rangnick led Manchester United back to the track of fighting for 4, although Rangnick is a temporary manager and the probability of leaving after the season is almost 100%, but Longnick wants to get support in the role of team consultant to help Manchester United compete for Champions League qualification this season, which is equivalent to the bottom line.
As mentioned earlier, the championship battle between Manchester City and Liverpool, the peak match in the 32nd round of the league will be a key turning point, but before that, Manchester City and Liverpool must maintain a strong momentum of scoring points to avoid falling behind before the peak showdown.
Therefore, in the next fixtures, attentive Red Devils fans will find that in the 28th round, Manchester United will compete with Manchester City in the second leg of the Manchester City derby, and in the 30th round, the double red clubs of Manchester United and Liverpool will follow. Obviously, in the current state of Manchester United, it is difficult to complete the "tiger's tooth extraction" at the critical moment when the two "tigers" are competing for the title.
More crucially, both games will be played before the 32nd round of the peak match between Manchester City and Liverpool. If Lonnick loses 6 points, he will be in an extremely passive situation for United to fight for 4.
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The return of the suspense of the Premier League title is both a challenge and an encouragement for Manchester City and Liverpool, but in the case of "two tigers fighting", can Manchester United, which is eager to qualify for the Champions League, successfully avoid the "accidental injury"? Obviously, this was a headache for Ronnick.