On the evening of 20 March, the FA Cup quarter-finals kicked off, with the Blue Moons City visiting St. Mary's Stadium to challenge Saints Southampton, and finally with goals from Sterling, De Bruyne, Foden and Mahrez, City beat their opponents 4-1 to advance.
In this campaign, Sterling, Jesus, Gundogan and goalkeeper Steffen rotated. Up front, Glallish was in the centre position, with Sterling and Jesus on both wings. City started off very well, and in the 12th minute, Sterling received a pass from Jesus to complete the goal. However, Southampton then stepped up the front, making it very difficult for The Manchester City backline to play the ball. In first-half stoppage time, Southampton launched a successful counter-attack, and Goalkeeper Stephen hesitated to strike, only to have his opponent's cross bounce off Laporte and the Saints managed to tie the score.
However, everyone knows that when encountering Manchester City, do not resist, the Saints who touched this bottom line were punished in the second half, and in the 62nd minute, Jesus won a penalty in the penalty area, and De Bruyne once again rebounded to the score. Foden and Mahrez, who came off the bench, also scored goals, and Manchester City won 4-1.
In this campaign, Manchester City had 65% of the ball, scoring 4 goals in 6 of the 19 shots on goal, and the advantage was still very obvious. However, after successfully qualifying for the semi-finals, Manchester City also ushered in a devil's schedule, because on another field, Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 away and also advanced to the FA Cup final four. The two teams will meet in the semi-finals. Coincidentally, in April, Manchester City and Liverpool will be played out in the Premier League battle of King's Hill. In addition, Manchester City will have to play two legs against last season's La Liga champions Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals.
According to the schedule. Manchester City played Atletico Madrid at home on 6 April, and four days later, on 10 April, they played liverpool at home. On 13 April, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals began, followed by the SEMI-FINALs of the FA Cup on the 16th or 17th. In other words, City have to play four high-powered games in a row in 10 days.
Of course, at the same time as Manchester City and Atletico Madrid started, Liverpool also had to play in the Champions League quarterfinals, but their opponents were the beloved gift of Benfica, which meant that the Reds were much easier than Manchester City, because everyone knew that for the team coached by the bandit Simeone, even if they won the ball, they would kill a thousand self-inflicted losses of eight hundred, and the physical consumption would be very large. So, the situation facing Manchester City is obviously much more severe than that of Liverpool.
Of course, at this stage of the game, any devil schedule can only grit its teeth and survive. In the 2018/19 season, Liverpool's squad can win the Champions League and almost knock Manchester City to the ground in the Premier League, when their schedule is even more difficult. Manchester City today is much better than the Reds three years ago, at least in terms of depth of squad. So, playing every game well, what Liverpool can do, I believe Manchester City can also do.