At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 20, the 2021-22 Premier League season will usher in a focus battle - Liverpool vs Manchester United's "double red club", which is the 30th round of make-up matches.
Liverpool's recent achievements have made fans feel excited, and there are also regrets. In the 32nd round of the Premier League, Liverpool drew 2-2 away with Manchester City, still trailing by 1 point in the Premier League table, missing the opportunity to seize the championship initiative, but in the end, it is likely that they will not win the championship due to the 1-point difference. In the FA Cup semi-finals, Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-2 away to advance, and in theory, this season can win the "full championship".
United aimed to compete for the Premier League title at the beginning of the season, but now they can only compete for four to qualify for the Champions League. Manchester United, coached by Lonnick, has a win rate that is not as good as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but due to the "London duo" Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur habitually dropping the chain, Manchester United has not lost the hope of competing for four. Arsenal, already in fourth place, have recently suffered three consecutive defeats, with Spurs rising to fourth with a three-game winning streak, but losing 1-0 at home to Brighton in the 33rd round missed a great opportunity to extend their lead.
In the current Premier League table, Tottenham Hotspur ranks fourth with 57 points in 32 games, Manchester United ranks fifth with 54 points in 32 games, arsenal rank sixth with 54 points in 31 games, the gap between the three is not large, and whoever has the most stable record will compete for the fourth success.
Manchester United's hope of fighting for the fourth place, to come back to life, is how it came.
In the last round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal both lost, and Manchester United seized the opportunity to beat Norwich 3:2 at home, and the opportunity was C Ronaldo, who has been mixed since returning to Manchester United. In the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to help Manchester United take a 2-0 lead, Norwich took advantage of Maguire's weakness of turning slowly, hit behind him, scored two goals in a row to equalize, and finally, C Ronaldo directly broke the free-kick to seal the victory.
Ronaldo's form came at the right time, if he wins the make-up match against Liverpool, he will not only avenge the 0:5 defeat at home this season, but also tie the fourth Tottenham Hotspur in one round of multiple matches.
In terms of overall strength, Liverpool is definitely stronger than Manchester United, but the recent Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup three-tier consecutive battles, the state of the players can not be guaranteed. On the Manchester United side, with leisure and hard work, coupled with C Ronaldo's recent bravery, the result is really difficult to say.
But unfortunately, C Ronaldo can not play in this game, not injured, not suspended, not in poor shape, but family reasons -
In the early morning of April 19, Beijing time, C Luo updated his personal social platform to say that his son died tragically in the newborn of the dragon and phoenix fetus, and his daughter was born safely. Manchester United issued an official statement saying that in order to protect the private space of C Ronaldo and his family, the Portuguese superstar will not play in the double red club staged at Anfield in the early morning of April 20, Beijing time.
Without Ronaldo, can the Red Devils come together to bring back a victory at Anfield?