On 5 December 2021, City beat Watford 1–3 away from home, and with a head start, Guardiola's side played a five-game winning streak to return to the top of the Premier League table, but that was just the beginning.
After this game, Manchester City won 7:0, Leicester City 6:3, slashers, break the Blues, won 12 consecutive Premier League wins, 22 Premier League games with 18 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, ahead of Liverpool in the first round of the junior round, as many as 11 points!
Manchester City have achieved an astonishing feat
In the three rounds of the Premier League that followed, Manchester City first drew southampton, and then enjoyed two more victories, until February 20, when they suffered a setback.
Conte's Tottenham Hotspur scored 3-2 to conquer the Etihad, which allowed City to slow down the pace of accumulating advantages.
Others don't know, but Tuchel has long believed that Chelsea have no Chance to win the Premier League, so the only team that can talk directly with Manchester City is Liverpool, which is still 11 points behind Manchester City in the 22nd round.
In the 22nd round of the Premier League, no one thought That Liverpool had a chance to return to the Premier League, because just in the three games before the 22nd round, Liverpool had drawn Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea successively, and lost to Leicester City, scoring only 2 points in the 3 rounds, which was bound to double the pressure on Liverpool.
But even under such circumstances, Klopp led Liverpool from January 16, a total of 12 games, got 11 wins and 1 draw unbeaten result, the only draw, I believe everyone knows, is a direct dialogue with Manchester City!
Liverpool are just like Manchester City in 21 years
If in the first half of the 21/22 season, the Premier League is the world of Manchester City, then after 2022, the Premier League has entered the era of Liverpool, and throughout 2022, Liverpool has won 11 victories and 2 draws in the Premier League, and in the same period, it is the team with the most points among the Teams in the Premier League!
As the saying goes, the two tigers must have an injury, Manchester City and Liverpool's mutual racing, directly kicked the Blues Chelsea out of the Premier League title race, so far than Manchester City two rounds less Chelsea, can only temporarily rank third with 31 rounds, 62 league points, and Arsenal behind them has been able to see Chelsea's taillights, but Chelsea can not see Manchester City with 80 points in 33 rounds!
Liverpool's first defeat and then chase the fight method not only makes Liverpool nervous, but also the Manchester City players, more importantly, the league is not the whole position of the two teams, and the FA Cup semi-final on April 16 is equally intense.
De Bruyne bluntly said that Premier League opponents are difficult to play
On 21 April 2022, City faced Brighton at home, and City beat their opponents 3:0, while De Bruyne said after the game: "The team played hard, but it was lucky, which is the key reason why the team can qualify.
De Bruyne naturally said this for a reason, after the match against Brighton, Manchester City has played 6 games, starting from Playing Burnley on April 2 to playing Brighton on April 21, Manchester City has played 6 games in 19 days, with an average of 3.1 days to play a game, which is indeed difficult for Manchester City, whose squad is relatively "thin".
Liverpool are even tougher than Manchester City, who have only one Champions League game left this month, but Liverpool have 3 games left!
Liverpool had a tough schedule
Starting tonight, Liverpool are going to play 3 games in 6 days!
Liverpool's monthly chase against Manchester City proved that both teams are the top strengths in European football, and the results of reaching the SEMI-finals of the FA Cup and the Semi-Finals of the Champions League are even more proof that the strength of the two teams is one of the few in European football!
For example, in the Premier League, the two teams not only scored equally, but also conceded a very similar number of goals, Manchester City scored 80 goals and conceded 21 goals in 33 rounds, while Liverpool scored 83 goals and conceded 22 goals in 32 rounds, such a powerful two teams, as if to return to the years when Ferguson and Wenger peaked.
The war between Guardiola and Klopp will continue
Liverpool will also host the Liverpool derby at 23:00 this evening, and only by beating Everton can they continue to catch up with Manchester City, but as the number of Premier League rounds is reduced, the room for both sides has become smaller and smaller.
However, Liaoqiujun believes that the Champions League semi-final may change the pattern of the Premier League, let's wait and see!