“Red Swan” Liverpool Still moving forward to win the second championship following being the winning side “The Blues” Manchester City 3-2 in the matchfootball FA Cup semi-final on Saturday night, April 16, we take a look at what happened in this game.
1. Reds start confidentlyIbrahima KonateManchester City v Liverpool: The Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final / James Gill – Danehouse/GettyImages
A game in which Wembley takes part Liverpool that looks more active and confidently transports the ball into the danger zone Manchester City clearly
The Reds’ midfield, where Jurgen Klopp started, like Thiago Alcantara, Fabinho and Naby Keita, blended in both defensively and offensively better than Phil Foden. , Fernandinho and Bernardo Silva
The game went even further for Red Machine when they quickly took the lead in the 9th minute from Ibrahima Konate, who headed Andy Robertson’s corner kick, followed by. A dreadful mistake of Zack Steffen, an American defenseman who down the post instead of Ederson, was forced by Sadio Mane to squeeze the area to grab the ball from the foot in front of the goal. myself in the 17th minute
While the 3-0 goal by Mane before the end of the first half seems to have caused the game to be broken since then.
2. City’s ball problems in the upper border
Jack GrealishManchester City v Liverpool: The Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final / Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/GettyImages
The City Sense partisan came in the wrong form as if it was a different team from last week. Their offensive game doesn’t work. Most of the ball mightn’t finish in the last half and, even if the shot was fired, that didn’t create any harm for Alisson Becker.
Their inconsistent first-half game markedly affected the mentality of the players as some players left the game. Some expressions of emotion were seen from the shot, and it seemed almost impossible for them to make a comeback as they showed disillusionment before half-time leading to a 3-0 concession.
3. City returned to the game two minutes into the second half.
Jack GrealishManchester City v Liverpool: The Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final / Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/GettyImages
After a few moments following both teams left the dressing room into the field in the second half. Andy Robertson’s pass error in midfield, which was cut by Fernandinho before dribbling back to Gabriel Jesus in the penalty area, followed by a tribute. Have Jack Grealish pass the ball into the bottom of the net as a breaking goal for the Blues.
It ignited hopes for City fans, but unfortunately they were unable to maintain the game’s momentum followingwards. And before they got the goal to chase a 3-2 game, it came to injury time.
4. Klopp becomes head-to-head record, overtaking Pep
FBL-ENG-FACUP-LIVERPOOL-MAN CITYFBL-ENG-FACUP-LIVERPOOL-MAN CITY / GLYN KIRK/GettyImages
The result of Jurgen Klopp’s victory over Pep Guardiola in this game brings the total of 24 meetings between the two managers.
– Draw 5 times
– Klopp won 10 times
– Pep won 9 times
As a result, the Heavy Metal manager is the only boss in Pep’s path of coaching, where he has a greater percentage of defeats than the winning side.
5. Liverpool’s path to win 4 championships
Jurgen KloppManchester City v Liverpool: The Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final / Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/GettyImages
After Liverpool overturned Chelsea to win the Carabao Cup in February. Their qualification in the FA Cup final has kept them on track for four trophies this season. And there’s a possibility it might be a rematch with the Blues in the FA Cup final if Thomas Tuchel’s side don’t mess with Crystal Palace.
However, there has never been any team from Premier League that can win 4 major championship trophies in one season, only Manchester United That’s closest to the 1999 Treble Champion.
