Facts have proved that Guardiola is really good at playing in the league. Not only did Jesus' dismissal not cause any loss in Manchester City's offensive ability, but it was strengthened by the emergence of Sane as a substitute.
Velarde, who had just scored and wanted to make persistent efforts to equalize the score, had not yet scored his third goal. Sane, who had just come on, took an assist from winger Benjamin Mendy and grabbed a point in the penalty area in the 77th minute. The volley scored, helping Manchester City expand the score to 4-2 again, regaining a two-goal lead.
At this time, there were only ten minutes left before the end of the game, even with injury time added.
For Liverpool, there is not much time left, and Manchester City, with a two-goal lead, has already sealed the victory. However, for Liverpool with Willard, even if there are only a few minutes left, Manchester City cannot be careless.
In the remaining time, although Liverpool wanted to go all out to chase points, Manchester City did not shrink its defense and also attacked with all its strength, which made it impossible for Liverpool to devote all its strength to the attack. Even Villard was occasionally forced to return to defense. The frontcourt attack is much further away.
It wasn't until the 89th minute when the game was about to enter stoppage time that Verard dribbled the ball from the backcourt and broke through the interceptions of Aguero, De Bruyne and David Silva. Hernandinho was brought down and got a good free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
Willard did not waste this opportunity and successfully sent the ball into the blind corner of the Blue Moon goal with a perfect full-moon scimitar. He scored a hat-trick and helped Liverpool draw the score to 3-4, with only one goal missing. .
However, Willard could only go so far. In the remaining minutes, although Velarde and his teammates tried their best to equalize the score, there was no such luck. Instead, Manchester City almost scored another goal in the 92nd minute to expand the score.
In the end, after the referee blew the final whistle, Liverpool lost to Manchester City 3-4 and walked away from the Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City rarely won a head-on battle against Liverpool, taking all three points. Therefore, after the game, the Blue Moon fans in the Etihad Stadium were very excited and had a long interactive celebration with the winning Manchester City players.
Liverpool, on the other hand, left Manchester somewhat dejectedly.
Liverpool players, who have been accustomed to winning in recent times, have rarely tasted the taste of defeat.
After the game, the media in England and other countries applauded the defeat of the devil-like Liverpool and sang praises for Manchester City's victory:
"Willard's hat-trick is no savior, Liverpool loses 3-4 at the Etihad Stadium! 》
"Man City beat Liverpool 4-3 at home to remain unbeaten in the new season, but Willard's hat-trick is no savior!" 》
"Manchester City's team is in great shape. Even Willard's hat-trick can't help Liverpool win. Manchester City won the fourth round of the league 4-3 Liverpool!" 》
"Villard has surpassed 200 goals in Liverpool's career, but it is still difficult to help the Red Army escape from the Etihad Stadium! 》
Yes, after scoring a hat-trick in this game, Willard's total goals in Liverpool's official games have exceeded the 200-goal mark.
It's a pity that this number cannot bring joy to everyone now. During the game, only a small number of Villard's personal fans held banners to congratulate him for reaching the 200-goal mark in his Red Army career.
Many other Red Army fans did not take out the banners, slogans and photos they had prepared because they were really inappropriate after losing the game.
Liverpool's defeat and Manchester City's victory also let everyone see that Liverpool is not really invincible. As long as the tactics are appropriate and the players perform well, they can still beat Liverpool. Even if Liverpool has Willard, it is still possible to lose.
This gives everyone hope.
If Liverpool really keeps winning and doesn't lose a game, everyone will be desperate.
Well now, at least everyone sees some hope.
Fortunately, Manchester United did not win this round and was tied 2-2 by Stoke City, with only 10 points from three wins and one draw.
Manchester City also has three wins and one draw, with 10 points, ranking first and second with Manchester United.
Liverpool has the same 9 points as Chelsea with three wins and one loss, but Liverpool has a greater goal difference than Chelsea, so it ranks third. However, there is only 1 point difference between Liverpool and Manchester United and Manchester City in first and second place.
Liverpool is still the favorite to compete for the Premier League title, but because of this, everyone is very excited. After losing to Manchester City, many people were not convinced. After returning to the training base, they were still discussing which ball should be handled, Which ball should be passed to Velarde etc. for reflection.
Klopp did not give everyone a holiday and severely criticized the players' performance in this game. He hoped that everyone would never make the mistake of underestimating the enemy again and go all out to win in the subsequent games.
On September 13, in the first round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool faced Sevilla at home.
Because they lost to Manchester City in the last game, Liverpool regained their strength in this game, of course hoping to use a big win to wash away the pain of the defeat in the previous game.
In this way, Sevilla became the target of Liverpool's anger.
At the end of the first half, Liverpool had already taken a 2-0 lead thanks to Willard's long shot and Van Dijk's header in the corner kick.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
In the 67th minute of the second half, Sevilla was awarded a penalty kick due to a handball by a defender in the penalty area.
Naturally, this was no surprise. Willard easily converted the penalty kick into the goal in one fell swoop, scoring twice and giving Liverpool a 3-0 lead.
When the score reaches this level, it basically seals the victory and kills the suspense of the game. Although Sevilla made a successful counterattack in the 78th minute due to a midfield error by Liverpool, stealing the ball and evening the score to 1-3, they were still two goals behind.
Moreover, before the end of the game, Liverpool passed two people in a row and scored in the penalty area. Salah once again rewritten the score to 4-1, still leading Sevilla by three goals.
Although Sevilla attacked aggressively during the rest of the time, they kept breaking through Liverpool's defense and scoring goals.
In the end, the game ended with a score of 4-1. In the first Champions League group stage match of the new season, the Red Army easily defeated Sevilla and got a good start in the Champions League group stage.
In another group match in the same group, Spartak Moscow unexpectedly failed to defeat Maribor, but drew 1-1 with Maribor away from home.
As a result, after the first round, Liverpool took three points and occupied the first place in the standings, one step closer to qualifying first in the group.
