Man City dethroned Liverpool in the League Cup

In a recent promotional video, Haaland admitted he was fed up with practicing vegetarianism for more than a month when club football stopped, making way for the 2022 World Cup. The Norwegian striker said he misses and can't wait to play again. again with teammates like De Bruyne, Gundogan, Phil Foden, Rodri, Cancelo... - Man City members went to Qatar to serve the national team.

That desire to play was clearly demonstrated by Haaland at the Etihad yesterday, when he entered the game with more enthusiasm than usual. The excitement seemed to spoil the 22-year-old striker when Ilkay Gundogan created a chance in the first minute, with a pass for Haaland to face Caoimhin Kelleher. But the tire of the Man City striker sent the ball too high.

But on the second chance, Haaland released his desire to score goals. From the left hanging line of De Bruyne, Man City's "number 9" came out and finished close to the goal to open the score for Man City.

In this match, coach Pep Guardiola registered 12 out of 16 Man City members to attend the 2022 World Cup, and six of them started, including Akanji, Laporte, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan. On the Liverpool side, only three people who have just returned from Qatar are registered, including Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Darwin Nunez, in which Nunez is the only one to start.

Nunez also had a good chance early in the game, but handled it slowly so Laporte could neutralize it. However, Liverpool, with stronger legs, quickly equalized in the 20th minute, when Milner stretched from the right to let Fabio Carvalho comfortably score.

The same chase scenario re-enacted, but more intensely, in the first three minutes of the second half. Man City took the lead again in the 47th minute. Rodri flicked the ball on the left for Ryad Mahrez to control the technique, eliminated Andy Robertson and then beautifully cut Kelleher down. Just a minute later, Liverpool equalized again, when Mo Salah hit an empty goal from Nunez's assist after a counter-attack.

In the 58th minute, Man City took the lead for the third time, when De Bruyne combined a corner with Cole Palmer and then hung the ball from the left for midfielder Nathan Ake to hit the ground and beat Kellerher. This time, coach Guardiola's team did not let the opponent level the gap.

From the 61st minute onwards, Guardiola in turn launched four more players who had just returned from the World Cup, respectively John Stones, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva. They helped Man City control the game better and keep the score advantage until the end of time, and won tickets to the quarter-finals against Southampton on January 10, and turned Liverpool into a former champion in the English League Cup.

The victory over Liverpool is a good start for Man City to have more excitement and confidence to enter the next series of four difficult matches, in turn against Leeds (December 29), Everton (December 31), Chelsea (December 6). 1) in the English Premier League and then against Chelsea in the 3rd round of the FA Cup on January 8.

Subs not used: Carson, Walker, Cancelo, Gomez, Robertson

Subs not used: Adrian, Tsimikas, Ramsay, Doak