There would be a draw for the Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of the week.
At the same time, Liverpool would play in the FA Cup.
Since Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City were already out of the FA Cup, Liverpool's challenge for the FA Cup would seem much less difficult to the outside world.
Only Chelsea was still alive in the FA Cup front line and would play in the FA Cup with Liverpool in the middle of the week.
Liverpool would play at home against the Premier League team, Stoke City.
Since they were already in the quarter-finals, Comain would not give up easily.
He would go to London to play a game against Queens Park Rangers on the weekend. Comain weighed the pros and cons and decided to use the main force to play in the FA Cup in the middle of the week and the substitutes to play in the league.
It was risky, of course!
How could it be smooth sailing in the competition? Many times, it was risky.
In Anfield, Liverpool went all out against the Sky City. Stoke City did not cause too much trouble at the Red Army's home ground.
Liverpool defeated Stoke City 3: 1 at home with Qin Xiong's brace and successfully advanced to the FA Cup semi-finals.
Chelsea went on a killing spree at home and defeated Leicester City 5: 2.
The good news was that Torres broke his goal drought and scored two goals in one go.
In the draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals, the Football Association, intentionally or not, arranged two derby games!
Liverpool and Everton staged a Merseyside derby.
Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur staged a London derby!
And in the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals.
Liverpool's draw was good and they drew the Portuguese superclub, Benfica.
An opponent ranked in the bottom three in the quarter-finals.
Compared to the La Liga duo, Bayern Munich and other teams, Benfica seemed to be an opponent that could not stop Liverpool's progress.
The Premier League followed on the weekend.
It was the 29th round of the Premier League.
Manchester United, who did not need to fight on multiple fronts, took the lead in the away game.
They won 5: 0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Newcastle United won 1: 0 against Norwich City and stopped the trend of falling behind in the race for the fourth place.
However, the Premier League teams that played in the FA Cup in the middle of the week collectively performed poorly!
Tottenham Hotspur was forced into a 1: 1 draw at home to Stoke City.
Everton lost 0: 1 to Arsenal at home, and it was Robin van Persie who scored the final blow.
Manchester City picked up a huge bargain and defeated the Blues 2: 1 at the Etihad Stadium against a tired and exhausted Chelsea at home.
Liverpool attacked Queen's Park Rangers in an away game. Queen's Park Rangers was a relegation team. They showed their determination to fight Liverpool to the end at home. In the end, Liverpool's lineup of substitutes and young players suffered a lot at the hands of Queen's Park Rangers.
If not for the veteran Carragher's header in injury stoppage time, Liverpool might have lost the away game!
The final score was 3: 3.
Liverpool failed to win for two consecutive rounds. The result of the two consecutive draws made the Premier League title race extremely tense and unprecedentedly intense!
There were nine rounds left in the league tournament.
The situation on the scoreboard was so tense that it was suffocating!
Liverpool 66 points.
Manchester City, 66 points.
Manchester United 66 points.
Tottenham Hotspur 54 points.
Arsenal 52 points.
Chelsea 49 points.
Newcastle United 46 points.
The points of the top three teams were six sixes!
Now it was not only about competing for points, but the top three teams also had to consider goal difference!
There was finally no game in the middle of the week.
Liverpool's main force rested for almost ten days, relieving the pressure of the competition schedule and physical and mental fatigue.
After the arrival of the 30th round of the Premier League, Liverpool welcomed the challenge of Wigan Athletic with a new spirit.
The season had entered the final stage.
What kind of team was the toughest opponent?
The relegation teams, the championship teams, and the teams fighting for a ticket to Europe!
On the contrary, the teams that had no desire to achieve high or low were the easiest to play against.
Wigan Athletic belonged to this category.
In Anfield, Wigan Athletic lost the determination and willpower to fight to the death against Liverpool in the first half of the season, because any team would give their all for points in the first half of the season.
But in the final stage, the set goals could be achieved, and there was no way to pursue more, so the fighting spirit of the game would naturally decline.
Wigan Athletic seemed to have naturally been blasted by Liverpool for six goals in Anfield. Qin Xiong scored four goals. Before Suárez was about to return, Qin Xiong shouldered the team's goal responsibility very well. He carried it on his shoulders!
Liverpool won a big 6: 0 victory.
Manchester United defeated Fulham 1: 0 at Old Trafford.
Arsenal also performed steadily at home, defeating Aston Villa 3: 0.
Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur staged a preview of the FA Cup semi-finals. After the two teams fought to the death, they ended in a goalless draw 0: 0.
Newcastle United defeated West Bromwich Albion 3: 1 at The Hawthorns. The combination of Cisse and Demba Ba made the outside world salivate.
Manchester City lost points again!
Manchester City was forced to a 1: 1 draw in the away game against Stoke City!
Mancini almost made Manchester City fall further and further away from the title.
The recent trend in Fleet Street was to attack Manchester City, especially Mancini.
Even the former King of the Red Army, Dalglish, talked about this season's title race in an interview, and focused on Manchester City. It seemed that he wanted to help Liverpool put pressure on Manchester City in public opinion.
"The recent poor away record has led to Manchester City's points being overtaken by Manchester United. They had a chance to reverse Liverpool's position at the top, but they missed it. Although they set a new record of 19 wins and 1 draw in the league at home, walking on tiptoe will only lead them further away from the trophy.
Since December last year, Manchester City's away record has begun to decline. So far, they have only won two out of nine away games, against Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa. The remaining seven games have two draws and five losses, with draws against West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City. They have lost to Chelsea, Liverpool, Sunderland, Everton and Chelsea. In terms of points, 27 points only gave them eight points, and the points snatching rate was only 30%.
Among these opponents, it was acceptable that they could not win against traditional strong teams like Chelsea and Liverpool. But it was unacceptable that Sunderland could not take down the mid-bottom West Bromwich Albion, which was not acceptable for Manchester City, who aspired to win the title.
In fact, Manchester City was quite strong in away games in the early part of the season. They won five out of six away games and drew one, but they could not maintain it like Manchester United and Liverpool.
Now, Manchester City has to regret not winning away games before. Because the next opponents are not easy to deal with, including the recently rising strong Arsenal and the seventh-ranked Newcastle. Of course, they also can't bite down on Stoke City, a tough bone. Manchester United and Liverpool have the advantage in the schedule, and there are not many strong opponents left in the away games. "
Mancini became the target of Fleet Street's attack.
But Manchester City still needed someone to stand up and stabilize the team's morale.
Yaya Toure, the goal scorer in the game against Stoke City, called on the team to hold on now.
"Don't panic, it's very important. Of course, away games are harder than home games, especially against Stoke City. They played very well today, and a draw is very reasonable. We have to continue to work hard and have confidence in ourselves. "
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