O Liverpool, made it worth factor house, e becauseor o Manchester City em Anfield, winsing your opponent 3-0 this Wednesday (4), in the first hand of one of the games most anticipated of quartos of the Champions League final, taking a big step towards qualifying for the methe finals of the continental competition.
The Reds’ victory was all built in the first half, with goals from Egyptian Mohamed Salah (12 minutes), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (21) and Senegalese Sadio Mané (31), which took down Pep Guardiola’s City, practically unbeatable in this season.
At Anfield, City failed to reproduce the dominant football that currently earns them the isolated leadership of the English Championship and placed the team as one of the favorites for the Champions League title.
Instead, what we saw on the field was a Liverpool capable of imposing its physical strength and the speed of its attackers, against a vulnerable City, defensively inattentive and unable to create a clear chance of goal in the 90 minutes of play.
City will now have to return the score in the second leg, next week in Manchester, if they want to keep their dream of winning the first Champions League in their history alive. Liverpool could even lose by two goals and qualify for the semi-finals.
The beautiful atmosphere created inside the stadium by Liverpool fans ended up being tarnished by a pre-match incident, when the bus transporting City players was damaged by the throwing of bottles and objects upon arrival at Anfield.
With this victory, Liverpool has an advantage in the history of clashes between them this season, which recorded one victory for each side in the Premier League, in the first round, Manchester City won by an impressive 5-0, and Liverpool responded with 4-3 at home in the second round of the championship.