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Liverpool will open the New Year in a decisive clash Thursday in the stronghold of the English Premier League Manchester City.
The season is still almost in the middle and Liverpool will play 17 league games after Thursday's meeting with City, but the Reds are aware that a return to the three points of the Union Stadium will bring them closer than ever to the title long awaited since 1990..
With nine points ahead of Tottenham by beating Saturday 5-1 at Arsenal and Argentinian coach Mauricio Buccetino sinking against Wolverhampton 1-3, Liverpool hopes to beat City's hopes of retaining the title and reduce the gap to 10 points if he wins for the first time in the UEFA Champions League In the league since November 21, 2015 (4-1).
German coach Jurgen Klopp has promised to give his team, the only one who has not lost this season, everything that she has in her position Thursday, while refusing to talk about the title and of the difference between his team and his supporters.
"We do not think about the difference, even for a second, we think it's the 54 points (the Liverpool balance up to now)," the club said on its website. "It's amazing, all we can do is continue like this."
The club said his team should recover after Brazilian Arsenal striker Roberto Fermino scored a triple and "get ready for our next game". We all realize that Manchester City is an amazing team, we will go there and we will do everything to try to get a (positive) result.
The German coach hopes to successfully replicate the scenario of his team's last visit to Union Stadium when he came back to victory 2-1 last season with two goals for Egyptians Mohamed Salah and Fermino in quarterbacks of the Champions League final, having also won three home home goals.
Spanish coach Pep Guardiola, who nearly won the first leg of the season at the Anfield stadium, will not be an easy task if Lara loses a penalty in the 86th minute and ends the match with a draw.
After a 2-1 home defeat against Crystal Palace in the home town of Leicester City, City was reinstated Sunday with a 3-1 win at Southampton and a 2-0 win at Tottenham on Tuesday. The city of Cardiff is looking for victory to stay in the competition.
Movement means the end of the race
After his team's victory in Sunday's game, Guardiola said any extra points would easily defeat Liverpool, with City remaining undefeated in the first 15 stages and three defeats in four games, allowing Liverpool to take the lead.
"Given Liverpool's position, we know that losing more points means it's over," said former coach Barcelona and Bayern Munich after the win over Southampton. The title race has been settled.
"We have an opponent who is currently the best team in Europe and one of the top four in the world.This Thursday will be a challenge and we will try to win.If we hold our position as long as possible, we can reach the end of the season and we are still fighting for the title.
"It's a match between the first and the second.I know the difference is great – seven points – especially because they're strong and stable (in their level and their results)." C & # 39; is a home game and I hope that Union Stadium fans will give us more help. "
City, Sunday, missed out on Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruin, who had just returned from an injury that kept him from staying away for most of the season. Guardiola said he could not confirm the Belgian's participation on Thursday, saying on Sunday: "I do not know.Today, he could not participate." That's not a big problem It's a muscle problem, but it's normal after an absence of three or four months because of an injury. "
United insurrection and Bjuba
Far from the title fight, Wednesday's focus is on St James Park in Newcastle, to see if Manchester United will continue its exemplary start under his new Norwegian striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United came out on Sunday to win their third match since the Norwegian replaced his replacement by Jose Mourinho late in the season, beating Bournemouth 4-1.
In addition to the positive results with Solskjaer, French midfielder Paul Bojba, who has been renewed since the departure of Portugal, marked the beginning of the current era in Manchester, scoring four goals and three assists in three matches. Solskjaer.
"It's different," commented the Frenchman about the team's position after Mourinho. We have won matches with the former coach, but we now have a different style of play. We are more motivated to attack and create more opportunities. That's how we want to play. "
Solskjaer said Bogba's performance was "a performance at the top of the middle player".
Arsenal, who are five points behind fourth place in the Champions League, hopes to recover quickly against his neighbor Fulham on Tuesday, while Chelsea, fourth, will host Wednesday Southampton.
The first phase of 2019 begins Tuesday afternoon with Everton and Leicester City, with West Ham Wednesday with Brighton, Wolverhampton with Crystal Palace, Hadersfield with Burnley and Bournemouth with Watford.
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