Revive Liverpool

Chapter 137 Suarez Banned 4
The game between Liverpool and Manchester City is coming soon. Suarez accepted the FA's 8-match ban and a fine of 4 pounds.

Liverpool's official statement stated: The club will still support Suarez without reservation. We always believe that he is not a racist. He can work with players of any color. We hereby declare that we will not appeal Suarez's suspension, just to end this endless dispute as soon as possible.That's why we accept the penalty and no longer appeal against Suarez's eight-match ban.

Suarez also issued a statement through Liverpool's official website: First of all, I would like to thank the people who have helped and supported me in recent weeks.Thanks to my family, friends, club staff and coaches, teammates.Thanks to you, especially the fans who supported me, during these days I deeply understand what the real "You'll Never Walk Alone" is.It's been a pretty difficult time for me and I just want to get back to Anfield and play football as soon as possible.Thank you all!
Regarding Liverpool's defense of Suarez, many British media have criticized Liverpool, believing that Liverpool has "helped the evildoers" and touched the bottom line of society.

Of course, Liverpool did not do any particularly radical public relations activities. They just gritted their teeth and insisted that it was just the trash talk Suarez said on the court.

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On January 1, in the 3th round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.

Liverpool's lineup for this game is goalkeeper Keylor Navas, two central defenders David Luiz and Skrtel, and two full-backs Danny Rose and Glenn Johnson.

Although Gerrard has recovered in the midfield, he is still sitting on the bench. In the midfield are Griezmann, Aquilani, Kante, and Meireles.

The forwards line up with Dirk, Lewandowski.

Suarez officially started his eight-game suspension.

The game was played in the rain and the field was slippery.

In the 8th minute, Liverpool played a wonderful counterattack. Griezmann took the ball forward and handed it to Lewandowski in front. Lewandowski took the ball with his back and couldn't turn around.

At this time, Griezmann has been running forward, Aquilani sent a wonderful pass just right, Griezmann single-handedly entered the penalty area to face Hart's low shot, but unfortunately was blocked.

Subsequently, Silva got rid of the cross from the left, and Dzeko stopped the ball to get rid of Skrtel's small-angle volley, which was blocked by Navas from the bottom line.

Manchester City got off to a fantastic start in the 10th minute, Dirk Didier made a mistake with the ball, Silva scored the ball, Aguero suddenly kicked a cold shot in front of the penalty area, and the ball went from Navas' armpit into the net, 14-[-]!It was Aguero's [-]th league goal of the season.

In the 22nd minute, Dzeko hit Glenn Johnson with a strong low shot in front of the penalty area. Navas had already made a save, but the ball changed its line and went to the other side of the goal because it hit Glenn Johnson's feet. Fortunately, the ball missed the goal slightly and slowly rolled out of the baseline.

In the 31st minute, Yaya Toure grabbed the ball from Liverpool in the frontcourt, sent it to the frontcourt, and launched a quick counterattack. Silva passed it straight to Aguero. Aguero wanted to pick the ball in the penalty area. The ball hit Skrtel's arm. Fortunately, the referee refused to award a penalty kick.

Manchester City expanded their lead in the 33rd minute. Manchester City first got a left corner kick. Manchester City took a corner kick. Kompany grabbed the ball ahead, but the header was blocked by Navas. Manchester City then won a right corner kick.

Silva took a corner kick on the right, and Yaya Toure made a beautiful "turning back to look at the moon". The ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar, but it was not as sad as Liverpool. The ball didn't bounce out but bounced into the goal.
It was Yaya Toure's third league goal of the season, with Liverpool two behind.

Although Liverpool didn't plan to win away at Manchester City, they couldn't lose too badly, so Pochettino arranged for Gerrard to start warming up on the sidelines.

At the end of the first half, Manchester City temporarily leads Liverpool [-]-[-].

During the intermission, Sun Jihai, who was invited to return to Manchester, came to the venue to meet the Manchester City fans, and the audience burst into applause.

自从2002年2月25日拿到劳工证加盟处于英甲的曼城后，孙继海在这里度过了6年时光，出场130次。

It's a pity that when he was at his best, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury, and his state has plummeted since then.

But among Manchester City's active players, only the former captain Richard Dunn has played longer in Manchester City than Sun Jihai, and among the Manchester City players who worked hard at the same time as China Sun, Sun Jihai was almost the last one to leave.

It can be said that Sun Jihai can also be regarded as an old player of Manchester City and an iconic figure of Manchester City.

"Chinese Sun" Sun Jihai took over a "No. 130" jersey prepared by the club for him from Vieira to commemorate his 130 games in Manchester City.

In the second half, the game changed sides and fought again.

In the 73rd minute, Barry knocked down David Lewis in the backcourt and received a second yellow card for a foul. In the 45th minute of the first half, Barry received the first yellow card of the game for knocking down Kanter.

Manchester City has one less player to fight, but unfortunately it is already the 73rd minute, and there are nearly 20 minutes left before the game is over, and Liverpool has little hope of coming back.

But Manchester City did not directly choose to stick to the goal, but launched the last wave of offensive to see if they could make their lead a little bigger, and Manchester City did it.

One minute later, Yaya Toure sprinted forward after getting the ball in the backcourt, handed the ball to Dzeko, and continued to move forward.

Dzeko sent the ball to the frontcourt, Yaya Toure rushed into the penalty area at high speed and was brought down by Skrtel. The referee decisively pointed his finger at 12 yards.

But slow-motion replays provided by courtside footage showed Skrtel not only missing the ball but also missing people, and Yaya Toure appeared to be diving.

In the penalty kick, Milner tricked Navas and scored the ball into the upper right corner, 3 to [-]!This is his third league goal of the season.

With 10 players, Manchester City scored again, extending the score lead to 3 goals. Next, Manchester City will definitely stick to the goal, so that the possibility of Liverpool tying the goal will be even less.

At the end of the game, the 10-man Manchester City swept Liverpool [-]-[-] at home.

(End of this chapter)