At the end of the international matchday, the Premier League will reignite the war this weekend, the much-anticipated title battle will enter the countdown stage, the current Manchester City 22 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses with 70 points temporarily at the top of the list; Liverpool 21 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses and 69 points, followed by only 1 point between the two teams, both have 9 games to play, of which the direct meeting between the two teams on April 10 can be described as the battle of Tianwangshan, which is likely to determine the championship of this season.
However, every team in the Premier League rush stage is not easy to mess with, especially the relegation team, which often bursts with very strong energy, and the two teams can not be taken lightly in this weekend's game.
Let's start with Manchester City, the Blue Moon Army has failed to win 3 games in the last 7 rounds, namely: a 1-1 away draw with Southampton, a 2-3 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur, and a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace, which shows that Manchester City has not been in the best shape recently, and these three teams are more tough playing styles, in fact, Manchester City did not bargain in their first contract.
The reason is that although Manchester City's ability to control the game is still the best in the Premier League, but due to the lack of a positive Indian center who adapts to the team system this season, the level of attack has actually dropped significantly, then, in the case of the siege can not make progress, it is easy to be stolen by the opponent to succeed, of which Tottenham Hotspur is the leader of such tactics, and Burnley's playing style is also very rough, the team's relegation pressure is still very large, under the desperate resistance, Manchester City is not easy to score points.
Liverpool's opponent Watford is also a relegation team, but Liverpool is playing at home, the team is currently strong, and there are even surplus reserves on each line, relatively speaking, the probability of winning this game will be greater.
However, the problem for Liverpool is that the rest time is too long and easy to lose the state, fortunately, this is only an international match day, not a winter break, although the players do not train together, but they all have national team game tasks, should be able to maintain a good competitive state, but Mane and Salah have just had two firefights in the World Preliminary Round, under the long journey, I don't know if there will be some fatigue, but fortunately, Liverpool and Jota, Díaz, the front strength can still crush Watford.
In summary, the battle between Manchester City and Liverpool on April 10 will certainly be very eye-catching, but as Manchester City star Aguero analyzed, the winner of this game does not mean that he has won the Premier League championship, only the team that can win all the next 9 games can be said to be a safe winner, and the two teams compete in the stage of the barrier is who can not drop the chain, only in this way, the battle of Tianwangshan is really meaningful.
Manchester City and Liverpool in the 2018-2019 season, the next dozen rounds of competition, all won, and finally Manchester City won the championship with only a slight advantage of 1 point, that is the real sense of the peak showdown, a suffocating top battle, I hope that this season's championship battle can still have such a rich performance.