Manchester City reversed 3-1 to point to Liverpool, and Roma 4-0 to close to the Champions League zone

In the early morning of February 6, Beijing time, the five major leagues continued, with Roma and Manchester City playing successively. Dybala scored twice, Roma beat Cagliari 4-0, and De Rossi ushered in three consecutive wins since taking charge, one point behind the Champions League places. Foden scored a hat-trick as Manchester City beat Brentford 3-1 to make it 13 consecutive away wins in all competitions and leave Liverpool struggling.

Roma 4-0 Cagliari

After Mourinho's departure, the outside world is not optimistic about the prospects of Roma, after all, De Rossi has not had too successful coaching experience in the past, and the outside world doubts whether he can lead the Red Wolves to complete the task of finishing the task of finishing in the race for four.

However, De Rossi's luck has been good, since he took charge three consecutive opponents against relegation teams, this time against third-from-bottom Cagliari, Roma were in full control from the start of the game. Only 1 minute and 40 seconds into the opening game, Shaarawy made a corner kick, Dybala crossed, Petagna cleared the mistake and gave a gift, Pellegrini made a dream start, Roma kicked a dream start, 1-0!

In the 23rd minute, Roma played a smooth counterattack, Shaarawy crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Pellegrini knocked back the triangle, Lukaku selflessly leaked the ball, Dybala outflanked and pushed the net, 2-0! In the 37th minute, Paredes made the ball in the penalty area, and Dybala's net shot grazed the post. Immediately after El Shaarawy went straight down the left side of the field, Lukaku burst into the goal, but unfortunately it was offside.

Just before half-time, Lapadula went down in an exaggerated manner and the referee initially awarded a penalty, which was then reversed through VAR, and Roma escaped. Coming back in the second half, Roma didn't give Cagliari a chance to counterattack, first Pellegrini hit Petagna's arm with a successful point, Dybala scored a brace in one fell swoop, and then Paredes crossed from a corner, and new signing Huysen scored with a header, and the score was fixed at 4-0!

After taking charge, Roma won three in a row, and Roma rose to fifth place in the standings, only one point away from Atalanta in front of them, and saw the hope of fighting for the top four. However, the next round of home games against Inter Milan will be the real test for De Rossi.

Brentford 1-3 Manchester City

With Liverpool's 3-1 defeat to Arsenal, Manchester City are just five points down with two games in hand, and the Blues are back on favourites to win the title. Against Brentford, Haaland returned to the starting line-up, and Guardiola also changed the formation to 4-1-4-1, but it was the Bees who scored first.

In the 20th minute, Flecon's long pass instigated the offensive, Ivan Toney carried Ake, there was a hole in the Manchester City defense, Maupay inserted from the back to form a single knife, calmly pushed the shot, and the Blue Moon Army fell behind 0-1. In the 23rd minute, De Bruyne sent in a second pass, and Haaland also got a one-on-one shot, but the low shot into the far corner was blocked by Fracken's outstretched leg and missed a good chance to equalise.

City then bombarded the Brentford goal and finally scored in the 43rd minute: De Bruyne's cross was not far from Pinnock, Foden unloaded the ball and slotted home with ease, and the two sides returned to the dressing room with a 1-1 scoreline.

The two sides continued to attack each other. In the 53rd minute, De Bruyne sent in a 45° cross from the left side of the field, with good power and landing points, Foden inserted a header and shook his head into the corner, and Manchester City reversed the score as desired. In the 61st minute, there was a lot of noise in front of Manchester City's goal, Ivan Toney crossed, Norgaard met the ball and pushed it, and Dias flew in front of the goal to block the gun hole and complete the limit clearance. In the 67th minute, Ivan Toney received a long pass from his teammates and volleyed high from the side of the box.

Three minutes later, Manchester City responded with a wave of smooth combinations, Rodri and De Bruyne made continuous through passes, Haaland knocked with his back, Foden once again tore the gap in the middle, and hit a one-handed shot to unlock a hat-trick, Manchester City sealed the win 3-1.

In the end, Manchester City won Brentford without danger, ushering in nine consecutive wins in all competitions, equaling Arsenal in points, and achieving a comeback with a goal difference. After this campaign, Manchester City won 13 consecutive away games, only two points behind the top of the table with one game less, and the pressure on Liverpool increased greatly.