G.O.G Posted April 5, 2018 Posted April 5, 2018 Liverpool shattered Manchester City with three goals in the first 31 minutes on Wednesday to certify a 3-0 victory at the Anfield caldera and be very close to their first Champions League semi-final in a decade. On another European night that will be recorded in the rich history of the club, Liverpool ridiculed the best team of the season in English football. Mohamed Salah - with his 38th goal of the season - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mané scored in the mythical stadium. The Reds proceeded to resist during the second half the incessant siege of City, needing a goal from visitors to give a breath of air to their aspirations in the quarterfinal tie, especially when Salah retired injured and could be in doubt for the return next week at Etihad Stadium. The illusion of the City for a hat-trick of titles - already won the League Cup and on Saturday could become the team that earns the crown of the Premier League - could have vanished in a span of 19 minutes in which They shrank before the burning atmosphere in Anfield, dyed red on all sides. The tactical bet of Pep Guardiola, when sacrificing to Raheem Sterling so that Ilkay Gundogan contributed more muscle in the midfield, was a true disaster. The City was disoriented, especially its flyers. Aymeric Laporte - a central defender - reflected pure bewilderment at being improvised as a left back to try to cancel Salah. It was not until 57 minutes, with the entrance of Sterling, that the City gave signs of life. But he could not even discount. Liverpool, five times champion of the European Cup, established itself as the most scoring team of the current edition with 31 goals. But losing Egypt's Salah could be decisive in the 90 minutes remaining, with the antecedent that Liverpool lost 5-0 to City in the Premier. The atmosphere in Anfield was heated long before the game. The bus that moved the City players was attacked outside the stadium, with some fans throwing cans and at least one bottle to the windows. It was so much damage that the City had to order another bus for the trip back home, one that will be very bitter
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