Liverpool Tepis Keraguan dengan Bungkam City
Liverpool Answered All the Questions by Blowing City Away
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Liverpool (B2B) - Liverpool mempertahankan posisinya sebagai pemimpin klasemen sementara Liga Inggris setelah di kandang mengalahkan salah satu pesaing terberat Manchester City 3-2 pada pertandingan Minggu malam.
Sementara itu Chelsea berada di urutan kedua dan terus menempel The Reds setelah mengalahkan tuan rumah Swansea 1-0 di hari yang sama.
Dua hasil pertandingan pada Minggu malam waktu setempat itu tidak mengubah posisi tiga besar klasemen sementara, namun terjadi perubahan poin, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Hasil tersebut membuat dari tiga teratas klasemen sementara hanya The Citizens yang tidak memperoleh tambahan nilai.
Kini pasukan Brendan Rodgers memimpin dengan nilai 77 sementara Chelsea dua poin di bawah atau 75. Walau kalah, City tetap berada di urutan ketiga namun selisih nilainya melebar dengan dua pesaingnya. City kini mengkoleksi nilai 70.
Namun Liverpool dan Chelsea telah melakoni 34 pertandingan dari 38 pertandingan yang harus dijalani, sementara itu City baru 32 pertandingan.
Sebut laman Liga Inggris, salah satu pertandingan terberat dan menentukan adalah saat Liverpool melawan Chelsea pada 27 April.
Liverpool - Liverpool took command of the captivating Premier League title race by beating Manchester City 3-2 in a match of wide-ranging emotions at Anfield, although the destiny of the trophy is also in Chelsea´s hands after its win at Swansea on Sunday.
Liverpool is two points ahead of Chelsea in the Premier League, while Atletico leads La Liga by three points over Real Madrid following a 2-1 win at Getafe.
Liverpool is seven points ahead of third-place City, which has two games in hand. Second-place Chelsea, like Liverpool, has the title in its own hands but needs to beat Liverpool at Anfield on April 27 and win its other four games.
Liverpool struck early with goals by Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel in the opening 26 minutes. City rallied in the second half, with David Silva scoring in the 57th and Glen Johnson´s own-goal five minutes later.
Before the game, Liverpool fans held up a mosaic spelling out ´´96 25 years´´ during a minute´s silence to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster. In 1989, 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death during an FA Cup semifinal.
Liverpool is two points clear of Chelsea with four games left but the pair meet at Anfield in two weeks in what is likely to be a defining match in the race for the title.
Ba´s winner in the 68th minute - a left-foot strike from the edge of the area - ended Swansea´s stubborn resistance, with the hosts forced to play most of the match with 10 men following the 16th-minute dismissal of Chico Flores for two yellow cards.
