Manchester City da Liverpool sun kai wasan karshe a karo na biyu cikin shekaru hudu, dukkansu suna da burin lashe gasar Premier.
Za a sake maimaita wannan gagarumin lokaci sau dubbai tsakanin yau da Mayu mai zuwa, amma abin jira a gani shi ne wanda zai daga kofin Premier.
A daren ranar Talata Liverpool ta lallasa Southampton da ci 2-1, abin da ke nufin fafatawar ta biyu da Manchester City cikin shekaru hudu zai kai ranar karshe. Kamar dai a shekarar 2019, kungiyoyin biyu har yanzu suna kan gaba wajen samun babbar kyauta a kwallon kafa ta Ingila, inda Manchester City ce ta fi so.
Aston Villa, wacce ta doke Steven Gerrard a filin wasa na Etihad ranar Lahadi, za ta tabbatar da cewa Etihad Stadium ya ci gaba da rike kofin Premier karo na hudu a cikin shekaru biyar. Amma idan Guardiola ya yi kuskure daga waje, Liverpool za ta iya jira kafin ta doke Wolves da ba ta da tsari a Anfield.
Tare da maki daya kacal tsakanin kungiyoyin biyu, gasar ta yanke shawarar cewa jami'ai za su buga wasanni biyu: shugaban gudanarwa na Manchester Prem Richard Masters da kuma shugaban riko na Merseyside Peter McCormick. Kwafin kofin zai kasance a Liverpool tare da McCormick kuma 40 babu lambar yabo a shirye don a zana su.
Manchester City za ta samu filin wasa na gaske a filin wasanta kuma za ta yi shirin sanya kulob da sunan da ya dace a zana lambobin yabo da kofuna bayan wasan. Idan kowane bangare ya yi nasara, tsare-tsare suna kan aiki kuma an ba su aikin iri ɗaya, tare da “masu zaratan al’umma” suna ba da kofin ga shugabannin su.
Liverpool ta yi fatan daukar gasar kofin gasar zuwa ranar karshe, inda ta yi galaba a kan tazarar maki biyu don kaiwa ga dukkan manyan wasannin karshe uku. A wasan karshe, sun daga kofin FA bayan bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida, wanda ya tilastawa Jurgen Klopp yin sauye-sauye a wasan lig da Saints.
Nathan Redmond ne ya fara zura kwallo a ragar Southampton, lamarin da ya karawa City damar samun nasara ba tare da buga wata kwallo ba. Sai dai kwallayen da Takumi Minamino da Joel Matip suka zura a raga sun rage tazarar maki daya kacal, duk kuwa da cewa shugabannin na yanzu suna da babbar fa'ida akan banbancin raga.
Matsalar na iya kasancewa a kansa, amma Jurgen Klopp ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai bege kuma ya nace ba zai daina ba idan takalman suna kan ƙafafunsa: "Idan ina cikin wani yanayi na daban, ba na son inda na riga na shiga. Zakarun Turai. Shi ke nan,” in ji Klopp.
"A ganina, a karo na biyu kuna tunanin City za ta yi nasara a wannan wasa, ba shakka. Amma wannan ita ce kwallon kafa. Da farko dole ne mu ci wasan. yiwu E, ba zai yiwu ba, amma mai yiwuwa. Ya isa".
Sai dai nasarar da Liverpool ta samu na lashe kofin za ta zama ruwan dare a tarihin baya-bayan nan domin babu wani shugaban gasar Premier da zai yi rashin nasara a gasar gabanin ranar karshe. Irin wannan lamari na karshe ya faru da su kansu Reds a shekarar 1989, lokacin da wata mummunar kwallo da Michael Thomas ya zura a ragar Arsenal ya ga Arsenal ta doke su da ban mamaki.
Sami wasiƙar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Mirror kyauta tare da manyan kanun labarai na rana kuma samun labarai kai tsaye zuwa akwatin saƙo naka
Lokacin aikawa: Oktoba-17-2022
