Tartanka Horyaalka Premier League, dadaalka Liverpool ee u soo bixitaanka Champions League iyo xeeladaha Man City ee mustaqbalka ayaa la daahfuray habeen niyad jab leh oo ka dhacay Anfield.

“Waxay ahayd xayaysiis aad u wanaagsan oo loogu talagalay Premier League,” Pep Guardiola oo neefta ku dhegan ayaa si caro leh u yiri ka dib markii uu daawaday kooxdiisa Manchester City oo gadaal ka soo laabatay oo 2-1 kaga badisay Liverpool garoonka Anfield galabnimadii Axadda.
Xitaa tababaraha Reds ee laga adkaaday, Arne Slot, ayaa qirtay inay ahayd “ciyaar kale oo weyn oo Liverpool iyo Man City ah sida aan aragnay sannado badan” iyadoo ilkaha ay cadaatay.
Labadan kooxood ayaa ku guuleystay siddeedii horyaal ee ugu dambeeyay ee Premier League ee u dhexeeyay, iyadoo tartamada aadka u cidhiidhiga ah ee loo galo heerka ugu sarreeya ay inta badan go’aamiyaan dagaallo heer sare ah oo farsamo iyo xeeladeed ah oo si toos ah isu horfadhiya.
Bandhigga Axadda shaki la’aan wuxuu ahaa arrin madadaalo leh, gaar ahaan gabagabadii fowdada iyo muranka dhalisay, laakiin waxay sidoo kale soo bandhigtay cillado badan oo hubinaya in midkoodna uusan hadda ka helin kulanka ugu sarreeya Premier League.
Tababarihii hore ee Liverpool Rafael Benítez ayaa jeclaa inuu isticmaalo tusaalaha gaaban ee bustaha si uu u qeexo dhibka ka jira isku dheelitirka weerarka iyo difaaca. “Haddii aad madaxaaga daboosho, cagahaagu way qabow yihiin, laakiin haddii aad cagahaaga daboosho, madaxaagu wuu qabow yahay,” ayuu ku sababay.
Ka dib markii uu Mohamed Salah ka tagay ka dib markii uu difaaca burburiyay xilligii dayrta, Liverpool ayaa ku adkeysatay daafaca iyadoo ka faa’iideysaneysa weerarkooda. Reds waxaa lagu eedeeyay inay yihiin “caajis,” taasoo – in kasta oo ay ka xanaajisay – Slot ma uusan diidi karin. Markii Salah uu ku soo laabtay kooxda bishii hore, Liverpool isla markiiba waxay u dhaqaaqday dhanka kale iyadoo guuldarro 3-2 ah kala kulantay Bournemouth.

Newcastle United ayaa qeybtii hore ka fiicneyd ka hor inta aysan Liverpool si fiican uga dhalin garoonka St James’ Park dhammaadkii usbuucii hore, laakiin bilow kale oo gaabis ah oo ay ka sameeyeen City ayaa si daahsan loo ciqaabay. Ryan Gravenberch kaligiis ma uusan qiran in kooxda martida ah ay “aad uga fiicnaayeen” kooxda martida loo ahaa 45-kii daqiiqo ee ugu horreysay. Afarta weeraryahan ee hore ee Cody Gakpo oo aan la garanayn, Florian Wirtz oo si degdeg ah u ciyaaray, Hugo Ekitiké oo wax khasaariya iyo Salah oo aan wax saameyn ah lahayn ayaa si dhib yar u dhigay City iyagoo ka tagay Gravenberch iyo Alexis Mac Allister oo khadka dhexe ku jira.
In kasta oo kooxda martida loo ahaa ay soo fiicnaatay ka dib nasashada – oo shaki la’aan wax la xiriira dhibaatooyinka City ee maamulka ciyaarta – haddana waxay isku dayeen inay iska dhaafaan 17 darbo, toddoba ka mid ahna waxay ahaayeen bartilmaameed.
Slot ayaa ku adkeystay in bandhigga Axaddii uu ahaa horumar weyn marka loo eego 3-0 oo ay ku dhufteen Etihad bishii Nofeembar. Taasi waxay noqon kartaa mid run ah, laakiin natiijadu weli way isku mid ahayd.
“Waxaan u baahanahay inaan horumarinno natiijooyinka,” ayuu tababaraha reer Holland ka digay. Waa sax. Iyadoo 13 kulan ay ka harsan tahay xilli ciyaareedkan, Liverpool ayaa afar dhibcood ka dambeysa u soo bixitaanka Champions League, shan dhibcoodna ka dambeysa kooxda Manchester United oo mar ahayd kooxda ugu badan ee kaftan badan.
Tani waxay ahayd guul cajiib ah oo dhinacyo badan u soo hoyatay Manchester City. Guardiola ayaa ciyaartiisii ugu horreysay ee uu ka hor tago Liverpool ku guuleystay isagoo taageerayaal ah, Erling Haaland ayaa goolkiisii ugu horreeyay ee Premier League ka dhaliyay Anfield, farqiga u dhexeeya Arsenalna wuxuu gaaray lix dhibcood oo keliya. Haddana, dabeecadda jilicsan ee guusha ayaa si sax ah u siisay Guardiola walaac.
Ka dib qaybtii hore ee hal dhinac, City ayaa mar kale quustay ka dib nasashada. Goolkii furitaanka ee kululaa ee Dominik Szoboszlai wuxuu ahaa natiijada Liverpool oo aad u horumartay oo ku jirtay hoggaanka ka hor inta uusan si lama filaan ah u soo laaban. “Waxay dhacday marar badan,” Guardiola ayaa laga dhaliyay ciyaarta ka dib, isagoo ka fikiraya sagaalka qaybood ee kala duwan ee ay kooxdiisu lumisay xilli ciyaareedkan. “Ma nihin kuwo joogto ah in ka badan 90 daqiiqo, laakiin waxaan isku dayeynaa inaan korno.”
Nasiib wanaag, Guardiola wuxuu ku baaqi karaa shaqsiyaad gaar ah inay ka warramaan kala-goysyada hubanti la’aanta wadajirka ah. Waxay ahayd markii Bernardo Silva uu kor u qaadi lahaa Axadda.

“Rumaysiga kabtankeena,” ayay ahayd waxa tababaraha City uu guusha kooxdiisa ku tilmaamay. “Dabeecaddiisa, shakhsiyadiisa, isagoon quusan. Ugu dambeyntii, waan soo laabanay.”
Qofka reer Portugal ayaa soo jiitay indhaha muddo dheer ka hor inta uusan Alisson ka dhalin goolka barbaraha daqiiqadii 84aad. Isagoo ku wareegaya khadka dhexe isla tamartaas oo qeexaysa dabeecadda gelinta baasaskiisa, Bernardo ayaa mar kale iftiimiyay dhacdooyinka ugu waaweyn.
“Waa mid ka mid ah ciyaartoyda ugu fiican ee aan mid walba la tababartay,” ayuu yiri tababarihii hore ee Lionel Messi. “Waa kabtanka ugu fiican. Waa farxad aniga ahaan tababare ahaan inaan haysto isaga. Kooxdu way ka horreysaa. Kaalintiisu waa mid aad u weyn waana mid ka mid ah halyeeyada kooxdan.”
Marc Guéhi xiriir la leh Liverpool ma lahan. Ma ahan ciyaaryahan hore oo Everton ah mana uusan waligiis gool ka dhalin Reds. Haddana, laga bilaabo foorigii ugu horreeyay ee tartanka Axadda, taabashadiisii ugu horreysay waxaa ku ooriyay dad badan oo ka soo horjeeda Anfield. Ujeedadu waxay ahayd in taageerayaasha Liverpool ay ku adkeyd inay la soo wareegaan daafaca dhexe ee ka dhanka ah Guéhi laftiisa – halkii ay ka ahaan lahaayeen kuwo aan caddaalad ahayn.
Haddii aysan ahayn isbeddel dambe oo ka yimid Crystal Palace xagaagii, Guéhi waxay u badan tahay inuu safan lahaa casaanka kulanka Sky Blues Axaddii. Ciyaaryahanka heerka caalami ee England ma ahayn mid lagu eedeyn karo mowqifka adag ee Palace mana ahayn kooxda kaliya ee ku lug lahayd u dhaqaaqistiisa City bishii Janaayo.
Liverpool weligeed ma aysan soo bandhigin dalab Guéhi bishii hore ka dib markii ay ka aamustay lacagtii 20 milyan oo ginni ($26.8 milyan) ee City ay diyaar u ahayd inay bixiso. Palace ma aysan haysan xaalad dhaqaale oo ay ku diidi karto lacag intaas la eg oo ciyaaryahan lix bilood ka harsan tahay inuu si bilaash ah uga tago, taasoo xaqiijinaysa masiirka kabtankooda baxaya.
Guéhi oo ka cabanaya Liverpool ayaa si gaar ah u dhaleeceeyay marka loo eego la’aanta difaaca ama qoto dheer ee kooxda. Kaliya in lala xiriiriyo Reds ayaa ku filan inay dhiirrigeliso arrimaha jirdhiska ee daafacyada dhexe hadda, iyadoo Jérémy Jacquet uu sii wado arrin “culus” maalmo ka dib markii uu ogolaaday imaatinkiisa xagaaga ee Anfield.
Ciyaaryahanka jiilaalka ee City ayaa ka mid ahaa ciyaartoydii ugu fiicnaa Axaddii halka Reds ay dhalisay goolal gaaraya 34 iyo 35 xilli ciyaareedkan. Liverpool waxaa si xisaabeed loogu xaqiijiyay inay tahay horyaalka Premier League sannadkii hore ka dib markii laga dhaliyay kaliya 32 jeer.
Safarkii Axaddii ee Anfield wuxuu ahaa markii ugu horreysay ee Omar Marmoush iyo Haaland ay wada ciyaaraan kulan Premier League ah tan iyo bishii Agoosto. Waxay noqon kartaa in muddo ah ka hor inta aysan mar kale dhicin.
Marmoush wuxuu ahaa weeraryahanka ugu firfircoon City qeybtii hore ee ciyaarta oo kooxda martida ahayd ay ku gacan sarreysay iyagoon wax ka mid ah ganacsigaas u rogin wax la taaban karo. Ciyaaryahanka heerka caalami ee Masar ayaa libdhay ka dib nasashada wuxuuna lumiyay fursad dahabi ah oo uu Alisson ku gelin karo boos aad u adag isagoo ka soo baxay 50-50 wax yar ka hor inta aan la saarin saacadda ciyaarta.
“Ruuxu wuu jiray, guud ahaan qeybtii hore aad ayuu u fiicnaa qeybtii labaadna daal yar,” Guardiola ayaa u maleeyay ka hor inta uusan si xun u raacin: “Omar iyo Erling waxay ahaayeen kuwo aan firfircooneyn waana sababta aan u dhibtoonay.”
Joogitaanka Marmoush – iyo Antoine Semenyo – ayaa Haaland u ogolaaday inuu la dagaallamo Virgil van Dijk ciyaar shaqsiyeed oo socota, laakiin taasi waxay muujisay kalsooni la’aanta weeraryahanka reer Norway. Waxaa laga yaabaa inuu gool u beddelay rigoorada go’aanka leh laakiin sugitaankiisa gool Premier League ah oo ka yimid ciyaar furan ayaa loo kordhiyay sideed kulan.
Kahor inta uusan Haaland sameynin goolka barbaraha Silva, ciyaaryahanka reer Norway wuxuu la kulmay galab adag—oo muruqa ka baxay oo uu ka fikiray Virgil van Dijk, isagoo lumiyay fursado yar oo uu helay. Haddana, sida weeraryahannada waaweyn oo dhan ay sameeyaan, wuu soo maray markii ay muhiim ahayd. Waxaa jira rag yar oo aad rabto inaad rigoore ku qaadato daqiiqaddii ugu dambeysay ciyaar aad muhiim u ah, Haalandna mar kale ayuu soo bandhigay, taasoo caddeyneysa in xitaa marka uu aamusan yahay, uu weli muhiim u yahay City.

Gianluigi Donnarumma sidoo kale wuxuu mudan yahay in si gaar ah loogu xuso badbaadin aan caadi ahayn oo uu ku diiday Alexis Mac Allister gool barbardhac ah oo cajiib ah—canaantii ka dib markii uu goolka dhaliyay ayaa noqotay mid aad u cajiib badan si uu uga hoos maro birta.
Sheeko ku saabsan laba weeraryahan. Haaland waxaa laga yaabaa inay inta badan aamusnayd, laakiin weli wuxuu keenay daqiiqaddii guusha ciyaarta. Omar Marmoush, si ka duwan, wuu dhibtooday mana uusan lahayn saameyn yar.
Waa iska cad inaysan si fudud u riixin, Marmoush, oo ka ciyaarayay bidix oo gudaha u galay, ma lahan geeska caafimaad ee goolka hortiisa ee Haaland leedahay.
Haaland wali lama tuuri karo, xitaa marka uu ugu xun yahay, taasoo adkeyneysa in la arko halka Marmoush uu ku habboon yahay qorshayaasha Guardiola – gaar ahaan iyadoo Antoine Semenyo uu horumar sameynayo tan iyo markii uu ka soo wareegay Bournemouth.