Manchester City zasu tafi Anfield ranar Lahadi don yin wasa da Liverpool a abin da ake sa ran zai zama ɗaya daga cikin yanayin mafi tsananin ɗaci a tarihin Premier League — kwanaki kaɗan bayan hukumar 'yar tagwayen da ta dauki matakin yanke hukunci a kan kulob din saboda keta ka'idojin kuɗi a tsawon kakar wasa tara tsakanin 2009-10 da 2017-18.

Ba a iya tunanin lokaci mafi wuyan fitowa ba. Magoya bayan Liverpool sun daɗe suna ɗauke da jin rashin adalci game da City, suna da yakinin cewa gasa da aka lashe a 2013/14, 2018/19, da 2021/22 — biyu daga cikinsu an rasa da maki ɗaya kawai — da sun kasance nasu da an yi duba sosai kan ayyukan kudi na City a lokacin.

Kakar wasa da ta riga ta lullube da inuwa

City sun zo wannan karshen mako a saman teburin Premier League, amma kowane maki da suke tattara yanzu yana ɗauke da alamar tambaya ta ɓoye. Hukunce-hukuncen har yanzu ba a gama tantance su ba, ɗaukaka kara na gudana, kuma girman sakamakon da zai yiwu — daga yanke manyan maki zuwa sauka ko kuma korar kulob — ya haifar da muhawara mai ban mamaki game da ko kakar wasa ta yanzu tana da wata ma'ana ta gaske.

Sakamakon hukumar ya yi tsanani a cikin kalmomin da aka yi amfani da su, tare da amfani da kalmar "na karya" sau takwas wajen bayyana ayyukan kudi na City, ciki har da zargin cewa kulob din ya ƙara samunsa da fiye da £900 miliyan ta hanyar shirye-shiryen yaudara. City sun ƙi yarda da hukuncin da ƙarfi sosai, suna mai cewa yanke hukunci yana ɗauke da "bayyanannu kura-kurai na shari'a, ka'ida, da gaskiya," kuma ɗaukaka karansu zai tabbatar da laifin tatsakar su a ƙarshe.

Maresca ya kasance mai natsuwa kafin ya shiga wutar gwaji

Babban kocin Enzo Maresca, wanda ya karɓi muƙami mai ɗauke da nauyin gado na Pep Guardiola, ya fuskanci jerin tambayoyi masu tsauri a taron kafofin watsa labarai kafin wasan ba tare da ya gajiya ba. Ya jaddada cewa shawarar sa ta zama kocin City ya zo ne tare da amincewar da ta cika game da jagorancin kulob din.

"Dalilin da ya sa na shiga wannan kulob shi ne cewa na amince gaba ɗaya, kashi 100%, da mai kulob, da Shugaba Darakta, da Daraktan wasanni, da dukkan ƙungiyar. Don haka ba ni da wani shakka game da haka," in ji Maresca.

Har ila yau ya yarda da yanayin da ke jiran tawagarsa: "Watakila zai yi muni ƙwarai saboda halin da ake ciki, amma, sake, zai zama wajibin mu mu yi ƙoƙarinmu kuma mu yi ƙoƙarin lashe wasan. Dalilin da ya sa na yanke shawarar zama koci shi ne saboda irin wannan wasa."

Shearer da Iraola sun bayyana yanayin

Tsohon dan wasa mai buga gaba na Ingila Alan Shearer ya kasance a fili a cikin kimantawarsa, yana gaya wa BBC Radio 5 Live Sport cewa halin da ake ciki yana wakiltar mafi girman rikici da ya afkawa Premier League tun kafuwarta a 1992. Shearer ya ce: "Matakan ƙiyayya zai ƙaru ko ina da suka tafi. Ana buƙatar warware shi yanzu saboda sun kashe dukiya a lokacin rani. Sun lashe kowane wasa kuma haka na iya kasancewa a cikin watanni biyu, uku, huɗu. Za su iya ƙarawa sun lashe gasar."

Babban kocin Liverpool Andoni Iraola, wanda ke shirya don gogewarsa ta farko a wannan wasan, ya yarda da wahalar yin gasa a irin wannan yanayi mai rudani. Iraola ya yarda: "Mafi munin abu watakila shi ne rashin tabbas. Babu wanda ya san abin da zai faru. Dole ne mu mai da hankali kan Liverpool da kasancewa mafi kyawun kulob da za mu iya kasancewa."

Tsaro a cikin yanayin tsanaka mai girma

Hukumar 'yan sanda ta Merseyside sun tabbatar da cewa zai kasance da shirye-shiryen tsaro "mai dacewa" a ranar Lahadi. Tangarɗon ba tare da abin da ya gabata ba — a watan Afrilu 2018, kafin ƙwata-ƙwata ta ƙarshe na UEFA Champions League a Anfield, an jefe motar ƙungiyar City da kwalabe da tocilan wuta kafin fara wasa. An daga baya ɗora Liverpool tarar £17,500 ta Uefa bayan da 'yan sanda ba su iya gano masu alhakin duk da duba sa'o'i 130 na hotuna ba.

Ga Maresca da 'yan wasansa, fita zuwa filin Anfield wannan karshen mako zai zama sabon irin abu da Manchester City ba su taɓa fuskantarsa ba — jarrabawar ƙwallon ƙafa da ake gudanarwa a cikin yanayin haɗarin shari'a, rashin tabbas na cibiyoyi, da ƙiyayya da ta daɗe tana tara a tsawon shekaru.