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Chapter 265 The Difficult Fox City
On September 9th, Liverpool ushered in the first round of the 20-17 English League Cup.

But luck was not so good, the opponents hit Leicester City in the first game of the Carabao Cup.

Considering that there are league and Champions League games to be played on the 23rd and 27th, Klopp has used a large number of young players in this game.

It turned out to be a surprise. The newborn is not afraid of tigers, and he even fought a tie with Leicester City, which has a small rotation lineup, in regular and overtime.

But Liverpool was eventually eliminated by Leicester City in a penalty shootout, completely without the drag of the Carabao Cup.

Klopp's goal this season is very clear, which is to go to the Champions League and Premier League champions.

This is the common goal reached by him and Liverpool's top management, and other cup competitions must make way for the Champions League and the league.

On September 9, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Liverpool went to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City.

In the five rounds of the Premier League, Leicester City had one win, one draw and three losses. The state continued the downturn of last season.

In this summer transfer window, they sent away the team's meritorious midfielder Drinkwater God Linkwater, and the buyer was Chelsea.

This caused Leicester City's midfield hardness to decline again.

Although the Nigerian midfielder Ndidi bought at the beginning of this year is in very good condition, the media is generally not optimistic about Leicester City's results this season.

But Klopp doesn't think so. He and the coaching staff have studied Leicester City's new successor midfielder before the game.

The conclusion is that Leicester City has found Kanter's best successor.

This Nigerian midfielder has a strong physique beyond ordinary people.

Such an excellent physical condition makes it have a very strong physical confrontation ability.

From the defensive level, he is more comprehensive than Kanter. For example, in the defense of high-altitude balls, Kanter has no advantage at all.

Although his defensive area is not as terrifying as Kanter, it is far superior to many defensive midfielders, covering the entire midfield, and his ability to sweep and intercept on the court is very good. He is a typical B2B midfielder.

Not only that, at some point, Ndidi can also participate in the team's offense after completing defensive tasks.

Klopp has seen the game highlights of Leicester City in the second half of last season. Ndidi's midfield interception and ability to launch an attack with a long pass are definitely the key to Leicester City's ability to break away from the relegation quagmire in the second half of last season. A sharp weapon.

This is definitely a first-class midfielder with a lot of room to grow.

Of course, this is only a comparison from the defensive level. In a comprehensive comparison, Ndidi is still not as good as Kanter.

Kanter, who went to Chelsea, has developed his offensive attributes and has become more comprehensive, offensive and defensive, absolutely unique.

When the two sides ignited the war, Klopp was not wrong, and Liverpool's attack in the middle was actually suppressed by Leicester City.

In Leicester City's 4141 single midfielder lineup, Endidi showed his defensive coverage and made many key interceptions and steals, destroying Liverpool's two excellent offensive opportunities.

Game No. 209 minutes, the goal was born.

Jota retreated on the left to respond, and Wijnaldum passed the ball before Ndidi grabbed it.

But if the tower ball hadn't come to a complete stop, he felt a shadow shrouded behind him, and then stretched out a foot, stabbing the ball forward in an instant.

He was about to start chasing the ball, and then he felt hit by a big truck and fell to the ground, extremely embarrassed.

The line referee was on the sidelines, and he didn't even look at it. This level of collision was not even a reasonable collision.

Leicester City fans at the scene saw Simpson's beautiful steal this time, and immediately got up one after another, cheering wave after wave.

At this time in Liverpool's backcourt, only Van Dijk returned to the defense in time, and he was stuck in the passing line from Simpson to Vardy.

And the others were caught off guard by this sudden switch from offense to defense just after crossing the halfway line. Ruota's loss was too sudden.

After Simpson dribbled the ball across the center line, he passed the ball directly without any hesitation.

Van Dijk guessed that Simpson would not walk on the ground, and he jumped straight forward the moment Simpson kicked his foot, but he still couldn't hit the ball, just missed it.

The ball circled right in front of him, a curveball.

In the middle, seeing the ball coming, Vardy accelerated again, and opened the distance from Matip who was chasing back, which was a single shot.

Facing Mignolet, Vardy did not hesitate at all, and directly pushed a far corner. The angle was extremely tricky, and he hit the inner net of the goal.

On the sidelines, Klopp shook his head as he watched. Jota is more than agile, but his physical resistance is a disadvantage. If Mane is replaced, Simpson will only ask for trouble.

As for Van Dijk, in Klopp's eyes, his defense has done well enough.

After leading by one goal, Leicester City became even more excited and frequently attacked Liverpool fans, but was repeatedly resolved by Van Dijk.

With the passage of time, it was about to enter the intermission, and the accident happened suddenly.

Ndidi suddenly appeared on the left side of the backcourt in the line of Shaqiri's pass to Henderson and successfully intercepted.

Then without the slightest hesitation, he made a short pass to Chilwell who was involved in the pressing on the wing.

Chilwell met the ball and passed it directly to Liverpool's backcourt.

At the same time, Vardy, who was cruising in front of Arnold, suddenly started.

But Arnold was not slow either. After realizing the danger, he directly entangled Vardy.

On the sidelines, Klopp saw that Chilwell's pass was a bit deep, and Mignolet was already out of the penalty area and ready to clear.

However, in the next second, he never expected that the moment Arnold kicked the ball out of the sideline by Mignolet, he actually pushed Vardy with his thigh with his thigh.

As a result, Vardy took advantage of the trend and fell directly.

The referee's sharp whistle sounded, and he ran over and gave Arnold a yellow card.

On the sidelines, Klopp spread his hands and stared, he couldn't figure out what Arnold's move was for.

Mignolet has already come out and kicked the ball out of the sideline in time to clear the siege. Arnold's foul action was completely unnecessary.

Fortunately, Vardy fell outside the penalty area, otherwise Arnold would have directly sent Vardy a goal.

Obtaining a threatening free kick in this position, Leicester City only left one defensive player behind, and everyone else pressed into Liverpool's penalty area.

On Liverpool's side, all members returned to the penalty area to defend. If they conceded another goal at this time, it would be too wronged.

The referee blew the whistle, and Mahrez sent the set ball directly to Vardy in the front point.

It was Wijnaldum who marked Vardy, and he let Vardy squeeze in front of him without paying attention.

After Vardy occupied a favorable position, he dived directly and rubbed back with a header.

Suddenly the ball changed direction and flew directly to the back post.

Mignolet, who was standing slightly to the right of the goal line, reacted quickly, but Vardy's header was too tricky.

Although Mignolet rubbed the ball with his left fingertips, he couldn't stop it in the end.

On the bench, seeing Vardy score twice, Mo Yang directly covered his face.

Klopp also smiled helplessly, he had nothing to say.

How unlucky it is!
The fans of the Red Army who followed the team to the King Power Stadium were all depressed at this time, and some fans with a bad temper even started to curse.

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