Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 53 A Difficult Start
"Winston... Reid!"

A real Cockney accent blared from the tweeters at Upton Park.

Lu Feng, who was sitting on the bench, chewed his gum a little speechlessly.

In just 74 seconds of the opening, West Ham, who was at home, broke through the goal of the visiting team.

Tang Ning, who was satirically called "Tang Zero" when he was playing for Liverpool, took a free kick from the right. The 191-foot-tall central defender James Tomkins overpowered the 182-foot Henderson with a header. Centre-back Winston Reed headed in from close range.

Liverpool hadn't organized a decent counter-attack yet, and just five minutes later winger Diafa Sacco was about to send team-mate Enna Valencia a cross, but the ball made a weird arc. line, and then went straight into the visiting team's city gate!

2-0!

Rogers and his disciples were completely dumbfounded!
Less than 7 minutes into the game, they were already behind by two goals!
As the defending champions, how could they endure such humiliation? !

But... that's the truth!
Not only were they poured two goals in a row, but during the period from the 8th to the 20th minute, Liverpool still had no way to control the situation. If it weren't for the goalkeeper Mignolet who barely cheered up and saved the opponent's shots twice in a row, the Red Army Even conceded four goals in the first 20 minutes!
It is not the captain Steven Gerrard or the head coach Rodgers that cheers up all Liverpool players, but Balotelli, who has only played two games.

The Italian striker took a rare step back to participate in the defense, and stopped West Ham United's rapid advance with a ferocious tackle and a yellow card.

Rodgers, who was standing on the sidelines, suddenly woke up. He made a substitution adjustment in the 22nd minute. The just-bought right back Klein replaced Manquillo, who performed poorly, and strengthened the crumbling defense on the right.

Liverpool, who stabilized their position, quickly got a chance. In the 26th minute, Henderson made a cross from the left. Balotelli grabbed a shot near the penalty spot but was blocked by the goalkeeper. Foot shot, 1-2!

Rogers breathed a sigh of relief, and could finally sit down slowly.

But Lu Feng sighed.

As the No.1 choice for Liverpool's left winger, Sterling is in hot form this season. Whether it is last season's league silver boot Sturridge, or the newly joined Zhengyin centers such as Balotelli and Lambert, they are far away. Far from being able to play his role on the offensive end.

What makes Lu Feng most sad is that Sterling, who was born in December 1994, is not yet 12 years old!
Local players, Kirkby youth training (although bought from Queens Park Rangers), who made their debut in the England national team under the age of 18, are the potential thighs of the Three Lions for the next ten years...

Today's Liverpool has lost Suarez, Gerrard is getting old, Sturridge has become a glass man, Balotelli and Lambert are destined to be useless, and Sterling has become the destroyer of the entire team. Chengbazhai's greatest reliance!

Under such circumstances, how could Lu Feng compete with him?
He can't even get a chance to play now!
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Rodgers made another substitution at half-time, but still failed to prevent Liverpool's 1-3 away loss to West Ham United.

What's more embarrassing than losing is that Tang Ning, who didn't score a goal or assist a season in Liverpool, became the MVP of this game. He helped his teammates score two goals with a direct assist and an indirect assist. Liverpool's biggest irony!

After 5 rounds of the league, Liverpool, which has two wins and three losses and only 6 points, ranks 11th in the standings. Among the traditional giants, it is only 1 point more than the rival Manchester United and 1 place higher.

Three days later, on September 9rd, Lu Feng finally got the chance to play and was directly included in the starting roster.

He scored twice in the first half to help the team beat the opponent 4-1, but he was not happy at all.

Because this is only the third round of the English League Cup!
Because the opponent is only the Championship team, Middlesbrough!

Among the 10 teammates who started with him, 6 are from the reserve team and U18!

There is even a kid born in 1997, Jordan Rossiter!

This kind of game, he is not rare! -
A start in the League Cup means he will miss the league weekend.

On September 9, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Liverpool ushered in a challenge from their city rival, Everton, at home.

Compared with the fierce battle against the Championship team in the League Cup, this is the highlight that every Liverpool player wants to participate in!

Although one was last season's league champion and the other finished fifth, these rankings mean nothing as a city derby.

The Merseyside derby is not the most famous derby in England, and its influence is far less than that of the "Northwest Derby" between Liverpool and Manchester United. It was even called the "Friendship Derby" in the first few decades, but when the time turned to the 80s, After the Premier League was officially established, the smell of gunpowder between the two teams has overshadowed all derbies. Since the establishment of the Premier League, the referees in the Merseyside Derby have shown 21 red cards to the players of the two teams. Ranked first in the duel between all teams in the world!
The game was full of sparks from the first second. Only 2 minutes into the game, Everton giant Barry received a yellow card for shoveling Lallana.

Everyone thought that this game would also be full of yellow cards, but the referee Atkinson, who is well versed in the rules of the Premier League, also unknowingly relaxed the scale of whistle blowing, and turned a blind eye to those foul actions that had already shown their studs. Make this hand-to-hand combat run as smoothly as possible.

In the 5th minute, Everton forward Lukaku broke into the penalty area from the right and fell under the defense of Moreno. Atkinson refused to award a penalty kick.

In the 8th minute, there was another controversy. Sterling's shot from the edge of the penalty area was obviously blocked by Barry in the penalty area. Barry, who had already received a yellow card, almost knelt down to the referee. Atkinson was deeply moved and refused to award a penalty Penalty.

In just 3 minutes, Rogers missed two penalty kicks, and Rogers on the sidelines was furious. He pulled the fourth official to reason, but was almost invited to the stands by the referee.

Rogers, who admitted for a second, could only kick a bottle of mineral water angrily, and then used his whistle to direct the players to step up their offensive.

The game didn't break the deadlock until 20 minutes into the second half. Everton defender Leighton Bynes fouled Balotelli in front of the penalty area. The referee still only blew a free kick and didn't say anything about the foul. The Red Army held back for a long time The captain directly bombarded the enemy's city with a heavy cannon, 1-0!

Liverpool almost expanded the score in the 67th minute. Sterling made a cross from the left edge of the penalty area. Balotelli hit the crossbar with a close-range volley, and the distance from 2-0 was less than 2 cm!

Since then, the two sides continued to attack and defend each other, but Liverpool formed a comprehensive suppression of Everton with 24 to 9 shots.

But the number of shots does not explain the problem. In the second minute of stoppage time, Everton's cross from the wing was pushed out of the penalty area by Lovren. "Toffee" captain Jagielka stepped forward in the crowd, Facing the ball is a burst shot!
1-1!Everton achieved a perfect tie in the countdown!
Rogers directly tore up the notebook in his hand!

He felt the whole world's malice towards him!
(End of this chapter)