Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 203 Back to back battles against Sunderland

Zhang Mai did not have time to report to Uncle Zha after the game, because Liverpool will go away to challenge Sunderland tomorrow.

That's right, the FA's schedule for No.9 last season is so weird. In order to make room for the FA Cup next weekend, Liverpool have to rotate around New Year's Day.

Sunderland, which ranks at the bottom of the league, is not much better. It only has one more day off than Liverpool, and it is far inferior to some teams under the care of the FA.

比如说切尔西，12月31日的第19轮，第20轮客战热刺要到1月5日了，中间足足有5天的休息时间。

Klopp's way to deal with fatigue is large-scale rotation, especially since Sunderland is still the weakest team this year, and a small away win can complete the task.

华国时间1月2日晚23点，2016-17赛季英超第20轮，利物浦做客光明球场挑战桑德兰。

Liverpool's morale is now high. After defeating Manchester City, they have won 7 consecutive league victories and continue to suppress No.2 Chelsea, which has a 2-point advantage. Klopp's team must hope to take advantage of the current good state to grab more points. I don't want to be overtaken by Chelsea.

Sunderland has lost 5 of the last 4 rounds of the league. On the last day of last year, they lost 1-4 at the feet of Burnley. Moyes' team has 14 points and is still deep in the relegation zone. Every game becomes unavoidable. .

双方最近9次联赛交锋，利物浦6胜3平保持不败。黑猫上一次击败利物浦还要追溯到2012年3月。

The game is about to start soon, and the big screen on the sidelines shows the starting lists of both sides:

Sunderland lineup:
1-Mannone; 4-3-3
22-Lowe, 16-O'Shea, 5-Giellobogie, 3-Van Aanholt;
7-Larson, 17-Endong, 8-Rodwell;

44-Januzaj, 18-Defoe, 9-Borini.

Liverpool lineup: 4-3-3
22 - Mignolet;

66-Arnold, 4-Van Dijk, 17-Krawan, 18-Moreno;
27-Origi, 23-Emre Can, 20-Lalana;
9-Mane, 15-Sturridge, 12-Mbappe.

Zhang Mai, Chamberlain, Firmino and the main right back No. 2 Klein are all sitting on the bench, and captain Henderson is still recuperating at home.

Zhang Mai didn't understand why Uncle Zha sent Emre Jan to the stage again. Could it be that the love of fellow countrymen can move the world?

If not, today's back-to-back matches will be a bit hanging, and Zhang Mai regrets that he didn't directly ask Klopp to clarify the facts yesterday.

Today's home opponent, Sunderland, has put on a 4-3-3 attack formation, and it is obvious that they want to score points on Liverpool.

Compared with Liverpool's Emre Can, Zhang Mai is more interested in the opponent's young striker No. 44 Januzaj. Anyway, Liverpool's favorite Pickford has not even entered the squad.

Adnan Januzaj is three years older than Zhang Mai. He is a Belgian. He came from the Manchester United youth training. He was once the treasure of Manchester United left by Ferguson to Moyes. He was called "Jia Baoyu" by the Red Devils fans in Huaguo. .

This product is very popular with the current Sunderland coach Moyes. In the 2013-14 season, Moyes also had a prosperous time when he coached Manchester United, and he was hailed as Giggs' successor.

Then Januzaj went from bad to worse, Moyes dismissed get out of class sadly, coach Van Gaal was not interested in the Belgian winger at all, even if he went to Dortmund on loan, he didn't get much training opportunities.

Last summer, the new coach Mourinho had a conversation with Januzaj. The former told him that he could leave the team on loan to seek development. In the end, Moyes loaned him to Sunderland to have the chance to play.

Zhang Mai would like to see how the tall and thin Belgian "Jia Baoyu" performs on the court.

At the beginning of the match, the two sides did not play falsely, and soon they fought with real knives and guns, and the situation on the field was established in two or three times.

The Red Army is strong, taking up seven points of the offensive. Sunderland deserves to be a relegation team, and they only managed to score three points with all their efforts.

As for the "Jia Baoyu" that Zhang Mai paid attention to, it was revealed in less than 2 minutes, which made Zhang Mai understand why Mu Niao would look down on him.

As a talented young man born in 95, Januzaj's personal ball-handling skills are at an average level, but after receiving the ball, he blindly pursues extraordinary shots and shoots by himself. He has no body and no sense of cooperation. From Harden, a proper kindergarten striker, it is no wonder that Muniao, who requires strict military management with tactics, will abandon it like a worn-out shoe.

Zhang Mai quickly lost interest in Belgian "Jia Baoyu" and turned his attention to the full game.

In the 4th minute, Liverpool got their first shot of the game. Mane tried to hit the goal from the outside of the penalty area, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Next Sunderland attacked, Borini cut off the ball on the left side and gave it to the front of the penalty area. After getting the ball, Defoe immediately turned around and shot, and Mignolet fell to the ground and hugged him.

In the 7th minute, Rodwell took a free kick for Sunderland and hoisted it directly to the small penalty area. Larson followed the header in the penalty area, and the linesman raised the flag to signal that the Sunderland player was offside first.

Mignolet throws the ball to attack, Mane gives Firmino on the left, the latter gives Wijnaldum in the middle, the Dutch midfielder shoots the ball with his right foot, Sunderland goalkeeper Mannone Hold out the beam with one hand.

In the 12th minute, Januzaj tapped his heel, and Rodwell fired a shot, which was saved by Mignolet.

Five minutes later, Firmino went straight to the right side of the penalty area, and Sturridge followed up with a shot, which was still blocked by Mannone.

In the 19th minute, Liverpool took a corner kick from the right. Van Dijk took the lead in the center of the penalty area. Sturridge followed up with the header on the right side of the penalty area. The ball was smashed into the net, 1-0!Liverpool lead the home team Sunderland by one goal.

Being behind at home made the Sunderland players burst out with extraordinary strength, suppressing Liverpool's offensive all at once, and in turn bombarded the Red Army's penalty area indiscriminately.

In the 24th minute, Emre Can's dribbling in the midfield was intercepted by Larson, and he quickly distributed it to Ndong on the right to make him go straight into the ribs of the penalty area. Krawan had to bring Ndong down on the right side of the penalty area. Sunderland To get a penalty kick, the black cat's number one striker Jermain Defoe took a penalty from the left corner into the net.

1-1!Sunderland equalized the score, and the home team fans cheered and shouted loudly.

Zhang Mai looked at Klopp at the side. Compared with the slight smile just now, Uncle Zha's expression was much more serious.

The game continued. In the 26th minute, Sunderland counterattacked. Defoe's single-handed shot was saved by Mignolet. Borini followed up and was blocked by No. 66 Arnold. It worked.

In the 32nd minute, Sunderland made a comeback. Defoe got the ball and gave it to Rodwell in the middle.

In the 38th minute, Mane took the ball in the frontcourt and prepared to roll the ball to the right. Sturridge in the middle took the lead and shot, but was blocked by Sunderland goalkeeper Mannone.

One minute later, Moreno, who assisted on the left, passed the ball to Firmino. The Brazilian forward made an inverted triangle in the penalty area.

In the 43rd minute, Origi intercepted Januzaj's dribble and quickly passed it to the frontcourt. Sturridge suddenly kicked from the outside and was confiscated by Mannone.

After halftime, Liverpool temporarily tied Sunderland 1-1 away.

Klopp hurriedly spoke a few words with the Red Army soldiers in the locker room, and left the rest of the time for fellow German Emre Can.

Zhang Mai could only hear Uncle Zha in the distance communicating in German throughout the whole process, with a high-pitched and intense voice.

Easy side to fight again, neither Liverpool nor Sunderland made personnel adjustments.

In the 55th minute, Arnold made a cross from the left, and Mane outflanked the ball in the middle and failed to touch the ball.

Two minutes later, Sunderland countered Emre Can again in the frontcourt and immediately sent the ball to Liverpool's penalty area. Borini's adjusted shot was blocked by Van Dijk. Defoe followed up and shot again. Through Mignolet's armpit and through the gate.

2-1!Defoe scored twice, and the deputy squad leader temporarily led the league leader. The Sunderland players on the field and the home team fans were all crazy.

Just like the last round of the league, Liverpool's two goals conceded were all due to Mre Can's shocking dribbling, and Klopp's face on the sidelines was blackened into coal.

Fortunately, Uncle Zha didn't lose his mind, and quickly replaced Murray Jan, who also had a dark face, with Chamberlain.

Zhang Mai also really convinced this Turkish-born German player, his thick skin is unmatched!
But after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, this guy even dared to blackmail the life-saving grace of "Son of the Storm", what else would he not dare to blackmail?
The game continued after Liverpool kicked off again, and the Red Army, eager to get back the score, stepped up their offensive in the frontcourt.

In the 63rd minute, Liverpool quickly sent a free kick. Firmino made a long shot from outside the penalty area. Mannone confiscated the ball. One minute later, it was Liverpool's counterattack. The shot, the angle was too positive and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

In the 70th minute, Lallana passed the ball behind the foot in the middle, and Sturridge kept up with the goal and was blocked by Mannone.

In the 72nd minute, Liverpool took a corner kick. Gillo Boggie in the middle of the penalty area mistook the ball to the back point. Mane on the left side of the penalty area pushed and scored at the back post. Liverpool drew 2-2 with Sunderland.

In the 82nd minute, Sunderland got a free kick in a good position. Larsson hit the goal and hit Mane's arm. The referee awarded a penalty kick. Defoe scored a penalty to equalize the score again.Sunderland 3-2 Liverpool.

While the Sunderland players were still celebrating the lead with the fans, Klopp immediately replaced Sturridge with Zhang Mai and acted as the center of the Red Army.

In the 86th minute, Liverpool got a set kick from the left. Zhang Mai kicked the full moon machete and scored directly to tie the score at 3-3!

The referee had 6 minutes of stoppage time, and the Liverpool players were more eager to get three points than the home team.

In the 91st minute, Moreno took a free kick from the right. Zhang Mai in the center of the penalty area was held down by the opponent's defender, and Mannone took the ball off.

In the 93rd minute, Lallana's strong shot from the top of the penalty area was saved by Mannone. Mane got the ball on the left side of the penalty area and passed it vigorously. Zhang Mai elbowed a Sunderland defender, and he was high in the crowd. Jumping up, a lion shook his head and smashed the ball into the net. The goalkeeper Mannone, who had just got up from the ground, had no time to save it.

4-3!Zhang Mai scored two goals in 10 minutes to help the Red Army reverse the home team at the last moment of the game.

Not long after Sunderland kicked the ball again, the whole game ended. Liverpool narrowly beat Sunderland 4-3 away, accumulating 54 points and continuing to rank first in the standings, pulling away No.2 Chelsea by 5 points. .

(End of this chapter)