Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 248 Small victory over Burnley (thanks to fgkpghv for the bimonthly ticket)

The five Premier League teams participating in the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage are all popular. Among them, Liverpool's victory is the most valuable, even surpassing Tottenham's 5-3 victory over Dortmund.

The history of "La Liga defeating the Premier League" may change from this. Zhang Mai also won the best player in the first round of the Champions League officially selected by UEFA.

Liverpool played against Sevilla at home in the first round of the group stage. Zhang Mai's two goals helped the team beat their opponents 4-2.

在得票率上，张迈得到了高达51%的选票，比No.2的梅西（20%）和No.3的C罗（12%）加起来还多。

"This shows that the Premier League has gradually surpassed La Liga to become the world's No. [-] league. No matter in terms of participation results and the number of teams, there is now a super player like Zhang Mai who can rival Melo!"

The British "Times" used the headlines of the sports section to praise Zhang Mai without hesitation.

The La Liga media expressed their dissatisfaction and made a big fuss about Zhang Mai's qualifications to participate in the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

"Marca" and "Aspen": "Can Zhang Mai compare with Ronaldo? Even an ordinary player of Atletico Madrid has participated in more Champions League matches than Zhang Mai!"

"Daily Sports Daily" and "World Sports Daily": "The British always exaggerate, and now they have another Zhang Mai, but all this is irrelevant. When Liverpool and Zhang Mai meet Barcelona, ​​they will know what the Champions League is like. It's over."

The views of the sports media in Germany and Italy are relatively more objective and fair:

"Gazzetta dello Sport": "There is no doubt that Zhang Mai's current performance in the Champions League is far inferior to Melo. The biggest reason is that he is more than 10 years younger than Melo."

"Bild": "We look forward to Zhang Mai's performance in the European arena, because his performance in the Premier League is not inferior to Melo, and even far surpasses Melo in the same age group."

The media of the two countries did not mention any "first league competition", because in their eyes, their own country's league is the world's first league.

There was a lot of noise outside, but Zhang Mai had to prepare for the upcoming Premier League game, because this year's Premier League competition was extremely fierce.

9月16日22:00，2017/18赛季英超第5轮一场焦点战在安菲尔德球场展开角逐，利物浦主场迎战伯恩利，如果此战能获得联赛积分，利物浦将成为英超第4支拿到1000分的球队。

伯恩利上次联赛客胜利物浦还是1974年，此后10次客战利物浦1平9负未尝胜绩。各项赛事近23次客战利物浦仅胜1场，其余22场4平18负。

The two sides have clashed 100 games in history, and Liverpool has a slight upper hand with 43 wins, 24 draws and 33 losses.

Mane was suspended and absent, Liverpool rotated 7 players due to the Champions League, and Zhang Mai also sat on the bench on the sidelines.

The big screen on the sidelines showed the starting lineups of both sides:

Liverpool: (4-3-3)
22 - Mignolet;

66-Arnold, 4-Van Dijk, 17-Krawan, 26-Robertson;
21-Chamberlain, 20-Lallana, 7-Milner;
11-Salah, 9-Firmino, 15-Sturridge.

Burnley: (4-4-1-1)
29 - Pope;

2-Lorton, 5-Tarkovsky, 6-Ben Mee, 23-Ward;

17-Gwizmensson, 4-Koke, 16-Dever, 12-Brady;
11-Chris Wood;

37 - Alfield.

Burnley played an extreme anti-reverse formation in the away game, making it clear that they wanted to take a draw away.

At the beginning of the first half of the game, the Red Army, which occupied the advantage of the home court, aggressively attacked, and Burnley immediately shrank their formation and defended tightly.

In the 5th minute of the opening, the Red Army scored Burnley's penalty area for the first time. Salah passed the ball from the right, and Sturridge's shot from the edge of the penalty area was confiscated by Pope.

It didn't take long for Lallana's oblique pass from the left to be ejected by the Burnley defender, and Arnold's low shot from the penalty area on the right went wide of the near corner.

In the 15th minute, Salah broke into the penalty area and fell under the defense, but the referee did not give a penalty.

In the 22nd minute, Chamberlain took a long shot after receiving a pass from Firmino, and was blocked by Defer, who returned from Burnley's defense.

In the 26th minute, Burnley took the lead with the first counterattack. Brady headed the ball and Chris Wood passed the ball and kicked the ball. into the network.

1-0!The dominant Liverpool is one goal behind Burnley.

After the re-kick-off, the lagging Red Army soldiers were upset and launched a more violent offensive against Burnley.

In the 30th minute, Liverpool, who were besieging their opponents, finally scored a goal. This time it was Milner's long pass. Salah stopped the ball and got rid of Ward's defense. His own defender blocked it and couldn't react to the shot ball in time.

1-1!Salah quickly equalized for Liverpool.

The game continued, the Red Army still occupied more than [-]% of the offensive on the field, bombarding the opponent's backcourt indiscriminately, but it was a pity that the forward's shot was not accurate.

In the 34th minute, Chamberlain passed the ball, and Sturridge's shot from the left side of the penalty area missed the near corner.

In the 41st minute, Firmino passed the ball at the front of the penalty area, and Salah's right-hand corner shot from the front of the penalty area was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

In the 44th minute, Burnley made another quick counterattack, Brady passed a free kick into the penalty area, and Ben Mee's header went wide.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Liverpool had another excellent chance to score. Lallana's through ball, Sturridge formed a single shot, but unfortunately the latter finally shot a short shot from the right side of the penalty area, which was waved by the Burnley goalkeeper. Pei blocked it with his legs.

At the end of the first half, the two teams returned to the locker room with a score of 1-1.

In the second half, the two teams fought again in another place, and Liverpool still occupied most of the offensive on the field.

In the 47th minute, Chamberlain passed the ball in the middle, and Sturridge broke through to 20 yards and shot the ball high without interference.

In the next 5 minutes, two outside shots from Firmino and Chamberlain were over the crossbar.

In the 55th minute, Chamberlain's low shot in front of the penalty area was saved by Pope, and Milner's follow-up shot from 20 yards went wide of the goal.

Liverpool, who had the upper hand, continued to besiege their opponents, and there seemed to be a 2-minute shooting show on the court.

In the 61st minute, Firmino made a wall, and Sturridge crossed to the arc of the penalty area and was saved.

In the 64th minute, Firmino made another pass from the front of the penalty area, and Robertson's low shot from the left side of the penalty area went wide.

In the 68th minute, Klavan made a direct pass, Milner made a pass, and Sturridge headed far higher.

Familiar formula, familiar taste, Klopp is a little nervous on the sidelines. Is this tragedy of "long attack and no goal must concede" will be repeated?

no!Or hurry up and replace with a reliable striker!

Uncle Zha looked at his bench and made up his mind to make a substitution.

In the 72nd minute, as Sturridge shot over the crossbar again, Zhang Mai and Wijnaldum replaced Sturridge and Lallana.

Zhang Mai served as the center forward, forming a new frontcourt trident with Firmino and Salah, followed by Chamberlain in the center, Wijnaldum and Milner on both sides.

After Zhang Mai came on the field, he and Chamberlain switched positions all the time, which made Burnley's central defender and midfielder a bit messy for a while. Who should they stare at?

Soon the Burnley players will not have to worry about this problem, because Liverpool scored.

In the 76th minute, Zhang Mai returned the header with a header in the center of the penalty area. Chamberlain immediately split to the left. Robertson made a pass from the bottom.

2-1!Zhang Mai, who played 3 minutes, helped Liverpool take the lead.

The game continued, and Burnley, who was unwilling to lose, made a desperate move and opened up a counterattack against Liverpool.

In the 81st minute, Ben-Mee's corner kick melee and COSCO's header was cleared by Van Dijk in front of the goal line.

Then Ben Mee made another corner kick melee and headed from a small angle at a far point, this time Mignolet saved it.

In the 85th minute, Zhang Mai swayed the ball over, and Arnold shot from behind the penalty area and was saved by Pope.

In the 92nd minute, Arnold made a cross from the right side of the penalty area again, and Firmino hit the crossbar with a close-range shot and rebounded.

The game ended with 4 minutes of stoppage time and finally ended with the sighs of Burnley players who had nothing.

Liverpool narrowly beat Burnley 2-1 at home, continuing to tie with Manchester United, who beat Everton 4-0 at home in this round, and ranked second in the standings due to a small goal difference.

(End of this chapter)