Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 270 The Red Whirlwind in Early December

Thanks to the ensuing final round of the Premier League and Champions League group matches, all kinds of people in British football soon had no time to talk about it, and turned their attention to the fierce competition.

Throughout December, Liverpool has 12 league rounds to play, interspersed with a Champions League group match. As for the subsequent knockout rounds, it depends on UEFA's draw on December 7.

Now that the boss Klopp has fired a cannon to win the championship, the younger brothers under him will naturally have to work hard to show the king's posture in the league.

At 12:2 on December 15, Liverpool's 00th round of the league started at Brighton's Amex Stadium. Liverpool beat Lectra 15-6 away. Zhang Mai took the lead. Firmino, Salah and Mane all scored. In the end, Zhang Mai scored two more goals and staged a hat-trick.

This is the first time Liverpool and Brighton have played against each other in the league since 1983. The last time Brighton won Liverpool was in the 1984 FA Cup.
It was 1982, and the home league win dates back to 1961.

The two sides have clashed 25 games in history, and Liverpool has 13 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses.Arnold, Robertson, Milner, Henderson, Salah and Zhang Mai rotated.

Less than 5 minutes into the game, Arnold passed the ball and Zhang Mai made a strong shot from the right side of the penalty area, 1-0!Zhang Mai went to the city first.

Liverpool scored again in the 30th minute, Zhang Mai took a corner kick, Firmino rushed into the net from the edge of the penalty area, 2-0.

The Red Army expanded the score 1 minute later, split the ball, Mane made a diagonal pass from the left side of the penalty area, and the unguarded Salah pushed into the net from the edge of the small penalty area, 3-0.

Brighton almost scored at the start of the second half, Brown made a pass from the left, and Murray volleyed from the edge of the small penalty area and was bravely saved by Mignolet.

Liverpool almost sealed the victory in the 48th minute. Salah counterattacked and attracted 4 people to defend and then made a direct pass. Mane pushed a shot from 12 yards into the upper corner of the net, 4-0.

Brighton pulled back a goal in the 51st minute, Henderson was sentenced to a foul on Duffy in the corner kick melee, and Murray made a penalty kick, 1-4.

In the 64th minute, Firmino counterattacked and passed the ball. Salah volleyed from 14 yards and was blocked by the goalkeeper. Zhang Mai then easily made a supplementary shot into the net, 5-1.

In the 87th minute, Zhang Mai took a free kick from 25 yards and shot low directly. The ball jumped off the wall and let the ball pass through the lower left corner, 6-1!Zhang Mai completed his second league hat-trick this season.

A hearty victory justified Liverpool's road to kings and made a good start for the following "Crazy December" battle.

The Red Army's 5 goal difference in this round also surpassed Manchester City, which beat West Ham United 2-1 at home in this round, ranking first in the standings for the first time this season.

From this round onwards, the traditional top six of the Premier League has begun to emerge, Liverpool and Manchester City continue to triumph, Manchester United, who beat Arsenal 3-1 in the away game, struggled to catch up.

Chelsea, which was temporarily taken over by Lampard, beat Newcastle 3-1 at home calmly and is slowly recovering;
Tottenham, which had a good momentum some time ago, began to suffer from a chronic malaise in the middle. This round was tied 1-1 by Watford in the away game. Zhang Mai's friend Sun Xingmin has been in good form recently and has savior Tottenham for 4 consecutive rounds.

As for Arsenal, they have been defeated by the strong and upset by the weak. This season has gone from bad to worse. It is estimated that it will be difficult to enter this year's Champions League place.

Zhang Mai tied for the top scorer list with teammate Salah with 15 league goals, 3 goals more than Tottenham Kane, who ranked third.

Before the British media had time to exclaim the outbreak of the "Red Army Storm", Zhang Mai led the Red Army soldiers to set off a wave of attack in the last round of the Champions League group stage.

12月6日19:45，2017/18赛季欧冠第6比赛日，E组的一场收尾战在安菲尔德球场展开争夺，利物浦主场迎战远道而来的莫斯科斯巴达。

Although Liverpool has qualified and is firmly at the top of the group, Zhang Mai needs to score in the Champions League, and Klopp also made bold words, so the Red Army still plays with the main lineup.

Liverpool: (4-3-3)
13 - Pickford;

66-Arnold, 3-Maguire, 4-Van Dijk, 26-Robertson;
10-Zhang Mai, 8-Fabio, 5-Winaldum;
11-Salah, 9-Firmino, 19-Mane.

The Red Army lost only one home game against Russian teams in the previous six European games. It was the home defeat to Spartak Moscow in the second round of the European Cup Winners Cup in 6.

Spartak Moscow got 5 draws and 1 losses in the past 4 away games against Premier League teams.Klopp rotated into Pickford in the goalkeeper position, and the rest were the main starters.

Liverpool took the lead in the 4th minute of the opening game. Gigiah fouled Salah in the penalty area and Zhang Mai scored a penalty, 1-0.

Then it was still Liverpool playing against the visiting team, Zhang Mai picked a pass, and Mane shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area and hit the side net.

In the 11th minute, Zhang Mai's arc shot from 25 yards was unexpectedly saved by the goalkeeper of Spartak Moscow.

Liverpool expanded the score in the 15th minute. Salah counterattacked and passed the ball. Firmino made a selfless cross in the penalty area. Zhang Mai shot into the lower right corner from 10 yards, 2-0.

Liverpool almost sealed the victory in the 18th minute. Mane made a steal from the midfielder and broke through to make a cross.

In the 27th minute, it was Mane's pass again, and Salah's low shot from 12 yards was confiscated.

Next, the home team Liverpool still controls the situation on the field, and it is difficult for the visiting team to form an effective offensive.

Before halftime, Robertson was injured and unable to insist on leaving the field in tears. The fans applauded and encouraged, and Milner came off the bench.

In the second half, the two teams changed places to fight again. Sparta Moscow, who had no intention of fighting, simply gave up attacking and defending with all their strength, just to avoid conceding goals at Anfield.

In the 47th minute, Milner made a pass from the left, and the unguarded Mane volleyed into the net from 10 yards, 4-0.

In the 50th minute, it was Milner's pass again, and Zhang Mai's shot from the left side of the penalty area was deflected into the near corner, 5-0.

Since then, Liverpool has slowed down and controlled the game.Sturridge replaces Firmino.

In the 76th minute, Salah counterattacked and scored a goal. Sturridge made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Mane shot into the net from the edge of the penalty area, 6-0.

In the 81st minute, Arnold made a cross from the right, and Sturridge shot high from close range.

After all, a waste is a waste, and Sturridge has lived up to the reputation of "the king of wave shooting" in every arena. Even the uncle who was celebrating passionately on the sidelines frowned.

In the 86th minute, Zhang Mai made a diagonal pass, Milner headed the ball, and Salah broke through the defense from 10 yards and scored, 7-0.

Salah, who worked hard for the whole game, finally scored, and the excited Egyptian striker rushed to celebrate the goal.

The game ended shortly after, and the final score was fixed at "7-0".

In Group E, Liverpool won the top spot and qualified, and Sevilla finished second in the group.

Liverpool won all six games. Zhang Mai broke the historical record of scoring goals in the Champions League group stage with 17 goals, leaving Ronaldo, Messi and other good players far behind.

The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage has all come to an end, and all 16 teams that entered the knockout round were born.

Manchester United, Basel, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Roma, Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Juventus, Liverpool, Sevilla, Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Besiktas, Porto, Tottenham and Real Madrid Advance to the round of 16.

CSKA Moscow, Celtic, Atletico Madrid, Sporting Lisbon, Spartak Moscow, Naples, Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund will compete in the Europa League.

The 5 Premier League teams participating in the UEFA Champions League all advanced to the top 16, and 4 of them made their strong debut as the first in the group. The football media in the European continent exclaimed for a while that "the Premier League is coming!"
There are three rules for the draw of one-eighth matches in the UEFA Champions League: the first in the group will play against the second in the group; teams in the same group will not meet; teams from the same country will not meet.

The 5 Premier League teams have no possibility of killing each other in advance, but what about strong encounters?There is no team that does not want to go one step further in the Champions League!
All eyes of European football are on the round of 12 draw ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland on December 11 to see which teams will face off toughly.

(End of this chapter)