Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 289
Players from various countries who are destined to participate in the summer World Cup in Russia broke out frequently in the five major leagues. Zhang Mai also heard good news about his only overseas compatriot.

In the 1th round of the Bundesliga on January 21, Leverkusen beat Hoffenheim 19-4 away. Zhang Yulin staged a hat-trick. Also ranked second in the league.

Zhang Yulin, who trained with Zhang Mai during the winter break, maintained a very good state. After the Bundesliga restarted, he was very brave. On January 1th, in the 13th round of the Bundesliga, he scored twice and helped the team draw 18-3 at home with the powerful Bayern.

Zhang Mai also carefully watched the game videos of his compatriots, and found that Zhang Yulin has now firmly ranked among the top strikers in the five major leagues. His style is exactly like Bayern's Lewandowski. .

Zhang Yulin has at least a comprehensive score of 85 points or more, and it will not be difficult to step into the threshold of superstars in time. Zhang Mai has been thinking about how to make good use of this sharp knife in the Huaguo team.

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英超第25轮比赛日很快来到，1月30日20:00，利物浦客场赴约翰-史密斯球场挑战哈德斯菲尔德。

The two teams of Liverpool and Huddersfield can be said to have a long history. As we all know, the current Red Army coach Klopp and the current Huddersfield coach Wagner are friends for many years. The relationship between the two is so good that even Klopp's wedding The best man is Wagner.

Huddersfield was defeated 3-0 by good brother Liverpool in the first round. I don't know what Wagner feels in his heart. Now that Swansea, who are at the bottom of the league, have caught up with one win and one draw, Huddersfield's situation is getting more and more difficult.

It is worth mentioning that the origin of the two teams is far more than that. The team led by the legendary Red Army coach Bill Shankly before coaching Liverpool in 1959 was Huddersfield.

Tom Ince, the son of Paul Ince, who is currently playing for Huddersfield, is also a product of Liverpool's youth training.

Liverpool has won 4 wins and 11 draws in the last 8 games against Huddersfield and remains unbeaten.

The last time Huddersfield scored against Liverpool was in 1962, and the last time they beat Liverpool was in 1959.

The starting lineups of the two teams:
Huddersfield (5-3-2):

1 - Rosier;
33-Hardjona, 5-Kongolo, 26-Schindler, 25-Zanka, 15-Lowe;

10-Mooy, 6-Hogg, 8-Billing;

24-Meunier, 20-De Poitre.

Liverpool (4-3-3):

13-Pickford; 66-Arnold, 3-Maguire, 4-Van Dijk, 26-Robertson;
14-Henderson, 10-Zhang Mai, 7-Milner;
11-Salah, 9-Firmino, 19-Mane.

Manchester City behind Liverpool was chasing too closely, Klopp did not dare to neglect and still did his best. Henderson, Milner, Arnold, Zhang Mai and Pickford played in rotation.

At the beginning of the game, there was a big gap between Huddersfield and Liverpool, and the Red Army quickly took advantage of the field under the all-out attack.

In the 4th minute, Mane passed the ball, and Firmino's shot from 20 yards was confiscated after being blocked by Rosel.

Then Hugh Town counterattacked, Lowe made a cross from the left, and De Poitre's shot from 12 yards was also confiscated after being blocked by Pickford.

In the 14th minute, Zhang Mai passed the ball, and Mane's outside shot was saved.

Liverpool broke the deadlock in the 26th minute. Robertson made a pass from the left and was cleared. Zhang Mai volleyed from 25 yards and hit the right post into the net, 1-0.

After conceding the goal, Hazhen counterattacked with all his strength, and finally got a chance after 5 minutes. Lowe shot directly wide from a free kick from 25 yards.

Liverpool expanded the score in stoppage time. This time, Zhang Mai passed the ball from the left. Firmino took the ball and broke into the penalty area near the bottom line on the left side and shot into the net from a small angle, 2-0.

The Reds won the first half calmly and entered the break with a two-goal lead.

After the start of the second half of the game, Harbin's offensive still did not improve. Liverpool's frontcourt led by Zhang Mai can be said to have controlled the situation on the field.

In the 49th minute, it was Zhang Mai's cross again, and Mane's header was blocked and confiscated.

Four minutes later, Milner's strong shot in front of the penalty area was saved by Rossell.Then Mane shot obliquely from the left side of the penalty area and missed the far corner.

In the 61st minute, Zhang Mai made a breakthrough along the wing and then made a diagonal pass, and Mane rushed to the top and missed.Salah's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area missed the near corner.

In the 78th minute, Billing fouled Zhang Mai in the penalty area and Liverpool won a penalty.

Zhang Mai gave the penalty to Salah, who had a rough foot in this game. The Egyptian striker lived up to expectations and calmly shot the penalty kick.

3-0!This is Salah's 26th goal this season, including 19 goals in the league, and is now ranked third in the scorer list.

Despite falling behind by 3 goals, Huddersfield fans still supported the team with all their strength, and Huddersfield players continued to fight on the field with no less frustration.

At the end of the game, Liverpool beat Huddersfield 3-0 away, and Zhang Mai's one shot and one pass was rated as the best of the game.

The results of Manchester City's home game against West Brom the next day also came out. Unsurprisingly, Manchester City beat West Brom 3-0, falling behind by 1 point and continuing to catch up with Liverpool.

In the first half, Manchester City scored first with Fernandinho, and then missed many opportunities to expand the score. In the second half, goals from De Bruyne and Aguero finally sealed the victory.

However, Manchester City is currently facing a wave of injuries. Last week in the FA Cup, Sane was shoveled by Bennett and will be injured for 6 weeks. In this way, Sane, Jesus, Mendy and Phil Foden cannot play due to injuries.

Although Bernardo Silva on Manchester City's striker and the teenager Zinchenko both got more training opportunities, but Guardiola undoubtedly paid a heavy price for his "four-line attack".

In the Manchester City formation, there is another bright spot in this battle, and that is Sterling!

Sterling sent two crisp assists in the game to help the team completely seal the victory. In the WhoScored score after the game, Sterling's score was only slightly lower than that of De Bruyne, who passed and shot. The second highest score in the game.

After Sterling missed a good opportunity in the first half, he received a consoling kiss from Guardiola and a warm hug.

Gua Shuai's Momoda played a role, and the emotional local winger immediately packed up his mood and rejoined the game.

This warm scene was presented in front of hundreds of millions of viewers through the camera. It is very rare for a coach to express his love for a player on the court.

This season, under the guidance of Guardiola, Sterling's progress is very obvious. Compared with the past, not only the number of goals has been greatly improved, but also the degree of participation in the game and the contribution to the team are better than before. .

Counting this game, Sterling has not scored in 3 league games. Even so, he is still Manchester City's second scorer with 14 league goals, making famous strikers like Lukaku, Morata and Rooney All ashamed.

Even though he failed to score in 3 games, Guardiola still unswervingly arranged for Sterling to start and gave him full trust.

At the age of 23, Sterling is far from reaching his upper limit. Under the care of Guardiola, he can play better football.

In the match between Manchester City and West Brom, Laporte, who had just joined Blue Moon, became the focus of the media and fans. The French central defender made his debut after zero running-in with the team.

Despite the aura of the highest transfer value in the history of Manchester City, Laporte still handed in a satisfactory answer.

The joining of Laporte has made Manchester City's lineup heinously thick, and it has also become a difficult problem of "compare who has the money" that makes Klopp and the Red Army executives extremely uncomfortable.

I won’t repeat the superstars gathered in the midfield, De Bruyne, David Silva, Fernandinho, Aguero, Sane, Sterling, Mahrez, Jesus, Bernardo, Gundogan...

However, compared with the offensive players in the midfield, Manchester City's investment in the defensive end of the backcourt is even more outrageous.

According to BBC statistics, Manchester City accounts for 10 of the top 4 most expensive defenders in world football, namely Walker (£5000 million), Stones (£4750 million), Mangala (£3200 million), Ota Mendy (£3150m).Not long after Walker joined, Mendy joined Manchester City with a transfer worth of 5200 million pounds, breaking the record for the most expensive defender in world football.

In this winter transfer window, Guardiola was still "crying poor" not long ago: Manchester City has no money to buy people, and now the players on the market can't afford it.

Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he paid 5700 million pounds in liquidated damages and directly recruited Bilbao central defender Laporte under his command. This not only set a record for the transfer fee in team history, but also broke the record for the most expensive central defender in world football.

So far, according to BBC statistics, among the top 10 most expensive central defenders in world football, Manchester City has 5 seats, fully half of them...

Don't forget, behind this group of glittering defenders, there is still a 3300 million pound goalkeeper Ederson!It is not an exaggeration to say that Manchester City's defense line is the "golden line of defense".

Klopp's joy in defeating Harttown was mostly diluted by Manchester City's "mood". At the same time, the results of several other games also came out:
曼联客场0比2不敌托特纳姆热刺，埃里克森11秒闪击，菲尔-琼斯自摆乌龙。曼联近9轮首负落后利物浦14分。

Arsenal lost 1 to 3 away to Swansea. Arsenal suffered an away losing streak and were 8 points away from the top four. Swansea, which was at the bottom before, temporarily escaped the relegation zone.

Chelsea lost 0 to 3 at home to Bournemouth, and the Blues still occupy the top four of the standings with a 2-point advantage.

(End of this chapter)