Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 314
The gossip of the Champions League final is flying everywhere, Liverpool ushered in the last round of the Premier League, and played against Brighton at home, which can also be said to be the championship battle of the season.

Guardiola, Manchester City players and fans have not given up yet, and vowed to the outside world that as long as Brighton can beat Liverpool, Manchester City is confident that they can win Southampton away by more than 5 goals.

At 5:13 on May 22th, the ten games of the 00th round of the 2017/18 Premier League season will start at the same time. Liverpool will face the visiting Brighton at their home court. As long as they score one point, the Red Army will be able to secure the title.

Liverpool have beaten Brighton 5-1 away this season. The last time Brighton won the FA Cup was in 1984 and the league was in 1982.

Brighton has been struggling in the quagmire of relegation this season, and has locked a relegation seat three rounds ahead of schedule, so today's visiting team is almost unmotivated.

双方历史交锋26场，利物浦14胜8平4负占据优势，这是利物浦在英超时代的第1000场比赛。

The starting lineup for the Reds is as follows:
Liverpool (4-4-2):

22 - Mignolet;

66-Arnold, 6-Lovren, 4-Van Dijk, 26-Robertson;
11- Salah, 14- Henderson, 5- Wijnaldum, 19- Mane;

9-Firmino, 10-Zhang Mai.

No. 1 goalkeeper Karius has basically been abandoned since the middle of this season. Klopp plans to introduce Roma's Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson next season, which shows that Uncle Zha also has new ideas for the domestic cup competition next season.

Liverpool played a rare "4-4-2" conservative defensive formation today, and it seems that they will be satisfied with the draw, and Zhang Mai rushed to the front and Firmino acted as a double arrow, Henderson and Lovren rotated play.

The game started amidst the overwhelming cheers of red fans at Anfield. In addition to filling the stadium today, Liverpool fans had nearly 4 unticketed red fans standing outside the stadium. Everyone wanted to join the Red Army soldiers after the game. Celebrate the defending title, so as to cheer up for the Champions League final in more than 10 days.

Brighton, the visiting team, fell into a passive state from the first minute, as if they were frightened by the loud shouts of the Red Army fans.

In the 4th minute, Arnold passed the ball, and Henderson missed a long shot from 30 yards.

Less than 2 minutes later, Duffy made a mistake in passing back, but Firmino failed to pass the goalkeeper on the left side of the penalty area, and Ryan turned back and confiscated the ball.

In the 9th minute, Duffy made a handball foul in the melee in front of the small penalty area, but the referee did not give a penalty.

Then there was another controversy. Zhang Mai cut into the penalty area and was tripped by Duffy. The referee still did not award a penalty.

In the 15th minute, Zhang Mai opened the scoring for Liverpool. Salah made a direct pass. Mane broke into the small penalty area and shot on the right side and was saved. Then Wijnaldum made a cross and Zhang Mai scored a header from 10 yards.

1-0!Zhang Mai's quick first goal stabilized the morale of the Red Army soldiers.

In the 18th minute, Liverpool easily scored into Brighton's penalty area. In the end, Mane passed the ball on the left, and Arnold's oblique shot went wide from the right side of the penalty area.

Brighton had no power to fight back, and Zhang Mai was alone in the opponent's small penalty area, making the visiting team always jittery.

Liverpool scored again in the 26th minute, Zhang Mai poked a pass from the edge of the penalty area, and Salah shot a low shot from 12 yards into the bottom right corner of the net.

2-0!This is the Egyptian striker's 32nd league goal this season, surpassing the previous 31 goals scored by Shearer, Ronaldo and Suarez in a single season.

The two teams kicked off again, Brighton, who was two goals behind, was still weak, and Liverpool's offensive continued.

In the 30th minute, Mane passed the ball and Firmino missed it from 11 yards.

In less than 2 minutes, Mane made a selfless cross with a single chance. Salah shot from 10 yards and was blocked by Rosl. The Egyptian shot an empty goal but was blocked by Duffy in time.

Mane passed the ball, Wijnaldum's low shot from 12 yards was saved by the goalkeeper of the visiting team, and Zhang Mai on the other side easily made up the empty goal.

3-0!The Anfield stadium, already paved with red, added a few decibels of roar.

Liverpool expanded the score again in the 40th minute. This time it was the cooperation of the two defenders. Robertson made a cross from the left and Lovren rushed into the net from the edge of the small penalty area.

4-0!Only the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" was left at Anfield, and even Brighton's coach could only smile wryly.

Liverpool entered the intermission with a score of 4-0, and at this time came the news of Manchester City's away game against Southampton:
The two teams drew 0-0 in the first half. After receiving the news of Zhang Mai's goal in the 15th minute, the Manchester City soldiers' fighting spirit dropped sharply.

The successive goals of the Red Army in the back were like icy water, gradually extinguishing Blue Moon's competitive spirit, even if Guardiola yelled on the sidelines, it was useless.

After the intermission, the two teams fought again in another place. The situation of the visiting team still did not improve much, and Liverpool, which led by four goals, was not relentless.

In the 48th minute, Firmino's strong shot in front of the penalty area was saved, and Van Dijk's volley from a corner kick was confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the 53rd minute, Salah counterattacked and made a direct pass. Firmino shot into the upper corner from the right rib of the penalty area 12 yards, 5-0.

The Brazilian striker is also quite excited today, and Zhang Mai is also happy to play more balls for him.

In the 61st minute, Zhang Mai almost formed a one-handed goal, and finally succeeded in passing the ball to the right under the interference of the defender, and Firmino shot wide.

In the 66th minute, Salah made a diagonal pass, and Firmino's 10-yard push was pushed out of the crossbar by Ryan.

Two minutes later, Zhang Mai broke through the penalty area and was fouled by the Brighton defender. The referee sentenced the visiting team to death, but then Firmino's powerful shot hit the plane.

Firmino calmed down after more than 20 minutes of explosion, and Liverpool slowed down their offensive rhythm since then.

Zhang Mai even retreated to the midfield to get the ball, and intentionally increased the coordination of passing the ball in the midfield, but it was still difficult for the visiting team to get a better offensive opportunity.

Salah was replaced in the 82nd minute, and the fans stood up and applauded for a long time, congratulating the Egyptian striker who had just been selected as the 29-man squad for the World Cup in Russia.

In the 85th minute, Ince, who had just come off the bench, made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and Zhang Mai volleyed into the net from 10 yards.

6-0!Zhang Mai completed a hat-trick in this game, raising his Premier League single-season scoring record to 38.

At the end of the game, Liverpool beat Brighton, who had been relegated, 6-0 at home, leaving no chance for Manchester City, which had just defeated Southampton 1-0.

The 38 rounds of the Premier League this season have all come to an end. Liverpool won the championship with an unbeaten record of 34 wins and 4 draws, setting a new record of 106 league points in a single season of the Premier League.

Although Manchester City ranks second, they are only 3 points behind Liverpool. With 103 league points, they can win the Premier League championship in previous years. Unfortunately, the Red Army is even stronger this year.

After the game, the excited Klopp accepted an interview with the media. Uncle Zha, who quickly regained his composure, pointed his sword at the Champions League final 13 days later:
"Great teams also bring domestic momentum to Europe. It's been a long time since Liverpool won the Champions League and we'll do our best to fight for it."

"I'm glad to have a rival like Manchester City, which makes the level of the Premier League improve by leaps and bounds, and even hope to be ahead of other leagues. There are two teams with more than 100 points in the league telling us that the Premier League will become stronger and stronger in the future. .”

"Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham will also try their best to catch up, so that the Premier League will once again form a situation where all the powers compete for hegemony. The giants of the Premier League will spend money, and it will not be a problem to strengthen their strength next season. This year we still have the opportunity to play on the highest stage of European football. To prove ourselves and the Premier League, we will definitely go all out!"

"About the evaluation of my players? I don't want to say it here, but I promise you that I will answer any questions you have about the Champions League final on the 26th, including my own players."

Zhang Mai looked at the high-spirited Uncle Zha on the stage, and for some reason, he thought of the unfulfilled melon bald and wooden bird, and at the same time felt as if he had forgotten something.

Since I can’t remember it, I don’t think much about it. I will think about it after the Champions League final. If I really can’t remember it anymore, I will go back to China after the World Cup to think about it.

(End of this chapter)