Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 354

8月12日20:30，利物浦2018/19赛季英超首轮比赛在安菲尔德球场开始，利物浦主场主场迎战西汉姆。

Today is Liverpool's first home game of the new season. The Anfield stadium is filled with fanatical Red Army fans. Everyone wants to witness the beginning of Liverpool's new legendary hegemony.

利物浦近4次对阵铁锤帮取得3胜1平，其中上赛季2个4-1双杀对手，上赛季排名第16的西汉姆可谓是红军的送分童子。

Liverpool's nearly 49 home games against West Ham only lost 1 game, and the rest achieved 34 wins and 14 draws.

双方英超交锋44场，利物浦26胜9平9负占据上风，其中主场15胜6平1负。

This is the 137th match between the two sides. Before that, Liverpool had an absolute advantage with 71 wins, 37 draws and 28 losses.

The starting lineups for both teams are as follows:
Liverpool (4-3-3):

13- Alisson;
66-Arnold, 3-Maguire, 4-Van Dijk, 26-Robertson;
8- Keita, 5- Wijnaldum, 10- Zhang Mai;

11-Salah, 9-Firmino, 10-Mane.

West Ham (3-4-2-1):

1 - Fabianski;
4-Balbuena, 21-Obonna, 41-Rice;

24-Fredericks, 16-Noble, 19-Wilshire, 26-Masuaku;

30-Antonio, 8-Anderson;
7 - Arnautovic.

Salah led the trident to play, new aid Alisson and Keita started, the midfielder was still played by Zhang Mai, and Wijnaldum was also able to start in order to strengthen the attack.

Liverpool is now recognized as a top European team. The forward and back line configuration that appeared on the field today is the strongest first lineup in the new season. The players on the bench are all replaced and rested.

However, the Red Army's midfield configuration is flexible and changeable. If Zhang Mai is not affected by injuries or other personal affairs, he is the unshakable main candidate, and the rest are temporarily matched according to the strength of the opponent.

West Ham belongs to the bottom of the Premier League team in the middle and lower reaches of the team, so today Klopp matched Zhang Mai with Keita, who can attack and defend well, and Wijnaldum, who is strong and weak in offense and defense.

As a result, iron-blooded giants such as captain Henderson and Milner can only sit on the bench to accompany Pickford, Fabinho and other young talents.

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At the beginning of the game, Liverpool tried to control the game after the opening. The midfielder led by Zhang Mai and Arnold and Robertson on the two wings pressed together. The forward trident almost touched the nose of the West Ham defender.

The West Ham players have already had a countermeasure. The strength is not as good as others. What can they do? The whole team can only compress the space and build an iron wall, leaving only Arnautovic in front.

In the 7th minute, Zhang Mai broke through Obonna in the middle and scored the ball. Mane's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked.

In the 13th minute, Wijnaldum made a pass from the right, but Salah, Firmino and Mane all missed the ball and were finally cleared by Noble.

Liverpool took the lead in the 19th minute. This time it was a direct pass from Keita. Robertson made a pass from the left side of the penalty area.

1-0!The Egyptian striker scored his first goal of the new season for Liverpool.

As the game continued, it was still difficult for West Ham to organize an effective offensive. They had to fight hard to resist Liverpool's attack after wave after wave.

In the 23rd minute, Zhang Mai was brought down when passing someone on the right. Arnold took a free kick from 25 yards directly to the upper left corner and was saved by Fabianski.

Shortly afterwards, Keita broke into the penalty area and passed the ball. Wijnaldum's shot missed the left post.

It wasn't until 30 minutes into the first half when Liverpool slightly relaxed their high-post press in the frontcourt that West Ham had two decent chances to attack.

In the 33rd minute, Anderson made a cross, and Balbuena's header was confiscated by Alisson.

In the 38th minute, Antonio picked a pass, and Anautovic turned around and missed the goal.

At this time, Klopp, who was playing a gentleman on the sidelines, couldn't sit still, and started yelling for the Red Army soldiers to continue to press.

The face of the team leader will naturally be given, and the Liverpool players immediately pushed West Ham back to their own half.

In the 41st minute, Zhang Mai went straight, Mane made a breakthrough from the left and made a cross. Salah headed the goal into Fabianski's arms.

Then Firmino passed the ball, and Salah's shot from the right side of the small penalty area was rescued by Fabianski.

West Ham goalkeeper Fabianski performed well. In the first half, he made a "four consecutive saves", but he still couldn't stop the Red Army's goal.

In stoppage time in the final half, Liverpool expanded the score, Robertson made a pass from the left to the far point, Milner shoveled back to the goal from the right side of the small penalty area, and Mane blocked the empty goal.

2-0!The trident succeeded again, but Mane who scored the goal hadn't had time to kiss the turf, and Klopp's chic celebration on the sidelines began to steal the spotlight.

This scene appeared in the 47th minute of the game. Mane's goal rewritten the score for Liverpool to 2-0.

This goal allowed the Red Army to enter the second half with a two-goal advantage and fully grasp the initiative.

Klopp is obviously very satisfied with this, which can be seen from the celebration.

I saw Klopp squatting down slightly, clenched his fists and shaking constantly around his waist, and looked at his hands while shaking, until the celebration was over, Uncle Zha still clenched his fists.

This very interesting celebration immediately gave the hundreds of millions of fans in front of the stadium and TV screens a hot topic.

Some people ridiculed that Klopp's celebration is a "criminal act", which looks like a bad action of masturbating with both hands; some people say that Klopp is imitating Balotelli's classic celebration.Uncle Scum Klopp, who is still passionate, has added a lot of topics to the fans, and the name of Uncle Slag has once again been firmly established by people.

The stadium was empty during the halftime break, but the 6-odd fans were still talking about Uncle Zha's obscene celebration just now...

In the second half of the game, the fighting was rekindled. West Ham first sent Snodgrass to replace the midfielder Rice who had a mediocre performance in the first half.

The Red Army fans at the scene were obviously dissatisfied with the team's 2 goals in the first half, and began to sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" to encourage their players to continue scoring goals.

"Brother, we are leading 2-0. Those who don't understand think we are behind 0-2!"

A group of Red Army soldiers such as Zhang Mai were dumbfounded by the home fans who asked Rigao, but they still had to keep scoring the goals that should be scored.

Liverpool sealed the victory in the 53rd minute, Zhang Mai scored the ball to the left side of the penalty area, Firmino passed the ball straight, and Mane shot from 14 yards into the lower left corner of the net, 3-0.

Although Mane was suspected of being offside when receiving the ball, the referee still signaled that the goal was valid. Senegal's pride - Mane scored twice.

West Ham, whose defeat has been decided, gave up their original intention of keeping the tie and winning, and now they only want to break through the gate of Liverpool to save face.

In the 62nd minute, former Manchester United striker Hernandez came off the bench, and Xiaopea replaced left midfielder Anderson.

However, West Ham's team configuration is still too low, and it will not help for Xiaopea to play.

In the 64th minute, Keita's free kick from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Noble. The ball failed to kick too far and fell to Zhang Mai's feet in the center of the penalty area.

Zhang Mai even had time to open the angle to adjust his shooting posture, and then he kicked the world wave straight to the upper left dead corner of West Ham's goal.

4-0!Zhang Mai's scoring account for the new season has also been successfully opened, as if he has stolen the limelight from Firmino, who is the only striker in the trident who has not yet scored.

"Sorry! Brother Brazil, I'll feed you a super pie later."

Zhang Mai, who clapped his hands with the honest and generous Brazilian striker, secretly expressed his apology.

But West Ham didn't allow it, and now the "Hammer Gang" who only wanted to score a goal began to change players again.

In the 66th minute, West Ham's new aid Yarmolenko also came off the bench, replacing the mediocre single striker Anotovich.

In the 67th minute, Zhang Mai took a corner kick and went to Firmino's point deliberately, but was robbed by the puzzled Mane with a header from the edge of the small penalty area.

One minute later, Zhang Mai, who had no time to continue feeding the cake, found that the satisfied Klopp asked Henderson to replace Firmino.

Zhang Mai knew that Uncle Zha was strengthening his defense in order to keep a clean sheet, and at the same time signaled to the opponent that we will not score again, so save face and don't hurt others!
well!Kind Firmino, buddy, you can only honor your pie in the next game!

Liverpool fans cheered Firmino off the field for the first time today.

The game continued, Liverpool still controlled the situation on the field, Zhang Mai, Salah, and Mane stopped, but the other players of the Red Army still insisted on abuse.

In the 71st minute, Maguire stepped forward to perform the operation himself, and the free kick missed in the melee.

In the 74th minute, Wijnaldum shot away from a long distance.

In the 79th minute, Keita shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area in the corner kick and missed the near corner.

Klopp was a little worried about the good situation on the field, but he couldn't tell his players not to shoot. After thinking about it, Uncle Zha decided to replace the thigh-level first.

In the 81st minute, Keita showed his power and fell to the ground after contacting West Ham players in the penalty area. The referee almost didn't award him a yellow card, and then Shaqiri replaced Mane.

Liverpool fans cheered Mane off the field for the second time today.

Liverpool's offensive suddenly slowed down, but Uncle Zha still felt uneasy, and replaced Salah with Sturridge in the 87th minute.

Liverpool fans cheered for Salah who left the field. This is the third time today. So far, Liverpool's trident has been replaced.

But there are always fierce people in the world, and it is impossible for Klopp to hold up a loudspeaker and yell at the players not to score any more goals.

In the 88th minute, Snodgrass made a header and made a mistake when he cleared the corner kick. Sturridge, who replaced Salah 24 seconds ago, scored from close range on the right side of the penalty area, 5-0.

The Red Army has scored more than 4 goals in 4 consecutive Premier League games against West Ham.This is also Liverpool's 500th victory in the Premier League.

Sturridge, who came off the bench and scored a goal, was very excited. He not only ran on the field, beat his chest and stamped his feet, but also ran to Uncle Zha to hug and celebrate.

"You deserve it! You can't score in football if you don't want to. Sturridge didn't even break a sweat when he scored a goal. You can only wipe your nose on your coach uniform."

Seeing the slightly stiff smile of Uncle Zha who was hugged tightly by Sturridge, Zhang Mai gloated a little.

The game ended quickly, and Liverpool finally beat visiting West Ham 5-0 at home, making a good start to the new season.

(End of this chapter)