Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 390

For Liverpool, the busy December has a ruthless start. The first is the Premier League three games a week, and next Wednesday (December 12) there will be a final round of the Champions League group.

12月6日的英超第15轮，利物浦在特富摩尔球场客场4比1力克伯恩利。

The home team Cork broke the deadlock, Zhang Mai equalized and scored twice, Firmino and Shaqiri scored successively.Liverpool continued to maintain a complete victory in the league.

Liverpool has always had an advantage over Burnley, and the victory in this campaign is no surprise.

Zhang Mai, who contributed the lore in the last round of the derby, continued to start. Sturridge, Keita, Henderson, Milner, Matip and Moreno all played in rotation.

Klopp finally let the striker trident rest in rotation under the tight schedule, but replaced Zhang Mai with Firmino in the second half.

The situation of other giants in this round is different. Manchester City beat Watford 2-1 away, biting the Red Army and did not let go. Tottenham also beat Southampton 3-1 at home.

Manchester United drew 2-2 with Arsenal at home, and Chelsea unexpectedly lost 1-2 away to the tenacious Wolves.

After Mourinho's draw with the Gunners at Manchester United, he was not as noisy as before, but Zhang Mai knew that Mourinho's Manchester United time had begun to count down.

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On the evening of Saturday, December 12th, the 8th round of the Premier League started. Liverpool once again beat the home team Bournemouth 16-4 at the Sands Stadium, achieving 0 consecutive victories this season.

In this battle, Salah scored a hat-trick, and Zhang Mai, who replaced him in the second half, was the icing on the cake.

利物浦上赛季双杀伯恩茅斯打入9球且零封对手，在双方历史上13次交锋中仅负1场，其余12场取得9胜3平。

Milner, who made his 500th Premier League appearance, retreated to play as a guest full-back, and Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum and Salah played in rotation.

Liverpool's winning streak shocked the Premier League, and now some people have shouted the slogan "Who will stop Liverpool?" The name of the Red Army resounded throughout the British Isles.

Arsenal and Manchester United, who were tied in the last round, both won. Among them, Arsenal beat the newly promoted Huddersfield 1-0 at home. Emery's transformation is showing results;
Manchester United beat Fulham 4-1 at home. Mourinho abandoned Pogba, but played the pressure and cohesion of the old giants.

Even Mourinho was elated when he was interviewed by "Sky Sports" after the game. He thought that Manchester United played very well in this game, and it can be said that they played gorgeous football.

The British media have also turned to praise Mourinho's wisdom and criticize Pogba's sloppy and rebellious.

There are also calm media who pointed out that the next round of Manchester United's away game against Liverpool will be Mourinho's real catastrophe:
If Manchester United wins or draws, it can successfully prevent Liverpool's winning streak this season, and Mourinho's crisis of getting out of class this season will be truly lifted;
If Manchester United lose, even if it is not a big defeat, Mourinho's time at Old Trafford will be over.

The British media here are still discussing Mourinho. On the second day, Tottenham also defeated Zhang Mai’s old club Leicester City 2-0 at the King Power Stadium. In the 16th round, Chelsea were left with Manchester City at home. powerful dialogue.

12月9日英超第16轮最后一场焦点战，切尔西在斯坦福桥球场意外地2比0战胜曼城，

Hazard assisted Kanter and Luiz to score goals successively. Manchester City lost the chain again in the championship competition, and the 7-game winning streak in the league was ended.

As the news spread, all the fans in the UK except the Blues and Reds were shocked. This time, Manchester City, the closest rival to Liverpool, is also 8 points behind.

Chelsea defeated Manchester City 2-0, and Sarri, who led the team to victory over Guardiola for the first time, is very satisfied:

"I'm very happy with this win, because it's not easy to win Manchester City or Guardiola. I'm very satisfied with the mentality of the team in this game. It's not easy for us to find motivation. , but once we have that we are a very strong team. Today we played with great quality, determination and aggression."

Meanwhile, Sarri expects the players to continue in their current form:
"My players need to continue like this, we had some problems in the first 30 minutes because Hazard was playing in that position for the first time and we weren't very good defensively. We started well in the second half and we ended up with Deserved to win. I think Hazard just had a little problem in the last 20 minutes. He played well and deserved to score. I'm happy with his first game in this position."

"It's difficult defensively when the team is not doing well. We played well today so it was easier for the centre-backs to play well."

After losing 0:2 to Chelsea in the away game, Manchester City not only ended their seven-game winning streak in the league, but was also 8 points behind by Liverpool.

In an interview after the game, Manchester City coach Guardiola insisted that his team performed better than their opponents, and the team only played 5-8 minutes well enough:
"We played unbelievably in the first half, they barely had any chances and scored a goal. We played like that until the end in the second half."

Guardiola believes that Manchester City performed very well today:

"Chelsea kept playing us on the left and we couldn't control it, but we were actually playing better games than we've been winning."

"Out of shape? We lost, but if you think that, you didn't watch the game."

Guardiola said that Chelsea is a strong opponent, although the team lost the game, the team performed very well:

"Chelsea are a great team, they have a lot of good players, but we had a fantastic first half. We have nothing to regret, we came here (Stamford Bridge) to prove our desire to win, we created A lot of opportunities."

"Chelsea only had one chance in the first 44 minutes and it went in, sometimes it's unavoidable."

Guardiola says football matches can sometimes be a little haphazard:
"We played better, we kept creating chances. They (Chelsea) couldn't play the way they wanted to, they were used to playing with 75 per cent possession and they couldn't do it this game. . But at the level of the Premier League and the Champions League, it takes half a chance to score and that's the reality."

After losing the game, Guardiola did not blame the players, but cheered them on:
"It was very touching to see the players play such a good game every three days. Apart from five to eight minutes in the game, our performance was very good. This is what we should have. level."

Guardiola also believes that there is no need to care too much about the loss in this game, and the team should prepare for the Champions League game (although Manchester City has already qualified ahead of schedule).

He said: "We're trying to be champions, everyone wants to beat us, but now it's time to prepare for the Champions League. We have a lot of games to play, a lot of points to fight for, we have to be consistent and that's what we did today. Yes, so I don't think there's any problem."

In the end, Guardiola said that he would sum up and move on: "Whether we win or lose, we will learn from it."

look!This is the unnatural logic and cheekiness of a successful coach in the Premier League, who can say that losing is the same as winning!
But the British media are not stupid, and quickly pointed out the harshness of Gua Shuai and Manchester City:

"Still expect Gua Shuai to bring down Liverpool? Manchester City can't even beat the Blues!"

It is an indisputable fact that Guashuai and Manchester City's dominance has declined. Although they have maintained a 7-game winning streak before, after losing 0:2 to Chelsea in a real strong dialogue, all their glory was instantly shattered. The second place in the league is at stake.

Manchester City suddenly discovered that the previous gorgeous scene of "Peerless Twins Are Not Lonely" turned out to be like a bubble that would burst with a poke.

On the way to the championship, not only Liverpool is ready to distance itself at any time, Chelsea, Tottenham and other teams also have the ability to kill Manchester City at any time.

Against Manchester City, which is almost invincible in the league this season, Sane's team tactics are very clear. First of all, it is difficult to score goals with Italian-style high-intensity defense.

Although the scene was not very good, and it took 45 minutes to score the first goal, Kanter, who was everywhere, appeared in the position where he should appear most. Although Sane, who has become more and more active in the game recently, even defended himself in the penalty area. It still failed to prevent Kanter from changing the situation on the court with one kick.

Manchester City, which was behind, made a strong attack posture, but facing the Chelsea defense led by David Luiz, not only failed to create an absolute chance, but was finally bitten by David Luiz, and the 0:2 defeat was set.

In the last ten minutes, Guardiola didn't even use up the last substitution. After all, after replacing Sane, when Aguero was injured, he suddenly found that there was no trustworthy striker around him.

After this campaign, Manchester City has been 8 points behind Liverpool in the standings. In the championship battle that started from the first round, there are very few opportunities for the opponent to fight with masters, and often a change of position , You need to work hard in many games to get back.

Especially behind Manchester City, there are London's top three Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham. After all, with 22 rounds left in the league, with a gap of one or two wins, everything is possible.

After this round, the top six in the Premier League standings are Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, and Manchester United, which can be said to represent the strongest combat effectiveness in the current Premier League.

Among the top six teams in the Premier League, Manchester City lost 0:2 against Chelsea for the first time this season, which shows that their defense is not impregnable.

Last season, Manchester City fought to the end, Chelsea was somewhat unstable internally, and Wenger led Arsenal to a lonely final season, so Liverpool were able to win the Premier League trophy.

This season, Liverpool has spent a lot of money to strengthen the lineup. Chelsea and Arsenal have also changed their looks after coaching changes.

On the other hand, on Manchester City's side, the former "dual-core" David Silva and De Bruyne are getting old and the other is injured. The sharpest knife Aguero is also on and off. Guardiola lacks an absolute trump card. With the deepening of multi-line combat, it is really hard to say whether the league can stop Liverpool.

(End of this chapter)