extraordinary coach

Chapter 405 Fierce Battle Against Liverpool

In the anticipation, the Southampton team soon arrived at Anfield Stadium under the leadership of Sun Yi.

This is a battle for the top spot between six straight winners.

Therefore, the Anfield stadium was also full on this day.

Unfortunately, Anfield is not owned by the Southampton team. This time, Southampton fans have no way to take advantage of the numbers.

This made them soaring, unable to turn the opponent's stadium into their own home field again.

There are also many Red Army fans.They are also very enthusiastic about today's focus battle.

Almost all they could come.They want to create a home atmosphere for Liverpool and give Liverpool a favorable environment.

Last season, they were originally intended to be champions, but they were beaten by the sudden emergence of Southampton on multiple fronts.It was an intolerable humiliation.

Today, this game, they hope to get back what they lost.They hope that the Liverpool team can wash away the shame and complete their revenge.To make a name for himself.

"Liverpool, revenge!"

This is the main slogan of Liverpool fans today.This is what they want to do with all their hearts.

"Today, we are not only fighting for the championship. We are fighting for our dignity."

"Last season, here, we had a couple of routs against today's opponent."

"Today, we will never allow this to happen again."

"Think of the tens of thousands of Reds fans watching us in the stands. This time, we must not let them down again."

"For the fans of the Red Army, for our dignity. Today we must die to the end. We must do our best to win!"

"Remember, it doesn't matter what happens to Southampton. Today we have only one way to go."

In the locker room, Klopp is doing the final mobilization before the game.

Today's game is of great significance to both Liverpool and him.

Klopp was humiliated several times by Sun Yi last season.For today's battle, he has been preparing for a long time.

Today, he vowed revenge.He wants to return all the humiliation he suffered from Sun Yi last season.

"Go. Go and prepare for the fight. Go and tell the Southamptonians that what the Liverpool people have lost, they will definitely get back."

With a big wave of Klopp's hand, the Liverpool team walked out of the locker room one by one with resolute expressions.

Looking at the expressions of the players, Klopp also felt confident for a few minutes.

Klopp and Sun Yi also met on the sidelines after the players entered the stadium after the cheers of the fans.

"We meet again."

The two held hands together and both had smiles on their faces.

This time, Klopp thoroughly learned the lessons of last season and did not start a confrontation with Sun Yi before the game.

And Sun Yi is not a person who likes to talk proactively, so he didn't make any remarks that would annoy Klopp before the game.

"Welcome to Anfield!" Klopp said with a smile.These words made him look very personable and like a landlord.

"Thank you. Today I brought you a brand new gift, I hope you will like it." Sun Yi also said with a smile.

I brought Ronaldo this season, is it a surprise?

Klopp naturally understood what Sun Yi meant.However, his expression didn't change at all, and he continued to smile.

"As long as it is a victory, we will definitely like it. Here, I would like to thank you for your kindness in giving us three points."

"Don't thank me yet. Thank you after seeing our real gift."

"Then I'll wait and see."

The two shook hands again and even hugged before parting.

People who don't know, seeing this scene of friendly exchanges, couldn't help being surprised and said: "Hey, when did Klopp and Sun turn enemies into friends? How do you feel that the relationship between the two has become very good?"

After the separation, Klopp looked calmly at the two sides who were entering the pre-match ceremony.When he saw Ronaldo, he frowned imperceptibly.

"Sun is really lucky. Ronaldo actually fell in love with him."

With the addition of Ronaldo, Klopp knows that this will definitely make the Southampton team stronger.

"However, it doesn't matter. You are getting stronger, and we are also getting stronger. After the tempering of last season, we are now stronger."

"Sun, today I will tell you that I Klopp is back on my feet."

"I must beat you who owns Ronaldo! This is double repayment!"

Klopp clenched his fists secretly.

After Sun Yi returned to his own bench, his eyes looked at Salah on the field in surprise.

"It's already S-rank."

Sun Yi discovered that Salah's strength had risen to S-level.

This is a watershed in strength.

Once the strength reaches the S-level, it is beyond the ranks of ordinary stars.Became the top player in the world.

At that time, Sun Yi once said that he wanted to watch Salah fully stimulate his talent potential.Become an existence comparable to Ronaldo Messi.

Didn't expect to see it today.

It's just that everything is different now.

Salah is no longer his favorite disciple.Instead, he became the general of his opponent.

While being happy for Salah, Sun Yi also paid more attention to this game.

At the same time, Sun Yi also somewhat understood why the Liverpool team performed so strongly this season.

Whether there is a star above the S-level in the team makes a big difference.

Players of this level are like souls.Only with players of this level can a team become a truly strong team with a strong soul.

For example, Manchester City has De Bruyne, and Barcelona has Messi.

"Fortunately, we have Cristiano Ronaldo this season." Otherwise, Southampton might be in big trouble for today's game.

Thinking of Ronaldo, who is now getting better in the Southamp team.The corner of Sun Yi's mouth raised a confident smile.

Sun Yi doesn't know what kind of power Salah, who has been upgraded to S-level, will have.But he knows that Ronaldo's joining has brought qualitative changes to the Southampton team.Especially in terms of spiritual fighting spirit, it has been further enhanced.

Soon, all the pre-match rituals on the court were over.

Then at the referee's whistle, the game started.

Due to the importance of this game, Sun Yi almost sent the strongest lineup he could play today.

However, today's starting lineup is not the lineup of the last game against Porto.

After experiencing that battle, some players have some physical problems.For example, Pulisic, who had a strong assault in the last game, did not appear in the roster for the game today.Sun Yi replaced him with Prowse.

In addition, Balotelli, who suffered a lot in the previous game, was placed on the bench by Sun Yi.So today's starting center is Rebic.

Originally, Sun Yi also considered letting Kaka rest.Only considering the difficulty of the game, he decided to let Kaka continue to start.

The game against Liverpool must not be weak in momentum.Otherwise, once the momentum is suppressed, I am afraid the game will be very passive.

Therefore, before the game, Sun Yi asked the Southampton team to kick out their momentum.Never be weak on the scene.

The Liverpool team must know that even at their home court, they have no advantage against Southampton.

Kick-off for the game was Southampton's.

Immediately after kick-off, Southampton attacked Liverpool.And the attack is very violent.

There are sufficient forces invested in the offense, which makes Southampton's first offensive look very imposing.

In the end, Ronaldo took a long shot.

Although Ronaldo's long shot did not pose too much threat to Liverpool's goal.But it kicked out the strong momentum of the Southampton team.

"I'll go! The Southampton team with Ronaldo is really different!"

"You know, this is Anfield Stadium, the home stadium of the Liverpool team. It even gave the Liverpool team a blow as soon as they came up."

"This is clearly trying to turn against the customer!"

The momentum shown by the Southampton team's first attack, the happiest thing is the Southampton fans.

"Haha. Let's see. So what if it's your home game?"

"Here we are at Southampton, there is no difference between home and away."

"Whoever you are, we're going to beat you. We're going to run wild on your home court."

"Come on!!! Southampton. Keep kicking their asses!"

Next, it was Liverpool's turn to organize the attack.

They also launched a fierce attack without hesitation.This is their home field.How could they allow Southampton to run wild here?
The attitude shown by Southampton's first attack aroused their anger and fighting spirit.

"Fuck them to death. Let them know whose territory this is!"

Before this thought, Liverpool's offense also played very resolutely and quickly.

In the end, they were completed by Salah with an inside shot.

Although Salah's shot, like Ronaldo, did not pose any substantial threat.But it also showed their attitude.

It also made the Liverpool fans shout excitedly.

"See? We Liverpool people don't allow anyone to run wild here."

"If you dare to provoke, we will fight back immediately."

"Come on, Liverpool! Fuck these Southampton guys. Let them go back crying!!"

The game continues.

After Liverpool completed their attack, Southampton, who regained possession of the ball, also launched an attack immediately.

Goalkeeper Foster quickly fired a big kick to the front.

Although Rebic, who was at the top, did not take advantage of the fight for the top, the ball fell to the feet of the Southampton team.

attack!

Southampton immediately launched an attack from Kaka to Liverpool's ribs.At the same time, Ronaldo and Prouss on the other side also moved to respond.Paulinho behind also sprinted forward for the first time.

Further back, the Southampton defenders also moved forward with the formation.

They are increasing the input of troops in the attack as much as possible.

The Southampton team's offensive this time was also very resolute.

It's just that Klopp obviously made a lot of preparations today, and they stood in a defensive formation immediately.This made Kaka with the ball unable to find a chance to shoot.

And after he passed the ball, the others were also defended immediately.

Liverpool's timely and solid defense prevented Southampton from finding a comfortable offensive opportunity.In the end, Rebic could only take a forced shot.

Naturally, such a reluctant shot will not pose much threat.

In turn, Liverpool responded with tit for tat.

Also they didn't pose much of a threat.Because Southampton have one of the best defenses in the Premier League.It is not so easy to break through.

In just a few minutes after the opening, the two sides completed two shots each.

This not only made the fans nervous and excited, but also made the game enter a high-intensity and high-paced frenzy from the very beginning.

Next, the two sides spared no effort to launch a fierce attack on each other.They are all in a posture of killing each other immediately.

It's just that both sides have done a good job defensively, and neither of them will easily attack the opponent into the penalty area.

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The sound of feet slamming on the ball kept ringing.

Shots from both sides continued to climb rapidly.

In just fifteen minutes, the two sides contributed more than ten shots in total.

It was in this shot after shot that the fans on both sides couldn't help but get nervous.Everyone held their breath.Fear of missing a goal that suddenly appears.

As the game progresses, the number of shots increases.Everyone felt that the goal was about to appear.

However, the appearance of the goal did not come quickly.Instead, it took four to 10 minutes of fierce fighting before the first goal appeared.

It was Southampton who took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field.Relying on Ronaldo's scoring machine-like scoring ability, Southampton took the lead.

"Haha!!! Leading!!!"

"We took the lead in this game. The chances of victory have greatly increased."

From the beginning of this season, as long as Southampton leads the game, it is absolutely impossible to be overturned by the opponent.

Even last season, as long as the Southampton team took the lead in the game, the probability of winning exceeded [-]%.

So, the fans cheered up after seeing Southampton lead.I even feel that this game is very sure.

"Haha. It's four and 10 minutes and we're going into the second half with the lead."

"With one goal in hand, this game is ours."

However, this time the Liverpool team showed surprising tenacity.Being behind did not affect their morale.It didn't even affect their game rhythm on the court.

As if being behind was none of their business.

But it was their mentality that allowed them to display their astonishing combat effectiveness.

Just 3 minutes later, they equalized the score back.

Salah is in really good form today.He takes advantage of his quickness and agility.First, he used an inside cut to get rid of Bertrand's defense, and then took a shot before grabbing Pavard to block him.

The quality of his shot is really too high.Goalkeeper Foster threw it but still could not prevent the ball from bouncing into the goal.

It looked like the lead was gone.

Sun Yi can only sigh: "This game is really not easy. After Salah reaches this level, it is really difficult to defend."

(End of this chapter)