Revive Liverpool

Chapter 19 The Merseyside Derby
On October 10, the Liverpool Club officially announced that captain Steven Gerrard was undisputedly elected Liverpool's Player of the Month in September with a super high vote rate of 6%.Goalkeepers Reina, Ngog and Torres ranked second to fourth.

On this national match day, Liverpool was injured again. Dirk was injured in his Dutch national team. The team’s two forwards, Torres and Dirk, were both affected by injuries.Although Li Nan doesn't have much obsession with winning this game, he still has some thoughts in his heart, hoping that the team can win.

During the national game day, Li Nan did not stay idle at home, but flew around with Keira Knightley, looking for the little monsters he might bring in during the winter transfer period, and accompanied his girlfriend Keira Knightley on a trip.

The days of traveling with my girlfriend are really comfortable, ah bah, no, the days of being a scout are really tiring.But how time flies.In a blink of an eye, it's time for the Merseyside Derby.

The 2010th round of the Premier League in the 11-8 season can be regarded as the focus of the game at Goodison Park. The 214th Merseyside Derby was held here. Everton played against Liverpool at home.

So far this season, Liverpool and Everton can be said to be difficult brothers. Liverpool just got out of the relegation zone and ranked fourth from the bottom. Everton fell down and ranked third from the bottom and entered the relegation zone.

According to the strength of the two teams, there should be no problem in ranking high, but for some reason, Liverpool and Everton were not in shape at the beginning of this season.

At 01:30 noon local time, the Merseyside Derby officially began. Because of Sterling's previous scandalous news, Pochettino decided to suspend Sterling for several games within the team.

As a result, Sterling missed the game. Although Torres came back, Pochettino did not intend to let him start. Instead, he sat on the bench. Ngog got the chance to start, and Flanagan also got the chance to start. Konchesky returned from injury, but because of Hodgson's departure, Koncheski's main left back position was not stable. at the table.

Both starting and substitute lists:
Liverpool starting lineup (451): Goalkeeper: No. 25 Reina

Defenders: No. 23 Carragher, No. 37 Skrtel, No. 38 Flanagan, No. 3 Konchesky

中场：17号马克西-罗德里格斯、4号梅雷莱斯、21号卢卡斯、8号杰拉德、10号乔·科尔
Forward: No. 24 Ngego
替补：1号琼斯、6号奥雷利奥、14号约万诺维奇、19号巴贝尔、49号杰克·罗宾逊、26号斯皮林、34号马丁·凯利

Everton starting lineup (451): Goalkeeper: No. 24 Howard
Defenders: No. 18 Neville, No. 15 Distin, No. 6 Jagielka, No. 3 Baines
中场：5号海廷加、21号奥斯曼、17号卡希尔、10号阿尔特塔、23号科尔曼
Forward: No. 22 Yakubu
替补：1号穆查、2号希伯特、7号比利亚列季诺夫、16号贝克福德、19号古耶、43号穆斯塔菲、37号巴克斯特

In this game, Everton took advantage of the momentum at home to launch a tide-like onslaught. Gerrard, who was originally the attacking midfielder and was in charge of offense, had no choice but to throw himself into the defense many times.

In this game, Lucas and Meireles, who are double defensive midfielders, seemed to be very struggling to defend Arteta, Cahill and others. Meireles, who had a smooth sailing in the Portuguese national team, was even knocked into the air several times in strong physical confrontations with opposing players.

The two defensive midfielders were unable to complete the important task of defense well, and Gerrard was forced to help back to the defense many times.

In the 30 minutes of the game, Liverpool had less than 40% of the ball possession time, and Liverpool's scene was extremely passive.

The commentator at the scene saw the current situation of Liverpool and said: "Gerrard has not only had no shot or a threatening pass, but it is even very difficult to get the ball. All we can see is a Red Army captain who keeps running back and forth. Occasionally, he gets the ball, either being double-teamed by the opponent or being fouled. In short, once the ball is under his feet, Gerrard is struggling." In the 34th minute of the game, Coleman assisted and Cahill scored.

With a one-goal disadvantage, the Liverpool soldiers returned to the locker room. However, after changing sides and fighting again, the Red Army still failed to improve on the scene.Although Pochettino wants to change the tactical arrangement in the first half, the team does not have the right personnel and there is not much room for change, which also makes Gerrard continue to do nothing.

The second half of the game has just begun, and Arteta scored a goal with his own personal strength.Liverpool fell behind by two goals. For this situation, Pochettino did not think about it, but Pochettino did not intend to put too much energy into this game. He just replaced Torres in the 70th minute of the game and tried to attack. The main purpose is to let Torres adapt to the rhythm of the game. Torres did not train for the game during the entire national match day, but only did some recovery training.Go to the competition and find out the status.

In the scoring of "Sky Sports" after the game, Gerrard got the team's highest score of 7 points. The comment he gave was very simple, but also revealed a trace of helplessness: "He was full of energy throughout the game!"

"Toffee" Everton defeated Liverpool and escaped the relegation zone. Liverpool fell into the relegation zone and also lost the Merseyside derby.

In Pochettino's interview after the game, Pochettino also expressed his regret for the failure of this game. The players have tried their best but the game still lost.The team will continue to work hard in order to expect to win in the next league.

When a reporter asked about Sterling, Pochettino said: "He is a good player. He is always training seriously in his usual daily training. He was unable to play in today's game, not all because of the previous news about him. There are still some considerations for his growth. He is just 16 years old and needs a little time to digest, understand and adapt to the Premier League game."

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