Revive Liverpool

Chapter 49 The Battle of the Spring Festival

Liverpool sits at home against Stoke City, and Pochettino has had to make major adjustments to the team's lineup.

In the first game after losing Torres, Liverpool coach Pochettino arranged for new aid Suarez to start, and put Dirk, who felt like his shooting was about to be polished, in the forward position.The two formed a double arrow.

Today, the team's midfielder is Gerrard and Meireles ambushing behind him, while Kante and Aurelio guard the center.

Aurelio, the 32-year-old Brazilian left-back, has suffered from injuries throughout his Anfield career, and now he has just returned from injury, and he also occupies a starting position.However, his position is not in the left back position, but in the midfield position.

Martin Kelly and Glenn Johnson sit on the two wings, and Kyrgiakos, Skrtel and Agger form a three-centre back.

David Luiz, the team's biggest signing this winter, did not start.

The goalkeeper position can only be the teenager Keylor Navas because of Reina's departure.

Before the game started, although many fans gathered outside Anfield to protest Li Nan's behavior, many fans still came here to cheer for the team in today's game.

Of course, some banners protesting against the team chairman Li Nan can still be seen in the stadium. Maybe they came to watch this game, and they were also a little conflicted.

Although Dirk Dirk made his debut today, his performance in the first half was not very good. The Dutchman missed 3 of his 2 shots in the first half.

In the 36th minute, Martin Kelly quickly made a pass from the right, and Glenn Johnson's header was saved by Begovic with one hand.Then Gerrard made another cross, and the header from Dirk Driven slid past the goal.

In the 39th minute, Gerrard flew the header into the penalty area, and Dirk Driven volleyed high.

In the 44th minute, Liverpool played brilliantly in the frontcourt. Meireles made a direct pass.

As another striker's new aid, Suarez is getting familiar with the team. He didn't perform well in the first half of the game, but whether his performance in the second half can improve is still expected.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool drew [-]-[-] at home with Stoke City.

The intermission ended and the players came to the pitch.

The second half of the game officially started. In the 47th minute, Dior brought Agger down and received a yellow card.

Then Gerrard's free kick hit the wall and bounced into the penalty area. Kyrgiakos tried to get the ball but was cleared by the opponent.

At this time, a figure shot from the left side of the penalty area to break the deadlock, and this person was Meireles. Meireles scored the goal with his first shot in this game. Liverpool led Stoke City [-]-[-].

And this is also the third goal he has scored in the last 4 games. Since the match against Everton in the 3th round, Meireles' scoring account has been completely opened up.

In the previous 19 league rounds, shooting efficiency has always been Meireles' weakness. Although he has repeatedly scored goals in the Portuguese national team, in Liverpool, the midfielder has never been able to find the feeling of scoring due to various problems. He failed to score more than 30 shots, which also made him embarrassingly the least scoring player among the top Premier League players this season.

Because of Meireles' recent good performance, it is no wonder that Pochettino, who was in a good mood, would joke about Meireles in an interview after the game: "According to this scoring efficiency, I think he has a chance to compete for the league golden boot."

At the end of the game, in the 79th minute, Dirk Kuyt sent a through pass from the midfielder. Suarez did not panic. Facing the opponent's goalkeeper Begovic, he did not take the first shot. Instead, he chose to make a fake move.

Even though Wilkinson, who followed up, struggled to tackle the ball, although he tackled the ball, he still failed to prevent the ball from rolling into the goal. Liverpool led Stoke City [-]-[-].

Suarez scored in his first appearance on behalf of Liverpool. He scored the second goal of the game and sealed the victory for Liverpool.

Suarez's performance on the Anfield stadium will also be officially staged from this game.

In the 80th minute, Carew headed the ball, and Walters volleyed with his right foot from the small penalty area and was hit by Navas with a single punch.

This is Stoke City's only shot within the Liverpool goal frame so far in this game. This is the only test for the teenager Navas, and this test was easily resolved by Navas.

Keylor Navas in this game was his first appearance in the Premier League. In the previous 80 minutes, the team has been playing against Stoke City, and the ball has hardly reached Liverpool's goal.

As for those shots that reached near the goal, although Navas was also facing it nervously, the quality of the shots of the Stoke City striker was too poor.

Therefore, Navas's performance in this game was quite satisfactory, and he had no room to play, so he did not have any outstanding performance.

The only shot on goal was not a threat, and Navas had nothing to do.

In the next game, David Luiz was replaced by Kyrgiakos and also started his first Premier League game.

The game is over, Griezmann, another player transferred by Liverpool in the winter, didn't get a chance to play, but just sat on the bench, and Sterling also didn't get a chance to play.

Nothing unexpected happened in the game. Liverpool easily beat Stoke City [-]-[-], and the team won the first game since Torres left the team.

Although Suarez, who locked the victory in his debut, became the protagonist of media reports, the "Daily Telegraph" stated: "Suarez continued his recent good performance."

But Meireles' contribution has not been ignored. "Goal Net" praised him: "Scored his third goal in Liverpool. In addition, he is also a great threat in possession and passing."

Of course, in addition to paying attention to Suarez's performance in Liverpool and Meireles' recent outburst, the Chinese news media also paid attention to Liverpool's sideline advertisements.

Tencent News reported this incident, and the news wrote:
During this Spring Festival, if you are a Liverpool fan and you still did not choose to sleep after watching the Spring Festival Gala, but chose to continue to sit by the computer and watch the Liverpool game, you may see the following text written on the sideline advertisement next to the Anfield Stadium:
"Liverpool Football Club wishes fans a Happy Chinese New Year!"

I wonder if the vast number of Liverpool fans in China feel moved?

Li Nan, the new chairman of Liverpool, seems to be a Chinese who is close to Chinese culture. Perhaps under the influence of this chairman, the Liverpool team will become closer to China. We may even expect that one or even a few Chinese players will land in the Premier League someday and become Liverpool players.

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