Revive Liverpool

Chapter 61 Leading One to Zero
When a reporter asked Pochettino about Griezmann's game time.

Pochettino said: "He has to appear on the field because we need to score goals. He has amazing value and we have to learn how to bring out his best form."

"At the same time, he also needs to better understand the value of the team, so that he can do his best for the team."

Liverpool lost their two-legged tie with Braga and were knocked out in the Europa League quarter-finals.

In the Premier League, Manchester City also competed with Liverpool in the Europa League, and they were also eliminated in the Europa League quarter-finals.

Both Liverpool and Manchester City were eliminated at home, and the Premier League teams in the Europa League were wiped out overnight.

The famous "442" website said depressingly: "Liverpool and Manchester City have both withdrawn from the European arena."

FIFA's official website used the headline "British teams are eliminated from the Europa League".

Of course, if it is a British team, it must also include the Glasgow Rangers in Scotland.

They were also eliminated in the quarter-finals.

The British "Guardian" was also outraged: "Liverpool and Manchester City have both been eliminated. Although they are both unbeaten at home, this is meaningless!"

Compared with the weakness of the Premier League teams in the Europa League, the Premier League teams in the Champions League are still quite good. This season's Champions League quarter-finals account for three Premier League teams.

In the last 10 seasons, the Premier League team has never had more than 8 places in the top 2 of the Europa League.

This is very different from the grand scene where they easily won 8 seats in the top 3 of the Champions League, or even won the third place in the top 4.

This also reflects that the Premier League teams do not pay enough attention to the Europa League competition, and Liverpool is obviously one of them.

Although the last time a Premier League team won the Europa League was Liverpool, it dates back to Liverpool in 2001.

After all, the Premier League has a tight schedule and many events, and the influence and economic benefits of the Europa League are far less than that of the Champions League, so few teams will do their best to fight for this event.

The Europa League has been eliminated, so Liverpool can really focus on the league games.

Liverpool's opponent in the next 30th round of the Premier League is Sunderland.

Sunderland will play Liverpool at home.

The last time the two sides met at the Stadium of Light, the "Balloon Gate" incident broke out, and Liverpool had a zero-to-one bitterness.

(On October 2009, 10, Sunderland played against Liverpool at home.

In the 5th minute, Bent shot. This shot was powerful and heavy, but it was not an excellent opportunity.

Glenn Johnson stayed on the path of the ball, but the ball hit a red balloon on the field at the moment when it was about to be intercepted by Johnson, changed its course at Johnson's feet and went into the net. Reina had nothing to do with the ball.

What made him and the Liverpool fans even more dumbfounded was that the red balloon hit by the ball was still printed with the Liverpool team logo, which was obviously thrown into the field by the fans of the visiting team.

It was with this goal that Sunderland defeated Liverpool [-]-[-] at home, which completely cut off the idea of ​​​​a league title for Liverpool.

Of course, a similar situation has also happened in British football. A few years ago, Sheffield United scored exactly the same goal in the match against Manchester City.

It was the match between Manchester City and Sheffield United held at Bramall Lane in the 2008th round of the FA Cup on January 1, 25. During the match, the famous "Balloon Gate" incident occurred.

The victim was Manchester City, which spends money like water, but what makes people dumbfounded is that the perpetrator is also a fan of Manchester City themselves, and the portrait of Brazilian midfielder Elano is impressively painted on the blue balloon. )
The game between Liverpool and Sunderland is the penultimate game of this round of the league.

The last game of this round is Chelsea against Manchester City.

If Liverpool win this round of the league and Chelsea lose, then Liverpool will overtake Chelsea and enter the Champions League.

当地时间3月21日中午13点30分，2010-11赛季利物浦的英超联赛第30轮的比赛开始了，利物浦作客东北部的光明球场，挑战桑德兰队。

In this game, Liverpool captain Gerrard did not appear in the team's starting list. Carragher put on the team's captain's armband and appeared at the team's right back position.

Keylor Navas is still the starting goalkeeper, Glenn Johnson and Carragher appear on the two wings, David Luiz and Skrtel partner in the middle; in midfield, Pochettino chooses Kante, Lucas and Meireles as partners.

Liverpool used the trident in the frontcourt, Suarez appeared in the center position, and Dirk Dirk and Griezmann appeared on the two sides.

赛前双方球员为日本地震遇难者默哀。当地时间2011年3月11日14:46（BJ时间13:46）发生在日本东北部太平洋海域的强烈地震。

这次地震为历史第五大地震（仅次于1960年智利瓦尔迪维亚（9.5级）、1964年美国阿拉斯加州威廉王子湾（9.2级）、1957年美国阿拉斯加州安德烈亚诺夫群岛（9.1级）、2004年印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛（9.3级））。

The huge tsunami triggered by the earthquake caused devastating damage to Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures in northeastern Japan, and triggered a nuclear leak at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

After the game started, although Liverpool was not at home, the team resolutely chose to attack.

In the 19th minute, Sunderland's Cattermole came on to replace Muntari who was injured and left.

In the 22nd minute, Richardson was injured again, and Bruce was forced to replace him with Malblanc.

The first half was just less than halfway through, and Sunderland was forced to use up two substitutions.

This must have been beyond the expectations of the Sunderland coach, but there is no way.

In the 31st minute, Mensa made a mistake in stopping the ball in the chest. Spilling broke into the penalty area after stealing the ball, and Mensa was forced to bring him down near the penalty area line.

After consulting the assistant referee, the referee (the referee on duty did not follow the assistant referee's suggestion and insisted on the result of the penalty kick himself) awarded a penalty kick.

But in the slow-motion replay, Spilling was tackled outside the penalty area. This foul should not be awarded a penalty kick, but a free kick.

Liverpool took advantage of this controversial penalty and made a penalty from Dirk Drivet. Liverpool took the lead [-]-[-].

Six Liverpool players came before the cameras to celebrate Lucas' new baby with a lullaby.

The atmosphere of the stadium suddenly warmed up.

Because of this misjudgment by the referee, Liverpool can deal with the game more calmly after scoring a goal.

The home team's Sunderland is just the opposite. They are in a passive situation and have to choose to take the initiative to attack.

But clearly their efforts didn't pay off in the first half.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool went into the lounge with a [-]-[-] lead.

(End of this chapter)