Football: The strongest post-zero generation.

Li Qing did not comment on his teammates' inappropriate remarks at this time. No matter who asked, he would just say four words: No comment.

Li Qing never gets involved in issues between players and clubs. That is a waste of energy and time. If he has that much free time, he might as well understand the opponent's situation and focus more on daily training.

The 23rd round of the Premier League ended, and Liverpool continued to top the standings with 66 points with one game less.

After Manchester City defeated Huddersfield 3:0 in this round, they continued to chase the top Liverpool, but the double-digit point difference and the double defeat in the league made it clear to anyone that the championship race this season is over.

But Guardiola's team did not give up. Earlier in January, after the game with Liverpool, Guardiola ordered the team's players to stop fiddling with their hairstyles and stop doing anything unrelated to the game at the post-match summary meeting.

Therefore, most of Manchester City's players no longer use mobile phones in places where football activities are carried out, such as training centers. Instead, they hand in their phones directly and get them back after the activities or training are over.

Guardiola also praised Liverpool's current achievements. He acted magnanimous in front of the media, saying that Liverpool is the most eye-catching team in the Premier League and is also leading the standings.

But he also said that Liverpool's biggest rival for the title is still Manchester City. Although this is a huge challenge, he still believes that his team can eventually win the Premier League title.

But Manchester City also has a lot of worries now. In the second round of their semi-final with Burton, because Manchester City U21 has to play in the FA Cup, Manchester City hopes that the English Football League will adjust the schedule, but was rejected.

As the youth team players had to play in the Champions League, Guardiola had to take many main players to play the second round of the semi-finals away from home. This game, which could be said to be a formality, completely disrupted his plan to give the main players a rest.

In another key battle that affected the fight for the top four in this round, Arsenal played against Chelsea at home. With goals from Lacazette and Koscielny, Arsenal ended Chelsea's recent three-game winning streak away from home.

Tottenham challenged Fulham away in this round of the league and eventually defeated their opponent 2:1, but the team's offensive player Ali was injured in the game, and after the game there was news that Tottenham's Eriksen had decided not to renew his contract with the team.

After this round, Manchester City has 52 points, 14 points behind Liverpool. Tottenham Hotspur is closely behind with 51 points. Chelsea has 46 points, less than one game away from Arsenal and Manchester United behind them.

Therefore, there is now a fierce competition for the fourth place in the Premier League. The second and third places are temporarily safe. Manchester City only has a theoretical possibility of winning the championship, but many people are still willing to believe that the football is round.

It was under such circumstances that Liverpool traveled to the away game to challenge their first FA Cup opponent, Newport County.

Newport County is currently playing in the English Football League's fourth-tier League Two. Given the strength and level of their opponents, the team will be facing Leicester City at home in the next round.

Therefore, the Liverpool club did not take this round of the FA Cup seriously, and even Klopp was not prepared to go to the away game to direct the game.

Klopp has always been critical of the schedule of England's matches. He is not Guardiola, who likes to do things to please the FA and the English Football League.

So Klopp simply sent out the youth team for this game, and even temporarily transferred players from the Kirkby youth training academy to participate in the FA Cup, and the team was led only by assistant coach Buvac.

However, even with such lack of attention, the Liverpool team, composed of young players, still defeated their opponents with a score of 1-0 away from home and advanced to the next round of the FA Cup.

However, knowing that the opponent in the next round is Shrewsbury Town of the third-level English League One, Klopp has decided to let the youth team continue to compete in the next round and use the freed up time to recover from the team's injuries.

However, even though Klopp tried his best to give the main players and substitutes some rest time, the intensity of the upcoming games still worries him.

Three days after the home game against Leicester City, it is the second round of the League Cup semi-final against Tottenham. In February, Liverpool will embark on two away trips to play against West Ham United and Wolves respectively.

The match against Wolves is a make-up match, and after returning to their home ground to play against Bournemouth, Liverpool will travel to Germany to start the first round of the Champions League against Schalke 04.

They will then face Manchester United in the away league game and Manchester City in the League Cup final, so it is not an exaggeration to describe Liverpool's upcoming schedule as heavy, because it does not include the possible FA Cup matches.

Once the FA Cup enters the fifth round, Liverpool Club cannot help but pay attention to the following games, because from the fifth round onwards, the games will definitely be played at Liverpool's home ground, and Liverpool will not be able to send young players to the field at that time.

But now is not the time to think about these things. After all, we have to eat one bite at a time and play one game at a time. Fortunately, after the game with Crystal Palace, after a round of negative news, Liverpool finally received some good news.

Defender Lovren is finally able to play, which gives Klopp more options in the personnel arrangement of the back line.

However, Klopp did not take it lightly. He was well aware that when Leicester City played against strong teams, it was completely different from when they played against weak teams.

Although Leicester City has not continued their magic since winning the league title, the defensive lineup left by former head coach Ranieri is still there.

In last year's match against Leicester City, Liverpool relied on Li Qing's hat trick and assists to take all three points away from home. In that game, Leicester also became the first team this season to cause Liverpool to lose a goal in the league.

Therefore, for this game, Klopp was still very cautious in his deployment of the lineup. Milner on the defense line was suspended due to a red card, so he arranged for captain Henderson to play as the team's right-back.

Wijnaldum, Keita and Li Qing are in the midfield, while Shaqiri, Firmino and Mane form a trident in the forward position.

In Klopp's opinion, Leicester is a more threatening opponent than Crystal Palace, especially now that their lineup is very complete and they are not as full of injuries as Liverpool. For the sake of safety, Klopp moved Li Qing's position back to midfield.