Brother Carlsberg, look, our results were a bit poor in the past. We actually failed to enter the Champions League for two consecutive years, which greatly reduced your advertising revenue.
But things are different now.
We have a European champion coach and a young prince, and our results are steadily improving. We can at least enter the Champions League every year, and we will never be embarrassed like the previous two years.
And because of the little prince, our popularity in China has greatly increased. Every game will be broadcast live in China. The advertising effect is huge. Brother, don’t you think about it anymore?
When Carlsberg heard this, he was right, so we two brothers can talk about it later.
Liverpool rubs his hands, in that case, brother, let’s talk about the cost. Look,
In the past, you only gave 6 million in sponsorship fees a year, but now, the advertisement on the chest of that sexy bitch from Manchester United next door has reached 9 million, and we don’t want more. How about we match Manchester United?
Carlsberg was not happy when he heard that. Manchester United's results are so good. You have just made a little improvement, but you still don't know whether the results are stable or not. Are you planning to raise the price? If you have to increase it so much, are you not afraid of dying?
Liverpool blushed, Brother, we have a little prince here, there is a huge market in China.
When Carlsberg heard this, he became even more popular. Don't fool me. Everton next door only had one million pounds. Not only did they advertise on their chests, they also accepted two Chinese players.
Liverpool's eyes widened. Brother, this is what you are doing wrong. Can the poor guy next door compare to me? I am a Premier League giant after all!
Can other Chinese players compare with the little prince? Others have to get sponsorships to play in the Premier League, little prince? Let me tell you this, brother, considering his competitive value plus economic value, if he doesn’t have 100 million pounds, I won’t raise my eyebrows!
Carlsberg is happy, hehe, brother, I didn’t expect that a guy like you with thick eyebrows and big eyes would brag. Although what you said makes sense, the price is too expensive. What do you think of five million?
Liverpool is in a hurry, brother, why are you still lowering the price? This is not okay.
The two families were at odds like this, and Benitez could only worry while waiting for news.
It’s so hard to live without money.
Benitez scratched his scalp. Fortunately, he was accustomed to living frugally in Valencia, otherwise he would have been unable to survive this life.
However, it will be winter at the earliest to replenish the personnel. How will we spend our days now?
Benitez finally chose Li Tiancheng. Judging from his performance, Li Tiancheng was the first pick regardless of competition or training.
With Liverpool's current miserable situation, Li Tiancheng knows that he has a high chance of starting. Now that his idea has become a reality, he is still a little excited.
The first start of his career was in the League Cup not long ago. Although it was very unpleasant, three goals and three assists were brilliant enough.
Li Tiancheng is eager to try and hopes that his first league start will have good results.
But Birmingham clearly doesn't want to be taken advantage of.
On November 6, 2004, in the eleventh round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced Birmingham at home.
Not long after the start, Li Tiancheng caught the ball at the edge of the penalty area and turned around, but was immediately pulled down. Unfortunately, the free kick ended up slightly deviating from the goal frame.
From this moment on, Liverpool began to attack furiously.
Liverpool's formation presses forward, and Li Tiancheng needs to suppress the opponent's back line most of the time, leaving space for the forward line behind him to attack the penalty area.
Although it took some time to adapt, Li Tiancheng quickly completed the task.
Li Tiancheng suppressed Birmingham's defense into the small penalty area, and Garcia fired a powerful shot from the line of the penalty area.
Birmingham goalkeeper Taylor lifted the ball over the crossbar with one palm.
Li Tiancheng took a corner kick, accurately found Carragher in the back post, and headed the ball over the goal again.
Hey, let's continue.
Li Tiancheng was very unconvinced, but soon found that he was unable to move forward, and Birmingham chose to double-team him.
Birmingham directly carried Li Tiancheng on his back, making small movements all the time, pinching and twisting, making him restless for a moment.
There were also people cruising not far away.
Once Li Tiancheng catches the ball, the person next to him is responsible for slowing down Li Tiancheng in this way, and the other person is responsible for grabbing the ball.
Li Tiancheng chose to expand the scope of his activities and tried to retreat and attack the restricted area, but found that no matter where he went, he was treated the same.
It starts with a double team, but not only that, once you get far away from the penalty area, you will be knocked down directly.
As a result, although Li Tiancheng was in a difficult situation, his teammates got a lot of open shooting opportunities.
Garcia, Kewell, and Riise all had several shots, and once Li Tiancheng even took the center back away, Riise got forward into the small penalty area and headed the ball.
Unfortunately, all the efforts were in vain. Birmingham goalkeeper Taylor seemed to be possessed by Yashin, blocking the ball with high passes and rejecting them one by one.
In the second half, Benitez replaced Kewell with Pongler and put Pongler in front while Li Tiancheng retreated.
The original intention was to let Li Tiancheng fully unleash his impact, but unfortunately it only made Birmingham's foul tactics more unscrupulous.
To make matters worse, Birmingham scored.
In the 78th minute, Birmingham took a tactical corner kick. Savage received the pass and Heskey headed the ball over. Anderton, who came on as a substitute, easily scored 1 meter in front of the goal.
Liverpool 0:1 Birmingham.
This score lasted until the end.
As a result, Li Tiancheng made his first league start and played the entire game but ended in failure.
Moreover, Liverpool's unbeaten record at home this season has come to an end.
Although Birmingham received 19 fouls and seven yellow cards from Li Tiancheng, it was all worth it. They got three points and ended a series of embarrassing records.
Birmingham had been winless in 16 away games, with 10 losses and six draws, which lasted for 11 months, and had not scored a goal in four consecutive league games.
It all ends with Liverpool.
After the game, many media outlets, led by the Guardian, began to pessimize, "This is the normal standard of the Premier League, and the young prince must learn to adapt." Then they came to the conclusion that "the young prince is not suitable for starting, and is more suitable to continue to accumulate experience as a substitute."
This did not make Li Tiancheng feel worse. No matter what their starting point was or how bad their conclusion was, their argument still made sense.
You must be able to withstand fouls. As your performance becomes better, these things will naturally come to you, and Li Tiancheng knows this very well.
The problem is the current situation in the standings. They have only scored one point in two league rounds, leaving Liverpool with only 20 points.
Chelsea are still winning and are now at the top of the table with 29 points.
Arsenal's unbeaten streak was broken by Manchester United. Although they never found a winning rhythm, they did not continue to lose, and were closely followed with 27 points.
The third position is even more dazzling, with Everton ranking ahead of Liverpool with 24 points.
Fortunately, Everton also lost this round, otherwise the point difference would have been even greater.
This is so uncomfortable. No wonder the fans are dissatisfied. This situation is so uncomfortable. When has Liverpool ever been dominated by its rivals in the same city?
If Manchester United, as a fellow sufferer, had not fallen behind with 19 points, the fans would have rebelled long ago.
Li Tiancheng doesn't care about Manchester United and Everton, he cares about Chelsea.
Liverpool is now too far away from the top spot, even with make-up games, there is still a six-point gap.
Originally, Chelsea was about to show signs of decline. Although its defense had been solid, its offensive sharpness began to decline. At this time, another "Peter Pan" Robben appeared.
Robben and Duff fly together to help Chelsea continue to win.