According to Chelsea's steady harvest of points, coupled with Liverpool's continuous problems, this mere six points is like a chasm in front of them, and it seems that they are unable to surpass it.
This feeling of powerlessness made Li Tiancheng very dissatisfied with himself. His strength was still too weak and he must continue to improve.
After losing the league, Liverpool had no time to lick their wounds and immediately left for North Yorkshire after taking a short rest.
In the League Cup quarter-finals, Liverpool needs to challenge defending champion Middlesbrough away from home.
The two games are only three days apart, and three days after this League Cup is the thirteenth round of the Premier League.
After a week of double matches, the lineup is so thin, and there are so many injuries, one can imagine Benitez's attitude towards the League Cup.
Li Tiancheng was not surprised at all that he was left in Liverpool to rest and recuperate.
With the assistance of the coaching staff, Li Tiancheng made a training plan and planned to take this opportunity to adjust his condition.
Li Tiancheng's training plan was quickly disrupted.
On November 9, Liverpool's meritorious captain Emlyn Hughes died of cancer at the age of 57.
Li Tiancheng was training in an orderly manner according to the schedule, and he stood stunned on the spot after receiving the news.
Hughes was known for his bravery and hard work on the court, and was nicknamed "Crazy Horse". He played for Liverpool for 12 years as a central defender. He played 665 games on behalf of the "Red Army" and scored 48 goals. He helped Liverpool achieve 48 goals.
His brilliant record includes 4 English top league championships, two European Cup championships, two UEFA Cup championships, and one FA Cup championship. He has also played 62 times for the England national team, most of them as captain.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is that this old man takes great care of Li Tiancheng and is the first Liverpool star to recognize Li Tiancheng. On different occasions, whether it is live broadcast or TV programs, he is extremely supportive of Li Tiancheng. Every time he comes to Mel
Wood, I have to chat with Li Tiancheng for a while.
Of course Li Tiancheng knew that he had lung cancer, but the day before yesterday he was on the BBC's "Sports Questions" program, and he died today because he was quarreling with someone?
Somewhat unacceptable, Li Tiancheng rushed to Hughes' home in Barrow and worked with representatives of the Liverpool Club to help arrange for Hughes' funeral.
Returning to Liverpool, even though Li Tiancheng has always been tenacious, he was feeling a little depressed at this time.
At this time, Li Tiancheng continued to receive comfort from his parents and grandfather, which made Li Tiancheng's mood begin to improve.
Especially his grandfather's words touched Li Tiancheng even more.
"I looked up this guy's life. Although he is a little young, he has lived a good life. If he has ambitions, he will grow older. If he has no ambitions, he will live a hundred years in vain."
"No matter how long a person's life lasts, it will only matter so much. The key is whether he can leave something behind. This Hughes is amazing and has laid the foundation for Liverpool's status as a giant. All Liverpool fans will remember him. This is very successful.
Yes, in my opinion, there is nothing to regret!"
Even though he had hung up the video, the image of his grandpa waving his arms to David still appeared in front of his eyes. Li Tiancheng smiled knowingly, and the most important thing in life is to have no regrets. The length of time depends on God.
Just as I was about to leave, another video came, huh? This is a bit strange, not many people know their MSN.
When you click on the video and watch it, your eyes are immediately filled with brilliance.
"Brother Cheng, I heard that you are in trouble?" Liu Yifei's face was filled with concern.
Li Tiancheng pursed his lips: "A bit, an elder passed away."
"I don't know what to say, I just want to comfort you and stop you from being too sad." Liu Yifei opened and closed her mouth, her face was a little gloomy, she was worried about her eloquence.
"Pfft"
Seeing Liu Yifei's anxious look, Li Tiancheng felt inexplicably happy: "Don't be anxious, I understand. Thank you, I have started to adjust my mood. Birth, old age, illness and death are human nature and everyone will experience it. Alas, how are you, last time
Didn’t I say that a production team asked you to play the heroine? Have you decided yet?"
"Huh?" Liu Yifei blinked, I'm here to comfort you, forget it, just go with what you say.
"It's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The director asked me to audition for Little Dragon Girl. I've already completed the audition. My mother said it's very promising and the director is very satisfied."
"Hey, we Xixi are so awesome." Li Tiancheng's eyes lit up, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Little Dragon Girl". Even though he was abroad, he had read Jin Yong's works. They were amazing!
"What?" Liu Yifei glanced at Li Tiancheng, a little embarrassed, but also a little sweet: "I don't know what will happen yet, but you, Chengcheng, I think there are all kinds of things in China, and I don't
You know so much about football, but many people are cheering for you, saying that you don’t have to be like Liu Xiang and Yao Ming, you have brought glory to us Chinese people, it’s amazing!”
"Really, haha..." Li Tiancheng was a little proud.
"Everything I said is true, I even went to the Internet to read it." Liu Yifei looked serious.
"..."
"..."
After chatting for nearly an hour, Li Tiancheng was ready to watch the Liverpool game, and the two of them hung up the video.
With repeated enlightenment from his family and beautiful women, Li Tiancheng's inner gloom began to dissipate.
And then Liverpool's performance at the Riverside Stadium made Li Tiancheng even more happy.
In this game, Benitez was purely used to train the players.
A 442 formation was formed. There was no main player in the starting lineup. They were all substitutes and young players. The goalkeeper was Dudek, who was turned into a substitute.
The two young players Mele and Pangler teamed up as a striker, which can be regarded as a classic combination of one tall and one fast.
Unlike Liverpool, which has no desires and desires, Middlesbrough was the League Cup champion last season. This season, it still hopes to enter the European competition through the League Cup, so it chose to play with all its main players.
Everyone knows that Liverpool intends to give up the League Cup. Indeed, compared with the Champions League and the League, the League Cup is useless, and even the FA Cup is much better than the League Cup.
Now that Liverpool has internal and external troubles, strategically giving up the League Cup is the best option, so they fielded such a lineup.
No one thinks highly of these young people in Liverpool, but they put on a good show.
Middlesbrough did dominate the entire game, with one goal ruled out for offside and one hitting the crossbar.
But Liverpool had the last laugh.
In the 84th minute, after Partridge and Porter cooperated from the left, they passed into the space on the right side. Mailer broke into the penalty area with the ball and rubbed the ball past the opponent's substitute goalkeeper Nash, 1:0.
With only ten seconds left in the game, Zenden made a mistake in stopping the ball. Porter stole the ball and then went straight into the penalty area. Mele outflanked the back point and shot with his left foot. The ball hit the opponent's defender, changed direction slightly and flew into the goal. 2
:0.
In the last 6 minutes of the game, Porter scored twice to help Liverpool advance to the quarterfinals.
"Hahaha……"
Li Tiancheng laughed heartily and looked up at the sky with tears in his eyes: "Emlyn, did you see it? Just rest assured and rest in heaven. Liverpool is Liverpool. The spirit of Crazy Horse will never die!"
Not only Li Tiancheng was happy, Benitez was also happy. He praised Mele lavishly: "I know Mele has this ability. He worked very hard throughout the game. He won the opportunity himself and finally scored.
ball. This will help him build his self-confidence."