On November 26, in the thirteenth round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced the challenge of Sunderland, the second-last team in the league, at home.
Generally speaking, this kind of relegation team is more difficult to beat, but Liverpool, with all their main players, finally gave Sunderland a big score of 4-0.
This game was also the prelude to Liverpool's indiscriminate slaughter.
On November 30, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, Liverpool continued to slaughter their opponent Hull City with a big score of 4-0 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
December 4th, the fourteenth round of the league, Liverpool 4-3 Bournemouth.
After this round of games, Liverpool ushered in the final round of the Champions League on December 8, facing CSKA Moscow at home.
In this game, Liverpool used all their main players and vented all the frustration they suffered in Moscow last time. As a result, the expeditionary army was stunned.
After the game, a score of 5-1 was particularly dazzling.
But unfortunately, another game was played at the same time, Leverkusen played against Monaco at home, and finally won Monaco directly with a score of 3-0.
This means that Liverpool completely missed the Champions League knockout rounds and could only compete in the Europa League top 16 as third place.
Being eliminated from the Champions League means that in the short term, Liverpool will completely lose the burden of fighting on multiple fronts.
So in the following league games, Liverpool's effortless performance frightened countless Premier League clubs.
Round 15, Liverpool 3-2 West Ham United
In the sixteenth round, Liverpool ushered in a city derby with Everton.
In this game, Liverpool's unbeaten streak was almost ended by Everton.
Although it was difficult to take away three points from Goodison Park with a score of 1-0, the price was also very heavy.
This derby was particularly fierce. In the first fifteen minutes of the Liverpool side, Henderson was injured by a tackle and had to be substituted.
Then Karius became the second unlucky guy and was tricked by Lovren.
Lovren's marking once again missed someone, causing Karius to fall to the ground to save the ball in the chaotic penalty area. He had to use his hands to touch Everton forward Lukaku. As a result, he took a step too slowly, causing serious injuries to his five knuckles and wrists.
sprain.
Then Alisson came on the scene and beat the Everton players to the point where they collectively doubted their lives.
In the end, Mo Yang, who took over from Henderson as the defensive midfielder, sent a scalpel pass directly from the backcourt to assist Salah, and then the derby was won.
The seventeenth round of the league, Leeds United VS Liverpool.
Returning to his hometown, Mo Yang was cheered by the Leeds United fans, and there were huge photo banners of Mo Yang on every stand.
They were all photos of Mo Yang’s matches when he was at Leeds United. Mo Yang was extremely moved when he saw them, while Salah and others were stunned. This was so shocking.
Generally speaking, when a player transfers and then returns to his old club to play games, it would be nice if he doesn't get booed. However, Mo Yang is welcomed. How can this be justified?
Sixteen rounds of the league have been played, and Leeds United is ranked 13th. It looks good, but it is actually very dangerous.
The point difference between them and Wolves and Swansea in the relegation zone is only 6 points, and they will fall into the quagmire of relegation if they are not careful.
In this game, Liverpool finally took three points with a score of 3-0 at Elland Road.
But the whole game was extremely difficult. It was really a bit of luck to keep Leeds United clean.
Leeds United was attacking tirelessly and frantically throughout the game, which was very characteristic of Bielsa.
If it weren't for Alisson's heroic performance and Leeds United's last-minute kick being almost unlucky, there's really no telling who would win or lose in this game.
In the eighteenth round of the Premier League, Liverpool continued to win Stoke City with a big score of 4-1.
After this game, Liverpool led the Premier League giants with an unbeaten record of 50 points in 18 league games.
It can be said that we have won the Premier League half-time championship one round ahead of schedule.
Except for Chelsea, which stubbornly held Liverpool with 47 points, the other teams in the BIG6 have collectively fallen behind, and the point difference with Liverpool has been widened to more than 13 points.
Liverpool's last game of the first half was against the powerful Manchester City.
But the point difference between Manchester City and Liverpool, who are ranked fourth in the league, is as high as 14 points. This means that even if Liverpool lose, they will still have a goal difference advantage with Chelsea on the same points, and they will still be the half-time champions.
This record makes Liverpool fans ecstatic!
Because generally speaking, if you can win the league half-way championship, you will have a high probability of winning the league championship.
But it’s not absolute!
Since the beginning of the 21st century, there have been three teams in the Premier League that have won half-time championships and then lost the championship, all of which are BIG6 teams.
The first team is Manchester United, which happened once, in the 2003-2004 season, and was eventually taken away from the championship by Arsenal.
The second team is Arsenal, which has lost the championship twice, in the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 seasons.
Finally it’s their Liverpool!
Eight years ago, they also won the Premier League half-time championship, but were eventually beaten by their arch-enemy Manchester United. That was the closest Liverpool came to the Premier League title.
So this time we must not repeat the same mistakes. Some crazy fans even went to Klopp's house to squat on him and told Klopp to focus on the Premier League champions. What about the Europa League, the English League, and the football president, go away?
Klopp was so annoyed that he couldn't laugh or cry.
But just as Liverpool was celebrating, trouble struck unexpectedly!
On December 31, the morning before the winter transfer window opened, a report by the local media "Daily Echo" in Southampton on the south coast instantly plunged Liverpool into a transfer scandal.
Reports claimed that Liverpool had repeatedly illegally contacted Southampton player Virgil Van Dijk privately and used Van Dijk to put pressure on the Southampton club.
Southampton Club is now preparing to apply to the Premier League to investigate Liverpool's illegal transfer operations.
"Liverpool's illegal operation, they must accept punishment!"
"Although contacting players privately is one of the methods used by football clubs to poach people, Liverpool did it too poorly this time!"
"Klopp made a sudden mistake. He has been interested in the Dutch central defender for a long time. He has been in contact with Southampton since the beginning of the season, but was rejected in the end!"
This report stirred up waves, and the English media was instantly excited. They wrote and verbally criticized Liverpool, as if they would never give up.
This kind of poaching method is common in the history of football, but few are as unlucky and stupid as Liverpool to be caught.
At 12 noon, The Times suddenly published a photo, which turned out to be a photo of Liverpool's director of football Edwards and Van Dijk meeting in a club. This instantly confirmed Liverpool's illegal operations.
In the Melwood training base, Klopp and Edwards, who had already attended the high-level meeting, were sitting across from each other in the office.
Edwards looked embarrassed. He didn't expect that reporters could secretly take photos in such a private place, while Klopp looked calm.
"It should have been secretly photographed the last time I had contact with Van Dyke." Edwards was filled with hatred.
At first he thought it was Southampton who released it, but after thinking about it he felt it was wrong because it was completely unnecessary.
"In accordance with the decision at the meeting, we publicly apologize!" Klopp did not speak and continued to remain silent. After ten minutes, he said with a smile, "To express our apology, we will terminate all inspections and introduction plans for Van Dijk.
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Edwards was stunned when he heard this, his eyes widened, and after thinking about it, he suddenly smiled. He understood the profound meaning of Klopga's words.
Sometimes he really feels that Klopp is more suitable for the position of football director than him. Sometimes people have to be impressed by this guy's wisdom.
Klopp's words may be of great help to their negotiations.
Currently, their negotiations with Southampton regarding the transfer of Van Dijk are stuck on the quotation. The two parties have negotiated four times, each time ending without any resolution.
Liverpool has already offered 75 million pounds, while Southampton's asking price is 85 million pounds. It's like a lion opening its mouth without fear of being choked to death.
Seeing Liverpool announce the termination of all inspections and introduction plans for Van Dijk, Southampton panicked instantly. It was okay if they lost 8,500 pounds.
Having missed out on the stupid rich guy like Liverpool, where else could they find someone even stupider.
It is true that Van Dijk is the core of their defense, but he is worth 40 to 50 million pounds, and Liverpool paid double the price. How could they not sell him.
The reason why they insisted on paying 85 million pounds before was because they found that Liverpool's attitude towards Van Dijk was very urgent.
Now Liverpool suddenly let go, which really caught them off guard, and suddenly they felt that 75 million seemed like a lot.
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In Klopp's office, Klopp's mobile phone screen suddenly lit up on the table.
It’s a text message: [Remember to transfer money to my account!]