Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen: Happiness Begets Sadness
"On a magical night, Chelsea lost to Crystal Palace at home, but Liverpool easily won the city derby and overtook Chelsea again. They have basically locked up the Premier League championship!"
"Yang, an efficient midfielder from China, his number of assists in the league this season has reached 22. He broke Henry's record and created his own record. If you count the assists in other cup competitions, Yang's assists
Reached a terrifying 29!》
"Overnight, China's Yang's worth skyrocketed by 20 million pounds. The initial estimate of Yang's worth has exceeded 90 million pounds! His assist efficiency ranks first in the five major leagues. This is a super-effective midfielder!"
The next day, the English media's reports focused on Liverpool and Chelsea.
Among the five major leagues, the Premier League is the most involved. The other four major leagues cannot experience the pain of suspense every game, changes every month, surprises from time to time, and never knowing who will be the champion until the last moment.
But the pain is for countless wealthy teams, and the joy is for the fans watching the game.
Liverpool fans are very excited these days!
There was a certain crazy Red Army fan who went to Chelsea to show off his power. As a result, he was chased all over the street and beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
As the saying goes, don’t pretend to be critical, or you’ll be struck by lightning! This applies all over the world!
In the 31st round of the league, Liverpool's away game against Bournemouth, which was ranked 15th in the league, made the collective Red Army fans cry.
Liverpool was really unlucky in this game, even worse than Chelsea in the last round.
Less than two minutes into the game, Karius scored an own goal.
The Bournemouth goalkeeper took the kick and kicked the ball into the Liverpool half.
Karius saw the ball not far outside the penalty area and chose to attack.
This is absolutely true!
But the only fault was that he handled the ball too casually after getting it.
I don’t know what this guy was thinking. He didn’t even stop the ball, so he just kicked it up. As a result, the kick missed and hit Matip on the waist when he was returning to defend, and bounced directly to the Bournemouth frontman.
Waist Joshua King.
Faced with this kind of gift, Joshua immediately accepted it with a smile.
The ball was directly met by a 40-meter hanging goal, sending the ball into Liverpool's unguarded gate.
This low-level mistake laid the foundation for the rest of the game.
No matter how Liverpool attacked, the goal was always a little short of the mark. The more anxious they were, the more mistakes they made, including Mo Yang.
There is a saying in football that if you waste opportunities again and again, you will be punished.
Liverpool's second goal conceded once again proved the truth of this statement.
As the first half came to an end, Liverpool once again gave Bournemouth a big gift.
This time the person giving the gift was Lovren, and he still gave him a world-class gift.
Bournemouth wing-back Abby made a 45-degree long pass from the right rib.
After the ball flew into the penalty area, Matip and Afbey competed for the top line on the bottom line of the left penalty area.
Matip failed to win, and the ball was headed back to the Liverpool goal by Afobi.
Seeing Lovren standing where the ball landed, Matipton immediately felt relieved.
But he never expected that Lovren, who was facing the goal, stopped the ball with his chest in a coquettish way. His brain twitched and he actually started playing.
You can be cool if you say you're cool, there's no threat anyway, but you have to stop!
As a result, Lovren's chest was so big when he stopped the ball, it was so big that it looked like he was hitting the ball in the chest.
The ball flew high and then fell. Karius jumped back and did not touch the ball. He watched helplessly as the ball hit the crossbar and entered his own goal.
When Mo Yang saw this world-class mistake, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. The others also looked incredulous.
When Klopp saw it, he covered his chest and kept twitching the corners of his mouth.
Van Dijk, who was on the bench, was holding his head with both hands and his eyes were as wide as bells. He couldn't understand Lovren's tricks at all.
After the halftime break, Lovren was replaced directly by Van Dijk, who had a sprained left thumb, and Karius.
The goalkeeper was replaced by the midfielder without injury, which fully demonstrated Klopp's anger and dissatisfaction.
Van Dijk's appearance was like a stabilizing needle, instantly stabilizing Liverpool's defense.
Mo Yang also devoted his energy to the attack, and the situation was naturally reversed.
In the backcourt, the seamless and tacit cooperation between Van Dijk and Alisson was picturesque, preventing Bournemouth, which was not strong in offense, from having any chance to start. The long shot was blocked by Alisson's high pass, which was even more impressive.
No threat at all.
In the frontcourt, Mo Yang also sent through balls again and again, constantly creating murderous opportunities.
In the 60th minute of the game, Mo Yang assisted Mane to get a goal back.
In the 85th minute of the game, Mo Yang once again sent an extremely exquisite arc through ball.
But Salah, who was in poor condition in this game, spit out cake.
The shot was blocked by the defender. After Mo Yang fought for the ball in front of the penalty area, he volleyed without stopping the ball and hit the ball into the upper left corner of the goal to equalize the score.
But it's a pity that the goal came a little late.
In addition, with the Bournemouth team retreating to their own half, Liverpool failed to score again.
In the end, the two sides could only settle for a draw with a score of 2-2.
The results of the strong dialogue between Chelsea and Manchester City held at the same time also came out.
Chelsea won a thrilling 2-1 victory over Manchester City at home.
Now the championship situation has flipped again, with Chelsea leading Liverpool by one point and regaining the top spot in the Premier League.
Liverpool fans were all depressed and vomiting blood. They couldn't believe that in just a few days, they were falling behind again.
Karius and Lovren, two unlucky guys, were warmly greeted by enthusiastic fans as soon as they returned to Liverpool.
But no one sympathized with them. They really deserved it. They didn't even look at what time it was. This was a critical time point for the two sides to compete for the championship.
Karius was fine, after all, it could barely be considered a failed clearance, an accident, and could be forgiven, but Lovren was unlucky.
The day after the game, Klopp directly mentioned Joe Gomez, who had recently been playing in the second team to gain experience, to the first team. It was clear that he was giving Lovren eye drops.
What's even worse is that in the 32nd round of the league against Stoke City, Lovren was not even included in the squad. Klopp sent Gomez and Van Dijk to partner, and Karius was also put on the bench.
On the bench.
This shows Klopp's attitude, whoever wants to die, I will let him die!
Under Klopp's rectification, Liverpool won the game against Stoke City cleanly with a score of 2-0.
In this game, the partnership of Van Dijk and Gomez performed very well, especially the natural understanding between the two of them and Alisson, which really made Klopp very satisfied and surprised.
Although Liverpool defeated Stoke City, Chelsea did not lose their hips.
Chelsea neatly defeated Bournemouth with a score of 3-1 in the away game and continued to lead the Premier League.
After the 32nd round of the Premier League, Liverpool shifted its focus to the Europa League.
Their draw opponent is out, the Dutch giants Ajax.
Liverpool's draw results are comparable to Manchester United, which drew Anderlecht of the Belgian Premier League, and Lyon, who drew Besiktas of the Turkish Super League.