On October 1, in the seventh round of the Premier League, Klopp faced the challenge of Newcastle United at Anfield.
Newcastle United, which returned to the Premier League after a year, achieved 2 wins and 4 losses in the first six rounds of competition, which is not particularly ideal, but the strength of this declining old Premier League giant cannot be underestimated.
Considering that Mo Yang and the others traveled a long way back and forth some time ago and experienced the fierce battle with Sparta, Klopp adopted a rotation in this game.
Seeing Mo Yang sitting on the bench, Xiao Hongwen, who stayed one extra day to watch the game, was a little disappointed.
After getting along with each other for the past few days, Xiao Hongwen was no longer so resistant to Mo Yang. Even if the two of them didn't drink, they could still talk about football.
But soon Xiao Hongwen no longer had the mind to think about this, because the game started with a fiery situation.
Watching football on TV and watching football live are two completely different experiences.
"This looks so scary!"
Seeing players from both sides being shoveled to the ground and tumbling from time to time, Wang Rong in the private balcony was frightened and asked, "Will Mo Yang come on the field later?"
"Probably! They are all professional players. Their bodies are different from ordinary people, and they are not so easily injured!" Xiao Di felt happy when he saw his mother worried about Mo Yang. Mo Yang had not eaten in vain these days.
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I saw the fierce fighting of Newcastle players in the midfield, constantly trying to cut off the connection between their midfield and the frontcourt, and their savage counterattack after losing the ball during offense, interfering with and blocking their first-time ball tactics.
Klopp's face became serious. Newcastle United had some thoughts about this game.
In Klopp's eyes, although the team's state has recovered, it is still far from its peak state in the second half of the league last season.
In the 11th minute of the game, Newcastle midfielder Merino suddenly stole the ball from Moreno's feet on the right side of the center circle, then quickly crossed the center and moved to the left, launching a concise and quick counterattack.
Perez passed a pass to Shelwell who was on the left, and then Shelvell split the ball and passed it to Newcastle wing-back Ritchie.
Ricci picked up the ball on the right side of Liverpool's penalty area and immediately set out to break through, instantly attracting the attention of Gomez and Matip.
As a result, when Matip came towards him, the guy suddenly passed the ball back to the ribs in an inverted triangle.
After receiving the ball, Shelwell made a move, quickly adjusted, and shot directly into the right post of the goal with his right foot.
Fortunately, Mignolet was very focused and discovered Chewell's intention early. He made a diving dive and saved Newcastle's high-quality long-range shot from the bottom line.
Klopp saw it on the sidelines and applauded Mignolet's wonderful performance.
The suspension period for Alisson, Karius and Firmino has expired, but in order to let these three guys remember, Klopp still did not let these three people enter the squad for this game.
What makes Klopp most angry about these three people is not that they took the lead to go to the nightclub, nor did they fight with Everton fans, but that they dared to take Mo Yang to the nightclub. You must know that young people can only learn bad things in an instant.
Moreover, Mignolet is also very good at seizing opportunities. He has shown high standards in these games, and Klopp is also willing to give him opportunities, which can also provide eye drops for Alisson and Karius.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Liverpool got an excellent scoring opportunity.
Salah took a corner kick from the left, Newcastle United's front-marker missed the target, and Wijnaldum who ran to the landing point easily headed the goal.
But he was unlucky. The ball was blocked by the crossbar and bounced towards the center, falling in front of Lovren. However, the big brother hurriedly took the shot but missed a lonely kick.
The ball bounced in front of Newcastle centre-back Lascelles.
Lascelles half-turned to make a clearance, but in panic he kicked the ball directly to Matip.
Matip met the ball and hit Lovren back. This time Lovren did not miss the opportunity and pushed quickly with the arch of his foot, but it was still a little too straight.
The ball was blocked by Newcastle goalkeeper Elliott and bounced to Mane on the left.
Mane stopped the ball, turned around and took a direct kick, but because there was no shooting angle, it hit the side netting directly.
There were more than 50,000 Red Army fans at the scene, exclaiming one after another. They continuously attacked the goal but failed to score. What a pity.
As time passed, the battle between the two sides in the midfield continued.
Although Liverpool has a certain advantage, Newcastle are not afraid at all.
They restricted Liverpool's players on the ball very well and promptly. From time to time, they could successfully steal the ball in the midfield and then charge towards Liverpool's penalty area, although they failed to score in the end.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Moreno successfully broke through from the left and suddenly passed back to Mane who was wandering in the ribs.
Mane got the ball, dribbled it horizontally, past the two Newcastle midfielders Shelvey and Merino, and then took a kick regardless.
Although Mane forced his kick, the quality of the shot was surprisingly high.
The ball drew a long arc in the penalty area and penetrated into the goal against Newcastle's left post.
Klopp breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the goal scored.
But they never expected that just five minutes later, Liverpool's unlucky nature would happen.
In the 38th minute of the game, Liverpool's frontcourt sideline ball was thrown directly to the backcourt by Gomez and transferred to the other side through Matip.
The ball came to the left, and Mane, Moreno, and Henderson made a triangle pass. After attracting three Newcastle players, Henderson suddenly passed the ball straight to the forward in front of the arc.
Sturridge.
As a result, this guy seemed to be taking a nap, and he hurriedly dropped the ball to Merino.
Merino took the ball and quickly crossed the ball before Liverpool could attack.
After Shelvey got the ball, he sent a high-quality through ball without any hesitation.
This pass rolled between Lovren and Matip and was passed to Newcastle forward Joselu, who successfully countered offside. It was a direct one-on-one goal.
But Joselu made a small mistake when receiving the ball, allowing Matip to catch up in time in the penalty area and slide to block the ball the moment Joselu took off.
But what is speechless is that the ball was not shot out by Joselu, but was tackled by Matip and hit the inside of Joselu's left calf and bounced towards the Liverpool goal.
Mignolet was shaken so hard that when he regained his weight, he could only watch the ball slowly roll towards the left side of the goal and cross the goal line close to the goal post.
The fans at the scene saw this ball on the big screen and almost went crazy. They could only lament that Liverpool's unlucky DEBUFF was activated again.
In the end, the first half of the confrontation between the two sides ended in a draw.
After the start of the second half, neither Newcastle nor Liverpool made much adjustments to their tactics, and both sides continued to play the same way they did in the first half.
For a while, the game situation was deadlocked, which made the Red Army fans at the scene very anxious. They must not lose this game, otherwise they would be in trouble.
There are only a few teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, so this is the best chance to score points.
Liverpool is currently ranked sixth in the league, five points behind first-placed Manchester City.
If we continue to lose points, there will be no hope of defending the Premier League title this season.
Manchester City this season is really terrible, so powerful that they all feel intimidated.
In the last two league rounds, Manchester City first slaughtered Wolves 5-0, then visited Stamford Bridge and defeated Chelsea with a score of 3-0.
Almost all media in England are now optimistic that Manchester City will win the championship this season.
Therefore, if Liverpool wants to defend the Premier League title, it must not lose any more Premier League games from now on.
Because sometimes one point can be as desperate as a chasm.