"Two rounds of league games, two bloody massacres, Liverpool have gone crazy this season. They have won 12 consecutive victories this season. Except for the equally murderous Manchester City, perhaps no team in the Premier League can stop them.
》——The Times.
After the game, The Times used such a report to exaggerate Liverpool's 12th consecutive league victory.
"We can defeat him!"
The Manchester Evening News was the quickest to respond, saying that they didn’t know whether we were Manchester City or Manchester United.
The rest of the media was also led astray and began to discuss which Premier League team could end the winning streak of Liverpool and Manchester City.
A few days later, Liverpool faced Maribor in the final round of the Champions League group game at Anfield, and it was a 7-0 sweep.
Although Maribor is very weak, it is not easy to score 7 goals.
Liverpool responded to all English media with facts.
"We! Invulnerable! Whoever comes, who dies!"
After the game, the Liverpool Post used a very unflattering headline to celebrate the victory.
As a result, just three days later, the Liverpool Post was slapped in the face by his own team and his face was swollen. It was simply embarrassing.
In the sixteenth round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced Wolves at home.
Before the game, everyone thought it would be another massacre.
At the end of the game, the score was 1-1, which was extremely eye-catching.
No one believed that such a strong Liverpool would be tied by Wolves at home.
Since then, Liverpool's 12-game winning streak has come to an end, and the point difference with Manchester City, which has won 13 consecutive games, has widened to 7 points, a desperate point difference.
Countless Red Army fans are desperate when they think of Manchester City, which has been undefeated for 16 consecutive rounds and has a terrifying record of 15 wins and 1 draw. Many fans do not think that Liverpool still has the possibility of winning the championship.
Because Manchester City is so powerful this season, so powerful that it makes people despair.
After being tied by Wolves, Klopp was helpless and did not lose his temper with the players in the locker room.
Although Mo Yang and the others did not show the peak form of the previous games in this game, they were still far above the passing level.
It can only be said that Wolves performed at a superb level, their head coach Nuno did a great job defending, and he was very lucky.
So instead of blaming the players, Klopp comforted and encouraged Mo Yang and the others after the game, saying that the state they had finally lifted up could not be let down.
Back at the Melwood training base, Klopp gathered everyone in the entertainment room to watch the Champions League top 16 draw ceremony at 8 p.m.
With all the Champions League group stages over, the top 16 of this season's Champions League have all been born.
Premier League teams were promoted collectively, occupying 4 of them, La Liga teams occupied 3 seats, Serie A 2 seats, French Ligue 1 and Bundesliga 1 seat each.
Among them, Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham in the Premier League all won the first place in the group with excellent results, while Chelsea was slightly worse and qualified second in the group.
In addition to Barcelona, La Liga teams, Real Madrid and Sevilla are all second in the group.
Among the Serie A teams, Roma beat Chelsea to take first place, while Juventus in the other group could only qualify as second in the group.
Paris Saint-Germain in the same group qualified with Bayern Munich on 15 points with a goal difference.
In addition to these 11 teams from the five major leagues, there are also five teams from non-major leagues such as Besiktas, Shakhtar Donetsk, Basel, CSKA Moscow and Porto.
The principle of drawing lots for the knockout round is that the first place in the group must play against the second place in the group, and teams in the same group and the same league must avoid each other.
So there are only a few opponents for Liverpool.
The first one to be drawn out was Juventus.
"No, no, no! It must not be us!" Henderson beside Mo Yang muttered.
"Hahaha……"
When they saw Alonso pulling Tottenham out on camera, everyone burst into laughter.
Juventus has conceded the fewest goals in the Champions League group stage so far. Their defense is simply abnormal, causing headaches for whoever beats them.
Tottenham also showed strong offensive power in this season's Champions League group stage, so this is definitely a peak battle between spear and shield.
In front of everyone, Klopp also had a smile on his lips, a little gloating.
The second one to be drawn out is Basel.
Immediately afterwards, Manchester City was drawn out, and everyone was in an uproar again, sighing for Manchester City's good luck. This is equivalent to being directly promoted. Basel playing Manchester City is completely free!
Alonso didn't keep Mo Yang and the others waiting, and took out Liverpool in the fourth.
Seeing that his opponent was Porto, Klopp clapped his hands on his thighs and grinned with joy.
If Manchester City's draw to Basel is considered a top draw, then Liverpool's draw to Porto can also be considered a top draw.
Soon, all the results of the lottery were announced.
Juventus vs Tottenham Hotspur
Basel vs Manchester City
Porto VS Liverpool
Sevilla VS CSKA Moscow
Real Madrid vs Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk VS Roma
Barcelona vs Chelsea
Bayern Munich VS Besketas
Compared with the jubilant fans of Manchester City and Liverpool, the fans of Tottenham and Chelsea looked stunned, and they were worried about their teams winning the lottery.
The next day, the Red Army fans were even more happy before the excitement had passed.
"Turin Sports" in Italy announced the winner of the 2017 European Golden Boy Award. Mo Yang was selected as this year's European Golden Boy with 298 votes. The other two finalists were Kylian Mbappe and Jesus.
Golden Boy Award: Mo Yang [Liverpool]
Silver Boy Award: Kylian Mbappe [Paris Saint-Germain]
Bronze boy general: Jesus [Manchester City]
Although everyone vaguely guessed that it would be Mo Yang before it was announced, guessing is one thing and announcing it is another.
After the domestic media got the news, they put Mo Yang at the top of the list of major searches in less than ten minutes.
【European Golden Boy·Moyang!】
[Mo Yang defeated the French genius Mbappe and was elected the 2017 European Golden Boy with 298 votes!]
[Mo Yang’s first personal top honor award in his career, the next one should be the Golden Globe Award! Congratulations to Mo Yang! 】
【……】
That night, all major TV stations solemnly broadcast the news, and Mo Yang appeared on the news network for the fourth time.
[On the afternoon of December 12, at 9 a.m. local time in Italy, Turin Sports News announced the voting results for the 2017 European Golden Boy Award. Chinese player Mo Yang successfully won the European Golden Boy Award with 298 votes! Congratulations to Mo Yang!...
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The Internet is also full of joy!
This is the first time a Chinese male football player has won a major award in Europe. It can be said to be the first time in the history of Chinese football. It is also the first time an Asian player has won the European Golden Boy award.
"AFC": Congratulations to Chinese player Mo Yang for winning the European Golden Boy Award. This means that Asian football is on the rise!
Even the Asian Football Confederation sent a congratulatory message to Mo Yang.
Mo Yang even answered the phone after the news was announced. Even Gerald made a congratulatory call as soon as he knew the news.
Someone is happy!
Some people are sad!
Mbappe, who is far away in Paris, looked gloomy after the news was announced.
After the training, Mbappe returned to the locker room and sat motionless. Every teammate who passed by him reached out and rubbed his head. Most of them looked at him with sympathy, and some even offered words of comfort.
"Killian, it's okay, you'll still have a chance next year!" Neymar sat down next to Mbappe and comforted him.
Mbappe rolled his eyes, not being so comforting.
Although Mbappe had a premonition that he was going to lose before the announcement, he still couldn't help but feel disappointed when he actually knew the result.
Looking at Mbappe who looked disappointed, Neymar felt sad.
He can understand Mbappe's state of mind at this time, because it was because of this loss that he chose to leave Barcelona and join Paris Saint-Germain.
He saw in Mbappe the epitome of what he was at Barcelona.
No matter how outstanding his performance was, he was always overshadowed by the light of that not-so-tall man, and this feeling made him extremely painful.