On December 14th, at 8 pm local time in England, Liverpool faced Mo Yang’s old club Leeds United at home, the team of crazy Bielsa.
If Huddersfield is the dark horse among the newly promoted teams that performed very well this season, then Leeds United, the newly promoted champion last season, is the dark horse among the dark horses. They have performed brilliantly in these sixteen rounds.
Excellent performance of the human eye.
"Viewers, welcome to stay up late and watch this Premier League conversation!"
"Both Chinese players Mo Yang and Bai Lele entered the starting lineup for this game! So this can also be said to be a Chinese derby! Haha!"
"After sixteen rounds of the Premier League, Leeds United scored 32 points! They defeated most of their opponents, defeated Tottenham, and tied with the powerful Manchester United away from home. Their performance this season is dazzling!"
"Since Chelsea lost 1-0 to West Ham United in the 16th round, and Manchester United lost to this season's big devil, Manchester City, Leeds United's ranking directly rose from fifth to third. Now they have the same points as Manchester United.
But with the advantage of goal difference, the ranking will be higher!”
"Currently, there is a 14-point gap between them and first-placed Manchester City, so it is unlikely that they will compete for the title, but it is still very promising to compete for fourth place and get a place in the Champions League!"
"I don't think so!" Zhang Lu had different opinions on Zhan Jun's words. "I personally think that part of the reason why Leeds United has performed so well in these sixteen rounds is because their opponents are all in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League.
The team has never encountered a strong team from the BIG6!"
"Of course, there is no doubt about Leeds United's offensive strength this season, especially the two wingers Lele and Saint-Maximin. These two guys are top wing players that make Manchester United and Tottenham helpless.
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"The speed of these two guys is terrifying, and their breakthrough ability is extremely strong. Especially this guy Bai Lele, he rushes like a tank equipped with a rocket engine, often causing the opponent's defenders to flip over."
"Most of Leeds United's goals this season have come from these two wings!" Zhang Lu said happily with narrowed eyes.
In fact, Zhang Lu, like the English media, is not very optimistic about Leeds United's performance in the second half of the Premier League. He feels that under the intensive schedule in the second half of the Premier League, Leeds United not only has to fight on multiple fronts, but also has to frequently confront the Premier League giants.
There is a chance that my hips will be stretched and I will fall out of the top six rankings.
There is also the most important key factor, which is Bielsa's madman style of running the whole game for 90 minutes as if he was risking his life.
This tactic tests the players' physical reserves very much. If this continues, almost no players will be able to survive until the last round of the league.
Therefore, in his opinion, Leeds United's hip stretch is almost inevitable!
On the field, after Mo Yang finished warming up, he saw Bielsa standing on the sidelines waving to him. He ran directly over and squatted on the sideline with Bielsa to chat.
"Yang, the heir I chose for you is good!" Bielsa looked at Madison who was still warming up on the court with a proud look on his face.
The media has attributed the credit for Leeds United's excellent results to Bai Lele and Saint-Maximin, but they have ignored the role that Maddison, whose worth has risen to 50 million pounds, played in Leeds United's midfield.
Without Maddison's sorting and dispatching in the midfield, Leeds United's current offense would not be so smooth. Most of the goals and assists by Bai Lele and Saint-Maximin came from Maddison's attacks.
Madison has always been Bielsa's most satisfying midfield signing after Mo Yang left.
"good!"
"My long-range shooting ability is very strong, my passing is also top-notch, my penetrating power is very strong, my foot skills are also good, I can cut in and hit the goal myself, and my field vision is excellent!"
"But his health is so bad, and his defense is worse than mine!" Mo Yang, who was squatting next to him, was as upright as ever and stabbed Bielsa directly in the heart.
If Madison on the court hears this, he will definitely roar, "Out! I'm not a monster! I can't be that comprehensive!"
Bielsa grinned, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Please, not every midfielder is an all-around monster like you, okay?"
"Old madman, he wants to poach the core of my team again!"
While the two were chatting, a butt fell from the sky and squeezed in between them, squatting in the middle to separate Mo Yang and Bielsa.
"Go away!" Bielsa squinted.
Then a funny scene appeared. Fans at the scene and in front of the TV could see two head coaches squatting together and talking and laughing with a player.
"This should be the most harmonious game in the Premier League!" Zhan Jun suppressed a smile.
He didn't know why, but when he saw these three people squatting together, he always felt like they were squatting in a pit.
Not long after, the two sides finished their warm-up, returned to the locker room to prepare, and then appeared collectively in the players' tunnel, waiting for the referee to take the field.
"good!"
"The match lineups of both sides are out! There is almost no change from our pre-match predictions, and they can be regarded as the strongest lineups."
On screen:
Leeds United:(4141)
Goalkeeper: Melier
Defenders: Ayling, Maguire, Cooper, Firpo
Midfielder: Phillips
Midfielder: Bai Lele, Dallas, Madison, Saint-Maximin
Forward: Bamford
Liverpool:(433)
Forwards: Mane, Firmino, Salah
Midfielder: Mo Yang, Fabinho, Emre Can
Defenders: Robertson, Van Dijk, Klavan, Alexander-Arnold
Goalkeeper: Alisson
In the box stands at the scene, Leeds United boss Radrizzani watched the game at Henry's invitation.
Looking at Mo Yang in the queue, Radrizzani was a little distracted.
Mo Yang is now worth 150 million pounds, and when he sold this little guy, it was 20 million. At that time, he thought that the Liverpool people who took the initiative to increase the price were stupid and had too much money, but he did not expect that he was the one who was stupid and had too much money.
Witnessing Liverpool's first Premier League title in team history last season, Radrizzani appropriately increased Leeds United's signing budget this season, allowing Bielsa to deepen the team's bench a lot.
The result this season made him ecstatic.
With a whistle from referee Anthony Taylor, the game officially kicked off.
Klopp watched Leeds United's performance from the sidelines.
He found that although Bielsa's tactics had not changed much, Leeds United's midfield was now running extremely smoothly, and he noticed Maddison.
This English midfielder does an excellent job connecting the midfield and the frontcourt.
This game is very important to Klopp. Once it loses to Leeds United, the team's morale may be hit.
Although the English media have recently been exaggerating that Liverpool, which is 7 points behind Manchester City, has no hope of winning the championship.
But Klopp doesn’t think so!
No matter how strong Manchester City is, the second half of the league will be affected by the multi-front battles in the Champions League, FA Cup, and League Cup.
Moreover, Liverpool still have a competition with Manchester City at home. As long as they win Manchester City, they can immediately narrow the point difference between the two sides.
Klopp does not believe that Guardiola can advance simultaneously in the fierce Champions League and Premier League. If Manchester City can really complete the mythical record of unbeaten in the Premier League for 38 rounds, then he admits it and has nothing to say. Champion
He deserves to be his.
But can Guardiola's Manchester City do it?
Klopp thinks this is simply hell-level difficulty, and the probability is very small.
Unless Manchester City gives up the Champions League and focuses on the Premier League, but that is obviously impossible.
Therefore, Liverpool still has a chance to win the championship, provided that they win every subsequent game.