December 18th, the 18th round of the Premier League, Liverpool VS Bournemouth away.
There was another naked slaughter after the game, as Liverpool took three points away from Dean Court Stadium with a score of 4-0.
In this game, Mo Yang came on in the second half, but delivered excellent results with one pass and one shot.
On December 23, in the 19th round of the Premier League, Liverpool visited the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal.
Even halfway through the league, Arsenal's record is actually not very satisfactory.
They are currently ranked sixth in the Premier League standings, with 33 points, two points less than Leeds United, who just dropped to fifth.
In fact, Arsenal's record against strong teams this season is very good.
I just don’t know what’s going on, but I’m always tied by mid-to-lower teams on the road.
For example, in the seventeenth round of the league, they were defeated by West Ham United in the relegation zone, which made many Gunners fans extremely dissatisfied.
Wenger's record in recent years has been unsatisfactory, and Gunners fans have reached the limit of their patience. Recently, some extreme fans have publicly called for Wenger to be sacked. They are fed up with the lack of revenue every year.
This match between Liverpool and Arsenal is very intense.
Wenger needs to prove to Gunners fans that he is still young, and Liverpool also needs to catch Manchester City's tail, otherwise there will be no hope of winning the championship.
In this game, Klopp's formation was not the conventional 433, but a 4231 formation with double midfielders Fabinho and Henderson, with Mo Yang playing as the attacking midfielder.
Liverpool and Arsenal all played their main players, and they both made it clear that they would not accept a draw and would do their best to win.
This resulted in the intense dialogue in the first minute of the match, with both sides attacking and defending at a very fast pace.
But in the first twenty-five minutes, although Liverpool and Arsenal continued to create murderous opportunities in front of each other's goal, neither one broke through the other's goal.
But the Gunners and Red Army fans at the scene were very happy to see it. This was clearly the rhythm of a goal battle.
On the field, after more than 20 minutes of observation, Mo Yang found that Arsenal's left back in this game, Niles, seemed to be very lacking in experience for someone of his age.
So he began to target Niles, frequently launching attacks from Salah's side, allowing Salah to attack Niles.
Finally, in the 27th minute of the game, Mo Yang succeeded.
When Liverpool sent a sideline ball from the right side of the backcourt, Mo Yang found that Niles was standing very close to the center line and Salah was waving to him.
So after Gomez sent the sideline ball, Mo Yang immediately asked for the ball.
Fabinho quickly pushed the ball to Mo Yang's feet.
Faced with Xhaka's personal marking, Mo Yang took advantage of this guy's slow turn and stepped on the rolling ball behind Xhaka with his left foot. Then he ducked around Xhaka. After successfully turning around, Mo Yang kicked off directly.
Long pass.
This ball is as very Moyang-style as ever, accurate to within a millimeter.
The ball landed on the right side of Salah's buttocks, and then bounced to Salah's feet, giving Niles, who was inside, no chance to interfere.
After Salah got the ball, he rushed along the sideline. Although Niles was not slow, he lacked game experience. Not only was Salah fooled around on the wing, but Salah also successfully broke into the penalty area.
After Salah entered Arsenal's penalty area, he slowed down, but Niles could only retreat step by step, and did not dare to take a step easily.
As a result, Salah suddenly made a pass in the penalty area, and the ball flew towards Mane who was outflanking him at the back point.
Mane took off with the speed of sprinting, directly crushed Arsenal center back Koscielny, and broke through the door of Cech's handle with an explosive headbutt.
This goal also officially opened the prelude to the goal battle.
In the next game, both sides kept chasing each other.
When the game came to the last minute of regular time, the score between the two sides was 3-3.
Seeing that the final injury time was about to enter, Klopp became anxious and stood on the sidelines waving his hands constantly, signaling Mo Yang and the others to press forward.
For Klopp, if he fails to win this game, it is almost the same as losing.
If this game can be won, then if Liverpool can win the meeting with Manchester City in January, the points between Liverpool and Manchester City will be reduced to 4 points.
Then they still have the possibility of winning the championship. It is not impossible to expect Manchester City to lose a league game in the second half of the league, but it is simply a dream to expect Manchester City to lose consecutively in the second half.
Seeing that the injury time was about to end, fans from both sides thought it was a draw, even Mo Yang thought so.
As a result, I never expected that during the countdown period, Liverpool's lucky halo was triggered.
Mo Yang took the last corner kick of the game.
As a result, Xhaka's header in the penalty area did not go far, and Van Dijk, who had just run out of the penalty area, saw him and turned back.
Then Van Dijk used the inertia of his sprint to force Xhaka to take off and hammer the ball into Arsenal's goal very cleanly.
The countdown beat Arsenal, filling the Emirates Stadium with the wails of the Gunners fans and the cheers of the Red Army fans.
Klopp couldn't hold back his excitement and rushed onto the field.
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In the twentieth round of the league, Liverpool 5-0 West Bromwich Albion.
In the 21st round of the league, Liverpool 3-0 Leicester City.
In the 22nd round of the league, Wolves 2-4 Liverpool.
After defeating the powerful Arsenal, Liverpool fully demonstrated its strength in the next three rounds.
As for Manchester City, these rounds of games are no worse than Liverpool, crushing their opponents with dominant strength in every round.
But on January 3, Manchester City was beaten to a sap by Crystal Palace, who had just escaped from the relegation quagmire and was fourth from bottom. They were inexplicably tied, which also ended their winning streak.
This draw immediately reduced the point difference between Liverpool and Manchester City to five points.
It also rekindled the hope of winning the championship in the hearts of countless Red Army fans.
As long as they defeat Manchester City at home in the twenty-third round, the point difference between Liverpool and Manchester City will be directly reduced to two points.
And in the second half of the season with a dense schedule, will Manchester City not lose or even draw a game?
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Red Army fans don’t believe it anyway!
Guardiola's office is filled with smoke at Manchester City's training base in Carrington.
Guardiola has been under a lot of pressure recently.
The game against Crystal Palace was beyond his expectation. They had an absolute advantage in the game, but he never expected that Crystal Palace would score a magic goal in the final stage of the game.
In Guardiola's eyes, this is not a simple draw, but a draw that can affect the final ownership of the Premier League championship this season.
The point difference now allows Liverpool to catch up to five points. Once they lose to Liverpool in the next round, the points advantage he spent half a season building up will disappear without a trace.
In the second half of the season with a dense schedule, Guardiola really cannot guarantee that the Champions League and Premier League will go hand in hand. This is too difficult.
Sitting at his desk, Guardiola was smoking a cigar, but Mo Yang's figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and he immediately came back to his senses.
No! We must find a way to restrict that kid, otherwise he cannot guarantee a guaranteed win against Liverpool.
But how to restrict Mo Yang is currently recognized as a world-class problem in the Premier League.
After thinking about it, Guardiola thought of the miserable Portuguese next door.
“Why don’t we also set up a bus?!”
An incredible idea suddenly appeared in Guardiola's mind, but he soon put this bizarre idea behind him.
What a joke! He still wants to lose face! Doesn't that mean that Guardiola is afraid of Klopp?
At the same time, De Bruyne is also worried about Guardiola.
At De Bruyne's home, he was sitting in his study watching the video of the match between Liverpool and Arsenal.
Mo Yang looked unremarkable, but in De Bruyne's eyes he was like a dazzling sun that could not be ignored.
In the eyes of De Bruyne, who is also a top midfielder, every touch of Mo Yang's ball is purposeful.
Especially when it comes to controlling the pace of the game, he can go as fast as he wants or as slow as he wants, which really makes De Brau frightened.
When he thought about playing Liverpool in the next game, he felt a little panicked.
From last season to now, he has played against Mo Yang three times, but he has never been able to take advantage.
Alas! After thinking about it, De Bruyne let out a long sigh of regret.
