On February 12, on the eve of the Champions League knockout rounds, Liverpool came to the south coast again to VS their Premier League opponent Southampton in the 27th round.
This game really worried Klopp.
Because the 15th is the Champions League quarter-finals, and what’s even more terrible is that we have to go to Porto, Portugal.
After hesitating, Klopp decided to take a gamble. He put Mo Yang and the others into the squad, but placed them on the bench.
In the end, he won the bet. Although it was an away game, Jota and Shaqiri played very hard and scored two goals in the first half.
In the end, Liverpool took all three points in the away game. The only pity was that Manchester City also won.
Guardiola slaughtered Leicester City from afar with a score of 5-1 at the Etihad Stadium, fully demonstrating the power of Manchester City.
Some time ago, Red Army fans were discussing the possibility that Liverpool could win the Premier League title again, but this time they gradually stopped mentioning it.
Because of Manchester City's performance in these rounds, they have no hope of overtaking the title, although the point difference between Liverpool and Manchester City is only two points.
After playing Southampton, Liverpool's charter flight flew to Porto, Portugal the next day.
But on the plane, Klopp suddenly noticed that Mo Yang seemed to be in a low mood, which made him suddenly nervous, thinking that Mo Yang was sick.
As a result, Rodri was called, and with Mo Yang's expression of dumbfounding, the diagnosis was that Mo Yang was as strong as a calf and had a fart disease.
Under Klopp's careful guidance, Mo Yang revealed the reason for his depression.
Because the day of this game was the Chinese Spring Festival, and during the festive season, Mo Yang missed his family even more.
Before his great grandfather passed away, he would return to China every other year, but since his great grandfather passed away, he has not spent the Spring Festival at home for six years.
Knowing the reason, Klopp could only offer a few words of comfort. This situation can only be adjusted by the players themselves.
In fact, Mo Yang had nothing to do with it. After all, he had become accustomed to it after so many years.
It's all Blame on that bitch Bai Lele!
Because of the Champions League, the next round of the Premier League will not start until February 24.
So after this guy Bai Lele played against the Wolves in the 27th round, he didn't know what means he used to get a week's holiday from Bielsa, and he turned around and started arguing with Reid and Ai Linna went back to China to celebrate the New Year together.
It would be fine if this guy just left, and Mo Yang could only feel envious, but this guy was so cheap as he kept showing off to Mo Yang that he could go home, which made him very angry and made Mo Yang feel homesick even more. Coming stronger and stronger.
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At 6:30 local time in Portugal, the match between Liverpool and Porto is about to kick off at the Dragon Stadium.
Porto is a veteran team in the Portuguese Super League. It has won the Champions League twice in the history of the team. The most recent time was during the Mourinho era, but that has become a thing of the past. Today's Porto is no longer glorious.
More than 4,000 Red Army fans came to this game, which was crazy.
The reason why so many fans came is because the last time Liverpool reached the knockout stages of the Champions League was back in the 2008-09 season, so countless Red Army fans have been waiting for this game for nine years.
At the same time, in the distant land of China, countless fans were still standing by their computers at three o'clock in the morning on New Year's Day, waiting to watch this game.
"Dear viewers, Happy New Year to everyone!"
"I'm Zhan Jun!"
"I am Zhang Lu!"
“I wish you all a happy New Year and a happy family reunion!”
"It's Chinese New Year, I didn't expect that there are so many fans waiting to watch the live broadcast of this Champions League knockout match..."
"This season Porto is in a stronger group in the Champions League group stage. Their opponents include Leipzig of the Bundesliga, Monaco of the French Ligue 1, and Besiktas of the Turkish Super League."
"But in the final round of the group stage, Porto defeated Monaco 5-2 at home, gained ten points, and advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals with Besketas as second place in the group."
Although it was New Year's Eve in the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu rushed to the live broadcast room to start broadcasting the game after celebrating the New Year at home. Now it has almost become a habit for the two of them to live broadcast Mo Yang's game.
"Porto also stopped in the quarter-finals last season, but this season they are very strong and currently lead the Portuguese Super League. In the 21st round of the league, they only conceded ten goals but scored more than 50 goals.
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"However, the Portuguese league is different from the Champions League after all. They also conceded 16 goals in the six rounds of the Champions League group stage. Their defense is not as tight as in the league. They scored 28 goals in the Champions League group stage this season.
, Liverpool, which has strong offensive firepower, is a hellish test that Porto must face today."
"Furthermore, their main center back Felipe dyed red in the last game and will miss this game. This will inevitably lead to further weakening of Porto's defense, so Porto will most likely be in trouble." Zhang Lu, who was wearing a festive red suit in the live broadcast room
Start pre-game analysis.
At 6:45, with the referee Osato blowing the whistle, the game officially started.
As soon as the game started, Klopp came to the sidelines to observe Porto's tactics in this game.
Liverpool and Porto have met four times in history. Liverpool has an unbeaten record of two wins and two draws, so Liverpool has a psychological advantage.
In terms of overall strength, Liverpool completely crushed Porto.
But Klopp is still a little uneasy because this is an away game.
On the field, Mo Yang noticed that the rain was not stopping and the field was becoming slippery, so he immediately slowed down the team's game rhythm.
After all, this is an away game and I am not familiar with the venue at all, so it is better to keep a low profile and be safe, otherwise it will be troublesome if I get injured.
Porto, on the other hand, played very proactively and pressed very fiercely in the midfield. They had an attitude of fighting for every ball, which made it difficult for Liverpool to advance through the middle.
Zhan Jun saw this scene in the live broadcast room, smiled and said: "Porto coach Conceicao obviously knows very well that they must try their best to win this game, otherwise they will not have any chance of winning in the next round at Anfield.
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"Yes!"
Zhang Lu nodded and was about to answer when Porto got a corner kick from the left.
"Liverpool take note!"
"Porto is the team that scored the most set-piece goals in the Champions League group stage this season. Eight of the 11 goals they scored in the Champions League were set-pieces. This is their best offensive method!" See
Porto got a corner kick, Zhang Lu said with a smile.
On the field, Porto left back Telles took a corner kick and directly looked for Porto forward Ticinho Suarez in the center.
But Van Dyke had been staring at this guy for a long time. As soon as the ball came over, Van Dijk forced his way to the guy and took off, clearing the ball out of the baseline.
In a blink of an eye, the game time came to the fifteenth minute.
During this period, because Mo Yang took the initiative to slow down the pace of the game, Porto had the advantage offensively.
In the 16th minute of the game, Liverpool sent a sideline ball from the backcourt, and Arnold threw it directly to Wijnaldum.
Wijnaldum was flanked by Porto players, so he could only jump up and rub the ball back, but it was passed to Telles.
When Telles faced Salah's push, he didn't even stop the ball. He directly passed the ball to the top of the arc and landed at the feet of Porto midfielder Marega.
Matip and Van Dijk were at the top of the arc, closing the door and grabbing each other, but the big black guy was very good at his feet. He was kicking and swaying, but Matip and Van Dijk just didn't let Matip and Van Dijk go.
Hit the ball at his feet.
When Tiquinho advanced from behind Van Dijk, he directly kicked the ball and passed the ball out from under Van Dijk's crotch.
At the critical moment, Van Dijk quickly turned around, fell to the ground and swept his leg. His left foot just blocked Tineo's push shot.
The ball hit Van Dijk's leg and flew off the top of the crossbar, leaving Alisson in a cold sweat.
On the sidelines, seeing Van Dijk's wonderful defense, Klopp kept applauding.
At the same time, he kept waving to Mo Yang to indicate that he could speed up!
At this time, Mo Yang also discovered that the rain had stopped, and the stadium with the geothermal system was not that slippery. Moreover, Salah and the others were gradually getting used to the unfamiliar Dragon Stadium, so Mo Yang immediately picked up the pace of the game.