Chapter One Hundred and Twenty: Hiding the Head and Showing the Tail
On February 21, 2018, on the eve of the 28th round of the Premier League, Stamford Bridge Stadium.
After putting on disguises, Klopp and Mo Yang appeared in the stands wearing red caps to watch the game between Chelsea and Barcelona.
The reason why Klopp brought Mo Yang to watch the game was because he wanted to give Mo Yang a vaccination in advance and let Mo Yang see how Barcelona plays football, so he had a good idea.
Liverpool's promotion to the quarter-finals is almost a foregone conclusion. If five away goals can allow Porto to come back in the away game, then he will be fired the next day.
Even if he is not fired by the club, he will leave his job automatically and cannot afford to lose that person.
Not every team is the Barcelona that is on the field now, nor is every team the Paris Saint-Germain who is so unlucky.
However, after the game started, Klopp and Mo Yang were confused by Conte.
Because Chelsea, playing at home, basically didn't attack much.
It looks like he is afraid of Barcelona and doesn't dare to fight!
It's incredible to know that this is Stamford Bridge, not Camp Nou.
Klopp watched it for a while before he understood Conte's tactical intention in this game. What the Italian wanted was to defend solidly, and then use the speed and efficiency of the front three to attack Barcelona's defense.
To be honest, this is difficult for Klopp to understand, it is too cowardly.
Compared with last year, Conte's league results and Champions League results this year are somewhat poor.
This summer, Conte drove away Costa via text message and signed Morata from Real Madrid. However, after the 27th round of the league, Chelsea ranked fifth, one point behind fourth-placed Manchester United.
Chelsea, like Liverpool, has had the same bad start to this season and a sluggish competitive state.
But Chelsea did not recover as quickly as Liverpool.
Chelsea's ups and downs in competitive form this season have continued to this day.
In the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League, Chelsea was beaten 3-0 at home at Stamford Bridge by Bournemouth, who had been lingering on the edge of the relegation quagmire. The loss was very ugly. Conte was scolded by Blues fans on the spot.
In the twenty-sixth round, Chelsea was defeated 4-1 by the lower-tier team Watford in the away game and was defeated.
With this ups and downs, Klopp feels that it will be difficult for Conte to get a spot in the Europa League this season, let alone the Champions League.
After watching Chelsea's defensive counterattack for more than 20 minutes, Klopp, who felt a little bored, lowered his hat and asked Mo Yang with a smile, "Yang, are you confident in defeating Messi?"
"Head! Are you kidding?" Mo Yang's eyes widened when he heard this, "Why don't you ask me if I can fly to the sky by myself!"
Klopp rolled his eyes at Mo Yang's rebuke, kicked Mo Yang in vain, and said with a smile: "If we meet Barcelona in the quarter-finals, then Messi's performance will be the key factor in whether we can advance."
Mo Yang nodded, his eyes have been on Messi since the beginning of the game.
Messi's dribbling with the ball sticking to his feet made Moyang's scalp numb. This combination of man and ball and the rhythm of breakthrough are really great.
After watching for a while, Mo Yang suddenly turned to look at Klopp, took a step back and said with a smile: "Boss, I have a suggestion, but don't be angry after hearing it."
"Oh!" Klopp became interested and grinned: "Tell me about it!"
"I don't think we need to waste too much energy on Messi, let's just play against them!" Mo Yang's smile was a bit mysterious, and there seemed to be a meaning behind his words.
"Haha!" Klopp laughed toothily, put his arm around Mo Yang's shoulders, and asked, "Did you see it too? I have to say that you and I wanted to go together!"
"Yes!" Mo Yang nodded, "Barcelona's midfielder lacks support for Messi!" Mo Yang pointed out one of the weaknesses of the current Barcelona team in one sentence.
"Messi always drops back to get the ball. This Barcelona midfielder is not very creative. As long as we give them enough pressure in the midfield, they will most likely not be able to counterattack and will have to slow down!" Mo Yang
He smiled and said, "Then Messi will slowly be isolated."
Next, Mo Yang and Klopp chatted more and more animatedly.
But these two idiots, who were hanging around each other, didn't know that they had been noticed by the on-site director.
The director really didn't pay attention at first. Just as he was about to move the camera away, he saw the Liverpool team logo on the hats of the two people. After taking a closer look, he immediately discovered that these two guys were hiding their heads and tails.
As a result, Mo Yang and Klopp frequently appeared on the TV broadcasts.
Countless fans were amused when they saw the dignified Red Army coach and the young marshal chatting side by side and laughing at each other from time to time.
What's even more amusing is that from time to time the director will zoom in on the team emblems on Mo Yang and Klopp's hats, and everyone can see it after a while.
How can these two idiots wear Liverpool gear to hide their identity from others? Isn't this clearly telling others who they are?
In the end, the game ended in a 1-1 draw.
But in Klopp's eyes, Chelsea's second round trip to Camp Nou, which makes the world tremble, is probably going to be a disaster.
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February 24, the 28th round of the Premier League, Liverpool VS West Ham United at home.
After a week of recuperating and without the burden of the Champions League for the time being, Klopp directly sent out his army and defeated West Ham United, which was ranked 16th in the league, 4-1 at Anfield Stadium.
Manchester City's opponent in this round is an away game against Arsenal.
For this game, Klopp has high hopes for Arsenal, hoping that the professor can dampen Manchester City's spirit, and preferably draw or defeat Manchester City.
It's a pity that Arsenal have failed to live up to expectations this season. They were beaten 3-0 by Manchester City at their own Emirates Stadium, and they lost miserably.
Not only that, Arsenal also lost to Manchester City 3-0 in the League Cup final two days later, losing the League Cup championship.
What's even more ridiculous is that Wenger was bombarded by Gunners fans after losing, but the angry Red Army fans also ran to attack Wenger.
Why is it that Wenger is old, his tactical concepts are lagging behind, and that it is difficult to hear.
How could the Gunners fans not know why the Red Army fans were so angry, but it is one thing for one's own family to scold one's own family, but what does it mean for an outsider to get involved in it, so fans from both sides started scolding them as a matter of course, and instead let the other players
The team's fans were entertained.
On March 5, in the 29th round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Chelsea at home at the Etihad.
Because Liverpool had already defeated this round's opponent Newcastle United 2-0 at home, many Red Army fans wearing Liverpool's home jerseys went to the Etihad to cheer for Chelsea in this game.
This scene is not common in the Premier League! It is simply a spectacle.
Red Army fans have been very irritable recently, and they are a bunch of lunatics online.
Every time Manchester City plays behind Liverpool, you can definitely see Liverpool fans running over to mingle with Manchester City's opponent fans and refilling Manchester City's gas tank together.
As for why the Red Army fans did this, it is simply Sima Zhao's heart. Everyone knows it, and it is also ridiculous.
But many people also know that this is a helpless move by Red Army fans.
Manchester City is so strong this season!
It was so strong that Red Army fans could not see any hope of coming from behind to win the championship.
So they can only collectively hope that Manchester City's opponents can pull off an upset.
In this way, Liverpool, which was only two points behind Manchester City, instantly climbed to the top of the Premier League and retained its title.