Chapter 94: Woohoo! Te Meow will bully his own people!
On the sidelines, Klopp's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
But this blame can only be shouldered by him. After all, he set the tactics and strategy for this game and arranged the personnel.
Klopp never expected that Red Star Belgrade's home momentum would be so terrifying. Had he known this, he would not have chosen to rotate Mo Yang.
But things have happened, and all he can do is solve the team's current problems.
After conceding two goals in a row, Liverpool did not panic too much.
However, with the midfield weak and difficulty in passing the ball forward, Liverpool could only launch an attack through long passes, and then cooperate with the speed of Jota and Salah to try to break through Red Star Belgrade's defense.
It's a pity that Liverpool's front three are a little quiet today.
Salah, whose form has improved significantly recently, has declined a bit in this game. He has not succeeded in passing anyone today.
Yin Bu had three shots on target, but unfortunately the threat was not great and he failed to create a goal.
At halftime, Klopp directly replaced Lallana and Matip with Moyang and Gomez.
In the second half, the situation changed dramatically.
After Gomez came on the court, he used his strong body and quick return speed to completely block Red Star's offensive opportunities.
Mo Yang also revitalized Liverpool's midfield, giving the midfielder who made many mistakes in the first half a new look.
After the forward received support from the midfield, Salah, Yin Bu and others recovered and repeatedly created threats inside and outside the Red Star penalty area.
But it's a pity that Red Star coach Milojevic also responded very quickly.
As soon as he saw that Liverpool was about to gain momentum, he substituted three players in a row, all defensive players. After increasing the number of defenders and the height of defense, he issued a tactical instruction to defend.
In the 51st minute of the game, after completing the sorting work, Mo Yang sounded the clarion call to attack.
He continuously got rid of four Red Star defensive players on the left wing, entered the penalty area and sent an inverted triangle pass.
Robertson grabbed the ball in front of the goal on the left side of the penalty area. The ball was blocked and then changed direction and came to the feet of Salah, who was unguarded on the right.
But Salah's hasty volley hit the ball directly into the stands.
Just three minutes later, Mo Yang sent another through ball to Yin Bu.
Facing the intensive defense of the Red Star, Yin Bu turned around and took off his feet. The ball hit the defensive player and slid past the post.
In the 68th minute of the game, after receiving a pass from Milner, Salah shook the defensive player away from the top of the penalty area and kicked off. However, although the ball made a beautiful arc, it was not fast enough and the angle was not tricky enough, allowing the goalkeeper to save it.
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But this continuous wave of attacks ultimately failed to break through the Red Star goal.
In the end, under Red Star Belgrade's determined and intensive defense and disgusting hand-to-hand tactics in the second half, Liverpool, which continued to attack for nearly 45 minutes, collapsed and suffered a huge upset 2-0.
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At 21 o'clock that night, as the final whistle sounded at the Sao Paulo Stadium, another group match in Group C ended. Paris Saint-Germain, playing away, drew with the home team Naples 1-1.
Although this draw allowed Liverpool to escape the disaster and still ranked first in the group with a two-goal difference advantage, the promotion situation of Group C further deteriorated and became a veritable group of death.
Now that the four rounds of the group stage have passed, the points difference between the four teams in Group C is only one or two points. It seems that all four teams have the possibility of advancing.
This bad situation is bound to intensify the intensity of the remaining two rounds of the group stage.
Because for Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli and Red Star Belgrade, they can only take the initiative to advance by winning. Once they lose or draw, they can only be at the mercy of others.
In the remaining two rounds of the group stage, Liverpool will play Paris and Naples, one away and one home.
Opportunities are equal, the competition is which team is in better condition and has a stronger ability to seize opportunities, then who can stand out from the death group C.
After the game, Klopp briefly attended the media conference and then flew back to Liverpool with his team overnight.
This gives the major European media an excellent opportunity to use various sensational headlines to attract attention and criticize Klopp and Liverpool.
"This was a very bad game. Under Red Star Belgrade's pressure in the frontcourt, Liverpool seemed very uncomfortable. The midfield without Yang was completely out of control and could not effectively support the striker!" - The Times
"Klopp needs to take responsibility for his employees. He personally pushed Liverpool into the quagmire of death!" - Manchester Evening News
"The first and second half were like two different teams. Klopp's adjustments in the second half were very effective, but he couldn't break through Milojevic's intensive defense in the backcourt!" - Marca
"The biggest upset in the Champions League this year, this is an incredible game! This is not the Liverpool we are familiar with. Maybe last season was the peak of Liverpool! They are sliding towards the bottom" - Kicker
There was a lot of talk from the outside world, but Liverpool was surprisingly silent this time. The whole team fell into silence because they had quickly withdrawn their thoughts and energy from the Champions League and devoted themselves fully to the Premier League.
For Klopp, a temporary defeat does not mean anything, and Moyang and the others also know very well that in the long season, it is normal for the state and performance to fluctuate.
Fortunately, the opponents in the next two rounds of the league are not strong and we can deal with them calmly.
Four days later, on November 11, Liverpool played at home against Fulham, the second-to-last farmer in the Premier League standings.
Klopp probably figured it out in this game, or maybe he heard the words of Chinese General Fan Zhiyi on the Internet, "If we lose again, we will lose to Vietnam", so he played 4231 under the banner of 433.
Since the opponent was not strong, he chose to continue the rotation to allow the players to get sufficient rest time.
Although the game between Mo Yang and Red Star only lasted the second half, the continuous attack in the second half was still very physically demanding.
But after asking for Mo Yang's opinion, he still let Mo Yang start.
But the position is in the lower back which is relatively labor-saving.
Then, the game took a wrong turn.
I don’t know if Liverpool is more suitable to play 4231 this year, or if Fulham, which has just been promoted from the British Championship and failed to win a victory as expected, is too weak. Liverpool scored a dream goal at the beginning of the game.
In Fulham's pre-game assumptions, Liverpool had just lost the Champions League, their morale was definitely not as sharp as before, and their players' physical condition was not good, so they were ready to make a head start.
As a result, Mo Yang taught him how to behave in the first minute of the game.
Mo Yang deliberately used the ball in the backcourt to hook up Fulham's formation, and then used an encirclement and suppression method to regain the ball. He sent a precise long pass spanning two halves, 65 meters long, and assisted.
Shaqiri directly broke through the gate of the farmer's ranch.
Then Liverpool got out of hand, with Egyptian Messi and Swiss Messi showing off one after another. First, Chamberlain assisted Salah, and then it was the turn of Alexander-Arnold and Robertson.
In the end, Liverpool gave farmer Fulham a bloody 4-0 score at Anfield Stadium.
After the game, a young Fulham fan sobbed and cried to reporters, saying that Liverpool was too bullying. They couldn't beat outsiders, so they only caught their own people bullying them.
This has also become a topic in the Premier League that makes people laugh when it is mentioned recently.
But soon no one laughed at Fulham, because Liverpool caused another bloodshed in the Premier League in the blink of an eye.
In the 13th round of the Premier League, all Liverpool's main players, who had had enough rest, came out to defeat Watford at the Vicarage Road Stadium.
Watford is playing well in the new season, with 1 draw and 1 loss in the past two rounds. Although they have dropped one place, they are still ranked 14th with 17 points. They are far away from the relegation zone and are relatively safe.
Watford is still making improvements this season and has introduced several high-quality and cheap defensive players to strengthen its defense.
They thought that their defense would not prevent them from losing by a huge score, but the facts were before their eyes, and they were brutally slaughtered at home.
6-0, Liverpool didn't even give a goal to save face, which was even worse than the Farmers.