Volume 1: Males Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 54 Liverpool and Manchester City

Chapter 54: Liverpool and Manchester City

Suarez has been looking forward to - of course, he himself is unwilling to admit this - that Chen Yingxiong can invite himself out to play again, and then he reluctantly agrees, so that he will not appear ashamed: you call I go to play and I go to play? How embarrassing! If you call me over and over again, it will show your sincerity.

But he didn't wait for this opportunity. Before the game against Manchester City, Chen Yingxiong still greeted him when they met, and chatted with him during training, but he didn't mention the treat.

Several times, Suarez was almost out of breath, and wanted to ask: When will you go out to play again? I may have some time recently!

But he didn't ask this question, because it would be too embarrassing to say it!

He didn't know what Chen Yingxiong was thinking. Did he really annoy him after repeatedly rejecting him and make him stop asking him?

Oops, what should I do?

He naturally didn't know that Chen Yingxiong didn't invite him because Chen Yingxiong felt that it would be too low-level to win the relationship between himself and Suarez by inviting Suarez out to play...

Friends, it's not necessary to play with women and drink together. There are many friends who don't know how to go shopping with you, and are not good at drinking. Maybe you don't have much contact with each other at ordinary times, but as long as you have something, you can find him.

After full self-reflection, Chen Yingxiong realized his previous misunderstanding. Now that he wants to correct this misunderstanding, it is naturally even more impossible to go to Suarez for a drink-maybe it will be possible in the future, but absolutely not now.

Chen Yingxiong really didn't think about the mission anymore.

It's too utilitarian to make friends in order to complete tasks! We want to make friends and complete the task by the way, that's right!

He has also observed Suarez, and always feels that Suarez is a little unnatural when he gets along with him again. This further confirms Suarez may see that he has a purpose in befriending him.

So Chen Yingxiong didn't dare to bring up the matter of drinking and having fun.

It's just like this, you guess the first day of the junior high school, and he guesses the fifteenth, completely opposite, and they haven't discovered the real problem with each other... It's really weird.

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On November 27th, the last league game in November, the thirteenth round of the league, Liverpool played against Manchester City at home.

Due to two consecutive winless rounds, the ranking fell to eighth, which put a lot of pressure on Dalglish.

This game has attracted much attention, and his pressure is even greater...

Since all the league games in this round have been played, there is only this last game left.

So the ranking of the league has become very clear.

Arsenal were tied 1-1 by Fulham at home and are currently only two points ahead of Liverpool. If Liverpool can beat Manchester City at home, they can surpass Arsenal and move up one place to seventh...

If this game was placed in the previous seasons, few people would value it so much, and no one would doubt that Liverpool could not beat Manchester City.

But in this season, many people really think that even if Liverpool play at home, they may not be able to beat Manchester City.

Manchester City is now number one in the league, even though they have one game less, they are still three points ahead of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur!

After several times of nourishment by petrodollars, although Manchester City can't get rid of the temperament of nouveau riche today, their strength is genuine.

When confronting powerful enemies, they are not at a disadvantage.

They defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5:1 away at White Hart Lane, beat Everton 2:0 at home, and defeated Newcastle United 3:1 at home in the last round.

Of course, the most famous and most eye-popping victory made them beat their rivals Manchester United 6-1 in the away game!

You must know that in the past many seasons, Manchester United has been the sufferer of Manchester City. In the Manchester City Derby, Manchester City also won less and lost more. Of course, it doesn't mean that they can't beat Manchester United at all, but it is really unexpected to beat Manchester United with such a big disparity of 6:1 at Old Trafford.

After this game, the whole of England felt the horror storm brought about by the rise of the "Blue Moon".

The team has many outstanding players.

Joe Hart, who is in the goalkeeper position, is now the official goalkeeper of the England national team and the best local goalkeeper in English football today.

The defense has such powerful players as Richards, Kompany, Kolo Touré, Kolarov, and Lescott. The midfield lineup is also very luxurious - Nasri, David Silva, Yaya Toure... Not to mention the forward line, they are all top players.

Although Carlos Tevez was suspended internally because of a falling out with the club, but besides him, there are first-class stars and super shooters such as Balotelli, Dzeko and Aguero.

Coupled with the training of the famous Italian coach Mancini, it is not surprising that this team is now ranked first in the league.

On the other hand, Liverpool's starlight is much dimmer. Chen Yingxiong and Gerrard are the only ones who can do it, and everyone else has depreciated with Liverpool's decline over the past few years.

The good news for Liverpool is that Gerrard will start.

Gerrard has already returned from injury, and this is not his first start since he recovered from injury, but at such a critical time, the presence of the captain and the presence of the soul can always make many players feel at ease.

Before the game, Gerrard stood up and spoke, calling on everyone to unite and strive for victory for the team, and also supported Dalglish to continue coaching the team.

He also talked about his injury: "I think it is completely healed. I guarantee that from now on, you will see a healthy Gerrard for a long time. The league is only a third of the way, and it is not enough to start working hard now." .Liverpool must qualify for the Champions League next season! Because we are Liverpool who have won this competition five times!"

As expected of the captain and the soul of the team, the words are so domineering.

Liverpool fans also cheered: "The captain is back! There is no problem now! Other teams in England, wait to be blasted! Our Red Army will catch up! By the end of the season, we will return to our position !"

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In the game against Manchester City, Chen Yingxiong will meet an acquaintance - Mario Balotelli.

They once met in a nightclub in Naples, and each made a deep and friendly impression on the other. Later, they still kept in touch frequently and became friends.

Balotelli spoke about this ahead of the Liverpool game.

"I have known him for a long time, and we have a good relationship! The hero is a powerful center forward, and it is really a pleasure to watch him play! But I am not bad, so I want to beat him!" Balotelli said His speech is a little bit incoherent, but it does not prevent everyone from understanding what he means.

Chen Yingxiong responded: "Mario is very cute, set fire to his house? I think you guys are boring, hyping up this kind of thing every day, even if he really set his own house on fire, that's his freedom ...What? You said he rented it? Well...you don't understand him because you don't understand him yet, and when you understand him, you will understand him!"

In this regard, England's poisonous tongue media commented: "Yes, we all know that this is why Hero and Balotelli can become good friends..."

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The game came as scheduled.

Although both Balotelli and Chen Yingxiong were the focus of media attention before the game, Balotelli did not start this game, but sat on the bench. No one is surprised, Mancini has too many good cards in his hand, his only trouble every day is letting someone not play, not finding who to play like Dalglish...

Maybe Mancini would like to have a few more injuries in his team, so that he doesn't have to worry about it!

Balotelli was not on Manchester City's side. They sent out a starting lineup of goalkeeper Joe Hart, defenders Lescott, Kompany, Clichy and Richards. Midfielders Yaya Toure, Barry, Milner, Nasri and David Silva, forward Aguero.

On the bench are Kolo Touré, Zabaleta, Balotelli, Dzeko... Such powerful players.

Liverpool is also the main force here. Goalkeeper Reina, defender Agger, Skrtel, Enrique and Glenn Johnson. Midfielders Charlie Adam, Gerrard, Lucas, Henderson. The forwards are Suarez and Chen Yingxiong.

In most cases, this lineup is Liverpool's main lineup.

However, many people have criticized this main lineup because they feel that this lineup is awkward-Dalglish has arranged four players in the midfield that should have been in the middle. Both Charlie Adam and Henderson were born as defensive midfielders. Now Henderson is squeezed to the right, Gerrard is on the left, and Charlie Adam and Lucas are in the middle.

Dalglish is all about forcing players in the wrong positions just to get them to play...

The two wide players, Gerrard and Henderson, are not good at crossing from the wide. The most suitable position for Gerrard is in the middle, and the long shot from the back is his main scoring weapon. Henderson is in the middle of the backcourt, mainly responsible for interception and defense and long passes. Forcing him on the wing will only make him at a loss. Now Henderson's performance in the team is getting worse and worse, but because she is the player Dalglish insisted on introducing, she can basically start every game. Dalglish didn't take him down, just not to admit defeat to Niang - he thought that if he gave up Henderson, it meant that he had lost to Niang, which he absolutely could not accept.

So even if Henderson himself feels awkward, he must support it on the court.

If it doesn't work, let him close in the middle and play an asymmetrical 442-in fact, this is exactly what Dalglish arranges now. Chen Yingxiong was waiting at the front, and Suarez was a little behind. He looked like an attacking midfielder and a free man in the frontcourt.

Gerrard is on the left side, relatively sideways, but he still has to close in the middle during the game. Not to mention Henderson, his position is very central, almost equal to a central midfielder.

Lucas and Charlie Adam are in the back, which is the position of the midfielder.

Just looking at the position of this formation, you can feel the awkwardness coming to your face. So it is entirely conceivable how awkward the Liverpool players on the field are...

To be honest, Henderson can't wait to not play now, because he played awkwardly and didn't perform well when he played, and he will be scolded by the media and fans, calling himself a parallel importer...

This put a lot of pressure on him at a young age.

But he dared not make this request...

In this way, Liverpool appeared at Anfield in such an awkward posture to face Manchester City.

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