Chapter 487 Premier League's Best Curse of the Month
The next day, Melwood.
On the training ground, Liverpool's players lined up.
In front of them, coach Benitez's face was ashen, and behind him Paco Yesterdam kept shaking his head.
"I knew for a long time that you shouldn't be allowed to go out at all. I agreed to drink only one bottle of wine, but in the end, look at how much trouble it has caused me?" Benitez's tone was very strong.
"Tell me, how much did you drink?"
The players were silent, no one answered, like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.
"Steven, you are the captain, you said." Benitez directly called by name.
Gerrard looked at the teammates around him, feeling a little embarrassed.
"One...two..."
"Do you want me to ask Mark Waller to bring out the detailed alcohol report to remind you?"
"No, no, I drank a bottle, oh no, two bottles."
"Two bottles?" Benitez raised his voice.
"Three bottles."
"Um?"
"It's really three bottles, and I drank one more secretly at most." Gerald smiled bitterly.
The coaching staff agreed last night when they were on vacation. If they violated the rules, they would naturally have to be punished.
The other players stood in a line and saw Gerrard's deflated cowardice.
"Peter, what are you laughing at?" Benitez asked.
"It's nothing, boss."
Benitez reached out and took the morning Liverpool Echo from Yesterdam and handed it directly to Crouch.
"You're too embarrassed to laugh, see for yourself, in the middle of the night, there's a mechanical dance on the road, you've lost our faces."
When the players heard it, they couldn't help it any longer, and they all burst into laughter.
Crouch himself laughed, "Boss, aren't I happy? Besides, I was snatched by Jamie before I finished a bottle last night. If you don't believe me, ask him."
"Who stole your wine!" Jamie Carragher immediately objected. Isn't this a scam?
"Just you, dare you say no?" Crouch said confidently.
Carragher didn't dare say no.
Benitez looked at the big head and immediately signaled them to shut up.
"Happy? What time did you look at?"
Crouch hurriedly opened the newspaper and looked at the time inside, one o'clock in the morning...
"What time do I stipulate?"
"Twelve o'clock." Crouch lowered his head.
Benitez turned to the others, "and you, one by one..."
In the end, it fell to Yang Yang and Xavi Alonso, and the Liverpool head coach nodded.
"As far as I know, only Yang Yang and Harvey are strictly disciplined."
"Yes, boss, we went home half an hour earlier." Xavi Alonso replied with a smile, and then looked at the others, his eyes were full of schadenfreude, as if to say, I just watched How do you peel off the skin.
Last night, he and Yang Yang were made a lot of noise by these guys, especially Pennant, who kept shouting to find them beautiful women, so scared that they both ran away early, now there is a chance, where else can they be? Don't you take the opportunity to go to hell?
Benitez took all the little actions of these guys in his eyes, and immediately changed the conversation and asked Xavi Alonso, "Then why didn't you persuade them to go home?"
"Persuade?" Harvey Alonso was dumbfounded. This is the rhythm of disaster.
Sure enough, Gerrard nodded shamelessly and said, "Yeah, you should remind us that you are always the calmest in the team, but it's not like you don't know that as soon as we meet alcohol... "
Xavi Alonso almost cried.
Nimei, that's not what you said last night.
Benitez still had a cold poker face, but behind him, Paco Yesterdam, had already laughed until his stomach hurt. These guys were like a group of leather monkeys, and they would make trouble as soon as they let go.
"Okay, okay, don't be so nonsense. Since you have the energy to go partying all night, then give me a run with the ball now. I will help you remember this account first, and I will reckon it later when I have a chance."
After the players heard it, they all ran away like they were released after serving their sentence.
Harvey Alonso also has a bitter face, a kind of depression of being dragged into the water by making friends carelessly.
When everyone ran away, Yang Yang was left alone at the scene, facing Benitez's poker face and Yesterdam's smiling face, and he was also uncomfortable.
"Boss, I'm going for a lap too."
After speaking, Yang Yang also ran away.
"Did I say I would punish him?" Benitez muttered while looking at Yang Yang's back.
Yesterdam couldn't help laughing again.
He'd rather run in circles than face you...
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In fact, it is quite normal for Premier League players to go to nightclubs.
Liverpool players celebrated Yang Yang's 20th birthday. The reason is strong enough, but it's hard to forget that he is just having fun.
Especially when Crouch dances mechanically on the street, he really has some hot eyes.
But things came and went quickly, and at best it was a little bit of talk for fans all over the world.
After the nightclub incident, Yang Yang can feel that the atmosphere inside the team's locker room has indeed changed a lot, and it feels more harmonious, especially the new players who were a little out of place, finally began to integrate into the team.
And this quickly manifested itself on the field.
...
Liverpool host Aston Villa in the tenth round of the Premier League.
In the previous nine rounds of the league, Aston Villa was the only unbeaten team in the Premier League, but the record of three wins and six draws made this team not ideal in the Premier League.
Liverpool are playing at home, and Benitez has issued a death order to several nightclub first offenders, requiring them to perform better, otherwise, they will all have to peel off their skins.
Visiting Anfield, Martin O'Neal's team has been on the defensive from the very beginning.
But after half an hour of hard defense, Aston Villa finally failed to hold the score.
Yang Yang dribbled the ball from his left rib and forced a breakthrough, and passed the ball to Crouch in the middle. The latter knocked back, and Gerrard followed and hit directly, opening the scoring for Liverpool.
Seven minutes later, Yang Yang forced a cross from the left, and Crouch volleyed in front of the goal, giving Liverpool another victory.
Before the end of the first half, in the 44th minute, Liverpool got a corner kick, Carragher headed a rub, Hypia ferried, Kuyt volleyed and scored the third goal for Liverpool.
In the second half, after changing sides and fighting again, Aston Villa made a quick counterattack, and the teenager Abonlaho scored Liverpool's goal.
It is worth mentioning that Abang Laho, who just turned 20, has also performed quite well this season.
Since the victory was established early in this game, Yang Yang did not do his best, because there was still a crucial group match to play in midweek, and Benitez also replaced him early in the 60th minute of the second half.
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Three days later, the fourth round of the Champions League Group C.
Liverpool host Bordeaux in Ligue 1 at home.
Since this is the key battle to decide whether to qualify for the group or not, Liverpool did their best to send the main force.
Yang Yang played extremely hard from the beginning of the game. In just 23 minutes, he received a pass from Gerrard, opened the scoring for Liverpool and scored a goal.
After that, Bordeaux was on guard, and Liverpool patiently waited for the opportunity.
After changing sides in the second half, Liverpool in the 72nd minute, Pennant assisted Gerrard for another victory, extending the score to 2-0, and Liverpool basically sealed the victory.
Five minutes later, Yang Yang scored Bordeaux's goal again and scored twice.
It was also his fourth goal in the Champions League this season.
In the end, with Yang Yang's brace and Gerrard's goal, Liverpool came out of the group stage with their heads held high and advanced to the Champions League round of 16 ahead of schedule.
In the last two rounds of the group stage, for Liverpool, in addition to the winning bonus of the game, it is only to compete for the top spot in the group.
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Entering November, the Premier League ushered in the eleventh round.
Liverpool welcome Reading at home.
Fourteen minutes into the opening, Yang Yang assisted Kuyt and scored a goal, laying the foundation for Liverpool to win the game.
Then the Red Army launched a fierce attack on Reading, especially the two flanks played extremely active. Yang Yang quickly scored another victory for Liverpool and expanded the score to 2-0.
After changing sides in the second half, Kuyt received an assist from Finnan in the 73rd minute to seal the victory for the team.
In the end, Liverpool won 3-0 at home to Reading.
Consecutive victories have made Liverpool's recent performance unanimously recognized by the outside world.
Especially as the team's tactics are gradually honed and formed, the frontcourt headed by Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt, coupled with the assistance of Luis Garcia, Pennant and other players, the midfield is Gerrard. , Mohamed Sissoko and Xavi Alonso are in charge, and Liverpool's entire midfield and frontcourt has been basically honed into shape.
Especially on the offensive end, with the addition of Yang Yang, Liverpool's attacking firepower has been greatly improved this season.
So far, Yang Yang has contributed nine goals and five assists.
After eleven rounds, Manchester United topped the table with 25 points, Liverpool second with 24 points, Chelsea with 22 points, and Arsenal followed with 21 points. fourth.
So far, the Premier League's new season winning pattern has taken shape.
With his outstanding performance in October, Yang Yang finally won the Premier League Player of the Month, who has been coveted for a while, and Benitez also won the Coach of the Month. Liverpool showed a strong recovery.
But just when everyone, including the Liverpool team, was ambitious to attack the top of the league table and knocked Manchester United down the leader position, in a League Cup game in midweek, he played for Liverpool. Mali midfielder Mohamed Sissoko injured his shoulder and ended up playing for only ten minutes.
Liverpool eventually beat Birmingham 1-0 away, but Sissoko's injury cast a shadow over the team.
Everyone is beginning to worry that if Sissoko's injury time is too long this time, Liverpool will finally have to polish a stable tactical framework and will inevitably face a reorganization, especially the team's midfield triangle.
The long-lost Premier League's best curse of the month is once again noisy.