Chapter 706 Unstoppable
On the evening of January 28, Robin Park, Wigan City, Greater Manchester, J** Stadium.
A key battle in the twenty-third round of the Premier League was fought at the J** Stadium, and Liverpool challenged Wigan Athletic away.
The home team is a team with strong Manchester United colors. The head coach is the former Manchester United legend Steve Bruce, who is known as the highest coaching achievement among all Ferguson disciples.
In the summer of 2007, after the thrilling relegation of Wigan Athletic, Paul Jewell, who led the team to the Premier League, resigned, and in the following six months, Wigan Athletic changed three coaches in a row, until Sti It took Bruce Bruce to stabilize and lead the team to the 14th place in the league.
And this season, Steve Bruce has shown his outstanding performance in leading the team. After 22 rounds, Wigan Athletic is currently ranked seventh in the Premier League, and the results are quite outstanding.
This team is characterized by a weak offense, but a good defense, especially at home.
In the current Wigan Athletic team, there are also many old acquaintances of Yang Yang when he was in Ajax, such as the Dutch winger Dreidel, and the Egyptian striker Ahmed Hassan Mido.
That's right, it was the man who used to throw a pair of scissors at Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the Ajax locker room back then, scaring the whole Ajax into horror, and then he was sent out The legend of De Tokmost.
Mido has been famous for many years, but he is actually not very old. He is only nearly 26 years old now. After leaving Ajax, he has moved to Vigo, Celta, Marseille, Roma, Tottenham Hotspur and After Middlesbrough and other European first-tier league teams, the performance is not ideal, and they have just been loaned to Wigan Athletic from Middlesbrough during the winter break.
The loan was completed on January 20th, and on the 28th, Meadows started to play Liverpool on behalf of Wigan Athletic, which shows how much Steve Bruce attached to him.
Yang Yang reminded his teammates not to be careless about this talented player who used to be on par with Ibrahimovic.
Sometimes players don't perform well, not because of their own lack of strength, but because of various other reasons, such as character, and Mido is undoubtedly the same.
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After the start of the game, Wigan Athletic played at home, but it was not risky.
That's Steve Bruce's style of coaching, no matter what the situation is, it's a slow and steady approach.
Six minutes after the opening, Wigan Athletic took the lead to get the opportunity to threaten Liverpool's goal. Rodalega's free-kick passed the post and almost went through Reina's goal.
A minute later, with a long pass from the backcourt, Reina hurriedly attacked, and Mido seized the opportunity.
As expected by Yang Yang before the game, the Egyptian striker was able to shine when he got a chance and headed towards the empty goal from the edge of the penalty area, but fortunately, Aurelio returned to the goal line at the critical moment to make a clearance and defused a crisis.
Two consecutive attacks have created threats, and Wigan Athletic has proved that they are not the underdogs that everyone kneads.
But Liverpool in the end the overall strength is better.
In the 16th minute, Yang Yang took the ball from the left and forced a breakthrough. After rushing into the penalty area with the ball, under the opponent's left and right flanking, when his body was about to lose his center of gravity, he sent the ball to the back with his foot. Keep up, calmly volley and hit the opener for Liverpool.
Subsequently, Liverpool continued to attack Wigan Athletic.
In the 26th minute, Gerrard suddenly appeared on the left, and after a beautiful two-pass-one-hit-the-wall match with Yang Yang, he suddenly crossed. Crouch pushed and scored from seven meters in front of the penalty area. than zero!
With their strong overall strength, Liverpool continue to firmly suppress Wigan Athletic.
Especially in the final stage of the first half, Liverpool, who were already two goals ahead, still played quite energetically.
Yang Yang was even more active on the left side. First, Crouch's pass caused the Wigan Athletic defender to make a stoppage error. Yang Yang hit the goal with a curved ball on the left edge of the penalty area and was thrown by the opponent's goalkeeper. Out, Gerrard kept up with the fill shot.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Gerrard passed the ball, Yang Yang passed the other two players on the left, dribbled the ball into the penalty area again, and scored a low shot from 12 meters in front of the goal.
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"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the second minute of stoppage time in the first half, when the game was about to end, Yang Yang scored a goal!"
In the live TV footage, Yang Yang turned around and rushed out of the court immediately after scoring the goal, rushing all the way to the corner flagpole, celebrating his goal excitedly.
"After giving one assist and two indirect assists, Yang Yang finally couldn't help himself."
"This is his twenty-ninth Premier League goal of the season!"
"Twenty-nine Premier League goals scored in the 23rd round. This report card is enough to make Yang Yang proud of the pack."
"And what's even more rare is that he also has 16 assists this season."
Liverpool's players also chased after Yang Yang and congratulated him on his goal in this game.
Although this is a tacit understanding on the football field, from the expressions of every Liverpool player, it is not difficult to see their admiration for Yang Yang, and even their heartfelt appreciation.
"Liverpool has made great progress on all fronts this season, and Yang Yang is definitely the team's number one hero."
"And different from previous years, Yang Yang's performance this season is very stable, and even the Christmas and winter breaks that he couldn't adapt to in previous years, this season has performed even more brilliantly."
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Liverpool ended the first half with a 4-0 scoreline after Yang Yang had a pass and a shot and masterminded the other two goals.
After changing sides in the second half, Liverpool clearly intended to slow down their offensive, and Yang Yang was also substituted early, because after the game on the evening of the 28th, the 24th round of the Premier League will be ushered in on February 1st. , Liverpool's home game against Chelsea, Benitez obviously does not want the team to spend too much energy on a team like Wigan Athletic.
In the 88th minute of the game, Mido's shot was blocked by Gareth Bell, and then Wigan Athletic sent a corner kick, and the penalty area fell into a melee. Goal, sent the ball into Liverpool's goal, regaining face for Wigan Athletic.
In the end, Liverpool beat Wigan Athletic 4-1 away.
Yang Yang made a pass and shot, and planned two goals at the same time, becoming the best player of the game.
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In the other games of this round, because West Bromwich Albion was sent off by a red card early, Manchester United broke the bloomers 5-0 away, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the last two goals, staged Got a brace.
Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 with Kalou's brace at home.
Only Gunners Arsenal came away with a tough 1-1 draw against Everton, with Van Persie scoring the final goal in the 92nd minute.
The weakness of the Gunners is indeed embarrassing. Anyone can see that Wenger's team no longer has the strength to dominate the Premier League.
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On the afternoon of February 1, it snowed heavily.
Liverpool host Chelsea at home.
The Red Army playing at home, with Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt as arrows, Gerrard, Xavi Alonso and Mascherano's three midfielders, Qi Qi exerted pressure on Chelsea and firmly controlled the situation on the field.
What is even more gratifying is that under the dominant circumstances, Liverpool could not attack for a long time, but did not lose patience, which finally paid off for the team.
In the 42nd minute of the first half, Yang Yang took the ball from the left and cooperated with Aurelio who came in for an assist. After returning the pass, he cut in horizontally, and Aurelio passed the ball across the ball.
After Yang Yang got the ball, he quickly threw away Terry and made a curve ball with his right foot, straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Yang Yang! It's Yang Yang again!"
"At the critical moment, it was Yang Yang who stepped forward and hit the goal with a wonderful right-footed arc, breaking the goal guarded by Cech."
"One to zero!"
"This is Yang Yang's 30th Premier League goal this season!"
"God, twenty-four rounds, thirty goals, he's unstoppable!"
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More than 50,000 fans across Anfield cheered in unison as the ball went into the upper right corner of the Chelsea goal.
The fans' shouts resounded throughout the stadium, and Yang Yang, with thunderous cries, rushed out of the stadium in the heavy snow of goose feathers, rushed to the sidelines, and opened his arms to the Liverpool fans in the stands.
"This is Yang Yang!"
"He's unbelievable!"
"From running to catching the ball, to turning, to kicking and hitting the goal, the whole process can be described as one-stop, and it is very difficult for Terry to stop him."
"This season, Yang Yang is still improving himself, and we see that his form is getting better and better, especially after Christmas and the winter break, he seems more and more unstoppable."
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After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, the left wing where Yang Yang and Aurelio were located was still the most active area for Liverpool's offense.
In the fifty-fourth minute, it was another attack from the left. Yang Yang took the ball and cut to the middle. After encountering Chelsea's tenacious sniper, he suddenly passed the ball back to the left and rushed to the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, Aurelio went straight to the bottom, broke through Bosingwa, and made a cross from the left to the front point.
Yang Yang did not have an advantage in height, but he blocked Terry with his body, grabbed the most favorable position, and headed the ball into the near corner!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"
"Two to zero!"
"Yang Yang scored twice!"
The whole Anfield stadium is completely crazy!
The enthusiasm of the Liverpool fans broke out, as if even the snow was about to be melted.
Who would have thought, who would have thought that Yang Yang's state turned out to be getting better and better.
And Chelsea once again continued their embarrassment of being invincible this season, and the right side of the game was completely overwhelmed by Liverpool's left side.
Then Lampard moved too much in defense. When he tackled Harvey Alonso, the sole of his foot was illuminated. Referee Riley showed a red card and was sent off directly.
Then, in an attack by Liverpool, when Benayoun backed up to protect the ball at the corner, Bosingwa rushed up from behind, kicked him on the back, turned him over, and was sent off again with a red card .
In the end, Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-0 with Yang Yang's brace.
Not only did the Blues lose, they also got two red cards.