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Chapter 488 List of Tonics During the Winter Break
In the morning, after Yang Yang came to Melwood, he immediately received the latest news.

Mohamed Sissoko is out for a month with a dislocated right shoulder.

That was in the match against Birmingham yesterday. At No. 207 minutes, Sissoko fell to the ground after fighting with the opponent's midfielder Nafti.

"It was an accident."

In the gym, Winston Bogard also said to Yang Yang with a wry smile on his face.

"On the football field, this type of injury is rare, such as the shoulder or the eye, but it is strange to say. I checked the case of Sissoko. He injured his eye last season, but this season he injured his shoulder."

After finishing speaking, Winston Bogarde sighed and called out his luck.

Indeed, there is really no explanation for this phenomenon other than bad luck and bad luck.

What's more terrible is that Liverpool now has no candidate midfielder.

"In order to buy you before, Liverpool cleared several substitutes, and the veteran Harman also left the team. Now that Sissoko is injured, there is really no one in this position."

Yang Yang just finished a set of bench presses and put the barbell back. After hearing what Winston Bogarde said, he turned his head and looked at the Dutchman, "You mean, I'm to blame for this?"

Seeing Yang Yang's malicious eyes, Winston Bogard immediately smiled, "Just kidding."

"It's a piece of grass." Yang Yang scolded with a smile, "But don't say it, the injury of Sissoko is really not the right time."

The weekend will usher in the Premier League No.12 round, and this time the team's opponent is Arsenal.

This season, Liverpool has defeated Chelsea and Manchester United, two powerful enemies. It is reasonable to say that Arsenal is the weakest of the top four. It is not difficult for Liverpool to win their opponents, and everyone is determined to win.

But Sissoko's injury, the midfielder's iron triangle is missing a corner, which is a big blow to Liverpool.

In the past period of time, Sissoko has always taken on the task of midfield defense and interception. Without him, the midfield will inevitably become weak and no longer strong, and lose a strong midfield support, which will inevitably affect the team's combat effectiveness.

"Liverpool's first winter is not easy!" Yang Yang sighed inwardly.

He's just a player and all he can do is play and score as much as he can for Liverpool.

It was all he could do.

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Yang Yang's thoughts almost represent the thoughts of Liverpool.

Nowadays, there is no need to say much about the importance of the midfield to a team, and Sissoko's injury and retirement have dealt a painful blow to Liverpool's midfield.

On the weekend, in the No.12 round of the Premier League, Liverpool challenged Arsenal away.

The match was scheduled for [-]:[-] p.m., a prime-time duel.

Sissoko missed out due to injury, and the Liverpool midfielder used Zenden to partner Xavi Alonso and Gerrard.

The reason is simple. In the league game against Birmingham, Zenden was very eye-catching.

But it turns out that the League Cup is just a League Cup after all.

The start of the game started with Liverpool's offensive attack. In the 11th minute, after receiving a big kick from Reina, Yang Yang dribbled the ball from the left side of the penalty area and forcibly broke into the penalty area. The arc ball hit the far corner and opened the scoring for Liverpool.

This is also Yang Yang's tenth Premier League goal for Liverpool.

But before the end of the first half, Arsenal managed to equalize the score.

The French midfielder Flamini inserted in the back row and stabbed in front of the goal. This is the first Premier League goal of Flamini's personal career.

After changing sides in the second half, Arsenal quickly used their own advantages to control the game and firmly suppressed Liverpool. In the 607th minute, Gallas scored Liverpool's goal with a corner kick and successfully reversed the score.

In the end, Liverpool came back with a one-to-two away game.

Although Yang Yang scored a goal in this game, under the joint care of Eboue and Gilberto Silva, his performance was not very satisfactory, especially when he lost power in the midfield.

After this round of the game, Arsenal caught up with Liverpool, and both teams had 24 points.

Chelsea climbed to second in the league with 25 points, while Manchester United led the Premier League standings with 28 points.

On the scorer list, Drogba, with his hat-trick in this round, is once again catching up with Yang Yang.

The Elephant King of Côte d'Ivoire has scored eight league goals this season, only two goals away from Yang Yang's ten goals.

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A week later, the No.13 round of the Premier League.

Liverpool once again suffered an away blow, and suffered a [-]-[-] draw with Middlesbrough.

Unlike other teams who were distracted by the midweek European game, the Red Army had already qualified ahead of schedule and sent their main players to play, but the result still failed to win the away game.

The loss to Arsenal in the last round made Benitez decide to change his formation this round, adopting a formation similar to [-].

Yang Yang and Pennant played on the two wings, Dirk Dirk and Krause played double forwards, and Gerrard and Harvey Alonso were in the middle.

Although it was on the wing, Benitez let Yang Yang get closer to the opponent's defense line.

But in the face of Middlesbrough's iron barrel formation, Liverpool's offense failed time and time again, and finally failed to score.

The other top three teams also did not play well.

Manchester United struggled to reverse Sheffield United [-]-[-] away with Wayne Rooney scoring twice.

Arsenal relied on Henry's goal to equalize Newcastle [-]-[-] at home.

Chelsea came from the goal of substitute player Gremi, narrowly beating West Ham United [-]-[-] at home.

As for Liverpool's performance in the past two rounds, the British media felt that the absence of Sissoko was a big blow to the team, but it was also related to the Premier League's best monthly spell.

The Liverpool coaching staff is also in full swing to formulate a winter break signing strategy, especially when Mohamed Sissoko's injury is not clear, it is also necessary to make a plan in advance.

The two positions most likely to be introduced at present are the midfielder and the right back.

According to news from within Liverpool, the candidate for the right back has been determined, and Benitez hopes to introduce Arbeloa, a player from La Coruña in La Liga.

This player debuted in the Real Madrid youth training camp and has performed very well in La Liga this season. Benitez hopes to introduce him to Liverpool to compete with Finnan, who is over 300 years old. The transfer fee is expected to be around [-] million euros.

As for the signing of the midfielder's late position, this is indeed a big problem, because the difficulty of finding a midfielder is a problem in European football.

Yang Yang heard the news that the number one candidate for Benitez's signings is the Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano who played for West Ham United, but this player has not proved himself since joining the Premier League.

He was seriously injured in March this year, and he rested for half a year. After transferring to West Ham United, he has not been liked by the head coach Alan Pardew. So far, he has only played four times in the Premier League, two of which were still garbage.

It can be said that such a player, apart from being cheap, really has nothing worthy of Liverpool.

Everyone in the team, including everyone, wondered, what did Benitez see in Mascherano?
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Although the team's performance in the Premier League has experienced a trough, it is still very strong in the Champions League.

Yang Yang came off the bench in the second half, but after he came on the field, he immediately contributed two assists for the team, helping Liverpool beat PSV Eindhoven [-]-[-]. The goals were scored by Gerrard and Crouch.

Among them, Crouch's goal time is still in stoppage time.

It can be said that this victory established Liverpool's top spot in the group, and even the theoretical possibility is gone.

And Eindhoven must do their best to compete for the second place in the group.

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Back to the Premier League.

In the No.14 round, the Premier League once again ushered in a focus battle.

Manchester United hosts Chelsea.

The Red Devils' home games this season have been unsatisfactory. First they lost to Arsenal, and then they lost to Liverpool. Now they are facing Chelsea, and everyone is sweating for Ferguson.

Liverpool, on the other hand, ushered in Manchester City at home.

Finally ushered in a Chinese derby in the new season. Yang Yang started, but Sun Jihai, who played for Manchester City, sat on the bench. The starting right back became Yang Yang's teammate in Ajax, Trabelsi.

After the Tunisian international switched to Juventus for two seasons, he did not perform very well. With Juventus' relegation this season, he also left the Bianconeri, chose to come to the Premier League, and joined Manchester City.

In this game, he was responsible for man-marking Yang Yang, but in the end, Yang Yang seized a chance and assisted Gerrard to score.

It was also the only goal in the game.

Liverpool beat Manchester City [-]-[-].

Manchester United suffered a [-]-[-] draw at home to Chelsea, while Arsenal lost a humiliating [-]-[-] away to Bolton.

The brutality of the Premier League can be seen from the situation in this round.

Even if it is the traditional top four, as long as they are not careful, they will immediately be in danger of capsizing.

After this round, Liverpool returned to third place in the league, three points ahead of Arsenal, only one point behind Chelsea, but five points behind league leaders Manchester United.

The first half of the league has not yet ended, and being behind by five points is not an unreachable gap.

Even the British media gave an understanding of Liverpool's current situation, because Sissoko's absence was indeed a big blow to the Red Army, but everyone also agreed that Liverpool must make adjustments as soon as possible.

Many celebrities, including Alan Hansen, also believe that in the [-] formation, it is a luxury to restrict Yang Yang to the left, and it also greatly weakens his attack power.

"Perhaps, Benitez can consider placing Yang Yang in a higher position, such as a striker!"

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A week later, the No.15 round of the Premier League.

Liverpool once again suffered a [-]-[-] draw at home to Portsmouth.

Benitez is still in a [-] formation, and his offense still hasn't improved much.

But this time, the Liverpool coach finally couldn't sit still.

The day after the Portsmouth game, he called Yang Yang directly to the head coach's office. He not only admitted that there was a problem with his formation, but also said, "Next, I need you to take on more offensive tasks!"

(End of this chapter)