green waist king

Chapter 345 The Struggling Crystal Palace
On March 3, the No.31 second round of the Premier League, Liverpool went to Selhurst Park to play against Crystal Palace.

It has been more than half a year since the second round of the game was defeated by Crystal Palace, but Liverpool's players were very impressed.

Because Liverpool lost to Crystal Palace in the only game of the season.

"Crystal Palace's current performance this season is relatively poor. They have played 31 rounds in the Premier League, but they only have 27 points. They are currently ranked 18th and are already in the relegation zone, so this game is not easy for Liverpool!"

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun, Zhang Lu and Fan Zhiyi, who had played for the Crystal Palace, were sitting in a row. The three of them were analyzing before the match.

"It's definitely not easy to play!" Zhan Jun said decisively, "Crystal Palace is dying now, and the explosive ability is huge. Otherwise, they will go to the British Championship next season. This is an unacceptable result for both the fans and the club's executives."

"Hey!" Zhang Lu smiled, "Crystal Palace is really evil this season. I don't know if everyone has noticed. Among the top six teams in the Premier League, they have already killed three, and the other one was almost done."

"Liverpool lost to Crystal Palace in the second round at the beginning of the season!"

"Then Manchester City. In the first game of the second half of the New Year's Premier League, Crystal Palace gave the winning streak to Manchester City and drew!"

"And Chelsea, who were eliminated 2-1 in the eighth round!"

"Some time ago in the No.30 round, Manchester United was almost defeated by them 3-2!"

"Haha!" Hearing this, it's really true, Zhan Jun is happy, "So the Premier League is the most introverted among the five major leagues. Look at this season, except for Liverpool and Manchester City. The difference between the top six teams is only one or two points."

"As for teams in the relegation zone, such as Crystal Palace, Stoke City, Newcastle, West Ham United, etc., the point difference is only one or two points. As long as anyone loses a game, they will be dragged into the quagmire of relegation by other teams. So now these teams are desperate to catch whoever they catch!" Zhan Jun analyzed with a smile.

In this game, Klopp sent most of the main players, assuming a posture of avenging shame, and the Crystal Palace also sent out the main players.

"Moyang was placed by Klopp in the position of right central midfielder, partnering with Henderson and Milner."

"Gomez and Alexander-Arnold at the back too, boy, all English players."

"Normal! It must be Southgate negotiating with Liverpool. It is necessary to maintain the competitive state for these players selected for the England national team!"

"Benteke, Kelly, Sakho, head coach Hodgson, ex-Liverpool player or ex-head coach, hey, why do you feel like your own family is fighting your own family?" Fan Zhiyi saw the introduction of the formation of the two sides, laughed and joked, amused Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun.

In a blink of an eye, the game officially started!
On the field, as Klopp expected, Crystal Palace played very fiercely. The players played with a positive attitude and were in excellent condition. They really dared to make a move.

Crystal Palace's goal is very clear, they don't care whether they can win or not for the time being.

But you must not lose!

But it's normal to think about it from another angle. They are about to be downgraded, so how can they manage so much? It's no wonder they don't fight you hard.

In the first minute of the game, Mo Yang took the ball from the wing, and before he could turn around, he was shoveled by Zaha and flew out of the sideline, slamming into the billboard.

Klopp was quite frightened, but fortunately, Mo Yang was fine.

But Klopp was still very angry because the referee did not give the card.

After Mo Yang got up, he grinned his teeth in pain, bruised.

This fiery foul action also laid a rough and brutal foundation for the game.

In the 7th minute of the game, Mane passed back to Robertson behind him, and then crossed Milner.

Milner took the ball and wanted to continue crossing the middle, but the timing of Crystal Palace midfielder Caballero's grab was very subtle. Although he didn't grab the ball after going up, it caused Milner's pass to deviate and rolled straight to Zaha.

After Mo Yang, who was near Zaha on the right, saw it, he rushed directly from the back of Zaha's left side, fell to the ground and shoveled, and kicked the ball back to the backcourt first. Although there was no foul, he also brought down Zaha who had just returned from injury.

Then the two sides continued hand-to-hand combat for as long as 10 minutes, and the fighting was extremely fierce.

In the 11th minute of the game, Liverpool won the first corner kick. Mo Yang sent a right corner kick and went directly to Van Dijk in the middle of the penalty area.

The ball flew over the Crystal Palace and came to Van Dijk who took off with precision.

Van Dyke leaned over like a bomber and rushed to the top!
Van Dijk's header is very powerful and the angle is also very tricky.

Still didn't get in!
Because of Mane, the Ma Zhuang Wang just stood on the flight path of the ball.

Eventually the ball slid across Mane's bald forehead and skidded past the post, saving Crystal Palace.

Van Dijk smiled helplessly. Mane looked bald. The ball was too fast and too close. He wanted to hide, but his nerve reflexes did not allow it.

There is a famous saying in football that wasting opportunities often leads to retribution.

Liverpool's retribution will come soon, and it will be in the next minute!

In front of the goal, Crystal Palace took a goal kick and went directly to Benteke in Liverpool's defense.

Seeing this seemingly similar scene, Arnold thought of the two goals conceded against Manchester United, so he quickly stared at Zaha behind him.

Gomez also followed Benteke, trying to entangle Benteke to let Henderson around him get the ball.

However, Benteke is also a chicken thief. He took Gomez and ran around directly, came to the front and back of Henderson with the help of inertia and took off in front of him.

At the same time, Zaha's supercar started to speed up, and used its speed to get through the middle before Van Dijk and Arnold closed the door.

In Liverpool's defense, Van Dijk and Arnold are ready.

As a result, thousands of calculations were made, but Karius was missed.

Although Van Dijk and Arnold were thrown off by Zaha, they had a tacit understanding and were going to give Zaha the moment he stopped the ball.

As a result, Karius didn't know what medicine he had taken wrongly, so he rushed out from the goal and went straight to the ball that entered the penalty area.

At this moment, Zaha is simply crazy with joy.

Originally, he was still worrying about whether to stop the ball or shoot.

He knew that as long as he chose to stop the ball, his speed would slow down, and he would have to be pinched by Arnold and Van Dijk.

There is a high probability that the ball will be lost!

And if he chooses to shoot directly, the distance is too far, and this is a high ball. He is not sure that he will volley and hit the goal under interference, which will threaten the Liverpool goalkeeper.

As a result, I never expected Karius to come out, it was a gift from God.

It's that simple!

Facing Karius who was rushing towards him, Zaha jumped straight to the top without stopping the ball, and pushed the ball high again.

The ball passed directly over Karius, then fell quickly, hit the lower edge of the crossbar, bounced down and crossed the goal line.

"boom!!!!"

At this moment, Selhurst Park was boiling.

[-] Crystal Palace fans cheered in all directions like a wave.

On the sidelines, Klopp spread his hands and stood in the coaching area. He didn't understand why Karius wanted to attack the ball at all.

At this moment, the referee Oliver ran to Karius and directly showed him a yellow card.

Because after Zaha pushed the ball out, Karius hit his hands directly on his face, and he beat Zaha until he still hasn't gotten up.

"Ouch!"

"Oh! Karius is reckless!"

"Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold can actually handle Zaha!" Fan Zhiyi smiled regretfully in the live broadcast room, "Liverpool's defense and goalkeeper did not form a tacit cooperation."

Hearing this, Zhang Lu shook her head and squinted her eyes and said, "This is actually what I've always wanted to say. Klopp's goalkeeper rotation is actually quite capricious. This is the Champions League, the league is that, and the cup continues to change."

"Such a frequent rotation, although every goalkeeper has a game, but it brings an unstable factor, that is, there is no fixed goalkeeper for a long time, and the defensive players cannot form a tacit understanding with the goalkeeper."

"We all know that every goalkeeper has his own style, so I think Klopp should make a decision whether to start Alisson, who is equally good and stable, or to continue to appoint Karius."

"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded, agreeing with Zhang Lu's point of view very much.

He used to think it was not a big problem to switch back and forth like this, but as Liverpool made more and more mistakes in front of the goal, he suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem.

(End of this chapter)