Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 668 Want to add insult to injury?

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has become a social sensation after his win over Liverpool.

And Liverpool only scored 1 point in two rounds, which made Fleet Street more certain that the Premier League has changed!

Fortunately, Manchester United was beaten 3:5 in the away game this round. Van Gaal successfully attracted the attention of the media and the fire from the critics, which allowed Liverpool to avoid becoming the biggest focus of public opinion.

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 3-0 away, but Manchester City drew 1-1 with Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium.

Although Chelsea stopped the winning streak, they expanded their lead over Liverpool, and now they lead by 3 points!
The fact that Lewandowski will be injured for a month is a bit of a blow to Liverpool's striker.

Due to the different styles of Vardy and Lewandowski, the 4321 technical and tactical system that Liverpool has just established and successfully tested in the Champions League has to be changed again!

The midweek League Cup game followed. Liverpool played against Middlesbrough at home. Due to the team's many injuries, Mbappe and Arnold got the starting position in this game. Even Azpilicueta Situ Yunbing Don't dare to overuse, this game takes turns.

The performance of the striker composed of Vardy, Sane, and Mbappe at home is somewhat unexpected!

While Vardy and Sane were relatively successful restricted by their opponents, Mbappe unexpectedly became the most shining player in the game!
In the game, he grabbed points to outflank, broke through and scored, and made a supplementary shot, which made the Red Army fans overjoyed and staged a goal hat-trick!
Gerrard added icing on the cake at the last moment, Liverpool defeated Middlesbrough 4:1 to advance to the next round of the League Cup!
Fleet Street has always liked to hype. Regarding the situation where Liverpool's striker is in a shortage of people, Mbappe's shocking performance shocked everyone's nerves!
Because he is the youngest hat-trick creator in the English League Cup!
In times of crisis, there are always heroes who stand up, and people prefer such heroes, the younger the better, because they are full of vigor and full of infinite reverie!
Situ Yunbing will not deny that Liverpool's current situation can give Mbappe more opportunities, but he will not act too hastily.

There will be two important derby matches in the Premier League this weekend, the Merseyside Derby and the North London Derby.

The match between Liverpool and Everton will be played in the morning. The outside world believes that this may put some pressure on Liverpool, because if Liverpool cannot win, Chelsea will have the opportunity to further expand their lead!
At the pre-match press conference, Situ Yunbing talked about the team's injuries. He said: "The good news is that next week we will usher in Robertson's return, then Bell, and then Van Dijk. , I think we'll be back on track soon."

About the Merseyside derby.

"In my first year in charge of Liverpool, I have already said that I don't know what the outside world requires of the rival Derby. Do we have to show enough fighting spirit? Or madness that loses its mind?

The derby will be fierce, but I think my team has the full awareness to go all out to win the game.

As for the others, I think there is no need to expand the hatred, we are Liverpool, not Everton, if we were Everton, I think I would be happy for a month because I beat Liverpool, but as Liverpool manager, even if I win the derby Battle, I don't think I have more than 24 hours to be happy. "

Situ Yunbing expressed full contempt for Everton.

Everton coach Martinez is also a little helpless about this. The reality is that Everton really doesn't have much confidence and capital to challenge Liverpool.

On the afternoon of September 9th, in a sunny afternoon, Liverpool sat at Anfield and ushered in the challenge of their arch-enemy Everton.

Liverpool, which has been unbeaten for two rounds, urgently needs a victory to stabilize the league situation!
Losing too many points at the beginning of the season is very bad. It will cast a shadow over the whole season and bring emotional depression!

Alarmist?
Just look at Liverpool's rivals over the past two seasons.

Ferguson's Manchester United, Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City and Mourinho's Chelsea, they all gradually despaired in the process of catching up with Liverpool all season, spent the whole season in painful mental torture and psychological suffering, the worst What's more, the result still didn't reverse the expectation, a failure!
Although Martinez's Everton seems to be playing better than the former Moyes era, it is really not obvious from the record. Everton is still in their familiar position, which is also impressive. Don't see much upside for them.

In fact, this is the status quo of the strength distribution of the Premier League. The first group is super strong, and the ceiling of the second group is the heel of the first group.

If you want to go up, it is really no less than a miracle.

Liverpool started today at 433.
Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Koulibaly, Benatia, Flanagan.

Midfield: Eriksson, Kante, Casemiro.

Forwards: Mahrez, Vardy, Coutinho.

Situ Yunbing had to let the team deal with the opponent according to the previous style of play, but the difference is that they will not exert extreme pressure on the opponent. Protects the line of defense.

Everton's starting lineup here is also 433.
It seems that Martinez wants to take advantage of Liverpool's injury problems and make waves at Anfield!

Goalkeeper: Howard.

Defenders: Hibbert, Stones, Jagielka, Baynes.

Midfield: McCarthy, Barry, Besic.

Forwards: Naismith, Lukaku, Miralas.

The atmosphere in the stands of Anfield Stadium today is very fanatical, and the fans of both teams have strong obsessions!

Red Army fans expect the team to sweep away the decline in the league!
Toffees fans are looking forward to the team being able to beat the underdogs and give Liverpool, which has been plagued by injuries, another heavy hammer!
When the game started, Liverpool was not as aggressive at home as before. The team played more patiently and did not rashly increase the tempo.

Everton also played steadily, mostly passing and cutting from the ground to organize the offensive.

The little monster Lukaku can be regarded as a well-known center in the Premier League. Before the game, Situ Yunbing was worried that the Belgian center would cause trouble for Liverpool's defense.

But what is surprising is that Coulibaly made key defenses against Lukaku many times after the opening 20 minutes today, and they were all in place. The confrontation was not at all awkward, and he did not lose the wind. The interception was fierce and decisive!
In this way, Situ Yunbing has more confidence in the defense line, because it is difficult for Liverpool to limit the opponent's side attack. This stems from two aspects. First, the lack of offensive pressure weakens the effect of using offense instead of defense. The second is Robertson's injury, which leads to the obvious lack of defense on the wing.

Therefore, restricting the opponent's center has become the key decisive point of offense and defense!

Coulibaly has been considered by Fleet Street as the No. 1 choice who is likely to become Liverpool's main central defender within a year or two!
It depends on the timing if it is fast, and within one to two years if it is slow!

Last season's UEFA Champions League semi-final, when Liverpool played Atletico Madrid, Koulibaly's performance against Costa as a substitute for the injured Robertson was his vote for Situ Yunbing!

That allowed him to fully gain the trust of Situ Yunbing, and now he only needs to be recognized by Situ Yunbing in terms of strength, then he will naturally become Van Dijk's partner!
Coulibaly's performance on the field this season is obviously very active and eye-catching. Although this is not a good thing for the central defender, it is only when the team needs someone to stand up more. The more active the player, the better the chance superior!

Azpilicueta contained Miralas very well, while Lukaku was a little tempered by Koulibaly. After Liverpool secured the defense, the offense was more confident, even if they played patiently, It's okay to take your time.

There are always opportunities, and they will not be reduced to the point where the offense is chaotic and unable to play a threat.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Coutinho made an offensive transfer on the left, and Eriksen passed the ball obliquely from the center to the right outside the penalty area.

Mahrez suddenly started a crosscut on the wing, but when Baynes was following the defense, he stopped suddenly and changed his direction to pass the ball to the bottom. This caught Baynes by surprise!

When Mahrez swept the ball across the front of the goal, Vardy quickly grabbed a point to outflank it, and pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal!

Liverpool head start at home!

Everton became a little irritable after losing the ball and obviously stepped up their offense.

Liverpool is still unhurried and methodically organized the offensive.

In the 45th minute of the game, Azpilicueta made a long pass from the backcourt. Vardy knocked the ball back to Casemiro who followed up in the response. The latter sent a through ball and Mahrez quickly moved forward. The counter-offside was completed in the middle, and the ball was passed diagonally far from the penalty area just after entering the penalty area. Coutinho quickly followed up and hit a half-empty goal and succeeded!
Liverpool leads Everton by two goals at home!
Martinez's face was not very good-looking, somewhat helpless.

If Liverpool press as high as they played against West Ham in the last game, Everton will of course have a lot of opportunities to create a counterattack threat.

But Liverpool is a team with a mature mentality. Situ Yunbing can control the team freely. Now let the team slow down and stabilize, then the team can also destroy the city and pull out the wall, and it is tightening the fence. The premise.

The Liverpool fans breathed a sigh of relief, and were really worried that the team's downward trend in the league could not be stopped. Now that they are leading by two goals, the big stone in their hearts has finally landed.

At least they saw Situ Yunbing's overall adjustment and control of the team!

Some tabloids on Fleet Street will speculate that there is something wrong with Liverpool. The reason may be that Situ Yunbing is preoccupied with part-time jobs to worry about Chinese football, or it may be that young players want to lose their temper at the top. No matter what it is, it is just random speculation!

This kind of speculation often has psychology behind it. If there are more people who spread it, believe it, and discuss it, it may really happen!
What Situ Yunbing needs to do is to lead the team to victory. This is the best and most direct way for a coach to fight back any doubts and crush any negative rumors!
Can't do it?Then he is really not worthy of this position, even if he is fired, it is not wronged!
(End of this chapter)