Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 883
In the opening game of the first round of the Premier League in the new season, the match between Liverpool and Arsenal was hyped up by Fleet Street, and even used the description of no less than the peak contest of the Champions League final!
Klopp and Situ Yunbing hit the headlines, and Klopp is also considered to be the first coach who drew his sword to kill the king during the Red Army dynasty!
Arsenal received a lot of praise, while Liverpool was "rationally" analyzed by Fleet Street about the negative impact of Coutinho's departure and Gareth Bale's serious injury.

Obviously, Fleet Street is trying to create trouble for Liverpool in terms of public opinion, which can reduce Liverpool's strength!

In the first round of the league, the performance of other strong teams was smooth.

Guardiola's official debut at the Etihad Stadium was unremarkable. He led the team to defeat the visiting underdog black cat Sunderland 2:1. At least for now, it is not clear that Manchester City has become strong.

Mourinho's Manchester United debut defeated Bournemouth 3:1 in an away game, which was described by Fleet Street as the comeback of the Red Devils!
Conte, who is about to regain the dignity of Chelsea, led his team to beat West Ham United 2:1 at Stamford Bridge. This is a tough battle. West Ham United won the upper reaches of the Premier League last season!

In comparison, Tottenham led by Pochettino ended 1:1 in their first-round visit to Goodison Park.

It doesn't look like Pochettino is off to a good start.

After a week of recuperation, Liverpool ushered in the second round of the league.

The Red Army is a guest to challenge Burnley.

This game was played in heavy rain, and Liverpool was mired in the away game in accordance with the weather!

From the first second of the game, Burnley not only defended the iron barrel, but also did not control the ball.

Regardless of whether it is the midfield or the backcourt, the ball is passed directly to the frontcourt at the feet!

Most of the time, Liverpool can clear the ball in the first place!

But in the 90-minute game, Liverpool could not completely block every long pass from the opponent!
On the other hand, Liverpool's attack group has a low success rate in attacking in a dense space, and more opportunities come from long-range shots. But today, perhaps because of the wet and slippery field, Liverpool's shooting quality is also frighteningly low!

There were 32 shots in the game, with an average of one shot in less than 3 minutes, and only 7 shots were on target!
And the 7 shots on target only scored one goal.

Burnley, on the other hand, had only 3 shots, 2 shots on target, and 2 goals!
When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Situ Yunbing wiped the rain from his face, turned around blankly, shook hands with the opponent's coach, and then got into the player tunnel.

It looks a bit embarrassing!
Liverpool's possession rate set a Premier League record.

82.8%!

Even such a possession rate can't bring the team even 1 point!
In an interview after the game, Situ Yunbing did not criticize Burnley for being conservative.

"Liverpool performed poorly today. Even if there are reasons for the weather and the venue, I don't intend to defend the team. We even looked flustered in the attack, as if the ball at our feet was a bomb!

The quality of passing and receiving is not high, and there are very few real opportunities created.

If this continues, we will bid farewell to the Premier League champions before March next year! "

It is undeniable that the team lost because of the players. Situ Yunbing was also reflecting on his own problems when he sat on the bus and left the stadium.

Although the players in Burnley's team are not well-known, but after the reinforcement of the summer transfer, the team's strength has definitely increased!

They spent 4000 million pounds on the introduction of 7 players in the summer, and all the important signings were above [-] million pounds.

In addition, even if they are at home, they are too conservative to play extreme anti-counterattack, which is to exchange the number of long passes for a weak success rate.

Sounds like a gamble, but it turns out they won!
Combined with the draw at the Emirates Stadium, Situ Yunbing believes that if Liverpool still follow the previous aggressive and oppressive style of play, they will not be able to keep up with the times!
The overall average strength of the Premier League teams is constantly improving, which is an objective fact.

The income of each team is increasing, and in order to lock in the huge benefits of the Premier League, the clubs are also willing to spend money. It is not surprising that the total summer investment of the Premier League is the sum of the other three major leagues!

And among them, Liverpool also dragged their feet because they made money from the transfer market!
Situ Yunbing never signs in for the sake of signing in. Such signings are just a waste of money and trouble for himself.

Against this background, Liverpool may not be able to defeat their opponents as "rampantly" as they did in the previous two seasons!

Realizing this made Situ Yunbing a little depressed, but for the sake of the championship, he could only accept the reality.

In other games in the second round of the league, Mourinho led Manchester United to a 2-0 victory over Southampton at home, starting with two consecutive victories!

Guardiola's Manchester City beat Stoke City 4:1 in the away game, showing their sharpness, starting with two consecutive victories!

Conte led Chelsea to beat Watford 2:1 in the away game. Although the two consecutive rounds were only a small victory by one goal, they also started with two consecutive victories!

Tottenham led by Pochettino beat Crystal Palace by one goal at White Hart Lane!

Klopp led Arsenal to win Leicester City 2:1 away!

Liverpool started the new season without victory in two rounds, breaking the "worst start" in Situ Yunbing's 8 years of coaching!
Even in his first season as Monaco, he started with one loss and one win!

And this is also the worst ranking in the league since he coached the Red Army!
Liverpool with only 1 point is outside the relegation zone!
Fleet Street naturally gloated.

"Liverpool enters the cold winter in the cold wind and rain!"

"The defending champion meets Waterloo!"

"Situ Yunbing said frankly that he will lose the championship before March next year!"

"5 points behind the top of the list! The Red Army stumbled at the starting line!"

Situ Yunbing regrouped at the Melwood training base and re-drilled the technical and tactical system, during which the English League Cup was staged in the middle of the week.

Liverpool drew the former powerhouse Nottingham Forest.

This time they were at home, and Situ Yunbing dispatched a full bench lineup.

While most of the bench players have performed well, some position players clearly need to improve significantly before they become a burden.

Sancho, Madison, and Guendouzi performed very well on the field. If Vardy hadn't turned the tide and received Arnold's wonderful pass assist to complete the goal before the end of the game, Liverpool might not be able to win Nottingham Forest at home.

Fortunately, they entered the next round without any risk.

Situ Yunbing frankly admitted at the press conference before the third round of the league that Liverpool is now in a dangerous state.

"We've been five points behind some teams at the top of the table since the beginning of the season, and that's a red flag, knowing that in two of the last four title races I remember, Liverpool's lead came before the final game. All are between 5 and 4 points. This advantage will allow the leading team to deal with the decisive battle more calmly.

And if we want to gain such an advantage, we have to overtake the top group by almost 10 points!
This is not something that can be done in two or three games. If we can regain the lead before Christmas, then the situation can be eased.

The intensity of competition in the Premier League may be fully displayed in autumn!
We must keep our focus, and at the same time calmly think about how to defeat the enemies who stand in our way. "

Talking about his upcoming visit to North London to challenge Tottenham, Situ Yunbing once again mentioned the FA schedule.

"At the beginning of the season, we were given three consecutive away games. I don't know if the FA is deliberately making our start more difficult, but it is indeed a big challenge for us.

With no wins in two rounds, we desperately needed a victory to restore our confidence and keep our composure.

No need to doubt, if we still can't win the third league game, I will doubt whether Liverpool has the strength to defend the Premier League champions, let alone the huge disadvantage of being at least 7 points behind in points! "

Regarding Tottenham, Situ Yunbing reserved his views and did not say much.

Pochettino said in the pre-match press conference: "It was a surprise that Burnley beat Liverpool. They ended a great team's unbeaten record. Their victory inspired everyone, not including Liverpool fans. .

Burnley have told the rest of the Premier League that Liverpool are not invincible.

This may be the biggest miracle at the beginning of the new season!

So we thought, Burnley can beat Liverpool, why not Tottenham?
Of course we will give our all in the game to try and beat Liverpool! "

Burnley's defeat of Liverpool has indeed brought a certain spiritual boost to other teams after a long absence!
It was as if he had accomplished the feat of slaying a dragon!

Tottenham immediately wanted to attack Liverpool at home, which couldn't be more normal!

On the weekend afternoon, the weather in London was gloomy, and it looked like it was going to rain again, but it was still not going to rain. Situ Yunbing led a team to visit White Hart Lane.

He did not have any verbal or physical communication with Pochettino before the game.

After entering White Hart Lane, he stood on the sidelines and waited for the game to start.

Under the guidance and exaggeration of public opinion in the media, Liverpool seems to have lost all the champions. They are now at the mercy of others. Everyone wants to sing and dance on their corpses, and smear the blood of the king on their bodies as a symbol of victory.

Pochettino thought about it, Liverpool won two rounds, Situ Yunbing must have a strong desire to score points, so Tottenham's prepared defensive counterattack at home is the best way!

Burnley beat Liverpool at home, isn't it just a defensive counterattack?
Burnley can do it, Tottenham can only do better than them!

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of fans on both sides, the battle between Liverpool and Tottenham at White Hart Lane began. From the moment the battle curtain opened, Liverpool took the initiative on the field.

It seems that Liverpool really want to continue to fight hard at White Hart Lane.

This was in line with Pochettino's pre-match expectations, but what he didn't expect was that Liverpool deliberately slowed down the pace!
Control the ball, strive to improve the quality of offense, instead of pursuing the number of offenses in a fast pace, and relying on defense and counter-robbing to launch continuous offensives!

When Liverpool's overall formation is very restrained, they pay great attention to defense, and after the offensive rhythm slows down, once Tottenham reveals that a player has lost their position during the counterattack, Liverpool's fast break will immediately speed up!
In the 16th minute of the game, when Eriksson sent a wonderful pass to Mbappe who was cutting inside, Alderweireld exposed the defensive gap due to his attack, which was used by Mbappe, and he cut into the penalty area to respond After the success, Mbappe blasted the ball into the near corner of the goal with a low shot!

Situ Yunbing didn't change his expression because of the goal. He raised his chin slightly and stared at the field almost indifferently, as if scoring a goal and taking the lead is a matter of course!
(End of this chapter)