Chapter 1384 Shocking 1 slip
Back in the UK, Liverpool had no time to rest. They were like a war machine that couldn't stop.
In daily training, Levi was forced to reduce the intensity of training to avoid injury to players.
However, this world is always difficult to make people happy. When you don't want something to happen, it will always happen.Neymar sprained his ankle during training, the problem is not serious, Neymar has not been reimbursed for the season, but the problem is not small, because Neymar will be out for at least a week, he will miss Liverpool's next round against Chelsea and the second leg of the Champions League Atletico Madrid game.
Modric felt back discomfort during training. After diagnosis, the medical report given was a back muscle strain and he was reimbursed for the season.
This is a heavy blow for Liverpool.
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On April 27, Liverpool played Chelsea.
When Liverpool defeated Manchester City, Chelsea was still No.2 in the league, but recently Chelsea has been upset. In the last round of the league, they lost 1:2 to "Black Cat" Sunderland, and they have been caught up by the winning streak of Manchester City. Now in second place.
In the pre-match press conference, Mourinho reversed his arrogant attitude in the past and denied Chelsea the possibility of winning this season. He believed that the championship this season will be divided between Liverpool and Manchester City.
He played very low key for this game. "Liverpool are a strong team and we will do our best to win, but only God knows."
"Levy is one of the best coaches I have ever seen. Facing the team he coaches, no one is guaranteed to win the game! Me? Of course, including me."
Mourinho's low-key made Liverpool fans very excited. There are already fans on the Internet discussing how the team should hold the championship ceremony.
The game between Liverpool and Chelsea is No.30 in the Premier League for six rounds, and Liverpool is already seven points ahead of No.2 Manchester City. If Liverpool can win this game, Liverpool will win the Premier League title at Anfield without any suspense. trophy!
Liverpool won the league two rounds ahead of schedule!
But Li Wei is very clear that this is not an easy game, Mourinho's low-key is just to paralyze Liverpool players.
Levi warned the players again and again in the locker room that they have to be patient and fight with Chelsea. This is definitely not a game where goals are easy to score. Even after nine or 10 minutes of this game, there is no goal. Will appear!
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Li Wei's judgment is correct, but the players are easily influenced by the fans on the field.
Liverpool fans hope that the team can beat Chelsea and lift the trophy at Anfield.
The FA has also brought a lot of heavyweights, including FA Chairman David Bernstein and Premier League CEO Scudemore. There are also many celebrities, including Levi's cheap dad Westminster. Duke Grosvenor, the famous actor, Daniel Craig, who played 007, etc., they all expect the team to win the championship at Anfield.
Liverpool fans didn't sing the familiar team song "Never Walk Alone" at the beginning of the game, but sang "We Are the Champions".
With the expectation and support of the fans, the Liverpool players who were playing relatively steadily gradually became aggressive. Li Wei had no way to deal with the Liverpool chariot that was starting to lose control, because this was not a manifestation of the will of a certain player, but the field. The enthusiasm of the top 11 under the instigation of [-] Liverpool fans in the audience, even if Levi replaced three Liverpool players in one go, he could only rein in the horse a little bit, and soon the chariot would be under the enthusiasm of the fans. Under the appeal, he slowly rushed towards the abyss of being out of control.
Chelsea's low-key stance before the game, they put on a familiar iron barrel formation.In terms of offense, only Salah, Demba Ba, and Schurrle counterattacked, or even strictly speaking, Demba Ba alone, because Salah and Schurrle obviously had more defensive tasks than offensive tasks.
A little bit of time passed, and the score was still 0:0, but in terms of statistics, Liverpool had an absolute advantage in the game.
In terms of possession rate, Liverpool is as high as 70.00%. Three!
And Chelsea only 20.00% Seven!
In other words, the possession time ratio of Liverpool and Chelsea is close to 3:1!
In the game between giants and giants, it is very rare to be able to play such a ball possession rate!It can also be seen how resolutely Chelsea retreated. Liverpool had no possession of the ball, but there was no way to break through Chelsea's gate.
The game time unknowingly came to the stoppage time of the first half, and the referee Atkinson also frequently checked the things on his watch, ready to blow the whistle at the end of the first half at any time.
Gary Cahill sent a cross to a trailing Gerrard, which should have been an unremarkable pass, but in this pass it led to accidents.
Gerrard was about to stop the ball with his right foot, but he didn't touch the football. Gerrard was a little anxious and wanted to turn around and speed up. Who would have thought that his foot slipped at this time and Gerrard fell to the ground!
This is something no one thought of.
At this time, the Liverpool players were stunned, but Demba Ba was not stunned. He was overjoyed, and as soon as he accelerated, he caught up with Gerrard's out-of-control football, and the ball passed the entire Liverpool defense line.
Courtois made a decisive attack, and Gerrard, Gary Cahill and Benatia all chased back frantically, but Demba Ba was so fast that Courtois calmly shot low and pierced the attacking Courtois. Liverpool's gate.
Chelsea away 1:0 Liverpool!
This goal is very critical, it can be said that it suddenly made the game unbalanced.
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"My God! How could Gerrard make such a low-level mistake at this time?"
"Gerrard's fall may ruin Liverpool's championship!"
"If I were the head coach, I would replace him! Just because he is the captain of the team, he shouldn't have made such a low-level mistake!"
"Gerrard! He used to be Liverpool's hero, but at this moment he will be Liverpool's sinner!"
Speaking of it, Demba Ba is embarrassing enough. Although he scored a goal, the major TV stations are more about discussing Gerrard's fall than his goal.
Gerrard himself regretted it very much. He knelt on the turf with his hands in his hair, his face full of pain.Everything just now was like lightning to him, but it was so unforgettable. At this moment, Gerald's heart was full of regret and painful negative emotions.
Lewandowski came over to comfort Gerrard, but it took a while before Gerrard got back on his feet.
After such a delay, the referee Atkinson blew his whistle to end the first half not long after kick-off was resumed.