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Chapter 215: Locking in the First Place in the Group
Liverpool suffered their first league defeat.

This matter was discussed by the English media for a week.

Then at the weekend, in the 11th round of the league, Liverpool played against Southampton at home, and everyone was watching to see how Liverpool would perform.

As a result, the fellow villagers are very isolated.

They lost cleanly 0-3 at Anfield.

The three Liverpool forwards who started the game, Mane, Origi and Salah, scored goals respectively.

After winning this game.

Everyone at Liverpool breathed a sigh of relief.

Next up is the 12th round of the league, an away game against West Ham United.

As a result, Liverpool and West Ham United drew 2-2 at the Bubble Stadium.

Sunshine's four-round suspension ends.

Liverpool's record in these four league games is two wins, one draw and one loss.

This resulted in Liverpool's points being overtaken by Manchester City by one point.

At the same time, it was also tied by Manchester United.

The lead over Tottenham and Chelsea also dropped from 5 points to 2 points.

before this.

People are saying that Liverpool is going to be revived.

Results after these four rounds of league.

People are saying that Liverpool's revival has come to an end.

"Without Sunshine, Liverpool's performance is greatly reduced. What does this prove? It proves that Liverpool cannot live without Sunshine! They suffer from a serious "Sunshine Addiction". It is impossible for a championship-contending team to be so dependent on one player. Any team that needs to compete for the championship has a coping strategy in the absence of a certain player, and Liverpool is a completely different team without Sunshine!"

"Liverpool with sunshine is a Premier League title contender, while Liverpool without sunshine is just an ordinary Premier League team. The performance gap is too big. Liverpool with sunshine has 8 wins and 7 draw in 1 league games, including defeating Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and other BIG6 teams, while Liverpool without sunshine has 1 wins, 1 draw and loss in games. A giant like Liverpool should not be in a situation where it can hardly play without a player."

"Liverpool can't put all their hopes on Sunshine. They must have a second set of tactics for when Sunshine is not on the field. Even if Sunshine is on the field, his tactical resources should be reduced and a second core should be cultivated. Dual cores are always safer than a single core."

These remarks were echoed by many people, who believed that if Liverpool wanted to win the championship, they had to "win without sunshine."

How to do it?

Just don't rely too much on sunlight.

We have to reduce the freedom of Sunshine on the court.

Make him change his role and make him a replaceable player.

These remarks seem to be made under the banner of "for the good of Liverpool".

Very deceptive.

Especially in the situation where they lost one and drew one of the four games.

It even makes some people feel that Liverpool is indeed sick.

They developed an incurable disease called "sun addiction".

They have to change.

It has to be changed.

The sun was shot even when it was lying down.

Originally the team lost one game and tied one game.

In fact, he didn't think it was a bad thing.

But overnight.

The team seemed to have collapsed.

The media reported extensively.

It surprised him.

Losing 5 points. Is that bad?

The team is only 1 point behind Manchester City in the league, and has already played against the other 6 of the BIG4.

Among the strong teams in the first half, only Chelsea has not played yet.

Liverpool's upcoming schedule is easier than Manchester City's, especially the devilish schedule after December, when Liverpool will have to deal with some mid- and lower-level teams.

This is very helpful for Liverpool to grab points.

So being one point behind Manchester City is not a big deal.

When being interviewed by reporters.

He said: "It's just that Manchester City is catching up. It's not the end of the world. I don't think it's a big deal."

As a result, the media's criticism was focused on him because of his "improper attitude".

"It seems that Sunshine has not yet realized how fierce the Premier League title race is. Even if it is only one point, the gap has already appeared. Liverpool's future in the title race this season is already in great danger."

Sunshine: Where is the danger?

".Sunshine doesn't realize the problem Liverpool is facing now. It's really no big deal to be one point behind now. Does he have to wait until the end of the season and fall behind by 1 points before he feels "Oh, God, how come we are so far behind"? "

Sunshine: So you already foresaw that we would be 10 points behind at the end of the season?

Yangguang threw the newspaper on the coffee table.

Just now.

His WeChat pop-up dialog box appears.

Liu Jiaxin: I heard that there was a problem with your team?
Sunshine: How come I don’t know?
Liu Jiaxin: Many domestic media are reporting on this.

Sunshine: Are these all reports from the English media?

Liu Jiaxin: The media all want to make a big news. You, Xu Ai Ai, are famous, so criticizing you will bring you traffic.

Sunshine: Ignore them. I guarantee that after a week, they will shut up.

Liu Jiaxin: How do you make them shut up?
Sunshine: Goal!
The four-game suspension made Yang Guang feel very depressed.

He doesn't care what the media says.

"Sunshine addiction?"

If this is a disease for Liverpool.

That sunshine feels that Liverpool should be made terminally ill.

In his opinion, this is a compliment to himself.

and.

He feels that relying on himself is also good for Liverpool.

He didn't understand what was worth discussing.

If Liverpool relies on himself, he will not let Liverpool down.

What? No championship in 30 years?
As long as I am here, there will be a champion.

The 13th round of the league.

Liverpool host Stoke City.

Stoke City was formerly known as Sky City.

However, in recent seasons, they have also begun to follow the mainstream, started technical transformation, and started to pursue some technical players.

For example, the Swiss Messi and Shaqiri play for Stoke City.

In this game, Sunshine will face a center who is taller than him: Crouch.

Tall Crouch, 201 cm tall.

But compared to Yangguang, Crouch is 3 cm taller.

But in confrontation, Crouch is definitely no match for Sunshine.

Because Gao Lao is tall.

But also quite thin.

He is two meters tall and weighs only 75 kilograms.

It looks like a bamboo pole.
Although he is not as good as Yang Guang in confrontation, this weight makes him more flexible, coupled with good footwork. Crouch is also a "scene" in the Premier League.

Stoke City had a terrible start to the season.

The season started with a four-game losing streak.

Fortunately, their performance improved afterwards.

After eight games, Stoke City has 14 points.

Finally jumped out of the relegation zone and ranked 14th in the league.

It has been considered to have returned to normal levels, but the gap with Liverpool is still quite large.

Normally, it would be difficult for Stoke City to pose any threat to Liverpool at Anfield.

But this game attracted a lot of attention from media and fans.

Because this is Yangguang's first game after returning from four rounds of suspension.

Combined with the previous media hype.

Everyone wants to see how Yangguang can perform after his comeback.

Especially since Tottenham's game was one day earlier than Liverpool's.

Tottenham played the 13th round of the league and Kane scored twice.

He scored his 13th league goal of the season.

Sunshine is just one goal away from being at the top of the scorer list.

Although Stoke City's level is not high enough, this game shows that Sunshine's condition is somewhat weak.

But now everyone can only make do with this.

But the 14th round of the league will be a tough battle for Liverpool as they will face Chelsea at home.

By then, the defending champion Chelsea will surely be able to cause some trouble for the Sunshine Coast, right?

before the game starts.

The commentators were still discussing the comparison between the two big guys, Crouch and Sunshine.

The pre-match shots also gave shots to the two of them separately.

Except for the goalkeeper.

Crouch is the highest player in the Premier League.

The sun is not second.

There are still a few central defenders in the Premier League who are taller than him.

Everyone originally expected that the confrontation between the two big men would make the game more exciting.

But the game didn't start long.

The game became one-sided.

In the eighth minute of the game, Yangguang made a flexible move and shot the ball into the goal from the penalty area line.

One to zero.

Liverpool, playing at home, took the lead.

Three minutes later.

Yangguang headed the ball into the goal in the penalty area, beating the center back.

Two to zero!
The game had only started for eleven minutes.

The sun shines twice.

The game just started.

The rest of the time has basically become garbage time.

"The game has only started for eleven minutes and Sunshine has already scored two goals!"

"He scored his 13th league goal of the season, 16 goals in 4 rounds, and this was achieved despite being suspended for four games!"

"Sunshine is Liverpool's most threatening offensive player!"

"Isn't such a player worth relying on?"

In the commentary booth, there must have been many commentators who echoed the English media's statements before this.

But now, each of them has become Sunshine's die-hard fans and is cheering for Sunshine.

The sunlight after the goal came into the stands.

Liverpool fans are delighted!
How could the team play so easily in the four games without sunshine?
Such a player.

Isn't it worth relying on?
The fans leaned on the railings of the stands and shouted towards the sun: "We rely on you! We rely on you!"

Yangguang opened his arms and enjoyed the cheers from the fans.

Liverpool players also rushed up and, together with Yang Guang, waved their arms towards the fans in the stands.

Stoke City lost 0-4 at Anfield.

This game made Liverpool fans feel completely at ease.

Before this, the media that said Liverpool had "sunshine addiction" shut up.

They are waiting for the start of the next round of the league.

The focus of the 14th round of the league: Liverpool VS Chelsea.

But before that.

Liverpool will first play the fifth round of the group stage at home.

The opponent is Sevilla.

before this.

Liverpool won four consecutive group stage games and got 12 points.

Sevilla got 7 points and ranked second.

This game.

As long as Liverpool remains undefeated, even if it's a draw.

We can secure first place in the group one round in advance.

Of course, even if we lose, we will most likely be first in the group.

Don't forget, Liverpool beat Maribor 9-0 and they significantly improved their goal difference in this game.

If this game ends in a draw, Liverpool will be 3 points ahead of Sevilla. Even if they lose to Spartak Moscow at home in the last round, Sevilla will tie the score.

In the final comparison of goal difference.

Sevilla will also find it difficult to surpass Liverpool
In this situation.

Klopp will certainly not consume too much of the physical energy of his main players in this Champions League group match. After all, the team will face Chelsea three days after this game.

Compared to this Champions League match, the result of the 14th round of the league is more important.

Liverpool made some rotations.

The match ended in a 2-2 draw with Sevilla.

The game was still 1-2 behind until the last minute.

The 75th minute of the game.

Sunshine comes on as a substitute.

The 87th minute of the game.

Sunshine scored a goal directly from a free kick.

With this equalizer.

Liverpool drew with Sevilla at home.

5 Champions League group matches, 13 points.

One round ahead of schedule, we secured first place in the group.

(End of this chapter)