883 The golden body is broken
In the opening game of the first round of the new season, Liverpool and Arsenal were blown away by the Fleet Street, and even used the description of being no less than the peak match of the Champions League final!
Klopp and Situ Yunbing made headlines, and Klopp was also considered the first instructor to draw his sword to kill the monarch during the Red Army Dynasty!
Arsenal received many positive reviews, while Liverpool was "rational" by Fleet Street to analyze the negative impact of Coutinho's departure and Gareth Bale's serious injury.
Obviously, Fleet Street is trying to cause trouble for Liverpool in public opinion, which can reduce Liverpool's strength!
In the first round of the league, other strong teams performed smoothly.
Guardiola's official debut at the Etihad Stadium was mediocre, leading the team to defeat the visiting weak black cat Sunderland 2-1. At least it is not obvious that Manchester City has become strong at this time.
Mourinho's Manchester United debut defeated Bournemouth 3-1 away, and was described by Fleet Street as a comeback from the Red Devils!
Conte, who was about to regain Chelsea's dignity, led the team to defeat West Ham United 2:1 at Stamford Bridge. This was a tough battle. West Ham United won the upper level of the Premier League last season!
In comparison, Tottenham, led by Pochettino, ended 1:1 in the first round of the game to visit Goodison Park Stadium.
It seems Pochettino's start is not ideal.
After a week of rest, Liverpool ushered in the second round of the league.
The Reds challenge Burnley as a guest.
The game was played in heavy rain, while Liverpool was very suitable for the weather and fell into a quagmire away!
From the first second of the game, Burnley was both a defensive guard in the Iron Barrel formation and did not have any ball possession rate.
Whether it is midfield or backcourt, the ball is passed directly to the frontcourt under your feet!
Liverpool can clear the ball as soon as possible!
But in the 90-minute game, Liverpool could not completely block every long pass from his opponent!
The success rate of Liverpool's attack group in dense space is not high, and more opportunities come from long shots. But today, perhaps because the field is slippery, Liverpool's shooting quality is also scary!
There were 32 shots in the whole game, and there was an average shot in less than 3 minutes, but only a pitiful 7 shots were on the right track!
But the 7-footed shot with just one goal was scored.
Burnley only had 3 shots in the game, hitting two straight times and 2 goals!
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Situ Yunbing wiped the rain from his face, turned around expressionlessly to shake hands with the opponent's coach, and then entered the player's passage.
It looks a little embarrassed!
Liverpool's overall possession rate set a Premier League record.
82.8%!
Even such a ball possession rate cannot bring even 1 point to the team!
In an interview after the game, Situ Yunbing did not criticize Burnley for his conservatism.
"Liverpool performed very badly today. Even with the weather and the venue, I don't plan to defend the team. We even seemed to be panicked in the offense, as if the ball under our feet was a bomb!
The quality of passing and receiving is not high, and there are very few real opportunities to create.
If we continue to play like this, we will bid farewell to the Premier League champion before March next year!”
It is undeniable that there are players in the team's defeat. Situ Yunbing was also reflecting on his own problems when he left the stadium on the bus.
Although the players in Burnley team are unknown, after the strengthening of summer transfers, the team's strength has definitely increased!
They spent £40 million in the summer to introduce seven players, and their important signings were above the tens of millions of pounds.
In addition, they are conservative even at home to play extreme defense, which means they use long passes to exchange for a weak success rate.
It sounds like gambling, but they won!
Combined with the draw at Emirates Stadium, Situ Yunbing believes that if Liverpool still plays as radically oppressive as before, it will seem that it will not be able to keep up with the times!
This 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 club is willing to spend money. This is not surprising that the overall investment in the Premier League summer is the sum of the other three major leagues!
Among them, Liverpool also dragged their feet... because they made money from the transfer market!
Situ Yunbing never signs for the purpose of signing, such signing is 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 were in the previous two seasons!
Recognizing this made Situ Yunbing a little depressed, but for the sake of the championship, he could only accept reality.
In other games in the second round of the league, Mourinho led Manchester United to beat Southampton 2-0 at home, and the two consecutive victories started!
Guardiola's Manchester City beat Stoke City 4:1 away, showing its edge and starting with two consecutive victories!
Conte led Chelsea to defeat Watford 2:1 away. Although he only won one goal in two consecutive rounds, he also started with two consecutive victories!
Tottenham led by Pochettino beat Crystal Palace with one goal in White Hart Lane!
Klopp led Arsenal to win Leicester City 2:1 away!
Liverpool's first two rounds of victory in the new season, refreshing the "worst start" of Situ Yunbing in his eight years of coaching!
Even if he took over Monaco's first season, it would be a start with one loss and one victory!
This is also the worst ranking in the league since he coached the Reds!
Liverpool, who only has 1 point, is outside the relegation zone!
Fleet Street is naturally gloating.
"Liverpool enters winter in the cold wind and rain!"
"The defending champion suffered a Waterloo!"
"Situ Yunbing admitted that he lost his crown before March next year!"
"Left 5 points behind the top! The Reds fell a big shot at the starting line!"
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Situ Yunbing regrouped at the Melwood training base and re-done the technical and tactical system. During this period, the English League Cup was staged in the middle of the week.
Liverpool drew the former strongman Nottingham Forest.
This time they were at home, and Situ Yunbing sent a full substitute.
Although most substitutes perform well, some players in positions obviously need to have significant improvements to not become burdens.
Sancho, Madison and Gondoc performed very well on the court. If Valdy had not turned the tide and received Arnold's wonderful pass assist before the end of the game, Liverpool might not have been able to defeat Nottingham Forest at home.
Fortunately, we entered the next round without any danger.
Situ Yunbing admitted at the pre-match press conference in the third round of the league that Liverpool is in a dangerous state now.
"We have been behind since the beginning of the season and gave some teams the top teams 5 points, which is a dangerous sign. You should know that in the past four championship games, I remember that there were two times. Before the final battle, Liverpool's lead was 3-5 points. This advantage will allow the leading team to deal with the final battle more calmly.
And if we want to gain such an advantage, we must surpass the top group by about 10 points!
This is not something that can be achieved in two or three games. If we can regain the lead before Christmas, then the situation will be eased.
The intensity of competition in the Premier League may be fully demonstrated in the fall!
We must stay focused and think calmly about how we should defeat the enemies that are blocking us.”
Speaking of his upcoming visit to North London to challenge Tottenham, Situ Yunbing once again mentioned the FA's schedule.
"We were given three consecutive away games at the beginning of the season. I don't know if the FA is deliberately increasing the difficulty of our start, but it really is a big challenge for us.
Since we didn't win two rounds, we urgently needed a victory to regain confidence and also keep ourselves calm.
Don't doubt that if we still cannot win the third league game, I have to doubt whether Liverpool has the strength to defend the Premier League championship, let alone the huge disadvantage of being at least 7 points behind in points!"
Regarding Tottenham, Situ Yunbing retained his point of view and said nothing more.
But Pochettino said at a pre-match press conference: "It's really surprising that Burnley was able to beat Liverpool. They ended the unbeaten record of a great team, and their victory inspired everyone, not including Liverpool fans.
Burnley told other Premier League teams that Liverpool is not invincible.
This may be the biggest miracle at the beginning of the new season!
So we will think, Burnley can beat Liverpool, why can't Tottenham?
Of course we will go all out in the game to try to beat Liverpool!”
Burnley's defeat of Liverpool has indeed brought some spiritual excitement to other teams for a long time!
It seems like the feat of killing dragons!
Tottenham then wanted to shoot against Liverpool at home, which was normal!
On weekend afternoon, the sky was gloomy in London and it seemed that it wanted to rain again, but it was always impossible to fall. Situ Yunbing led a team to visit Bailu Lane.
He did not communicate with Pochettino before the game.
After entering Bailu Lane, he stood on the sidelines and waited for the start of the game.
Under the guidance and exaggeration of the media's public opinion, Liverpool seemed to have lost all the champions. They are now at the mercy of others. Everyone wants to sing and dance on their bodies and apply the blood of the king on their bodies as a symbol of victory.
Pochettino thinks that Liverpool won't win in two rounds, and Situ Yunbing's desire to score points must be strong, so Tottenham is the best way to play defensive counterattacks prepared at home!
Isn't Burnley counterattacking Liverpool at home?
Burnley can do it, and Tottenham will only do it better than they do!
With the enthusiastic cheering 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 court.
It seems that Liverpool really wants to continue to rush and fight in White Hart Alley.
This is in line with Pochettino's pre-match expectations, but what he didn't expect was that Liverpool deliberately slowed down!
Control the ball, strive to improve the quality of the offensive, rather than pursuing the number of attacks at a fast pace, and launching a continuous offensive based on defensive counter-attacks!
When Liverpool's overall formation is very restrained and pays great attention to defense. After the offensive rhythm slows down, once Tottenham reveals that a player loses his position in the counter-attack, Liverpool's fast break will immediately speed up!
When Eriksen gave a wonderful pass to Mbappe who was cut in the 16th minute of the game, Aldreveld exposed his defensive space due to the robbery, which was used by Mbappe. After successfully cutting into the penalty area to receive the ball, Mbappe shot a low shot and hit the ball into the near corner of the goal!
Chapter completed!