The Merseyside derby was always tense, and Nicholas loved the atmosphere, and he enjoyed the hostility, and he enjoyed the sight as if thousands of troops were shouting for him. This stems from his love of competition and his desire for control and attention.

The atmosphere at Goodison Park was close to boiling point, and the score on the field was 1:1.

Liverpool have strengthened again this season, opening with a wave of sustained impact on the road, and a goal from Divock Origi. It was the second goal conceded by reigning Premier League champions Everton this season.

Nicholas, of course, was not satisfied.

After a second-half adjustment, it was new signing Felipe Delgado who scored with a header, and the crazy striker had the passion for football in the country of Mexico, but also the toughness and ferocity rarely seen among the country's players.

As a result, the two teams are currently in a stalemate.

Nikolaas looked to the other side, and German Jurgen Klopp should be very keen to do something this season.

But the stronger your * is, the easier it is to get caught up in it and not be able to see through it. At least most people are.

Nicholas's own * is also very strong, for anything he wants. But he knew he could pull out, think calmly, and then get there. Are there exceptions? Perhaps. But in football, that doesn't exist yet. The Spaniard got up from the dugout and walked near the touchline, before Everton fans saw their boss shouting a few words at the team's number one star, Ousmane Dembele.

In the next 10 minutes, the Frenchman's hard-hitting break left Liverpool's right-back Klein in the woes before Brahimi slipped into Klein's defence from behind to set up Ross Barkley's winning goal.

As the whistle blew at the end of the game, Nicholas looked at the sun pouring down from Goodison's corner. There were fans standing up and clapping in the sun, it wasn't an easy win, it was a derby victory. It was a wonderful weekend afternoon. For a moment the Spaniard felt that he was getting more accustomed to this Goodison Park afternoon, and he paused for a moment before turning his gaze away from the sun.

It's still September, but he knows the good weather won't last long. Nikolaas shook hands with the German and walked towards his players as usual. Since the start of the season, the team has done well and started the season with a winning start. He could smell the sweat on the players, and he could smell the aftermath of the battle in the air. The Liverpool players, who were in very different moods from the Everton players, walked past him and only patted the shoulders with a few who knew and had a good relationship, most of the Liverpool players didn't like him, he knew it well, especially their captain Jordan Henderson.

Henderson rubbed his chin up and brushed shoulders with the Spaniard. Nicholas seemed to hear Henderson curse something, but he didn't care, he didn't even look back, didn't this reaction of the opposing captain confirm that he was the winner?

After five rounds, the Toffees are firmly at the top of the list. Of course, Nicholas also knows that QPR has won Sunderland 1-0 before, Manchester United, Manchester City, and Arsenal have all won, but he never cares too much about the situation of his opponent.

The Spaniard's tall figure stood on Goodison's turf, and the English autumn sunset stretched his shadow long to the blue stands.

He turned his head and saw a father with a little boy still standing in the stands to applaud them, and did not leave in a hurry. The little boy wore an Everton scarf around his neck, also blue and white. At first glance, it looks similar to the scarf of another team that is also blue and white.

Nicholas looked down and smiled, remembering the soft figure in the Everton shirt.

He congratulated her on her first Champions League win a few days ago, saying on the phone: "Don't pretend you're experienced, you're a Champions League rookie like me. ”

If he didn't know her, he would have felt that everything she said was aggressive, but he knew it wasn't like that.

"Let's make a bet. We haven't bet in a long time. He said.

"Oh, bet on what?"

"I haven't figured it out yet...... HMM, it's not as good as this, this season, whoever has a better result in the Champions League can ask the other party to do one thing. ”

She hesitated on the phone, but said seriously, "But I didn't want you to do anything...... It's better to bet 10,000 pounds......"

"Ten thousand pounds, my God, have you recently gone bankrupt or what's wrong?" he asked with a smile, "and if that's the case, I can lend you money." ”

"Borrowing money from your ex-boyfriend? That's not a good idea. ”

He didn't like to hear the ex-boyfriend from her, as if he were just an ordinary man among her many men. He quickly turned back to the topic, "You may think that you don't have it now, but maybe there will be then." Besides, sweetheart, I don't think you're going to be the winner. Are you scared, afraid that I'll make you do what you don't want to do?"

"We'll wait and see. ”

"So you agreed?"

"Yes. ”

"It was great. I'll think about my needs. ”

"My advice is, don't overthink it so you don't get too disappointed. ”

"Oh, you can't take care of that. Trust me, I'm going to think a lot. ”

He hasn't figured it out yet. Anyway, they all knew the bottom line, he thought, she wasn't actually afraid of anything, she just didn't believe that she would definitely lose to him.

The Everton boss walked down the tunnel and stopped to sign his scarf as he passed the little boy in the blue and white scarf.

The little boy said in a characteristic Liverpool accent: "Mr. Flores, you are so cool, I want to play for you when I grow up." ”

Nicholas looked up and told the boy solemnly, "I look forward to that day." Then he returned the scarf and walked into the players' tunnel.

However, at that time, he was probably out of the city for a long time.

****

Lu Ling was in a good mood.

In the last week or so, she has won a Champions League, a league and a League Cup. Mitsy Batshuayi has scored in three consecutive games, which is also one of the big reasons for her good mood.

As for that bad boy Phil......

In the Carabao Cup third round against League Two side Southend, Lu Ling gave him the chance to start. After 60 minutes on the field, he shot eight shots and failed to score, and in the end, Lu Ling couldn't stand it and replaced him.

When Phil left the field, Lu Ling patted him on the shoulder, then covered his mouth and said sarcastically: "Haven't you played in League Two? I think you play better in the Champions League than in League Two." ”

Phil blushed and wanted to reply, this bitch dared to look down on me...... But he pondered 6,000 pounds, and finally held back all the words he wanted to say.

But what is even more ironic is that after he went off, QPR scored three goals in a row to finally seal a comfortable victory and advance to the fourth round. Phil's face was so ugly that the commentator couldn't help but joke when the camera swept over: "It looks like there are QPR players who are not very happy with the result of this game." ”

****

At the end of September, the sixth round of the Premier League began.

It was an ordinary afternoon, and Ron and his old buddies were so excited that they couldn't help themselves. Not because it's against a big club, it's not because it's going to be a great game – of course, they want it to be a goalscoring feast.

The reason is simple, this round, Queens Park Rangers' away game against West Brom will be the hundredth game under the management of the team's coach Kristen Lue.

QPR fans who came to the Hawthorn Stadium with the team brought countless banners to support and thank the young manager.

It's going to be another monumental game.

But when the game was over, the hawthorn stadium cheered.

The 29-year-old head coach of QPR, who ushered in the first 100 games of his coaching career, had disappointment written on his face.

What was supposed to be a landmark 100-game battle ended in a 1-0 defeat to West Brom away to QPR. Pulis' West Bromwich Albion, with a very poor and tenacious defensive style, blocked 23 shots from QPR. And, in the 80th minute, a goal was scored from a corner.

Dutch boy Genk has played too personally, and although he has scored two brilliant goals for the QPR before, he still stubbornly shot from distance today, and Leon has already expressed his displeasure with him on the pitch.

In the second half, QPR academy youngster Joey Freeman replaced Genk, but Joey's performance was not satisfactory, not only was he judged to fake a fall and received a yellow card, but also missed the fighter, wasting one of QPR's best counterattack opportunities.

Another reserve team, young defender Joey Tomori, dropped Nedham as the main centre-back today, but he was also a little unprepared. West Brom striker Salomon Midwinter was unable to defend well when Joey Tomori couldn't defend well despite Hans giving it his all, and that goal was the result of Joey Tomori's failure to keep a mark.

Despite the high scores in both cup competitions, the cruel fact is that in the team's foundation - the Premier League, after six rounds of QPR, there are 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. QPR currently sit seventh in the Premier League table, with West Ham ahead of them. They are eight points clear of all-win toppers Everton.

Moreover, QPR has scored only 6 goals in the first six rounds. Compared to some other mid-table teams, this is not a lot of goals. It looks like the team hasn't come out of the shadow of losing Patrick Amber, it seems to be falling.

The TV camera always follows Kristen Lu, and there are many mixed emotions in her dark eyes, which are difficult to guess but seem to be easy to predict what her mood will be.

And the slogan on the hand of a lean QPR fan who looks not too young seems to be a mockery of the twenty-nine-year-old manager.

The sign read: "(Our new Queen)"

Sky Sports guest Jamie Carragher said: "There have been a lot of big changes to the QPR this season, including the introduction of a number of new attackers. Kristen Lue seems keen to quickly turn QPR into a club of its own, but at the moment, it looks like the run-in is not so ideal. ”

At the post-match press conference, a reporter asked Lu Ling if he had seen the slogan that read "Our New Queen".

Lu Ling replied expressionlessly, "I didn't see it." I'd rather answer questions about this game, and if you don't have any questions about that, then we'll leave it at that. ”

A reporter gestured to the press officer, and the microphone was in his hands.

"Christine, I don't know if you remember, you once told my colleague Chloe Taylor at the pre-match press conference for your first game in charge to wait until you're coaching your hundredth game to ask you a question, she's not here today, but she asked me to ask that question......"

Lu Ling thought of that beautiful girl, she smiled slightly, she was a little surprised that she could really laugh at this time.

"Chloe, yes, I remember her. Excuse me. ”

"In fact, she prepared three questions, and the questions of the winner and the draw were all different......"

"She's serious. But I'm only going to answer one, after all, there is only one result in this game. The QPR boss continued with a smile. At this moment, all the reporters present were surprised to find that her mood seemed to have changed somewhat.

"The hundredth game of coaching was a loss, what do you really feel?"

Lu Ling thought for a few seconds, and she was ready to answer this question seriously.

"To be honest, I'm disappointed, at least a minute ago. But now, I'm more interested in getting out of here and going back to my office to think about this defeat and think about the next game. The first game I played in charge, against Crystal Palace, it was a draw, this one, the hundredth game, yes, it was a defeat, it didn't seem like a good thing, right? But so what? It was just one of the few games in a hundred games that I lost, and it was no different from any of the games I've lost before. Of course I hope we don't lose in 100 games, but that's impossible, no manager can do that. I'm not an extreme perfectionist, and I don't set myself an impossible goal or expect too much from something almost impossible. ”

****

That night, David King, a reporter for The Sun, who made a name for himself last season for an article, published another article that caused a lot of buzz.

alfailure!lu’!

A complete failure! Kristen Lu's reforms have no effect!

"Some of what Kristen Lue did this summer looks very problematic right now. She seems to be in too much of a hurry to label QPR as her personal. ”

"First, she overhauled the transfers, medical and youth departments, ousting the team's meritorious Les Ferdinand and bringing in her own descendants. But since the start of the season, QPR has suffered a series of serious player injuries, lost its number one target, and the new signings they have bought have been inconsistent (not to mention the inexplicable trade of Phil Warren), and the young players who have been promoted do not seem to be up to the task. ”

"The team looks like they're relying entirely on Hans Bachmeier's good performances to ensure results. The loss of Patrick Amber was a huge loss indeed, but the QPR didn't fully spend the huge transfer gains. They made £163 million from selling people, but how much did they spend money on buying people? £90 million. Is this what Lawrence, the American boss, wants to see?"

"It's great when the QPR fans at the Hawthorn Stadium sing the praises of their young manager, but a manager shouldn't be in the middle of this carol and really think of himself as the newly crowned queen. Otherwise, the QPR can only be a short-lived miracle like Leicester City in 2016. In fact, they never won the Premier League at all, and the queen was never really crowned. ”

The Sun reporter actually posted a topless photo of himself on Twitter a few months ago, after QPR locked up the top four spots, and the strange chest hair on his bulging beer belly was ridiculed by countless fans, but many fans said that his behavior of fulfilling his promise made him look like a real man.

Now he has made another bet at the end of the article:

"Despite the words spoken by Kristen Lue in her post-match press conference that gave a glimpse into the young manager's growth, I still don't think QPR will be in the top six this season and if I'm wrong, I'm more than happy to apologise to Kristen Luke with the slogan 'Our new queen'. ”

Naturally, David King won't forget to tease that tagline again. 166 Reading Network