As Yang Yang walked briskly onto the podium to receive the best striker trophy from Eusebio, there was a round of applause and cheers from the Grimalti Convention Center.

On the big screen on the podium, all the goals and assists of Yang Yang in the Champions League last season are being played.

This is the third consecutive season he has won the Champions League top scorer, which is not an easy achievement for him.

The football practitioners at the scene also gave a long warm applause to show their affirmation of Yang Yang's award.

It wasn't until the applause stopped that Yang Yang slowly walked to the microphone, grabbed the trophy with his right hand, and thanked everyone in the audience, winning warm applause again, and Gerald and Carragher cheered loudly.

'Thank you UEFA, thank you to all the Liverpool fans, thank you to all my team-mates, thank you to everyone who voted for me, very, very much thank you for your support and love for me.

When Yang Yang said this, thunderous applause resounded in the conference center.

'I've been at Liverpool for two seasons, I've won the Champions League and the Premier League with this great and unique team, with a great group of players, with so many passionate fans, and it's been two extraordinary seasons that have left an indelible mark on my life.

'I've scored a lot of goals but I'm still hungry and I'm very proud to be voted the best striker, but at the same time, I will see this trophy as an encouragement and a spur to give me more confidence to improve myself.'

"Here, I also want to tell my teammates and fans that we will move forward together and we will continue to work hard to win more honours and championships in the coming season!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Yang slowly took two steps back and bowed deeply, "Thank you!" ”

The applause at the scene was thunderous, and everyone was very satisfied with Yang Yang's speech and performance.

This is the second year in a row that he has won this award, but he still maintains this humble attitude.

Many people at the scene looked at Yang Yang on the stage, and they all had a very strange feeling in their hearts, everyone was different.

It has been six years since Yang Yang debuted at Ajax, and in the past six years, he has been associated with too many teams, some have looked down on him, some have not valued him, and some have unfortunately passed by him.

At this moment, the representatives of these clubs are sitting in the audience, looking at Yang Yang who is holding the best striker trophy on the stage, no one will know what is in their hearts, the only thing that is certain is that they are all envious of Liverpool.

Benitez has said that the 40 million euro introduction of Yang Yang is aimed at bringing in a striker for Liverpool who can provide a consistent 20 goals per season.

Since Yang Yang joined Liverpool, he has scored at least more than 40 goals, and last season he scored more than 50 goals, and Liverpool made a fortune in this transfer.

can win again, win the championship again, the value is still turning up, and there is a huge commercial value behind it, Yang Yang stood on the stage, as if his whole body was made of gold, dazzling.

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After Yang Yang won the best striker, Liverpool's draw in the fourth pot continued the previous bad luck and drew the strongest Atletico Madrid in the fourth pot, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of Liverpool in the Champions League group stage.

PSV Eindhoven, Marseille and Atletico Madrid, all three teams are not easy to play.

Although Liverpool have the overall strength to occupy the leading position in this group, if they really have to fight these three teams, the Reds will not have any certainty of victory, let alone easily qualify.

In contrast, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal have all had good luck.

Chelsea drew Roma, Bordeaux and Cluj, and although there are teams like Roma and Bordeaux, it is difficult to shake Chelsea overall, and the Blues should have no problem qualifying from the group, or even topping the group.

Manchester United drew Villarreal, Celtic and Aalborg, and it is Villarreal who may really shake Manchester United in this group, but there is still a significant gap between the overall strength of the Yellow Submarine and Manchester United.

As for Celtic and Aalborg, there is a huge disparity in quality between them and Manchester United.

Arsenal will be relatively tough, drawing Porto, Dynamo Kyiv and Fenerbahce, and qualifying is not much of a problem, mainly depending on whether the Gunners can win the group.

Judging from Wenger's operation in the past few years, Arsenal is a little ambitious, the league is mainly to keep the top four, and the Champions League is not aggressive enough, which can be seen from the Gunners' transfer operation.

All in all, among the top four teams in the Premier League, Liverpool have had the worst luck.

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After the results of the draw were released, Yang Yang, Gerald and others all smiled a little bitterly, but they were also fearless.

In an interview with the media after the game, Yang Yang said with a smile that the strength of the four teams is relatively close, so it is impossible to talk about which game will be particularly difficult.

'We need to play every game well to make sure we get out of the group.'

Following the draw, a number of bookmakers, including William Hill, offered odds, with Chelsea as the favourite to win the tournament, followed by Real Madrid, followed by Manchester United, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Liverpool and Arsenal.

As for why Real Madrid, which has been in the round of 16 for many years, will be ranked second, it can only be said that there are more fans who support Real Madrid, and Chelsea has strengthened this season, especially the addition of Deco, which has greatly improved the midfield.

The general reaction of the British media was also similar to Yang's conjecture, believing that Liverpool and Arsenal were in danger, and that the draws for Chelsea and Manchester United were lucky.

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On the afternoon of August 31, Villa Park Stadium, Birmingham.

In the third round of the Premier League, Liverpool challenged Aston Villa away.

Before the game, Liverpool suffered an injury raid, and captain Steven Gerrard had to miss the game due to a recurrence of an old groin injury, and was expected to miss for about two weeks.

With the national team game coming up, the break didn't have a particularly big impact on Liverpool.

But the good news is that Mascherano, who helped Argentina win the Olympic Games in Beijing, is back in the team, and Brazilian midfielder Lucas Rewa is back, and Liverpool's midfield is not short of people.

Benitez lined up in a four-three-three formation away from home, with little change at the back, still a combination of Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Arbeloa, a back three of Gareth Barry, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso in midfield, and a trident of Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt up front.

It is not difficult to see from the line-up that Benitez is playing very cautiously and carefully on the road.

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neal lined up in a four-four-two formation, and he was also careless.

Both sides started cautiously and it wasn't until the 10th minute that Aston Villa seized a chance to take their first shot on goal, but then they remained conservative.

It wasn't until the twenty-fifth minute later that Liverpool began to develop their momentum.

Villa Park has always been the most difficult game in the Premier League, with almost every Premier League team having suffered a defeat at one time or another, and Benitez's caution is understandable.

In the face of Liverpool, who have won two consecutive victories this season and are strong, Martin O'Neill also adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, especially for the defense of Yang Yang's side, and arranged two players such as Luke Young and Milner to focus on freezing Yang Yang.

Gerrard's absence has deprived Liverpool of an important point of attack and a point of action on the edge of the penalty area, and Aston Villa has responded to this by effectively cutting Liverpool's front trident.

As a result, Yang Yang barely got any good chances throughout the first half, and as soon as he got the ball, he was immediately targeted by Aston Villa's defenders.

The first half ended 0-0.

At halftime, Yang Yang also put forward his views to the head coach, hoping to expand his range of activities.

The combination of Gareth Barry, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso ensured that Liverpool's defense was solid, but there was little support for the attacking strength up front, whether it was Ashley Young or Abonlajo, they were very fast players, which was a great test for Liverpool's counter-attack.

Lacking support from central midfield, Yang Yang will need to expand his range of activities further and get rid of the marking from Aston Villa.

Benitez agreed to Yang's request and asked Crouch and Kuyt to cooperate with him.

After the rematch in the second half, Liverpool's players stood a bit like four-three-one-two, with Crouch and Kuyt at the front, and Yang Yang became a free man in the frontcourt, playing with him in the middle of the wing.

This completely activated Yang Yang.

He began to be more active on the pitch, and Liverpool got three corners in a row after the opening, all of which were created by Yang Yang, but unfortunately, Liverpool failed to take them.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Yang Yang suddenly ran from the left side to the middle, and after receiving Gareth Barry's pass, he turned around and got rid of Milner behind him, advanced quickly with the ball, and quickly sent it to Crouch's feet.

Crouch understood, blocked the Aston Villa central defender with his body, passed the ball diagonally behind Petrov, and passed it back to Yang Yang, and the two formed a beautiful two-by-one collision in the middle.

Yang Yang shook off the defender as quickly as possible, and after catching up with the ball, he stepped into the arc of the penalty area and shot angrily.

Friedel reacted quickly and flew to make a save, but Yang Yang's shot came quickly and urgently, and the angle was also very tricky, directly brushing the tips of Friedel's fingers and crashing into the right side of the goal.

1 to 0!

Yang Yang rushed out of the stadium excitedly, celebrating his goal!

In the end, Liverpool also relied on Yang Yang's goal to capture Villa Park, the Premier League devil's away stadium, and won three valuable points, and also won three consecutive wins at the beginning of the season!