Naturally, there are fans in China who are watching the final game of the Premier League, although CCTV 5 is also broadcasting, but it is not this game that is being broadcast.

Most of the people who are still watching the game at this point are football fans. And these football fans naturally care about the game of the team with Chinese players.

Today will be a historic day for Manchester City. Because after witnessing the rise and fall of Manchester City for 80 years and 1,700 games, Maine Road is finally retiring from the stage of history. Next season, Manchester City will move into the newly built Manchester Stadium.

But these are not the concerns of Chinese fans, when the commentator explained the lineups of the two sides, many fans found that Sun Jihai, who they were looking forward to, still did not appear in the starting lineup, and even did not enter the 16-man squad!

After learning the news, many fans turned off the TV directly, shook their heads helplessly and sighed, and got into the bed.

This is the seventh consecutive round of Sun Jihai who has not played!

Perhaps every CCTV title of "Sun Jihai or substitute/starter in the next game" means that they have long known that Sun Jihai will not show up at all.

On this night, the fans who finally stuck in front of the TV witnessed the Blue Moon lose to Southampton with a score of 0-1, perhaps they were still thinking before turning off the TV, if the Chinese player Sun Jihai played, the result must be much better than now!

Not only Sun Jihai, but Li Tie's situation at Everton is the same.

In the second half of the season, after being substituted in the away game against Arsenal, Li Tie was "dried" for almost a month before starting again against Chelsea. Unfortunately, he was substituted early again and did not even make the 16-man roster for several weeks.

Anyone can see that Chinese players need to work harder if they want to get a place in the Premier League!

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On the evening of May 11, 2003, at 22 o'clock Beijing time and 15 o'clock local time, the last round of 10 matches of the Premier League started at the same time.

Under Zhan Jun's excited gaze, Liverpool quickly took the initiative on the field!

Just one minute into the game, Barosh and Murphy cleverly combined to receive the ball on the left side of the penalty area and fired a low left-footed shot. Cudicini desperately stretched out his leg and blocked the ball off the right-hand post.

“... With midfielder German striker Hamann absent, Houllier opted for Barosh to start alongside Owen. Looking at Liverpool's performance today, it's clear that Houllier made the right decision! In order to make up for the Reds' previous 10 visits to Stamford Bridge, 7 defeats and 3 draws, Zhan Jun began to leave no stone unturned to correct Liverpool's name. Anyway, this is not mainland CCTV, and it is normal for the commentator to have some team tendencies.

Liverpool, who attacked after the opening kick-off, changed their usual style (before that, Liverpool often waited for others to attack, and then seized the opportunity to counterattack), creating chances and creating killing chances in front of them from time to time. It seemed that he wanted to use the opening onslaught to break down the psychological defence of the Blues in one fell swoop.

In the 11th minute, the visiting Liverpool fans were ecstatic.

Desailly fouled Dio at the back and Murphy whipped in a free-kick from the left and Finnish centre-back Hyypia opened the scoring with a header from eight yards out.

However, before the end of the song "You will never walk alone", Chelsea equalised just two minutes later.

The Blues blackmailed the ball for Gronshar, and the Dane's cross from the left side of the box was met by Desailly who grazed the inside of the left-hand post and into the net.

After a 1-1 draw, a drizzle began to fall over London. The local commentator looked up at the sky and couldn't help but worry: "It looks like a reckless heavy rain is coming!" ”

After each side scored a goal, there were a lot less scruples in my heart. Coupled with the fact that the advantages brought by set-pieces became more and more obvious, the players of both sides began to make frequent physical contact. It couldn't have been easier for referee Wiley to blow the whistle, point to a position and send a set-piece.

Cudicini and Dudek resisted, not daring to slack off in the gradually increasing rain.

Houllier couldn't sit still before Lajelli, and the Reds boss began to stand on the sidelines in the rain, commanding his players loudly.

In the final moments of the first half, Murphy made a through ball but the slippery pitch allowed Melchiott to cut the ball away from the feet of Owen, who was about to form a one-on-one, and Liverpool missed their best chance to extend the score.

In the second half, Houllier replaced Dior with Heskey to strengthen the attack, but Chelsea did not sit still.

Shortly after the opening kick-off, Gronshire passed to Hasselbaink and the Dutchman flanked Gudjohnsen, but the Icelandic striker also missed the chance in front of goal because of a slippery foot.

After that, whether it was Gerrard's long-range shot or Owen's constant forwarding, Liverpool were desperate to find the chance to strike the fatal blow.

A draw was not so safe for Chelsea either, and at the behest of Ranje, Chelsea often seized opportunities to counter-attack their opponents.

In the 62nd minute of the game, a dramatic scene occurred.

Czech winger Berg, who has only started one and made one substitute this season, came on in place of Diouf before Chelsea took advantage of a gap in the substitution to suddenly cut in and send a through ball before Hasselbaink almost made it 2-1 for Chelsea. However, the Dutchman's shot was held firmly in the arms of Dudek, who was once the best goalkeeper in the Eredivisie, and it seemed that Hasselba had played it just here.

Just as the Chelsea attacking players were turning back to defend, Dudek suddenly raced forward with the ball and ran to the line of the penalty area with a big kick.

Taking advantage of the wind and rain, the ball flew across the half court and forward.

Babayaro, who was dragged to the end, actually rose to the top when he cleared the ball, and the ball bounced on the back of his head, and he continued to fly backwards.

Before Babayaro could react, the wind-chasing teenager Michael Owen quickly cut in from one side and ran towards the Chelsea penalty area with his speed that is difficult for ordinary people to catch up.

Seeing the boy chasing the wind running with the ball, the cries of the Red Army fans in the stands were louder than the sound of rain. Even Zhan Jun stared at the broadcast screen after shouting "Owen single-handedly", holding his breath and waiting for Owen's next move.

Desailly is desperately chasing back, but Barosh is also close to him, and there is even a tendency to outperform him.

At this moment, Liverpool formed a situation of double ghost slamming the door!

"Attack, attack!" Rakeri shouted from the sidelines.

But due to the wind and rain, Cudicini did not hear the manager's voice. His eyes were fixed on Owen as he got closer and closer; In his peripheral vision, Barosh's figure was getting closer and closer.

For a moment, Chelsea's main goalkeeper hesitated. At this most critical moment, he actually made such a low-level mistake!

Just as he was reckless to attack, Owen's front foot had already stepped into the box.

"Bang!" "Smack!"

The sound of the glove slapping with the ball, and the slamming of players on the grass, sounded almost simultaneously.

"Wow!"

The fans in the stands stopped doing it and made a loud noise.

"Penalty! It's a penalty! Liverpool's penalty! Zhan Jun in front of the broadcast screen shook his fist vigorously, and his voice revealed irrepressible joy.

The other staff members in the station also shook their heads when they saw him like this. Huya Mei, who was still interning, also widened her eyes in surprise: "Ah, he really expected it!" ”