European Reversal King!

Liverpool's 2-1 reversal of Arsenal won unanimous praise from the media across Europe.

With manager Rafael Benitez out for surgery and unable to command on the spot, midfield pillar Mascherano out with a cold, and a strong conversation away from Arsenal, Liverpool has fought their way out of the midst of all sorts of unfavorable factors.

So far this season, Liverpool have played a number of comebacks and can be called the veritable king of reversals in Europe.

After the game, Sky Sports commented for the first time, believing that Yang Yang's brace helped Liverpool reverse Arsenal.

"In the absence of the manager and the instability of the backline, Yang Yang stepped forward at a critical moment and led Liverpool to a 2-1 reversal of Arsenal away with a wonderful brace."

"It's not just three points, but more importantly, this is the first time Yang Yang has scored a brace in the Christmas schedule since he joined the Premier League three years ago, and judging from the performance in this game, his form is very brave."

Sky Sports believes that this brace against Arsenal helped Yang Yang overcome another difficulty in his career.

"In the past two years, the Christmas and winter break schedule has been a nightmare for Yang Yang, and his performance has slipped every year and winter, and even fell into a goal drought for a long time, but this time, he looks fully prepared."

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray also said that Yang Yang looks to have stepped out of the shadow of the Christmas devil's schedule.

"In this game, his brace not only helped Liverpool get the precious three points, but also showed his true superstar strength, breaking this barrier will be a huge boost to his overall confidence and strength."

As a former professional star, Andy Gray obviously has a very good grasp of Yang Yang's psychology.

Yang Yang also said in an interview with Sky TV after the game that although he was happy with the two goals, the most important thing was to gain confidence and confidence, and this game made him more confident that he could break the three-year resistance to the Christmas devil's schedule.

"I think I'm ready!"

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Yang Yang has received overwhelming praise, but Liverpool's performance has been equally surprising.

The Times wrote a commentary that Liverpool will be the top favourites to win the Premier League this season after beating Arsenal.

'As we all know, the Premier League mini-cycle is hailed as a big sign of winning the title, and the reason why Chelsea have not been favored by the outside world this season is that the Blues' results in the mini-round round robin are a mess.

"But so far this season, Liverpool have won all of their matches against the other three in the semi-final round-robin, and they have performed very well, with 16 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 18 games so far."

According to The Times, Liverpool's results in the small cycle have been unsatisfactory in the past seasons, and even in the first few years of Benitez's tenure, Liverpool's performance in the strong dialogue was not good enough.

But since Yang Yang joined, he has brought consistent goals to the team, greatly boosted Liverpool's attack, and completely changed the situation, and Liverpool have been excellent in the last three seasons of small round robin performances.

"After the small cycle results, Liverpool's results in the league are also quite impressive, a league runner-up, a league title, and this season the favorite to win the league title."

The Times believes that Liverpool's outstanding performance so far is inseparable from Yang Yang's outbreak, and looking at the entire European football world, Liverpool's results are second to none.

"The only one who can compete with Liverpool is Barcelona in La Liga."

"Pep Guardiola's side have won all four of their last four games against their rivals, alongside Liverpool, who are also on a thriving run in La Liga."

"Although Serie A is known as a lone show for Inter Milan, although the Nerazzurri steal a lot of points, they do not have the upper hand in the direct competition with their competitors, and even lost to AC Milan."

The Times concluded that the only teams with the best in European football today are Barcelona and Liverpool, and these two teams will be the biggest attractions in this season's Champions League.

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After Liverpool's Arsenal game, the draw for the Champions League last-16 knockout round was also held at UEFA headquarters.

Liverpool finished top of the group, with seven potential opponents in the draw being the second-placed team in the group other than Atletico Madrid, but with Arsenal and Chelsea both finishing second in the group, there are technically only five potential opponents.

Chelsea lost to Roma in the same group and Arsenal lost to Porto.

Of the remaining five teams, Inter Milan lost to Panathinaikos and finished second in the group, along with Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League, Villarreal in La Liga, Lyon in Ligue 1, and Real Madrid in La Liga.

Liverpool's mentality towards the draw is still relatively relaxed, because no matter who these teams meet, the Reds have enough certainty and chance of winning.

In the end, Liverpool drew Real Madrid.

As soon as the results of the draw were announced, the whole of Madrid fell into a wail.

Everyone has no doubts about Liverpool's strength, and now that Real Madrid has drawn Liverpool, the chances of progressing from the round of 16 are slim, and if they stop at the round of 16 again, Real Madrid will lose face.

This is the first time that the Galaxy Battleship has stopped in the round of 16 of the Champions League for many consecutive years, and it is nicknamed the Champions League Sixteen.

Manchester United drew Inter Milan, Arsenal drew Roma and Chelsea drew Juventus.

The opponents encountered in the top four of the Premier League are not weak, and if you want to advance, you have to show your real skills.

However, with the current strength of the Premier League, as long as you play steadily, it is not difficult to advance.

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On the afternoon of December 26, Anfield Stadium, Liverpool.

On the first day after Christmas, the Premier League ushered in the 19th round of the main game, with Liverpool hosting Bolton.

According to Premier League statistics, Liverpool and Bolton have met only once on Boxing Day, and that was in 1906 when Bolton won 2-0 at Anfield.

Time has passed, and after a hundred years of separation, the two teams met again on Boxing Day, and it was still at Anfield, which made Liverpool fans very excited.

Rafael Benitez is still resting at home for this game, Mascherano is still out for a cold, Yesterdam is in charge of the game, and at the same time, the team has made adjustments for the 20th round of the Premier League the day after tomorrow.

In Liverpool's eyes, the away game against Newcastle is the key game.

After the start of the game, Liverpool played very actively, whether it was the left side composed of Yang Yang and Gareth Bale, or the right side composed of Benayoun and Glenn Johnson, they all performed very well, frequently creating crises, and Liverpool also got corner kick opportunities one after another.

In the 26th minute, Gerrard took a corner kick from the right and Kuyt stabbed it in front of the penalty to open the scoring for Liverpool.

Liverpool then continued to be firmly in control of the situation on the pitch.

After the rematch in the second half, Gerrard sent a through ball in the counterattack, Yang Yang rushed into the penalty area with the ball on the left rib, and hit a left-footed volley from ten meters to make another goal for Liverpool.

This is also Yang Yang's two consecutive league goals!

The whole Anfield stadium was cheering wildly for him.

In the past two years, everyone feels that Yang Yang has never been able to perform during the Christmas and winter breaks, and even after winning the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year, there are still many people who question him.

This made Liverpool fans feel very depressed.

Who wants their favorite star to be left with such a clear shortness and weakness?

Well, now that Yang Yang has entered December this season, his state has not declined, but has been rising.

You know, so far this year he has won the Premier League monthly award for September, October and November, and with his current performance and form, it is not entirely impossible to win another December.

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In the cheers of more than 40,000 Liverpool fans, Yang Yang is also constantly boosting the morale of the team, and Liverpool is becoming more and more courageous.

Then, Yang Yang crossed from the left, and Kuyt headed the goal, but failed to hit the right part.

Just five minutes after the last goal, Bolton made a long pass into the Liverpool penalty area, but goalkeeper Reyna stepped in to get the ball out of the air before anyone else.

After the Spanish goalkeeper got the ball, he quickly stepped forward and threw the ball to Xavi Alonso with one hand, and launched a quick counter-attack.

Xavi Alonso got the ball and rushed forward to dribble across the halfway line and split it down the left.

Gareth Bale sprinted as fast as he could along the left touchline, and the Welsh winger felt as if he were flying, so fast that no one could catch up with him.

After chasing the ball, Gareth Bale stepped forward and sent a low ball to the edge of the penalty area.

Yang Yang has been lying in ambush near Bolton's defender, quickly stepped forward, grabbed before everyone, pushed with his right foot, and once again sent the ball into Bolton's goal!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！”

"Five minutes! Liverpool scored two goals in just five minutes! ”

"Yang Yang scored a brace again! This is already his second brace in a row! ”

"This Christmas, this winter break, Yang Yang ushered in a state explosion."

'Gareth Bale was brilliant on this occasion and he was so fast on the left flank.

"And this attack from Liverpool, from Reina's hand-tossed ball to Xavi Alonso to Gareth Bale, and finally to Yang Yang's hammer, the whole process only experienced four passes."

After Yang Yang scored, he couldn't care about anything else, and rushed directly to Gareth Bale, hugged the Welshman hard, and thanked him for giving him such a wonderful assist.

The rest of Liverpool's players also swarmed to celebrate their goal.

3-0, Liverpool wins!