Chapter 088
'Players from both sides have come out and the atmosphere at Anfield is lively. Zhan Jun's voice sounded, "Before the game starts, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides in this game. β
'For Liverpool, the goalkeeper is Mignolet.' Zhan Jun said, "When it comes to the goalkeeper position, Klopp is not satisfied with the team's No. 1 goalkeeper Mignolet, and Jones on the bench does not reassure Klopp. Karius, the 21-year-old German goalkeeper, has been in Mainz's main goalkeeper since last season and has performed well. β
"At the back, the centre-back combination is still Lovren and the veteran Skrtel, and the left-back is Alberto. Moreno, right-back is Glenn. Johnson. β
"In midfield, the midfield three are captain Jordan Henderson, Lucas and Philippe Coutinho, and up front are Raheem Sterling, Jiang Chenxi and Salah's trident."
'Liverpool's squad is the strongest they can put out at the moment, and with captain Steven Gerrard injured, Lucas has the trust of Jurgen Klopp.
"On the Chelsea side, the goalkeeper is Thibaut Courtois, and after returning from Atletico Madrid's loan, the Belgian goalkeeper's performance is relatively solid."
'The centre-back combination is Gary Cahill and veteran John Terry, Azpilicueta at left-back and Branislav Ivanovic at right-back.
'In midfield, Cesc Fabregas, Nemanja Matic, Ramirez, Oscar and Eden Hazard.
"Up front is a single striker Diego. Costa! β
"Speaking of Diego. Costa, in an interview before the game, Costa said that he had two goals in this game, one is to win for Chelsea, and the other is that he scored more goals than Jiang Chenxi. Zhan Jun said with a smile, "It looks like Diego. Costa has been haunted by last season's Champions League final loss to Jiang Chenxi. β
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At this time, on the field, players from both sides were in the pre-game handshake ceremony.
Liverpool were the home team and they stood in line waiting for the away Chelsea players to come and shake hands.
When Jiang Chenxi and Diego. As Costa shook hands, he heard the Spaniard say in English, "Today I'm the winner!" β
Jiang Chenxi glanced at the Spaniard, nodded with a formulaic smile, and didn't speak, he didn't bother to pay attention to this guy. In his opinion, he and Diego. Costa's handshake etiquette is over and there will be no more crossings between him and walking in Diego. Eden Hazard behind Costa shakes hands.
"Hey! I said I'm going to beat you! Jiang Chenxi's attitude angered Diego. Costa, the latter shouted.
At this time, already stretched out his hand and waited with Diego. Coutinho, who was shaking Costa's hand, coughed awkwardly when he saw that the other party was ignoring him.
Then, angry Diego. Costa snorted and shook hands with Coutinho, I don't know if it was because he was in a bad mood, he shook hands harder, and Coutinho's face changed.
Did this guy do it on purpose?
Is this going to find fault?
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Feeling that he was being ignored by Jiang Chenxi, Diego. Costa was on fire.
Standing in the middle circle, his gaze kept staring at Jiang Chenxi, if his gaze could turn into flames, Diego. Costa's angry gaze was enough to burn Jiang Chenxi to ashes.
Liverpool were given the right to pick the edge and Chelsea kicked off first.
With the referee Michael. Oliver's whistle blew and Chelsea kicked off in the centre circle and took advantage of the first kick-off to attack Liverpool.
Diego. Costa knocked the ball to Eden Hazard and he turned and ran forward.
Eden Hazard knocked the ball back to Oscar and he took two steps forward, but he didn't go too far, he was at the heart of Chelsea's attack and the team needed him to control the tempo.
Hazard passed the ball back to Oscar, who was about to continue the pass when suddenly slashed to Ramirez, who took some distance and passed the ball to Hazard.
Hazard pulled the ball around, pulled the ball horizontally, plucked the ball at his feet, got rid of Lucas's tackle in a dashing manner, and then suddenly picked up, and after attracting Henderson's grab, he poked the ball with his toe beautifully and passed the ball out.
Diego. Costa ran to catch the ball.
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Diego. Costa was fighting for the position with Lovren, both of them had movements in their hands, pulling and pulling, Costa successfully completed the card position, he squeezed Lovren away alive, and then knocked the football with his left foot, followed by Glenn when he was about to shoot with his right foot. Johnson came over to defend and Johnson physically bumped into Diego. All of a sudden, Costa thought that the latter would be knocked away by him, but he didn't expect Costa's body to be very strong, but his body shook a little, and there was nothing wrong with it.
And that's not all, Diego. Costa made to be with Glenn. Johnson grabbed the position, raised his arms, touched Johnson's face seemingly unintentionally, and retracted it very quickly.
Johnson only felt a sore nose, and it was so uncomfortable that the bastard actually poked his nostrils with his fingers.
Glenn Johnson fell to the ground with his face covered.
Diego. Costa pretended that nothing had happened, took the opportunity to smash the ball at his feet, and then took a step forward to shoot at the football.
The shot didn't hit the ball with power and the ball was picked up by Mignolet.
Mignolet was holding the football, originally planning to throw the ball with his hand to attack, and then saw Johnson lying on the ground, he first pointed his finger at Johnson, shouted at the referee, and then drove the football out of the sideline with a big foot.
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Referee Oliver ran to Glenn. Johnson, ask what is the situation with the Liverpool full-back.
Johnson covered his nose and got up and pointed to Diego not far away. Costa complained, "He poked my finger in my nose. β
Oliver's expression was obviously stunned: Are you serious?
Glenn. Johnson tried his best to explain and complain to the referee, who he hoped would be yellow carded to warn Diego. Costa, however, Oliver didn't see what had just happened because of the angle, and he rejected Glenn. Johnson.
At this time, Diego. Costa walked over and shouted at the referee, "He's fake!" I didn't touch him! β
The referee's expression was serious, and he hooked his finger to let Diego. Costa came over and asked him to stand with Johnson, and he was going to verbally warn the two players, the game has just begun, you all give me the truth.
Johnson was very annoyed when he heard Costa say that he faked a fall, and he yelled at Diego. Costa shouted, "You yourself know what you've done!" β
βHATοΌβ Diego. Costa looked innocent, then said in Spanish, "I don't speak English well, I don't understand, I didn't do anything, don't wronged me." "As you speak, Diego. Costa walked over with an angry and innocent expression on his face, as if he had been wronged.
See Diego. Costa looked innocent, Glenn. Johnson was so angry that he walked up and pushed Diego. Costa handful.
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Now it's okay, Diego. Costa immediately screamed, fell to the ground, sat on the ground, with a look of anger and grievance, and spread his hands at the referee, meaning you look at it!
Referee Oliver was furious and showed Johnson a yellow card.
Johnson's face turned red and his lungs were about to explode, but fortunately, captain Henderson came over, pulled Johnson away, and then protested about Johnson's yellow card.
Oliver crossed his fingers with a serious expression: Shut up! I have my reasons for playing my cards!
Just after the whistle blew for the start of the game, Chelsea's first attack ended without threatening Liverpool's goal, but it caused Liverpool's right wing-back Glenn to start the game. Johnson takes cards.
Diego. Costa made a meritorious service.
At this point, a slow-motion replay on live TV tells the fans in front of the TV what just happened.
"Poof! This is Johnson being stabbed by Costa, and then Costa is fine, and Johnson is still taking cards. Many neutral fans in front of the TV couldn't help but laugh and almost burst out laughing.