Chapter 363: Fifty-three goals in half a season! (3rd Update, Asking for a Commuter Pass)
“Gooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaal!”
"Muhammad. Salah! YES! Goal from the Egyptians! Liverpool's counter-attack was very beautiful, starting from the counter-attack at the back and advancing at full speed, it was a classic counter-attack score! ”
"Two to two! Liverpool equalised! Liverpool's counter-attack was so fast! Stoke City's defense is completely penetrated! ”
"Mane's push, Milner's through ball, Jiang's speed to the extreme, his assist! Salah's score! Liverpool showed the beauty of teamwork in this attack! ”
Jurgen Klopp and his assistants high-fived each other and clapped into the stadium to cheer on the goal.
This is also the Liverpool that Klopp wants to build, with Jiang Chenxi as the core of the attacking system, but, compared to last season, other attacking players are more integrated into the attacking system, and all attacking players can play their characteristics, which is why Liverpool's team has scored more goals this season.
Of course, there is another factor in this, that is, the Premier League teams are becoming more and more aware of Jiang Chenxi's characteristics, and their precautions against him are becoming more and more strict, and at this time, other players also need to stand up more.
This does not mean that Jiang Chenxi is not important, on the contrary, Jiang Chenxi's status and importance are more important, and he is the core of this offensive system.
This can be seen from Jiang Chenxi's statistics this season, there are already 26 goals in the league, and there are seven assists, and his assists have increased a lot compared to last season.
Now in this League Cup semi-final game, Jiang Chenxi has passed and shot, the goal in the first half reflects his ability to grab points in front of the goal, and this assist is even more satisfying to Klopp, especially the running at the expense of physical strength, and he did not give up when the football was about to go out of the bottom line, considering Jiang Chenxi's status in football, he can still pay desperately, such an attitude of the game is not appreciated by the head coach!
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In the first half, the two sides had 49 per cent possession and Stoke City 51 per cent.
Liverpool had five shots on goal and Stoke City had nine shots on goal.
This can also be seen from the advantage of the home team Stoke City in the first half.
However, less than ten minutes into the second half, Liverpool already had three shots on goal, and this time the shot was a direct equalizer, and in terms of percentage of possession, Liverpool had 53% possession, which has overtaken Stoke City.
Obviously, after the start of the second half, Liverpool had already started to control the game!
In addition, the psychological impact of this goal on Stoke City's players is also huge.
Today, more than half of the players on the field of Stoke City have experienced the last round of last season, and they are too impressed by Jiang Chenxi's five goals in the second half of the game, which is like a god descending from heaven and destroying them.
After the game, some Chinese media described it as a kind of fear of 'being dominated by the fear of the big devil'.
After the equaliser, Stoke City had to press out and draw 2-2 at home in the two legs, which was a worse result, they will be at Anfield in the next leg, and if they want to win at Anfield, Stoke City's hopes are extremely slim, so the most realistic way for them to reach the Carabao Cup final is to win at home, and then try to draw away to Liverpool when they visit Anfield in the second leg.
Stoke City pressed hard, and that played into Liverpool's hands.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for Stoke City to press on the ground, in the 27th minute of the second half, Liverpool took advantage of the opportunity of a quick counterattack to score another goal, and Jiang Chenxi scored his second goal of the game.
Three to two!
Liverpool overtook the score!
The goal also made the Stoke City man completely impatient.
They were obviously chaotic in the ensuing game, unable to attack, and trembling at the defensive end.
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In the end, with Jiang Chenxi's two shots and one pass in the game, Liverpool defeated old rival Stoke City 3-2 in the first leg of the semi-finals of the League Cup in the 2015/2016 season, and took the lead in the two-legged knockout round.
After the game, the English media were full of praise for Liverpool's winning hero Jiang Chenxi.
The Guardian took stock of Jiang Chenxi's performance data since the start of the new season, scoring 26 goals and seven assists in the league, seven goals and three assists in the Champions League, and seven goals and three assists in the League Cup.
Halfway through the season, Jiang Chenxi has scored a total of 40 goals for Liverpool in all seasons, and contributed 13 assists, creating 53 goals for Liverpool, such a statistical performance shocked the football world.
"This will be another season for Jiang!" - The Times
In addition, the media also praised Mane and Salah, who had an assist in this game, and scored a goal, the Senegalese boy and the Egyptian star were separated from Jiang Chenxi's two wings, putting huge pressure on the Stoke City defense, and the English media has begun to discuss the power of Mane-Jiang Chenxi-Salah's new trident.
In the first leg of the other Carabao Cup semi-final, Everton won the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final with Jose. Goals from Murray and Belgium's 'Little Monster' Romelu Lukaku, who defeated Manchester City 2-1 at home, caused a big upset and surprised the media and fans.
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Jiang Chenxi was praised by the media.
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah also received applause, and after Lovren was substituted, Joe was replaced at centre-back. Gomes was also praised, and James Milner, who made a temporary cameo at left-back, was also considered to have performed well.
And one man 'helped' Croatian defender Dejan who scored two goals in the fifteenth minute of the first half of the game. Lovren was criticized by the media after the game.
Especially in the second half, Lovren did not return to the bench, which made the media speculate, and there were also speculations and reports that Lovren and Klopp had a fierce quarrel and even a clash at halftime.
The Liverpool club immediately issued a harshly worded criticism, saying that those reports were false rumors, and solemnly stated that Liverpool will always stand with Lovren, and the club is his most solid support!
The media selectively ignored Liverpool's statement, and they naturally wished that Liverpool would cause an infighting scandal.
Only, what does the last sentence of this statement mean?
The media is puzzled and speculative.
Soon, though, the media and fans knew what was going on.
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