Before the game against Arsenal, the away game against Besiktas was really very expensive for Liverpool.

From Liverpool to Istanbul, Turkey, the flight distance is 3,000 kilometers and more than four hours.

The round trip of 6,000 kilometers takes nine hours on the plane, departure and landing, plus away games......

As a result, Liverpool hardly arranged any decent training for Wednesday's Champions League away game, and even the team was familiar with Besiktas and Arsenal on the plane.

Yang Yang's situation is obviously better than others, but in recent times, the whole team has taken turns to rest, and only he has played every game.

But it can't be helped, the whole team is in a slump right now.

At the back, Hyypia made a series of mistakes, but at the moment Liverpool have only two central defenders, him and Carragher.

Hyypia apologised to everyone on the return flight after the away game against Besiktas, and he really did his best because he did have some irregularities lately, maybe it was too much pressure or maybe his body was not keeping up with his consciousness.

In short, he is old.

No one can blame a 34-year-old veteran who has worked hard at the club for nearly a decade and dedicated the best years of his career to the club, not to mention that everyone knows that the team's poor performance is not just a problem for Hyypia.

After returning to Liverpool, the team was not able to rest well, and there was a lot of pressure from the outside.

Because the weekend ushered in Arsenal again.

Liverpool are currently top of the table, followed by Arsenal, with both teams having started the season quite well and are unbeaten so far, with Arsenal winning eight and drawing two, while Liverpool have nine wins and one draw.

But as long as this game is lost, the top of the table belongs to Arsenal.

This is something that no one wants to see.

A draw at home, that's Liverpool's bottom line.

But it's clear that Arsenal have seen through Liverpool's slump in form and they are not content with a draw away from home, they want to win.

Yang Yang does not complain about Liverpool or Benitez's use of him, which he was mentally prepared for when he joined the Premier League, a league where anyone has to learn to overcome and adapt to a difficult schedule.

Not only because of the Christmas schedule of this league, not only because they have an extra cup competition, but also because of the football environment here.

They admire a tough guy like Gerrard!

What's more, in today's professional league, two matches a week can only be regarded as the norm.

This is the minimum requirement for professional players today.

Therefore, when Arsenal attacked aggressively and wanted to eat Liverpool in the final stage, the team was absolutely passive, and when the Anfield stadium resounded with the song "You will never walk alone", Yang Yang was too tired to do anything, but what he thought about most was not rest, but how to score.

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"Liverpool's current situation is really not ideal, and the players' form is generally sluggish."

"The reasons for this are also more complicated, there are injuries and fixtures, and Liverpool started the game too early, but the depth of the team's bench is obviously insufficient, especially in the midfield playmaker."

"After Xavi Alonso's injury, the team has not been able to find a suitable substitute, and the last few games have basically relied on Yang Yang to find opportunities in the front court and create goals."

"But Yang Yang does look tired tonight."

"After a long journey, thousands of kilometers round trip, it was so difficult to play away, and when I returned to the home stadium and ushered in Arsenal, even if Yang Yang is an iron man, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on."

"In this case, no one is in a position to ask him to do more, because he has done enough."

Andy Gray was obviously also worried about Yang Yang's situation and took the initiative to defend him.

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Benitez also looked worried.

He still has a substitution in his hand, and he is hesitating.

Arsenal attacked too fiercely, if Yang Yang was replaced at this time, Arsenal would no longer have any scruples and press hard, Liverpool would be very dangerous, and even the possibility of conceding another goal would be very high.

But Yang Yang was indeed too tired.

In the same city derby, he played the whole game against Everton, with one pass and one shot to help the team reverse Everton; He played the full game again in midweek away at Besiktas, scoring twice to help them to a draw away at Turkey.

Even if he has always been calm and rational like Benitez, he has to be full of respect and apology for Yang Yang.

He has played the most minutes of Liverpool so far this season, more than captain Steven Gerrard.

Of course, this is mainly due to Gerrard's toe injury.

"Replace him!" Benitez sighed.

Jesterdam nodded, he didn't have to ask to know who he was going to replace.

But just as the chief assistant coach turned around and walked to the bench and signaled Benayoun to warm up immediately and prepare to play, Benitez saw Yang Yang on the court waving at him.

Yang Yang noticed the movement of the home team's coach's bench, because he was on this side.

I didn't make a sound, I just used a gesture to tell the manager that I was okay and didn't need to change.

In an instant, the entire Anfield stadium erupted in thunderous cheers, and more and more Liverpool fans chanted Yang Yang's name, as if he had scored.

"What's going on?" Jesterdam was taken aback.

Benitez shook his head, "He still wants to hold on." ”

Liverpool's chief assistant coach was a little stunned.

Now everyone can see that Yang Yang is indeed too tired, and his physical strength is almost exhausted.

But by this time, he hadn't given up yet!

Benitez's eyes reddened slightly, and he gritted his teeth, "Don't change it." ”

In a word, the Spanish manager changed his mind.

After all these years in charge, there are only a handful of players who can make him change his mind.

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"Liverpool fans are chanting Yang Yang's name."

"Head coach Benitez just wanted to make a substitution, Benayoun was already about to get up and go out to warm up, but Yang Yang didn't seem to plan to get off the field, he should think he could hold on any longer."

"At this time in the game, time is running out, but Yang Yang is still full of tenacious fighting spirit."

"The Liverpool fans are obviously feeling this too, and they are shouting for Yang Yang."

"Arsenal can't be careless, even if the physical consumption is about the same, Yang Yang is still the most threatening player on the field, because no one will know when he will suddenly give the fatal blow."

'That's what Everton manager David Moyes said after the game and hopefully Arsene Wenger will take it seriously.'

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Arsene Wenger does take it seriously.

As long as Yang Yang is on the court, he doesn't dare to let the defense line press too much, because he is worried about his back.

Arsenal's defense is not solid, Yang Yang is like a dagger against their throat, as long as they take a step forward, they can be cut at any time.

This game was able to freeze Yang Yang, and Arsenal also paid a huge price.

At the very least, the entire right side and Flamini are around Yang Yang.

But even so, Yang Yang still did not give up at this moment, in the face of such a player, Wenger did not dare to be careless no matter what, so he walked to the sidelines and signaled the players to be cautious and not blindly press.

He wants to win, but first he has to hold the draw.

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The time is ticking by.

Arsenal's front court created some danger from time to time, which made the Liverpool fans in the stadium exclaim.

The Reds have also been tenacious, with Rafael Benitez clinging to the last substitution and clearly fearing change.

And Yang Yang is patiently looking for opportunities in front.

Xavi Alonso, who had been average throughout the game, finally spotted a chance and delivered a good pass.

Crouch chested the ball off but had no chance and had to pass it back to Gerrard.

After the Liverpool captain got the ball, he took it to the left side and gave the ball to Yang Yang.

After Yang Yang won the ball, he tried to take a few steps, and Sagna and Flamini both kept a close eye on him, but Yang Yang quickly passed back to the left and handed it to Aurelio who was inserted on the side.

The Brazilian left wing-back raced forward with the ball on the left flank and quickly found himself on the left side of Arsenal's penalty area.

The Gunners were also very quick to defend, and Sagna followed Aurelio all the way, not giving him the slightest chance at all.

Aurelio stopped on the left side of the box and suddenly made a kick.

If he goes to the bottom again, he can only hurriedly kick out, or directly bring out the bottom line.

Just as the Brazilian left wing-back was hesitating how to pass the ball, he suddenly heard a familiar, unmistakable voice behind him.

"Give me the ball!"

Aurelio was all too familiar with the sound because it came from Yang Yang.

But Yang Yang rarely spoke to him in such a commanding tone.

Without thinking, the Brazilian passed the ball straight away.

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After Yang Yang received the ball in the periphery of the left corner of the penalty area, he immediately leaned towards the middle belt, and the whole person started at the fastest speed.

For the past two or three years, he's been training and running with a punching bag, which has the advantage of being able to keep his legs and movements under control even when his fitness is close to exhaustion, so that they don't get out of shape and make mistakes.

Just like this time, Yang Yang suddenly dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area from the left corner of the penalty area, Sagna and Flamini were surprised, seeing that Yang Yang was dribbling with his right foot, Flamini wanted to take the lead and poke it when he entered the penalty area.

But Yang Yang took every step of the stride, step distance and step point just right, and the strength of each kick out was also very well controlled, which caused Flamini to react, when he wanted to grab the ball, Yang Yang had already taken the first step and stabbed it gently.

Flamini snatched the air, but Yang Yang caught up with the ball and passed between the French midfielder and Sagna.

Kolo Toure reacted quickly and grabbed it at the first time, but Yang Yang caught up with the ball with his left foot, and it was another trip, and the whole person quickly cut into the middle of Kolo Toure and the ball, and the Ivorian defender either fouled at this time, or let Yang Yang take the ball over.

Gallas was near the penalty spot, Gilberto Silva was at the front of the penalty area, and the two saw Yang Yang dribbling into the penalty area, and in the extremely narrow gap between Arsenal's three defenders, they were shocked and pounced on him.

Yang Yang knew that Gallas was a left-footed general, and as soon as he got closer, his right shoulder sank, and he was about to continue to cut inward, which scared the French central defender to block it directly.

In the big penalty area, even if it is just a little gap for Yang Yang, he can score.

Gilberto Silva also reacted very quickly, directly with a sliding tackle, towards Yang Yang's feet.

He knew that at the front of the small penalty area, Yang Yang must not be given any chance to get up.

Absolutely not!