At half-time, the media was also talking about the first half.

Some media saw the match between Liverpool and Manchester City as a watershed moment in whether the two teams could achieve their strategic goals for the season.

If Liverpool can win Manchester United, they will continue to lead the standings, and in the remaining eight rounds of the league, except for Arsenal in the next round, until the penultimate round of Stamford Bridge, Liverpool has no strong opponents, and even in the words of the media, win this double red meeting, as long as the next game is retreated at the Emirates Stadium, Liverpool's road to winning the championship will be smooth, and the most optimistic estimate is that before the 36th round of the league and Chelsea's direct confrontation, it may even lock the league title.

Conversely, if Liverpool lose to Manchester United in this game, it will give Chelsea hope of chasing points.

The Reds' lead will no longer be secure.

For Manchester United, the situation is not good, after this double red meeting with Liverpool, in the 32nd round of the league, they will welcome the Manchester derby, and then face Chelsea away, this is a very difficult devil's schedule, so the outside world is not too optimistic about whether Manchester United can reach the top four. The most pessimistic view is that if this game is lost to Liverpool and Arsenal win this round, it will be very difficult for Manchester United, who are four points ahead of Arsenal, to catch up with Arsenal again.

The score of 1-1 in the first half also made the media and fans on both sides full of expectations and reverie for the second half of the game.

In addition, Real Madrid's PR minister, Butragueno, appeared in the stands at Anfield, which also caused discussion in the press gate.

They have even figured out the title after the game: Liverpool and Jiang's contract renewal are deadlocked, and Real Madrid take advantage of the situation.

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Liverpool made a substitution before the start of the second half, with Skrtel, who had been injured late in the first half, replaced by young centre-back Nicolas Sarko.

In addition, the team's veteran captain Steven Gerrard replaced Joe Allen, and the captain's armband was also worn on Gerrard's arm from the arm of Skrtel, who was replaced.

Referee Atkinson blew the whistle for the start of the second half.

Fans and media were looking forward to the second half of the game, however, no one expected that the second half would start with an unexpected incident.

It happened just 38 seconds into the second half, and Gerrard, who replaced Joe Allen, didn't seem to be fully in the game.

United defenders Ander Herrera and Steven Gerrard got tangled up in the scramble, but then Gerrard had a clear stampede that left Herrera's ankle exposed directly at the Reds captain's feet.

This caused a clash between players from both sides.

The referee Atkinson was near the scene of the incident, he ignored Gerrard's argument and directly showed a red card to send Gerrard off the field!

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"Red card! Red! Gerrard trampled Herrera and Atkinson sent the Liverpool captain straight away! ”

"There was an accident at the beginning of the second half! Gerrard was sent off as soon as he came off the bench, let's look at the time, thirty-eight seconds! Just 38 seconds into the game, Gerrard was sent off! ”

'It's bound to bring back bad memories for Liverpool fans, who lost the league title last season when Steven Gerrard's slip ended up causing Liverpool to lose the league title, this time ......'

Jurgen Klopp held his head in his hands on the sidelines, seemingly unable to believe the scene.

On the field, Liverpool's players were still pleading for the captain around referee Atkinson, but Atkinson was unmoved, with a serious expression, signaling Gerrard to leave the field quickly.

This sudden incident also caused an uproar in the commentary seat.

The commentators quoted scriptures to comment on the 'significance' behind Gerrard's 38-second red card.

Gerrard had previously played two minutes for Liverpool, but that was his career debut against Blackburn Rovers on 29 November 1998. The Red Army's soul left the field after 38 seconds, which also set a record for the shortest time a Premier League player has been sent off as a substitute since the 06-07 season. The previous embarrassing record was held by David Kitson, who made a miracle 48-second exit on his debut for Reading in the 06/07 season, when he coincidentally received a red card for a flying tackle on Manchester United's Patrice Evra. ”

'The red card was Gerrard's second time in his career against Manchester United, the last time coming in 2011 when it was Michael Carrick. During the first half of the game, although Gerrard did not play, the United fans kept singing and sarcastically mocking Gerrard for not winning the Premier League, and the Reds captain was obviously affected to some extent. With such a shocking 38 seconds to end the last double red meeting, Gerrard was once again in the spotlight. ”

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The old captain of Liverpool looked depressed and walked to the sidelines with a lonely expression.

After taking two steps, Gerrard came to his senses and removed the captain's armband from his arm.

Then he called Jiang Chenxi's name.

"Jiang!"

Jiang Chenxi ran over and took the captain's armband, he thought that Gerald was asking him to pass the captain's armband to the others.

However, Gerrard directly put the captain's armband around his arm.

"Captain, this ......" Jiang Chenxi was surprised.

Liverpool's first captain is Steven Gerrard, second captain is Jordan Henderson, third captain is Skrtel, and then Lucas, however, Lucas continues to suffer injuries and is not included in the squad for today's game.

Of course, if you talk about seniority, among the players on the pitch are Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet and right-back Glenn Brown. Johnson is also eligible to wear the captain's armband.

Therefore, Jiang Chenxi was surprised by Gerrard's move.

"Now, you're our captain!" Gerald patted the captain's armband on Jiang Chenxi's arm, didn't say anything, and turned to leave.

Looking at Gerrard's somewhat lonely back, Jiang Chenxi looked down at the captain's armband on his arm again.

He knew what the armband meant.

I don't have time to pay attention to so much, since I have worn the captain's armband, not only to enjoy the honor given by this captain, but also to bear the pressure!

"You arranged it?" On the sidelines, assistant coach Klarwitz asked Klopp.

Klopp shook his head first, and then nodded, Gerrard did communicate with him about the captain's armband, Henderson's Gerrard's hand-picked successor, and in the selection of the second or third captain, Gerrard proposed that Jiang Chenxi could be considered, and said that he had asked Skrtel's opinion, he just didn't expect that in such an important game, Gerrard directly handed over the captain's armband to Jiang Chenxi.