On January 4, Liverpool officially announced the signing of 19-year-old midfielder Marko Murray from Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade. Grujc, transfer fee of £5.1 million.

Red Star Belgrade is a well-known team in the former Yugoslavia, having produced Grujc's Red Star Belgrade youth system, having previously produced Inter Milan legend Stankovic, former Manchester United centre-back Nemanja Vidic and Manchester City left-back Kolarov.

The 19-year-old Grujic also caught the attention of many European giants, and Liverpool eventually made the first move to sign the Serbian star.

However, Grujic was not immediately available for Liverpool's first team and Liverpool announced the player's arrival before announcing that they were on loan to Cardiff City in the Championship for £900,000.

5 January, Britannia Alloy Stadium.

It was the first leg of the 2015/2016 English League Cup semi-finals, with Liverpool away to Stoke City.

The other semi-final tie is Everton vs Manchester City.

Considering the strength of Liverpool and Manchester City, it is widely believed in the English media that this season's Carabao Cup final will be between two strong teams, Manchester City and Liverpool.

With the Carabao Cup schedule moving so fast, with the semi-finals now in place and the final at the end of February after the two legs, the Carabao Cup title is also likely to be Liverpool's first trophy of the season.

Last season, because Jiang Chenxi went to participate in the Asian Cup, Liverpool was eliminated by Chelsea in the League Cup semifinals, and now, Jiang Chenxi is in the team, and the state is even hotter, so the English media is very optimistic that Liverpool will win the final championship, and in the odds of the betting agency, they are also very optimistic that Liverpool will finally win the League Cup.

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Stoke City is now ranked ninth in the Premier League, which is not up or down, but this team is amazing at home, they have drawn 2-0 at home to Leicester City, defeated Chelsea 1-0, defeated Manchester City 2-0, and defeated Manchester United 2-0.

However, Stoke City's biggest defeat at home was also lost at the feet of Liverpool, in the first round of the league this season, Liverpool defeated Stoke City 4-1 away, Jiang Chenxi scored twice in the game, and Liverpool got off to a good start.

In this game, Klopp discharged the attacking combination of Jiang Chenxi, Mane and Salah in the front court.

All three are speed players.

Jurgen Klopp's aim is to use his speed to break down Stoke's tall defence.

However, in central midfield, Jurgen Klopp rotated the team to a certain extent, Van Dijk suffered a muscle strain, veteran Skrtel started, Alberto. Moreno sat on the bench and Joe. Gomez played at left-back.

In midfield, Jordan Henderson was on the bench and Joe Allen started alongside Lucas and James Milner in midfield.

It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that it was Stoke City who scored first in this game.

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"Mignolet pounces on the ball!!"

In the 19th minute of the game, Shaqiri cut and then suddenly shot from distance, Mignolet was a little unprepared, he = save the ball and get rid of it, followed up by Arnautovic to make up the net.

“Goooooooooooooooooaaaaal！”

"Beautiful! Arnautovic, he deserves to be a giant killer! ”

Lineker has been full of praise for Arnautovic, a player who has shone this season, scoring twice against Manchester City, netting in a 2-0 win over Manchester United and now opening the scoring for Stoke City in the Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool.

Jurgen Klopp was furious on the sidelines, unhappy with Lovren's defence in the goal.

Because of the side business of a clothing store, Lovren was called 'Boss Luo' by fans, however, in the recent game, Lovren's performance was not satisfactory, and some Chinese fans even began to call Lovren 'Leaky Flon'.

In the process of conceding the goal, Arnautovic was very easy to shoot, and the Reds central defender Lovren, who should have been closely marking Arnautovic at this moment, seemed to have a nervous short circuit in an instant, and did not make any close interference with the in-form Stoke City striker.

"Lovren has a lot of responsibility for the goal."

"After joining Liverpool last season, Lovren's performance has been good, and the English media has praised him, but after the start of this season, Lovren has started to make mistakes and get distracted at key moments!"

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Perhaps it was the quick conceded goal that made Lovren already stunned by Arnautovic's ability to take chances, and less than fifteen minutes after the first goal was conceded, the Reds centre-back made another big mistake in marking Arnautovic.

Lovren learned his lesson in the face of Stoke City goalkeeper Butland's direct hand-tossed attack, and he rushed up to prevent Arnautovic from getting the ball, but this time he switched to a different way of sending warmth, and the result was the same way.

The Croatian rose to the top, allowing Arnautovic to comfortably get the ball all the way to the Reds penalty area, and calmly set up Shaqiri, who was outflanked in the middle, to score.

“Goooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaal！”

"Shaqiri! Two to zero! Arnautovic passes and shoots! It's incredible, it's Stoke City leading Liverpool 2-0 in the first half! ”

"Stoke City would like to thank Lovren, who has received the warmth of Lovren twice in a row, but for Liverpool, it is indeed a blessing and a curse. ”

"This game reminds us of the last round of the league last season, and Liverpool was also a guest at Stoke City, and they were suddenly confused in the first half of the game, once falling behind Stoke City 1-4, but, last time Jiang Chenxi led Liverpool to stage a Jedi counterattack with five yuan in the game, this time, can Jiang Chenxi still be able to stand up?"

Lovren's "magical" play on the sidelines Klopp also saw it, Klopp finally couldn't bear it anymore, he made a bold adjustment - in the 40 minutes of the game, he chose to replace Lovren with Lallana, and played the game at left wing-back Joe. Gomez was dropped to centre-back and James Milner dropped back to left-back.

It's no secret that such an early substitution of a player with a low-level mistake can be a huge blow to a player's mental state, but Jurgen Klopp did it decisively.

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Jiang Chenxi, as the captain of this game, walked over to comfort Lovren, put his arm around the shoulders of his Croatian teammates, and escorted him all the way to the sidelines.

Jurgen Klopp also came over and patted Lovren on the shoulder, and then the latter also hugged the coach and walked back to the bench in frustration.

This also disappointed the reporters in the stands, what they most wanted to see was Klopp sneering at Lovren, who also angrily went straight back to the dressing room, so that the news of Liverpool's 'manager and players at odds' could be freshly released.

Klopp's substitution was immediate.

James Milner formed an effective link with Sadio Mane, who played as a left winger today, and Liverpool's attack on the left flank picked up suddenly.

In first-half stoppage time, Milner made a bold assist on the left flank, and after he and Mane collided against the wall, he dribbled all the way to the bottom line and was about to pass the ball into the box, but suddenly pulled the ball back and passed diagonally to the top of the penalty area.

Sadio Mane was so fast that with a knock on his right foot, the ball rolled into the box and he got up to speed himself.

"Beautiful!"

Mane's move was very beautiful, and he was caught off guard by Shawcross, and then watched Mane enter the box and cross the football.

Jiang Chenxi leaned against his former teammate Glenn. Johnson, pulled the ball with his left foot, and then without the slightest hesitation, he turned around and fired a volley!

The ball flew into the net, between the hands of Stoke City goalkeeper Butland, and slammed into the net!

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