Chapter 164: The first home of the new season
A day after Liverpool's first round of matches, Heynckes was talking to his assistant coach Herman about the state of the team in Liverpool's coaching office.
"Joseph, the players are still not doing well, maybe we shouldn't have been involved in so many damn business activities at all," Herman said. ”
Herman was complaining that the summer trip to Asia had overworked the players, and a big reason for losing the first round was that the players had not recovered from the long exertion.
"Well, Peter, football is inseparable from commercial support, no team can avoid commercial activities, what we have to do now is to find a way to get the players back quickly," Heynckes said. How did that newcomer fare today? ”
"It's only the first day, and he looks a little nervous, and he can't see how strong he is."
The newcomer the two are talking about is Liverpool's new goalkeeper Joe Hart, who was sent to Liverpool as an additional £5 million in Reina's transfer.
Liverpool's scouting system sees him as a promising goalkeeper who could fill the void of Reina's departure with a little development.
Heynckes is not too optimistic about this, goalkeeper is a position that requires a lot of experience, and Joe Hart, 22, who has been on loan for a long time with Manchester City, has not had a lot of experience in the game.
In fact, this was facilitated by Liu Ting in the name of the scouting system, Liu Ting didn't like Reina's kind of character, and it happened that Manchester City was interested in him, so Liu Ting asked Xu Zhengxin to facilitate the transfer of this village, and by the way, Reina and Joe Hart swapped owners.
Liu Ting knew that Joe Hart was on loan at Birmingham this season and performed well at Birmingham, so he returned to Manchester City and became the main goalkeeper of Manchester City and the main goalkeeper of the England national team after the World Cup.
Liu Ting knows that Joe Hart may not be able to reach the heights of Reina for the time being, but give him the opportunity that he can be a qualified goalkeeper, at least for Liverpool at the moment.
The first round of the Premier League is at the weekend, and the second round is scheduled for the middle of the following week, and the time is pressing, and Liverpool's goalkeeper can only play Brazilian substitute goalkeeper Cavalieri for the time being.
It was Liverpool's first home game of the new season, and the team was holding their breath to win the game while avoiding a two-game winless start to the season.
On the evening of August 19, the second round of the 09/10 Premier League season is coming, and Liverpool will face Stoke City at Anfield.
Although Liverpool lost in the first round and Stoke City beat Burnley 2-0 in the first round, no one is optimistic about Stokes because the difference in strength is too big.
Liverpool are still in the same weird 433 formation as they used last season, except that Glen Johansen replaced Real Madrid's Arbeloa.
Liverpool's first home stadium of the new season, the stadium was full, and last year's Champions League triumph gave fans hope for the team.
The Liverpool fans in attendance were holding scarves from last season's championship and were looking forward to the results of the new season.
Liverpool also did not disappoint the hopes of the fans, pressing heavily in the opening game, vowing to win the opponent in one fell swoop.
In the 4th minute, Liu Ting dribbled the ball on the left side and crossed the opponent's fullback Wilkinson, Torres did not let go of this opportunity, and scored the opponent's goal with a low shot in front of the goal.
“Gooooooooal!!! The ball is in! Liverpool broke through the opponent's goal in just 4 minutes of the opening game, it is still a familiar routine, this is still a TNT cooperation, there is no defense line that can withstand TNT's explosive attack power! ”
Alan Hansen's cheers are exaggerated, but the TNT combination is indeed recognized as one of the strongest attacking combinations in Europe, although in fact this combination is called TNT, and more often than not, it includes Gerrard.
Liverpool are attacking at home and want to vent all the frustration of losing the first game.
In the 9th minute, Xiao Ma inserted a long shot and was fouled by the opponent's midfielder Whitehead, and the referee did not hesitate to show the first yellow card of the game, which also cut off the idea of the opponent to intimidate Liverpool with a fierce foul if he couldn't prevent it.
Liverpool's home form combined with the referee's strict penalty standards turned the game into an attacking practice match for Liverpool, and Sky City had little chance at all.
In the 14th minute, Gerrard's long-range shot went over the crossbar.
In the 22nd minute, Torres's header was returned, and Liu Ting's pick-up shot from the edge of the penalty area was beautiful, but this time the opponent's Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen showed great courage and actually flew with his fingers to pull the ball out of the upper right corner, and Kuyt grabbed the point in the next corner kick but failed to hit the force.
It was only in the 32nd minute that Stoke City had their first shot on goal, when midfielder Whelan crossed and Beatty's header was too straight to test Cavalieri.
Liverpool doubled their lead before half-time.
In the 45th minute, Liu Ting's long-range shot helped Liverpool create a corner, Xavi Alonso drove the ball out, Kuyt grabbed a nod near the penalty spot, Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen barely slapped the ball out, and Glen Johnson, who was aggressively forward, scored from close range in the box.
Glenn...... Johnson!!! Barb Break! He scored in his first home game for Liverpool and scored with a beautiful barb, Liverpool fans don't have to worry about Arbeloa's departure affecting Liverpool's right flank, Johnson is more than capable of making up for Arbeloa's departure. ”
Liverpool fans were really happy with Glen Johnson's performance, England fans have a tradition of making up simple songs to sing on the spot, and Anfield also rang out about Glen Johnson.
"Glenn! Glenn! We've got the brave Glenn, let that Madrid get the fuck off! ”
Arbeloa was the hero of Liverpool's second place in the league and the Champions League last season, and Arbeloa also scored in the Champions League final and semi-finals, but he still offended many fans in order to return to Real Madrid and Liverpool, so now this song appears.
Liverpool led Stoke City 2-0 in the first half thanks to goals from Torres and Glen Johnson, and although there was still half a game, Stoke City did not show any desire to win, and it was impossible to even cause some trouble for Liverpool.
At the beginning of the second half, Stoke City fought back, and the successive attacks won three consecutive corners, but they never created good chances, I don't know how the Welsh manager of Sky City at halftime Pulis cheered up the team, but the continuous attacks did nothing to make this breath quickly dissipated, and the rhythm of the game returned to Liverpool's side.
In the 56th minute, Liu Ting's powerful shot from 21 meters was saved by Sorensen, and Kuyt's follow-up shot was too hasty and was picked off by Sorensen.
In the 62nd minute, Xavi Alonso's pass, Glen Johnson's low shot from the right to cut into the box was saved by Sorensen.
Stoke City then used up three substitutions in a row, but the team's attack still did not take off, but replaced the defender with an attacking player, and Liverpool seized the opportunity to kill the game.
In the 75th minute, Xavi Alonso and Mascherano made a collision with the wall and then picked up a pass, and Liu Ting received the ball with his back in the penalty area and turned around at the same time.
Liu ...... Pretty! Beautiful catch and turn over! ”
Liu Ting turned around and adjusted a step and immediately kicked the goal, this time the ball was obviously beyond the opponent's expectations, the ball had flown into the goal, and the opponent's goalkeeper Sorensen was still standing unresponsive.
Anfield was boiling over because of this goal, Liu Ting excitedly rushed to the sideline camera, lifted his pants to show off his thighs, and showed his new tattoos, and the tattoo maker Ag also ran over to show his hand to show his tattoos.
Of course, the reporters would not let go of such a good opportunity, and they all slapped Liu Ting's thigh wildly, although most of them did not know what Liu Ting's tattoo was, and only Chinese reporters knew those Chinese characters.
Mighty King Kong legs!
Chinese journalists also have a black line, what does this mean?
When a foreign reporter asked a Chinese reporter he knew, "Liu's thigh is tattooed with Chinese characters, right?" What is the meaning? ”
The Chinese reporter could only reply: "It should mean that his thighs are very powerful." ”
Liu Ting's goal killed the game, and with just 15 minutes remaining, Liverpool led by three goals at home and Heynckes began to make substitutions.
In the 80th minute, Owen came on to replace Torres, who opened the scoring.
This was Owen's first official appearance for Liverpool since his return, but the Anfield Stadium was mixed with boos and applause, about half of which was about half of the total, and Owen's departure had exhausted his original popularity.
Liu Ting was also replaced by substitute striker Babel in the 87th minute.
In stoppage time, Coolie also got on the scoresheet when Glen Johnson's cross from the right was saved by Sorensen and Kuyt fell in front of the goal to scoop the ball into the empty net, and all three of Liverpool's front line scored.
Liverpool's 4-0 win at home to Stoke City is understandable, Liverpool's win over Stoke City is the most normal result, and Liverpool's inability to win is news.
The media reports are also 'Liverpool is starting to find its form', 'Liverpool slaughtered opponents with four goals, TNT regained terrifying firepower', etc.
If you want to talk about news, the Liverpool fans sang sarcastically Arbeloa, Liu Ting showed his tattoos and Owen appeared to boo and applaud, which is considered news in the game.
At the end of the second round of the Premier League, Chelsea defeated Black Cat Sunderland 3-1 away, and Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers 4-2 at home.
Manchester United defeated promoted Birmingham City 1:0 at home in the first round, and lost 0:1 away to Burnley, another promoted horse in the second round, the first two rounds of opponents are all promoted horses, which can allow Manchester United to adapt to Ronaldo's departure as soon as possible, but Manchester United has handed over a record of one win and one loss, scoring only one goal in two games, and there is a reason why the media are not optimistic about Manchester United before the season.
Liverpool lost away to Tottenham, who have always been a traditional powerhouse in England, but Manchester United lost to a promoted side.
The two rounds of the Premier League are over, and the interesting thing is that these two rounds have a total of 20 games, and all of them have been decided, and there has not been a draw, which is also a small record.
After two rounds, Arsenal and Chelsea are both on two wins in a row, Liverpool and Manchester United are both on one win and one loss, and the season has only just begun, but Chelsea and Arsenal have at least a temporary advantage.