On March 22, the last game of the 30th round of the English Premier League, Liverpool's home game against Aston Villa came.

The game started at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time, but there were still a lot of people waiting to watch the game, even if it was Sunday and they would start going to work tomorrow.

This is a crucial game for Liverpool to get back to the top of the table.

Zhang Qiming, Lin Yigang and others have organized a fan club with a lot of people to join, but the number of people is scattered in major cities across the country, in fact, it belongs to a relatively loose organization, Zhang Qiming Lin Yigang is now more responsible for helping Liu Ting's Weibo blog and other online communication with fans.

Recently, Zhang Qiming and others organized a group of fans in Beijing to watch the game together in an empty rented conference room to enhance communication between fans.

Now that Liu Ting has transferred to Liverpool for more than half a year, Liu Ting's fan club is about to become a Liverpool fan club.

There were 54 people who came to watch the game together in this key battle, in fact, there were more people who wanted to come, but the venue was limited, and there were more people for fear of problems. Most of the people who came wore Liverpool jerseys, and most of the players in the Liverpool team wore them, among which the most wore No. 7, No. 8 and No. 9, No. 7 was Liu Ting's, No. 8 was Gerrard's, and No. 9 was Torres'.

There are also those who wear Liu Ting's previous No. 25 jersey, and even those who wear Liu Ting's No. 25 during the Bordeaux period.

On the big screen, we were warming up before the game, and everyone was also discussing enthusiastically.

A man who looks like a big man in the north, looks very strong, but has a round face, said: "You say whether Liverpool can win or not, Villa and Arsenal are competing for the Champions League place, Arsenal has won in advance in this round, Villa must want to fight to get three points to follow Arsenal."

'It's a game at Anfield, we haven't lost a game at Anfield Liverpool this season, we beat Manchester United away in the last round, and now morale is high, so I don't think it's a big problem to win Villa. It was a short young man who spoke, obviously not protecting his voice during the voice change period, and his voice was a little hoarse.

After Liverpool's warm-up, both teams had to go back to the dressing room to prepare for the official start of the game, and the fans who came to watch the game also gathered together to discuss loudly.

At this time in the Liverpool dressing room, Heynckes was also talking about the final mobilization before going on the field: "We only have one goal in this game, and that is three points!" This is our best chance to get back to the top, we just want to win, not a draw, we don't accept anything but victory! ”

"Do you get it?"

"Understood!"

Soon, the two teams played one after another, and the national anthem guessed the coin before the regular game.

Zhan Jun is saying: "Last weekend, Liverpool beat Manchester United 4-1 away from home, ending Manchester United's 11-game winning streak in the league and catching up with Manchester United in the standings.

In this game, Liverpool was considered strong, Xavi Alonso returned to the team with a small injury, and Agg, who had a back injury, was almost better.

Heynckes started Liverpool's strongest line-up, with goalkeeper Reina, Bale, Carragher, Skrtel and Arbeloa at the back, Xavi Alonso, Mascherano and Gerrard in midfield, and Liu Ting, Torres and Kuyt in front.

Villa's side is a 442 formation, goalkeeper American Friedel, Luke Young, Curtis Davies, Cuellar and Leo Koke in the backline, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Ashley Young and Petrov in midfield, and Heskey and Karui in the front two.

Heskey was also a Liverpool veteran and Owen's strike partner, but he was more often used as a tactical centre-forward because of his poor shooting. For those players who dribble well and shoot poorly, there is the irony of 'passing like Messi, shooting Hesky'. In addition to Huskey, Villa's goalkeeper Friedel also played for Liverpool before.

Now this Villa team does have a few good players, Carew is also the main striker of Valencia in the Champions League final that year, as well as Barry, Milner, Ashley Young and other future stars, Cuellar is the opponent Liu Ting met in the League Cup final last year, and now has transferred from Glasgow Rangers to Aston Villa.

With such a group of second-rate players, it is no wonder that Villa can afford to compete with Arsenal for fourth.

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This Anfield game was full, and it is said that many fans were unable to buy tickets to enter, just to see Liverpool at the top of the table.

Liverpool started with a big press, and this is Anfield, where the opponent is scared.

In the second minute, Liverpool scored a good long-range shot from Steven Gerrard, which was saved by Villa goalkeeper Fridel and Liverpool won a corner.

The corner kick was taken and Skrtel's header from 9 meters in front of goal was confiscated by Friedel.

In the 4th minute, Villa counter-attacked, Heskey played a long pass, and Milner's long-range shot in front of the penalty area was blocked by Mascherano.

Villa have shown their determination to win away from home and Liverpool are not showing weakness.

In the 8th minute, Liu Ting dribbled the ball in the middle, stepped on a bicycle past Barry and entered the penalty area, facing Cuellar Liu Ting smashed the ball twice with his left and right feet in a row, and hit the goal directly with his feet.

Villa goalkeeper Friedel couldn't touch the ball on a flying save, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back, and Kuyt ran to position in time to volley the ball in.

“goooooooooal！！！ The ball is in!! Kuyt's goal gave Liverpool the lead in less than 10 minutes! Alan Hansen yelled.

The Villa players didn't expect to be breached so quickly, but Villa manager Martin O'Neill reacted quickly and immediately instructed the team to recycle the defense, otherwise if the panic continues, Liverpool's goal may come soon.

Villa defended to a certain extent, and Liverpool took advantage of the momentum to continue the attack.

In the 9th minute, Alonso crossed and Gerrard's shot from a tight angle on the left side of the box went wide of the near corner.

In the 12th minute, Bale crossed from the left and Torres' header was deflected.

In the 16th minute, Liu Ting broke through Leo Cork on the left side of the penalty area, and Gerrard's close-range shot went wide of the near corner, and Liverpool missed a good opportunity to extend the score.

Villa are also looking for counter-attacking opportunities.

In the 21st minute, Ashley Young crossed from the left, Karui shot in front of the goal, and Reina saved the ball smartly.

In the 23rd minute, in order to block Villa's counterattack, Gerrard tackled Curtis Davies and received a yellow card, and the next game will accumulate yellow cards and be suspended.

After Vera stabilized the formation, he began to attack Liverpool, and Liverpool was naturally not afraid of them, so Liverpool could get more opportunities.

In the 27th minute, Villa came close to equalising when Leo Koke's long free-kick from midfield was played into the Liverpool penalty area, and Kalou's header less than 10 metres in front of the goal flew into the top left corner of the goal, but Reyna reacted bravely to block the ball.

"Reina!! He's done it, he's in good shape, and a save is a goal. ”

Reina's performance didn't stop there, and immediately he made another big move.

In the 33rd minute, Villa's counter-attacking attack was caught by Reina, he kicked the ball with a big foot, the ball flew straight to the front of the opponent's penalty area, Gerrard took a step inside the opponent's penalty area and volleyed directly, the ball hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced into the goal.

“goooooooooal！！！” This shout was Hansen's longest.

"Incredible!! Steven Gerrard scored an incredible goal, and that goal came from goalkeeper Reina's assist. ”

The moment Anfield scored Gerrard's goal, everyone didn't react, is this okay?

Soon it turned into a cheer from the audience, and then the song "You Will Never Walk Alone" began to be sung.

Zhang Qiming, who was watching the football in China, also jumped up from his chair and shouted "Good ball!" Pretty!! ”。

The goal was too demoralizing for Martin O'Neal to hold his players steady again in a short period of time.

Liverpool naturally will not let go of such an opportunity, and immediately another onslaught.

In the 35th minute, Alonso's header was crossed, and Gerrard's powerful shot from 20 yards went wide.

In the 39th minute, Liu Ting passed Milner from the left side of the penalty area and burst into the penalty area, Leo Cork tripped Liu Ting with his outstretched foot, and the referee awarded a penalty.

Steven Gerrard deceived Friedel from the penalty spot and Liverpool doubled their lead again.

Zhan Jun said: "3:0! 3:0！ In the first half, Liverpool led Villa 3-0, Liverpool showed strong attacking power, and there was no problem in winning this game. ”

All Liverpool supporters were cheering and celebrating, and winning this game would have brought them back to the top of the table, and Liverpool were back in the picture.

Falling behind by three goals in the first half was difficult for the Villa players to accept, and they had planned to come to fight Liverpool, but they didn't expect the game to lose suspense in less than half time.

In the 41st minute, Luke Young received a yellow card for a foul on Mascherano for a tackle, and the Villa players, who had already lost in a hurry, stepped forward to protest the referee's decision, and finally Barry, who protested the most, also received a yellow card.

Soon after the half-time, the whole team walked back to the dressing room with their heads down, and Villa's star Gareth Barry was even more depressed. Liverpool was interested in him in the summer, and several offers wanted to bring him in, but in the end the transfer was still not reached, one is that Villa is unwilling to let go of Barry, and the other reason is that Barry himself feels that Liverpool's change of coach is turbulent, and there may not be any results in the new season, so Barry himself did not show interest in Liverpool.

If the transfer goes through, then now he is the winner's side, Barry thought to himself.

At the start of the second half, Villa still struggled to cause problems for Liverpool.

In the 50th minute, Liu Ting made a two-on-one cooperation with Torres in the middle, and then stuffed the ball straight to Alonso, who was inserted into the penalty area, and Alonso, who was successful in the anti-offside position, pushed the goal on the right side of the penalty area, and Liu Ting also got an assist. Goalkeeper Reyna has an assist, and if he doesn't brush an assist, he can't compare to Reina.

“4:0！ Liverpool has expanded the score again, and there is no suspense in this game, and Liverpool is back at the top of the standings again! Zhan Jun said excitedly.

This goal made the game lose suspense, and Zhang Qiming organized a viewing meeting, and many people who have to go to work tomorrow are also happy to leave early, talking about several beautiful goals from Liverpool as they walk.

But the goal of this game is not over yet.

In the 64th minute, Gerrard went through, Torres crossed Leo Coke's defense into the penalty area, Torres deftly changed direction to flick the attacking Villa goalkeeper Friedel, but Friedel pulled Torres down with his hand.

Friedel was sent off straight and Liverpool were awarded another penalty, which Villa had to save with substitute goalkeeper Gou.

Gerrard didn't miss the opportunity and slotted the ball in.

"Hat-trick!! Gerrard has scored a hat-trick and he's been in great form lately! ”

The rest of the game was complete garbage time, with Liverpool making a number of substitutions.

In the end, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 5-0 at home and rose to the top of the table with 67 points, two points ahead of Manchester United, who had a game in hand.