Chapter 117: Robbie Keane without the fortune of a wealthy family
Liverpool were held to a draw, and being ridiculed was not the most important thing, the most important thing was that Manchester United were only 1 point away from Liverpool in the standings, and Manchester United had one game to go, and Manchester United could overtake Liverpool with a win in the remedial game.
Manchester United fans are making fun of Liverpool with the slogan 'The first unbeaten team to win the league is about to be born'.
After this draw, Liverpool has 14 wins and 9 draws in 23 rounds this season, which is the most draws among all teams in the Premier League, Liverpool is too many draws to be caught up by Manchester United, Manchester United has lost 2 games so far, the second fewest losses in the Premier League, but has 15 wins, the most wins in the Premier League, and the win in the supplementary matches will increase the number of wins to 16.
After the game, Liverpool and Tottenham announced at the same time that Robbie Keane would be dealt with for £15 million to Tottenham.
Robbie Keane has once again ended his journey to the club.
In the summer of 2000, at the age of 20, Robbie Keane was eyed by Inter Milan, when Inter Milan bought the 20-year-old Irish boy for a staggering 13 million pounds, but Keane played only 6 times in half a season at Inter Milan, and returned to Leeds United in the Premier League on a loan-to-buy basis without scoring a goal, where Keane quickly became the main striker of the Young Guards with his good performance.
With the White Rose Leeds United struggling due to debt problems, Keane came to Tottenham in the summer of '02 and played for Tottenham for six years, scoring 107 goals for Tottenham Hotspur and being voted the team's Player of the Season three times, so as to break into the giants Liverpool again in the summer of '08.
It's a pity that he only stayed in Liverpool for half a year before leaving, Robbie Keane is definitely the kind of player who has the least luck with the giants, and he has performed very well in the strong teams, but when he arrives at the giants, it is like a bad performance.
This has become the most reported topic in British newspapers in the past two days, some people say that Keane is a parallel import, some people say that he just can't adapt to the giants, and some people think that he is not psychologically good enough to lose in the giants.
With Keane gone, Liverpool held a fan meeting at Anfield.
The meeting was specially held to award Liu Ting's No. 7 jersey.
There were more fans at the stadium this time than Liu Ting's first fan meeting, and the stadium was basically full, and he had conquered the fans here in half a year.
Liu Ting took over the red No. 7 jersey from Xu Zheng's new hand, with NEW printed on the back of the jersey, and the audience was full of applause, and shouts of 'Liu' and 'TNT' came from time to time.
Liu Ting stood in front of the microphone, coughed his throat and said: "Ahem, I'm very happy to be able to get this number with special significance, this number has been silent for too long and needs a new owner, and Anfield has been silent for too long and needs a new life." ”
Liu Ting shouted: "The red No. 7 needs to be restored to its former glory, and Liverpool needs to be restored to its former glory." ”
Soon the audience was shouting: "Glory restored!! Restore Glory!! ”
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3 days after Liu Ting changed the No. 7 shirt is the 24th round of the Premier League, this round of Liverpool's game was put to the end, Arsenal in advance is another draw, it seems that the professor is envious of Liverpool's draws to do more, two consecutive draws, counting the FA Cup, that is three consecutive draws, Manchester United is a 1:0 home win over Everton.
Liverpool's opponent in this round, Chelsea, Liverpool hosts Chelsea.
In the last meeting between the two teams, Liverpool's away Liu Ting's goal defeated Chelsea 1:0, ending Chelsea's unbeaten record for many years, coupled with the Champions League for 4 consecutive years Liverpool played Chelsea, Chelsea naturally disagreed with Liverpool, and pre-game saliva was indispensable.
Speaking in front of reporters, Ballack said: "We know it's not easy to get a win at Anfield, but it's not impossible, if we want to fight for the title, we have to win this game. ”
Liu Ting said in front of reporters: "Are you sure Balak is talking about the champion and not the runner-up?" I think it's better for him to be ready to finish second. ”
"The four kings can score two goals, I thought his mission was to be the runner-up."
Balak is definitely the runner-up professional, Ballack has won 13 runner-up prizes so far, most notably 8 runners-up in the summers of '02 and '08.
In 02, Ballack won the Sanya King at Leverkusen Club, and in the World Cup that summer, Ballack led the German team to win another World Cup runner-up, which is considered the fourth Asian king in a year.
In the summer of '08, that is, last summer, Ballack won the Premier League, the League Cup and the Champions League at Chelsea, and then lost to Spain in the final of the Euro 08 in Germany.
Even the four kings can score twice, and this is no one.
On the day of the race on February 1, it was snowing heavily, and it was only in the evening that it started to lighten.
This is the first time Liu Ting has worn the No. 7 shirt to participate in the game, and Liverpool's starting lineup today is goalkeeper Reina, Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Arbeloa in the back line from left to right, Xavi Alonso, Gerrard and Mascherano in the midfield, and Liu Ting, Torres and Kuyt in the front three.
Chelsea are also 433, with goalkeeper Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Alex and Bosingwa at the rear, Frank Lampard, Ballack and Mikel in midfield, and Malouda, Kalou and Anelka in the front three.
The last time Chelsea played Liverpool at home, Ballack, Drogba and others were injured, and now that he has returned from injury, Chelsea are indeed more confident, but Drogba has not been treated well by Scolari and did not start this time. It is said that in the winter transfer period, Scolari also planned to use Drogba and 6 million pounds to exchange for Manchester City's Robinho, but unfortunately Manchester City manager Mark Hughes did not agree, and now Robinho has only been performing well in the first half of the year and is being treated as a treasure.
Both teams were in high spirits at the start of the game, with the Blues looking for revenge and keeping their title hopes alive and Liverpool looking to beat their rivals and keep United at the top of the table.
In the fourth minute, Mascherano fouled Bosingva but Gerrard kicked the ball up and hit Bosingwa, who was warned by the referee and Chelsea were awarded a free-kick in front.
Frank Lampard drove the ball out and John Terry's header was met by Reina.
In the 11th minute, Kuyt crossed from the right, Alonso's 27-meter shot in front of the penalty area was saved by Cech, and Liu Ting followed up to make up for the shot and was cleared by Alex in advance.
In the 14th minute, Liu Ting's shot from the left was blocked by Cech, Terry's hurried clearance hit Kuyt, Torres in the box was already empty, but Kuyt's cross from the right was too big.
Zhan Jun said: "During this time, Cech became the busiest man on the field, Liverpool suppressed Chelsea on the field, and two consecutive attacks were very threatening, but it can also be seen that Cech is in good form today. ”
In the 19th minute, before Liu Ting returned to the penalty area, Mascherano received the ball and made a long-range shot by himself, but Xiao Ma's long-range shot was weak and was easily picked up by Cech. It seems that the younger brother is still more suitable for him defensively, and he has only scored one goal in two seasons with Liverpool.
One minute later, Chelsea attacked, and a foul on Mikel received the first yellow card of the game for both teams.
Soon Chelsea were back.
In the 22nd minute, Ashley Cole also received a yellow card for a flying tackle on Kuyt.
In the 30th minute, Liu Ting took the ball, Lampard defended him, Liu Ting changed direction to the right and pulled back to the left, so as to get rid of Lampard, but Mikel immediately made up for it, and Bosingwa came to force it, although Liu Ting could protect the ball, but was forced to go to the bottom line of the side, Liu Ting had no choice but to cross with his feet, and was easily cleared by Terry.
Liu Ting is a bit of a headache for Chelsea's defense, although Scolari said that he wants to play offensive football, in fact, he has done a good job of defense, mainly thanks to Mourinho's well-trained defense, and the current Chelsea is still the Blues Chelsea with an airtight defense.
Liverpool were a little unable to knock Chelsea's defensive appearance, and Chelsea were also unable to dominate, and the scene was a bit deadlocked.
Liverpool's best chance came near the end of the first half.
In the 43rd minute, Liu Ting took the ball with a Marseille roundabout to shake off Bosingwa's entanglement inside the goal, Liu Ting shot hard into the far corner, Cech was standing at the near post at this time, seeing that the ball was about to fly into the goal, Cech was too far to save, but Ashley Cole reacted quickly to the goal with his left foot raised to clear the siege, Cole poked the ball with his toes, changed the direction of the football and rolled to the near corner, everyone thought the ball would roll into the goal, but the ball hit the near post and popped up the bottom line.
“Wow……”
Anfield immediately let out a long sigh of regret for the ball, followed by applause from the audience.
Liu Jianhong also said: "It's a pity that this goal, Liu Ting's inside cut has been played very well, I didn't expect Ashley Cole to clear the goal, everyone thought that Cole's clearance would become an own goal, but the football hit the post and popped up." ”
Alan Hansen said: 'The Anfield post looked like it did the Londoners a big favor today, he saved Chelsea from conceding a goal and Cole from being the team's sinner. ”
In the end, the two sides returned to the locker room with a score of 0:0, and the two teams duel it out again in the second half.