Chapter Thirty-Eight: This is Anfield!

Liverpool Football Club, is one of the teams in the English Premier League. The team is located in the port city of Liverpool in Merseyside, northwestern England, and was founded in 1892 and is a century-old giant in English football.

Liverpool is one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football, as well as one of the most successful football clubs in European and world football. The century-old English giants began their glory days in 1960, and it was not until 1985 that the superpower team that swept England and made the whole of European football tremble began to decline.

At a time when Nottingham Forest was falling apart and Manchester United had not yet risen to the throne, Liverpool remained an important force to be reckoned with in England's top flight.

Since the inception of the Premier League in 1991, Liverpool seem to have fallen into a strange circle, where they are still very competitive for the title in the league, but often fall short, and they have never won the Super League title so far. However, this did not detrimental to their reputation, and in the meantime, they won the UEFA Cup and the FA Cup. What is even more memorable is that in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final, Liverpool fell behind by three goals in the first half, but scored three goals in ten minutes in the second half, stubbornly equalized, and finally defeated Serie A giants AC Milan with a score of 3:2 in the penalty shootout.

The "Istanbul Miracle" put Liverpool back on top of Europe, and everyone believes that the old giants who swept Europe in the 80s and 90s will return to their heyday.

Of course, ideals are a luxury many times. Liverpool have not been the champions of the Premier League as they once were, but they are still the most feared superpower in the league and have won domestic cup competitions from time to time. In their honor room, the championship trophies are always telling the heritage and past glory of this team, which makes countless Premier League teams daunted.

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At the start of the season, Arsenal and Liverpool were a pair of difficult brothers. The former is due to the outbreak of a large number of injuries in the team, which has led to a lack of personnel in the team and a sluggish state. The latter, on the other hand, was in financial trouble and was even on the verge of bankruptcy for a time. Plus former Liverpool manager Roy. Hodgson's tactics were rigid and conservative, and he had a discordant relationship with many of the team's main players, and under internal and external difficulties, Liverpool was once on the verge of relegation.

But a big family is a big club, and Kenny is a famous man in Liverpool. After Dalglish took over, Liverpool gradually got on the right track, and now they have quietly caught up in the league table, and after the last round of the league, they have overtaken Arsenal by one point and are currently in third place in the league.

This season, the competition for the Premier League title is particularly fierce, such as Arsenal, Liverpool and other old giants from the beginning of the form is not good, this makes many mid-table teams see the opportunity to enter the European arena, such as Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and other teams, currently in the league are in a good position, and the gap with the top four points is not far away. After Arsenal, Liverpool and other giants survived the predicament, they continued to exert force, and pressed a midstream team on their bodies, repeatedly entangled with each other.

So, speaking of which, this game is a contest between the third and fourth in the league, but in reality, the outcome of this game is likely to affect the ranking of the extreme teams with similar points, and no matter who wins or loses in the end, the teams behind them will be given an opportunity.

So whether it's for Arsenal or Liverpool, they can't afford to lose this game. Although the hopes of winning the league are getting slimmer, no one wants to lose. After all, if one accidentally falls out of the top four in the league and can't qualify for the Champions League, it will really be worth the loss.

Of course, it was a really difficult game for Arsenal. Now that they are in poor form in the league, their morale is high with consecutive wins, and they are at home to Liverpool, it will be even more difficult to win. On top of that, a team like Liverpool happens to be the "nemesis" of a technical flow team.

As we all know, Liverpool is nicknamed the "Red Army", and the overall style of its team is tough, iron-blooded, and tenacious, which was vividly reflected in the 2005 Champions League final.

Arsenal is a well-known technical team in the Premier League, characterized by being good at short pass penetration and ground coordination, this style often looks good and is very ornamental, but the style of play is soft. When you play against a team that is not strong, you tend to play well and the results are good, but when you meet a team like Liverpool with a tenacious and tough style, it is inevitably difficult to gain the upper hand.

Liverpool's form was on the verge of collapse at the start of the season, and in the first meeting of the season, Arsenal at home also won extremely hard, thanks to Robin van Persie's stoppage-time goal, to win 1-0. In that game, Arsenal's scene was not dominant, and it could even be said that they were at a disadvantage, and the club was in a difficult situation, but the Liverpool players showed extreme tenacity on the pitch, and the tenacity that no matter how many setbacks and difficulties could not crush their backbones, every Arsenal player felt deeply.

It's an opponent to be respected, and the last thing Arsenal want to face.

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The time of the game is 6:30 p.m. However, since the opening of the ticket gates, the surging crowd of fans has gathered into a sea of red, and the stands at Anfield Stadium are full just over an hour before the start of the game. Unlike many teams' home stadiums, Anfield was free of noise before the game, with tens of thousands of fans standing in the stands chanting "You'll NeverWalk Alone" over and over again.

When Qin Shou followed the team to the outside of Anfield Stadium by bus, he could hear the huge singing from inside the stadium from a distance, over and over again, as if it would never end.

Not only that, but as they changed their clothes in the dressing room, warmed up on the pitch and prepared for the game, the stands at Anfield were still boiling, with Reds fans waving scarves and flags in their hands, dancing and singing, like the most devout religious believers.

"It's going to be another ninety minutes with a loud noise."

"Every time I come to Anfield, I always feel like it's an ordeal."

"It's so noisy that people's ears can't stand it!"

Discussions like this from teammates continued to reach Qin Shou's ears. Before he arrived, he had heard from his friends about the frenziness and enthusiasm of the fans here, and even some of his teammates said that the stadium they hated most was Anfield. I wasn't too impressed before, but at this moment, the non-stop noise and singing kept getting into his ears, and Qin Shou really had a feeling of irritability.

Towards the start of the game, the singing stopped briefly for a few minutes before the Liverpool players began to play, and every time a player ran out of the tunnel, there was a tsunami of cheers and applause.

Arsenal away from home were not treated like this, and they were greeted with boos and cheers.

"Tell them where this is! Whose territory is this! ”

The live radio suddenly resounded with such a loud roar.

More than 40,000 Reds fans screamed or roared in almost unison.

“ThisisAnfield!” (This is Anfield)

In the midst of such roars, the whole stadium seemed to shake, and the voices of the fans seemed to be about to overturn the entire stadium.

“Nice!” The live broadcast shouted again, but this time it was not the fans in action, but the Arsenal players playing away, "Welcome to Anfield!" Welcome to Hell! ”

With the sound on the radio, the 40,000 fans at the scene once again cooperated. They jumped on the spot and stomped on the ground with their feet, the sound of "boom~boom~" was like an earthquake, and screams and boos filled the entire stadium, at this moment Anfield is like a volcano erupting, and the thick magma seems to want to swallow all the Arsenal players who come here!

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The previous scene only made Qin Shou feel irritable, but the scene at this moment made Qin Shou deeply shocked. He finally understood why this place was called Hell's Stadium again. With tens of thousands of fans yelling and boosing, it is really difficult to concentrate on playing well, and the fans here will use all kinds of means to influence the visiting players.

Qin Shou still failed to start in this game, and it was Alexander who had just returned to take his place as the starter. Surname. On the bench, not only Qin Shou showed a shocked face, but even some players who had experienced it many times were also unhappy, disdainful, or frightened, no matter what kind of expression they had, no player would not be impressed by this stadium.

Qin Shou even clearly saw that when the assistant coach Alder, who was not far away, broke out in the whole stadium with stamping and boos, a trace of imperceptible panic flashed on his face, and then the assistant coach who stabilized his mind spat on the ground fiercely.

"Damn Anfield, every time you come here you get scared, it's ...... Dog. Excrement! ”