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In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Liverpool defeated Stuttgart 3-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 6-1. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Compared with this exaggerated score, fans and media are more willing to pay attention to Chen Xi, who scored two goals in this game.

Because after scoring these two goals, Chen Xi's total number of goals in all competitions this season has reached a terrifying 47 goals, looking at the entire mainstream European league, even if this data is played throughout the season, it is very terrifying. Not to mention that the season is only three-quarters of the way through!

For Chen Xi, who plays for Liverpool, 47 goals are also very meaningful. Because it marked him tying Liverpool's legendary goalscorer Ian Rush as Liverpool's all-time top scorer in a single season!

This can't help but make the media and fans marvel at Chen Xi's terrifying scoring ability. You must know that last season at Tottenham, Chen Xi broke the single-season goal record held by England's legendary goalscorer Greaves. Now in Liverpool, Chen Xi is about to break the record again. Chen Xi's title of "Record Terminator" is definitely worthy of the name!

At the same time, people also noticed that in addition to the single-season goal record in team history, Chen Xi has scored 12 goals in the Champions League plus qualifying. This has equalled the 12 goals that Ruud van Nistelrooy has scored in a single season after the Champions League restructuring. It is just two goals away from AC Milan's legendary goalscorer Altafini's record of 14 goals in a single season in the Champions League. Now that the Liverpool team has only reached the quarterfinals, even if Liverpool stops in the quarterfinals, then with Chen Xi's goal efficiency, he is also expected to tie or even break Altafini's record in two games. If Liverpool can go further, then his record-breaking will not be a problem!

In addition, in the league, Chen Xi is only five goals away from the record he set last season, and people can't help but look forward to Chen Xi's performance as a "record professional"! ――

After playing Stuttgart, Liverpool ushered in the 28th round of the league non-stop.

In this game, Liverpool will travel to face the Saints Southampton.

This arrangement also made many Liverpool fans who could not go with the team to the away stadium very frustrated, because they were very likely to miss the scene to witness Chen Xi break Ian Rush's goal record.

Even some angry Liverpool fans turned their anger to Benitez, who replaced Chen Xi early in the last game. In their opinion, if Chen Xi is allowed to play the remaining 20 minutes, they will be able to witness Chen Xi set a record at Anfield.

Benitez expressed his frustration with the fans' complaints, saying in an interview: "I just thought that the big picture was decided, and then three days later there was a league game, and I replaced Edison, after all, he is the absolute main force of the team." With such a tight schedule, I have to keep him fit and in good shape at all times. As for breaking the record, I believe it will be a matter of time. ”

Chen Xi also called on fans to stay calm, saying in an interview: "I hope everyone can calm down. Rafael replaced me out of a protective fit and I can understand his feelings. As for not being able to see me break the record at home, I don't think it's a big deal. Because I believe that even at St Mary's Stadium, I can feel the support of everyone! What's more, there are still several records waiting for me to break this season, so you can look forward to it! ”

Chen Xi's statement also calmed down the fans a lot. Because as Chen Xi said, even if you can't go away, Liverpool fans will be waiting in front of the TV for this game that will witness history!

Even the record holder, 42-year-old Ian Rush, said he would be watching the game in front of the TV: "Yes, I'll see that pizza in front of the TV. It must be strange to watch your record broken. But I believe that the moment Edison scored, I would have cheered! Because I'm a staunch Liverpool fan, and at the same time, I'm becoming an Edison fan! ”

At the same time, Ian Rush also admitted that Chen Xi's record is a bit more valuable than his own at the time: "I scored 47 goals in 65 games back then, but now he has completed this record in less than 40 games in only three-quarters of a season." He will undoubtedly be more efficient! ”

For the praise of his predecessors, Chen Xi also showed his humble side rarely: "In my opinion, it is not easy for Ian to create this miracle in that era. Because training and health care were not as developed as they are now. Back then, it was very difficult to play more than 60 games a season. If he had played in this era, I believe he would have been able to set an even more brilliant record! ”

Chen Xi's remarks also won the favor of Ian Rush and the outside world, after all, he is only a young man under the age of twenty, but he can be as modest and cautious as he is now, which is very rare in the eyes of outsiders.

In fact, Chen Xi, who has been a man in two lives, is obviously saving some face for his predecessors in this way. broke the record of others, what is it to say a few kind words to others? ――

In this way, Liverpool, the first in the league, and Southampton, the twelfth in the league, a game that originally did not have much to watch, actually became the focus of the 28th round of the battle.

Of course, since they have followed this game, the media has not forgotten to continue to dig up some new highlights.

For example, the shooter battle between Chen Xi and James Beatty, and the revenge battle for Southampton team that was eliminated by Liverpool in the Cup.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the match between Liverpool and Southampton officially started at St Mary's Stadium!

Although they are in the middle of the rankings, Southampton is not willing to be reduced to a supporting role on their home turf.

Therefore, after the opening, they took advantage of the home momentum to launch a ferocious attack on the heart of Liverpool.

In particular, James Beatty, as one of the best local strikers this season, is still a little unconvinced by being far ahead of a midfielder like Chen Xi in the scorer list.

Even in the national team, Chen Xi has given him a lot of wonderful assists. But in the league, he still regarded Chen Xi as an opponent.

As a result, James Beatty played exceptionally hard in this game.

Of course, in addition to wanting to compete with Chen Xi, he also wants to consolidate his position as the national team through such a goal in a key battle.

After Wayne Rooney became more and more trusted by Eriksen, Beatty, who had been a regular for the national team in the past two years, became a fringe figure again. Even if he has scored more goals in the league than the other three strikers of the national team, Wayne Rooney, Vassell and Heskey.

Less than five minutes into the game, he received a cross pass from a teammate with his back near the penalty line, stopped the ball and turned around to shoot in one go, but unfortunately, his shooting footwork was not mastered well, and the ball was slightly out of the goal!

This caused the Saints fans inside St. Mary's Stadium to let out a sigh of regret.

The shot was also a reminder to the Liverpool players that the game wasn't as good as they thought it would be!

Six minutes later, it was James Beattie again, who headed past Hyypia in a corner. Only this time his header was too straight and was taken directly into his arms by Dudek!

With two dangerous shots on goal in the opening ten minutes or so, James Beatty was clearly very good, which also gave the home fans a little more anticipation!

Two minutes later, however, Liverpool showed the Southamptonians what it means to be effective in attack!

It was a counter-attacking opportunity, Liverpool passed the midfield after a two-foot pass, Gerrard did not take the ball himself after taking the ball in front, but stuffed the ball straight to Heskey, who retreated to receive the ball!

Huskey leaned in on Southampton defender Michael Svensson to receive the ball, when suddenly his afterglow swept to Chen Xi, who was cutting in at high speed on the left. At this time, the big black man showed his dexterous side.

Without stopping the ball, Husky directly turned around and swept the ball in the direction of the left bottom line, and the ball obediently refracted and appeared on Chen Xi's running route!

At this time, Chen Xi had already used the advantage of his speed to throw off the opponent's right-back Dodd, and after catching up with the ball, Chen Xi did not stop the ball, and directly passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area!

This is an iron earth, but the speed is very fast, because Chen Xi has already noticed that Owen's high speed is plugged in. He knew that he couldn't pass the ball slower than Owen could plug in, otherwise he would miss Owen's best chance to shoot!

Obviously, Chen Xi has done this, and his team, Owen, has arrived, and the combination is almost seamless!

All Owen had to do was position his right foot and wait for the ball to come over, then push the ball into the goal in front of him!

“gooooooooooooal！！！ Michael ~~~~~~ Owen!! It was a textbook counter-attacking combination from Liverpool's front line. Heskey, Edison and Owen who shot goal, they all had just one touch. Such a counterattack is absolutely pleasing to the eye. It also taught the opponent Southampton a good lesson and told them what is called offensive efficiency! ”

After the goal, Owen showed a different style of celebration from his previous drifting style, he rushed to the stands where the Liverpool fans were and swung his right fist hard, as if to tell James Beatty with his actions: I, Michael Owen is England's number one striker today!!

Liverpool fans also gave Owen the most enthusiastic response. Although Chen Xi has become the king in the hearts of fans because of his crazy performance this season, Liverpool fans are not people who like the new and hate the old, and they are also as supportive as ever for Owen and Gerrard, the twin stars who once supported the team!

Looking at Chen Xi, who rushed over to celebrate with him, Owen gave him a heavy hug. He knows that without Chen Xi's joining, he and Gerrard may still be difficult to make much progress this season. Although after Chen Xi came, he immediately took away some of the attention that originally belonged to him, but Owen didn't care. He is a man who has already won the European Ballon d'Or, but the accolades of his career are very limited. At one point, he even considered leaving Liverpool for a more competitive team. Fortunately, at this time, Chen Xi came, and from the current situation, it seems that the Liverpool team will likely achieve unprecedented brilliant results. He had clearly gained more than he had lost!

Gerrard and Owen have been playing together since they were in the youth team, and the two have been promoted to the first team. Since then, they have been known as the Liverpool Twins, but the real results they have achieved over the years are the five crowns in '01. It's been several years, but the two have yet to help the fans bring their dream league title, and as for the next level of the Champions League, they are even more out of reach.

This year, after Chen Xi's arrival, these dreams they have shared may become a reality. Even if Chen Xi, who is younger than both of them, replaced the two of them as the most beautiful person in Anfield, and even surpassed them to become the king of Anfield, they don't care, all they have is a heart full of desire for the championship!

Chen Xi didn't expect that his two partners would have such a rich psychology in their hearts at this time, he just felt that the eyes of these two people looking at him were a little weird, which made him feel furious. If he hadn't known that these two guys had regular girlfriends and already had children, he would definitely wonder if there was something wrong with their surnames...... The excitement of Liverpool fans over Owen's goal quickly passed, and what they were really waiting for was Chen Xi's record-breaking goal. You know, even if it was an away game today, the Liverpool team still had a lot of fans, and many of them bought tickets for this game from Southampton fans at a price several times higher than the face value.

So, today you can see a very strange scene from the scene, that is, in the area where the home fans are located, a large patch of red and white striped shirts is often mixed with a small group of Liverpool's pure red!

Although Chen Xi can understand the mood of the fans, he did not choose to go it alone because he was in a hurry to break the record. Because he believes in the strength of his teammates, and when he creates opportunities for them, they will also create opportunities for themselves!

So, after Owen scored, Chen Xi made a few good crosses on the side.

It's a pity that Husky and Gerrard missed the opportunity and missed the opportunity to expand the score!

The score was still 0-1, and Southampton did not give up the game, although the outcome of this game did not have much impact on their results at the end of the season. But this season, every team that plays Liverpool will have an idea to challenge Liverpool's unbeaten record.

In the eyes of the Southampton team, even if they can't break the unbeaten golden body of the Liverpool team, even if they get a draw, it is a very remarkable result!

In the 32nd minute, James Beatty's striker partner Omega almost equalised for Southampton!

Right wing-back Drape sent in a pinpoint cross from the right that James Beatty flanked in front of him, but Hyypia couldn't get the ball on the head, and it grazed his head and landed in the middle of the box!

Omerod appeared on the path of the ball, and in the face of the bouncing ball, he directly came to the side volley!

It's a pity that the turf of St. Mary's Stadium made a big joke with him, and the trajectory of the ball after bouncing off the ground was very irregular, which made his originally stable shot turn into an anti-aircraft gun!

"Oh my God! Omerrod actually missed a shot from near the penalty spot! James Beatty must be wondering why he didn't get such a good opportunity! ”

The Saints fans at the scene also sighed regretfully again.

Teams that waste chances are punished, and Liverpool soon proved it again with their attack!

It was still a counter-attacking opportunity, only this time Liverpool shifted their attack to the right.

Chen Xi's continuous breakthroughs on the left made the Southampton team's defense unconsciously a little seriously right-leaning, and their left side was relatively empty!

Smitchell, who has gradually been taken away from his main position by Luis Garcia this season, has also been given a chance to perform!

Xavi Alonso played a long ball straight to the feet of Smitchell and after Bridge's hefty purchase by Chelsea, Southampton's defense on the left was not as solid as they were last season.

Smitchell looked at ease against Bridge's replacement, Lundkwan, and after a few consecutive pedals, he suddenly accelerated and broke through!

Before he could get to the bottom, Smitchell crossed straight away, and the quality of the cross was very high!

The ball is fast and the arc is flat, so it's obviously very beneficial for the attacker and very difficult for the defender to defend!

The ball flew past Owen and the opposition centre-back in a wonderful arc to the back post!

Husky was in that position, and just as he was about to jump high, Svensson, who was defending him, pulled him behind him and jumped with him.

This made Husky not quite jump, and he stumbled in the air!

The Liverpool fans at the scene instantly burst into boos, and the referee had already put the whistle in his mouth and was ready to award a penalty.

But at this time, Chen Xi's voice appeared on the route of the ball.

The Liverpool fans booed and stopped, and the referee did not blow the whistle in the spirit of attacking advantage!

The ball had already begun to fall significantly after passing over Husky's head, and by the time it reached Chen Xi, it had already become a half-high ball.

This kind of ball is not particularly easy to handle, but Chen Xi seems to have been prepared for a long time, directly turned sideways and jumped high, and after using the swing of his left foot in the air to create a habitual surname, Chen Xi swept out his right leg sideways!

A flying side hook!

Syllable! Chen Xi's right foot sturdily pumped the ball in the air!

The ball twisted almost violently at that moment, and then the potential energy was converted into kinetic energy, and it flew towards the near post with a roar!

The Liverpool fans, who were still booing for the foul of the Southampton team just now, had already stood up from their seats excitedly, and their voices were ready to cheer for Chen Xi's goal at any time!

Southampton goalkeeper Nemi apparently didn't expect Liverpool to have a third outflanking player after missing two chances in a row, so his reaction was noticeably slower.

By the time he made the save, the ball had smashed into the net behind him!

“unbelievable！ it`s~a~fantastic~gooooooooooooooooal！！！ Edison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chen !! The elongated voice of Paul Mortenson's signature fluttered over St Mary's Stadium.

Boom~~~ Liverpool fans immediately erupted in earth-shattering cheers. At this time, I am afraid that the sleeping Virgin Mary was also awakened by the cheers of the Liverpool team.

Benitez couldn't help but clapped his hands and walked to the side of the field, and the players on the bench had already jumped to the sidelines.

"This is Edison's 48th goal in all competitions this season! It was also a record-breaking goal! From today, he became the player with the most goals in a single season in Liverpool history! What surprised us even more was that Edison's historic goal was still so beautiful! Side volley, this kind of shooting method that is not much worse than the barb, but it is interpreted by Edison with ease! It was definitely a goal that will go down in history!! ”

After scoring the goal, Chen Xi also rushed to the sidelines frantically, but this time he did not rush to the stands where the Liverpool fans were, but to a camera on the sidelines!

He first yelled at the camera lens, then took off his jersey, revealing the line on it: "48, hats off to Ian Rush!" ”

This is a celebratory gesture that marked Edison's surname after breaking the record...... Hats off to the original record holder! He celebrated to the cameras and perhaps to make good on his pre-match promise to share his record-breaking goal on television with the Liverpool fans who were unable to make it! ”

The fans at the scene obviously understood Chen Xi's approach, so they still burst out the warmest cheers for Chen Xi!

Southampton fans were shocked by the spectacle, and how long had it been since they had seen such a thrilling scene at St Mary's?

Chen Xi's goal also helped Liverpool extend the score to two goals, which also frustrated Southampton's hope of upsetting Liverpool at home!

In the second half of the game, Chen Xi, who was very excited, did not stop his pace of scoring goals.

His second goal of the game sealed a 3-0 win for Liverpool and extended his league tally to 33, just three short of his own single-season record of 36 goals.

(To be continued)