Zhang Tiehan and Morientes are completely different from Cice, Morientes and Cisse belong to the same type of striker, the difference is that Morientes used to be Real Madrid's top scorer, he has more experience in the game, his ability is more comprehensive, he can not only play the center, but also retreat to play shadow striker, and even retreat to play forward.

In this way, Morientes can completely replace Zhang Tiehan's position just now, but he does not have Zhang Tiehan's ability to shoot from a distance.

Zhang Tiehan is playing center forward at the front.

Speaking of dominance in the penalty area, compared to Zhang Tiehan, even Manchester United's Dutch goalscorer Van Nistelrooy can only bow to the upper hand, when Liverpool's attack has passes, breakthroughs, perimeter long-range shots, and overhead passes, the offensive penetration is very strong.

What matters is Zhang Tiehan's goal efficiency.

In the 60th minute, Liverpool ushered in the first goal, which was completed by Riser on the wing, he crossed to Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan headed the ball overhead, the football was saved by the goalkeeper, and Riser happened to cut in to complete the follow-up shot.

Liverpool scored the first goal.

After the goal, Reese seemed very excited, this was his first goal in the new season, and it was done by himself, although there is Zhang Tiehan's credit for not scoring a goal, obviously this credit Zhang Tiehan will not put in his eyes at all, and the media of various statistics will not put the assist in it, of course, the goal is the most important thing, Reese after the goal, hugged Zhang Tiehan and thanked him.

Zhang Tiehan is annoyed that he didn't score, if he can bless Reese, it would be strange.

For Reese's goal, he was really envious, jealous and hateful, but fortunately, Zhang Tiehan resisted the urge to punch Reese in the face, and still hugged him enthusiastically, but his arm unconsciously used more force. Reese thrust it in, but he still didn't react, and when he hugged Gerald again, he realized why his arm hurt a little again.

While Zhang Tiehan was annoyed, he also admired his opponents - Sylvain Distin and Sun Jihai.

The former was ignored by him, and Sylvain Distin did a good job defensively. But he is a tall man, completely relying on his body to make trouble for himself, this guy's defensive skills are really a bit, the important thing is Sun Jihai, Sun Jihai has brought him a lot of trouble.

"You're tough."

After the game started again, Zhang Tiehan said in Chinese, "But I won't be polite next!" He didn't speak very politely.

However, Sun Jihai found it very interesting, and it was the first time that someone spoke Chinese to him in the Premier League. He also knew Zhang Tiehan before, after all, Zhang Tiehan is very good, he is a celebrity in the Premier League, and for Sun Jihai, Zhang Tiehan is also different from other stars - he is Chinese.

Chinese Americans are rare.

Zhang Tiehan is the only Chinese in the Premier League, Sun Jihai also got to know him, it is not easy to meet a Chinese in Europe, he just didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to use Chinese so well.

He gave Zhang Tiehan a thumbs up. "You're so hard to guard against! But I'll wait."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Soon Sun Jihai knew that Zhang Tiehan was not joking.

Zhang Tiehan is not just talking, it is not easy for him to find opportunities in the Manchester City penalty area against the defense of Sylvain Distin and Sun Jihai. But there is an easy way, and that is to use the header, to keep using the header, and in terms of headers, he just needs to find the right position and jump straight to the goal. No need to stop the ball, no need to turn around, no more than people, this is the best way to score a goal against a two-man defense.

Zhang Tiehan asked his teammates to increase the high ball, giving him more opportunities.

When Zhang Tiehan was the center. Liverpool's goals almost revolve around Zhang Tiehan, and the whole team gives him all kinds of support, what Zhang Tiehan says, everyone plays, especially Reese, Gerrard, Alonso and others, that is definitely the resolute implementation of Zhang Tiehan's offensive method, they are quite confident in Zhang Tiehan.

As a result, Manchester City was in such an attack, and the goal looked precarious.

A minute later, Zhang Tiehan's Yuguan rush almost scored. Immediately followed by a corner, then a corner, and then a corner, Zhang Tiehan got three chances in a row, but fortunately, Manchester City's defense was very tight, so he didn't let him put the ball in.

But it doesn't matter, there are still many opportunities.

The pressure on Sylvain-Distin and Sun Jihai is very great, because in the defensive header, Sun Jihai can't help at all, once he just stood up to the position, he was directly squeezed by Zhang Tiehan and almost fell to the ground, this normal body collision, the referee will not blow the whistle to suspend the game at all, so Sun Jihai is very helpless in defense.

He can only pray that Sylvain Distin's defense will work.

But Sylvain Distin is not omnipotent, he is not the main central defender in the French team, what level can be imagined, when this time the football flew over again, Sylvain Distin finally failed to get in the main position, this small mistake made Zhang Tiehan calmly turn around and move two steps to the right, and then he jumped up and hit the goal with a direct header.

"Bang!"

The collision between the top of the head and the soccer ball is clearly audible.

The hearts of all Manchester City fans in the entire Manchester stadium were raised in their throats, and there were fans who closed their eyes and silently prayed to God to help them, but unfortunately at this time, probably God was also resting, and the football rushed directly into the goal

“Gooooooooooooal！！！”

"The ball went in !!"

"Zhang scored the second goal for Liverpool, which almost sent Manchester City into the abyss! They don't stand a chance! The Liverpool commentator shouted excitedly, "This is Zhang's iconic header, his header is so fast that James can only subconsciously reach out to block the ball, but this reaction is obviously slower than football"

Liverpool fans cheered too.

Liverpool's second goal, combined with the current timing, also means that Manchester City have few chances, and even Manchester City fans don't expect the team to score two goals in a row in the next short period of time.

It is worth noting that the commentator's words about Zhang Tiehan's goal, "iconic header", yes, Zhang Tiehan also has "iconic long shot", in short, many of Zhang Tiehan's goals are 'iconic'.

Zhang Tiehan also hopes that he will have more 'iconic' goals. That said, his goalscoring skills have increased a lot.

It's a pity that he hasn't been able to add another signature way of scoring goals until now, he's been looking for another way, he's positioned it on the free-kick, and he's been training on it. But whether it was a 'Beckham-esque' curling ball or whether his powerful volley would become an iconic goal, he himself did not know.

It was also the last goal of the game

After the game, many media praised Liverpool.

Liverpool has conquered all of Europe, but Benitez's team has always faltered in the domestic arena, even this season, Liverpool's league record can not be said to be stable, and the league has been up and down, which is a big problem for Liverpool, after all, the league is the foundation of the club's various competitions.

Now they are finally seeing the light of day.

Match at Manchester City Stadium and Manchester City. It was a milestone for Liverpool in the league, Benitez's 50th league game in charge, with a two-goal win to end the game perfectly, and perhaps more importantly for Liverpool, their fourth consecutive league win.

At the top of the table, Chelsea are still seven points ahead of Liverpool, but that is not the key as Liverpool improve. It's the topic of Benitez's relationship with a lot of media, you know. It was the Reds' first consecutive league win since the Spaniard took over, plus two Champions League games and a six-game winning streak since the draw with Fulham, with Liverpool last losing on 18 September against Birmingham City if unbeaten games are counted. That said, Liverpool haven't lost for two and a half months.

Speaking after the game, Rafael Benitez smiled and said, "This is the period when I've had the most stability under my hands and we'll try to stay in shape." ”

"Obviously. This team is getting close to what I want it to be, if last season we were only 60 per cent perfect, now we are at 80 per cent," Benitise said, "We are much better defensively than last season, we are more effective offensively, we seem to have found a balance between attack and defence. ”

At the end of the press conference, Benitez also said firmly, "Our goal is the championship!" ”

This phrase was interpreted by the media as 'league'.

Liverpool have the ability to compete with Chelsea for the league title, as can be seen from their league table, as for the history of the Champions Cup, only eight teams have defended the Champions Cup, each time represents the emergence of a dynasty, among them is Liverpool, but that dates back to the 70s of the last century, and the most recent to defend the Champions Cup was AC Milan, that also dates back to 1989.

In today's football, it's too difficult to defend the Champions Cup.

But in an interview, Zhang Tiehan confidently pointed out, "He (Benitez) refers to many aspects, the league, the Champions Cup, the League Cup, the FA Cup, in short, we have a lot of goals, each one, we will strive for." ”

Even though the media had long been accustomed to Zhang Tiehan's way of speaking, they were still shocked by his words, and many hostile media directly criticized Zhang Tiehan for being 'arrogant'.

"All champions? Was he dreaming? ”

"Liverpool? Haha"

"If, as Zhang said, other European giants can be dissolved, who does he think he is? God? "There are a lot of claims, most of them are sarcastic and ridiculous.

Zhang Tiehan didn't bother to deal with these media, before he won the championship, how to talk to them and how to suffer, and he didn't have time to do it, as the time entered December, Liverpool's schedule became very dense, there were no national team match days, no more vacation time, the only thing in life was training and games.

On December 1, Liverpool played Sunderland away and were stubbornly blocked at the Stadium of Light, resulting in only one point for Liverpool in this round, the final score was 1-1, and the team's only goal came from Steven Gerrard.

Just two days later, Liverpool welcomed Wigan Athletic at Anfield.

Wigan Athletic were promoted last season and finished bottom of the league for the first half of the season, but they managed to run seven games unbeaten in the second half of the season, winning six and drawing one, and managed to be relegated in the final round, which was beyond many expectations, but it is good news for Wigan Athletic, and now they can continue to compete in the Premier League.

For Zhang Tiehan, this is a very meaningful opponent.

It was at Wigan Athletic that he made a name for himself. Wigan Athletic was in the second tier at the time, and even now in the Premier League, they have many familiar friends in their squad, such as Ellington, Roberts and Andy Riddle. But there are also a lot of unfamiliar faces, in the summer in order to strengthen the team, bring in a lot of players who can play, he did make a few good deals, free signing former Liverpool Swiss central defender Henkuts, which brought the team the most needed experience, last season's Norwich midfield scorer Francis also arrived, and it is worth mentioning Senegal international Henri Kamara from Wolves, who made a name for himself in the World Cup against Sweden in South Korea and Japan. Last season's loan spell at Southampton also showed good quality.

Overall, however, Wigan Athletic are still difficult to compete with the Premier League powerhouses, and they have been teetering on the brink of relegation so far this season.

Before the game, the media reported a lot of topics about Zhang Tiehan meeting his old club and his former mentor Jewell, but in fact, Zhang Tiehan did not contact his former teammates before the game, and he did not have any communication with Jewell. A game is a game, and now they are opponents. What's the point of connecting privately?

I'm waiting for the game to come after the game.

Jewell is very familiar with Zhang Tiehan, and because of this, Jewell has no hope of getting points at Anfield, although the current Wigan Athletic is much better than before, but with Liverpool, at Anfield. Even a draw is a luxury.

In particular, Liverpool also has Zhang Tiehan in the starting lineup.

Jewell's first sigh was, doesn't this guy know how to rest? How many rounds has he started in a row? Don't Liverpool know how to pay attention to the physical condition of their players?

Jewell was rather angry.

Of course, this all stems from his helplessness, just because he knows Zhang Tiehan, so he knows. His team couldn't defend against Zhang Tiehan at all, so Wigan Athletic simply played an attack and directly put on a posture with Liverpool to attack.

This 'desperate' move was really effective, and no one expected Wigan Athletic to start like this, and as a result, the score displayed on the big screen was '0:2' for the first 20 minutes of the game.

The home team is in front and the visitors are behind, which means that Wigan Athletic found the Liverpool goal twice in just 20 minutes

"Ellington! It's Ellington again! This striker, who has proven himself in many leagues, can still maintain a super high scoring efficiency in the Premier League! Pretty! Facing goalkeeper Carlsen, Ellington was quite calm, a single knife, he pumped the ball into the net with the instep of his foot! ”

"He's scored twice! Two goals! Two goals at Anfield! ”

"He's going to be famous all over England because of this game!"

"Incredible! Two goals! Liverpool were probably far from expecting this to be the opening, Wigan Athletic's overall performance today was too good, and even more so was their striker Ellington, who scored the second goal! ”

"Twenty minutes, just twenty minutes! I'm not surprised at all when someone tells me now that Liverpool are going to lose! ”

"Ellington, brilliant shooter!"

Almost all media commentators and commentators are praising Ellington, including those who support Liverpool's media, mainly Wigan Athletic's table is too good, Ellington's table is also too good, and there are even commentators in Liverpool to bring Ellington to Anfield, such a genius should be under his own.

But it's not just one Ellington that's good, it's Wigan Athletic as a whole.

They played against Liverpool at Anfield Stadium and scored two goals first, such a result that even Wigan Athletic did not expect, and Liverpool was also a little miserable in the first 20 minutes, they did not expect the opponent to be like this, and the result was completely panicked by Wigan Athletic's attack.

Even Zhang Tiehan was a little surprised, he didn't expect the game to turn out like this.

The whole Liverpool fans were silent, they hoped that someone would stand up at this time, win hope for Liverpool, find hope for them, the game will definitely not go on like this, Liverpool must regroup, stabilize the formation and then look for opportunities.

Zhang Tiehan was really a little aggrieved.

This is the game against Wigan Athletic, many media said before the game to see how Zhang Tiehan played against his old club, and the result was scored two goals by Wigan Athletic, if the game ends here, he can imagine that he will become the laughing stock of Liverpool after the game, because in the Liverpool lineup, he is the most special in the game.

So, what now?

Offensive! Goal!

That's what Zhang Tiehan could think of, so his position was more advanced, and he was in the same position as Cisse, but this method didn't give him more opportunities, and because there was a Cisse in front, his opportunities were divided a lot, and as a result, Zhang Tiehan didn't get any good opportunities in ten minutes.

Taking advantage of this time, Liverpool have been able to stabilize their formation, and Wigan Athletic's attack is no longer so threatening.

That's not the way it is!

Benitez saw something off the pitch, he looked hesitant to sweep the bench, and finally shook his head, and the first half passed like this, until the last minute, Liverpool still couldn't break the Wigan Athletic goal.

With two goals down, both teams returned to their respective dressing rooms.

Zhang Tiehan played more depressed in the first half, many times he had a good position but no chance, which made him a little annoyed, in fact, the whole Liverpool team was not good enough, not just one person's problem.

As head coach, Benitez sees more...... (To be continued......)