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When English football was shrouded in the haze of John Terry's "Friend's Wife", the 25th round of the Premier League came as scheduled.
Liverpool and Everton stage a Merseyside derby at Anfield.
David Moyes' side have improved their form of late, catching up from the bottom half of the table to the upper middle of the table.
When it came time to visit Liverpool, Moyes also had to concede in his pre-match press conference.
'We are facing Liverpool, the best Liverpool since the Premier League era, Everton and Liverpool have a certain quality gap, but we will try to win the game.'
Just as Fleet Street predicted that David Moyes would make a big show at Anfield in order to lead Everton into European competition, Everton showed a rare side at Anfield in recent years!
Everton's rise in strength in the past due to their good results, coupled with their ambition to qualify for the Champions League, Merseyside derbies have been played with passion.
However, in this round of the Premier League, the Merseyside derby, Everton may have no hope of entering the Champions League, and it is not attractive to always play the Europa League in the past few years.
Coman was almost angry on the sidelines!
Anyway, this is a derby between mortal enemies!
If an ordinary opponent retreats to defend due to a difference in strength, it can be understood.
But what is a derby with a bucket?
What's the point of the derby?
Everton's lack of courage, while it would have pleased Reds fans, was not as good as a three-point win.
By the 88th minute of the game, Anfield was still tied at 0-0 on the scoreboard.
Qin Xiong. Gerrard. The trio of Alonso stood just outside the Everton penalty area in front of goal. There were footballs in front of the trio, with all Everton players in the second half and a wall on the edge of the box.
It was a direct free-kick from Liverpool in front.
Qin Xiong, who was sweating, locked his eyes on the area in front of Everton.
He had already taken four free-kicks in a row to hit the goal, but he was a little less lucky today and was always a fraction of a second away from the goal.
Liverpool's indiscriminate bombardment for 88 minutes was fruitless, but Everton's dense defense still paid off.
'Will Everton come out of the way at Anfield? They defended well today and never gave Liverpool a good chance to shoot, although there were plenty of dangerous shots from Liverpool. It's a pity that he didn't have some goal luck. ”
Qin Xiong retracted his gaze, and after examining Everton's human wall position, he turned back to talk to Alonso and Gerrard.
After the "conspiracy" of the three, Qin Xiong was ready to take a free kick.
He started to start standing in front of the ball and as he ran towards it, Everton's defenders were extremely nervous.
But Qin Xiong ran past the football and didn't touch the ball!
He made his way to Everton's human wall!
Behind him, Gerald rushed up and looked like he was going to slam the door with a heavy shot!
The Everton players immediately thought that Qin Xiong was a front and that Gerrard would take the penalty.
However, the moment Gerrard touched the ball, he flicked it gently to the left.
Pass to Alonso!
The Everton players thought it was Alonso who came to shoot again!
Meanwhile. Qin Xiong, who rushed straight towards the Everton human wall, changed his position and rushed diagonally from the right side of the human wall to the hinterland of the penalty area!
When the Everton player pounced on Alonso. The Spaniard calmly sent a precise through ball!
Qin Xiong turned his head to look at it as he ran, and the football was rolling behind him quickly!
Anti-offside cut into the penalty area!
The Everton defense was suddenly penetrated by Liverpool's free kick attack!
Qin Xiong didn't stop the ball in the penalty area, and after adjusting his running steps, he shot directly with his right foot!
American goalkeeper Howard had already abandoned the goal, but he couldn't block the near corner of the goal, and Qin Xiong pushed it into the near corner of the goal from a tight angle.
The football rolled past Howard, and he turned his head to look, only to see the ball grazing the inside of the post and rolling into the goal!
Anfield was boiling!
"Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! ”
The live broadcast commentator roared Qin Xiong's name unwillingly, and that shouting was heartbreaking!
Qin Xiong ran wildly around the sidelines of Anfield, setting off a red wave in the stands, while taking off his jersey and falling to the ground, and when he stopped, he let out a wild roar!
Coman gritted his teeth on the sidelines and clenched his fists and waved them for release!
Moyes slapped himself in the face again, then rubbed his hands together.
Holding on for nearly 90 minutes, it looks like a draw is going to be taken away, which can be regarded as a complete retreat.
But I didn't expect to be killed by Qin Xiong!
Everton's substitutions after 70 minutes have completely replaced all the attacking players, just to take away one point at Anfield, which makes Everton unable to turn the tables after falling behind!
When full-time was over, Anfield burst into an unprecedented uproar.
"Liverpool's 12th consecutive league win! With 13 league games remaining, Liverpool's chances of winning the title are rising! After this difficult Merseyside derby, I believe that Liverpool's confidence will be stronger, and then Liverpool will enter the devil's schedule of the league, first in the next round, they will visit the Emirates Stadium to challenge Arsenal, and at the same time, the Champions League knockout round will start later this month, and the biggest test of Liverpool's title competition is coming! ”
Koeman praised the whole Liverpool team after the game, even if it was not a big win, but he believed that Liverpool's fighting spirit and willpower were the reasons for the final victory of the game, and this was far more meaningful than the big victory of "Abuse Vegetables"!
Liverpool took the lead to win, Manchester United made their debut a little later, and the Red Devils beat Portsmouth 5-0 at Old Tra!
Continue to chase Liverpool with a gap of 6 points!
The highlight of the round takes place in the final game, at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea host Arsenal.
Liverpool's players also watched the game live on TV.
In fact, at this time, Liverpool still supported Arsenal.
After all, Arsenal are too far behind them, and if Arsenal can cause Chelsea problems and let Chelsea lose points, it will be tantamount to helping Liverpool beat another rival in a different direction.
However, Arsene Wenger's side have a miserable record against BIG4 rivals in the past two years!
In the first four BIG4 civil wars of the season, Arsenal lost all!
Today marks our fifth game against Chelsea.
They were beaten by a brace from Didier Drogba at Stamford Bridge!
In this season's BIG4 civil war, Arsenal lost five in a row!
Chelsea were able to remain eight points behind Liverpool.
What about Arsenal?
Before facing Liverpool in the next round, they were already 16 points behind Liverpool! (To be continued.) )