1157 Wait Time to Announce the Champion
Liverpool returned triumphantly, and the Reds continued to revel on the plane, singing in unison to express the joy of victory.
On the return to Liverpool, there were still plenty of fans in the city who had gathered from pubs to greet the heroes outside the airport.
Fleet Street spoke highly of Liverpool's elimination of Barcelona, especially Qin Xiong, who was the only Chinese four-yuan, became the focus of media coverage.
Qin Xiong's goal after getting rid of Maxwell, Butzkes, Yaya Toure at the Camp Nou, and breaking through Pique was repeatedly played by major European media and became the most popular football goal video.
Reds legend Redknapp Jr. said in a guest on BBC Sports: "It's hard to say about the future, but as far as this season is concerned, Qin Xiong defeated Ronaldo at the Bernabeu and Messi at Camp Nou, he is now the best in the world, and no one can question this!" ”
Of course, Reds fans are already convinced of this, and they are full of confidence in the team, believing that Liverpool with Qin Xiong, Gerrard, Torres, and Alonso is already the strongest team in Europe!
And this team is now going to start plundering the honor!
Koeman gave the squad a day off to give his players a good rest, and then held an intra-squad meeting on Thursday when the players returned to training.
The meeting summarized and affirmed the performance and achievements of the players in the recent double-front battle.
The main content is that Koeman revealed the team's plan for the rotation of the team during the Champions League semi-finals, as specified by the coaching staff.
After two Premier League games, Liverpool will face the Champions League semi-finals, with a Premier League game between the two semi-finals.
In order to have the best performance in the semi-finals.
The main players naturally rest as much as possible before and during Champions League matches. Then the substitutes will play the league.
So the question in front of Liverpool is: Premier League this weekend. It will be up to the main players to take care of it, and then the main players will recuperate for a week before heading out into the Champions League semi-finals.
The Red Army generals said that there was no problem and agreed with the arrangement of the coaching staff.
Even if they are already feeling a little tired after returning from the fierce battle at Camp Nou, in order to ensure that the league battlefield does not change again, the main players have the responsibility and obligation to take on the responsibility of continuous play.
It's the weekend, the 34th round of the Premier League. The penultimate round of the league begins.
In the championship group, Manchester United, who theoretically has the possibility of winning the championship, took the lead.
At the end of last week, Manchester United lost the battle with Chelsea due to refereeing problems, and the probability of success in defending the title became very small, and in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester United was eliminated by Bayern Munich.
Against this backdrop, Manchester United did not put in a convincing performance away at Blackburn.
In the end, he drew 0:0 with Blackburn.
Liverpool were the second to make their debut, at Anfield. They welcomed East London side West Ham United.
In this game, Liverpool showed some restraint, and the continuous battle was a great test of physical fitness. Especially in the closing stages of the season.
West Ham United put on a dense defense to restrain Liverpool, and West Ham United is the fourth from bottom in the league, even one point may become a lifeline point for relegation, so they are united to use an iron bucket formation to block being crushed by Liverpool.
In slower-paced games, Liverpool try to be consistent, which is the strategy developed by Koeman.
I don't want the devastating rhythm of the Premier League to collapse the rhythm of the game, but instead expose Liverpool's fitness problems.
In the process of constantly creating chances and trying to break down dense defences, Liverpool were in trouble at one point.
It wasn't until the 68th minute that Steven Gerrard suffered a foul in front of the game and Liverpool got a direct free-kick opportunity.
Qin Xiong stood in front of the football for the fourth time and took a free kick.
This time, he blasted the West Ham United goal open with his iconic lift ball!
The Reds fans in the stands at Anfield Stadium were ecstatic when the football crashed into the West Ham United goal, chanting Qin Xiong's name in unison, and after Qin Xiong celebrated his goal, the stadium reverberated with the sound of "Premier League champion".
Forgive Liverpool fans for being unreserved, not so arrogant that they think they will rise to the top of England before the title race is settled.
It's a cry of can't wait to dream back to the top after twenty years of waiting!
West Ham changed their formation immediately after conceding the goal, and they needed points to secure relegation, which gave Liverpool more chances.
In the 74th minute of the game, Alonso and Qin Xiong collided with the wall in a row, and then picked up a pass to the penalty area to assist Torres to score.
8 minutes later, Gerrard entered the penalty area and knocked the ball back suddenly, Qin Xiong, who was ambushed in front of the penalty area, led the ball to dribble horizontally for two steps and then scored a shot, and the football went straight to the far corner of the goal around the defender's head, and finally hung in the dead corner!
3:0
Liverpool beat West Ham United at home to win the penultimate round of the league.
Koeman hugged every player who played after the game, knowing in his heart that the league title was in his hands and that he could now fully devote himself to the Champions League!
The generals of the Red Army were well aware of this.
Everyone was excited, expectant, and even a little apprehensive.
It is conceivable that returning to the top after 20 years of absence from the league championship is unimaginable, and that kind of mood is sought after and supported by the fans.
The league can secure the title, the Champions League is on the rise, and everyone is looking forward to winning in the Champions League.
Then this season can be said to be close to perfect!
Another title rival, Chelsea, made his final appearance.
At Stamford Bridge, the Blues beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 and took all three points, but Carlo Ancelotti admitted after the game that the league title belonged to Liverpool.
With four league games remaining, Liverpool are nine points ahead of Chelsea and 12 ahead of Manchester United.
Considering the goal difference between Manchester United and Liverpool, it can be officially declared that Manchester United's dream of defending the title is completely shattered!
Chelsea, on the other hand, could just miss Liverpool with one more win to claim the title.
But that's all theoretical.
In fact, Carlo Ancelotti's personal admission of defeat represents the voice of all Chelsea people.
In four rounds, Liverpool only needs to score 3 or 4 points to ensure that they can win the championship, and now Liverpool, even if one or two main players are injured and absent, it is impossible not to win one of the four games!
The league title will belong to Liverpool, it's just a matter of when all theoretical suspense will be completely killed. (To be continued.) )