Liverpool's Champions League group stage at home to Monaco was the Reds' 100th Champions League fixture.

Although there was a lot of media hype before the game, it was a pity that in the Anfield stadium, except for the KOP stands, there were obvious empty seats in the other three stands!

Owen fled the Bernabeu at a low price, and Liverpool's dismal operation did hit the fans' morale very hard!

If it weren't for Gerrard's choice to stay behind and the waves caused by Zhao Yuyu's "Little Prince", there would be even more empty seats!

In other places, Zhao Yuyu began to ridicule Zhao Yuyu for just playing well in a few games, and he was crowned as the "little prince" before he even played a whole game, which shows that Liverpool has indeed become a broken house, and every flash of light can't wait to be taken out to show off, Liverpool fans are generally the same enemy!

'They're jealous because they don't have the talent to score goals in the Premier League at the age of 16!'

Although Zhao Yuyu will be wary of excessive popularity, the love of the fans is indeed intoxicating - who doesn't love to be followed?

In a slightly deserted atmosphere, the game began.

In this game, Liverpool still played a 4231 formation.

The difference with the league is that Garcia moved to the middle and Colwill switched to the left. Alonso replaces Hamann and Steven Gerrard at the back!

Benitez's fine-tuning has worked well.

The connection between Garcia and Alonso makes Liverpool's middle look creative!

After the start of the match, after Monaco's Caron tested a Dudek with a lob shot from 30 meters out, Garcia and Alonso began an active performance, directly pressing Monaco down:

It was Garcia who played a back-heel pass in front of the penalty area, and Alonso received the ball and distributed it to Finnan on the right, whose cross won Liverpool's first corner.

It's a pity that the quality of the corners is not very good, and it does not pose a threat!

'Alonso's goal doesn't reflect his quality. Of course, no one can touch the ball at a high level every time.

Garcia continued his efforts and tore through the Monaco defense with the outside of his instep during the run, but Cisse's shot went straight out of the goal!

"Big brother, you are the king of French 1 shooters!" It's become a habit to complain about Cisse.

"Since the opening, Liverpool's performance has really been higher, their attacks have been continuous, Monaco can only passively parry, this is not the way!"

The commentator of French national television was a little anxious for Monaco: "Mr. Houllier, Liverpool was not this style before, right?" Is it just three Spanish players who have become so aggressive? ”

Former Liverpool boss Houllier appeared on the Anfield booth as a guest commentator on French national television, a question that really embarrassed him, after all, his Liverpool are known for their dull and monotonous attack!

"Monaco's strength is too different from the Champions League final a few months ago, they let go of Giuli, Morientes and other main players, and the strong team is stronger in the face of the weak team, which is understandable!"

No matter how much Houllier quibbles, Liverpool's advantage is real.

Liverpool's aggressive short passing system left Monaco at a loss and had to interrupt Liverpool's attack with fouls.

This gave Liverpool a lot of free kicks, and if you walk too much at night, you will eventually encounter ghosts.

In the 22nd minute, Alonso took a free kick in the midfield, Garcia and Gerrard's continuous triangular passes, making the Moroccan players dizzy, Garcia's pass created a one-knife situation for Cisse, and Cisse, who faced the goalkeeper, easily scored the ball, 1-0.

This goal immediately made the commentator of France Télévisions hang his head:

"Now Liverpool are not just looking strong, they are really taking the lead, and if this trend continues, Monaco is in danger!"

The Sky TV commentator was excited:

"Oh oh oh, Cisse finally didn't squander his chances again, you know that wasting chances on the football field is punishable! Now Benitez can take a break, but fortunately he is still young, otherwise it would be a waste of energy to keep dancing like this! ”

CCRV's commentary for this game is now clearly biased towards Liverpool:

"Liverpool took the lead in the first 22 minutes of the first half, and today Yuyu will have a chance to be the first Chinese to play in the Champions League......

Liverpool's jubilation is over and the game is underway again.

Zhao Yuyu looked at the field intently, in his eyes, the Liverpool players used running and passing to divide the field into small areas, the more they played, the smoother they became, Monaco was like being netted!

After Alonso dominated the scheduling, he once again made a super distance through the ball, Garcia accelerated to receive the ball, directly dialed the ball and broke through the Monaco defender in disguise, and shot from a small angle with his left foot!

Monaco goalkeeper Roma fell to the ground in time to block the shot!

Benitez put his head in his hands and leaned back: "Where's your shooting boots?"

Although they didn't score, Liverpool's momentum was high again.

Liverpool continued to create chances, this time it was Garcia, he received a pass from Colwill and headed the goal, but unfortunately the ball went straight into Roma's arms!

Benitez: ......

What else can I say?

Zhao Yuyu: ......

Maybe I can look forward to the main force?

Liverpool's cutting of the pitch is also reflected in the defence, and their more running allows them to often surround opponents and get the ball!

It was the same this time, Monaco had just advanced to the front of the pitch before Liverpool snatched the ball back and did not form a shot at all.

Garcia and Cisse made a two-on-one cooperation, but unfortunately Cisse stopped the ball too much and was directly caught up by the opponent's defender to clear the siege!

Benitez gritted his teeth and turned his head to look at Zhao Yuyu.

Zhao Yuyu straightened his spine: Coach, you can indeed trust me!

Benitez turned his head and looked at the pitch again, and looked again, and looked again, not in a hurry.

Immediately afterwards, it was Garcia again, who shot after receiving a pass from Gerrard at the back post, but unfortunately the ball hit the side-netting again!

Benitez: ......

The first half is almost over, and for the sake of your tactical execution, I'm giving you a chance!

"The referee blew the whistle at half-time and Liverpool walked into the dressing room with a one-goal lead, Liverpool deserved to take the lead, Liverpool fans deserved to be entertained and the Monaco players deserved a good lesson at half-time. If it weren't for Liverpool's forgetting to bring their shooting boots, the suspense of the game would have been completely killed......"

After the start of the second half, Benitez's face became grim standing on the sidelines: Monaco's form has improved visibly, at least Liverpool can no longer get shots at will!

The hardness of Monaco's defense has improved a lot, and the fouls are quite decisive and positional, most of the free kicks Liverpool got were just over the halfway line, and finally got a free kick of about 35 meters, and Gerrard stood in front of the ball......

Colwill cut inside to fake the ball to Garcia, who crossed diagonally into the box and had another chance for Cisse, whose shot went over the crossbar again with interference from his opponents......

Benitez spread his hands: ......

It's really not okay if you don't adjust.

Directly replaced Cisse with Baroshe!

Garcia and Alonso's Spanish central axis is still active, but unfortunately it is not as strong as in the first half, Monaco's tough defense has made Garcia gradually deviate from the edge of the penalty area, which makes him much less threatening!

As Liverpool's attacking intensity decreased, Monaco's sporadic counter-attacks began to gain momentum......