Volume 1 The Red Sun Rises Chapter 145 The Christmas War

The day after Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, the Premier League, unlike other European leagues, not only does it not have a winter break, but the Premier League also has almost the most intense fixtures of the season during Christmas and New Year.

Unlike the previous Premier League games before and after Boxing Day, not only are they prone to big scores, but also upsets. This year's Christmas war has been much more uneventful.

Arsenal 2:0 Fulham

Chelsea 1:0 Villa

Everton 2:1 Manchester City

Manchester United 2:0 Bolton

It's decent, there are neither big scores nor underdogs.

You must know that in previous Boxing Day games, Burnley beat Manchester United 6-1 at home, Fulham humiliated Ipswich Town 10-1, Liverpool beat Stoke City 6-1 and Blackburn beat West Ham United 8-2 away.

In addition, there were three high-scoring draws in that round, with Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United and Wolves vs Aston Villa both ending 3-3, and West Bromwich Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur drawing 4-4.

Ten games in one day resulted in 66 goals.

This year's Christmas war is too dull compared to the past.

Liverpool's away game against West Bromwich Albion is the final fixture of the Premier League and it will be up to them to save the atmosphere of the Boxing Day Christmas clash on this game.

Rafa Benitez still lined up 442 for this game, but there was a significant rotation of personnel.

Barosh's partner was changed from Mailer to Pongele.

Nunez started in place of Garcia at right-midfield.

Reese started in place of Colwill at left midfield.

Traore started at left-back.

Of course, there is a passive element to both Mailer and Colwill's rotation, and they are injured!

Colwill's old groin injury recurred, and no one expected that Mailer would also hurt his knee in training.

It's not serious, but this game is out of play.

Liverpool took the initiative from the start

In the 17th minute, Gerrard crossed from the right and Risse fired into the far corner from six yards in front of the goal.

In the 39th minute, Nunez's header was blocked by Contra in front of the goal line, and the Romanian was sent off by referee Sdales.

Gerrard conceded the penalty to Baroshe, mainly to get him to score more goals and get back to shape.

However, Baroshe's penalty was saved by goalkeeper Holt, and he was smart enough to grab the second spot, and he hurried to make up for it, only to be blocked by Poole on the goal line.

Benitez's face is green, and he kicked 442 to take care of you, and that's how you repay me?

Although they missed a penalty, there was a full half of 11 to 10, and Liverpool could rest easy.

In the 51st minute, Reese crossed from the left, and Pongele volleyed from 12 yards in the middle, and the ball rebounded to score.

In the 55th minute, Hamann flicked a free kick and Gerrard fired a low right-footed shot from 20 yards down the middle, the ball bounced through the wall and into the net.

3:0, there was one more person on the field, and Liverpool sealed the win.

In the 66th minute, Baros signaled that he could not hold on after being tackled, and Benitez replaced Baros with Luis Garcia.

It was Liverpool's only substitution.

In the 82nd minute, Alonso crossed from the right and Reese volleyed home from a distance.

In the 89th minute, Reese passed the ball from the left side of the penalty area, and Luis Garcia scored with a low shot from the middle to seal the win.

5:0。

The biggest score in this round of the Premier League was born.

As a result, Zhao Yuyu rarely sat on the bench all night, and he didn't need to play at all.

The Man of the Match award rightfully belonged to Norway international Reese, who took the lead in the match with two passes and two shots.

After 19 half-league games, the Norwegian is Liverpool's only weapon on the left.

In the summer of 2001, Liverpool bought the 21-year-old from Monaco for £4 million, and after more than three years and more than 150 games, a more mature Reeser appeared in the hearts of Anfield fans.

Since Rafael Benitez took charge of Liverpool this season, players such as Josemi, Nunez and Luis Garcia have all operated on the right flank, while the left has been a re-entry of the original team.

Traore can play as a left wing-back and Colwill as a left winger as a left wing-back, but as a panacea on the left, Reese can play anywhere on the left.

The Norwegian was a great physicality, with a powerful throw-in, a powerful left-footed shot and a relentless run up and down the left flank. That's the real reason why Reese started 18 of his first 19 league games. In 18 games, Reese scored four goals and had 36 shots on goal. These indicators dwarf Colwill, who is known for his offense.

This game is just his total outburst.

Zhao Yuyu watched with joy as his teammates slaughtered their opponents and painted the Christmas battle with its due color.

I don't feel sorry at all for not being able to play.

Kidding, next week is a double fixture, and then there's the Carabao Cup and the Champions League.

Now my most important task is to accumulate energy.

Zhao Yuyu was about to quietly pass past the group of reporters surrounding Lise, but he was unexpectedly stopped by a few sharp-eyed reporters.

Come on, come on, the water will come to the earth, the soldiers will block, we don't have to be afraid!

It's just that the reporters' questions directly confused Zhao Yuyu.

"Yuyu, many people have questioned your £30,000 a week salary, thinking it's too high for an underage player, what do you think about that?"

Originally, Zhao Yuyu was still wondering, he didn't play in this game, why was the first to ask himself a foreign reporter, as soon as he heard this question, he understood everything, this is the emperor. Nationalism will not die.

No wonder they are more active than Chinese journalists.

"My salary situation is my personal privacy, it is inconvenient to disclose, thank you, next question."

Although the salary is now only a small part of his income, Zhao Yuyu does not intend to make it the subject of criticism.

"But the News of the World revealed that your weekly salary was £30,000!"

Journalists aren't resting on their laurels.

"Then you go and ask the News of the World."

With the help of the cover of Chinese reporters, Zhao Yuyu successfully ended the post-match interview, in fact, he was not the best player in the game, and there was no problem if he did not accept the interview.

After returning to Liverpool and contacting Odin in his spare time, Zhao Yuyu figured out what was going on.

Zhao Yuyu has long known that the combat effectiveness of British tabloids is very good, and when he heard that it was the tabloid leader "News of the World", it was not surprising how his salary figure could be leaked.

"I'm a reporter for the News of the World."

The man with glasses persevered.

"Hehe, I refuse to answer the News of the World question."

As a Liverpool player, Zhao Yuyu's refusal to answer questions from The Sun's weekend edition of The News of the World was the right thing to do, and no one could fault it.