1041 Gunner Exits
After Liverpool defeated Basel 4-0 away in the first leg of the 1/8 final, European media generally played similar headlines: Liverpool locked in a Champions League quarter-final spot!
Leading the team back to Liverpool, the Reds continued to prepare for the weekend's FA Cup 1/8 finals.
Anfield Stadium was crowded on weekends, and Liverpool's game against Sheffield United was able to receive support from the majority of Red Army fans because of Liverpool's super popular.
Situ Yunbing took the rotation as expected, and Sheffield United came to the away game to fully play the rough and confrontational defense of the Championship, but they were obviously a 100,000-mile difference from Liverpool in terms of rhythm.
With the goals of Sancho and Griezmann, Liverpool easily defeated his opponent 2:0 at home and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.
After a week off, the team got a good breathing space. Before the 28th round of the league, the Reds faced West Ham United at home, Situ Yunbing said in an interview before the game: "The team is in very good condition now, and I think the real challenge will start in March!"
In mid-to-late March, the Champions League quarterfinals, the FA Cup events, and the league will enter the sprint stage. All factors may form pressure on Liverpool’s shoulders!
Before the game day, Mbappe felt a little uncomfortable with his muscles. To be on the safe side, Situ Yunbing pulled him out of the competition roster.
Liverpool sent Sane, Lewandowski and Griezmann to attack the tough team.
Due to an accident in the personnel, Situ Yunbing re-arranged the tactics before the game and asked the team to play more unrestrainedly.
West Ham United are still struggling for relegation, and although they are far from the relegation zone, they have not yet obtained enough relegation points.
Mbappe's inability to play will to a certain extent make people feel a reaction and feeling that Liverpool's strength has declined, especially the strength of the forward line has declined.
This is normal, even Situ Yunbing would think so.
But Sane, who started Liverpool today, dominated the game with a super shocking performance of 30 minutes!
In the 9th minute of the game, Sane dribbled the ball on the left side of the frontcourt and changed directions and passed two consecutively before cutting into the penalty area and assisting Lewandowski in the left ribs!
Just 7 minutes later, Sane responded while cutting across from the side from the left side of the penalty area, accelerated the ball and dribbled out of the angle in front of the defensive player, and then made a tricky volleyball shot into the upper right corner of the goal!
Liverpool leads with two goals!
In the 30th minute of the game, when he ran into the penalty area and received Arnold's diagonal depth transfer from the left ribs, he directly passed the ball to the back point of the goal with his arch. Griezmann slapped the ball to the header!
One person makes three balls alone!
It only took 30 minutes!
Situ Yunbing couldn't help but walk to the sidelines to cheer and applaud his performance!
In the eyes of outsiders, Liverpool's lineup is extremely powerful, and behind this strength is the extremely cruel and fierce competition in Liverpool's forward line!
Situ Yunbing was very happy that Sane was able to seize the opportunity to work hard to achieve excellent form and performance at this time.
This will only stimulate Liverpool's forward to perform better and will not cause him any trouble.
West Ham United didn't expect to be so embarrassed when they were visiting Anfield. Their game ended before the first half was finished.
Disheartened, they gave up their offense and defended their desperation, just to lose less, because if they lose the ball again, they might be covered in shame when they return to London!
Liverpool finally scored a goal with a substitute in the second half.
When the final whistle sounded, the 4:0 number on the scoreboard made Reds fans particularly excited.
The league only ended 28 rounds, but Liverpool scored 80 points first!
With 10 rounds left, there seems to be no suspense about the Reds' points exceeding 100 this season.
After the game, Situ Yunbing praised Sane.
"He has always been an important member of the team. If you only look at the league, he has played less time this season than last season, because Gareth Bale spent most of his time recuperating from injury last season, but looking at his playing time in all games, he has played a lot of time, and he has performed higher than expected when he plays, helping Liverpool win one game after another!
Today he has a phenomenal performance at Anfield. I hope this is not a flash in the pan. He should play a more important role. I have always had high expectations for him. When Liverpool is about to usher in the most difficult and most important stage of the season, I believe he will bring unique changes to the team!"
Regarding rumors that German head coach Löw would abandon Sane, the reporter also threw this issue to Situ Yunbing.
Situ Yunbing smiled and said, "Although this is something the German coach should worry about, I should say a few words for Sane. If Lov is willing to listen, I will give him some advice and advice.
The advice is that if the German team wants to perform well in the World Cup in Russia, they must first put down their status as defending champion. Don’t think that if the German team won the championship in the last World Cup, they will definitely get a good result!
The suggestion is based on my observation of the German team. Now there are very few players in the German team who can bring targeted tactical effects like Sane!
We all know that the tradition of the German team is unity. They do not focus on highlighting individuals. However, when a player can bring personal threats and tear open the opponent's defense line with his personal ability, or create local heavy pressure on the opponent's defense line, you should let him go!
Sane may not be a player who is absolutely in line with German tradition, but I can guarantee that he is a player who can make the German team stronger.
Give him more trust and patience, and he will make a significant contribution to the team!"
Situ Yunbing publicly supported his beloved disciple, and he knew that it might have a counterproductive effect!
But he can't help but say it!
Otherwise, Fleet Street would use his unsupported support for Sane as an introduction to open up the topic and make more unreasonable guesses tomorrow.
As the World Cup champion coach, Lof naturally has his own principles and positions. He definitely does not need others to give him advice. Even if it comes from the legendary young coach, the most successful coach in European football, is currently the advice.
Whether it will work, or whether it will be good, depends on whether Löv will bring Sane with him in the end and give him trust. If he only takes Sane to Russia but does not give Sane enough trust and opportunities, it will be useless.
In the same round of the Premier League, Tottenham defeated Crystal Palace with one goal away and continued to compete for the four major achievements.
There are two focus battles in this round that attract attention.
Manchester United and Chelsea staged a red and blue battle at Old Trafford.
Mourinho finally led the team to defeat his old club Chelsea and swept away bad luck in front of Conte.
The 2:1 score allowed Manchester United to continue to lead the way in the fourth quarter, and this victory almost pushed Conte to the brink of being dismissed.
The two assessment criteria that determine Conte's stay or not are whether the league can qualify for the Champions League and how far the Champions League can go!
Although Chelsea drew 1-1 with Barcelona at home in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, it is probably unlucky to be a visit to Camp Nou in the second leg.
Therefore, the probability of Conte being dismissed after the end of this season is very high!
Another focus battle was staged at the Emirates Stadium, and Arsenal and Manchester City staged a civil war between the championship group!
This game is the battle of the King of Heaven where Arsenal maintains hope for the championship!
If Arsenal cannot win Manchester City, it will almost be announced that they will withdraw from the championship group because they will fall behind Liverpool to double-digit gap!
Manchester City is already 2 points behind Liverpool, so they must win this game!
A shocking battle was staged at the Emirates Stadium. Even though the two teams scored not many goals, Manchester City still showed stronger strength and finally defeated Arsenal with a score of 2:1 at the Emirates Stadium!
The Gunners fans were heartbroken, and Klopp looked depressed.
After this loss, they lag behind Liverpool by as much as 12 points!
With only 10 rounds left in the league, can you expect Liverpool to lose at least four games?
That's too unrealistic.
The host of Sky Sports Studio, Reinkell, suggested that Klopp could give up the Premier League championship!
Turn to focus on the Champions League!
This is Arsenal's most realistic approach. As long as the league does not collapse and lose the top four positions, according to their current advantage of 18 points ahead of fifth place Chelsea, there is basically no suspense in their top four!
So what's the difference between the league's final third or fourth place?
It would be better to shift the center of gravity to the Champions League and revive the arsenal in the European arena!
Guardiola's team continued to chase Liverpool by 2 points!
Liverpool, 80 points.
Manchester City, 78 points.
Arsenal, 68 points.
Manchester United, 55 points.
Chelsea, 50 points.
Tottenham, 48 points.
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After Arsenal withdraws from the league championship, they will compete with Liverpool for the League Cup championship at the new Wembley Stadium in London!
Perhaps in terms of strength and condition, Liverpool's confrontation with Arsenal this season is now the biggest gap between the two teams!
After all, Liverpool has not encountered very strong challenges in recent rounds of the league.
At the pre-match press conference, Situ Yunbing was asked by reporters about Arsenal's withdrawal from the championship.
Situ Yunbing was silent for a moment and said with a little regret: "If it weren't for the opponents being Liverpool and Manchester City, Arsenal's performance this season was worthy of the league championship, I think no one would have denied this.
Klopp's Arsenal has brought passion to fans and brought Arsenal, which is completely different from the past.
But this is true for football competition, and each era has a different background.
The competitive landscape and situation in the Premier League today are different from those ten years ago and twenty years ago.
The same is true for Europe.
The strength of top-level teams is much better than that of first-tier clubs!
This is also rare in the past. You can say that Barcelona in 2006 was excellent, but they actually lost a lot of games!
Arsenal have hardly lost much of the game this season, at least now, but they have lost hope of winning the championship when March is approaching.
I won't deny this, they have indeed withdrawn from the championship.
Even if Liverpool finally gives them a chance, Manchester City will not give Arsenal a chance to overtake!
But I know they haven't given up, and they will never give up!
Chapter completed!