Entering Liverpool's first official game, Koeman did not send any main players, and even the goalkeepers were rotated. Qin Xiong, Torres, Alonso, and Gerrard did not appear in the roster of the third round of the FA Cup.

On January 3, at New Industrial Stadium, Koeman sat on the coaching seat and was as deep as water. Liverpool's substitute lineup was too different from the main lineup, which is well known.

However, when facing the low-level league opponents, Koman played a mess in the game, which still made Koman angry but had nowhere to vent.

Reading tied Liverpool 1:1 at home. In fact, if Reading hadn't missed an excellent opportunity, Liverpool might have lost at the New Industrial Stadium today.

The impact this game brought to Koeman was that he truly realized that Liverpool's future construction in addition to strengthening the main lineup, it also has the strengthening of the substitute lineup.

At the beginning of this season, the substitute lineup could use not yet enter the state as an excuse for not entering the state. However, after half a season, the substitute lineup, which did not have much practical experience in running-in experience, still did not have a qualitative improvement. This made Koeman feel very disappointed, and also realized that the problems with the thickness of the Liverpool bench were actually more serious than expected.

He must provide more meticulous care for the main lineup!

Otherwise, the bench lineup that is almost undesirable may ruin all Liverpool's efforts to date in the future battle.

Liverpool has been criticized by Fleet Street, which is obviously related to Liverpool's "negative" attitude towards the FA Cup.

The fans were also a little disappointed, but Koeman could only bear the pressure and stick to his position.

The main lineup must be fully rested in time.

After about ten days of fatigue relief, Liverpool's elite soldiers prepared to go to the 21st round of the Premier League with full spirit and strong fighting spirit.

This league Liverpool will be the final game, and the game against Tottenham will be the focus of this round.

Arsenal, who debuted the game, was tied 2:2 by Everton at the Emirates Stadium!

The next appearance was Manchester United who went to the away game to compete against Birmingham, and the result was also a draw, 1:1.

Chelsea, who played before Liverpool, went to Hull City's home court. After 90 minutes, Chelsea had to regretfully get a draw in a difficult situation where no one was available, with the score being 1:1.

When this round of final battle came, Red Army fans were very excited!

Forced the other three direct competitors in G4 to lose 2 points in this round!

This means that as long as Liverpool beat Tottenham, the lead will be further expanded, and it will be expanded at the same time against three competitors!

After plenty of rest, Liverpool and Tottenham fought fiercely at Anfield!

In the 78th minute of the game, Qin Xiong scored his second goal in the game. The score on the scoreboard became 4:1.

Anfield's cheers soared into the sky, and commentator Martin shouted excitedly: "Qin Xiong secured the victory for Liverpool! Just this round, Manchester United was a draw, Chelsea was a draw, and Arsenal was a draw! Liverpool was able to win a victory. And it was won by Tottenham, which ranked fifth in the league!

Liverpool will expand its lead in this round!

Although the league is just halfway through, the increasingly strong Liverpool is heading towards their first Premier League championship!”

At the end of the game, Anfield's cheers burst out from the airfield shocked the world, and the team songs echoed for a long time in the field. The Liverpool generals hugged each other, roared at high highs, celebrating their further strengthening of the leading advantage.

After the 21st round of the game, Liverpool led Manchester United by 6 points, and both Chelsea and Arsenal were 8 points!

Before leaving the court, Qin Xiong gave his jersey to the fans in the stands. Almost all nearby fans were saying similar words to him in a pleading tone.

"Stand to hold on to such a performance. Don't give Manchester United and Chelsea any chance!"

It seems that Reds fans don’t think Arsenal will be a threat to the championship.

Qin Xiong kept nodding to the fans with a proud temperament. He also hoped that everyone could maintain this momentum and never give any chance to followers.

Fleet Street congratulated Liverpool on its eight-game winning streak, and also believed that Liverpool could easily pass the qualifying match when looking forward to the third round of the FA Cup rematch.

"With a huge advantage of 6 points ahead of the second place, Liverpool can send enough strength to beat Reading in the FA Cup!"

But the fact is that when the mid-week FA Cup rematch arrived, the starting lineup sent by Koeman was exactly the same as the lineup at the New Industrial Stadium in the last round!

Even the substitute list is the same!

Most of the main players have not entered the roster, so those who need to rest will go to rest.

Koeman told himself that he would never make mistakes that were difficult to deal with again.

The local cup in England is left to fate!

In fact, the Liverpool coaching staff was puzzled at the beginning, after all, it was the FA Cup, not the League Cup.

Koeman's explanation is: In the league and the Champions League, we cannot implement rotation, and we cannot even rotate individual main players!

There was only one qualified substitute for the two centre-backs, and after full-back Johnson was injured, Degen's appearance was not satisfactory.

Does Aurerio have a substitute?

Mascherano is just overwhelmed, Lucas can be used in rotation.

But is Alonso a substitute? Gerald, Qin Xiong, Torres?

Liverpool is going to do their best to play in the league and the Champions League, so the consumption of the main lineup will be greater than that of other teams!

Can Liverpool do this when other teams can make local adjustments based on the game progress and opponent's strength?

Anyway, Koeman dared not take this risk!

Because of this, he can no longer let the main players consume their physical fitness in the local cup game.

You should know that if you continue to play like this, if the FA Cup passes the fourth round, the fifth round, the quarterfinals, and the semi-finals, there seems to be not many games, but don’t forget that the Champions League knockout round will start in the mid-to-late next month.

Where can Liverpool have the capital to withstand the huge pressure and consumption brought by the third-line combat?

Liverpool coaching staff was convinced by Koeman after listening to Koeman's explanation.

At Anfield, the substitute played against Reading. From New Industrial Stadium to Anfield Stadium, Liverpool's substitute did not perform better, but instead made mistakes at home.

After 90 minutes, the score was 1:1.

This game entered overtime.

After 120 minutes, the score was still 1:1.

The game dragged into a brutal penalty shootout.

At this time, Liverpool, who played at home, was under greater pressure, and the huge mental pressure brought by his inability to win the opponent, led to Liverpool's improper performance in the penalty shootout.

Only one of the five penalty kicks was scored, while Reading made two of four free throws, eliminating Liverpool at Anfield and advancing to the next round of the FA Cup! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!