Chapter 289 Battle of Dignity

Sitting in front of the TV to watch the game, Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone frowned. Li Qing was in excellent form. It would be very difficult for his team to score points away from home, unless... Liverpool rested the main players like they did in the fifth round against Qarabagh.

According to Liverpool's recent situation, rest is very likely, the question is whether Li Qing will rest...

Also watching the live broadcast was Roma coach Di Francesco. If Roma wants to advance to the top 16 of the Champions League this season, Liverpool must first beat Atletico Madrid at home, otherwise it will not be possible to advance even if they win Qarabagh at home by 100 goals.

However, judging from Liverpool's form in this game, as long as Li Qing is not hidden in the sixth round of the group stage, it will be very difficult for Atletico Madrid to score points away from home...

The game resumed, and the scoreboard at Anfield showed a score of 3:0, with the home team in front and the away team behind.

With a three-goal lead, Klopp can make some adjustments to the lineup. Compared with a two-goal lead, a three-goal lead has greater options for changes, so he made the second adjustment of the whole game a few minutes later, replacing Mane, who was more physically exhausted, with Joe Gomez to strengthen the defense.

Although Mane did not score or assist in this game, his coordination was very good. Liverpool fans in the audience saw it and gave Mane a thunderous applause for his outstanding performance.

Chelsea made the last adjustment of the game, Pedro replaced Marcos Alonso who was on a yellow card.

Pedro's role as a substitute was still not obvious. When Liverpool deliberately recovered their defense, he could only play a useless ball possession advantage.

Time passed by second by second, leaving less and less time for Chelsea players. Hazard, Willian, Morata and Pedro worked very hard, and with the help of Fabregas, they frequently threatened Mignolet's goal.

Unfortunately, the Liverpool defense led by Van Dijk was impregnable, and did not leave too many loopholes for Chelsea's offense. Coupled with the Liverpool counterattack group led by Li Qing, Chelsea's offense was somewhat lacking in three-dimensionality.

Until the end of the game, Hazard and Willian cooperated to break into the penalty area and were tripped by Joe Gomez. The referee Oliver decisively blew a penalty kick.

Liverpool players did not have many complaints about the penalty kick in the third minute of injury time. After all, the game would end after Hazard took the penalty kick, and it was a consolation prize for Chelsea players.

Hazard faced the national team's second goalkeeper Mignolet and easily scored the penalty kick, helping Chelsea save face.

Hazard, who scored the goal, did not celebrate the goal. Instead, he kept shaking his head, expressing his dissatisfaction with his performance in this game.

"Beep~beep~beep~~"

The referee Oliver blew two short and one long whistles to end the game, announcing the end of the 90-minute red and blue battle.

"The game is over! The game is over!"

Tianchao 5 channel commentator He Wei said loudly: "The home team Liverpool defeated Chelsea 3:1 at home with Li Qing's hat trick! Leading by five points with one more game than Manchester City!"

"Young player Li Qing was the best in this game! Every goal he scored was very beautiful! I wonder if Li Qing will be among the top three in the European Golden Ball Award selected by "France Football" next month..."

Commentator Xu Yang said.

"Another superstar performance!"

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray said excitedly: "Chelsea's loss to Liverpool is not unfair at all! If you want to blame someone, blame Antonio Conte for not doing a good job of defending against Li before the game."

Li Qing, who scored three goals, was naturally named the best player of the game. The live director gave Li Qing a close-up shot for a long time, making countless Liverpool fans and Li Qing fans sitting in front of the TV ecstatic.

The reporters in the mixed zone "rioted" again, taking a lot of photos of Li Qing who shined in this game.

Li Qing, in a good mood, raised his scissors hand to the reporters, showing his naughty side as a teenager.

At the routine press conference after the game, the visiting team coach Conte habitually praised the team's heavy responsibility for losing. He stubbornly believed that the league had only ended 13 rounds this season, and there were still 25 rounds of leagues to catch up in the future.

The reporters present obviously didn't want to hear these words. A middle-aged reporter from The Times asked: "Mr. Antonio, Diego Costa, who you abandoned, said that Chelsea would lose at Anfield without him. Do you have anything to say?"

Conte was furious, but he didn't vent to the reporter. Instead, he said coldly: "In the second round of the red and blue battle last season, he didn't score to help us win. This... is my answer."

The conflict between Diego Costa and Conte broke out before the start of this season. Conte's tit-for-tat response undoubtedly made the reporters present very excited. There is no doubt that tomorrow's headlines are already stable.

There was no unexpected news in the home team's regular press conference. Klopp's normal response and the same answer as Henderson's. The reporters present all shook their heads and sighed. The visiting coach Conte is still interesting.

The next day, Manchester City, Liverpool's biggest competitor for the league championship this season, defeated Huddersfield 2:1 away and continued to put pressure on Liverpool at the top of the list.

All 13 rounds of the 2017-2018 Premier League have been completed. Except for Liverpool and Manchester City, which are almost on par with each other, the other four giants have shown signs of falling behind. There was no strong dialogue in the 14th round, but Liverpool's away challenge to Stoke City attracted the attention of a large number of media and fans around the world.

Li Qing scored 31 goals in the 2016-2017 Premier League, overturning Harry Kane to win the league's Golden Boot that season, but Li Qing only played 15 league games last season, and it took Li Qing only 13 games to complete 30 goals in the 2017-2018 season, averaging 2.3 goals per game, 2.06 goals last season, and a clear upward trend.

It is not difficult to see that Li Qing's scoring state is getting better and better.

The media is quite optimistic that Li Qing will break the record of 31 goals set by himself last season in the league away at bet365 Stadium, and it is somewhat suspenseful to tie the 34 goals set by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole in a single Premier League season, but this season Li Qing has a 99% chance of creating his own new record!

It is even possible to break the record of 60 goals in a single season in the English top league set by former Everton star Dixie Dean this season!

Before Stoke City played against Liverpool at home, the reports of the mainstream media in Europe were almost all about how many goals Li Qing could score in the game and whether he could break the Premier League single-season goal record jointly held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole.

Stoke City coach Mark Hughes believed that the media's reckless speculation about Li Qing's goals was disrespectful to Stoke City, so he said that he would do his best to defend against Liverpool at home and defend his dignity!

So, Stoke City started a battle of dignity amid the shouts of 20,000 fans at home.