Chapter 305 The King of Hat-Tricks in a Single Season in the Premier League

Liverpool defeated Arsenal by three goals as a guest, winning the half-season league championship and pushing Wenger and his players to the forefront again.

With two consecutive seasons of failure to reach the top four in the league, Arsenal's status in world football has continued to decline. Fans are radical and have been calling for Wenger to be fired online, believing that Wenger's tactics are outdated and he can no longer lead the great Arsenal back to the top.

In addition to the media's focus on Wenger and Arsenal's players who lost, most of the media's attention is focused on Li Qing.

Li Qing scored twice in Liverpool's away challenge against Arsenal in the league, which brought his Premier League goal tally this season to an astonishing 41 goals, surpassing the single-season record of 40 goals set by German star Gerd Muller in the 1972-1973 season, Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2010-2011 season and Barcelona player Suarez in the 2015-2016 season, becoming the fifth most goal-scoring player in the top five European leagues.

There are only four players left ahead of Li Qing, the closest of which is Marseille player Josip Stamblar, who scored 44 goals in a single season in the 1970-1971 season.

Actually, it was Messi who scored 46 goals in the 2012-2013 season, followed by Ronaldo who scored 48 goals in the 2014-2015 season.

Finally, it is the 50 goals that the world media considers unrepeatable!

The single-season goal record set by Messi in the 2011-2012 season!

Now these records have been brought out one after another, and they seem insignificant in front of Li Qing.

Li Qing has scored an amazing 41 goals in 19 league rounds. There are only 19 rounds left in the 2017-2018 Premier League season. Li Qing, who is in hot form, has a very high probability of surpassing Messi's epic single-season goal record set in the 2011-2012 season.

With half of the league left, he has already scored 41 goals, which means that Li Qing is likely to break the record of 60 goals in a single season in the English top league created by Everton star Dixie Dean.

Media reports came one after another. When it came to Christmas Eve, the University of Manchester gave students a ten-day holiday.

If it were previous years, Tong Shenbing would definitely spend the holiday with her cousin's family in Liverpool, but this year is different. She has a boyfriend, and she can't help but think about it after tasting the fruits of love.

Without Li Qing's deliberate invitation, Tong Shenbing agreed to spend Christmas with Li Qing in his mansion in Hale, Cheshire.

Although Arnold and Solanke have not found a suitable residence yet, they still choose to spend Christmas with their family, so there are only the two of them in the huge mansion.

Almost the entire villa is left with their happy figures.

However, on the evening of December 26, in the 20th round of the league against Swansea at Liverpool's home, Li Qing seemed a little overwhelmed. Head coach Klopp frowned and whispered: "Is it that the continuous games have caused great consumption of Li's physical energy? When the Christmas devil schedule is over, it is time to rotate, otherwise there may be a collapse in the second half."

Fortunately, the opponent Swansea has limited ability. They are currently ranked last and cannot pose much threat to Liverpool's defense on the offensive end. In addition, Salah and Mane are in good condition and have helped Liverpool score goals one after another.

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun shook his head and said: "If I remember correctly, this game is one of the few times that Li Qing is in poor condition since his debut, but we must watch the game with an understanding attitude. Li Qing is Liverpool's top scorer, but he... will not be seventeen years old in two months! He is still just a child, and he has played for Liverpool for 90 minutes continuously during this period. Even an iron man can't stand it..."

The fans sitting in front of the computer screen woke up from their dreams. As Zhan Jun said, Li Qing has been playing full games for Liverpool recently. How can a sixteen-year-old boy stand it?

Li Qing's running gave people a feeling of heavy feet. Liverpool fans in the audience were very curious. In their impression, Li Qing was vigorous in every game. Only Tong Shenbing, who was sitting in the VIP seat, knew the real reason.

To be precise, it was caused by her.

Although Li Qing's condition did not look very good, his goals were never ambiguous. He had a [superstar moment] and helped Liverpool almost lock the victory before the end of the first half.

Before the start of the second half, a scene that rarely appeared at Anfield appeared.

Li Qing was substituted.

Despite this, whether in front of the TV or on the scene, Liverpool fans gave Li Qing thunderous applause and thanked him for his contribution to the team.

The continuous goals and excellent performance in the past made people almost forget his age, so it was normal to change to a conventional perspective to look at Li Qing's performance.

Li Qing, sitting on the bench, kept spurring himself: "Christmas devil schedule, must not indulge myself again!"

After 90 minutes of the game, Liverpool defeated Swansea 3:1 at home and won the 16th consecutive victory this season.

Since Manchester City won the game later, the difference between them is still two points.

Liverpool and Manchester City have a two-point difference, which seems not big, but Manchester City, ranked second, has left Manchester United, ranked third, by as many as 13 points, which means that after 20 rounds of the league, Manchester United has fallen behind the leader Liverpool by 15 points.

Li Qing played poorly in the league against Swansea at home on behalf of Liverpool, becoming the focus of media and fans. It should be noted that Li Qing has never had such a situation since his debut.

Li Qing was speechless when he saw that there was no report. He did feel his feet were heavy, but his contribution to the game was enough. One goal and one assist, isn't that enough?

There are a lot of fans on the Tianchao Football APP Dongqiudi who mock those self-media accounts that follow the trend without thinking. Li Qing contributed one goal and one assist. Is this also called bad form?

What about the players who didn't score or assist?

What made Li Qing even more speechless was that some small media actually believed that there was a conflict in the Liverpool locker room, saying that Li Qing was isolated by his teammates in the locker room, and his enthusiasm for the game was greatly reduced...

Li Qing wanted to say: Did you watch the game? Didn't you see the hugs and celebrations when the goal was scored? Brainless self-media!

Three days later, Li Qing once again appeared as a starter for Liverpool and completed his sixth hat trick in a single season in the first half, breaking the record of five hat tricks in a single season held by himself and England legend Alan Shearer, becoming the player with the most hat tricks in a single season in the Premier League!

"Poor form? Disharmony between the generals and the generals? The media's fishing reel attack made Li Qing explode in this game!"

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun excitedly shouted: "This is Li Qing's 45th goal this season! In front of him, there are only three single-season goal records held by Ronaldo and Messi!"

At the end, Zhan Jun changed the subject: "It has to be said that Leicester City's luck this season is really bad. Li Qing scored a hat trick in the first round of this season at the King Power Stadium. In this game, he returned to Anfield and scored a hat trick again, which means that Leicester City has contributed two hat tricks!"