Chapter 320: Seventeen Years Old, Six Goals Win

Manchester City played one more game, and the points disadvantage seems to have narrowed to six points, but there is a very high possibility that it will expand to nine points.

Tottenham is a top team in the Premier League and a strong contender for the league title in recent seasons, but it is still a little worse than Liverpool, which is in excellent form.

Liverpool challenged Tottenham as a guest in the 9th round of this season. With Li Qing's three shots and one assist, Liverpool won the game 4:2.

In this game, Liverpool fans at Anfield and Liverpool fans in front of the TV believed that their home team easily defeated Tottenham at Anfield and further expanded their league lead.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the scoreboard showed a score of 3:3. Li Qing, who contributed two goals and one assist, shook his head helplessly.

The score that seemed evenly matched actually had another hidden story.

To be precise, it was lost.

You should know that at the end of the regular time of 90 minutes, the scoreboard showed a score of 3:1, but it became 3:3 at the end of the sixth minute of injury time.

Liverpool coach Klopp's face was livid, and it was obviously difficult to accept that the three points in hand turned into one point.

As the biggest contributor to Liverpool's draw with Tottenham, Lovren held his head with both hands, giving people a very painful sense of déjà vu.

Two rounds ago, Liverpool defeated Manchester City without any danger. It was Lovren's wave that caused Manchester City to score two goals in the final stage, chasing the score from 1:4 to 3:4, and turned a big defeat into a narrow defeat.

This round, sitting at home was even more extreme, directly ruining the winning situation, and the 21-game winning streak came to an end. Fortunately, the league has remained unbeaten so far.

Looking at Lovren, Li Qing couldn't help thinking, could this guy have bought Liverpool's home draw with Tottenham?

There is a possibility, but Li Qing and his teammates will not question it.

Coach Klopp was very angry, but for the sake of team unity, he said in an interview with the media that it was normal for the team's overall state to have ups and downs, as long as the next league is played well.

Lovren, who made the mistake, was also very sensible. In the locker room, he took the initiative to admit his mistake to the whole team and begged for forgiveness.

We are all teammates and have a good relationship. The winning streak ended by Tottenham cannot be blamed on a certain player. It can only be said that the whole team was not united at that moment.

Of course, it is one thing for the whole team to forgive Lovren, and it is another matter whether Lovren can be trusted again in the future.

At least the head coach Klopp has decided not to appoint Lovren in the next game. Anyway, the central defender position is still sufficient. In addition to the starting central defenders Matip and Van Dijk, there are also young English central defenders Joe Gomez and veteran Klavan.

Liverpool unexpectedly drew with Tottenham at home, and the points gap with Manchester City is still seven points. The local media from Manchester began to lead the rhythm and began to be pessimistic about Liverpool's league championship prospects. They even took out Liverpool's reversal of Chelsea last season to win the league championship as a gimmick to put pressure on the leader Liverpool.

Manchester City head coach Guardiola and his players really drank the chicken soup brought by the Manchester Evening News and believed that there was still hope for the league championship!

Seven points, there is still a chance to catch up with the remaining 12 rounds of the Premier League.

Liverpool will challenge Manchester United at Old Trafford at the end of this month, and will face Crystal Palace, which robs the rich and helps the poor, next month. The 33rd round is the Merseyside derby as a guest, and the penultimate round of the league will be a guest at Stamford Bridge.

As long as Liverpool loses two of the four key games and draws one, Manchester City will be able to reverse and win the 2017-2018 league championship!

So, the whole Manchester City team regained confidence and was full of expectations for the next league championship.

Liverpool, who drew with Tottenham in the league, vented their anger on Leicester City, the next 27th round of the league. Li Qing scored twice and assisted Salah and Mane to score goals, helping the visiting team Liverpool to win a 5:1 victory at the King Power Stadium.

At the end of the game, Vardy was very depressed on the broadcast screen. He only scored a goal at the beginning, but he was scored five goals in a row. This... can he still play?

Vardy, who lost the game, took the initiative to find Li Qing...

Cry.

After finishing the league, the Liverpool team shifted its focus to the first leg of the 2017-2018 Champions League quarter-finals at the Dragon Stadium next week.

Porto is a top-tier team in the Portuguese Super League, taking turns with Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. Their most glorious moment was the 2003-2004 season, when Mourinho, the current Manchester United coach, led Porto to win the Portuguese Super League, the domestic cup and the Champions League.

The second was the 2010-2011 season, when there were also Colombian captain Falcao and Brazilian giant Hulk, who won the Europa League that season.

As time goes by, Porto's overall strength is affected by the attention of the league, and good players are seriously lost.

Except for Casillas, there is no well-known player in the team, and Casillas has also reached the twilight of his personal career and his ability has declined greatly, otherwise Real Madrid would not let him leave.

Can such a team pose a threat to Liverpool, who are fully prepared?

The answer is no.

"aoaoaoaooaooooo——"

The Dragon Stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 fans, was packed. The atmosphere of this UEFA-certified five-star stadium was enthusiastic, and more than 40,000 home team fans in the audience released their passion.

Li Qing, who celebrated his 17th birthday, was not the most dazzling player in this game. Mane, who performed a hat trick, became the focus of the whole game and stole the limelight from Li Qing.

Although Li Qing, who celebrated his birthday, did not score as many goals as Mane, he contributed two goals and two assists to help Liverpool beat the home team Porto 6-0 at the Dragon Stadium.

Taking away a hearty victory at the Dragon Stadium almost means that Liverpool has advanced to the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League in advance.

Why?

Since defeating Chelsea at home in the league last season, Liverpool has remained unbeaten at home in all competitions. If it were not for the unexpected draw with Tottenham at home, the home unbeaten record could even extend to a complete victory in the league, so Liverpool fans have absolute reason to believe that the team they support will easily advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Moreover, Porto does not have the strength to turn the tables at Anfield. It can even be said that Liverpool can completely use a substitute lineup to face the home game in the second round.

And Klopp also had a similar idea of ​​taking away a big win, but the premise is that the team is affected by physical fitness before the second round of the 1/8 final next month.

According to the schedule, Liverpool does have this risk.

Before the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, they will face Newcastle United at home, and then visit Old Trafford to challenge the league's third-placed Manchester United.

In order to allow the team to go to Old Trafford in a good mental state, Klopp will 90% use substitutes in the second leg of the quarter-finals against Porto at home.