Chapter 580 Promise

On November 24, the 13th round of the 2018-2019 Premier League started a big battle.

The Premier League giants Liverpool played against Watford away, and everyone was waiting to see whether Liverpool could continue to win and expand their winning streak.

At the same time, in another arena, Paris Saint-Germain played at home and welcomed their 14th round opponent Toulouse.

Less than nine minutes into the game, Paris Saint-Germain's top scorer Cavani received a pass from his teammate and opened the scoring, which put more pressure on Liverpool, who were playing away.

Of course, most of the pressure was on Klopp. After the game started, major media commentators and commentators were not optimistic about Liverpool's game today.

Even though Liverpool won a big victory at home in the last match between the two sides in March, in the eyes of others, Watford, a team that is barely in the middle of the Premier League, still has its own home advantage.

Because Watford has won five of the past seven Premier League home games, and even defeated Tottenham at home.

Therefore, this time when the Red Army Liverpool visits Watford, they will definitely face severe tests from the home team, especially in the starting lineup of Liverpool in this game, many main players did not appear.

Gomez accepted rotation in the back line, Lovren and Van Dijk partnered as central defenders, the two full-backs did not change, still Robertson and Arnold, midfield captain Henderson was injured, and vice-captain Milner got the opportunity to play with Wijnaldum.

Klopp's formation today is 4231, and the personnel in the midfield and front court have changed a lot from the previous game. Lallana, Shaqiri and Li Qing lined up, and Firmino was at the forefront.

This lineup is the first time this season. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the key to Liverpool's game is still the performance of the star player Li Qing.

If Li Qing plays stably, then Liverpool should have no problem getting all three points. However, if Li Qing is frozen by the opponent, whether Liverpool can escape from Watford's home court unscathed will definitely be a big question mark.

As a result, Watford really showed Liverpool its strong home strength from the beginning of the game. In the second minute of the game, Watford striker Deulofeu received a pass from his teammate and got a single chance to score.

However, Deulofeu was already in an offside position when he received the ball, so the goal was ruled invalid, but it also made many people sweat.

After that, both sides played very cautiously throughout the rest of the first half. The two teams did not shoot more than five times in total. Li Qing seemed a little mediocre on the court, which made the Liverpool fans who came to watch the game with the team very worried.

Because Liverpool's usual style of play is to start the game with high-intensity running, and the players themselves pull out enough offensive opportunities, so under normal circumstances, Liverpool can easily lead the opponent by a large score in the first half.

If Liverpool is dragged into the second half by the opponent and the deadlock is not broken, the performance of Liverpool will be unstable due to excessive physical exhaustion in the first half, and the opponent will seize the opportunity to score.

Obviously, in today's game, Watford's coach has made tactical arrangements for his players in this regard. After all, no matter how strong Liverpool's players are, they are very tired after so many days of such intensive club and national team games.

And Watford's players don't have many national team tasks, and they are playing at home, so they are better than Liverpool in terms of physical strength.

So Watford's head coach put the victory or defeat of the game in the second half, which is also a good tactical arrangement.

But what he never expected was that in the Liverpool locker room during the halftime break, the players were not as tired as he imagined.

Klopp looked at Milner with a half-smile on his face, "My captain, halftime has passed. When do you plan to do what you promised me?"

Milner was a little embarrassed. After looking at Li Qing again, he said hesitantly, "Sixty, oh, no, seventy minutes before the game, I promise to break the deadlock."

Klopp raised his eyebrows, "That's what you said. If you can't do it, you will know when you go back."

Milner's face suddenly became bitter when he heard it. Thinking of what he promised Klopp before, he felt a little regretful.

At the beginning of the second half, Milner pulled Li Qing with some anxiety and whispered, "Li, we are brothers. It all depends on you next!"

Li Qing wanted to tease Milner, but when he noticed a certain position in the stands of the stadium, Li Qing immediately became serious, "Captain, don't worry, I will take care of everything!"

After that, Li Qing ran to the field, but when he thought of the scene on the training ground two days ago, he couldn't help but smile.

Curiosity kills the cat. Klopp, who was curious about the magic potion in Li Qing's thermos, vomited after just smelling the taste in the thermos.

At that time, Milner and others laughed so hard that they almost died. As a result, Klopp, who was quite angry afterwards, decided that if Milner and others could not score in today's game, he would double their training volume as a punishment.

Moreover, Klopp also obtained Li Qing's "consent". In order to avoid physical strain caused by Milner and others during extra training, Li Qing will give them a cup of "love soup" to replenish their physical energy.

Milner and others, who had already had nightmares about Li Qing's medicine, collapsed in fear. Gomez even caught a cold because of it, which is why he missed today's game.

But Milner and Lallana could not escape. They had tried very hard in the first half, but their efforts did not translate into goals. As a result, Klopp's "threat" during the halftime break made them feel very oppressed.

In fact, Li Qing also had a sense of urgency. Tong Shenbing was watching the game in the VIP room of the stadium at the moment to understand whether his strength after drinking the medicine was stronger than before. If Li Qing could not perform well in this game, Tong Shenbing would consider giving him more!

So in the second half of the game, Li Qing began to exert his strength. In the 67th minute, Firmino passed the ball to Li Qing who broke into the penalty area. Li Qing passed the ball directly to the middle without stopping the ball. Milner made a cross in the middle and scored, fulfilling his promise.

Ten minutes later, Liverpool got a free kick opportunity. Li Qing got the opportunity and shot directly into the opponent's goal corner, expanding his lead.

In the last minute of the game, Li Qing's shot from the center was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Lallana, who was already a little anxious, got ahead of Firmino and headed the ball into the net, finally breathing a sigh of relief.