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1255 The Enemy's Road is Narrow

After the FIFA match day, Qin Xiong returned to the Melwood training base to prepare with the team for the weekend Premier League.

He could clearly feel the fatigue of his teammates coming back from the national team.

But Liverpool's Premier League schedule this year can be considered unlucky.

After the FIFA match day, the Merseyside Derby will be ushered in, plus a guest at San Siro to challenge Inter Milan in the middle of next week.

On the afternoon of October 10, the Merseyside Derby took the lead at Goodison Park.

The exhausted Liverpool ushered in a fierce battle against Everton.

Shortly after the opening, Aurelio was knocked down by Yakubu and injured while filling in for Mascherano!

Koeman furiously argued with the fourth official, believing that the opponent's collision was too large, which caused the Liverpool players to be injured.

Insua was ordered to play the game when he was in danger.

Before 20 minutes into the first half, Carragher was injured in the fight with Yakubu again!

Coman's face turned livid this time.

Agger came on to replace Carragher.

The rhythm of Liverpool's team in this game is difficult to unify at the same pace.

In particular, the back line is full of mistakes and omissions, allowing Everton to seize the opportunity to play a threatening fast break.

Mascherano's performance was disappointing. Obviously, his physical load from South America to and from Europe was too great. Not only was it the consumption of traveling and racing, but he also suffered from jet lag twice.

Everton took the lead in the first half of the game, and Cahill responded with a low shot from Osman's wing.

Less than 10 minutes after the start of the second half, in a corner kick opportunity, Agger's header was not far away. Arteta adjusted to meet the ball from outside the penalty area and shook Alonso away. After that, he took a long shot and pierced Liverpool's goal again!

Merseyside derby, Liverpool two goals behind!

Koeman couldn't stand it anymore at this time. He replaced Dirk with Lucas and added a defensive midfielder to defend. He took the lead in ensuring that the midfield defense would not be penetrated by the opponent, and at the same time increased the defensive midfielder to the side. Defense mobility.

Only then did Liverpool gain a firm foothold in the game, and only under the premise of a stable defense can the front offense be able to continuously put pressure on the opponent.

Qin Xiong seemed to be alone in this game, and most of the time he couldn't cooperate with his teammates, and his rhythm was obviously too fast.

It didn't improve until after the substitution in the second half.

He started with Raúl, Gerrard up front to attack the Everton defence.

In the 71st minute of the game, Qin Xiong, Alonso, and Raul made a triangle pass in the frontcourt. After a cut in, they responded to Raul's return pass. Qin Xiong blasted through the goalkeeper Howard's fingers!

Liverpool pulled one back.

Everton coach Moyes made a defensive counterattack tactical adjustment, which made Everton completely unable to control the game situation in the last 20 minutes of the game.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Insua made an assist from the left. He made a cross from the side and passed the ball to the top corner of the penalty area on the other side. Gerrard made a header from there and made the goalkeeper Howard make a save. Raul Distin tripped and fell to the ground in a catch-up shot.

The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick.

Qin Xiong withstood the pressure and took a penalty kick overnight, helping Liverpool equalize the score in the away game.

Although Liverpool still took the courage to attack wildly at the last moment, they missed the goal repeatedly and failed to stage a reversal.

At the end of the game, the fans of both teams were quite unwilling.

Koeman and Moyes also had a quarrel.

Koeman is bitter about Yakub hurting Aurelio and Carragher.

At the post-match press conference, Koeman expressed regret for the team's failure to win the game.

"Today's Liverpool may only have played less than 70% of their true strength! The FIFA game has too much influence on the player's state. You must know that Mascherano returned to the UK from Argentina the night before. He is very tired and needs to Rest, but we're playing such an important game and Liverpool need him, and so do the other players."

"But Qin Xiong didn't return to Asia to participate in the competition. He even went on vacation."

"So Qin Xiong scored two goals in the game and was the best player in the game. Unfortunately, we failed to win. Now we will start preparing for the Champions League match in the middle of next week."

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The FIFA virus has a great impact on the Premier League teams.

Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Aston Villa may not be convincing, but Manchester United led by two goals, first Evra gave a big gift with an own goal, followed by the old goalkeeper Van der Sar's low-level buttery hand The mistake that allowed the opponent to equalize the score simply collapsed the Red Devils fans.

Only Arsenal's 2:1 victory over Birmingham looked normal.

After this round, Liverpool continues to lead the standings with 20 points, followed by Chelsea with 19 points.

With 13 points, Arsenal has a bit of catching up posture.

Manchester United's 11 points are even 3 points less than Manchester City's four-game winning streak, which makes the Red Devils look down.

After finishing the Merseyside Derby, Liverpool went to Milan, the capital of Italy, to challenge Inter Milan at San Siro.

The two teams are really close to each other.

In addition to meeting in the Champions League final last season, the current Inter Milan coach Benitez also has a deep relationship with Liverpool.

At the press conference before the UEFA Champions League, Benitez talked about the current Liverpool and said: "If there was a Chinese boss who used his personal relationship to let a player like Qin Xiong join the team during my coaching Liverpool, Liverpool would have already won the Premier League. The champion, besides Qin Xiong, other key players in the Liverpool team are the core team left by me when I was coaching."

Benitez's words are beyond reproach.

Even the grown-up Johnson was a player he signed before he left, and players like Alonso, Torres, and Dirk were all brought to Anfield by him.

Koeman didn't care about that.

"Benitez has worked in Liverpool for so long, he has made immeasurable contributions to the club, and the club is also grateful for his past efforts, but we came to Milan not to reminisce, but to compete! I Looking forward to playing against Inter Milan, but unfortunately it is no longer Mourinho."

Liverpool has 6 points in the group stage, and Inter Milan has 4 points. The two rounds of back-to-back games will likely establish the situation for qualifying in this group.

The outside world is concerned about who can win the top spot between Inter Milan and Liverpool.

Koeman also responded to this.

"We have a lot of pressure on our schedule this season. In order to make it easier for the team in the second half of the season, of course we will try to get first in the group and then get a good draw in the knockout draw. The same is true for Inter Milan Thinking about it, tomorrow’s game will be crucial, and Liverpool will do their best to win at San Siro!" (To be continued~^~.)