Chapter 1093
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While the English football world was shrouded in the haze of John Terry's scandal, the 25th round of the Premier League arrived as scheduled.
Liverpool and Everton staged a Merseyside derby in Anfield.
David Moyes's team had improved recently, catching up from the lower middle of the table to the upper middle of the table.
When they were going to visit Liverpool, Moyes also had to admit defeat at the pre-match press conference.
"We are facing the best Liverpool team since the Premier League era. Everton and Liverpool have a certain gap in strength, but we will work hard to win the game."
Just as Fleet Street predicted that Moyes would go all out at Anfield to lead Everton into the European competition, Everton showed a rare cowardly side at Anfield in recent years!
In the past, Everton played very passionately in the Merseyside derby because of their good results and rising strength, coupled with their ambition to enter the Champions League.
But in the Merseyside derby in this round of the Premier League, Everton might have no hope of entering the Champions League. It was not attractive to always play in the Europa League in the past few years. In addition, Liverpool was at the peak of their power. Moyes's lineup at Anfield could be described in three words: Iron Bucket Formation!
Comain was so angry on the sidelines that he almost cursed!
In any case, this was a derby between mortal enemies!
If an ordinary opponent withdrew to defend due to the difference in strength, it would be understandable.
But what was an Iron Bucket Formation in a derby?
What was the point of a derby?
Everton's lack of courage might make the Red Army fans happy, but it was not as practical as the three points of a victory.
In the 88th minute of the game, the score on Anfield's scoreboard was still 0: 0.
Qin Xiong, Gerard, and Alonso stood outside Everton's penalty area, facing the goal. The football was placed in front of the three men, and all the Everton players were in the back half of the field. A human wall stood on the edge of the penalty area.
This was Liverpool's first direct free kick in the front field.
Qin Xiong, who was drenched in sweat, fixed his gaze on the area in front of Everton's door.
He had already scored four free kicks in a row, but his luck was a little bad today and he always missed the goal by a hair's breadth.
Liverpool's indiscriminate bombardment was fruitless for 88 minutes. Everton's intensive defense still achieved some results.
"Will Everton leave Anfield unscathed? They did a good job defending today and never gave Liverpool a great chance to shoot. Although Liverpool actually had a lot of threatening shots, it's a pity that they lacked a certain amount of goalscoring luck. "
Qin Xiong withdrew his gaze. After examining the position of Everton's human wall, he turned back to discuss with Alonso and Gerard.
After the "conspiracy" of the three players, Qin Xiong was ready to take the free kick.
He stood in front of the football and started to run. As he ran towards the football, Everton's defenders were extremely nervous.
But Qin Xiong ran past the football and did not touch it!
He rushed all the way to Everton's human wall!
Behind him, Gerard rushed up and looked like he was going to give a heavy kick to the goal!
Everton's players immediately thought that Qin Xiong was a cover and that Gerard would take the free kick.
But the moment Gerard touched the ball, he gently flicked the ball to the left.
He passed the ball to Alonso!
Everton's players thought that Alonso was going to shoot again!
At the same time, Qin Xiong, who was rushing straight towards Everton's human wall, changed his position and rushed diagonally from the right side of the human wall into the heart of the penalty area!
When the Everton's players pounced on Alonso, the Spaniard calmly sent out a precise straight pass!
Qin Xiong turned his head to take a look as he ran. The football was quickly rolling from behind him!
The reverse offside cut into the penalty area!
Everton's defensive line was immediately penetrated by Liverpool's free kick attack!
Qin Xiong did not stop the ball in the penalty area. He adjusted his running position and shot directly with his right foot!
The American goalkeeper, Howard, had already left the goal, but he could not block the near corner of the goal. Qin Xiong's shot from a small angle was at the near corner of the goal.
The football rolled past Howard. He turned his head to look and saw that the football had brushed against the inside of the goalpost and rolled into the goal!
The Anfield stadium was boiling!
"Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! "
The live commentator lost himself in shouting Qin Xiong's name. That shout was heart-wrenching!
Qin Xiong ran wildly around the Anfield sidelines, setting off a wave of red in the stands. He took off his jersey and threw it to the ground. When he stopped, he let out a wild roar!
Comain also gritted his teeth on the sidelines, clenched his fists and waved them around to release!
Moyes slapped himself in the face again, then rubbed his face with both hands.
His cowardly defense was close to 90 minutes. It looked like he was going to get a draw and retreat in one piece.
But he did not expect to be killed by Qin Xiong!
Everton's substitution after 70 minutes had completely replaced the attacking players in order to take one point from Anfield. This made it impossible for Everton to make a comeback after falling behind!
When the game was over, Anfield burst into an unprecedented uproar.
"Liverpool's 12th consecutive win in the league! With 13 rounds left in the league, Liverpool's chances of winning the title are rising! After this difficult Merseyside derby, I believe Liverpool's confidence will be even stronger. Next, Liverpool will enter the league's devil's schedule. First, in the next round, they will visit the Emirates Stadium to challenge Arsenal. At the same time, in the second half of this month, the Champions League knockout stage will start. Liverpool's biggest test in the title race is coming! "
Comain praised the Liverpool team after the game. Even if it was not a big victory, he believed that Liverpool's fighting spirit and willpower were the reasons for the final victory of the game, which was far more meaningful than a big victory of "crushing noobs"!
Liverpool took the lead to win. Manchester United appeared a little later. The Red Devils massacred Portsmouth at Old Trafford with a score of 5: 0!
They continued to catch up with Liverpool with a gap of six points!
The focal battle of this round took place in the last game at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea played at home against Arsenal.
Liverpool's players also watched the game live on television.
In fact, Liverpool still supported Arsenal at this time.
After all, Arsenal was too far behind them. If Arsenal could create trouble for Chelsea and make Chelsea lose points, it would be tantamount to helping Liverpool beat another competitor.
However, Wenger's team's record against their BIG4 rivals in the past two years was terrible!
Arsenal lost all the first four matches of the BIG4 civil war this season!
Today was the fifth match against Chelsea.
They were defeated by Drogba's brace at Stamford Bridge!
Arsenal lost five matches in a row in the BIG4 civil war this season!
Chelsea continued to trail Liverpool by eight points.
What about Arsenal?
Before they faced Liverpool in the next round, they were already 16 points behind Liverpool!
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