Young Football Player

Liverpool lost 2:3 to the Hammers in London, and suffered a two-game losing streak in the Premier League.

But the whole team has no time to be discouraged, because the Premier League schedule is very tight.

On the Premier League side, if the two domestic cup competitions and the European competition go far, for example, reaching the semi-finals or something, then there is definitely no rest time for the whole season, almost every week. It takes two matches a week.

On September 23, midweek, the fourth round of the English League Cup, Liverpool played against the Championship team Middlesbrough at home.

In this game, Rodgers originally arranged to play off the bench. The team took the lead in the first half, but was equalized by the opponent in the second half.

Under such circumstances, both Jackie Chan and Sterling came off the bench, hoping to win the game at home.

Although Li Chenglong came off the bench, he failed to prevent the game from entering overtime.

Fortunately, in overtime, Lee Chenglong relied on his personal ability to complete a strong breakthrough and then scored, helping Liverpool take the lead again.

But at the end of overtime, Sterling was playing tricks, dribbling the ball in a dangerous area to show off his skills, and after being roughly intercepted by the opponent, he quickly scored and equalized the score again.

Although Li Chenglong took his teammates to complain to the referee that the opponent's steal just now was a foul, but there was no response.

In this way, the two sides had no choice but to conduct a penalty shootout.

Fortunately, this is the League Cup. If it were the FA Cup, the draw would require a rematch, which would be even more troublesome.

It is also because of this that Jackie Chan experienced the longest and most bizarre penalty shootout of his career.

Jackie Lee was the first to represent Liverpool and made a penalty kick, but Middlesbrough's Bamford penalty kick was saved by Mignolet.

Then both sides hit respectively, the first four rounds of penalty kicks ended, Liverpool led 4:3.

Next, as long as Liverpool's fifth player hits a penalty kick, the game will end directly.

But the fifth player was Sterling. This kid was still too immature and had a bad mentality. He kicked the ball away, and then Middlesbrough scored the fifth penalty, and the two sides entered a more exciting penalty.

During the penalty shoot-out, both sides unexpectedly missed shots, and the score of the penalty shoot-out kept rising.

When the 10th players from both sides made their respective hits, the penalty score became 9:9, and the commentator talked about this record.

"This was originally considered a game with little suspense, but both sides dedicated a magical game for us."

"This is the first time in the history of the English League Cup that a penalty shootout has lasted more than 10 rounds. This game will be recorded in the history of the League Cup."

Then the 11th players from both sides played, and they were both goalkeepers.

The two goalkeepers were also very strong, and they both continued to make free throws.

So after a round, Li Chenglong played again to take a penalty kick. This is the 12th round of the penalty shootout.

Li Chenglong made a penalty again, and the opponent continued to take a penalty, and the penalty score continued to rise.

When the two sides reached the 15th round, that is, when it was Sterling's turn in the next round, Middlesbrough finally couldn't stand it anymore, and they missed their penalty kick.

In this way, Liverpool and Middlesbrough drew 1:1 in 90 minutes.

After 120 minutes, the game was tied 2:2, and after a protracted 15-round penalty shootout, Liverpool eliminated Middlesbrough with a total score and successfully advanced to the next round.

I have to say that this game is really amazing, and it is also the first time for Li Chenglong to see such a "big scene".

But in general, this game is not worth the candle.

Rogers arranged to play off the bench, just to let the main players rest.

However, when the situation was not ideal, two key players, Jackie Chan and Sterling, came off the bench.

Moreover, after the two appeared on the stage, they did not end the game quickly. Instead, after an overtime game, they had a penalty shootout that lasted 15 rounds.

After one game, although the team had successfully advanced, the key players were made even more tired.

I have to say that Rogers is indeed somewhat inexperienced.

In this kind of League Cup game, he wanted to win the game, but also worried about the fatigue of the main players. Under such a mood of worrying about gains and losses, he made it even more embarrassing.

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After Liverpool beat Middlesbrough in a penalty shootout at home to advance, according to the FA's draw, the next fourth round of the League Cup, which is the round of 16, their opponent is Swansea, and they also play at home.

Now Rodgers is going to be in trouble again. The opponent is not strong and he still has home court advantage. Shouldn't he strive to continue to advance?

There were two big upsets in the third round of the League Cup, Manchester United lost 0:4 away to League One team Milton Keynes, and Arsenal lost 1:2 at home to Southampton.

The two traffic teams, Manchester United and Arsenal, were out, which created a lot of jokes for England fans.

Fortunately, Arsenal said that they were the Premier League team they lost to after all, and it was a small loss in the case of rotation, which is not a big deal.

But Manchester United is amazing. They lost four goals to a League One team, the third-tier team in England.

In the recent period, Manchester United has performed poorly in all competitions, and Manchester United fans are also very anxious.

Manchester United did not play well last season. At that time, Manchester United unanimously blamed Moyes, thinking that it was mainly due to Mo's talent.

The previous season, Ferguson led the same group of players to win the Premier League championship. How could Moyes not even qualify for the European competition?

This is not a lack of ability, what is it?

Of course, some people believe that Manchester United's management did not give Moyes enough transfer signings, which is also a major reason.

But now, Van Gaal is here. This is a famous European coach who has just led the Dutch team to third place in the World Cup.

There are also transfers and signings, spending 200 million yuan, which is the team that has spent the most money in the transfer market this summer.

But Manchester United's performance is still not good, the performance in the Premier League is not good, and the League Cup was also slaughtered by a League One team.

Fortunately, they don't have to fight in Europe, otherwise they don't know what kind of bird they will play in Europe.

Now Manchester United fans are a little confused, not knowing what went wrong with the team.

Just recently, Ronaldo had a disagreement with Real Madrid on the issue of contract renewal, so the English media hyped the news that Ronaldo wanted to return to Manchester United.

Anyway, to raise prices, they often help people raise prices for free, and Ronaldo is not an outsider.

So recently Manchester United fans have dreamed of letting Ronaldo come back to save the team, and it is said that they have already started to pull banners.

Cristiano Ronaldo's recent performance is really good. Lee Jackie just had a hat-trick in the Champions League, so he had a big four in La Liga.

Anyway, the two are on the right track. This year's Golden Globe Awards are basically the two of them competing with each other.

However, although Jackie Chan's hat-trick in the Champions League is impressive, his results in the Premier League are not ideal.

So he has to work hard quickly and try to get Liverpool back to where it should be.

The top four is where Liverpool should be, there is no doubt about that.

And in the next round of the Premier League, Liverpool will face their rivals Everton at home.

The Merseyside derby is coming.