Young Football Player

Liverpool lost the derby, which made the data of Lee Chenglong's brace look a bit hollow.

But after the game, Jackie Lee was still the star who received the most attention.

He scored twice in the red derby for the first time, which is indeed a good performance.

So, Jackie Lee also went to the post-match press conference with Rodgers and Gerrard.

"If you lose the game, it doesn't make much sense to talk about individual performances."

"But to be fair, we were the better side in this game. Even if we can't win the game, we shouldn't lose."

This is Lee Jackie's evaluation of his first red derby.

It sounds like an excuse, but Liverpool were better.

First of all, one of Manchester United's goals was an offside goal, there is no doubt about it.

And according to the whole game, Liverpool also performed better.

In terms of possession rate, Liverpool is dominant, and in terms of the number of shots, Liverpool is twice that of Manchester United.

In terms of the number of shots on target, Liverpool shot 11 times, but were saved 9 times by De Gea, which is simply a pervert.

And Manchester United scored 3 of 6 shots on target, which is a relatively normal conversion rate of shots on target.

Jackie Lee thought he would be the star of the press conference, but Gerrard quickly upstaged him.

"I have decided to officially retire after this season."

Gerrard's sudden words immediately exploded among the reporters.

Although Gerrard has indeed made frequent mistakes in the last two seasons, it has not yet reached the point where he cannot play.

He suddenly announced that he would retire at the end of the season, which really shocked everyone.

In an instant, the flashlights of the reporters frantically photographed Gerrard, and Li Chenglong didn't stand aside.

"Steven, is it because of today's mistake that you announced your retirement?"

"There are certain reasons, but mainly I feel that it is time to rest."

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Gerrard became the target of journalists scrambling to interview. Li Chenglong thought that he had nothing to do with him, but he didn't expect them to mention him again soon.

"Steven, after you retire, who do you think will be the most suitable next Liverpool captain?"

"The choice of captain should be decided by the club, but I recommend Bruce, he is completely suitable."

Unexpectedly, Gerrard directly recommended Jackie Lee as the next captain. This is another topic full of news.

You must know that Li Chenglong is still a month away from turning 22, which is a relatively young age in football.

Although there have been many young captains in Europe, as a competitive top team, a young captain still attracts a lot of attention.

Among the younger captains that appeared in Europe before, Torres became the captain of Atletico Madrid at the age of 19, Cesc Fabregas became the captain of Arsenal at the age of 21, and Totti became the captain of Roma at the age of 22.

There is also the current French defender Sacco in the Liverpool team. He became the captain of Paris Saint-Germain when he was 17 years old.

Now, Liverpool is also likely to produce a young captain.

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The 16th round of the Premier League double red meeting can be described as a lot of things to watch. There are individual star performances, mistakes, lore, and after the game, Gerrard announced that he will retire. These all make the English media very happy.

But for Liverpool, after losing this double red meeting, the team's league ranking fell again.

In the other games of the 16th round, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, etc. all won respectively.

In the latest Premier League standings, Liverpool dropped to seventh place with 7 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses and 25 points. They are 13 points away from the top Chelsea. This is a very huge point difference.

Fortunately, Liverpool is only 3 points away from the fourth-placed West Ham United, and I believe they will soon find a chance to catch up.

As of now, the two dark horse teams, West Ham United and Southampton, continue to rank within the European zone, ranking fourth and fifth respectively, ranking higher than Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham. , which is relatively unpopular.

After Li Chenglong scored twice in this round of the Double Red Club, he once again topped the scorer list with 15 goals. Aguero ranked second with 14 goals. Diego Costa came back this round After scoring a goal, he is third with 12 goals.

Although the Champions League and the league are playing more difficult, but Li Chenglong's goal did not fall.

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Gerrard announced that he was retiring. Lee Chenglong was quite concerned about what he said about recommending him as captain.

If you can really be the captain of Liverpool, it will definitely be very good. After all, you are also the captain of a wealthy team.

So Jackie Lee specifically notified Barnett and asked him to come over and communicate with the Liverpool club, and it would be best to confirm the captain's matter.

Li Chenglong believes that with his current performance, it should not be a big problem to win the captain position.

On the day of the League Cup quarter-finals in the middle of the week, Liverpool went away to challenge Bournemouth.

The League Cup has reached the quarter-final stage, and Rogers has no plans to give up the game, and still arranges most of the main players to play.

Although it is an away game, Bournemouth, as a Championship team, is indeed difficult to resist Liverpool's offensive.

At Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium, Jackie Lee gave Liverpool the opening goal, and then Sterling's game was active again. After scoring twice, he also assisted the substitute Markovic to add to the icing on the cake.

In the end, Liverpool beat Bournemouth 4:1 away and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup this season.

The only four remaining teams in the League Cup are Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Sheffield United.

Sheffield United is just a Championship team, basically here to play soy sauce, mainly to see the other three teams compete for the championship.

But as far as the current semi-finals are concerned, the other three teams should all hope to draw Sheffield United in the semi-finals, which will make the semi-finals a lot easier.

Soon, the results of the FA draw came out, Liverpool played against Chelsea, and Tottenham played against Sheffield United.

The soft persimmon was picked up by Tottenham, and they are almost guaranteed to go to the finals.

Liverpool will face Chelsea, this will be another strong battle, and the League Cup semi-final is a two-round home and away game system, and the two teams have to fight head-to-head for two games.

However, it has reached the semi-final stage, Liverpool will not give up, and Rogers will not give up.

Having been in charge of Liverpool for more than two seasons, Rodgers has never led the team to win any championship. This time is an opportunity.

In fact, this year's League Cup is the first time Rodgers has led Liverpool to the semi-finals of the cup.

Now that he has the opportunity, of course Rogers will hit the finals, and even hit the championship.