Football: The strongest post-zero generation

Liverpool's home game against Manchester City is the penultimate match of the 23rd round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season.

Manchester City is the most expensive club in the Premier League in recent years, with Guardiola alone spending more than 500 million pounds during his tenure, and the whole team is worth more than one billion euros.

The biggest expense Klopp has spent since becoming Liverpool's manager is to buy Van Dijk for a record defender, but that is the cash earned from selling Coutinho, which is equivalent to a Coutinho in exchange for Van Dijk and Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Liverpool did not spend a lot of money to introduce other superstar players, but Klopp has a unique vision, and the value of the players he bought has continued to increase with Liverpool winning the league championship, plus Li Qing and Alexander-Arnold, who were promoted by the academy, have been recognized by fans all over the world, and the value of the whole Liverpool team has been infinitely close to Manchester City.

Therefore, there is a basis for the media to compete with 2 billion euros before the game.

For example, the popular fried chicken Li Qing is worth 180 million euros according to the latest value given by Germany's "Transfer Market", second only to Messi and Ronaldo.

Some media predict that if Li Qing can lead Liverpool to the last laugh in the Champions League, his value will skyrocket, and he may even catch up with Messi and Ronaldo, and if the World Cup in Russia in June this year can have a good performance, his value will be 100% higher than Messi and Ronaldo.

The 2 billion euro competition brought a number of highlights to the second leg of the red and blue battle.

In addition to Li Qing, the players who shone in the first leg at the Etihad Stadium were De Bruyne.

Li Qing scored four goals alone, De Bruyne scored one goal and four assists, and his contribution to the team was in an equal state, but because Manchester City played one more person, it became Li Qing to lead Liverpool to retreat.

De Bruyne, who attended the pre-match press conference with manager Pep Guardiola, was confident before the Anfield stadium: "It's a shame not to win at home, I'm sure tomorrow at Anfield will have a good memory. "

De Bruyne's remarks were undoubtedly embraced by Manchester City fans, but were instead considered whimsical by Liverpool fans.

In the past 22 rounds of the league, Liverpool's leading scorer has contributed 46 goals and 18 assists, in addition to leading the scorer list, he is also at the top of the assist list.

In addition, the media found an amazing efficiency, Manchester United only scored 45 goals in 22 rounds, and Li Qing scored 46 goals in 22 rounds!

Li Qing's goal + attack is equal to 64 goals, which is just the same as the number of goals scored by the entire Manchester City team that has played 22 rounds of league games!

As a result, most of the world's media are more optimistic that Liverpool will beat Manchester City at home and extend the points lead.

Even the world's top 10 bookmakers are constantly lowering the odds for Liverpool to win at home as the game approaches, so it's easy to see that Liverpool's odds of winning at home are very high.

According to an analysis by France Football magazine, if Manchester City wants to win at Anfield, the first thing to do is not to score, but to suppress Li Hui as much as possible, otherwise it is impossible for Manchester City to win the game away from home.

The first eight consecutive rounds of the 23rd round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season have come to an end, and the most watched battle for the top spot of this round is getting closer and closer to the long-awaited fans.

At 3 p.m. local time on January 14, it was 23 o'clock in the imperial capital, and there was still an hour before the start of Liverpool's battle for the top spot against Manchester City, and Anfield Stadium was already full.

In addition to the Anfield Road Stands, the KOP Main Stand and the Centennial Stand (note: renamed Dag Lish Stand in October 2017) were filled with high-spirited Liverpool fans.

The Manchester City fans who were placed in the stands at Anfield Road were also very passionate in the frenetic atmosphere, but they ...... They felt a faint sense of unease.

At this time, the managers of both sides got the starting line-up of each other.

The home team's Liverpool formation has changed, from the original 433 formation to the 4231 formation that is popular in international football, goalkeeper Karius, defenders Robertson, Van Dijk, Matip and Alexander-Arnold, the double back is Wijnaldum and Henderson, the three forwards are Mane, Li Qing and Salah, and Firmino is at the front.

The official formation given by the visitors Manchester City is the usual 433, goalkeeper Ederson, defenders Delph, John Stones, Otamendi and Kyle Walker, midfielders Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho, and forwards Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero and Leroy Sane.

The lineup of the two teams has changed a lot or Manchester City, with only Aguero left in the starting striker, and Gundogan in the midfield to replace David Silva, who has a soft style of play, and it is obvious that Guardiola is worried that the Manchester City midfielder will not be able to carry Li Qing's forward.

Klopp and Pep Guardiola, who looked at each other's starting lineups, were frowning and didn't know how to make minor adjustments.

It wasn't until more than half an hour later that the players returned to the locker room after their warm-ups.

With 10 minutes to go, Premier League staff knocked on the doors of the home and away teams to inform them that they could head to the players' tunnel to wait for the game to begin.

The on-site director switched to the players' tunnel as soon as possible, and the main players of both sides who came to the players' tunnel stayed one after another, while the substitute players went straight to the stadium and sat on the benches of their respective teams.

Li Qing, who has scored 46 goals in the Premier League this season, has undoubtedly become the focus of attention of fans all over the world, and Juli TV has entered the game signal, and Zhan Jun, who is sitting in the Anfield live commentary seat, said: "Li Qing looks very good! The first leg of the red and blue battle at the Etihad Stadium is still like yesterday, and the 44 is full of anger, and I don't know if the amazing goal efficiency can continue in the second leg of the upcoming second leg......."

“aoaoaooaooaoooooo——"

A few minutes later, players from both sides walked onto the pitch with a small caddie behind the referees, and a loud shout erupted over the Anfield pitch.

Li Qing, whose eyes swept to the audience, had a feeling of blood gushing, and naturally clenched his fists, and because the strength was a little great, the female caddie who was lightly held shouted in pain.

Li Qing hurriedly let go, rubbed the top of the little girl's head, bent down and comforted: "Don't cry, I'll give you the jersey after the game." "

"Really?" the little girl's eyes lit up.

"Really!"

......

"Beep"

Accompanied by a long whistle from the referee on duty, Michael Oliver, the commentator of Tianchao 5 Channel 5, He Wei, gave his iconic opening remarks.

"Celestial Vision, Celestial Television, the match that is now broadcast for you is the live broadcast of the 2017-2018 Premier League 23rd round Liverpool hosting Manchester City, wearing the red jersey and red pants is the home team Liverpool, they attack from the left side of the broadcast screen to the right, wearing the sky blue jersey and white pants is the away team Manchester City......"

As soon as Firmino kicked the football to Salah, the Manchester City players pounced on Salah, who handed the ball to Li Qing without stopping, and he decided how to attack.

“aoaoaooaoooooo——"

At the same time, loud shouts like a tsunami rang out over the Anfield stadium. _

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