Football: The strongest post-zero generation

With the end of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool's opponents in the next round of quarterfinals have also become clear.

Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur all finished second in their group, and teams drawn in the quarter-finals of the Champions League cannot meet each other because of the avoidance of the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and teams from the same league cannot meet each other.

Therefore, Liverpool's opponents in the quarterfinals are four less, leaving only Atletico Madrid, Schalke 04.Ajax and Roma, four teams, which may become opponents in the quarterfinals.

All of this will not be revealed until December 17, when the entire Liverpool squad is on their way to the Club World Cup, and the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals will be played in February next year.

So all Klopp's attention now is focused on the next home match with Manchester United.

Judging from the current situation in the Premier League, except for Wolves, which postponed the game because of the Club World Cup, Manchester United, Newcastle and Arsenal, which have not yet played against Liverpool, other Premier League teams have been defeated by Liverpool.

It can be said that the current Liverpool team can be called at its peak, once Liverpool next solves the traditional giants such as Manchester United and Arsenal, then Liverpool can be said to have no opponents in the Premier League, and the Champions League is also the same.

Of course, there are no weak teams in the Premier League now, and teams such as Manchester United and Arsenal have not yet played Liverpool, so everything is still unknown.

In the Champions League, after the group stage screening, they are all strong teams, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, Juventus, Grand Paris, etc. have a chance to beat Liverpool, but in the end, all this depends on Liverpool's state.

Therefore, the double red club battle at Anfield on the 16th is the best match to test Liverpool's recent form.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has been under a lot of pressure lately, and he has said earlier that Manchester United must not lose in the Premier League in December, otherwise the team will lose a competitive place in the table.

So far, United have done it in the first three games of December, and whether they will be able to do it in the fourth game is anyone's guess.

The Reds are now the main casualty players in the squad with the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Victor Lindelof, while Anthony Martial and Chris Smalling are doubtful whether they will be available for this game.

Judging from the injury list, Manchester United seems to be seriously lacking at the moment, but it should be no problem to send a defensive lineup that is close to Valencia in the last Champions League game, but Phil Jones's competitive form is not ideal.

So to put it simply, Manchester United will definitely not be able to send the strongest squad in this double red club battle, but in some of the main injury positions, the replacement is not a complete substitute player, but also a player with a certain strength.

On Liverpool's side, after the Champions League group stage, the team had a routine inspection, defender Matip was injured in the game and could not play in this round of the Premier League, but fortunately, another central defender, Lovren, returned from injury in time and was able to replace Matip's position.

In addition, Jordan Henderson will not be able to play in this round of games, while Mohamed Salah and Gomez also continue to be sidelined through injury.

However, it is well known that Liverpool's forward line has been in form recently, with Mane and Roberto Firmino both scoring and Shaqiri also providing assists in the game against Hoffenheim.

Coupled with the fact that he is currently in the first position of the Premier League's scorer list, the goal is far higher than that of his rival Li Qing, so that Liverpool does not have to worry too much about attacking power.

It's just that without Matip and Gomez, Liver's defensive quality and highest point will be reduced compared to the previous games.

In addition, I don't know if it's because of the last round of the Champions League group stage, the atmosphere in the team has become a little weird, especially the coach Klopp has not made any noise after the game, which makes many people feel a little drummed.

Of course, among these people, Li Qing is not included, he did not play in the Champions League, he is not one of the main players in the team who has been rested, and Klopp does not do any special training requirements for Li Qing, so Li Qing spends most of his time in training.

"Li, do you think the coach is still angry with me?" Henderson ran up to Li Qing and began to knock on the side.

In the last game, he was the captain of the field, so the team was suppressed by the opponent for most of the game, and he must be responsible as the captain, especially on the field, he did not notice the injury of team-mate Matip, which led to the team conceding the second goal.

So even though Jordan Henderson and Joel Matip both scored in the game, they were very uneasy.

Li Qing was a little ridiculous, recently he expressed his helplessness to his chattering captain, how could he know what he didn't know!

In Li Qing's view, it is inevitable that Klopp will be angry, since he knows that the coach is angry, there is no point in asking questions at all, adjusting his state and winning the game is the key, why do you think about so many things?

"Captain, if you have time, just pay attention to our opponents in the Club World Cup, think about how we can beat our opponents in West Asia, coach, when we win Manchester United, it will be fine. "

Li Qing said it lightly, but Henderson's heart was even more unscored, "No, Li, do you know anything, if you know anything, tell me quickly, don't ......"

"Jordan!" Li Qing hurriedly interrupted Henderson, "You're too nervous, you will make me nervous with me, relax, in the game with Manchester United, I'll just take the team to score a few more goals, don't worry, it's okay!"

"But ......" Henderson began to struggle with the game again, "Manchester United, I can't play again, apart from you, Mane and Firmino have never played well against Manchester United, ......"

"sop!" Li Qing stopped, glared at Henderson angrily, looked around, didn't see anyone else looking, and lowered his voice: "Don't think so much, with me, everything is not a problem!"

After speaking, Li Qing no longer paid attention to Henderson, and ran forward at a faster pace, Henderson chased a few steps, but found that he was chasing farther and farther, and had no choice but to stop.

Noticing that Henderson didn't catch up, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, the captain is good at everything, but he is easy to be nervous and suffer from gains and losses off the field, and he is not resolute and determined on the field at all.

Maybe this has something to do with his previous experience, after all, in the early stages of joining Liverpool, Henderson has always been criticized, when Ferguson was still at Manchester United, every time the double red meeting would make fun of Henderson and ridicule him as a parallel commodity of Liverpool.

Even the Liverpool local newspaper "The Echo" at the time often commented on Henderson, saying: "Sometimes watching Henderson play is a really painful thing!"

But who would have thought that Henderson would later be able to establish himself at Liverpool and take over the captain's armband from Steven Gerrard?

It seems that the captain is really old, so let me, the captain, lead the team fearlessly and continue the glory!

Li Qing thought so, and the frequency of running became faster......_

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