Chu Ge's acquaintance with Arnold dates back to the time when Chu Ge worked for Castia.

At that time, in the European Youth League, Chu Ge had played against Alexander-Arnold, who was playing for Liverpool's youth team at the time.

At that time, Alexander-Arnold was only a substitute.

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, and many players in that youth league have begun to appear on the stage of the mainstream league.

For example, Christensen, Loftus-Cheek and others have developed well.

And Chu Ge, who led Castilla to the championship, has now become the youngest third place in the Ballon d'Or in history, and Manchester United is the absolute core of the main force.

He was undoubtedly the best talent in that year's Youth League.

And the performance of teenager Arnold also surprised many.

In today's double red meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool, Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has just turned 18 years old, made his debut.

In terms of promoting young people, Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp can be said to be very bold.

……

"You're doing a great job."

Chu Ge complimented Arnold.

"Haha, thank you!" Arnold was very happy to be able to get Chu Ge's praise.

Although the two are about the same age, Chu Ge is the third in the Golden Ball Award and the hottest star in the Premier League.

He was Arnold's role model.

Someday, I'll be as strong as you too.

Looking at Chu Ge, Arnold cheered for himself.

……

When United took the throw-in, Lovren walked over to Chu Ge again.

In the state of dead ball, it is very easy to follow Chu Ge.

But.

This time Lovren shut up.

He didn't keep arrogantly provoking Chu Ge like before.

Obviously, this breakthrough made Lovren a little panicked.

His confidence took a few hits.

Chu Ge glanced at Lovren.

Laughed:

"Don't be nervous."

"Just get used to it."

……

Matches resumed.

I don't know if it's because of the blessing of football, Chu Ge can feel that he is more relaxed when handling the ball.

Don't force others, don't force breakthroughs.

Whether it's dribbling or passing people, it's all about taking advantage of the trend.

The footwork with the ball may seem simple, but most of the time it makes sense.

If you want to be fancy, you can make the action very fancy; If you want to pass people simply, you can also make it simple. The choice of how to pass depends entirely on the situation at the time, and does not stick to a fixed routine.

With only 20% of the way of football, Chu Ge can feel his progress.

What would it be like if the way of football was 50% or higher?

Chu Ge was a little curious.

But.

Although his individual performance is relatively stable, the team's overall performance is relatively average.

After a long winning streak and back-to-back games, Manchester United's form has reached a plateau.

Liverpool's performance was similarly mediocre.

The-for-tat confrontation between the two teams has limited the play of both sides of the game to varying degrees.

Liverpool's brightest player up front is undoubtedly Philippe Coutinho.

The Brazilian youngster has the most ball in Liverpool's front line.

Although he was inconsistent in possession of the ball and would occasionally wave shots and drain the team's attacking opportunities, most of Liverpool's dangerous attacks also came from his feet, and the team also trusted him, and his team-mates always played for him regardless of whether he played consistently or not.

It's obvious.

Just as Alex Ferguson tried to nurture Chu Ge, Klopp also sees Coutinho as the core of his team.

Jurgen Klopp has given Coutinho maximum freedom and the right to fire, to accommodate his flaws to the greatest extent and to play to the ceiling of his abilities.

Coutinho has come a long way in this environment, and many even believe that he is the best Brazilian star other than Neymar.

But.

In Van Dijk's eyes, if he had to choose between Coutinho and Chu Ge as an opponent, he would definitely not want to choose Chu Ge.

Speaking of which, Chu Ge and Coutinho's growth process is somewhat similar.

Both players have gone through three different styles of league in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League.

Even the chronological order is the same.

But.

No matter what league he was in, Chu Ge was successful.

In addition to the Premier League, Coutinho's performance in Serie A and La Liga can only be said to be okay, not how successful it is.

'The problem with Coutinho compared to Chu is that he handles the ball too casually and concedes a lot of goals. It's going to be a lot of pressure for the defence. ”

Van Dijk looked at the TV footage of the game and had a preliminary assessment in mind.

……

"What's the use of being good, isn't it that you haven't scored?"

Seeing Chu Ge, who handled the ball casually on the phone screen, Costa was a little disdainful.

The ball that can be snatched by fighting with the body depends on the cunning skills of the feet.

Those who play with technology are thieves in their hearts.

Only the body is king!

Costa thought.

He's in a good mood right now.

If Manchester United draw with Liverpool, Chelsea would be happy to see it. And if Chu Ge doesn't score, Costa has a chance to continue to rush for the top scorer list.

Costa feels he's been in good form this season.

He hopes to win the Golden Boot in the league and then the team wins the league title under his leadership.

'It would be better if Liverpool could score one.'

As he watched the game, Costa pondered.

Then.

An unexpected circumstance arose.

Liverpool get a corner.

And while defending this corner, Pogba handballed in the box.

The referee did not hesitate to point to the penalty spot.

Penalty kick!

At Old Trafford, the referee awarded Liverpool a penalty!

It was their full-back James Milner who took the penalty for Liverpool.

Facing De Gea, Milner calmly stood from twelve yards and fired a shot into United's net.

De Gea pounced in the right direction, but the ball was too fast to prevent the conceded goal.

0：1。

Liverpool lead Manchester United on the road.

"Well done, Liverpool!"

Costa applauds Liverpool.

Regardless of the fact that Liverpool are also part of the league title race.

In Costa's mind, even if Liverpool win, they will be five points apart from Chelsea in league points, and it will not put too much pressure on Chelsea.

Manchester United is different.

After a modest eight-game winning streak, Manchester United have 48 league points.

Even if they lose to Liverpool, they will be second in the league, just four points behind Chelsea.

And if United had won, it would have been a different story.

They will have 51 points.

Chelsea from Diego Costa,

It's only one point away!

Of course he wanted United to lose.