Chapter 301: Defending the Title Starts with the Leader
Jiang Chenxi's goal helped Liverpool take a 3-0 lead.
"There is no suspense in the game! Three to zero! Jiang scored twice, Salah scored a goal, and Liverpool beat Stoke City away, and they made a good start to the new season! "John. Morteson announced.
Although there were still 20 minutes to go before the end of the game, the commentator had already announced Liverpool's victory in advance.
That's true, in today's game, Liverpool's main force is at its best, and the players are in good shape, with a 3-0 lead, with the strength of Stoke City and the state shown in today's game, it is impossible to turn the tables.
With a 3-0 lead and an early victory, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp replaced Jiang Chenxi and Salah successively, and replaced Firmino and Sane.
This season, Liverpool will strive to defend the title in the league, and more importantly, the ambition in the Champions League, in addition to the League Cup and FA Cup, in the case of four fronts, Klopp will take more rotation, from the first round of the league to let the players familiar with the rotation, but also let the substitute players play more games, as soon as possible to adapt to the game and the team environment.
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When Jiang Chenxi was replaced, the main stand of Britannia Stadium was booed.
For an 'enemy' shooter, this kind of boo can be understood as a 'compliment'!
It was also the first official game for Firmino and Sane after moving to Liverpool.
On Stoke City's side, Mark Hughes was increasingly dissatisfied with Shaqiri's performance, and he quickly replaced Shaqiri with veteran Crouch, a player who also transferred from Southampton to Liverpool and later returned to Southampton, and has ties to both clubs.
Shaqiri was visibly unhappy when he saw him being substituted, and walked to the sidelines sullenly.
However, although he was in an unhappy mood, the Swiss still managed to control his temper, took the initiative to high-five Crouch, who was on the field, and hugged the head coach Mark Hughes on the sidelines, before walking to the bench depressedly.
This also disappointed some reporters who were excited by the news that there was a 'discord between the generals'.
For the remainder of the game, the two sides were attacking and defending each other.
Philippe Coutinho swooped in from outside the box to extend the score to 4-0 for Liverpool.
Stoke City, on the other hand, did not set up Diouf with a header from Crouch until stoppage time to save face.
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In the end, Liverpool defeated Stoke City 4-1 away to win the opening game of the new season and also made a good start to the new season.
Jiang Chenxi scored twice in the game, was the biggest contributor to Liverpool's victory, and also won the highest score in the game and was named the best player of the game.
However, after the game, the media did not focus on Jiang Chenxi's form and Liverpool's win, but on Stoke City's state and Shaqiri's situation:
With Jiang Chenxi's form and ability, isn't it normal for him to perform well to score goals and lead Liverpool to win? Journalists have long been accustomed to it.
On the contrary, the situation of Stoke City has made some reporters very emotionally interested, you know, this team once led Liverpool 4-1 at half-time in the closing game of last season, and after a holiday, Stoke City brought in stars like Shaqiri who have been famous for many years, and the strength has improved, but they were defeated by Liverpool, which is problematic, well, even if there is no problem, reporters have to find out the problem.
"Liverpool are the defending champions, stronger than us, and have a super player like Jiang, isn't it normal for them to win?" Mark Hughes was in a bad mood and asked directly.
On Shaqiri's question, Mark Hughes chose to protect the players, "Shaqiri has just joined the team, he still needs to adapt, in fact, he did well for a while today. ”
"So you mean that the Swiss don't do well more time today?" A reporter immediately seized the loophole and asked.
"The whole team didn't perform well today, it's the responsibility of the whole team, and I am also responsible! I will not shy away from the responsibility that I should bear! Mark Hughes knows how to maintain unity, he said.
"So, if the team keeps losing, will you choose to resign?" A reporter shouted, "We all know that Jiang also has a nickname called 'Coach Killer'."
This is really poignant, you must know that this is only the first game of the new season, is this a vicious curse?
Mark Hughes: ......
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Liverpool and Stoke City were followed by other fixtures in the first round of the 2015/2016 Premier League season.
Manchester United encountered a strong opponent Tottenham Hotspur in the first round of the league, in the 22nd minute of the game, Juan Mata broke the ball and instigated a counterattack, Depay passed through, Ashley Young inserted a cross from the right, Rooney stopped the ball and was ready to attack, but the ball was blocked into his own goal by Walker, who caught up with the defense, and Manchester United led Tottenham 1-0.
It was the only goal of the game and in the end, with an own goal from their opponents, the Reds got the season off to a flying start.
Although they won, Van Gaal and Manchester United were criticized after the game, you know, in this transfer market, Manchester United is crazy to spend money, including 36 million pounds from Monaco to bring in Martial, who was only famous before, and 36 million pounds is also the highest value of a player under the age of 20.
In addition, 25 million pounds from Southampton to bring in Schneiderlin, 25 million pounds from Eindhoven to introduce Depay, 15 million pounds from Bayern Munich to introduce Van Gaal's love disciple Schweinsteiger, 14.4 million pounds from Turin to introduce Italian full-back Darmian, looking at the 20 teams in the Premier League, in addition to the more crazy Manchester City, Manchester United spent about the same amount of reinforcements as Liverpool, which is a huge investment, of course, Manchester United sold Di Maria to Paris Saint-Germain for £44 million, which is not a lot of net investment, but it is important to know that the Argentine was very expensive when he joined Manchester United.
In addition, Manchester City's 3-0 away win at West Bromwich Albion was an expected big win, and the Blues, who lost the league title last season, went crazy in the transfer market, spending £52 million to bring in the young De Bruyne from Wolfsburg, £49 million to bring in Raheem Sterling from Liverpool, £32 million to bring in Otamendi from Valencia, and Delphi from Aston Villa for £8 million. Roberts was brought in for £8 million from Fulham, and in terms of transfers, the Blues have not made much money from selling people, Manchester City have spent more than £130 million so far, and the whole football world is shocked and trembling at Manchester City's madness.
In the words of the French newspaper La Liga, the Man City man has made a comeback in the most familiar way after a season of failure.
In the other game, last season's league runners-up Chelsea drew 2-2 at home to Swansea City, with their goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois once again gifting the red dot package.
The most surprising of all was Arsenal's crisp 2-0 defeat at home to West Ham United in a London derby in the opening round of the league.
However, it is not so incomprehensible considering how much Arsenal have invested so far in this transfer window, as they have only spent £10 million on veteran goalkeeper Petr Cech from Chelsea until now, and their opponents in this game, West Ham United, have already spent £30 million on signings.
And the most desperate thing for Arsenal fans is that the £10 million Petr Cech may be their only signing this summer, and Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has said that the door to the transfer market has been closed, and he is happy with the current squad, which is the strongest of the best......
In the first round of the 2015/2016 Premier League season, Liverpool beat Stoke City 4-1, tied with Manchester City and Manchester United for first place, and became the league leader with goal difference and goals scored.
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