Chapter 53: The Game Begins

The game was played at five o'clock in the afternoon local time.

In order to curry favor with Asian fans, the FA often arranges some early games, such as 12 noon and 2 pm, and the Premier League will also have a game schedule.

But a big match like the Double Red Club, in order to take care of the fans from all over the world, as well as the local fans in England, is usually scheduled to take place at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

It was already difficult to find an empty space in the car park outside Anfield at 3 p.m., the sky was overcast, but there was no rain, the sky was cold and the wind hunted, and the row of Liverpool flags planted on the roof of the Anfield stadium was blown by the cold wind. Despite the cool weather, the atmosphere around the stadium was quite lively and the Liverpool fans were enthusiastic.

Around the city of Liverpool, Liverpudlians carried Liverpool's red flag and sang the melody of "You'll never walk alone" as they poured towards Anfield from all directions.

Manchester United's buses drove down the streets of Liverpool, with countless middle fingers everywhere they went.

The Liverpudlian frantically pumped his big red middle finger at Manchester United and spat on it.

Manchester United's players are used to it. England's teams are always fraught with antagonisms, and similar attacks and abuse of players have long been commonplace. They're doing their own thing in the car, listening to music, closing their eyes, or looking out the window or something. The same is true for Li Qingshan, at this time he is wearing headphones, holding his mobile phone, his fingers are still tapping quickly on the screen, and he is chatting happily with his girlfriend. Lovers in love always want to flow in tender love words every moment.

Manchester United's buses drove into a dedicated aisle amid the roars and invectives of Liverpool fans. It was filled with a large number of security personnel, and apart from the reporters, there was not a single fan who could only give the middle finger and spat at the bus outside.

Every Manchester United player who got out of the car was given a 'warm welcome' by the Liverpool fans, but the United players did not react – they were used to the scene.

Li Qingshan's "welcome" was particularly loud, and the insults and roars outside seemed to be about to lift the iron roof of Anfield, and all kinds of sounds starting with "F" sounded into one.

Liverpudlian people hope to interfere with Li Qingshan's game as much as possible in this way, after all, everyone knows that Li Qingshan is Liverpool's biggest threat against Manchester United!

However, even the loud noise of the Liverpool fans did not have any effect on Li Qingshan, who was walking off the bus with headphones and listening to music, and walked to the visiting dressing room at Anfield with the members of the coaching staff. The hard work of Liverpool fans is destined to be a pearl and useless.

With an hour to go before the start of the game, the players were in the dressing room after changing their equipment before assistant coach Ryan Giggs blasted out of the dressing room like a sheep.

"You've only got twenty minutes to warm up, hurry!!"

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Anfield is a sea of red in the midst of a violent tsunami – Liverpool, of course, and United are wearing white away kits today.

The first climax of the tsunami came as the players from both sides came out to warm up, with Liverpool fans first giving the Liverpool players who came out first, followed by shrill boos from Anfield as the United players came out of the tunnel.

This is Anfield, home of the Liverpudlians. Here, Liverpool fans have an absolute advantage.

There were just under 2,000 United fans who arrived at the stadium – and they were surrounded in one corner of the pitch by some 100 security guards. At a time like this, it's hard for them to compete with the more than 60,000 Liverpudlians on the field.

The 100-odd security guards lined up in three rows, just separating the United fans from the Liverpool fans – and who knows what would happen between the fans of these two rival teams if there wasn't enough security.

"Players from both sides have warmed up!!"

In a box in Anfield, Andy Gray said with the microphone.

This is really a luxurious box, in addition to the wide view, the equipment in the box can be said to be all-enabled. Large screen TV, soft lighting, air conditioning, soft leather sofa.

However, Andy Gray prefers to do his commentary from the commentary box in the stands rather than in such a box - the Englishman has always been more conservative.

'Liverpool have been in good form lately, with five wins in a row in all competitions! Jurgen Klopp's side have gradually found a winning touch this season and are now on 13 points, three points behind Manchester City at the top of the table, just like Manchester United. Andy Gray said, "However, there is another statistic that Klopp has to pay attention to, and that is that Liverpool have been beaten twice in the league by Manchester United for two seasons in a row. A further defeat would see them beaten in five consecutive Premier League games, with the last time the Reds beat Liverpool in a row was between 2005/06 and 2007/08. ”

"Hahaha! That's right, Liverpool always loses to us! Another deep voice rang out, and in Sky TV footage it was Manchester United's legendary centre-back Rio Ferdinand.

"Don't forget when you get blown up by Torres, Leo!" The other voice confronted each other, and the camera quickly switched, it was Carragher.

After a panoramic shot appeared, fans who were watching the game on TV were shocked to find that in this box, in addition to the commentator Andy Gray, there were four retired players who everyone is very familiar with: Leo Ferdinand, Jamie Carragher, Paul Scholes, and another Liverpool legend Jamie Redknapp!

"Hey, I'm talking about big data, big data, do you know Jamie!" Rio Ferdinand held up a piece of paper, "Look at the stats, Manchester United have an overwhelming advantage in the double red meeting, with 48 meetings with Liverpool, a win rate of 56%, and 27 wins, while Liverpool have won less than half of Manchester United's games, only 13; Eight of those seasons have been double wins in the Premier League, while Liverpool have beaten Manchester United just four times; It should be pointed out that at Anfield, Liverpool did not dominate against Manchester United in the Premier League era, winning only eight of their 24 games and losing 12 games, and Manchester United are the only team in the Premier League era to have the best record against Liverpool at home. ”

"Past data is meaningless!" "If the data were useful, then the game wouldn't have to be played!" ”

Before the match even began, the legends of both sides began to be arguing on television.

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The warm-up of the players ended quickly, and with the attention of many fans around the world, the players of both sides quickly completed a series of pre-match procedures and stood in formation according to their respective positions.

Referee Oliver stared at the watch on his wrist, and then a whistle blew, and the first leg of the 2016-2017 season officially began.