Simple?

Yes, it's really simple!

If it were just ordinary fans sitting in the stands, they would definitely be worried about Liverpool's defence.

Because they couldn't imagine why it would be so easy for Southampton to tear apart the defense and score.

However, in Wang Lei's very benevolent view, it is not simple at all.

Not to mention that Hazard was able to pass the ball under the bag of two players just now, just this ability, looking at today's football, how many people can do it?

And looking at the way he just looked, he did it on purpose, in order to pull Liverpool's defenders to the left, draw them to his side, and then pass to Di Maria.

Di Maria was only a transition in the whole process, but he also played a crucial role.

That's the kick he gave Cesc Fabregas, it was good and comfortable.

This allowed Cesc Fabregas to catch up from behind and deliver that scalpel-like diagonal pass.

It's a very good pass!

As a midfielder, Wang Lei knows in his own heart that if he wants to pass such a ball, it doesn't mean that you can pass it if you see it with your eyes, especially like Cesc Fabregas, who passes so accurately and quickly.

"Is this the level of the top professional players in Europe?" Wang Lei was already dumbfounded.

He found that watching it on TV and watching it in person were two completely different experiences.

At least, he's been blown away by now.

It's not just him, but Gao Ren, who has always looked at money on the side, and Gao Ren, who is bold, is also dumbfounded.

As the saying goes, insiders look at the doorway, and laymen look at the liveliness.

Only people like them, who have been trained in professional football for many years, can feel the strength of Southampton.

At the same time, it also made them feel a wave of self-doubt in their hearts.

Can we really play on the same stadium and the same team with so many great top stars?

Raiola looked at the faces and expressions of the two youngsters, and although he was quiet, he was quite satisfied.

He could see that Young Master Huan attached great importance to these two young players, and he had seen it himself, and had obtained their information from the Southampton scouting team, and he was also very optimistic about these two players.

These are two good seedlings!

Young Master Huan put them in his own hands, thinking that he could help him cultivate these two seedlings!

Realizing this, Raiola did not dare to be careless.

He carefully arranged this trip to Anfield in the hope that they would be able to come to the scene to see what the top European professional leagues are really like and how high the level of top professional players is.

As a person, what I am most afraid of is not being able to see myself clearly and not being able to position myself accurately.

The same goes for the players!

Even, in Raiola's view, accurately grasping his own ability and positioning his role in the team and professional football is a must for a professional player.

Today, he just hopes that Wang Lei and Gao Ren can see this clearly and see the gap clearly.

Because only in this way will they understand how to work hard and how to improve.

If they lose confidence and motivation just because of the gap, then Raiola can only say that they are not suitable to be a professional player at all, and it is a good thing to leave early.

The fans in the stands have different expressions and different thoughts, but on the field, the players on both sides are still fighting.

Because Southampton took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the pitch and making the game more unrestrained.

Liverpool were desperate to equalise and defend the dignity of Anfield.

Southampton, on the other hand, did not give in an inch, and took advantage of the team's goal to boost morale and launched a fierce offensive battle with Liverpool.

The two sides went back and forth, and they played happily on the court.

But in terms of the situation, it is still Southampton who has the upper hand.

At the very least, Liverpool failed to find an effective way to break into the Southampton penalty area, and the shots were more from the periphery, but such shots were hardly a threat to Neuer's goal.

Both sides were fast-paced, the ball changed hands frequently, and the game became very intense and beautiful.

Raiola asked them to pay more attention to the two teams, especially Southampton's transition between attack and defence.

As a midfielder, Wang Lei is very keenly aware that Southampton's offensive and defensive transitions should be faster, more efficient and more accurate than Liverpool.

And all this is because of Tony Kroos who dragged down in the midfield position.

He is always able to find the most effective and accurate offensive line in the shortest possible time, and deliver the ball to the front court as quickly as possible and hand it to the feet of the attacking players.

It's like this time, after Southampton broke the ball at the back, Liverpool counter-attacked on the spot.

Toni Kroos ran to the open space to receive the ball and played a long ball straight to the ground, which crossed the half court with precision and fell to the feet of Chilean winger Alexis Sanchez.

Sanchez was unguarded, and as soon as he stopped the ball, he turned around, picked up speed, and rushed forward!

Liverpool's midfield simply couldn't keep up, and seeing that Sanchez had already hit the edge of the penalty area, Skrtel had to choose to go up and the Chilean fired a powerful volley.

As a result, the ball hit Skrtel's feet and bounced towards the right wing.

Is that the end of it?

Not yet!

Southampton's right-back Danilo caught up from the back, received the ball, cut inside to the middle, attracted the defender, and crossed to the edge of the penalty area.

Di Maria caught up and after receiving the ball, he picked up the ball with a very light pass.

The ball daunted over the heads of the Liverpool centre-backs and landed behind them.

In the big penalty area, Suarez was like a loach, passing between the two central defenders, turning around, stopping with his chest to meet the incoming ball, turning, and not waiting for the ball to land, he directly volleyed.

This close-range shot, Liverpool's goalkeeper can't do anything at all!

Two to zero!

After scoring two goals in a row, Liverpool suffered a little setback, while Southampton was demoralized. gas, almost pressed Liverpool and completely dominated the game.

In the 44th minute, it was Di Maria who played a one-two with Toni Kroos in midfield and picked up a pass to Hazard on the left, who dribbled into the penalty area, only to be knocked to the ground by the opposing central defender Lovren.

The referee awarded an indisputable penalty, but no additional penalty was awarded to Lovren.

Eden Hazard personally took the penalty and hit it, 3-0!

It was a goal that silenced the entire Anfield stadium.

I'm afraid that everyone present would not have thought that Liverpool would suffer such a fiasco at their home stadium.

This is the first half!

But soon, the tenacious Reds fans began to sing the team's song that you will never walk alone, very loud, very uplifting, but it couldn't turn the tide.

"Liverpool and Southampton are no longer on the same level!"

Raiola's tone was cold, as if he was sentencing a man to death.

"Liverpool during the Benitez period was able to stage the Istanbul miracle because the Red Army still had a system, but now, Brendan Rodgers' Liverpool does not have a stable team concept, does not have a mature tactical system, what to use to fight Southampton?"

Speaking of which, Raiola is also frowning, and he is a little skeptical, is it a suitable choice for Balotelli to join Liverpool?

Now he's skeptical!

It's just that AC Milan's Barbara called him and said that the team wanted to bring in reinforcements and fight for results in the new season, so they had to sell Balotelli and let Raiola quickly find the team he was interested in.

At that time, Liverpool was also eager to ask for help, and was able to meet Balotelli's various requirements, so the two sides hit it off.

But in hindsight, it most likely wasn't a good choice.

When Wang Lei and Gao Ren heard this, they were a little surprised.

If, as Raiola said, Southampton and Liverpool are no longer in the same class, then is Southampton too strong? Or is Liverpool too weak?

It's hard to say.

But one thing is for sure.

That is, after taking a three-goal lead in the first half, Southampton still did not let up in the second half.

Liverpool's sky-high defensive line, which cost nearly 100 million, completely fell apart in Southampton's fierce attack.

Nowhere was that more evident than in Southampton's fourth goal.

Eden Hazard was on the left and Glen Johnson and Joe Allen were defending at the same time.

But to everyone's shock, Hazard easily took the ball out of the bag between the two players and went into the penalty area.

As a result, after the Belgian attracted Lovren's attention in the penalty area, he knocked back on the bottom line, and Suarez in the middle followed up and pushed a shot through the Liverpool goal again.

However, after Suarez scored, he did not celebrate, but silently walked back to the halfway line.

Perhaps, in his heart, facing his old club, he scored goals again and again, and his heart was not very comfortable.

And after Suarez's goal, the singing of the scene that never walks alone has also weakened.

And it's getting weaker and weaker, and in the end, no one sings at all.

But here, it's clear that the game isn't over yet.

In the 79th minute of the second half, it was another Southampton attack that hit the edge of Liverpool's penalty area, and Hazard cut inside on the left to try to get the ball into the box.

Skrtel tried to clear the ball with a big kick, but it was kicked wide and fell to Cesc Fabregas, who was cut in behind.

The Spanish midfielder faced the incoming ball, and it was another precise through ball like a scalpel, which accurately sent the ball to the feet of the unguarded Sanchez on the right side of the penalty area.

As soon as the Chilean winger stopped, he pushed, and the ball went in again!

Unlike Suarez, Sanchez, who scored a brace, was so excited that he rushed out of the pitch to celebrate his brace.

The entire Anfield stadium was deadly silent.

Before the game, even the most optimistic fans of Southampton would not have imagined that the Saints would be able to beat Liverpool 5-0 at Anfield.

Brendan Rodgers sat in the home team's dugout, making it difficult to see his expression at the moment, but it certainly won't be good.

In the first game of the new season, he encountered such a slap in the face, which was definitely a heavy blow to Liverpool, who had vowed to keep the top four in the league and strive to win the championship before the season.

Neither Lovren at the back nor Balotelli up front has clearly changed Liverpool's current predicament.

Southampton, on the other hand, took advantage of this game to completely play the momentum of their European champions.

What's more, the debut of two new midfield signings, Cesc Fabregas and Angel Di Maria, was both satisfying and impressive.

This also makes people look forward to the new season of the Saints even more.