On December 26, the 19th round of the Premier League began, and after this round of matches, the halfway of the season was over.

With Wolves five points clear of second-placed Manchester United, they have actually won the halfway point in the first round.

At 7:30 p.m. on the 26th, third-placed Chelsea beat Birmingham City 1-0 away, and defending champions Manchester United continued to pick up their form, winning 3-1 away at Hull City, narrowing the gap between them and Wolves to two points.

The third- and second-placed teams both won and put a lot of pressure on Wolves. At seven o'clock in the evening of the 27th, the media got the starting lists of both sides, and Wang Rui finally entered the squad, but failed to enter the starting list.

The Anfield stadium was packed with people, red flags fluttered, and the Reds fans warmly greeted the players from both sides. Wang Rui, who was sitting on the bench, looked at those banners, and his heartstrings moved slightly.

"This could be your new home, King!"

"King, welcome to Anfield again!"

If Manchester City has bad intentions towards him, it is kindness that the city has given him.

Liverpool is a giant, although the Premier League results in recent years have not been good, but the results in the Champions League are still good.

Current coach Rafael Benitez led the team to the Champions League final in the 04-05 season, and after falling behind 3-0 in the first half, they came back from 3-0 in the second half to equalise and finally win the penalty shoot-out to win the fifth Champions League trophy in the club's history.

This game became a classic of the Champions League final and a classic example of morale.

After a year, Liverpool reached the final again, and the opponent was still Milan, but they failed to perform the miracle of two years ago when they were 1-2 down, and unfortunately lost.

They reached the semi-finals last season. Unfortunately, they lost to Manchester United and failed to reach the final.

For such a big club with a deep history, it is a great attraction for players. Coupled with the captain of the Red Army, Gerrard, the soul of the team, has shown favor to Wang Rui in front of the media more than once, and Wang Rui is not moved by it, which is fake.

Reporters on the sidelines looked at the banners and were slightly shocked.

"Is this playing the emotional card? That's amazing! ”

"Shameless. All of these tricks have been used! ”

"The declining king, the king shouldn't come to Liverpool......"

……

"Tick! ……”

At half past seven, as the referee blew the whistle, the game officially started, and Liverpool, sitting at home, launched an attack on Wolves under the leadership of Gerrard.

In the third minute, Benayoun fired a long-range shot from outside the box, and the ball went wide of the goal.

In the fifth minute, Kending made a successful steal at the back and quickly launched a quick counterattack. Bale advanced quickly down the left. All the way to the front of the Liverpool penalty area, in the face of Carragher's defense, the Welshman suddenly cut inside and shot hard!

Liverpool goalkeeper Reina flew out and bravely saved the football from the bottom line!

Missing the opportunity to break the goal, Bale hugged his head in pain and shouted cheers from Ince, who was standing in the command area. Encourage your love will.

Benitez walked out of the bench and stood in the command area. Yelling at the defensive line on the right flank, he was unhappy with the defence.

After a tentative attack, the two sides became cautious and engaged in a fierce battle in midfield. Both teams were very good at pressing high and counter-attacking immediately after conceding a goal in midfield, with Wolves following Bale's quick counter-attack. It's hard to organize a decent quick counterattack.

Positional warfare has never been what Wolves are good at, and when Wang Rui is on the field, he can also threaten the opponent's goal with free kicks and long-range shots.

Liverpool, on the other hand. With Steven Gerrard and Benayoun in front and Mascherano in the back, their positional attack was much better than Wolves' after they contained their quick counter-attacks.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Benayoun made a one-two with Gerrard outside the penalty area, and the former shot hard, and the football flew towards the right side of the goal like a cannonball!

Wolves centre-back Craddock stretched out his right leg to keep the ball out of the line and deflected Benayoun's dangerous shot.

Liverpool corner!

Reyna kicked the ball into the Wolves penalty area, and none of the players in the middle could grab the point, and the ball flew backwards, making Ince's heart sink in the command area.

The Wolves boss feared came true, Mascherano was ambushed at the back post, and unmarked headed the ball towards the near corner!

Oakes was powerless to watch the ball fly over the goal line and into the net!

The ball is in!

The score became 1-0 and Liverpool were the first to break the deadlock!

The Anfield Stadium was full of red flags and cheers, and their team swept away the slump of a week ago.

If it were in the past, their cheers would definitely not be so loud, because the Wolves are the leaders, and they are undefeated against the other three giants, known as the "giant killer"!

The Wolves players have already met on a number of occasions for the scoreline and they did not panic and continued to put pressure on the Liverpool backline for the rest of the day.

It's a pity that Wang Rui is missing, their offense has lost its sharpness, and when the referee blew the whistle for half-time, they could only regretfully accept the situation of falling behind by one goal.

The Wolves' turnaround came in the fifteenth minute of the second half, when Ince put Wang Rui on the line, and unexpectedly, the home fans gave Wang Rui a thunderous applause.

Wang Rui did not weaken because of these applause, he is a professional player, and he thinks that if he does not perform well, he will be sorry for these applause.

Three minutes after coming on, Wang Rui launched a dangerous attack, and he combined with Peter on the right to tear apart Liverpool's tight defence. Wolves' first striker beats Glenn? Johnson, with a powerful shot from the edge of the box, the ball went like an arrow towards the near corner.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna continued his heroic performance, stretching out his arms like an eagle to save the ball off the line.

The wonderful offensive and defensive battle won thunderous applause from the audience!

Benitez's face turned red, and he shouted loudly that his back line must be stared at Wang Rui to death. Wang Rui was surrounded by Liverpool for the rest of the day, and the Reds didn't give him space to shoot at all.

Wang Rui's arrival made the Wolves' offense no longer chaotic, strengthened the offensive, reduced the pressure on the back, and Kenting also had the opportunity to insert the attack.

In the 27th minute of the second half, Wang Rui and Bale launched an offensive on the left side, and under the opponent's tight defense, Wang Rui passed the football to Kending, who was inserted into the attack.

Wolves got the ball at the back and counted off Mascherano's defense and shot hard outside the box!

Reina, who had already saved Wolves' must-score goal twice, failed to touch the football this time, and the ball flew a dozen centimeters in front of his fingertips. Just when the Wolves players thought the football was going to fly into the net, "Pong! ......" with a loud bang, the football hit the post hard and flew out of the bottom line!

Ince, who was standing in the command area, shook his head helplessly, the god of fate was indeed not on the side of the wolves tonight. Liverpool fans were covered in a cold sweat and they felt like they had gone through hell.

Although the goal failed to find the back of the net for Liverpool, it boosted the morale of Wolves, who prevailed on the pitch for the rest of the game.

With just over a dozen minutes left, Liverpool had to shrink their defence as they hoped to hold on until the end of the game. After a surprise defeat to bottom-of-the-table Putsmouth in their last game, they desperately needed a win to boost their morale.

Seeing that the game is about to end, Liverpool's victory is in sight, and the situation on the field has changed abruptly. In the forty-second minute of the second half, Peter took the ball on the right side and dribbled laterally. Johnson tripped it and the referee blew the whistle to award a well-placed direct free-kick to Wolves.

The air at Anfield is starting to get tense, and Wang Rui's free-kick has become a nightmare for Premier League teams.

Wolverhampton TV football commentator Andy? Keogh exclaimed: "Time is running out, can the king change the fate of the Wolves team?" ”

"Tick! ……”

The referee blew a whistle, Wang Rui took a deep breath and slowly ran towards the football.

"Smack! ……”

The soccer ball flew up from the turf, like a rainbow of extreme beauty, flew over the human wall, and fell rapidly!

Reina, who flew out, looked at the lightning-like football in shock, his left arm stretched to the extreme, getting closer and closer to the football, but the distance between them could not be reduced to zero.

The football flew more than twenty centimeters in front of Reina's fingertips!

In the shocked gaze of the audience, the football flew over the goal line and into the net!

The ball is in!

The score becomes 1 to 1!

Wolves equalized with Wang Rui's wonderful free kick at the end of the game!

After Wang Rui scored, he didn't run all over the court excitedly, but just walked silently to the middle circle after high-fiveing his teammates. The Wolves bench turned into a sea of joy and the Liverpool fans erupted in thunderous applause seconds later.

Neither team was able to change the situation on the pitch for the rest of the day, and after three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game and the two sides shook hands to a draw.

At this point, the halfway of this season's Premier League is over, and Wolves are five points ahead of Manchester United and win the halfway title! (To be continued.) )