Chapter 257 Three consecutive wins in the Champions League

Li Qing expressionlessly accepted the Premier League Best Player of the Month trophy handed over by the Premier League staff in September. The reporter faced the camera and asked curiously: "Li, you look unhappy, why?"

"Every time I am the Player of the Month, do you think I can be happy?"

Li Qing spread his hands and spoke seriously.

"..."

The female reporter who looked at Li Qing twitched her lips slightly, and her good professionalism finally turned into a smile: "Li, you really know how to joke."

"I'm not kidding..."

The Premier League reporters accompanying the team quickly ended, and Li Qing also had a new nickname for his teammates.

Pretend to be guilty!

In fact, Li Qing doesn't pretend much, because he has won the Player of the Month award for as long as he has been in the industry, so he can compete with anyone.

To be honest, why are you just pretending to be a show-off?

The Best Coach of the Month in September was won by Manchester United head coach Mourinho, who beat Manchester City head coach Guardiola and Liverpool head coach Klopp to be elected.

In fact, Mourinho's election was controversial, because Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool all had 3 wins and 1 draw in September. The only difference is that Mourinho's team conceded the fewest goals in September.

Two days later, at 8:45 pm on Wednesday, Liverpool faced the challenge of Roma at home.

Roma, led by Di Francesco, used a formation in the away game not the usual 433, but a relatively low-key 451, with goalkeeper Alisson and defenders Kolarov, Manolas, Fazio and Bruno Perez. The midfield consists of Florenzi, Nainggolan, De Rossi, Stroman and Gerson, with Dzeko at the front.

Liverpool may be considering that they will visit the New Wembley Stadium to challenge Tottenham on the weekend. The lineup has been rotated to a certain extent, but the formation has not changed. It is still 433, with goalkeeper Karius, defenders Robertson, Van Dijk, and Low Fulen and Alexander-Arnold, midfielders Emre Can, Wijnaldum and Milner, forwards Salah, Firmino and Li Qing.

Di Francesco, who got Liverpool's starting lineup, had a headache. In order to prevent Li Qing from acting like a monster in the midfield, he arranged three midfielders in the midfield, De Rossi, Nainggolan and Stroman, who were both offensive and defensive. In addition, there is also Florenzi, a snake oil, not to restrict Li Qing, who has been playing as an attacking midfielder in the past two months.

As a result, Klopp did not put Li Qing in the tenth position, which is equivalent to saying that Di Francesco's targeted deployment before the game was completely useless.

Of course, being able to be the head coach of Serie A giant Roma, Di Francesco's on-the-spot adaptability is still very good. Visiting Anfield as a guest is to ensure a tie and win. Li Qing did not appear in the tenth position and there were corresponding arrangements. It is just that the players will need to It takes time to adapt to Li Qing's playing style on the wing.

Liverpool's performance in the new season is eye-catching. Last weekend's double red meeting was a bloodless 3:0 win. In the Champions League group stage at Anfield Stadium in midweek, Liverpool fans believed that the team they supported would definitely win the game.

Li Qing is the favorite name chanted by Liverpool fans in the audience, because... Li Qing's performance is so eye-catching.

Liverpool never lost in the games he played!

If it were not for the strong dialogue at the Etihad Stadium with one player missing, Li Qing would very likely have led Liverpool to win the away game and maintain a career-high winning record.

It is for this reason that Roma players pay special attention to Li Qing's activity area.

Less than ten minutes into the game, two Roma players received two yellow cards on Li Qing.

What was a near miss was that Roma did not concede the first goal in the away game. Instead, they relied on veteran Dzeko to act as a fulcrum in the frontcourt, posing a great threat to Karius' goal.

Li Qing, who was continuously fouled by Roma defensive players, did not shy away. He became more courageous as he fought. In the 19th minute, he played one-on-one with Wijnaldum and Firmino. All Roma players thought he was going inside. While cutting, he suddenly passed the ball to Arnold who joined the attack.

Suddenly, Roma's solid defense revealed a serious problem at that moment.

Arnold cut into the penalty area, and after attracting enough attention, he sent a precise inverted triangle pass. Li Qing, who ran to the penalty spot, pushed the ball without stopping. The football rolled against the grass toward the lower left corner of the goal, and goalkeeper Alisson was beyond his reach.

With the first goal, the second goal became a matter of course.

Li Qing's outstanding performance attracted the attention of a large number of Roma players, so much so that Salah, who originally played for Roma, was ignored, so Li Qing taught them how to behave with a diagonal kick of more than 50 meters.

Salah, who received a long pass from Li Qing, chose to change his direction when faced with Alisson's attack, and then hit an empty goal.

The face of Roma coach Di Francesco shown in the broadcast was very ugly. He thought he would fall behind at Anfield before the game, but he didn't expect to fall behind by two goals so easily.

Trailing by two goals as a guest, and with a key domestic league match on the weekend, he was wondering if he should give up this game early. There were two qualifying spots in the Champions League group stage, and Liverpool, who were in good form, occupied one of the qualifying spots, so the other spot was in between his own team and Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid drew 0:0 with Karabakh as a guest in the third round of the group stage that ended last night. This means that they only got two points in the first three rounds. Even if they lost to Liverpool in this round, they still got four points and ranked second in the group. As long as In the fifth round, Atletico Madrid can definitely compete for a qualifying spot.

Besides, the fourth round is a back-to-back home game against Liverpool, and he is confident that he will lead the Wolves to win at home!

Of course, Di Francesco did not give up on this game. He was just thinking about the strategy for the Champions League group stage in advance.

However, after 90 minutes, Roma, who was trying to draw, could not even score in the away game. In the end, Liverpool defeated Roma 2:0 at home and ranked first in the group with three consecutive wins. Roma, who lost, had 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ranked second with 4 points, Atletico Madrid ranked third with 2 draws and 1 loss in three games and 2 points, and Karabakh ranked bottom with 1 draw and 2 losses in three games and 1 point.

Since Liverpool leads Atletico Madrid, who are ranked third in the group, by 7 points, it means that Liverpool, who are visiting the Stadio Olimpico in Rome back-to-back, will advance to the group stage two rounds ahead of schedule and lock in first place in the group if they defeat Roma!

This result is indeed very exciting for Liverpool, but head coach Klopp and his players are very focused. The back-to-back fourth round group match with Roma will have to wait until the second of next month, and Liverpool's top priority is to face It is the 9th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season, and we are a guest to challenge Tottenham!

Liverpool's lead is only two points. Manchester City's opponent in the ninth round, which is two points behind, is Burnley. Manchester United's opponent, who is three points behind, is Huddersfield. It can be said that it is a guaranteed three-point game, so it is a guest at Wembley. Liverpool have nothing to lose at the Leigh Stadium.