Chapter 306: A man's mouth is deceiving

After ninety minutes, Liverpool, sitting at Anfield Stadium, relied on Li Qing's hat trick and assist to help the home team beat Leicester City 4:1, once again leading second place Manchester City by 2 points with a game in hand.

I don’t know if it was the huge pressure brought by Liverpool’s 17th consecutive victory. It turned out that Manchester City, which had won 16th consecutive victory, suddenly encountered Waterloo in the league as a guest to challenge Crystal Palace. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, neither side scored a goal. The score of 0:0 continued until the end of the game.

Liverpool fans who followed the match between Crystal Palace and Manchester City at home raised their arms and shouted to vent the huge pressure caused by the long period of time.

In fact, many times the pressure on the leaders is even greater. Second-ranked Manchester City were chasing the opponent by two points for eighteen rounds. Anyone would feel the heavy pressure. They were walking on thin ice in every game, worrying that small mistakes would bring disaster. Redemptive results.

Now Manchester City finally took the lead in deflating in the long tug-of-war, making everyone in Liverpool feel a sense of relief.

Head coach Klopp screamed to the sky at home, venting the ecstasy brought by the expansion of the league points to four points.

The point difference between the two teams widened, and Liverpool, which had won 17 consecutive victories, became the focus of media attention around the world, because when most leagues around the world entered the winter break, only the Premier League continued, and it was still going fast, with the iconic three days in seven days. A devilish schedule.

However, Manchester City coach Guardiola, who drew with Crystal Palace as an away game, did not admit defeat. In his opinion, there are still seventeen rounds of the league this season, and there are great variables in the future. Since Manchester City will overturn in the away game, then... Liverpool may also be possible.

Facing the uproar at the regular press conference of the visiting team, Guardiola believed that his team still had a high possibility of narrowing the point difference.

Why?

After one round, Manchester City will visit Anfield to challenge Liverpool.

The first round of the match at the Etihad Stadium this season was a soul-stirring game. Of course, to be precise, it was a game where Li Qing became a god. If Liverpool did not have Li Qing in the away game, it is very likely that they would have lost the game. They lost by a huge margin in the away game, but Liverpool relied on Li Qing's big four to escape from the away game.

In the 23rd round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season, all members of Liverpool will face Manchester City, which will most likely determine the title of the Premier League champion this season.

If the home team Liverpool wins, the point difference between them will expand to seven points, which basically means that Manchester City will withdraw from the league title competition. On the contrary, if Manchester City wins, the point difference will become one point, and the competition for the league title will become fierce and even possible. Create the highest second place finish in Premier League history.

Of course, the possibility of a draw is also very high, but... neither team wants to draw.

Either the score difference widens or the score difference shrinks.

Before Liverpool host Manchester City, they have two games before each other, a domestic league and a League Cup semi-final.

In the league, Liverpool is a guest to challenge Burnley, and Manchester City is facing Watford at home. However, the League Cup semi-finals are worlds apart.

Liverpool is a guest to challenge the British Championship team Bristol City, and Manchester City is the giant Arsenal.

Arsenal have not won any honors in three seasons. For Wenger, who is in a crisis of confidence, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, so the first leg of the League Cup against Arsenal at home will be very difficult.

Naturally, there is no way for the League Cup champion to compare with the league champion, but Guardiola does not want to give up any championship. After all, the League Cup has reached the semi-finals, and the next step is the final.

The problem is that after Arsenal's League Cup semi-finals, they will be a guest to challenge Liverpool. If they go all out to face Arsenal, the away league will definitely be affected. If they have reservations, they may not be able to win Arsenal at home, and then they will be a guest at the Emirates Stadium. The second round will be troublesome.

Liverpool head coach Klopp has already made a choice. He decided to play with half of the main lineup in the away game at Bristol City. Even if he loses, he just needs to return to home in the second round and win by a big score!

Everything is based on the league.

Two days later, the third round of Liverpool's Christmas Devil schedule came, and they visited Burnley as a guest.

Li Qing, who has restrained himself in life, performed well. His one goal and one assist helped Liverpool win the game 2:0 as a guest.

In the league match later, Manchester City did not lose their lead again. They defeated Watford 3:1 at home, maintaining absolute pressure on Liverpool with points.

The Christmas Devil schedule is over, and most teams in the Premier League get close to ten days of rest, but this is for teams that do not have the task of the League Cup semi-finals.

Nonetheless, the entire Liverpool squad has seven days before their next game.

This... is a very good respite for Liverpool, which has played 14 games in 43 days.

In order to praise the players for their hard work during this period, the Liverpool head coach took three full days off, which meant that he only had four days left to prepare for the League Cup semi-finals and the Tianwangshan battle against Manchester City at home.

The next day, the first day of 2018, Li Qing began to enjoy his hard-earned vacation, although it was only a short three days.

The first game of the devil's schedule was very tiring. Now that I have three days off, I have no worries at all.

At night, neither of them wanted to make anything to eat, and the driver Arnold went home to be with his parents. Li Qing and Tong Shenbing had to take a taxi to the city to find food.

Before departure, Tong Shenbing's face changed after answering the phone. Li Qing noticed something keenly, hugged Tong Shenbing and said, "Bingbing, what's wrong?"

"My mother called me and told me that my father was sick and asked me to go back and help manage the company."

Tong Shen Bing stared at Li Qing lovingly, her eyes full of reluctance.

Li Qing asked anxiously: "What's wrong with Uncle Yue? Is it not serious?"

"It's an old problem, but this time it may be more serious. I need to be hospitalized for observation for a period of time." Tong Shenbing hugged Li Qing, who was more than half a head taller than herself: "It's just that no one is managing the company during this time. My dad meant to let me Go back early to adapt to the management company, just..."

Li Qing raised his eyebrows, having already understood the implication of Tong Shenbing's words. If he goes back this time, the next time the two of them meet will probably have to wait until after the World Cup.

Of course, the current situation is obviously not suitable for the love between children. As the only daughter, Tong Shenbing must go back to take charge of the overall situation when her father is seriously ill, so he kissed Tong Shenbing on the forehead and said softly: "At this time Uncle and auntie need you most when they need you. When uncle is well, you can come back and continue studying, and we can also..."

Having said this, he stared at Tong Shen Bing with a half-smile.

"Hate!"

Tong Shen Bing said angrily: "Then when I go back, you can't flirt with girls casually."

"You are the only one in my heart, and you know it."

Li Qing patted his chest and said confidently.

"My mother said that a man's mouth is deceiving."

"..."