Chapter 664 Legend

At 3 pm on January 16, 2019, a focus match of the 23rd round of the 2018-2019 Premier League was fought at Anfield Stadium, with Liverpool playing against Crystal Palace at home.

The two sides have played against each other nearly 20 times in the history of the Premier League, and Liverpool has an absolute advantage with 11 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.

The last time the two sides played against each other was in August when the league started last year. At that time, Liverpool, who played away, won 3:0 against their opponents. Li Qing scored a goal and an assist in that game.

Crystal Palace now has 22 points in the Premier League, ranking 14th, which is worse than Brighton, Liverpool's opponent in the last round. The team has begun to fight for relegation.

However, in the last round, Crystal Palace lost to Watford 1:2 at home, but in the last five games, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The losing games were all small losses to the opponent, and there were goals in basically every game. The team is currently in good shape.

This is all thanks to Liverpool's "old friend" in the Crystal Palace team. Crystal Palace coach Hodgson was once Liverpool's coach, and Liverpool's rising star Benteke is now playing for Crystal Palace.

Therefore, the deployment of the coaches of both teams and the on-the-spot command will be a major highlight of this game, but judging from the overall strength and the current situation of the two teams, most people think that Liverpool will win easily.

Before the match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace, Anfield held a ceremony of about one minute to greet the 100th birthday of the team's legendary coach Bob Paisley and to miss the team's famous Peter Thompson who passed away some time ago.

Peter Thompson was a witness to Liverpool's glorious years in the 1960s and 1970s. Under the leadership of the then coach, Peter Thompson, as a striker, helped Liverpool win the team's first FA Cup.

Bob Paisley is one of the few meritorious coaches in Liverpool's history who can be compared with Shankly. After taking over the Liverpool coaching baton from Shankly, Paisley led Liverpool to create a more glorious chapter for the team.

During his coaching career at Liverpool, Bob Paisley won six league titles, three European Cup titles, one UEFA Cup title, three League Cup titles, five Community Shield titles and one European Super Cup title.

These 19 championship trophies in total have established Liverpool's position as the European hegemon at the time, and Bob Paisley has also become the first head coach to win three European Cup titles.

It is no exaggeration to say that Liverpool's glory in the 1970s and 1980s was inseparable from Paisley's dedication.

Li Qing looked at Bob Paisley on the big screen of the stadium, and his heart was slightly excited. This legendary coach who has been gone for more than 20 years may not have expected that he would appear on the Anfield stadium in this way today.

In order to commemorate this meritorious coach, Liverpool's sponsor Standard Chartered Bank used the latest CG technology to bring this great elder back to KOP.

I also hope that I can become a person like him! Li Qing swore secretly in his heart.

Bob Paisley spent all his time as a player in Liverpool. Since joining Liverpool in the late 1930s, he has spent 44 years of his life in Liverpool Club.

Paisley, as a player, played nearly 300 times for Liverpool and was also a core member of Liverpool's championship team.

However, Paisley's playing days are not known to many people today, only because his achievements in his subsequent coaching career are too brilliant and dazzling.

After the legendary coach Shankly retired, Paisley, who had been Shankly's assistant for many years, took over the Red Army coaching baton. In the following nine years, Liverpool under Paisley was invincible and almost swept across the entire European continent.

Despite leading Liverpool to extraordinary achievements and receiving numerous personal honors, Paisley has always maintained a humble and low-key character. In the early 1980s, after leading Liverpool to win the league championship, he chose to retire.

Perhaps in today's football world, the word legend has become a widely used word, but for Bob Paisley, calling him a legend is absolutely true.

Times have changed. Although Klopp has now been unanimously recognized by the Liverpool club and the public, there are still some people who have not forgotten that period of history.

During that period, Paisley's great achievement of averaging more than two championships per season, and even Manchester United's Ferguson can only look up to this achievement.

Klopp looked up at the stands on the sidelines. The fans wore pre-arranged red and white costumes, spelling out Paisley and a big '100', and he was slightly excited.

As a head coach, it is also Klopp's dream to be remembered by the team in this way, and this dream must be filled and achieved through championship trophies.

Compared with Paisley, Klopp has indeed broken many records of the Red Army, including the Premier League title that has not been won for more than 20 years, the Champions League trophy that has not been won for more than 10 years, the five-time champion of the season, and the Club World Cup that created team history...

But compared with Paisley, all this is far from enough, but Klopp believes that one day he will be able to reach that height, and it will be unique!

After a short one-minute memorial ceremony, the match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace officially started. Liverpool took the initiative at the start, and Crystal Palace retreated to defense at the start.

On such days, anyone knows that Liverpool's winning mentality today is definitely much stronger than in the past.

Paying tribute to the legend is the dream of every Liverpool fan. Being able to score and win in such a game is the wish of everyone in the team, and Li Qing is no exception.

Today, Liverpool coach Klopp arranged a 4231 attack formation, goalkeeper Alisson, defender Matip returned to partner with Van Dijk as a central defender, Milner and Robertson were on both sides.

Midfielder Fabinho and captain Henderson were in charge of the double defensive midfielders, Keita, Mane and Li Qing lined up in the frontcourt, and Firmino was at the forefront.

The players on the Crystal Palace side were not much different from the lineup in the previous round. The only thing worth mentioning was that their 39-year-old goalkeeper Speroni replaced the injured main goalkeeper Guaita in the starting lineup.

Liverpool's three captains started at the same time, which made the Liverpool fans on the scene very excited. This situation is extremely rare this season, which makes many fans full of expectations, of course, more of the expectations for Li Qing.

Li Qing's recent performance is as stable as ever, and no matter what position he is assigned to, he can always perform superbly. In this game, he returned to the frontcourt, and everyone thought that Liverpool had a sure win in this game!