Chapter 797

On February 2, Liverpool played against Crystal Palace in the 2nd round of the Premier League.

Looking at the wins and losses of the past six seasons, Crystal Palace has only won once in 6 league games against Liverpool, lost nine of them, and drew twice.

Two of those draws occurred last season.

Liverpool only got a draw in the first half of this season, so this game is the 7th time Liverpool has faced Crystal Palace in the 14th season. Liverpool's idea is definitely to get three points.

"When you play against Crystal Palace, you always feel strange on the pitch because you don't know how Crystal Palace will score, but they just score."

"First, don't let Schlupp and Eze take long shots. Second, don't let Olise break through."

"If you feel that you can't stop Olisey, then call your teammates to help you. If Olisey breaks through to the right side closer to the penalty area, it will be difficult for you to stop him because Olisey is very strong there.

Klopp's main emphasis is on defending Eze and Olisey.

What Crystal Palace emphasized was defending Lin Chen, and the person mainly responsible for defending Lin Chen was Gallagher, a young English midfielder who was called an indestructible midfield genius by fans.

Many teams want to buy Gallagher, including Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, etc., all of them are coveting Gallagher.

"It's important for Gallagher to run on the court. I even think he runs more than Kante sometimes. He seems to be able to run forever."

Gallagher has defended Lin Chen before, but Gallagher's ability was not very strong at that time. This season at Crystal Palace, Gallagher has become stronger and stronger.

Gullit and Rivaldo were commentating on the match, while Scholes had a leave of absence.

"Crystal Palace started with their best players!"

"Goalkeeper: Guaita."

"Defenders: Mitchell, Gueye, Josim, Ward."

"Midfield: Schlupp, Eze, Gallagher!"

"Front: Mateta, Edouard, Olise!"

As Crystal Palace got the hang of things, Liverpool immediately pressed forward, not giving Crystal Palace any chance to attack.

Schlupp is mainly responsible for controlling the ball in the midfield, and Eze's dribbling will cause headaches for Liverpool's midfielders, except Lin Chen.

Eze intentionally dribbled the ball past McAllister. Everyone knew that it was difficult for Lin Chen to break through, so choosing McAllister was a better approach.

The 16th minute of the game!

"Liverpool haven't completely attacked yet, Crystal Palace have the ball, Eze is dribbling the ball, Vieira likes to let Crystal Palace have more of the ball."

"This Vieira is a former Arsenal legend and the fans think he will make Crystal Palace's defense better."

Eze has a strong dribbling ability and McAllister certainly cannot defend him alone, so Rodri can only go to help.

After seeing Rodri approaching him, Eze passed the ball to Olise, who successfully broke through Robertson alone on the wing!

At least Olise thought that he could break through Robertson alone, but Lin Chen soon appeared!

Olisey gritted his teeth and tried to think about Lin Chen, but of course Lin Chen intercepted the ball!

No matter how Olisey moved, Lin Chen did not move at all. Olisey had always been known for his high frequency of dribbling past others. He could use his legs to dribble the ball very quickly and change directions constantly.

When you can't keep up with Olise's changing of direction, Olise will really start and successfully dribble past you.

But when Olisey changed the direction of the ball back and forth in front of him, Lin Chen felt that Olisey became less and less confident the more he changed directions. Then when Olisey finally decided to change direction to the left, Lin Chen directly intercepted the ball and did not give Olisey any chance at all!

Immediately afterwards, Lin Chen sprinted with the ball and Schlupp could only foul!

"Schlupp fouled, well, Olisey looks like he can't break through Lin Chen at all."

After being pulled down by Schlupp, Lin Chen quickly kicked the ball out and passed it to Rodri.

Rodri made a beautiful long pass to find Salah on the right, and Liverpool immediately launched an attack!

Facing Mitchell, Salah successfully broke through with just one dribble and shot from a small angle on the right!

"Hit the door!"

"Guaita blocks Salah's shot!"

"Liverpool's attacking threat is getting bigger and bigger, now Crystal Palace needs to be careful!"

Liverpool's attack was mainly organized by Lin Chen. Gallagher began to show his indomitable running ability and kept following Lin Chen!

This was the first time that Lin Chen encountered a player who dared to run after him, so the two of them competed in the midfield. It didn't seem like they were playing football, but more like a long-distance running duel.

Lin Chen was running wildly, then stopping suddenly, and then accelerating again. This continuous sudden stop and acceleration consumed a lot of the player's physical strength and also tested his endurance!

Gallagher was able to keep up at the beginning, but after the game had been going on for more than 20 minutes, Gallagher could no longer keep up.

Vieira could only let Gallagher continue to follow. If even Gallagher couldn't keep up, it would be even more impossible for Crystal Palace to have any player who could keep up with Lin Chen.

Listening to Gallagher's increasingly rapid breathing, Lin Chen deliberately continued to speed up and increase the range of his running, sometimes even rushing back to his own penalty area.

If Gallagher doesn't follow closely, Alisson will pass the ball to Lin Chen, and then Lin Chen's long pass will always find Salah accurately.

Looking at Mitchell who was constantly broken through by Salah, Gallagher could only continue to follow Lin Chen.

The 37th minute of the game!

"Lin Chen is still running in the middle to catch the ball, and Gallagher follows him."

Gullit initially thought Gallagher had caught up, but Lin Chen, who had been retreating, suddenly turned around and ran towards the front court.

Gallagher also turned around, but after this sudden stop, Gallagher's cardiopulmonary function obviously couldn't keep up, and Lin Chen's speed did not slow down at all!

Rodri passed the ball to Lin Chen!

Gallagher couldn't keep up, and couldn't even maintain the foul distance, and was left far behind by Lin Chen!

After receiving the ball, Lin Chen continued to rush forward, and his speed not only did not slow down, but it was getting faster and faster!

Guy and Josim looked at Lin Chen, just wanting to confirm that the person carrying the ball in front of them was really a person, and not some other terrifying creature.

There was no one in Crystal Palace's midfield who could press him, so Lin Chen entered the shooting range, glanced at Guy's position, and then kicked the ball!