Chapter 90 Where Is The Hunger

Regardless of whether everyone regards this game as the first game of Liverpool's 50 consecutive unbeaten games, Liverpool finally won a victory and avoided the embarrassment of two consecutive league losses.

However, their performance after the game still attracted a lot of criticism from the media.

The media believes that Liverpool's difficulty in winning against a team of Stoke City's level is enough to show how bad the team's state is, and they may lose if they continue in this state.

You can't think that you have got rid of the predicament just because you have won Stoke City. A team with the strength of Stoke City can cause such a big trouble for Liverpool, let alone other teams?

"If it weren't for Su Han, Liverpool would not have won this game, let alone a draw. Therefore, the victory in this game cannot make all Liverpool fans breathe a sigh of relief, because winning is not a manifestation of Liverpool's normal strength, they rely on It’s one person—Su Han, of course they can rely on Su Han to win this game, but they can rely on—Su Han for every next game?”

This article was published in the "North London Horn", and the author's signature is - John Hunters.

Obviously, John Hunters will not admit defeat so easily.

However, in the next twenty-fourth round of the league, Liverpool beat Portsmouth 2-0 at home, which seemed to turn John Hunter's comments into a joke.

In this game, Liverpool's state is much better than the previous game, and the two goals have nothing to do with Su Han.

It seems to prove that Liverpool is not a team that only knows how to rely on Su Han.

But in the next round of the league, Liverpool drew one to one with Hull City in the away game.

If it wasn't for Su Han, Liverpool would have lost this time.

Su Han stepped up to save the team.

So it looks like John Hantes is right - Liverpool are a team that can only rely on Su Han.

Without Su Han, they would definitely not be able to get the current ranking and points.

Not only that, Liverpool also folded two players in the game.

One is central defender Alderweireld, who strained his thigh muscle during the game and needs to rest for a month.

The other injured player is Modric. As the core of the team's midfielder, his injury is slightly milder, and his right little finger is slightly contused, but he also needs to rest for at least two weeks.

Injured and winless, Liverpool's current situation is not very good.

After being tied away by Hull City, Liverpool's first place in the league is in jeopardy.

They are now tied with Chelsea in points.

The two sides have 63 points, and Liverpool temporarily ranks first only on goal difference.

But this is no longer an advantage.

Because Chelsea's goal difference is also good, Liverpool's current goal difference is 46 goals, Chelsea's is 40 goals, and it is only 6 goals away.

For a while, the media was full of discussions and criticisms about Liverpool's unstable state during this period.

John Hunters of the "North London Horn" wrote triumphantly in his article: "...Obviously, Liverpool has a problem, and their players are a little tired after continuous campaigns , In order to maximize the strength of this team, Ancelotti did not carry out a large-scale rotation. Except for the FA Cup, his league starting lineup is relatively fixed.

This will of course allow the team to maintain a stable state and achieve good results. But it also makes the players feel tired.

The current injuries in Liverpool prove this point.

If Ancelotti continues to be so obsessed, Liverpool will collapse sooner or later."

0…ask for flowers……

In fact, what John Hunters said is good, Liverpool is indeed very tired now.

After the intensive Christmas schedule, the team has never had a chance to rest.

In the one month from the beginning of January to the present, Liverpool played five league games and two FA Cup games. Three of the four weeks were double matches in one week.

Even if the Liverpool players are strong, they can't stand it at this time.

In the game, it was obvious that the Liverpool players were unable to run. There were some opportunities. If they had changed it before, they could easily catch up, but now they can only watch the football roll out of the sideline, or be caught. The opponent got it first.

Liverpool's players have experienced a physical bottleneck.

Ancelotti is well aware of the team's problems. On the one hand, the hunger for victory is declining, and on the other hand, it is because the team is too tired.

The problem of decreasing hunger is easy to solve.

After all, the team was too brilliant last season.

But it's not impossible.

The hunger can be rediscovered, but the team's fatigue problem is almost unresolved.

He can only use the rotation lineup in the next match between Liverpool and Bolton to allow more first-line players to rest.

But he can't guarantee the team's results like this...

Su Han had just released his bold words about creating an unbeaten record, and the team encountered such a problem, and Ancelotti was actually quite helpless.

He doesn't even think about being undefeated now, let's talk about winning the league championship this season.

Now, if Chelsea wants to overtake, they also hope not to be left too far behind, so that after the team's physical fitness is adjusted, they will be able to catch up. .