Chapter 337 The European Overlord Is Back!

Crystal Palace has been famous for robbing the rich and helping the poor in the past two seasons, and Liverpool was able to reverse Chelsea and win the league championship last season largely because Crystal Palace defeated Chelsea unexpectedly.

However, Liverpool's record against Crystal Palace in the past two seasons is very good, winning all four games. Liverpool players who have resumed training are in good shape. Klopp is full of confidence in the next game. Even if there is no way to beat Crystal Palace away from home, it is not difficult to get a draw.

There are still eight games left in the league, and there is a certain room for error.

Liverpool's away challenge to Crystal Palace was the first game of the 32nd round of the 2017-2018 Premier League. Former Tottenham player Townsend scored a world wave to penetrate Mignolet's goal and help the home team open the record.

The 1:0 lead also continued until the end of the first half. In the second half, Li Qing, who had been targeted by Crystal Palace players in the first half, suddenly exerted his strength and returned a world wave to Crystal Palace, helping the visiting team to equalize the score.

Ten minutes later, Li Qing assisted Mane, who came on as a substitute, to overtake the score, and the score of 1:2 continued until the end of the game.

Liverpool once again led the runner-up Manchester City by nine points with one less game, but Manchester City, who played with a semi-main lineup, defeated Everton 3:1 away the next afternoon, and the points were tied to six points with one more game.

Of course, as the league rounds became fewer and fewer, Manchester City coach Guardiola and the players realized that the possibility of winning the league championship was very small, so they focused most of their attention on the upcoming Champions League quarter-finals.

The most interesting league in this round was actually the London derby, Chelsea played against Tottenham at home, Morata was equalized by Eriksson's world wave after leading by one goal, and then Dele Alli scored two goals in a row, setting the score at 3:1.

At the end of the 32nd round of the league, Liverpool, who had one less game, still topped the list.

In April, the football media around the world focused their attention on Liverpool, Turin, Barcelona and Munich, four important European cities.

The first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Liverpool and Sevilla at home is the first match day of the Champions League in the middle of the week. Another match held at the same time is Juventus playing against the defending champion Real Madrid at home.

Liverpool is the leader of the Premier League this season, and has won the League Cup and advanced to the semi-finals of the FA Cup. From defeating Wolves in the fourth round of the FA Cup in January last year to defeating Crystal Palace away in the league, it has not lost for a whole year and two months.

This battle is also at home at Anfield. Almost all the media and fans around the world are optimistic about Liverpool's home victory over Sevilla.

Why?

Since the end of January last year, Liverpool has only had one draw at home, and won all other games. The super high winning rate is something that no one can ignore.

Montella, who took over as the head coach of Sevilla in November last year, did not admit defeat in an interview with the media. He said that since the team can eliminate Manchester United at Old Trafford, it can also beat Liverpool at Anfield.

Navas, who transferred from Manchester City to his old club Sevilla, was full of confidence and said that Anfield was not difficult to conquer. As long as they worked together, they could defeat the Premier League champions.

Liverpool players did not have a verbal battle with Sevilla players, but Liverpool fans could not stand it. The team they supported was the best team in the world football and had the most efficient players in scoring goals. How could a team that last won the La Liga championship 72 years ago beat Liverpool at Anfield?

Liverpool fans were sarcastic. Whether it was the team's historical honors or the team's status in world football, Sevilla could not be compared with Liverpool, so there was a continuous war of words.

It was not until the day of the game that Liverpool played against Sevilla at home at Anfield that the crowd dropped a little a few hours before.

Anfield Stadium, which can accommodate 54,000 fans, was full. Liverpool last participated in the Champions League quarter-finals in the 2008-2009 season, but was eventually eliminated by Chelsea that season and missed the semi-finals.

The Champions League quarter-finals after nine seasons, Liverpool fans have been waiting too long, so they filled Anfield two hours before the game started to create a fanatical home atmosphere.

In the KOP stands, a large number of fans prepared mosaic drawings under the planning of the fan association, waiting for the game to start before showing them to fans around the world.

There was still an hour before the game started, and players from both sides came to the stadium to warm up. Li Qing felt the fanatical atmosphere and frowned, "I always feel that Anfield today is different from the past."

Arnold looked around and was a little puzzled: "Nothing is different."

"The atmosphere seems to be more fanatical than in the past."

Li Qing pointed to the KOP stands, and those Liverpool fans who were dancing and waving flags were more energetic than before.

When the Liverpool fans from the KOP stands saw Li Qing pointing at them, the momentum was even greater, one wave higher than the other.

"aoaoaooaooooooooo——"

"You deliberately guided me!" Arnold felt no different: "Hurry up and warm up for the next game."

"..."

The Liverpool fans in the audience were very enthusiastic. Almost everyone focused on Li Qing. The deafening cheers lasted almost until the end of the warm-up.

Jesus Navas, who returned to Seville last summer, frowned as he looked at Li Qing, who was being praised by Liverpool fans. In order to limit Li Qing's speed, head coach Montella arranged him in a backward position, so that he could counter speed with speed when Li Qing got the ball and quickly counterattacked.

In the past year, the one who has risen the fastest in fame and strength is Li Qing in front of him. In the 29th round of the Premier League last season, Manchester City, where he played, lost to Liverpool led by Li Qing at home.

Rather than saying that they lost to Liverpool at home, it is better to say that they lost to Li Qing. Navas, who was sitting on the bench, was particularly impressed.

After the 40-minute warm-up time, the players of both sides returned to the locker room one after another to prepare for the first round of the quarter-finals that was about to begin.

…

They are the best team

They are the ultimate team

The most important event

The winning team

The king's team

The great team

The champion

…

As the UEFA Champions League theme song "Champions League" sounded on the Anfield Stadium broadcast, the starting players of both sides of the game led the ball boys and followed the referee team and entered the stadium from the player channel.

At the same time, 25 volunteers stood in the middle of the stadium, holding the round logo canvas with the five-star logo of the Champions League and shaking it up and down. With the exciting Champions League theme song, everyone in the stadium felt excited.

In the KOP stands, Liverpool fans held up mosaic drawings and pieced them together to form a huge Liverpool team logo. There was a sentence on the bottom edge, which translated into Chinese means: The European hegemon is back!