Chapter 581 Klopp's Ambition

After defeating Watford away, the entire Liverpool team immediately returned and began to prepare for the fifth round of the Champions League against Lyon on the 27th.

Because in the last round, relying on Li Qing's personal super performance, Liverpool secured the top spot in advance, and the next two Champions League games were not so important to Liverpool.

But in everyone's opinion, Liverpool should choose to arrange substitute players to play in these two games, but Klopp did not think so.

Although Liverpool won almost all the championships last season, Klopp began to sprint towards another new record under the stimulation of 67 unbeaten league rounds and the new season's league winning streak.

This new record was also created by an English team, but not Liverpool, but the British powerhouse Manchester United.

Manchester United had many classics in the Champions League during the Ferguson era, such as the reversal of Bayern Munich at the end of the last century to win the Champions League for the first time, but it also has a classic that has been forgotten and ignored, that is, the longest unbeaten record in the Champions League.

In the 2007-08 season of the Champions League, Manchester United won the championship with an unbeaten record under the leadership of Ferguson, and also reached the finals in the 2008-09 season.

Although it was a pity that they failed to defend their title and were defeated by Barcelona, ​​which was in its heyday at the time, Manchester United created a great record, that is, from the beginning of the 2007 season to the defeat by Barcelona, ​​they were unbeaten in 25 Champions League games.

Last season, because Li Qing missed the first round of the match against Barcelona, ​​Liverpool's Champions League golden body was broken and the winning streak was interrupted by the opponent. Although Liverpool won the championship in the end, Klopp already had an obsession in his heart.

Klopp hopes to lead Liverpool to break all the records left by his predecessors during his term.

So far this season, Liverpool has been unbeaten in the Champions League, and Li Qing has set a new record for single-game goals in the Champions League. Although Liverpool's personnel are not complete now, Klopp still wants to try it. He wants more than just training!

So when Li Qing "took the initiative" to take out his mysterious potion, Klopp's mind became more active.

Li Qing was of course willing to "contribute" the potion to help the team win the game. He agreed with this kind of "sharing" in his heart.

In this way, Li Qing and Klopp hit it off immediately, and the club issued a gag order on this matter. Except for Milner and others who were already aware of it, Klopp announced to other players that the team doctor had successfully developed a new drug that could enhance physical fitness without side effects.

Since then, a scene that puzzled fans outside the stadium appeared every day at the Melwood training base.

Almost all the main and substitute players would become extra hard-working in training, and there would often be some small confrontations within the team.

And the players who lost in the confrontation would have a desperate expression on their faces, take a paper cup, and then pinch their noses to drink the liquid in the cup.

Whenever he saw this happen, Li Qing would hold his thermos and laugh very happily. His teammates were really too cute. They actually thought of how to avoid drinking medicine so quickly.

Li Qing couldn't tell whether the 'love medicine' was effective, but it was undeniable that under the 'spur' of the potion, Klopp was very satisfied with the daily training results of Liverpool's players, and no injuries occurred during the training process.

So without Tong Shenbing knowing anything, Li Qing's medicine was basically shared by his teammates.

In this harmonious atmosphere, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage was launched, and the entire Liverpool team went away to challenge the French Ligue 1 powerhouse Lyon.

Like the last round of the Premier League, Klopp made adjustments to the starting lineup in this game.

The goalkeeper is still the main goalkeeper, Brazilian Allison. On the back line, Robertson and Van Dijk continue to start, Lovren and Gomez rotate on the field, and Arnold rests in this round.

In the midfield, only Wijnaldum continues to start, forming the central axis with vice-captain Milner and new aid Keita.

On the forward line, Salah continues to be injured, Mane returns to form a frontcourt attack trident with Firmino and Li Qing.

Lyon, led by former Manchester United player Depay, has had a very difficult season this season.

In the league, they were frequently tied by their opponents at home, and were defeated by Nice, which has Balotelli, at home, and lost to Paris Saint-Germain 0:5 away.

The Champions League was even more miserable. After losing the first round against Liverpool, they suffered three consecutive draws and have only accumulated three points so far.

Fortunately, the team has improved recently, defeating Guingamp and Saint-Etienne in the league and ushering in two consecutive victories.

Therefore, as a strong team in Ligue 1, Lyon certainly does not want to stop in the Champions League, so in this game they are determined to grab points from Liverpool, which has already appeared, at their home court.

So the two teams played very closely from the beginning of the game. Both teams, who wanted to win, made no achievements in the first half of the game and entered the halftime break with a score of zero to zero.

Klopp, who originally thought that his team would secure an advantage in the first half, was a little angry during the halftime break and walked out of the locker room with just one sentence.

"If we lose today's game, everyone will do three times the amount of training and three cups of potion after returning."

Hearing Klopp's words, almost all Liverpool players turned green. They originally thought that the head coach did not value today's game, but now it seems that the head coach does not think so.

Li Qing was struggling. If there was an upset, where would he get the three cups of potion for the whole team? Should he confess to Tong Shenbing?

The anxious Liverpool players suffered a critical blow at the beginning of the second half. Lyon player Cornet broke the deadlock in the 54th minute. Lyon led Liverpool 1-0. Lyon's home court instantly became a sea of ​​jubilation.

When Cornet scored, all Liverpool players looked at their head coach at the same time.

Klopp looked very calm on the sidelines, but his hand on his arm made a "three" gesture, which made Liverpool players suddenly feel bad.

So in the next game, Liverpool players began to counterattack frantically, almost taking out the momentum of the Champions League final, putting pressure on the opponent's half. For a while, Lyon was a little confused by Liverpool's crazy offensive.

In the 60th minute of the game, Li Qing directly used [Superstar Moment] to equalize the score.

Then Mane and Firmino cooperated in the frontcourt and passed the ball to Li Qing. When Li Qing broke into the penalty area and prepared to shoot, he was pulled down by the opponent. The referee immediately sentenced Lyon to death. Milner scored in one fell swoop and overtook the score.

In the end, Liverpool defeated the opponent 2:1 away. At the end of the game, the players on the field were so happy that they almost cried like children. Such a move suddenly attracted the eye rolls of countless people in Lyon and endless reverie of the media...