Since Willard joined the Red Army, he has won all the first four games he started, including many tough battles such as Arsenal and Manchester United.
Therefore, more and more fans accept Willard. The number of fans of the English social account that was just opened exceeded the 1 million mark in two or three days, and the number of fans is increasing by hundreds of thousands every day.
At the same time, the media and neutral fans have become more and more optimistic about Velarde. Although unlike some fans who are extremely appreciative of Velarde, who now think that Velarde can be worth over 100 million, it is at least far more than the US$50 million invested by Liverpool.
Many people in the industry admit that Liverpool has indeed made a lot of money.
Because the next round of the league is a week away, Klopp gave everyone a full two days off to rest their tired bodies and minds.
January 18th was also a Monday. Willard spent another 5 skill points to increase his "Inverse Foot" from 87 to 88, leaving 146 skill points left.
After two days of rest and returning to the training base, everyone continued to prepare step by step for the next round of the league.
After verification in several games, everyone has been able to confirm that Willard is indeed superior in strength and has no shortcomings. He is strong enough to play the role of a free agent. The team has also gained many benefits from it. On both offense and defense, its strength has improved to a higher level than before.
This is undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for Liverpool, which is currently full of injured soldiers. His teammates are more willing to cooperate with Velarde and work together for the second half of the season.
Klopp's transformation of Willard into a free agent has also been well received by the industry.
Of course, because of the historical grievances between England and Argentina during the Falkland Islands War, some media commented that Liverpool was cultivating talents for the enemy.
But this voice is very small. After all, this is professional football. Why does the club care so much about you?
If things are done according to this statement, wouldn't Aguero, Otamendi, Zabaleta and others not be able to play in Manchester City?
A week later, on Saturday, January 23, in the first game of the 23rd round of the Premier League, Liverpool challenged Norwich away.
At 14:00 noon, with referee Mason's whistle, the match between Norwich City and Liverpool officially started at Carrow Road.
After a week's rest, although the eight injured players have not yet returned from injury, everyone in the current lineup has been greatly relaxed and rested both physically and mentally. The weather for this game was good, and the winter temperature was warm at noon. Under the sun, it feels neither cold nor hot to play football, which is very suitable.
Therefore, Liverpool pressed hard from the beginning of the game, taking advantage of the offensive advantage brought by the 433 formation to launch a strong offensive against Norwich, with the intention of opening up the situation as soon as possible.
Three forwards Jordan Ibe, Firmino, and Milner, three midfielders Henderson, Velarde, and Emre Can, plus two full-backs Alberto Moreno and Clyne. Taking turns to attack, especially Willard who did not fix his position and ran wherever there was the ball or wherever there was space, created considerable trouble for Norwich's defense.
If the forwards hadn't been a bit unlucky today, they might have scored a lightning goal in the opening minutes.
But even so, the powerful Liverpool scored the home team's goal in the 18th minute.
This is after Willard passed two people in the middle, attracted three Norwich defenders to surround him, and then passed to winger Milner near the baseline.
Milner didn't stop the ball and directly passed it with a ground ball. The ball was passed so badly that goalkeeper Declan Rudd didn't dare to attack, and the ball rolled past him. Firmino, who was at the back post, rushed over and volleyed the ball into the back post of the goal.
Liverpool scored in the 18th minute, leading 1-0 away from home. And Willard's contribution to this goal was as great as ever. If he hadn't dribbled the ball past two people at the front of the penalty area, attracting several Norwich defenders to rush around, Milner wouldn't have passed it so easily. In the game, Firmino will not score a volley without interference so easily.
Therefore, Firmino, who scored the goal, did not rush towards Milner who provided him with an assist. Instead, he ran towards Alan Willard. Seeing that the distance was close, he jumped suddenly and jumped to Veronica. On Ladd, Willard had to open his arms to hug him.
Firmino, on the other hand, proudly raised his hand and fisted his fist in celebration to the away fans of Liverpool in the stands.
Norwich is currently ranked 16th in the standings, which is fifth from the bottom. For a strong team like Liverpool that competes for the championship, Norwich looks like a belly.
However, it turns out that fans love the Premier League for good reason. Even the bottom-ranked relegation team is still capable of fighting against the strong Premier League teams at the top of the standings. This is where the competition in the Premier League is fierce and the games are exciting.
After scoring the goal, Liverpool's players did relax a little. After all, even if Liverpool gave up the FA Cup, they still compete on the three fronts of the Premier League, English League Cup and Europa League, and there are still eight injured players who have not returned from injury. Since the score is ahead, it is understandable to slow down a little. Original.
Unexpectedly, Norwich took advantage of the Liverpool team's slack state and began to counterattack frantically, attacking frantically when they got the ball.
Even though Willard filled in everywhere and blocked two dangerous shots from Norwich, he could not prevent Liverpool from conceding a goal.
Of course, this may also be related to the average level of Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Norwich organized midfielder Dorrance to pass a 45-degree cross from the wing of the midfield. Center Mbokani rushed into the penalty area and got stuck in front of center back Kolo Toure. He made a diving dive and headed the ball into the goal.
Norwich equalized the score 1-1. More than 20,000 home team fans in the stands immediately jumped to their feet, applauded and cheered wildly.
Klopp was so angry that he cursed on the sidelines, scolding Liverpool's defense until they couldn't hold their heads up.
However, what made Klopp even more angry was what came next.
After the game restarted, Liverpool increased their offensive intensity and suppressed Norwich's momentum. As a result, before Liverpool could score and regain the lead, in the 41st minute, Norwich used a wing attack to hoist the ball into the penalty area again, causing center back Sakho to accidentally concede the goal while competing with the opponent for a header. The ball hit his hand, a handball foul occurred in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty kick.
Norwich midfielder No. 14 Houla Khan made the penalty kick easily into the lower right corner of the goal in one fell swoop.
Norwich actually achieved a reversal after conceding a goal first, leading the score to 2-1.
This ball made the Norwich fans in the stands and in front of the TV even more excited. You know, they are fifth from the bottom! It is understandable to be behind Liverpool, but when they were all behind, they actually scored two goals in a row and achieved a reversal of the score. It was simply too exciting.
Willard was also a little surprised. The gap between the strengths and weaknesses of the Premier League teams felt much smaller than that of South America. If you're not careful, it's really easy to capsize. No, Liverpool was reversed even after scoring one goal first.
Liverpool has always been the one to defeat others. Unexpectedly, it has encountered this situation now. It is indeed the Premier League that attracts the most attention.
