Although Liverpool has a glorious history, it was suppressed by its mortal enemy Manchester United after entering the Premier League era and has never won the Premier League championship.
Although there are other champions occasionally, the frequency is not high. No, even this EFL Cup is Liverpool's first championship in four years.
Therefore, after returning to Liverpool, the Red Army got on the parade bus and conducted a simple parade around the city. Although the fans are not as lively and crazy as when they won the Champions League in 2005, the number of people is not that small.
After all, it is the first championship in four years, so it is still worth celebrating.
Velarde, in particular, received cheers and tributes from many Red Army fans wherever he went. Everyone knows that it was Willard's arrival that significantly improved Liverpool's offensive and defensive capabilities.
His presence really gives Liverpool an extra person to fight, taking advantage of him on both offense and defense.
Of course, because the EFL Cup has low gold content, and because it is in the middle of the season and the schedule is tight, there is not much time for Liverpool to celebrate. Liverpool’s bus parade or team celebrations did not go too crazy and ended in a hurry. .
To truly celebrate, you have to wait until the end of the season, win the Premier League or Europa League, or even win the Triple Crown. (The real triple crown of the Premier League is the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League)
But no matter what, for Willard, winning a championship just two months after joining Liverpool is still very worthy of celebration.
Not only his agent, girlfriend, and girlfriend's family, but also his teammates in the Hurricanes, teammates of the Argentina national team, etc. Many people called to congratulate him.
After Willard landed in the Premier League, many people were worried that he would no longer be as magical as Agen. But facts have proven that after Willard landed in Europe, his strength was further strengthened, and after being transformed into a free agent by Klopp, his offensive and defensive attributes fully exploded, showing even greater strength than when he was in Argentina.
Hurricanes coach Mario Binco even regretted it, thinking about how he only asked Velarde to play as a midfielder and participate in the attack, but did not think of letting Velarde play as a free agent in the full court and can go everywhere.
This is undoubtedly a huge waste of Willard's ability.
But it's too late now. He can only watch on TV that Willard plays for Klopp as a free agent and attacks the city for Liverpool.
His only consolation was that he was Willard's first coach. The greater Willard's achievements are in the future, the more light he will receive.
With the media and fans praising Liverpool and Velarde, Liverpool did not immerse themselves in the joy of winning the championship, but began to prepare for the next Premier League game.
Liverpool's next opponent in the Premier League is Manchester City again. There is no doubt that this is a revenge battle for Manchester City.
It's a pity that the match venue is not Manchester City's home court, but Liverpool's home court.
Even though Liverpool consumed a lot of energy by winning the championship and celebrating, Klopp also performed a certain degree of rotation.
Coupled with the factor of playing at home, it is not easy for Manchester City to avenge Liverpool at Anfield and avenge the EFL Cup championship they just lost.
At 21:00 on the evening of March 3, with the whistle of referee Martin Atkinson, the 28th round of the 2015/2016 Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester City officially began.
The two sides had just played an English League Cup final at Wembley Stadium, and Manchester City lost. Naturally, they had to find their way back into the game. What's more, the two sides are also very close in the league standings and must fight for it.
After the game started, Manchester City, with a revenge mentality, was really hard-working. They launched a fierce attack on Manchester City from the beginning, regardless of the fact that this was their opponent's home court.
Liverpool, which had just defeated its opponent and won the championship, inevitably consumed a certain amount of energy in the celebrations within the team and in the parade with fans. Manchester City, on the other hand, was fighting in despair, so they were really suppressed by Manchester City in the opening period.
Fortunately, full-backs Flanagan and Lovren, who returned from injury, were both very good in this game. Coupled with Willard's interceptions and replacements everywhere, Manchester City's offense was loud and rainy, and there was no chance of success. Score a goal.
After more than 20 minutes passed, Manchester City's players' physical fitness gradually became unable to support the high-intensity continuous attack and began to slow down. At this time, Liverpool began to attack amidst the cheers of tens of thousands of fans at home.
In this game, both Coutinho and Sturridge were rotated on the bench. The main offensive players were Velard and Firmino, and the other two forwards Origi and Lallana were rotation players.
Origi is a center forward and is tall, so he is heavily marked by Manchester City defenders.
Lallana is a winger, often active outside the penalty area, and has little playing time, so he may have been underestimated by Manchester City. In the end, Lallana got a lot of opportunities.
In the 34th minute, Villard dribbled the ball through the interception of midfielder Fernandinho and then hit the wall with Firmino. They entered the penalty area and shot, scaring Kompany in front of him and Fernando beside him. They all fell to the ground to block the hole of the gun, and goalkeeper Joe Hart also crouched nervously, ready to pounce at any time.
What I never expected was that Willard's shot with his foot was a fake move and he missed the ball.
Lallana, who inserted into the penalty area on the left, was completely unguarded. He received the ball missed by Willard in the gap three meters away from Willard's left. Without stopping the ball, he directly pushed the ball and easily won the ball. Advance the lower left corner.
Defenders Otamendi and Kompany have fallen to the ground, unable to do anything. Although goalkeeper Joe Hart made an effort to save, Lallana pushed the ball too steadily. Joe Hart's save was in vain and he could only watch the ball fly into the goal.
The commentators sighed one after another:
"The goal was scored so easily."
"When Velarde and Firmino hit the wall, everyone thought Velarde would rush into the penalty area and shoot."
"Both Otamendi and Kompany were knocked down by Willard's fake move and flew to block the hole of the gun."
"Unexpectedly, Willard did not shoot, but raised his foot and missed the ball to Lallana on the side."
"Lalana, who has not played in many games, was obviously ignored by Manchester City. No one was marking him, which gave him a chance to take a leisurely shot in the penalty area and easily pushed the ball into the goal."
"The most critical thing about this goal is obviously Velard's missed ball."
"Villad's ability to make a choice in an electric moment in the penalty area and leak the ball to Lallana, who is in a better position, not only proves his superb vision and awareness, but also proves his sense of team responsibility."
"Obviously, Willard is not a solitary person. If his teammates have a better chance, he will not hesitate to give the shooting opportunity to his teammates to help the team score goals and take the lead."
