After the game against Everton, due to Christmas, the next game will not be until December 27, so everyone can finally rest for a few more days.
On December 24th and 25th, the club also gave everyone two days off to spend the Christmas holiday with their families.
However, after Christmas is over, you still have to return to the club to continue training and competing, instead of taking a direct winter break like players in other leagues do.
After Christmas, on December 27, in the 18th round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced Stoke City at home.
Stoke City is currently ranked in the middle of the league and is performing well, but it is still unable to challenge Liverpool at Anfield, especially with a perverted Liverpool like Willard.
In the end, Liverpool thrashed Stoke City 6-0 and caused another big-scoring massacre. Willard once again performed four goals, setting his annual total goal record to a terrifying 130 goals.
His Premier League goals this season have reached 50. Based on this efficiency, does Willard have to break the 100-goal mark in the league alone in a season?
It’s horrifying to think about.
December 31, the last day of 2016, is also the last round of the first half of the Premier League season. In the 19th round of the league, Liverpool faced Manchester City at home.
There is no doubt that this is the most important and exciting showdown arranged by the Premier League for the majority of fans and audiences on New Year's Eve.
Therefore, not only the Premier League, but also many fans around the world, when other leagues have entered the winter break and there are no games for the time being, have chosen to watch this most important dialogue between the Premier League and the Premier League.
Liverpool currently ranks first in the Premier League standings, Chelsea ranks second, and Manchester City ranks third. This matchup is extremely valuable and naturally of great importance.
Both Liverpool and Manchester City are the main players. Except for Coutinho, who was absent due to injury and was replaced by Lallana in the starting lineup, Liverpool's midfield and frontcourt are the strongest lineups.
For Manchester City, the Argentine gang consisting of Aguero, Otamendi, and Zabaleta all started, and the others included De Bruyne, Sterling, Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, etc. , and all the main force is used.
At 19:30 in the evening on December 31, 2016, local time in England, with the whistle of referee Craig Pawson, the 19th round of the 2016/2017 Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester City officially started at Anfield Stadium.
The audience naturally had high expectations for this powerful dialogue, but for the players on both sides, including Velarde, it was psychologically uncomfortable to have to play football while others were on holiday for New Year's Day. , the enthusiasm is not high. On the other hand, the weather was not good for this game. It was raining lightly and the venue was slippery.
Therefore, at the beginning of the game, the two sides tested each other and the confrontation was not high. They played for more than ten minutes. Except for one long-range shot by Velarde that hit the door frame but was saved by goalkeeper Bravo who was well prepared, Neither side produced any offensive threats.
It was not until about twenty minutes of playing that, with the running and fighting on the field, everyone's attention gradually focused on the game, and after the state was established, the game began to look good as the audience wanted.
Although the intensity is still not as good as a derby battle like Liverpool VS Manchester United, the high-level technical performance of the players on both sides is still quite pleasing to the eye.
In the 27th minute, during Manchester City's counterattack, De Bruyne sent a wonderful long diagonal pass from the ground. The center defender Klavan turned a corner and went around to his side. He was inserted from the side. Sterling received the ball and hit a threatening volley from the penalty area line.
Fortunately, goalkeeper Mignolet was very focused and was not beaten by Sterling. He jumped and successfully pushed the ball over the baseline.
Manchester City failed to grab the first point on the ensuing corner kick and was saved by Reds captain Henderson from the penalty area.
In the 32nd minute, Willard, who had high hopes from Red Army fans, finally scored the first goal of the game.
After getting the ball in the midfield, he broke through Yaya Toure's interception, attracted De Bruyne, David Silva, Fernandinho and others to double-team and then passed the ball decisively. He caught Lallana on the wing, then rushed out from the encirclement like a tank and penetrated into Manchester City's penalty area.
In the end, Lallana made a pass. Willard jumped high in the penalty area, overwhelming his national team teammate Otamendi, and headed the ball into the Blue Moon goalkeeper.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"The weather was not good in this game, and there were not many threatening attacks from both sides, but now the first goal was finally born."
"The goal still came from Willard."
"Villad received Lallana's cross from the wing and headed the ball into Manchester City's goal with a header, which also set his annual total goal record to 131 goals."
"Villade's recent scoring rate is very scary. He is almost averaging a hat-trick per game. No one can resist it."
"Even if they are as strong as Manchester City, they can't stop Willard from scoring."
"If strong teams like Manchester City, Chelsea, and Manchester United cannot stop Liverpool, then it should be achievable for Liverpool to win the first Premier League title in team history this season."
Of course Manchester City wants to curb Velarde's performance, but Velarde's physique is too strong. Just like the ball just now, Otamendi had actually seized the landing spot first, but Velard suddenly took off from beside him, jumped higher than him, and headed the ball over his head into the goal.
Moreover, during the usual breakthroughs and collisions with the ball, no one in Manchester City can contain Willard unless he commits a foul. Even if he is not strong enough and strong enough, he will not be able to stop Velarde if he commits a foul.
In the 37th minute, Aguero passed the ball across to Sterling, but Willard saw through his intention and used his reaction and speed to suddenly rush to Sterling and intercept the ball.
The anxious Sterling reached out and grabbed Willard's jersey, trying to pull Willard down. As a result, Willard broke free, and then passed the ball to his teammates to initiate a counterattack. If Mane's shot hadn't missed the post in the end, it might have been another goal.
If Willard hadn't broken free and launched a counterattack, adhering to the principle of favorable offense, the referee had to give Sterling a foul or even give him a card.
That's how strong Willard's physique is.
However, after all, everyone was in average condition, and the field conditions were a bit bad, with a lot of mistakes. Neither side scored a goal in the rest of the first half.
After 1 minute of stoppage time, Craig Pawson blew the whistle at the end of the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a 1-0 score. Liverpool, playing at home, relied on Willard's 32nd minute goal Header temporarily leads by one goal.
