After playing the first round of the Premier League, everyone can finally take a good two days off and take a rest. After all, the next game will not be played in a week.
A few days later, on August 17, FIFA announced in advance the list of 24 candidates for the 2017 World Footballer of the Year. Liverpool, which won six titles in the year, could not be said to be the big winner. Only Alan Willard and Library Four people including Tinho (who has moved to Barcelona), Firmino and Mane were selected, which is not as many as Real Madrid.
The reason is that the stars of Real Madrid became famous earlier and became more famous, and Liverpool mainly relied on Willard to win the championship. It is not easy for Firmino and others to enter the squad with the bonus of championship honors. .
But no matter what, everyone knows that the final winner must be Velarde. Based on this, Liverpool is still the biggest winner after all. No matter how many people are selected by Real Madrid, they will not be able to win the final World Footballer. equal to zero.
Two days later, on August 19, in the second round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced Crystal Palace at home.
In the first round, Crystal Palace was beaten 0-3 at home by the newly promoted Hurstfield, who ranked fifth in the British Championship last season (promoted through the play-offs). Even though they faced Liverpool away from home in this round, Crystal Palace was still better. The student performed well and gave the fans confidence.
At Anfield, we can't talk about winning, but we still have to work hard to get a draw and get out of Anfield with one point.
Therefore, Crystal Palace performed relatively tenaciously in this game. Relying on the solid iron barrel formation and the performance of goalkeeper Hennessy, the score was almost maintained at 0-0 until the end of the first half.
But in the end, they still couldn't hold on. In the 44th minute at the end of the first half, Liverpool still relied on Willard's heavy long-range shot from outside the penalty area, hit a curved world wave with a speed of over 100 per hour, and blasted the ball in with one kick. The upper left corner of the Crystal Palace gate.
Goalkeeper Hennessy finally failed to make another magical save and was helpless against Willard's heavy artillery kick that went straight into the blind corner. In the end, he could only watch in despair as the ball flew into the goal from the blind corner.
1-0, Liverpool, playing at home, finally broke the deadlock with the superb shooting skills of No. 10 core Velarde.
After entering the second half, Liverpool, who were leading the score, played much better, while Crystal Palace fell into a tangled state.
If they continue to defend, based on their state today and the performance of their goalkeeper, they may not lose by a big margin. But a loss is a loss, a 0-1 loss and a 0-5 loss both result in 0 points. Therefore, some Crystal Palace frontcourt players inevitably had a fluke mentality and tried to counterattack when they got the ball.
Especially forward Benteke, who had previously transferred from Liverpool, of course wanted to perform well and let the Red Army fans at Anfield know what an outstanding forward they once had, but Liverpool did not know how to cherish it.
Every time Benteke visited Anfield, he performed very well, and it was the same this time. He single-handedly created a certain threat many times in the second half and even completed a shot.
It's a pity that I was a bit unlucky and couldn't really score a goal in the end.
His approach, on the one hand, was unable to break through Liverpool's defense, and on the other hand, it caused Crystal Palace's own defense to be disjointed. The two wing-backs had to step forward to support him, but this gave the core midfielder the opportunity to serve as the hub of Liverpool's offense and defense. Willard's chance to perform.
In the 59th minute, it was Crystal Palace midfielder No. 10 Townsend who wanted to pass the ball to Benteke, but Willard saw through the intention. He rushed forward and made a flying tackle halfway, successfully intercepting the ball, and then did not wait for Benteke and Townsend. Sen counterattacked, lying on the ground and sweeping the ball to his teammates. Liverpool immediately launched a counterattack.
Then Willard got up on his own and rushed into the Crystal Palace penalty area with his speed.
Finally, Firmino made a cross from the wing, and Velard jumped high in the penalty area, overpowered the opponent's two central defenders, and headed the ball into the Crystal Palace goal.
Willard scored twice to help Liverpool lead Crystal Palace 2-0.
After the score became 2-0, with Liverpool's strength, it was basically impossible for Crystal Palace to make a comeback. Therefore, Klopp put Salah and center back Van Dijk, who had completed all the transfer work a few days ago, on the field in the next few minutes.
Salah is left-footed, but after coming on the court he plays as a right forward, often breaking through from the wing and cutting in to shoot like Robben.
The same goes for Mane, who plays as a left winger with his right foot, breaks through from the left and cuts inside before shooting.
Firmino plays the invisible center, providing support for Mane and Salah on the left and right, as well as Alan Willard who inserts in the back row.
In the remaining time, Van Dijk's performance was average, but Salah, who is known as the "Egyptian Messi", performed well. He completed many personal breakthrough performances in the frontcourt, shooting himself or assisting the opponent's goal.
Crystal Palace focused most of its attention on the famous Velarde and did not pay enough attention to Salah, who had just transferred from Roma in Serie A. This gave Salah a chance to perform.
Although goalkeeper Hennessey still performed very well, Salah still passed two people from the right in the 78th minute and then cut in to shoot, attracting two defenders to double-team.
Coupled with the firepower attracted by Velarde and Firmino in the middle, Mane on the left was left unguarded and empty.
Salah, who was pretending to shoot, did not actually shoot, but made a pass, passing the ball over the crowd in the penalty area and sent it to the gap at the back of the small penalty area.
Mane rushed into the penalty area from the left, faced the ball falling from the air and made a diving dive. He successfully beat the Crystal Palace defender who was trying to clear the ball and headed the ball into the back of the Crystal Palace goal.
3-0, Liverpool completely sealed the victory.
In the remaining time, Salah, who was playing at Anfield for the first time, was still very excited. Unfortunately, his shooting skills were not as good as Willard's. Coupled with the goalkeeper-level performance of Crystal Palace goalkeeper Hennessy, Salah was very excited. Lage failed to score many shots.
In the end, Liverpool defeated Crystal Palace 3-0 at home and achieved two consecutive victories in the Premier League in the new season. Willard, who scored twice, was naturally elected as the man of the match.
Crystal Palace goalkeeper Hennessey became the second-highest rated player in the game. He conceded three goals in offense, but his performance was still noticed by everyone. If it weren't for his outstanding performance, Liverpool would have beaten Crystal Palace with a score of more than 5-0.
Salah's rating is also good. In his first two official games after joining Liverpool, he sent an assist and scored a goal. His performance was quite amazing. If it weren't for Willard's more dazzling performance, Salah might have become Liverpool's new favorite.
