Chapter 24 Chelsea

A week later, Liverpool welcomed Chelsea, their opponent for the twenty-fourth round of the league, at home.

After twenty-three rounds of the league, Chelsea ranked third, and forward Hulk was indispensable. He scored eighteen goals in the league, second only to Chen Yingxiong, ranking second in the scorer list.

But for Hulk, this was really nothing to be proud of.

Because the gap between him and Chen Yingxiong was too obvious, and this second place also meant that he had lost the opportunity and hope to compete for the Golden Boot.

He scored eighteen goals, which was a remarkable achievement for normal humans.

But for Chen Yingxiong, it was not enough.

Because Chen Yingxiong had already scored forty goals in twenty-three league rounds!

A full twenty-two more than Hulk!

Such a huge advantage made everyone feel frustrated.

When others were still struggling on the ground, Chen Yingxiong had already broken through the limits of the earth and rushed into outer space.

The first encounter between the two sides this season took place at Stamford Bridge, where Liverpool challenged Chelsea away. The score of that game was 4:2, and Liverpool won.

Hulk performed well in the game, scoring twice, but he couldn't resist Chen Yingxiong's hat-trick...

Whether it was the team's performance or the personal competition between the two shooters, Hulk was completely defeated by Chen Yingxiong.

This game was at Anfield Stadium, and Chelsea had no chance.

Hulk didn't score a single goal. He was firmly frozen by Pepe and Skrtel.

Chen Yingxiong was like a fish in water. He scored another goal, helping Liverpool win Chelsea 2:0.

After twenty-four rounds of the league, Liverpool still topped the list, remaining unbeaten.

Some media have speculated whether Liverpool will win the championship with an unbeaten record this season.

In fact, their advantage is now very large.

Winning the championship seems to have lost its suspense, so everyone focused on "winning the championship unbeaten."

After twenty-four rounds of the league, Chelsea ranked third with fifty-one points, and Arsenal ranked fourth with forty-six points, a clear gap from the top three.

Manchester United ranked second in the league with fifty-seven points, six points more than Chelsea.

But in front of Liverpool, whether it was Chelsea or Manchester United, they were not enough.

Liverpool's current score is... seventy points! A full thirteen points more than Manchester United!

The league has only played twenty-four rounds, and Liverpool has accumulated seventy points!

This has never happened in all previous seasons. Since the establishment of the Premier League, no team has been able to accumulate so many points in twenty-four league rounds!

Why are you so sure?

Because Liverpool's unbeaten record includes twenty-three wins and only one draw. It is completely different from other unbeaten records with many draws.

Except for being forced to a 3:3 draw by Manchester United at their home, Liverpool won all other games!

The last team to win the championship unbeaten in a season was Arsenal. They won twenty-six games in thirty-eight games, with as many as twelve draws.

Also in the twenty-fourth round of the league, Arsenal won seventeen games and drew seven games. They were only two points ahead of second-placed Manchester United.

How can they be as domineering as Liverpool today?

According to this trend, Liverpool may really win the championship with an unbeaten record. If they hadn't been forced to a draw by Manchester United at their home, people would even believe that Liverpool has the ability to "win all games and win the championship"!

If that's the case, it would be amazing...

"For all Premier League teams, Liverpool has rapidly become a behemoth, and no one can shake them. Chelsea, the third in the league, is simply like a promoted team in front of Liverpool, with no resistance at all. I think the fans of other Premier League teams should start to accept this reality – the game against Liverpool is a different kind of game from other Premier League games. Losing to Liverpool, whether at home or away, is nothing shameful or angry, as long as you can win other league games..."

Some media said this after the game, which made people deeply impressed by Liverpool's current strength.

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Four days after the league game against Chelsea, Liverpool ushered in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final.

The League Cup semi-final is different from the FA Cup semi-final. The FA Cup goes to Wembley from the semi-final, but the League Cup only has the final at Wembley Stadium.

The semi-final is a home and away game.

In the first semi-final, Liverpool will challenge Tottenham Hotspur away. The second game will return to their home court.

The schedule for this week is also very intensive. The final against Chelsea was just finished last weekend, and the League Cup semi-final will be held in the middle of the week. There will be another FA Cup game on the weekend, and the second leg of the League Cup semi-final will be held in the middle of next week.

However, the main burden falls on the reserve team, and the first team is not affected much.

Now the reserve team has also experienced the impact of the intensive schedule.

In the normal reserve team league, Clarke has begun to allow more players who usually don't play in the League Cup and FA Cup, or play less often, to participate in the game, and let the players who want to play in the League Cup and FA Cup sit on the bench, or simply not be selected for the big list.

If it were in the past, the players would definitely rebel. Because the reserve team league is their meager game opportunity. If they cannot participate in the reserve team league, it means that they are marginal figures in the reserve team, either transfer away, or wait until the contract expires before leaving.

But now they look down on the reserve team league. After playing in the League Cup and FA Cup, they feel that the reserve team league is simply like playing house, not exciting or intense at all, and cannot improve them.

Looking back at the just-concluded League Cup quarter-final, they were first scored two goals by Arsenal in the game, and then worked hard to reverse the situation, and finally completed a major reversal.

Although they were not the ones who scored the goals, the reserve team players still played a very important role in the game. Their defense withstood Arsenal's first team's fierce attack. You must know that this is Arsenal's first team! And it's the full force!

They can play two consecutive games with such a team in four days and win both, which is a remarkable achievement.

In these days, the reserve team players who participated in the game are walking with their heads held high in the training base.

They are proud to be able to fight alongside Chen Yingxiong, and they are also proud to be able to defeat Arsenal twice.

In the past in the reserve team, whoever could be transferred to the first team meant that his level was good. But now everyone has changed this view. Nowadays, whoever is qualified to fight alongside Chen Yingxiong is the high level one.

Participating in the League Cup and FA Cup with Chen Yingxiong has become a reward mechanism for Liverpool's reserve team.

Those other players saw their teammates who participated in the two games with Arsenal so high-spirited, and they were not willing to admit defeat. So they performed harder and more desperately in training. This formed a benign competition mechanism.

Clarke also repeatedly reiterated to the players that in his and Martin O'Neill's eyes, there is no so-called absolute main force. Except for Chen Yingxiong, anyone has to compete for the job. If you perform well in this game, it does not mean that you can still start in the next game. It all depends on your training status and level before the next game. Any idea that you can lie on the merit book and sleep soundly because you have performed well in one or two games will not work.

Carlton Cole even used his outstanding performance to get the opportunity to train with the first team, and was also selected for the Premier League roster. Although he did not play in the game, it was a very remarkable achievement. It made others envious.

Cole is the best example and goal, and everyone wants to be the second Carlton Cole.

It is under the stimulation of this mechanism that Liverpool's reserve team, a team that was previously lifeless and hopeless, has also been revitalized.

Clarke and Martin O'Neill never expected that the request Chen Yingxiong made in the first place would eventually bring such a big change to the reserve team. They originally thought that Chen Yingxiong was just out of his own selfishness, wanting to score more goals and wanting to win more Golden Boot honors, that's why he did this. They didn't expect that it would eventually bring such earth-shaking changes to Liverpool's reserve team...

In any case, they must thank Chen Yingxiong for everything he has done for the reserve team.

It is their blessing to have such an outstanding player in a team.

Chen Yingxiong's arrival not only changed Liverpool's first team, but also changed Liverpool's reserve team, and he also changed the fate of the entire Liverpool club.

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Tottenham Hotspur met Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final last season, or strictly speaking, they met Liverpool's reserve team.

This time it was changed to the League Cup semi-final.

Tottenham Hotspur did not dare to underestimate this team at all.

Even if this is not the reserve team from last season, they have proved their ability and value through two bloody battles with Arsenal.

Such a team cannot be underestimated in any case. In the first game, Arsenal suffered because they underestimated them, so they were unlucky and lost 0:2, with no power to fight back. In the second game, they were not careless, so they were able to score two goals in four minutes, leading by two goals at one point, but Liverpool's reserve team has Chen Yingxiong...

Tottenham is not as strong as Arsenal, so naturally they dare not underestimate the enemy.

They plan to make some articles using their home advantage.

If they can't beat this team at home, I'm afraid there is no need to play the second leg...

A reserve team can make the Premier League powerhouses feel nervous and helpless. This is probably the first time in the history of the Premier League for more than 20 years.

And all this happened because of that Chinese man named "Chen Yingxiong."

Liverpool's reserve team legend Season 2 is being broadcasted with great acclaim!