In the morning, Yang Yang immediately received the latest news after coming to Melwood.

Mohamed Sissoko's right shoulder is dislocated and conservatively estimated to be out for one month.

That was yesterday's game against Birmingham. In the 27th minute, Sissoko fought with the opponent's midfielder Nafti and fell to the ground. He was then carried off and sent directly to the hospital in Birmingham. After examination, he was diagnosed with dislocated.

“This is an accident.”

In the gym, Winston Bogard also said to Yang Yang with a wry smile.

"In football fields, this type of injury is rare, such as shoulders, or eyes, but it's strange. I checked Sissoko's case. He injured his eyes last season, but this season he injured his shoulders."

After saying that, Winston Bogard sighed and said he was unlucky.

Indeed, apart from being unlucky and having bad luck, this phenomenon is really impossible to explain.

What's even more terrible is that Liverpool currently has no candidate midfielder.

"In order to buy you, Liverpool cleared several substitutes, and veteran Harman also left the team. Now that Sissoko is injured, there is really no one in this position."

Yang Yang happened to finish a set of bench presses and put the barbell back directly. After listening to Winston Bogard's words, he turned around and looked at the Dutchman, "You mean, should I blame this?"

Seeing Yang Yang's malicious eyes, Winston Bogard immediately smiled, "Just kidding."

"Fennie." Yang Yang smiled and cursed, "But let alone, Sissoko's injury is really not the time."

The twelfth round of the Premier League will be held on the weekend, and this time the team's opponent is Arsenal.

This season, Liverpool has defeated Chelsea and Manchester United, two strong opponents. Logically speaking, Arsenal is the weakest among the semi-finals. It is not difficult for Liverpool to defeat the opponent, and everyone is determined to win.

However, with Sissoko's injury, the midfield iron triangle was missing, which was a big blow to Liverpool.

In the past period of time, Sissokoko has always been responsible for the tasks of midfield defense and interception. If he is not there, the midfield will inevitably become weak and no longer strong. If he loses strong and powerful midfield support, it will inevitably affect the team's combat effectiveness.

"Liverpool's first winter is not easy!" Yang Yang sighed in his heart.

He is just a player, and all he can do is to play and score Liverpool in all his power.

This is all he can do.

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Yang Yang's ideas almost represent the ideas of Liverpool.

Nowadays, the importance of the midfield to a team is not needed, and Sissoko's injury retreat has caused a painful blow to Liverpool's midfield.

On the weekend, in the 12th round of the Premier League, Liverpool challenged Arsenal away.

The game was scheduled to be held at 16:00 pm, which is a prime time showdown.

Sissoko was absent due to injury, and Liverpool's midfielder used Centen to partner with Xavi Alonso and Gerrard.

The reason is very simple. In the league against Birmingham, Cenden performed very well.

But it turns out that the League Cup is just the League Cup.

The game started with Liverpool launching a snatchback. In the 11th minute, Yang Yang received a big kick from Reina and forced a ball into the penalty area from the left side of the penalty area. The arc ball hit the far corner, making Liverpool's first record.

This is also Yang Yang's tenth Premier League goal scored for Liverpool.

But before the end of the first half, Arsenal successfully equalized the score.

French midfielder Flamini inserted into the back row and scored in front of the goal. This was Flamini's first Premier League goal in his personal career.

After the second half of the game, Arsenal quickly used its own advantages to control the game, firmly suppressed Liverpool, and in the 67th minute, Galas scored the Liverpool goal with a corner kick, successfully reversing the score.

In the end, Liverpool returned home with a 1-2 win.

Although Yang Yang scored a goal in this game, his performance was not very ideal under the joint care of Ebue and Gilberto Silva, especially when he lost the power in the midfield.

After this round of matches, Arsenal caught up with Liverpool, and both teams scored 24 points.

Chelsea climbed to second place in the league with 25 points, while Manchester United led the Premier League standings with 28 points.

In the scorer list, Drogba once again chased Yang Yang with his hat trick in this round.

The Ivory Elephant King has scored eight league goals this season, with only two goals left to Yang Yang's ten goals.

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A week later, the thirteenth round of the Premier League.

Liverpool suffered another away blow, and was tied by Middlesbrough by zero to zero.

Unlike other teams who were distracted by the European game in the middle of the week, the Reds have advanced early and sent all their main players to play, but they still failed to win away games.

The loss to Arsenal in the last round made Benitez decide to change the formation in this round and adopt a formation similar to 442.

Yang Yang and Pennant serve on both wings, Kuyt and Crowze play double striker, and Gerald and Harvey Alonso are in the center.

Although it was a wing, Benitez allowed Yang Yang to get closer to the opponent's defense.

But when facing the iron barrel formation set up by Middlesbrough, Liverpool's attack failed again and again, but ultimately failed to score.

The other three teams also played unsatisfactory.

Manchester United struggled to reverse Sheffield United by Rooney's double score, 2-1 away.

Arsenal equalized Newcastle 1-1 with Henry's goal.

Chelsea scored a goal from substitute Gremy, narrowly defeating West Ham United at home by 1-0.

Regarding Liverpool's performance in the past two rounds, the British media thinks that Sissoko's absence has a big blow to the team, but it is also related to the Premier League's best curse of the month.

The Liverpool coaching staff is also working hard to formulate a winter break signing strategy, especially when Mohamed Sissoko's injury is not clear, making plans in advance is also necessary.

The two most likely positions to be introduced are the midfield drag and the right back.

According to the news from Liverpool, the candidate for the right back has been determined, and Benitez hopes to introduce Aveloa, a player from La Coruña.

The player debuted at Real Madrid's youth training camp and performed very well in La Liga this season. Benitez hopes to introduce him to Liverpool to compete with Finnan, who is over 30 years old. The transfer fee is expected to be around 3 million euros.

As for the midfielder's signings, this is indeed a big problem, because it is difficult to find a back midfielder, which is a problem for the entire European football world.

According to the news that Yang Yang heard, Benitez's number one candidate for signing was Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano, who played for West Ham United, but the player has not proved himself yet since joining the Premier League.

He was seriously injured in March this year and rested for half a year. After transferring to West Ham United, he has never been favored by head coach Alan Padu. He has only played four times in the Premier League so far, two of which were on the bench during garbage time, and he has not even made the roster in the rest of the game.

It can be said that such a player really has no place worthy of Liverpool except for being cheap.

Everyone inside the team was puzzled, what did Benitez like to be like Mascherano?

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Although the team's performance in the Premier League was low, it was still very impressive in the Champions League.

Yang Yang only came on as a substitute in the second half, but after he came on the court, he immediately contributed two assists to the team, helping Liverpool beat Eindhoven 2-0, with the goal scorers being Gerald and Crouch.

Among them, Crouch's goal time is still in stoppage time.

It can be said that this victory laid the foundation for Liverpool's top spot in the group and there was no theoretical possibility.

Eindhoven must do his best to compete for second place in the group.

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Back to the Premier League.

In the 14th round, the Premier League once again ushered in a focus battle.

Manchester United faces Chelsea at home.

The Red Devils' home game talks this season are not satisfactory. They first lost to Arsenal and then to Liverpool. Now they face Chelsea, everyone is sweating for Ferguson.

Liverpool welcomed Manchester City at home.

Finally, a Chinese derby in the new season was ushered in Yang Yang, but Sun Jihai, who played for Manchester City, sat on the bench, and the right back became Yang Yang's teammate in Ajax, Trabelsey.

The Tunisian international did not perform well after two seasons of transfer to Juventus. With Juventus relegated this season, he also left the Zebras and chose to come to the Premier League and join Manchester City.

He was responsible for guarding Yang Yang in this game, but he still seized a chance for Yang Yang to assist Gerald to score.

This is also the only goal in the game.

Liverpool beat Manchester City one-to-zero.

Manchester United was tied by Chelsea 1-1 at home, while Arsenal lost to Bolton 1-3 away.

The cruelty of the Premier League can be seen from the situation in this round.

Even if the traditional four are not careful, there will be a risk of capsizing the gutter immediately.

After this round, Liverpool returned to the third place in the league, leading Arsenal three-pointer, only one point behind Chelsea, but five points behind league leader Manchester United.

The first half of the league has not yet ended, and falling behind by five points is not an out of reach.

Even the British media have understood the current situation of Liverpool, because Sissoko's absence has indeed caused a significant blow to the Reds, but everyone agreed that Liverpool must make adjustments as soon as possible.

Many celebrities, including Alan Hansen, also believe that in the 442 formation, limiting Yang Yang to the left was a luxury, and it also greatly weakened his attack power.

"Perhaps, Benitez can consider making Yang Yang stand a step further, such as the forward!"

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A week later, the fifteenth round of the Premier League.

Liverpool once again tied by Portsmouth at home.

Benitez still formed the 442 formation, and his offense still did not improve much.

And this time, the Liverpool head coach finally couldn't sit still.

The day after the fight against Portsmouth, he called Yang Yang directly to the head coach's office. Not only did he admit that there was a problem with his platoon, but he also said, "Next, I need you to undertake more attack tasks!"

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