There is a saying that is right: the higher you climb, the more painful it will be when you fall. Novels.

Liverpool's condition at the beginning of the month was so fierce that during the next period, it was too sluggish and collectively sluggish.

In the away game of Reading in the Midweek League Cup, Liverpool once saw confidence. Benardon, Pennant and Crouch scored goals one after another. In the end, the team defeated Reading four-two away and successfully advanced to the next round.

This allowed the media to see the recovery of Liverpool players' form.

However, on the weekend, Liverpool challenged Wigan Athletic away, and all the talents were surprised to find that they were still very sluggish.

The Red Army still firmly controls the situation and crushes Wigan Athletics in overall strength, but even in creating opportunities in the midfield, it is still a little worse.

In order to make up for the impact of the absence of Javi Alonso, Benitez made Lucasreva when playing Reading in the Cup, and Aurerio made him a partner with Gerald and Mascherano in the league.

But the team still has not improved much.

Yang Yang was also closely guarded by the opponent. Until the 75th minute, Pennant, who came on the bench, made a low cross from the right. After Yang Yang got a chance at the front of the penalty area, he faced the defensive player with a pendulum. After shaking a angle, he directly shot with his left foot.

The ball directly drilled into the lower left corner of the goal, one to zero!

This is also the only goal in the whole game.

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After the game, the British media not only continued to praise Yang Yang for winning the savior in four consecutive games, but also felt dissatisfied with Liverpool's current situation and believed that the absence of Xavi Alonso would have a great impact on Liverpool.

"But Benitez obviously failed to find a more effective offensive plan, which caused the team to appear to be very down on the offensive end."

As a Liverpool celebrity, Alan Hansen also said in the column, "I feel very sad to see Yang Yang support the team's offense alone in the frontcourt. He will be 21 in another month."

This is also understood as a reminder from Liverpool's legend to Benitez, that he needs to create a more relaxed tactical environment for Yang Yang.

Within the team, Benitez also communicated with Yang Yang through Yesterdam, saying that the team has been trying.

Benayon, Lucasreva, Aurerio, and several midfielders have been replaced, and the tactical formations have also switched back and forth between 442 and 433, but they have never been able to adjust a more effective midfield operation plan.

Xavi Alonso is not here, so the team can only bring Geraldra back.

It was only at this time that everyone clearly realized the role of Javi Alonso.

When Espanyol was there, the team was in a state of power and the offensive was tide, but once he was away, the team's midfield seemed to be unable to operate, so he could only rely on Yang Yang to stand in front.

Yang Yang expressed his understanding of this.

Even if the bench is as thick as Manchester United, Carrick and Scholes are injured, the midfield organization will still be frustrated.

No team in this world is so powerful that they have two Xavi Alonso at the same time.

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On the evening of October 3, the second round of the Champions League group stage.

Liverpool faces Ligue 1 Marseille at Anfield.

After Ribery transferred to Bayern Munich, Ligue 1 star Nasri was also absent due to injury in this game, which made everyone feel that Marseille will find it difficult to escape from Anfield this time.

The first half of the game also seemed to follow this route.

Liverpool had an overwhelming advantage. In the 31st minute, Yang Yang dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left, shot the ball in the arc, hit the inside of the right post of the goal, and turned into the goal guarded by Mandanda, opening the first record for Liverpool.

But after the side change in the second half, Marseille was extremely tenacious, especially when the game reached the 77th minute, Sissoko was too sticky in the backcourt and was intercepted by former Liverpool player Cenden, assisting Walbrenner to score a long shot.

In the end, Liverpool equalized the score by Marseille at home.

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Regarding the team's performance, Yang Yang said in an interview with the media after the game that Liverpool is indeed in a relatively difficult period, but everyone is working very hard.

"I firmly believe that the team can get out of the situation quickly."

As for what many media believe that the team's overall performance has dragged down, Yang Yang said that it does not exist because he is a part of Liverpool's overall, and he repeatedly emphasized that everyone is working very hard.

Just like Bernardon, he performed very badly in the League Cup, but he performed well in the League Cup and the weekends of Wigan.

Captain Gerald has been affected by toe injuries.

As for Xisoko, who was criticized throughout the audience, Yang Yang didn't complain much, because he always did this.

This is also the reason why everyone in the team is increasingly supporting Mascherano.

But the problem is, the Argentinians run so fiercely every game, how can they bear it?

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Compared to Yang Yang, Benitez criticized him very bluntly.

He believes that the biggest problem of the team is that they cannot hold the ball and cannot create opportunities. Even Crouch did not show the tactical role they should have in this game.

"Of course, this also shows Marseille's strength from another perspective. Their fighting is very active and organized very well, so they controlled the scene and grabbed the ball."

"We tried it, but it's obvious that tonight doesn't belong to us!"

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Anyway, Liverpool was tied by Marseille one-to-one at home, and everyone except Yang Yang was criticized, including captain Gerald.

In Echo, "This is the most depressing game that Anfield has played in the past two years. After tonight's game, only one person can walk off the court with his head raised and his chest out, that is Yang Yang!"

The Times is more rational, believing that Liverpool is in need of Xavi Alonso's comeback now.

"Yang Yang has indeed performed very well. So far this season, he has scored goals in every game except the first round of the league, which is very incredible, but it is not enough to rely on him alone. Crouch, Gerald, Kuyt, Aurerio... Of course, and also Javi Alonso, they should all stand up as soon as possible."

"We are looking forward to seeing the invincible Liverpool team!"

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On the afternoon of October 7, the ninth round of the Premier League.

Liverpool, who had just been tied by Marseille in the middle of the week, continued to welcome strong rival Tottenham Hotspur at home.

Just two minutes into the game, Gareth Bale almost broke Liverpool's goal with a free kick 25 meters away from the left, which shocked everyone.

But soon, Liverpool took the lead.

Yang Yang was fouled by his opponent on the left side of the penalty area and got a chance to have a free kick in the frontcourt.

This was a free kick twenty-five meters away. Yang Yang took the penalty himself. The quality was very high, but the distance was a bit far. Goalkeeper Robinson was very focused and calmly saved the ball.

But at the critical moment, Gerald followed and shot and hit, one to zero!

This goal stabilized Liverpool's confidence.

The two sides then had offensive and defensive attacks, but Liverpool had the advantage overall.

Until the second half of the game, Tottenham Hotspur suddenly made a start-up attack and created consecutive goals in two minutes. First, Berbatov headed the ball, and Robickeen pushed the ball before Hypia and Finnan.

Then there was a long pass from the backcourt, Berbatov beat Hepia and headed the ball, and Roykeen scored again, volleying and scoring, which reversed the score for Tottenham Hotspur.

The two goals are exactly the same!

In less than three minutes, Tottenham Hotspur completed an incredible reversal.

Veteran Hypia was almost completely restrained in front of Berbatov.

Subsequently, Liverpool made consecutive substitution adjustments to strengthen the frontcourt offense, but never created a threat. Instead, Gareth Bale was on the left, frequently hitting speed in counterattacks.

The Welshman was very good at speed, which made it difficult for Liverpool's right-hand defense player to deal with it.

Until the 92nd minute, the last minute of stoppage time, Aurelio quickly assisted the frontcourt and passed the low pass from the left to the left rib of the penalty area. After Yang Yang got the ball, he flexibly shook his way away Michael Dawson and made a left-foot shot, equalizing the score for Liverpool, 2-2!

Almost after the goal was over, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game.

With the goals of Yang Yang and Gerrard, Liverpool tied Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 with a difficult goal.

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After the game, Benitez's rotation system was once again criticized.

Many media believe that Liverpool has performed poorly in recent years, especially in two consecutive draws at home. One of the important reasons is that Benitez's rotation is very strong, which is obviously unreasonable.

"With Xavi Alonso's absence due to injury and Gerrard's condition is sluggish, should the midfielder choose Mascherano who has more ball control and ball output ability?"

"There is no doubt that Benitez's rotation system has brought a lot to Liverpool, but judging from the current situation, is this rotation too strong? Is it a bit too risky and radical?"

In response, Benitez said at a post-match press conference that he would continue to stick to the rotation system. The reason for the team's poor recent conditions is due to the large number of casualties in the team and the players' sluggish state.

For example, Hypia, the veteran has not been in a very good condition recently, but Daniel Ag was injured and could only let him get on.

The same situation is also true of Xavi Alonso, and Liverpool currently has no one to replace him.

It is precisely because of this that Benitez asked the coaching team and team doctors to strengthen monitoring of Yang Yang's physical condition and must submit a report every day.

There is indeed no one to replace Xavi Alonso, but he is absent, at least one Yang Yang can score consecutive goals or assists.

But if Yang Yang is injured, Liverpool will really lose nothing.

The team also agrees with the rotation system, because judging from last season's performance, rotation has indeed made Liverpool perform better in the second half.

What's more, after the start of the Premier League, Liverpool tied Tottenham Hotspur, with eight wins and one draw in the first nine rounds. What else can I say about this report card?

For Yang Yang, he didn't have much thought, and he always trusted Benitez.

At the same time, his only thought was to continue to score.
Chapter completed!