Chapter 420: End of group stage

On December 2nd, on the mid-week England League Cup quarter-finals match day, Liverpool went away to challenge Southampton.
　　 The time has entered December, the Premier League’s intensive schedule is coming, and Liverpool are also preparing to go to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup, so in this League Cup game, Liverpool still play as a substitute.
　　 Not only played off the bench, Klopp even recruited some young players from the youth team and took them away to meet the world.
　　 This is obviously the rhythm of giving up the League Cup.
The miscellaneous team Liverpool played well in the away game. Within 90 minutes, they drew 1:1 with the Saints who were most of the main players. However, they lost two goals in overtime and eventually lost 1:3 as they wished and were eliminated. Out of the League Cup game.
　　 With Liverpool's elimination, Manchester City has become the biggest favorite in the English League Cup this season.
　　 The four teams that have reached the semi-finals are Manchester City, Everton, Stoke City and Southampton. It seems that Manchester City’s chances of winning the championship are indeed very high.
　　 On December 5th, in the 15th round of the Premier League, Liverpool went away to challenge Newcastle United.
After upgrading back to the Premier League in 2010, the Magpies have been a stable Premier League relegation team for five consecutive seasons. Even in the season, they unexpectedly won the fifth place in the Premier League and participated in the Europa League. Later, he reached the quarterfinals all the way.
　　 You need to know that in that season, Chelsea, who won the Champions League, ranked sixth in the Premier League, one place lower than Newcastle.
　　 But this season, the Magpies seem to be a little less optimistic.
　　 The current Premier League schedule is about to halfway, but Newcastle has been stuck in the relegation zone.
　　 In the current Premier League standings, Newcastle ranks nineteenth, which is second from the bottom.
　　 Such a position is indeed more dangerous for Newcastle.
　　 But this time, Newcastle really played out the spirit of their Magpies, and once again confirmed the difficulty of the relegation team.
　　 Newcastle relied on a tenacious defense in the first half, so Liverpool failed to find a chance.
　　 At the beginning of the second half, Li Chenglong received a pass from Robertson and scored a single goal, but was blown offside first.
　　 But according to the playback, this should be a good shot.
　　 was misjudged and blew off a good goal, and the luck of the next game went to Newcastle.
　　 In the 72nd minute, the Dutch midfielder Wijnaldum made a strong shot from the right side of the penalty area. The ball hit Skrtel's thigh bounced into the goal. The opponent took the lead with an own goal.
　　 Then Liverpool launched the final counterattack, but Wijnaldum scored a single goal in the counterattack.
　　 In this way, Liverpool lost to the relegation team Newcastle United 0:2 away.
　　 Wijnaldum first made an own goal and then scored to seal the victory, without a doubt becoming the best player of the game.
　　 In an interview after the game, Li Chenglong also did the job of seducing.
　　 "He is a very good player, I think he has the ability to play for giants."
　　 "I think he will be the player Liverpool needs..."
　　 Newcastle is in bad form this season and it is very likely to be relegated.
　　 Once Newcastle is downgraded, many players in their team will need to find next homes, and the price is not expensive, it is definitely a good place for Taobao.
　　 In addition to Liverpool losing in this round of the Premier League, Manchester City and Chelsea also lost.
　　 Chelsea are really fascinated this season. Any opponent dares to lose. Recently, news about Mourinho's dismissal is exploding.
　　 It seems that Chelsea's patience is almost at its limit, and Magic Bird is really about to end get out of class.
　　 Last season, he also led Chelsea to the Premier League championship, but this season it collapsed inexplicably.
　　 The teams that Mourinho has coached before have suffered a three-year itch, but they haven’t experienced this avalanche situation.
　　 From the start of the new season to the present, Chelsea have been back and forth near the relegation zone. Now let alone fighting for the Premier League title, even a Champions League qualification may not be able to compete.
　　 At the same time, both Manchester United and Tottenham had only one draw at the same time in this round, but Arsenal and Leicester City both won.
　　 After the Blue Foxes won, the difference between them and Liverpool was close to three points.
　　 In the current Premier League standings, Liverpool have 35 points, Leicester City have 32 points, Arsenal and Manchester City have 29 points, and Manchester United and Tottenham have 26 points.
　　 It is a coincidence that the current score difference on the standings is three points, which is exactly the distance of a game.
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　　 On December 8, midweek after the 15th round of the Premier League, the final round of the Champions League group stage.
　　 In this round, Liverpool is going to challenge Wolfsburg away.
　　 Since the team has already secured the first place in the group, and Liverpool's lead in the Premier League is not too big, Klopp arranged a rotation to go to Germany away.
　　 Lee Chenglong also followed, but he sat on the bench.
　　 Klopp is more casual in this game, the only requirement is not to lose too ugly.
　　Liverpool is also the defending champion. If it is too ugly to lose in the away game, it is likely that Jackie Lee will wait for the fire.
　　 As Liverpool defeated Wolfsburg 5:1 at home in the first round of the match, Wolfsburg did shout the slogan of revenge at home in this game.
　　 If Liverpool themselves do not play well, and Wolfsburg really plays well, they might indeed return Liverpool to a massacre at home.
　　 But in the Volkswagen Arena, there is no such extreme situation.
　　 Wolfsburg took the lead at the start, but Liverpool soon evened the score, but before the end of the first half, Wolfsburg scored again and ended the first half with a score of 2:1.
　　 Liverpool tied the score again in the second half, but in the 84th minute the opponent finished with a knife guard Nardo.
　　 In this way, Liverpool lost to Wolfsburg 2:3 away, a score acceptable to both sides. Wolfsburg managed to beat Liverpool to revenge at home, but it was not unsightly for Liverpool to lose and gave the main players a rest.
　　 At this point, the UEFA Champions League group stage this season will be all over.
Liverpool ranked first in the group with 4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and 13 points. Wolfsburg was second in the group with 4 wins, 2 losses and 12 points. Eindhoven defeated CSKA Moscow in the final round with 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 Third in the group with 7 points in the negative, won the qualification to participate in this season's Europa League knockout.
　　 As for CSKA Moscow, they ended the game with 1 win, 5 losses and 3 points.
　　 In the last round of the Champions League group stage, Arsenal's side is the most concerned, to see if they can finally advance.
Fortunately, Arsenal did not disappoint everyone. They relied on Grand Giroud’s hat-trick to beat Olympiacos 3:0~EbookFREE.me~ and finally caught up with Olympiacos with 9 points, and then rely on the relationship between victory and defeat. Dominated and overpowered the opponent and eventually advanced to the knockout round.
　　 Arsenal were originally assigned to a simple group stage, but they lost the chain by themselves and almost killed themselves. Fortunately, they still advanced without risk.
　　 Liverpool and Arsenal have both advanced, and the other two blue teams in the Premier League have done nothing wrong.
　　 Chelsea won Porto at home 2:0 and successfully advanced to the group first.
　　 Manchester City is a team that has qualified early, but after losing to Juventus in the last round, everyone thought that they would probably not get the first place in the group, because in the last round Juventus only needed to tie in to lock the first place in the group.
　　 But no one thought that the last round would turn around again.
　　 Manchester City beat Borussia 4:2 at home, but the old woman on the other side lost to Sevilla 0:1 away.
　　 In this case, Manchester City achieved a go-ahead in the final round and eventually advanced to the top of the group.
　　 It is worth mentioning that the Bianconeri have been assigned to a slightly dead group in the Champions League this season. All four teams in the group come from the four major leagues.
　　 While the Zebras faced Mönchen in the two rounds, they had two straight draws. They faced Sevilla with one win and one loss in the two rounds. Instead, they faced Manchester City in two rounds. They completed a double play.
　　 Manchester City can be double-killed, but they finished the group with 4 wins and 2 losses.
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