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Chapter 282 Conspiracy Theory

Liverpool truly looked unstoppable.

In the fifth round of the league, Liverpool beat Leicester City 2-1 away, and in the sixth round of the league, Liverpool beat Southampton 3-0 at home.

Sunshine scored in both games.

After six rounds of league matches.

Sunshine has scored 8 league goals in the league.

Same as before.

He had already secured the league's Golden Boot.

So much so that some English media exclaimed in despair.

As long as the sun is still in the Premier League.

No other player can compete with him for this award.

After the sixth round of the league.

This season, Premier League teams have begun to compete in the League Cup.

Liverpool had bad luck.

In their first League Cup match of the season, they were drawn against Chelsea.
In the Community Shield match, both teams had players absent due to participating in the World Cup.

So, after the draw results come out.

Many media outlets believe so.

This is the beginning of the real showdown between the two sides.

Because the two sides have to play two games back to back.

First up is September 9th.

Liverpool faced Chelsea at home in the League Cup. The winner would advance and the loser would be eliminated.

Then three days later.

In the seventh round of the league, Chelsea will face Liverpool at home.

Fans of both sides must be feeling a little tired of the game.

From the start of the season to now.

Chelsea and Liverpool played three games in just one and a half months.
Sarri is under a lot of pressure.

His idea is that the League Cup is an away game, so he can accept failure in this game and concentrate on playing in the league.

After all, competitions like the League Cup are really useless.

This time.

There are also media clamoring for Chelsea to stop Liverpool in the League Cup if Liverpool is blocked by Chelsea in the League Cup.

Wouldn't that mean the seven-time champion would be a joke? Liverpool's morale would inevitably be affected.

But Sarri scoffed at this.

What does it have to do with him if Liverpool wins seven titles?

Is it necessary for him to jump up and down to stop his opponent?
So the old smoker is very stable.

He told his assistants: "We can give up the League Cup, we have to keep the league."

But he had just finished speaking.

Liverpool has announced the team's match roster.

When I saw this long list.

Sari gasped.

Liverpool's 18-man squad.

No Mane, no Salah, no Wijnaldum, no Keita, no Van Dijk, no Matip, no Robertson.

Henderson and Arnold, who had just returned from injury, were included in the roster.

But these two have just made their debuts, so they probably won’t start.

This also means.

In this roster of eighteen people.

There are 10 players on the fringe of Liverpool, substitutes, and seven or eight players that Sarri can't see at a glance.
Eh.
One I don’t know.

"Who are these people?"

He had no choice but to rub his temple and ask, "Who are these people?"

“There are players from the youth team and the reserve team.”

"damn it"

Sarri swore.

He was a little annoyed.

It is not impossible for such a long list to appear in the League Cup.

But generally speaking.

Only when we meet the English League One team can we put out such a lineup.

Liverpool’s opponent now is Chelsea!
"Are they going to give up this game?"

Sarri's assistant found it a little unbelievable.

"Impossible, impossible. They have been talking about winning seven titles. How can they give up?" Sarri shook his head repeatedly.

The only explanation.

That’s what Liverpool thinks.

They can rely on this large roster consisting of a small number of main players + most substitutes + most of the youth team players.

Can eliminate Chelsea.

"This is too arrogant and too contemptuous."

A Chelsea coach was indignant.

"Aren't they afraid of a big defeat by doing this?"

Upon hearing this, Sarri paced back and forth.

"Then we'll give them a crushing defeat!"

He didn't want to focus too much on the League Cup.

But look at Liverpool's lineup.

He saw some opportunities.

If we could take advantage of Liverpool's lineup like this in the League Cup and give them a crushing defeat at home.

Then Liverpool's morale will inevitably drop.

And the so-called seven-crown goal, as far as Sarri knows.

It was Liverpool's top star Sunshine who first proposed it.

Based on what he knows about a head coach.

It is unlikely that any head coach would set himself such a goal before the game.

and so.

If Liverpool suffers a major defeat, Sunshine might blame Liverpool's coaching staff, causing discord between Liverpool's generals and coaches.

then
In the seventh round of the league.

Chelsea's chance has come.

Think of this.

Sarri made a prompt decision: "We will send out all the main forces!"

With the announcement of Liverpool's match squad.

The entire English media was shocked.

".Liverpool announced its roster for the League Cup. A large number of Liverpool's main players were not included in the roster. Except for Sunshine, the other players on the roster were either just returning from injury, pure substitutes, or youth team players."

"Why would Liverpool hide so many of their main players? You know, their opponent in the League Cup is Chelsea, not a League One team. Are Liverpool going to give up the League Cup? But aren't they going to win the seven-time title?"

"Liverpool's move is so strange that one has to wonder what Liverpool's purpose is in putting out such a big list."

".The only reasonable explanation is that Liverpool's coaching staff did not intend to invest too much manpower in the League Cup. After all, the goal of winning seven titles is too big and will make them feel overwhelmed. Therefore, Klopp put out such a lineup and was eliminated early in the League Cup, making the so-called goal of winning seven titles completely fail. In this way, it will avoid dragging down the team's performance in other schedules."

".Giving up the League Cup may be a turning point for Liverpool this season, and the conflict between the coach and the players may be triggered by this."

Because Liverpool's match roster is too weird.

Therefore, the media on Fleet Street began to speculate about this.

Many conspiracy theories have been put forward.

among them.

The most recognized one is this one: Liverpool coaching staff does not agree with the goal of winning seven titles, but cannot directly deny it as it would lose face for the team's top star, so they can only put out such a lineup in the League Cup so that Liverpool can be eliminated early in the League Cup. In this way, even if the team encounters problems later, they can make more reasonable adjustments.

And in this way.
Will there be a rift between Sunshine and Klopp?

Liverpool's manager and general are at odds.

Will it affect the team's performance?

these questions.

This has filled many people who are looking forward to Liverpool's fall from the top with anticipation.

after all.

in history.

Many teams that were once at the top.

They all fell down because of similar things.

The manager and the general fell out, the locker room was in conflict, and the team lost its unity
A team without unity is like a lion without its fur.

Real Madrid back then.

Galaxy Battleship Phase 1.

It has players of the Ballon d'Or level such as Ronaldo, Figo, Raul, Zidane, Beckham, Robben, Sneijder and Van Nistelrooy.

But the results were not very good.

He even got the title of "Sixteenth Place in the Champions League".

A big part of the reason is the numerous factions in the locker room.

so.
Liverpool now.

Do I have to go down this path too?

This is not a random comment. It is human nature.

Many people can share adversity, but cannot share wealth.

Speculation from outside.

Inside Liverpool.

It was spread as a joke.

Liverpool not only did not give up the game, but also did not give up the seven championships.

On the contrary, the reason they did this was for the seven-time champion.

This goal brought all the players together.

We are united and working towards this goal.

Even against an opponent like Chelsea.

Liverpool players also don't think that they will be powerless if they are rotated.

because.

So many people were rotated.

What everyone hasn't discussed is.
The sun has no rotation.

The match was played at Anfield.

When both sides started.

The Liverpool reporters all gasped.

Compare the starting lineups of both teams.

Chelsea side:
Goalkeeper: Kepa.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso.

Midfielders: Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic.

Forwards: Hazard, Giroud, Willian.

Absolutely all the main players - because Morata's performance with both feet is too abstract, Giroud has recently gotten much more playing time at Chelsea than Morata.

Let's take a look at Chelsea's bench: Barkley, Fabregas, Morata, Cahill, Zappacosta
Let’s look back at Liverpool’s starting lineup.

Goalkeeper: Alisson.

Defenders: Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Gomez, Moreno.

Midfielders: Milner, Curtis Jones, Odegaard.

Forwards: Origi, Sunshine, Shaqiri.

Except for Yangguang, the rest of the players in this lineup are substitutes.

Among them, Odegaard and Curtis Jones both started for Liverpool for the first time.

And Curtis Jones even made his professional debut.

If we talk about this starting lineup, most of the players have some experience of playing in the first team.

Then look at the bench.
Take a look at it.

Not many Liverpool fans know these people.

The starting lineups of both teams are all main players on one side and basically all substitutes except Yang Guang on the other side.

Such a game.

Can Liverpool win?
In the media gallery, many reporters were shaking their heads.

They all feel it.

This must be the case that Liverpool's coaching staff took the initiative to give up the game.

Even Chelsea head coach Sarri thought so, and he asked his team to attack aggressively.

after all
At Anfield, slaughtering Liverpool.

What a devastating blow this will be to Liverpool's morale?
If they can win the match, Liverpool's good momentum will be interrupted in an instant.

Chelsea may even be able to join the battle for the league title this season.

"Jorginho. Long diagonal pass, very accurate, on the left... Hazard!!"

to the exclamations of the commentators.

Jorginho's long pass went across half the field.

It landed accurately at Hazard's feet.

Hazard stretched out his foot and easily stopped the ball.

He was facing Arnold's defense?
Is this different from not being defended?
The Belgian suddenly dribbled the ball towards the baseline, waited for Arnold to rush over, stopped suddenly, cut inside, got rid of Arnold's defense and approached the penalty area.

Facing the oncoming Joe Gomez, Hazard paused for a moment and then chose to continue breaking through.

The irritable Gomez stretched out his foot and tripped Hazard to the ground.

Gomez quickly raised his hands, a look of fear on his face.

Just now.

The whistle sounded.

The referee pointed to the penalty spot.

The whole audience booed.

Hazard stood up from the ground and high-fived Giroud, William and others around him.

This breakthrough is beautiful.

Cut in from the wing and caused Gomez to foul.

Chelsea got a penalty less than five minutes into the game.

Gomez is defending himself though.

But all he could repeat was "I didn't mean it."

The referee will not call a foul just because it was intentional or not.

This foul is too obvious.

There is no dispute.

Sarri on the sidelines clapped loudly.

This was the scene he hoped to see.

The away defeat to Liverpool completely brought Liverpool's morale to the bottom, creating favorable conditions for the seventh round of the league.

Rotation?

Ah.

The team I lead is Chelsea!
Sarri glanced at Klopp, who was frowning not far away.

Smile.

It seems like everything is under control.

"Ahhh Gomez, the outcome is already determined with this kick."

"Penalty! Less than five minutes into the game, Liverpool suffered a major blow."

"Liverpool made a lot of substitutions in this game. They underestimated Chelsea."

Just now.

The camera first cut to head coach Klopp.

After giving him a long close-up.

Then switched to the sunlight.

Yangguang frowned.

The broadcaster provided such a lens language.

Meaningful.

Inside the CCTV studio.

He Wei said with some concern: "In this League Cup match, Liverpool made a big rotation, but their opponent is Chelsea. Chelsea not only did not rotate, but played with all the main players. The goal is very clear, which is to eliminate Liverpool in the League Cup. If Liverpool is eliminated, their boast of winning seven championships before the start of the season will be broken."

in front of the screen.

Many Chinese fans also frowned.

"What is Klopp thinking?"

"The opponent is Chelsea, you're going to play rotation?"

"Don't play like that, Klopp."

"Klopp doesn't really think that the seven-time champion is too unrealistic, but he doesn't want to offend Sunshine, so he adopts this strategy, right?"

“It’s not impossible.”

"It's over, it's over."

"Seven-time champion, hehe."

“Some people are getting too complacent.”

"Let you look down on others."

Although the game is not over yet.

But most people feel that Liverpool no longer has a chance.

They had no one available on the bench.

How else can they turn the tables?
Ever since.

Some "Yang Hei" began to become active.

Inside the stadium.

Chelsea's penalty taker is Jorginho.