Coach, I want to play football!

Although they lost, Liverpool did not get into trouble.

In the ninth round of the Premier League, a well-rested Liverpool defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at the Hawthorn Stadium.

Matip and Mane each scored a goal. Although Ye Qi did not score a goal or assist, he played a great role in containing the frontcourt.

Finally, he was replaced by Ince in the 75th minute. At that time, the score was still 2 to 1.

It is worth mentioning that for this game, West Bromwich Albion’s chairman John Williams and general manager Martin Goodman accompanied club owner Lai Guochuan to the Hawthorn Stadium to watch the game.

Lai Guochuan is West Bromwich Albion, which was just acquired this summer, and is also the first mainland Chinese owner in the Premier League.

The first step when Lai Guochuan took office was to help West Bromwich Albion bring in many Chinese sponsors. At the same time, Lai Guochuan also wanted to introduce Chinese players.

Firstly, it is to expand West Bromwich Albion's influence in China. Secondly, as a Chinese fan, he certainly hopes that more Chinese players can come to play in the Premier League.

This is similar to how some Chinese players play the game "Football Manager" and like to find ways to buy one or two Chinese players, even if they are substitutes. The main focus is one emotion.

It's just that what everyone is playing is a game, and what Lai Guochuan is playing is reality.

He comes from Meizhou in the eastern Guangdong Province of China, which is one of the three major football towns in China and has a very strong football culture.

Lai Guochuan actually wants to buy Ye Qi. After all, Ye Qi can be said to be the best Chinese player at present.

But whether it is the transfer fee, weekly salary or the influence of West Bromwich Albion, the possibility of completing this transfer transaction is zero.

Lai Guochuan regretted that he had been arguing with the club's former boss for too long. If only a season or two earlier, he might have been able to take Ye Qi from La Liga to the Premier League before Leicester City did.

Now.........I can only watch Ye Qi playing in his away jersey at his home court.

For Lai Guochuan, fortunately Ye Qi did not score a goal today. After all, as a fan of Ye Qi, you must cheer when Ye Qi scores a goal.

But as the owner of West Bromwich Albion, he certainly cannot cheer for his opponent's goal, otherwise, where would the feelings of the Knickerbockers fans at home be?

After the game, not long after Ye Qi walked into the player tunnel, he saw a Chinese fan walking over.

He doesn't know Lai Guochuan, but this summer he saw the news about the Chinese company's acquisition of West Bromwich Albion. Being able to see a Chinese compatriot in the opponent's home tunnel, there is no doubt that this person must be a senior executive of the Chinese company behind the club.

"Hello, Mr. Ye Qi. I am your fan. Can I take a photo with you?" The other party was very polite.

Although Ye Qi was a little surprised, he still smiled and nodded, "Of course."

Ye Qi took a photo with the opponent and signed his name on the opponent's jersey.

The opponent's jersey is West Bromwich Albion's jersey, but the number on the back is zero and the name is lai.gc.

It is obviously a printed version customized by the fans themselves.

After Ye Qi signed and left, he later realized that the name of the jersey was not the opponent's boss Lai Guochuan.

After returning from the away game at The Hawthorns, Liverpool ushered in the fourth round of the League Cup in midweek. The opponent in this game was the British Championship team Wolves.

This is a team that has won the English top league championship three times, the English League Cup championship, and the FA Cup four times in history.

My ancestors were once rich, but now they are in decline. In the past twenty years, although I have occasionally played in the Premier League, I have mostly played in the Championship.

Occasionally he would fall to League One when his results were poor, but he would soon return to the Championship.

It is worth mentioning that the Wolves are also a team acquired by China Capital.

The boss behind it is named Guo, and he comes from China's Fuxing Group. Fuxing Group is relatively large and is involved in all industries.

For example, real estate, tourism, hotels, medicine, mining, alcohol, etc., and now there is a football and sports section.

It has to be said that China Capital has been making moves in European football over the years and has acquired many teams, large and small.

For Liverpool now, the focus is definitely on the league.

The club's top management has already stated that the team must return to the semi-finals this season and win the Champions League next season!

After all, not playing in the Champions League would be a huge loss for Liverpool.

Therefore, Klopp focuses on the league this season and has a Buddhist attitude towards the League Cup and the FA Cup. Especially the useless League Cup is almost on his abandonment list.

In this game, which is not important to Klopp, the opponent is the Wolves of the British Championship, so it is natural to use a wide range of rotations.

Not only did Ye Qi take a rest, but Firmino and Mane did not start.

Most of the substitute players got the opportunity to start, such as Stewart, the young Gomez and Ocho, as well as Ings and Mignolet.

Well... now Mignolet is pushed to the bench by Karius.

But for Karius, the position is not yet secure. If he relaxes a little, Mignolet might turn over and ride on top of him.

Um...why is this so weird?

Liverpool does not value this game, but Wolves value it extremely.

After all, for small teams, even the League Cup, which is regarded as tasteless by the giants, is a roasted whole lamb with great flavor.

Moreover, the League Cup and the FA Cup are known as hotbeds of upsets, especially the League Cup.

So even at Anfield away from home, the Wolves showed their wolfish nature and wanted to take away a victory and advance to the next round.

But this is often the case. The more you value something, the less you can get it. The more unintentional things often appear in your hands.

In the cheers of the home Liverpool fans, the Red Army defeated the British Championship Wolves 2-0.

The current Wolves have not signed a contract with the Portuguese agent giant Mendes, and there are not a lot of high-quality, cheap and strong Portuguese players in the camp.

So even Liverpool, who played as a substitute, found it difficult for them to withstand.

In the end, the young Ocho scored a goal, and Coutinho, who came on as a substitute in the 70th minute of the second half after returning from injury, scored the goal that sealed the victory.

Klopp originally wanted to let Coutinho, who had returned from injury, find his form, but he did not expect an unexpected surprise.

Because the rhythm of the game was almost entirely under Liverpool's control, Ye Qi did not come on as a substitute. He watched the entire game on the bench.

After all, for Klopp, the next round of the league is the highlight!

Core players such as Ye Qi, Mane and Firmino naturally need to get sufficient rest to prepare for the 10th round three days later.

The opponent in this game is the Blues Chelsea led by Italian coach Conte!