As the smoke of the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers clears, the Continental League will reignite this week, as the Premier League, the first of the five major leagues, Manchester City and Liverpool will start an "inner volume" for the Premier League trophy this season.
Liverpool played first, sitting at Anfield against Watford, who were fighting for relegation. Speaking of Watford, Liverpool are not angry. In the 2019/20 season, the season when Liverpool won the Premier League title for the first time with a "tiger's breath", Watford was relegated, but relegated to relegation, and Watford did something that made Liverpool feel disgraced - sitting at home, ending Liverpool's 27 unbeaten season (26 wins and 1 draw) with a score of 3-0, as well as many tough records...
Liverpool fans have been waiting for the Premier League title for 28 years, a brilliant season that has gone down in history, but they have been messed up by a relegation team to mess up the grand celebration, how can such a "deep hatred" be forgotten?
So, when Watford returned to the Premier League this season, Liverpool visited the Vicarage Road Stadium and unceremoniously gave the home team a "five blessings". Now, Liverpool is making great strides towards the great cause of "four champions", and naturally wants to take Watford to sacrifice the flag...
Anfield is full of excitement and unity of purpose, looking forward to using Liverpool's heart-warming victory to challenge Manchester City the strongest.
However, Watford, who fights for relegation, naturally does not tie his hands, coupled with the lack of World Cup qualifiers and the fatigue of the international matchday, Watford is actually much more active than Liverpool after the opening.
After all, many of Liverpool's stars have experienced a double heaven of tragedy and joy on the way to the World Cup. Salah and Luis Diaz both missed the World Cup at the last minute, especially Salah's defeat at the feet of teammate Mane again, and he was also distracted by the Senegalese fans with a laser pointer to throw a penalty, which is lost and depressed, which can be imagined.
After the opening, Liverpool was almost in a semi-sleepwalking state, although they controlled the initiative on the field, but always gave people a sense of mental déjà vu.
Fortunately, the gap between the strength of the two sides is too large, and Liverpool still take the lead by crushing the strength. Joe Gomez, who returned from injury, sent a diagonal pass, and Jota took advantage of the moment when the Watford defender was stunned, stepped forward and then headed in, pushing the ball into the goal, which also reassured the Liverpool fans.
After taking the lead, Liverpool habitually fell into slack, Watford's counterattack almost succeeded, and Joe Pedro's one-handed knife actually slid out of the goal... Even the old coach Hodgson, who has a deep friendship for Liverpool, can't help but sigh after seeing the missed opportunity to equalize.
The 1-0 score was not safe, but Liverpool were never able to knock on the Watford goal again, a fierce attack lacked refinement, and Salah, who had been unhappy recently, was really out of shape, and Klopp also rarely replaced him early. But it wasn't until the end of the game that Liverpool won a penalty with Jota's shot, which Fabinho scored to make the score 2-0.
Just win! Although there was no big meal, but after overcoming the impact of the FIFA virus after the international match day and having to win the game, Liverpool continued to move firmly towards the impact of the Premier League title.
There is nothing more enjoyable than 3 points, although it is only to get the top 2 hour experience card, but everyone understands that Liverpool and Manchester City's title competition "inner volume" will never be known until the last moment.