After a short holiday and the club's annual meeting, the coaches and players received some rest.

Therefore, Liverpool should welcome the upcoming schedule with more enthusiasm.

Logically, this should be the case.

But reality always makes people feel helpless.

On December 20, they challenged Watford away, another famous relegation team.

But this team that was supposed to appear in the relegation zone... After 16 rounds of the game, it ranked 7th in the standings!

Their rankings are even higher than defending champion Chelsea!

Their luck must be very good!

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Watford is really lucky.

When the game reached the 15th minute, they were nicknamed "The Hornets" and led Liverpool 2-0...

The Pastor Road Stadium, which can only accommodate 20,000 spectators, has already been in full swing. Huge yellow posters and flags are rising one after another in the stands, and the excited fans have completely occupied the small stadium with their own voices!

"Watford scored two goals in a row within 15 minutes of the game! For Liverpool... this is the worst start! There is a look at this game!"

Alan Hansen, a commentator at Sky TV, had a completely different expression of watching the fun without much trouble.

Carragher, who was sitting opposite him, hummed for a long time, and only said:

"There are 75 minutes left in the game, and there is still a lot of time left for Liverpool!"

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The first 15 minutes were simply a nightmare. Most Liverpool players had already conceded the ball before they even encountered a single ball!

That was the second minute, a corner kick opportunity from Watford.

The first goalkeeper Miniole accidentally fell off the sofa at the banquet a few days ago because he was too devoted to singing and had to rest for a few days, so today's game was played by Bogdan.

This was not a big deal. After all, Bogdan has played more than ten official games this season, and he still has basic states, not to mention the goalkeeper position, for Liverpool, it is more just to make up the numbers...

——This is probably not fair to the two goalkeepers. After all, Miniole was able to contribute two or three good saves in each game during this period. Last season, the Belgian goalkeeper tied for the most save with 82 saves and Szczesny, who was still in Arsenal at the time...

The corner kick flew straight to the penalty area, Bogdan jumped high, gently pushed the ape's arm to stop the ball, then bounced down to the ground, holding the ball in his arms.

But things didn't go so smoothly. Watford defender Ak, who was crowded in the crowd, was quick-eyed and quickly raised his right foot and poked the ball out of Bogdan's arms. Then he flipped his left foot and the football flew directly into the goal!

The home team took the lead so easily!

After conceding the ball, Bogdan angrily complained to the referee that Ak was a goalkeeper and that this time the goal was obviously fouled, but the referee not only ignored it, but instead gave him a yellow card that kept talking...

Ten minutes later, Watford won another game:

Their midfielder Dini just dribbled the ball through the middle circle and passed the ball directly - there was no way, if he didn't pass the ball, he would face Long Shute's defense directly!

This time, he was quite smart and found his teammate Ighalo who was running forward at high speed.

Scotter quickly stuck in the middle and chased back, trying to squeeze Igharou out of the penalty area.

His speed of chasing back was not slow, and his defensive position choice was also very correct, but Igharou still shot wildly without any angle. The football bypassed Bogdan's hands and hung directly at the far corner of the goal! 2-0!

In front of Liverpool, Watford would not consider ground pass control and middle penetration at all. They just used the most primitive long pass to solve the battle!

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The Hornets, who led the two goals, did not hesitate for a second. They started to set up a deadly formation from the 16th minute.

They once installed 8 defensive players in the penalty area... This does not include the goalkeeper!

The style of this game changed instantly, from offense and defense in the first 15 minutes to a half-court offense and defense battle.

Long Shute has seen countless iron barrel formations, especially defensive experts such as Chelsea, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, and Real Madrid (especially Mourinho's era), but today he is unable to move forward in front of the unknown Watford!

As long as he enters the 30-meter area, there will definitely be defensive players around him.

This defensive player has only one task, which is to prevent him from shooting!

As for the breakthrough... I'm sorry, in the narrow area behind him, more than a dozen players from both sides were piled up, and now they can't even stuff one foot in!

Long Shute did try many times. He was able to shake off his back midfielder Capuai, but then he could only hit Watford's yellow iron plate!

The opponent didn't even need any foul action. Just a group of people stood shoulder to shoulder on the edge of the penalty area, which cut off his way to advance!

In order to seek a breakthrough, he even used his speed and impact to knock out several players on both sides, but in the end he was unable to break through the opponent's defense line. Instead, he was reminded by the referee:

"You are a world superstar. Don't be so savage, okay? This doesn't fit your identity..."

After failing to make a breakthrough, Liverpool can only take another extreme: long-range shot!

But Kapue almost stood beside him. Although Long Shute's long shot was close to the full level, it did not reach the level of hitting every shot. In fact, it was impossible to even hit fifty shots, not to mention that there were people in the penalty area. His long shot did not even fly into the penalty area, and he would be blocked by the bodies of the players on both sides...

Long shots, breakthroughs, free kicks, corner kicks, long passes and rushes... When all Liverpool's offenses can only depend on fate, this also means that they really don't have many ways to get Watford.

Long Shute successfully scored a goal in the 43rd minute, but the goal was counted on the Watford defender...

In order to score a goal, Long Shute even performed a scene of deliberately losing the ball while attacking, but Watford's midfielder Capuer kicked the ball into Liverpool's half without hesitation, without any intention of counterattack!

Stop acting, I won’t be fooled!

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This is not a difficult but desperate game.

The score of 2-1 lasted from the 43rd minute to the 90th minute. Watford's defense seemed to be shaking, but they were like sunken rocks at the bottom of the sea, always sticking to the penalty area.

When the game reached this stage, almost all Liverpool players became impatient, and even Henderson, who had always been calm and could use his domineering spirit to shake off the evil footballer Diego Costa, almost choked the opponent.

But Watford still did not take the opportunity to expand his lead. They still kept guarding their own penalty area, even though Liverpool got an 81% possession rate and as many as 42 shots!

The referee had already put the whistle in his mouth, and Long Shute also felt a little "I am dead, it's not a crime of war", but Emre Jan suddenly received a large-scale transfer pass from Coutinho.

The German midfielder swung his right foot and made a shocking side shot!

After all, it was already the last moment of the game. The Watford players no longer responded so quickly. They could only watch the football flew through the cracks at high speed and then drilled into the net!

2-2!

Liverpool beat the buzzer and tied...

Looking at Emrejan, celebrating with ecstasy, Long Shute had a bad premonition.

Watford...maybe it really found a good way to deal with Liverpool!
Chapter completed!