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Liverpool's 4-0 lead has completely taken the situation of the game into their own hands, completely blowing up the mentality of the rival Newcastle players.

With the 4-goal advantage in hand, Rogers can make more personnel adjustments to prepare for the next league.

In fact, with only the last three rounds of the league remaining at this time, the level of one game a week will not cause too many problems with the physical fitness of the players.

But what Rogers is most worried about is that some players will accidentally get injured during the game, which will affect their subsequent preparations.

Whether Suarez's appeal will be successful, and whether he can come back from the ban in the following games is still unknown. If a starter like Sturridge is injured again, then Liverpool will not have an excellent striker to use.

Borini replaced Sturridge, Sterling replaced Downing, and vice-team Carragher replaced captain Gerrard. With 20 minutes left in the game, Rodgers had already made three substitutions. , to give the main players enough rest time, and to avoid their injuries on the court.

Indeed, in the general environment of the Premier League, the level of confrontation between players is already fierce, but now that the Newcastle players have collapsed mentality, any accident may happen.

After all, the player's psychology is an imperceptible aspect, and no one knows whether the opponent will make a major foul during the game.

With the victory already sealed, Liverpool has actually begun to "close" properly on the offensive end.

However, for Newcastle, the players are really out of touch. Some people want to attack and score a "face-saving goal", some people are too lazy to run to consume energy, and some people are behind the team. Playing defense to prevent Liverpool from completing the attack easily again.

Such a loose team as a whole allows Liverpool to create offensive threats on the offensive end without having to carry out too complicated tactical coordination.

In the 74th minute of the game, Sterling, who came off the bench, and Borini, who also just played, completed the cooperation.

Sterling used his speed advantage on the right to forcibly go to the bottom, made an emergency stop at the end, swayed away from the Newcastle players who were defending him with all his strength, and then lightly passed the ball into the penalty area.

Borini received the pass in front of the small penalty area, and the Newcastle player's defensive attack was too slow. Borini easily shot a low shot to the far corner.

The goalkeeper failed to react and Liverpool led 5-0.

Liverpool's "inhumanity" has indeed angered some Newcastle players.

Two minutes later, Sterling made a comeback on the left.

Debussy was still trying his best to catch up with Sterling's speed, but in the same script, Sterling used an emergency stop to make Debussy, who was accelerating, lose his defensive position.

Seeing that Sterling was about to enter the penalty area, and being teased twice in a row, Debussy, who couldn't bear the humiliation, directly swept his legs and swept Sterling with the ball.

Debusch, who had already received a yellow card before, was not tolerated by the referee, two yellows turned into a red, Debusch went off the field directly, Liverpool 11 to 10.

Fortunately, this time, although Sterling rolled on the ground for a long time, it was more pain and no injury, otherwise Rogers would have no tears.

A direct free kick from the outside of the penalty area, Henderson stood above the penalty area.

Without too much run-up, Henderson hit a half-high ball with a drop from a short distance, and spun directly to the goal.

The Liverpool players rushed forward, and none of them touched the football, but they also successfully interfered with Newcastle's defenders and goalkeepers.

In the chaos in front of the goal, this ball flew directly into the goal. 6-0, Henderson accidentally scored a free kick and scored directly. He was also very happy.

In view of Debussy's bad foul before, the Liverpool players afterward focused more on possession of the ball and no longer made dangerous attacks, so as not to stimulate Newcastle's players to make any bad fouls.

In the away game 6-0, Liverpool scored a huge victory, which also allowed the fans to temporarily accept the loss of Suarez.

After winning, Liverpool remained in the third place in the league, and still firmly held the initiative to compete for the Champions League qualification in their own hands.

However, on the rest day after the game, Liverpool received the result of the appeal. The FA did not change Suarez's decision to suspend Suarez for 10 games.

This also means that Suarez can already go on vacation in advance.

However, although Suarez does not have to participate in the team's subsequent tactical drills, he still stays in Liverpool and intends to be with the team until the team confirms their qualification for the Champions League.

Rogers focused on rehearsing several offensive tactics based on Sturridge, and sometimes tried to push Borini to the center position to see if Borini could replace part of Suarez's role. It's just that this tactic was nondescript, and it didn't show a huge threat at all.

In the penultimate round, when he played Fulham away, Rogers still did not choose to believe in Borini, who was introduced in the new season.

In terms of Borini and Joe Allen's two summer window signings, Rogers obviously does not have the magic power of turning stones into gold in the winter window.

After all, Joe Allen is still Rodgers' old subordinate, and he can still get part of the bench time, but Borini is very embarrassed now, and there are very few opportunities to play. team development.

Away game against "The Farmer" Fulham.

Rodgers didn't go on to make much of a change, aside from starting Wisdom in place of a tired Jose Enrique.

It is still the same 451 formation as the previous game, with Sturridge standing at the forefront.

Fulham, who loaned Berbatov from Manchester United, ranked 12th before the game and completed the task of relegation early.

Therefore, in this game, the Fulham players who had no desires and desires played very openly, showing more of their abilities.

Even though the opponent was Liverpool, the Fulham players did not have any fear, and started a press with the Liverpool players directly in the midfield. For most of the first half, Fulham unexpectedly drew with Liverpool. A balance of power was formed.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Berbatov's long-range shot actually opened the scoring for Fulham and took the lead. As a "Red Devil", it can be regarded as a lesson for rival Liverpool.

But the hard power of the team lies there. Although Liverpool fell behind, they did not panic and continued to implement their own offensive tactics.

On the contrary, the Fulham players had physical problems due to the aggressive pressing in the early stage.

Just 2 minutes later, Sturridge received a precise through ball from Coutinho in the penalty area and scored with his left foot to equalize the score for the team.

Jose Enrique, who played in the second half, effectively strengthened Liverpool's offensive strength on the left side, further strengthening Liverpool's overall offensive strength, and Liverpool began to slowly take advantage of the scene.

Sturridge fully demonstrated his powerful scoring ability.

In the 67th minute, Sturridge received a cross from Downing on the right and scored with a header in the penalty area, giving Liverpool the lead.

In the case that Fulham was unwilling to fail and pressed out to attack.

Liverpool replaced the veteran Carragher to increase the number of central defenders and stabilize the team's defense.

But Yang Feng has more space to move freely.

After a successful interception, Yang Feng used his ability as a backcourt organizer and made a long pass, giving a great lead.

Sturridge played his ability to combine the acceleration of the ball, forcibly wading through Fulham's defensive players, and hit the goal single-handedly during the counterattack.

3 to 1, Liverpool won the game, while Sturridge completed a hat-trick.

People are saying that after Sturridge came to Liverpool, the tree moved the dead and the dead, but under the light of Suarez before, Sturridge still failed to fully show his demeanor.

Today, Sturridge used a hat-trick to prove to the entire Premier League how strong he is.

Without Suarez, Liverpool's offensive firepower remains undiminished, scoring 9 goals in two games and winning two consecutive victories, which is one step closer to qualifying for the Champions League.