The young Henderson was sub-loaned to Southampton just after being bought from Sunderland, and formed a very effective midfield partnership with Gu Ran in Southampton. Therefore, after returning to Liverpool in the new season, Henderson had the opportunity to start.

Even Henderson himself said in an interview before the game that he was able to start for the great Liverpool club thanks to his good brother Gu Ran.

Liverpool's midfield combination must be able to defend, pass, organize, support, and also have Coutinho's ability to get forward.

Liverpool's four defenders are Glen Johnson, Jose Enrique, Carragher and Agger.

Van Dijk sat on the bench.

Liverpool's defensive lineup is still quite strong. After all, Van Dijk came from a small club and is still very young. If he wants to start in the Liverpool team where the competition for defenders is so fierce, he needs to play as a substitute a few times to prove that he can replace Glen Johnson.

Liverpool's starting goalkeeper is still veteran Reina.

After the start of the game, both sides played very actively and proactively. Although the two teams had similar tactical styles, they were sworn enemies after all, so they did not hold back at all when it came to physical contact and confrontation.

In the 5th minute, Chelsea seized the opportunity. Lampard made a direct pass through the midfield from the backcourt. Malouda dribbled the ball straight into the goal along the flank. Liverpool's defense was extremely fast, and they completed their defense almost instantly, forming a positional defense against Chelsea.

Chelsea passed the ball several times outside the penalty area but failed to find a suitable breakthrough opportunity.

Henderson successfully intercepted the pass in the middle, and then made a long pass to his old teammate Gu Ran! This was Gu Ran's first touch in an official Liverpool match! The Red Army fans at the scene cheered wildly! The red team flags almost covered the entire Anfield stadium! Chelsea was facing a formidable enemy and hurriedly retreated.

Mikel, who was familiar with Gu Ran, didn't say anything and directly made a fatal sliding tackle on Gu Ran! He really couldn't do without the tackle! Once Gu Ran started to speed up, Chelsea's aging defense would not be able to limit Gu Ran, who had become a legitimate center forward.

Mikel really shoveled it! The task given to him by the head coach today was to keep an eye on Gu Ran and restrict him.

Gu Ran also knew his good friend very well. Without waiting for Mikel's death sliding tackle, Gu Ran started in advance, changed direction and accelerated with the ball!

Mikel scooped it up!

When Mikel got up and chased after him, he could no longer see Gu Ran's taillights!

Gu Ran dribbled the ball and drove straight along the middle!

Chelsea's defensive speed was no slower than Liverpool's, but the problem was... Gu Ran was not Torres! Gu Ran dribbled the ball to the edge of Chelsea's penalty area. Facing the defense of Chelsea's two defenders Terry and Cahill, Gu Ran did not slow down, but used his body to squeeze the gap between Terry and Cahill!

Terry and Cahill were immediately pushed away! The Liverpool fans at the scene screamed wildly!

At this moment, they finally experienced the joy that Southampton fans had dominated for two seasons! This kind of physical confrontation is really cool! After Gu Ran knocked Terry and Cahill away, with Terry reaching out to grab his jersey, he directly shot a heavy cannon from the top of the penalty area!

Liverpool goalkeeper Cech reacted quickly! But it was too late!

The football whizzed into the net! The huge force of the shot made the entire goal vibrate!

There was no need for any of that or any passing or coordination! A true center forward would rely on his personal ability to charge and shoot after getting the ball, and then celebrate with his teammates! The score on the big screen at Anfield was immediately changed to Liverpool 1:0 Chelsea! It was only the first 7 minutes!

This was also Gu Ran's first goal in this game, and also Gu Ran's first goal for Liverpool! Gu Ran ran to the home team's fan area with one hand, happily interacting with the Liverpool fans who took off their clothes to celebrate.

The game continues.

In the 11th minute, Chelsea seized the opportunity. Torres forced his way into the left side of the penalty area, received a pass from his teammate Moses, and shot at a small angle facing the goal, but the ball was slightly high.

The Liverpool fans now gave Torres a warm round of applause.

After all, Torres was once Liverpool's golden boy, and Liverpool fans were very happy to see Torres miss the shot.

Liverpool fans even sang songs mocking the Golden Boy.

Torres looked solemn and his mentality seemed to be affected.

In the 15th minute, Chelsea seized the opportunity again. Before being pressed by Gerrard, Lampard made a wonderful through ball. Motta relied on his single-player breakthrough ability to reach the left baseline, and then made a triangle pass back to the front of the goal. Liverpool goalkeeper Reina was out of position. This time Torres sprinted with all his strength and kicked -

However, just before Torres was about to touch the ball, Gu Ran rushed in from the side and directly knocked the ball out of the baseline! Liverpool fans went crazy!

Gu Ran sprinted back from the penalty area and destroyed Torres's goal! Gu Ran is a center forward! Whose center forward can play as a defender? Liverpool's! This destruction is really awesome! Goalkeeper Reina excitedly pulled Gu Ran up from the grass and gave Gu Ran a high five and hug.

Without Gu Ran's selfless sprint, Torres's ball would have been a sure goal.

Torres knelt on the grass at the goal kick with a bitter look on his face and couldn't get up for a long time.

Mourinho in the home team's technical area was so excited that he clenched his fists and cheered!

Gu Ran, he really can do the work of two people, and both of them are world-class!

The game continues.

Chelsea took a corner kick, and "Big Ivan" Ivanovic headed the ball at the front point, but unfortunately the ball was far over the crossbar.

In the 21st minute, Liverpool's Gerrard passed the ball to Coutinho. Coutinho used his personal ability to quickly pass through the midfield and broke through to the bottom line in one breath.

As the main center forward, Gu Ran kept running around Chelsea's penalty area to create gaps during Coutinho's breakthrough.

...(End of this chapter)