However, the strength of Everton's players was not enough to limit Gu Ran's performance.

In the third minute of the game, after receiving the pass from Gerrard, Gu Ran dribbled the ball directly to the left side, and Coutinho, who was originally on the left side, understood his intention and moved to the middle.

This kind of free-style attack immediately made Everton's formation, which was originally gathered in the middle, at a loss.

Everton's center of gravity shifted to the left along with Gu Ran, leaving a huge gap in the middle.

Gu Ran dribbled the ball to the 30-meter area on the left, and then used his excellent footwork to pass the ball straight to an empty position in the middle of the penalty area.

Coutinho easily stopped the ball and dribbled into the penalty area. Facing the Everton goalkeeper's defense, Coutinho made a fake move and then shot into the empty goal! The ball went in! Liverpool scored in 4 minutes!

Anfield Stadium was in a state of excitement, and the score on the big screen was immediately changed to Liverpool 1:0 Everton.

This game already has a bit of a massacre vibe to it.

In the 9th minute, Gu Ran moved to the right and received Van Dijk's pass.

Gerrard, who was originally in the middle, moved from the back row and ran to the center position where Gu Ran should have been.

Gu Ran forced Everton's defenders to concentrate on the right, then he spotted a gap and made a rainbow pass, sending the ball accurately into the empty space in the small penalty area.

Gerrard comes in from the back and heads the ball!

Everton's goalkeeper is helpless again!

The ball went in! Anfield was about to explode! In this League Cup semi-final, less than 10 minutes into the game, Liverpool had already scored two goals!

Although Gu Ran did not score a goal, both goals were assisted by Gu Ran!

After scoring the goal, Gerrard immediately ran to hug Gu Ran! The scene of the two new and old captains hugging each other made all Liverpool fans ecstatic.

Everton fans covered their heads, unable to believe the situation.

Everton began to strengthen its overall defense and no longer used all the team's resources to mark Gu Ran.

But it also gave Gu Ran more opportunities.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Gu Ran used his personal ability to break through to the top of the arc. After Matthews lowered his shoulder and shook off the defender who was blocking his shooting path, he shot directly with a powerful kick! The ball went in again!

Liverpool 3:0 Everton! Although the game was only 22 minutes in, the outcome was already in doubt! Everton fans covered their faces and cried bitterly, they just hoped not to lose too much in this game.

In this way, they will have a chance when they return to their home court for the second round.

But... even the most loyal Everton fans know that any opportunities or no opportunities are just deceiving yourself.

Liverpool having Gu Ran means having everything.

In the 39th minute, when Everton was attacking, Gu Ran intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and passed it to Sturridge. After Sturridge moved to the right side of the penalty area, he did not have many good opportunities, so he knocked the ball back to Gu Ran who had inserted into the middle.

Gu Ran was double-teamed by two defenders, but he forced a shovel shot! The ball went in again!

Liverpool 4:0 Everton! Gu Ran dominated the game! In the rest of the first half, Liverpool had several good shooting opportunities, but unfortunately Suarez and Sturridge failed to seize the opportunity.

After the injury time of the first half, Liverpool players returned to the locker room happily, while Everton players were dejected and had no fighting spirit.

After a 15-minute halftime break, players from both teams returned to the field and continued the game.

Everton seemed to have regained their fighting spirit and played very well at the start of the second half.

Liverpool, on the other hand, has relaxed a little.

In the 61st minute, Liverpool's left side defense made a mistake, and Everton's striker seized the opportunity to dribble in and shot from a small angle! The score on the big screen at Anfield immediately changed to Liverpool 4:1 Everton.

This goal also allowed Everton fans to finally breathe a sigh of relief and it wasn't so embarrassing.

But then, in the 65th minute, Gu Ran blasted the ball into Everton's goal with a super long shot from 40 meters away during a high-speed sprint.

The score on the big screen at Anfield Stadium was immediately changed to Liverpool 5:1 Everton.

Gu Ran completed a hat trick again.

In the 88th minute, Gu Ran ran at full speed and single-handedly took down Everton's entire defense line, then turned around and knocked the ball back to Suarez who was following behind him.

Suarez, who was unmarked, faced an almost half-empty goal and easily shot the ball into the net.

The score on the big screen at Anfield Stadium immediately changed to Liverpool 6:1 Everton.

This score remained until the end of the game.

Although Everton has not been eliminated yet, the Carabao Cup semi-finals are played in two rounds. In the next round, Liverpool will go to Everton's home ground. However, the score of 6:1 in the first round is enough to deal with any situation in the second round.

Theoretically, Everton has been eliminated.

After the game, Mourinho only gave the main players one day off.

Firstly, although it was a League Cup semi-final against a city rival, the intensity was not very high and Mourinho did not ask the players to go all out during the game, so Liverpool's main players did not actually need to rest too much.

Secondly, and most importantly, the next Premier League game four days later will be Liverpool away to Manchester United.

After a day of rest, Liverpool's main players started training against Manchester United.

On January 19, Liverpool came to Manchester United's devilish home ground, Old Trafford.

Manchester United also took this game very seriously and wanted revenge, so they launched a fierce attack from both flanks at the beginning.

At the beginning, Liverpool defended steadily and did not give Manchester United any chance to cross the ball from both wings.

The game was very stalemate between the two sides at one point.

After all, it is a contest between the first and second place in the Premier League, and it seems to be a bit evenly matched.

Both sides had several good chances, but missed them due to mistakes or bad luck.

In the 36th minute, Gu Ran, who retreated to the center circle, received a pass from Henderson and immediately exploded in speed. He was not afraid of the interception of half of Manchester United. He used his body, speed and skills to kill his way to the top of Manchester United's arc in one breath.

The ball went in! The net shook and the Liverpool fans cheered wildly!

The score on the big screen at Old Trafford was immediately changed to Manchester United 0:1 Liverpool! This score remained until the end of the first half.

Both sides played very tenaciously and neither gave the other too many opportunities.

After the half-time break, players from both teams returned to the field and continued the game.

In order to suppress Liverpool at home, Manchester United exerted too much physical energy in the first half. In addition, the aging problem of Manchester United players was quite serious. Therefore, at the 65th minute in the second half, the rhythm of the entire Manchester United team dropped.

The players were visibly tired.

Rooney and Van Persie were anxious because they couldn't get the ball.

On the other hand, after Liverpool stabilized its position, it began to intensify its counterattack when it was obviously more physically fit than Manchester United.

In the 73rd minute, Coutinho picked up the ball from the left and Gu Ran jumped up and headed the ball high, and the ball went in!

However, the linesman raised his flag to indicate that the ball was offside, and the referee immediately disallowed the goal.

However, in the 78th minute, Liverpool got another chance to counterattack. This time, Gu Ran personally dribbled the ball along the middle, and after engaging half of Manchester United's defense line in front of the penalty area, Gu Ran sent the ball to the left side of the penalty area with a precise kick. Suarez didn't even need to stop the ball, and volleyed it directly from a small angle.

The ball went in! The score on the big screen at Old Trafford immediately changed to Manchester United 0:2 Liverpool! But that's not all.

As Manchester United's physical strength declined sharply, Liverpool's attack became more and more sharp.

In the 83rd minute, Sturridge's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was saved, but the ball landed just in time for Gu Ran, who followed up and shot into the empty goal! The ball went in! The score on the big screen at Old Trafford was immediately changed to Manchester United 0:3 Liverpool! In the second half injury time, Coutinho dribbled into Manchester United after completing two consecutive dribbles, and passed a low ball to the empty space in front of the goal. Gu Ran forced a shot with his foot while being double-teamed by Vidic and Ferdinand!

The ball went in again!

The score on the big screen at Old Trafford was immediately changed to Manchester United 0:4 Liverpool! Manchester United was scored three goals in the second half by Liverpool! When the final whistle sounded, the score was also fixed at 0:4.

This night was a nightmare for the Red Devils fans, but for the Red Army fans, it was just another victory worth celebrating.

Over the past half season, Liverpool fans have been able to celebrate almost every week, and they are so crazy about celebrating.

After this game, Mourinho gave the main players a three-day holiday to allow them to have a good rest.

Seven days later, on January 26, the Premier League match day, Liverpool challenged the lower-ranked team Stoke City away.

Mourinho only sent out half of the main players, led by veteran captain Gerrard.

In the end, Liverpool won Stoke City 2:1 away from home.

Among them, Henderson scored a goal, Sterling scored a goal, and Downing still did not score any goals.

On January 29, the second round of the League Cup semi-final began, with Liverpool away challenging their city rivals Everton.

In this game, Mourinho only sent out half of the main players, and Gu Ran sat on the bench.

The reason for doing this is mainly to protect Gu Ran.

After all, it is a battle between mortal rivals in the same city, and Liverpool has already gained absolute advantage. No one can guarantee whether Everton will do something bad to Gu Ran.

Even when you already have an absolute advantage, you still have to protect your core ace.

This game was indeed played dirty.

Liverpool substitute Downing received a red card in the 27th minute of the first half and was sent off, while Everton players only received a yellow card.

However, Liverpool, playing with one man less, is still very strong and their defense is impregnable.

In the first half, Everton tried every possible means but failed to score against Liverpool. In the injury time of the first half, Coutinho almost scored a goal in a counterattack.

Unfortunately, Coutinho was a bit unlucky.

In the second half, Mourinho made early substitutions, replacing players like Chamberlain and Sterling who were good at charging, and Liverpool's counterattack immediately improved.

In the 68th minute of the second half, Gerrard passed the ball in the middle, Chamberlain took the ball and pulled to the left, Coutinho took advantage of the situation and cut inside without the ball, Chamberlain saw the opportunity to knock the ball horizontally, and Coutinho volleyed the ball! The ball went in! Everton 0:1 Liverpool! The total score of the two rounds of the League Cup semi-final was also rewritten as Everton 1:7 Liverpool.

At this point in the game, Everton no longer had any chance of winning.

In the following game, just as Mourinho worried, Everton started to play badly, kicking and tackling players randomly.

Liverpool did not confront Everton head-on, but continued to choose to shrink its defense.

After all, Liverpool has already secured victory, so there is no point in doing anything else.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at Everton 0:1 Liverpool. Everton was eliminated and Liverpool successfully advanced to the League Cup final! After this game, Mourinho only gave the main players a half-day holiday, and then called the main players to close training.

Three days later, on February 2, the fourth knockout round of the FA Cup kicked off with Liverpool facing Chelsea at home.

Although Chelsea have suffered crushing defeats to Liverpool in recent games, Chelsea is still full of confidence.

Mourinho naturally did not dare to take it lightly.

After all, the FA Cup is very cruel. If you don't perform well in the knockout stage, you will have no chance to play in the next round.

After the game started, Chelsea also tested cautiously, conserving their physical strength and fighting with Liverpool in the second half.

After Mourinho realized this, he immediately instructed Coutinho to create more opportunities on the wing.

In the 14th minute of the game, Coutinho sent a wonderful pass to the middle. Gu Ran relied on his body to grab the first point in Chelsea's dense defense and forced a shot in the difficult situation! The ball went in! Liverpool took the lead in their home court!

The score on the big screen at Anfield was immediately changed to Liverpool 1:0 Chelsea! Facing the Liverpool team, which was so powerful, Chelsea really didn't have many good solutions. Obviously, they just needed to restrict Gu Ran, but they couldn't do it.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Gu Ran showed his strength again. He took on three Chelsea defenders with the ball and shot a powerful long-range shot directly from the top of the arc! The ball went in! Gu Ran scored twice!

The score on the big screen at Anfield Stadium changed to Liverpool 2:0 Chelsea! ... (End of this chapter)