Defeated Against the Wind, Rampant with the Wind at Their Backs-In Desperate Straits, We Have Lu Yang

<Five-one rout! Just how strong or weak are Newcastle?>

<Lu Yang claimed his first-ever Premier League hat trick. Has he found his form?>

<A confident team is no worse than Liverpool! Is Lu Yang arrogant or simply confident?>

<Liverpool's spiritual leader faces Liverpool—can Lu Yang defeat Liverpool again?>

<Sober faces his former club in the league. Will he stay invisible, or turn on his old master?>

<Gerando: We take every match seriously, but we have not specifically studied Newcastle United.>

<Robbery: I'm looking forward to facing Lu Yang again. It was a huge regret that Italy National Team did not reach the World Cup final.>

<Carlisle: It's been a long time since I went head-to-head with Lu Yang at center forward. I hope he comes up front to compete with me, or it'll lose a lot of its fun!>

<Colber: There is no doubt about Lu Yang's strength, but Liverpool's squad is a dream lineup. There's no reason for us not to win.>

<Nagy: On the pitch, no one can make Lu Yang flinch—but my goals can!>

The buildup to the third round of the Premier League had begun.

Newcastle's schedule was enough to make anyone despair.

In their first five rounds, apart from relegation candidates Stoke City—

Their first-round opponents were Arsenal.

Their third-round opponents were Liverpool.

Their fourth-round opponents were Manchester United.

Their fifth-round opponents were Manchester City.

After a run of clashes like that, any team might as well declare the next half of their season over.

Those were four of the Premier League's Big Six!

The other two were Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.

Newcastle would face them in the eighth and tenth rounds.

This was also why the media had previously claimed Newcastle might suffer ten straight defeats to begin the season.

Playing all of the