Genius - Chapter 506: If He Keeps Playing Like This, the Premier League Will Be His Sooner or Later (Patreon)

Brentford supporters had already lost the desire to keep watching. Many simply left early, while the Liverpool fans were enjoying every minute of it.

Ivan Toney still wanted a goal because he was competing for the Premier League Golden Boot.

It wasn’t often that he found himself this close to the league’s top scorer. If he could win the Golden Boot, his market value would certainly rise, and perhaps he might even earn a move to a top club in the future.

But for now, Leo stood alone at the top of the Premier League scoring charts, with Kane already two goals behind him.

Van Dijk gave Toney no more chances.

As the match drew to a close, Klopp took Leo off and brought on Odegaard, while Gravenberch also entered the game.

Then, in the final two minutes, Odegaard and Gravenberch each scored.

Neither of them had expected to spend so little time on the pitch and still manage to contribute a goal.

Liverpool ultimately thrashed Brentford, overtook Chelsea, and climbed into third place.

“Liverpool have beaten Brentford and moved up to third! Lin is now the Premier League’s leading scorer, and he has a chance to win this season’s Golden Boot!”

“Although he probably doesn’t care that much. Lin has already won the Premier League Golden Boot four times!”

“What should really make Lin happy is that Liverpool are finally back in the top three. They may be close to catching Manchester City now, and Guardiola’s team are under enormous pressure.”

“I imagine Guardiola must be feeling the same fear he felt in previous seasons when Liverpool were leading the league.”

Back in the locker room, Zubizarreta was still standing near the door mocking Brentford’s interim manager, while the two coaching staffs traded insults.

Leo skipped the post-match press conference.

Klopp and Zubizarreta attended together, while Brentford’s interim manager continued complaining about Leo and even took a few shots at Zubizarreta.

“In my opinion, Zubizarreta isn’t humble at all. He’s nothing like the person fans make him out to be. You should see him in person. See how he treated me during the match and hear the things he said to me!”

“I don’t think he’d even last long as a head coach in the Saudi league, because he simply doesn’t have what it takes to be one!”

Perhaps he already knew his interim position was in danger, so he no longer saw any reason to hold back.

Meanwhile, Klopp and Zubizarreta were also responding to Brentford’s interim manager.

“Yes, I know Brentford’s manager thinks a valuation of 300 million is unreasonable. I agree with him.”

“Because Lin is worth far more than 300 million right now. He should be worth 400 million, 500 million, even 600 million.”

“And as for his suggestion that footballers should have a maximum market value, yes, I think he’s right about that too.”

“But the limit shouldn’t be a fixed number. Lin’s valuation should be the ceiling. No other player should be worth more than one-quarter of whatever Lin is worth. That’s my opinion.”

“Yes, I, Zubizarreta, deliberately provoked him during the match because I think that’s a skill a head coach should have, just like Mourinho.”

“He didn’t make me feel threatened at all. Brentford won’t give him the permanent job. That’s what I think.”

“As for Lin, if he keeps playing like this, sooner or later the Premier League will belong to him.”

Klopp and Zubizarreta were never going to pass up an opportunity to stand up for Leo.

Brentford would soon have a new permanent manager.

And their interim manager would be going right back to being an assistant coach.