"The more people with low self-esteem, the more they care about the eyes and opinions of outsiders. The change in the expressions of Carragher and the others naturally did not escape George's eyes. After a series of pre-match ceremonies as a routine, George ignored the secret provocations of the Liverpool players, and said to the old Charlie next to him with disdain, "If Liverpool can't get rid of this psychological state, then they can't do it if they want to break the curse of not winning the league championship." ”

In George's previous life, Liverpool had several chances to break the curse, but all of them were narrowly missed out on the league title at the last minute. One of the most regrettable was the 13-14 season. At that time, the Reds were still six points ahead of Manchester City, who had one game less, until there were three rounds left in the league, and the team's state and morale were also at their peak, but Rodgers, who was the manager of Liverpool at the time, failed to keep calm at the last moment, resulting in the Reds losing to the Blues first and then drawing with Crystal Palace, and the Premier League title within reach was given to the Blue Moon!

In George's view, the reason why Liverpool always loses the championship trophy when the championship situation is good is because the depth of the Reds' bench has always been the weakest of several Premier League giants, which makes it difficult for Liverpool to maintain a stable performance in the long season, and this situation becomes more obvious at the end of the season, and on the other hand, because the situation of not winning a championship in the league for many years has seriously affected the mentality of Liverpool players, making it difficult for them to treat the league battlefield with a normal heart, and their performance has become very unstable。 This phenomenon becomes especially evident when the season is in the sprint stage and Liverpool are in the lead in the title race!

"That's right. Charlie Sr. paused for a moment to express his concerns, "but I still don't think it's a wise move to provoke Liverpool before the game." After all, the nerve knife attribute of this team is really a headache, and once it erupts, it is simply unstoppable. ”

"Don't worry~" George waved his hand, looking like he didn't care about it at all, "Although the overall strength of this Liverpool team is not much different from the previous two years, it is impossible for them to play at this level without the soul of Steven (Gerrard)." ”

For Liverpool, Steven Gerrard is more than just the team's number one star and captain. In George's opinion, if there is one word to describe Gerrard's status and role in Liverpool, then the word Dinghaishen Needle is undoubtedly the most appropriate!

As long as Gerrard is still playing for Anfield, no matter how many goals behind their opponents, no one will take him lightly - and the teams that dare to do so have already paid a terrible price for it!

Now, Steven Gerrard has left Anfield to become part of Tottenham Hotspur. Although Liverpool's hierarchy brought in new signings such as Basturk last summer to fill the tactical void caused by Gerrard's departure, they were unable to find a new spiritual leader to replace Gerrard's role in the dressing room - Carragher has enough qualifications but lacks temperament, and Basturk has no problem with his ability but has been in the team for too short a time to convince the public. In addition, the Turkish nationality, which is very easy to arouse the disgust and hostility of English fans, is also the biggest obstacle to prevent Basturk from taking command of the Red Army!

It is for this reason that George dared to say such a thing to old Charlie. If Liverpool do find a successor to Steven Gerrard, then he will never let his players make such a move before the game starts, which is very likely to anger the opponent!

Just as George was judging the Reds, the clash between Tottenham and Liverpool had already kicked off at the whistle of the referee on duty, Martin Atkinson. Cheered on by nearly 50,000 Liverpool fans, the Reds players who won the kick-off launched a storming of Tottenham's door!

Although he has not been recognized by discerning Liverpool fans, and his prestige in the team is far from reaching the height of Gerrard, with his positive attitude to the game, a strong desire to win, and excellent personal ability, Basturk, who has only been with the Reds for half a season, has already won the initial trust of his teammates, and his organizational skills have been well developed. No, just a minute into the game, the Turks instigated an offensive and played a wonderful diagonal pass with Colwill, who was inserted down the left flank. Unfortunately, Crouch's last-time shot was deflected wide of the net by Nemanja Vidic and didn't pose much of a threat to Tottenham's goal!

"This big bamboo pole is handed over to me and Nemanja to deal with. Javier (Mascherano) You just have to take care of your own zone, pay attention to your opponent's back and cut inside, and don't let them shoot easily. After successfully blocking Liverpool's first attack, Ridley King immediately gave instructions to his teammates around him, "The boss is right! Although Basturk's kid organises Liverpool's attack very well, that's all he can do to threaten him." In other words, we just need to be cautious and focused, and it will not be a problem to beat Liverpool and get all three points in this game!"

Ridley King's voice was not small, not to mention Mascherano and a few of them, even the nearby Liverpool players heard the Tottenham captain's shouting. However, at this time, the most shocking scene happened: in the face of Ridley King, who can almost be regarded as a blatant provocation of Liverpool's majesty, none of the players in the Liverpool team took the initiative to stand up at this time to give a frontal response, but pretended to be ostriches!

As mentioned before, Gerrard's departure not only deprived the Reds of the only first-class star in the team, but also drained Liverpool's last backbone and spirit. Not to mention, in the last meeting between the two sides, Liverpool lost cleanly 1-3 at White Hart Lane. Therefore, seeing Ridley King making a big deal of nonsense on his own turf, lacking a backbone, and not having an advantageous record in the Liverpool players, he simply has no confidence to stand up for the team!

Morale is a very mysterious thing, although it cannot be seen or touched, but it does have a great impact on the form of the team and the outcome of the game. The actions of Crouch and others are undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow to Liverpool's morale. With the decline in morale, the little self-confidence that the Red Army had managed to accumulate also disappeared!

Although Basturk did his best in this game, and wanted to prove that he was no worse than Davis and Gerrard, who took away his main position, but in the case of serious morale and uneven morale, no matter how hard the Turks worked, they were only doing useless work after all!

Take advantage of your illness to kill you. Adhering to this philosophy, the Tottenham players certainly did not let go of this perfect opportunity to decide the trend of the game - in the 14th minute, Arshavin seized the opportunity of the failure of the Liverpool defense to create an offside, received Gerrard's through ball into the penalty area, and forced Reina to abandon the goal and then split the ball to the unmarked Cristiano Ronaldo!

In the face of most of the empty goals, neither a rough brother like Drogba, nor a Portuguese like Robinho, who did not score the emperor attribute single-handedly, easily broke through the door of Liverpool, and opened the scoring for Tottenham with a strong shot!

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