At present, the most feared in the Liverpool team is Michael Owen, the European footballer, a boy chasing the wind, a terrible killer.

At his peak, Irving's speed was extremely terrifying, and he could even run sideways with all defenders.

With the addition of a high-school striker Husky, Liverpool's forward line is full of impact.

But in the entire Liverpool team, except for Owen, that is, Gerrard made David appreciate, as for the other players, it was a little unsatisfactory.

If you let Notts County's starting lineup and Arsenal presumably, it may be slightly inferior, but if compared with Liverpool, David feels that Notts County will not be inferior.

Notts County have the strength to compete with Liverpool, even most of the professional media, after watching the big game between Notts County and Arsenal, would think so.

Houllier's words seemed to kick off the big battle between the two sides, and everyone entered the warm-up stage.

"Liverpool will finish off Notts County and continue to work miracles." - Gerard

'Liverpool are decaying, they're long gone and Notts County will prove it with this game.' - Alonso

"I'm going to use the goal in this game to help the team win against Notts County!" - Owen

"I'm going to be the toughest defense in this game and I'm going to get a lot out of Irving." -- Carvalho

'The Notts County midfield has a fatal weakness and we will take advantage of it. -- Haman

'I'm sure with the help of the home atmosphere we can win against Liverpool cleanly.' -- Mereles

The statements of the players on both sides seem to be full of incomparable confidence, which also makes this League Cup game enter the state early.

In fact, it is difficult to meet a civil war with a domestic team in a European competition that you may not see for several seasons, especially when the Premier League has not really taken off.

And the alternative clash between the traditional giants Liverpool and the upstart Notts County has naturally attracted much attention.

As the most direct rival in the Premier League, although Liverpool has not been touched by the glory of the title for many years, Liverpool and Manchester United still do not want to let go of the opportunity to hit Liverpool.

'Notts County are very strong, even better than Liverpool, and if Mr Houllier can't get the team to play 120 per cent, then the only thing that awaits them away from home is defeat!" Arsene Wenger replied when asked in an interview what he thought of the civil war encounter.

The implication is that they are not optimistic about Liverpool, and even fundamentally put Liverpool in a weak position.

And Ferguson's words are even more shocking, and he has simply dismissed Liverpool as an opponent at the same level.

"In the Premier League, Liverpool have been left far enough by Manchester United and Arsenal to have no chance to compete for the league title again, and the League Cup is the only title they can fight for this season, so you must pay attention to your opponents, otherwise it may really be empty!"

The words of the two giants at the helm are without exception not optimistic about Liverpool, one is because they really know the strength of Notts County, and the other simply does not want their rivals to do well, but in any case, after that, the call for Notts County to win is even higher.

Liverpool's side originally wanted to prepare quietly, but since Houllier was forced to speak, they have fallen into chaos, and they are about to catch up with Manchester United.

"Is Notts County really that good?"

During training, the Liverpool players gathered together and chatted.

"I feel good when I watch the video of the game, otherwise I wouldn't have knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup, but who knows if they were overperforming in that game!"

"I don't think there's any need to worry about it, anyway, our hope of winning the league is slim, the League Cup is already the only championship we can pursue, no matter what, we will fight to the death, but Notts County is different, they still have to play the FA Cup and League One, I guess they can't hold up physically!"

"No matter what, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I don't believe we can still lose to a League One team like Notts County, we will play well in this game, after winning it, we can laugh at Arsenal, look, Notts County is only this kind of strength, you can't even do this kind of League One team like Notts County, that's it!"

On the Notts County side, David has always been responsible for attracting firepower, and Loew will naturally be able to lead the team to prepare for the game without being disturbed.

Even if he already thinks in his heart that Notts County's strength is stronger than Liverpool, but any giant team should not be underestimated, you know, in terms of historical results, even Manchester United can't catch up with Liverpool, the Reds have only recently fallen into a trough, but God knows which day it will recover!

For the strongest point in the Liverpool team, Loew also arranged Mascherano to mark the defense full-time, you know, the battle to eliminate Arsenal, it was the little brother who successfully blocked Vieira and made a great contribution, so Loew hopes that he can still complete the task well in this game.

Although Owen soared up to speed, Brother Pony may not even be able to see his taillights, but Brother Pony does not rely on speed to defend, he has accurate judgment and textbook tackles, there is still a high chance to limit Owen.

Of course, Loew wouldn't expect to be able to completely block Owen on his own.

Since having Owen, Liverpool's overall tactics have been biased towards quick counter-attacks, so that the speed of the chasing teenagers can be maximized.

And Notts County is at home, and they will inevitably attack in this game, and there will inevitably be a large gap in the backfield, in this case, Owen is the most feared striker in the world.

Anyway, Loew didn't plan to really eliminate Liverpool with defense, even if Owen seized the opportunity to counterattack, as long as the attack was strong, then the game would be under the control of Notts County.

That's Loew's tactical thinking in this game.

When Liverpool arrived at Meadow Lane in Notts County on the day of the game, the Liverpool players, who were accustomed to playing at Anfield, couldn't help but look disdainful.

No way, Notts County's slightly old and dilapidated stadium is really a bit untouchable, if it is placed in League One and League Two, it can be tolerated, but in the Premier League, it can simply become a ruin.

However, when the Liverpool players suddenly remembered that Notts County had built a new modern stadium nearby, and that it was already in the final stages and would soon be ready for use, they were immediately discouraged and did not feel that they were anything remarkable. (To be continued.) )