On the training ground, Kuyt and former captain Gerrard were finally brought back, and Liverpool's combat effectiveness naturally soared. Now is different, and the role of the two of them in the team is no longer indispensable.

Kuyt is technically tactical, and Gerrard is mental. However, although the two men have been banned for five games, they still train with the team during the ban and play with the reserve team on the weekend, and they are in good form.

After they returned, Benitez threw them yellow vests, which means that Benitez will have to rotate, and if they don't rotate, they will be tired of playing in the Champions League and the league.

However, Liverpool has nothing to be tired of, after all, Manchester United's performance has been longer, Liverpool only has the league and the Champions League left, and Manchester United still has a few lines, but Manchester United's squad thickness is obviously not comparable to Liverpool, and people have players to change.

Kuyt is still his favourite, and immediately after returning from training, he put on the yellow vest, this guy is also very competitive, and all his strength is used in training, Sterling can only temporarily move out of the way, although his debut was perfect.

If you don't fight hard, you have to be a substitute, and no one wants to play as a substitute and sit on the bench.

As for Gerrard, he was originally the core of Liverpool's midfield, and there was no such thing as playing as a substitute. It happened to be a home game against Portsmouth at the weekend, so Benitez naturally pushed the boat to return the two players to the main team.

The 5-0 thrashing of Wigan gave reason to believe they could also beat Portsmouth at home this weekend.

Disturbances continued outside the training ground, with almost half of England's sports journalists running to Hellwood, although Rafael Benitez ordered no one to give interviews to reporters unless they had official approval. Finally welcomed back the two main players, the team's results returned, Sterling's lace was gone, and Benitez would not let the team cause trouble again.

At noon on Saturday, when reporters were expecting Raheem Sterling to start again, Benitez disappointed everyone, Sterling did not start, and Wu Sanshi only sat on the bench. It's clear that Benitez is going to put good steel to good use and he's already aiming for the Champions League in midweek.

He already smelled that Lyon was waiting for Liverpool at home, and he had to make Liverpool strong, and he even booked a place in the last four of the Champions League.

Pompeii's last win at Anfield was in August 1951 and they have won just one of their last 10 games as 'vice-captains'. It would be unreasonable for Liverpool not to take Portsmouth.

The Pompeii Legion resisted for only 26 minutes before disarming and surrendering.

In the 26th minute, Ashdown received a return pass from his teammates and was about to kick off when he was slowed down by the aggressive Gerrard. Rodriguez managed to intercept the ball and crossed for Suarez to finish the first goal from 10 yards.

Two minutes later, the Portsmouth defence made another mistake. In the 28th minute, Rocha cleared Glenn? Johnson's header from the right was poorly cleared, Suarez won the ball on the left side of the box and did it back, and Babel allowed Diop, who had passed the frenzied tackle, to poke the ball into the bottom right corner with his right foot from 16 yards.

In the 32nd minute, Gerrard and Suarez combined on the left side of the front, the Uruguayan knocked on his heel, Gerrard deliberately let it, and Aquilani inserted a left-footed shot into the near corner to score his first goal after joining Liverpool.

In the 77th minute, Aquilani went straight through, Suarez took the ball on the left side and faced Rocha's frontal defense, cut inside and scored a wonderful right-footed shot from 16 yards out to score twice in the near corner.

Although Belhadge pulled a point back for Pompeii from close range in the 88th minute, it did not prevent Liverpool from winning easily 4-1 at home.

However, in the other game, United also beat their opponents, and Wayne Rooney's form has been excellent to keep United at the top of the table, and it seems that everything will have to wait until next weekend's battle of the king's mountain......

Wu Sanshi and Raheem Sterling didn't play for even a minute, which made the media even more certain that the two of them would definitely start in the Champions League.

Raheem Sterling, in particular, looks set to set a new record for the youngest appearance of an English player in the Champions League......

Two big wins in a row also showed Liverpool's good form, and the media in France were worried about Lyon. The authoritative newspaper analysed the prospects of Lyon and Liverpool – can Lyon withstand the onslaught of Liverpool's three strikers? In a recent Premier League fixture, Liverpool thrashed Portsmouth 4-1, and in this game, their new captain Stone didn't even get a minute of playing time, the Uruguayans solved the goal problem, and the returning Gerrard and Kuyt were also in excellent form, and on the bench, there was a 15-year-old teenager who quickly made people forget about Owen!

- Lyon are going to have a tough game no matter how you look at it, and even Liverpool may go unbeaten away from home because their forward line is really too strong!

Seven-time champions Lyon are inferior to Liverpool in front of the Newspaper Lyon, but they are not so unbearable.

The French 7-time champion generally plays a 433 formation.

The goalkeeper is 24-year-old French international Lloris.

On the right side of the back four is 31-year-old French international Revere, the two central defenders are 33-year-old Brazilian defender Chris and 27-year-old French international Tulalang, who used to play in the back but is now a temporary guest in central defenders, and the left back is Sissoko, who has dual French/Senegalese nationality.

The midfielder is a combination of 2-year-old Swedish international Kastrom, 20-year-old "Bosnia-Herzegovina Kaka" Pjanic, and Greek international Gonialons, of which Pjanic is equivalent to a free man, and Castren and Gonialons play as double midfielders.

The front trio is 29-year-old Argentine winger Delgado, Brazilian Ederson plays on the right, and 27-year-old Argentine center forward Lisandro López.

The lineup seems to be inferior to Liverpool, but it is not necessarily in actual combat.

However, the spinach company is also optimistic about Liverpool, and they are betting on Liverpool to be undefeated. 4 goals under goal, which means they fancy a 2:2 draw.

However, Lyon legend Juninho Jr. believes that "Lyon will beat Liverpool." ”

'Because Liverpool have problems at the back.'

'The attack masked their defensive problems, Mascherano had a lot of space behind him, and if they used it well, Lyon could be sure of the goal.

As for Liverpool's forward line, Juninho Jr. believes: "The English media exaggerate them, they are not that strong. ”

"Especially Stone, as long as someone keeps pestering him, he can't get a chance to score at all, but if you let him go and let him run easily, it's fatal."

"He's an opportunist."

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