Almost overnight, the media throughout the UK, all over Europe, and even around the world were frantically reporting on Yang's hat-trick and Liverpool's two consecutive wins in the new season.

It was the Premier League's first hat-trick of the season, and it was also understood as the strongest note from Yang Yang to officially attack the highest honours of professional football, and everyone believed that he was full of desperate desire.

Liverpool's two-game winning streak has also caught the eye as it is only the second time in their history that they have won their opening two consecutive Premier League games, having only achieved this result in the 0203 season.

At that time, Liverpool, under the leadership of manager Houllier, ushered in two consecutive wins at the beginning.

This also makes everyone look forward to Liverpool this season, and some people even think that Liverpool has established the lead early this season, showing excellent points-grabbing form, and is very hopeful of making a breakthrough in the league.

However, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho clearly disagrees with this statement.

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"The swaying grass seems to have forgotten to dig through the historical data, when Liverpool drew with Blackburn Rovers in the third round after beating Aston Villa and Southampton in quick succession."

In Cobham, a small town on the outskirts of southern London, in Chelsea's newly opened training ground, Jose Mourinho sat in the manager's office, flipping through the latest newspapers, with a worried look on his face, but with a sneer and disdain on his lips.

"And that season with two wins in a row, Houllier eventually took Liverpool to fifth place in the league, and instead of improving, he also lost Champions League qualification, which is not a success at all, and if Liverpool is really like that season this season, Benitez should get out of the way now."

In the office, several of Mourinho's right-hand men looked at each other with wry smiles, obviously not very much in agreement with the Portuguese madman's claims, but no one would refute him.

Because at Cobham, Mourinho is the king.

Even if his current position has been shaken.

The main reason why the Portuguese said this was because the British and European media had exaggerated Liverpool too much.

The Reds are indeed the best team in the Premier League this season, with two wins in a row, but Chelsea are also two wins in a row, the only difference is that Chelsea have played a bit hard in both games, unlike Liverpool, who have a four-goal win, but so what?

Is that why it is certain that Chelsea will be beaten at Anfield in the third round?

You know, before the third round of matches, Chelsea had been unbeaten in the Premier League for sixteen rounds!

This may seem like a quiet achievement, but it's actually quite an easy achievement.

Interestingly, Chelsea's last defeat was at Anfield, against Liverpool, and it was that clash in January that cost Chelsea the title of the league.

Therefore, Mourinho is not happy with Liverpool from the bottom of his heart.

Especially the better Yang Yang performs, the more unhappy the Portuguese madman is with Liverpool.

But Chelsea's current situation is indeed not going well, with too many injuries.

'In January last year, two of our starting centre-backs were injured, Carvalho and John Terry were unavailable, and as a result, we had to pull out the combination of Ferrena and Essien, only to be blown up by Liverpool in the game, and now we have problems in the centre-back position. Mourinho looked reluctant but worried.

The biggest headache he has now is Carvalho's injury again.

The Chelsea centre-back strained his thigh in midweek against Reading and was sentenced to death, and he will not be in time for the weekend's highlight.

To make matters worse, John Terry also has injuries to his body, including a cruciate ligament injury in his knee, who has not made a single appearance for Chelsea so far this season, and has been partnered by Ben Haim, who joined in the summer, with Carvalho.

Interestingly, the last time we played Liverpool, it was during the winter break transfer period, and two of Chelsea's regular central defenders were injured, Mourinho was bent on bringing in a central defender, he took a fancy to Ben Haim, but Abramovich wanted to bring in Alex from PSV Eindhoven, and the two sides did not back down.

In the end, it was a two-way defeat, with neither Benhaim nor Alex able able to help the team during the winter break, but both came this summer.

During John Terry's injury absence, Mourinho has been pressing Alex and reusing Ben Haim because he wants Abramovich to see that he made the right choice.

But now, even Carvalho is injured, what to do?

The question has been put in front of Mourinho and the coaching staff.

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'I think Alex is a trustworthy centre-back, especially now. Boas offered his opinion.

Mourinho grimaced and shook his head, "I don't think he's ready. ”

In a word, the Portuguese madman vetoed Alex.

Villas-Boas and the rest of the coaching staff looked at each other, both feeling helpless.

They all know that Mourinho is somewhat presumptuous at the moment.

But that's the way it is in the professional league, as long as you can win, no matter how willful you are, you can be forgiven.

"How's Terry?" Mourinho asked.

Boas looked at the others and replied: "There are some troubles, which have not yet been cured, so I am afraid that it will bring some problems, and may even leave troubles, and we must find a way to convince him." ”

'It's a big game against Liverpool, the Champions League, Carvalho is injured, we need an experienced centre-back to stay at the back, Alex and Ben Haim are new signings, we need John Terry. Mourinho made a decision.

His meaning was clear, he needed Terry to play with an injury.

Boas thought for a moment and nodded, "I'll tell him." ”

But soon, Boas thought of another question, "How can Yang Yang defend himself?" ”

This is also the most troublesome thing in this game, and it can even be said that it is a problem that all teams will encounter when they encounter Liverpool, that is, how to freeze Yang Yang.

Is it to arrange for people to be marked? Or do you rely on the team as a whole?

"What do you think?" Mourinho asked.

Boas has always been his right-hand man, specifically for him.

"Each has its pros and cons, Essien played well as a right wing-back, and if he is allowed to stare at Yang Yang all the way, it is not impossible, but our defense is bound to suffer, and Essien's ability to insert assists on the right side is also good, he is one of the best players in the team in the first two rounds."

In the first round against Birmingham, it was Essien's winner who helped Chelsea take all three points at home.

"But if you don't specifically arrange someone to keep an eye on it, if you rely on the whole, you may not be able to limit Yang Yang, and we have to guard the tacit understanding between Terry and Ben Haim, they haven't even played the same game once so far."

Villas-Boas's hesitation is not unreasonable, and the lack of tacit understanding between the two centre-backs is a very fatal thing.

Why doesn't Mourinho know?

Sometimes, this dilemma must be faced.

His choice of Terry is not only a battle of will, but also his trust in Terry, and he believes that the more critical the moment, the more he needs the support of an experienced veteran like Terry.

Let Benhaim start with Alex, God knows if it will become a soft-footed shrimp at a critical moment and be completely blown up by Liverpool's super striker? If he loses by a big score, then Mourinho will have to apologize the next day.

Yang Yang is a problem, and Crouch is also a problem!

Liverpool's forward line this season is indeed quite good, but also quite difficult to defend against.

"Yang Yang has been in good form lately, you have to limit him, one-on-one ......," Mourinho shook his head as he said this, "I don't think even if Essien is allowed to guard him full-time, he may not be able to defend him." ”

Let Essien keep an eye on him, can't he hold it?

Boas and the rest of the coaching staff couldn't help but be a little surprised, is this also too high for Yang Yang?

You know, Essien is the Premier League's leading defensive midfielder today, known for his running and defensive ability, nicknamed the Ghanaian Buffalo, let him entangle Yang Yang, is it okay?

Mourinho is aware of his assistants' misgivings, but there are some things that have not happened and are not convincing.

He couldn't have said that this was a feeling of his own, right?

In fact, many times, if you want to freeze a player, running and defending ability alone is not enough.

Yang Yang himself is known for his running ability, and he runs extremely smart, taking the initiative to play passively, Essien may not be able to guard him, because the Ghanaian buffalo is also often distracted and unstable.

On the contrary, like Ferreira, it is easier to give Mourinho confidence.

"Then you can only rely on the whole." Boas said helplessly.

This is just one Yang Yang, behind Yang Yang, Liverpool also has Benitez who is the best at playing targeted tactics.

On a tactical level, this guy never seems to have lost to anyone.

Mourinho nodded helplessly, "I won't be attending tomorrow's pre-match press conference. ”

"Why?" Boas was somewhat surprised.

Mourinho has always been the protagonist of Chelsea's pre-match press conferences, and even gave him a nickname on London's Fleet Street, the troublemaker.

'Before this game, we need to be steady and calm. Mourinho said lightly.

Boas has worked with him for many years, and he can vaguely hear his off-strings.

It seems that he is also full of worries about this match.

'Also, you push Stamford Bridge as soon as possible to speed up the transfer of Daniel Alves, we need him.'

Daniel Alves, who plays for Sevilla's Brazilian right winger, can play all positions from right winger to right wing-back, and was very close to Liverpool last summer, but Sevilla's asking price was too high, and the Reds could not afford to run Alves after bringing in Yang Yang and Kuyt.

Chelsea are looking to strengthen on the right flank this season and Jose Mourinho is aiming for Alves.

Previously, the Brazilian right back's agent Suarez has publicly announced that 95 per cent of his players will join Chelsea, as the difference in transfer fees between the two sides is only £4.5 million, which is not a problem at all for the deep-pocketed Chelsea.

Mourinho is also full of expectations for Alves.