Chapter 364: The Pivotal Tang Wu

() On May 10, the 33rd round of the Premier League, Chelsea 3-1 Manchester United, Arsenal 7-0 West Brom, Liverpool 2-0 Blackburn.

Manchester United, who were all four empty, fought for glory, but were still instilled three goals by the Blues at Old Trafford; West Brom lost extremely miserably, with Thierry Henry, Reyes, Patrick Vieira, Bergkamp and Cesc Fabregas all scoring goals.

But the biggest winner in this round of supplementary matches is Liverpool.

Because after winning this round, the Reds have secured a place in the top four.

On May 15, the Premier League finale. For the top giants, this is a war without any gunpowder.

Chelsea drew 1-1 at Newcastle and Arsenal lost 2-1 at Birmingham; Manchester United won 2-1 at Southampton and Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-1 at home.

These games have been won and lost, and the level of excitement is not satisfactory.

It is worth mentioning that Manchester United scored the winning goal in the 87th minute through Ronaldo. Not only did they relegate Southampton from the top flight for the first time since they were promoted to the top flight in 1978, but it also cost them at least £25 million in economic losses.

The misfortune of the opponent is their luck, after the final victory, Manchester United is third with 75 points from 21 wins, 12 draws and 5 losses, while Liverpool are fourth with 74 points from 19 wins, 17 draws and 2 losses.

Narrowly missed by Liverpool, Manchester United saved the last vestige of dignity of the season.

But just because the games between the big clubs aren't exciting doesn't mean the same is true for other games. In the spotlight of the fans, West Bromwich Albion won 2-0 at home to Portsmouth.

In the 59th minute, Guerra passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area, and Earnshaw's volley sent the ball under Ashton into the net.

In the 75th minute, Richardson, who was on loan from Manchester United, made a one-two with Hossfield and swept home from a low position in front of goal to seal the win.

With relegation rivals Southampton, Crystal Palace and Norwich all failing to win in this round, bottom-placed West Bromwich Albion staged a relegation miracle instead.

They became the first team in the Premier League to finish bottom around Christmas, but were miraculously relegated at the end of the season.

Tens of thousands of fans poured into the stadium after the game to celebrate, thankful that their team would remain in the Premier League next season.

Football is like that, you are in a different position, and you are pursuing different things. But without exception, the touching is the same.

After the final game, most of the Premier League players went on holiday, and only a few teams were still training hard.

One of these few teams is Arsenal and the other is Liverpool.

For Arsenal, the FA Cup in less than a week is the Gunners' only trophy they will have a chance to get their hands on; For Liverpool, if they win the FA Cup early, it can be regarded as an explanation to the fans, and maybe the team will kill all sides in the Champions League final and destroy the powerful AC Milan.

One fights for "last honor" and the other for "more and better honor".

Fans are looking forward to a direct showdown between the Premier League's veteran coach and the Premier League's new young coach.

Tang Wu has not appeared in the stadium for three consecutive games, and has not even appeared in front of the public media. Through various channels, fans are using the ways they can think of to probe Tang Wu's injury.

Every report or even rumor about Tang Wu's injury on the market will cause them great concern.

The reason is very simple, Tang Wu is too important!

Without Baroshe, without Cisse, without Kewell, without Morientes, without Steven Gerrard, the team could still win, and it was 0-0 at the end.

But without Tang Wu, Liverpool would be much worse than last season.

Just by looking at the games without Tang Wu playing, Liverpool will concede at least one goal. In the league against Arsenal a few days ago, Dudek was even beaten three times in a row by the Gunners!

There is no Tang Wu in the usual league, and the Red Army can win the opponent and work hard; But if you want to defeat a strong opponent and win the championship, even a child in Liverpool knows that Liverpool without Tang Wu is definitely more than enough and not enough!

In fact, not only Liverpool fans, but also Premier League fans, even Serie A fans, and Chinese fans are also very concerned about Tang Wu's injury.

Whether he is healthy or not alone is related to the outcome of two heavyweight matches.

In Zhan Jun's words, this is the treatment of a world-class superstar!

After the match between Liverpool and Aston Villa, the world's major sports newspapers were paying attention to Tang Wu's specific injury.

The Times, The Mirror, Marca, Milan Sport, and Team are all gathering confidence through various channels, and even inviting kinesiology experts to try to analyze Tang Wu's injuries, and also publish lengthy and boring feature papers.

If Tang Wu can't play, what impact will this have on the Reds' FA Cup and Champions League?

Or does Benitez want a strong man to break his wrist and lose a small fight?

This is the point of speculation and reporting in the European media.

After various deductions and calculations, although the results are different, the major media have reached a consensus: if Tang Wu misses any game, Liverpool has a great chance to lose a championship trophy.

Whether it's the FA Cup or the Champions League, Thierry, Bergkamp, Reyes, Kaka, Sheva, Crespo, Pirlo and others are not vegetarians!

Any one of these players has the ability to blast open the door of the Reds without Tang Wu's guard, and coupled with Dudek's performance this season, maybe he will send another opponent.

At this moment, even Chinese fans didn't expect it. The health of a Chinese player can have such a big impact on a team that is about to participate in the Champions League final.

"Shengjing Daily" published an article detailing Tang Wu's three-year journey in the Premier League.

A Chinese player who doesn't even have a formal name has grown into a big star in the Premier League in just three years, and even the competition for the Champions League final depends on his "face".

What has Tang Wu experienced in the past three years?

Attached to the photo of Tang Wu's scarred body, the fans were dumbfounded.

Who else can succeed if a player who trains hard and holds himself to high standards day in and day out is not famous?

So, what is Tang Wu's injury?

Liverpool officials have always been vague about this and have never expressed their attitude.

On the one hand, they admitted that Tang Wu was injured; On the other hand, they also refused to say whether Tang Wu would attend the next two such important matches.

Especially as the FA Cup day is getting closer and closer, the whole Liverpool staff are very secretive about Tang Wu's injury.

"It's a smoke bomb thrown by Liverpool!" In an interview, Wenger said with some anger.

Throwing smoke bombs has always been a common practice for professors. Now, his own eyes were filled with smoke, and he could only curse helplessly when no one was in private.