670 Who's the Flower?
'I'm happy for our fight today because we played at our level.
In the post-match press conference, Benitez was the star of the attention of the media reporters.
Before the game, Ferguson took the initiative to provoke, belittled Xavi Alonso, Benitez passively counterattacked, and now, Liverpool reversed Manchester United 3-1 at home, Benitez certainly has no reason to let Ferguson go.
That's really not Benitez's style.
'We were behind a very good team at one point, but when we were behind we showed our personality and played very tenacious, which is a very positive factor and has helped us all season.
'Frankly, it was a disappointment to be scored so early because I wanted to put pressure on the opponent from the start, but sometimes it's like that, there's a lot of uncontrollable factors, but luckily, after conceding early the goal the whole team was really good and it turned us around very quickly.
Benitez also praised Liverpool's players by name, starting with Xavi Alonso, who he believes the Spanish midfielder has played very well overall, despite his mistakes.
There is also new signing Gareth Barry, and Benitez is clearly also thinking about the rivalry between Xavi Alonso and Gareth Barry, so he also believes that the England midfielder has worked very hard and played at his own level.
'It's clear he's playing better and better and I'm sure he can play an increasingly important role in the team.'
Benitez believes that Liverpool can win Manchester United in this game, and Yang Yang, who scored a hat-trick, is the key.
'Physically, he's not quite ready but we need his quality because we have a number of players including Steven Gerrard, Crouch and Carragher who are not available for this game, so we need Yang Yang and we need him to play in key moments.
"As it turns out, Yang never disappoints, he played very well, very well, even he was arguably the best player in the team, especially the first two goals, each of which was very beautiful and very important."
Everyone knows that Benitez never likes to praise people, so he rarely praises people, but this time, he spent a few minutes praising Yang Yang's performance in today's game, which shows the importance he attaches to this game in his heart, as well as the affirmation of Yang Yang, it can be said that this is the biggest praise for Yang Yang.
After winning this game, Liverpool can be said to be on the sword for the league title, but Benitez believes that it is not so easy.
'I think if we want to win the Premier League for another two things, one is to keep the results advantage against the top teams, we got the precious three points from Manchester United today, but there are other teams, and the other aspect is against other teams, and we have to do a solid job of picking points.
Rafael Benitez found it difficult, but he said he had a lot of confidence in the team.
"I think we were able to finish the season with a satisfactory result."
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In contrast to Benitez, Ferguson was furious when answering questions in his post-match press conference.
'My opinion about the whole game is that Liverpool played better than us and much better.
'They were ferocious in their tackles, they caused us problems, forced us to make mistakes, and we didn't deal with that hand very well and that was the root cause of our failures.
'The fact that we started well and we took the lead early and I thought we could build on that and play better and better, but what we didn't expect was that we were going to make mistakes defensively.
"Yang Yang's personal performance rewrote the trend of the game, the first two goals are absolutely amazing, which fully reflects Yang Yang's top personal strength, and even I think that if there are fans to watch the goal replay in the future, they may feel that Yang Yang is not facing a top team that aims to impact the league championship and the Champions League, but an amateur team."
"Except for Ferdinand, none of us on the pitch deserved to be excellent, and we were completely defeated by Yang Yang!"
Ferguson was clearly hoping to take the opportunity to spur the United players with a boost to Yang Yang, and what he said was true, with the entire midfield being sluggish, including Dimitar Berbatov, who provided the assist at the start.
Daniel Agger and Skrtel played quite well in this game, and with the addition of a back three, United basically didn't get a decent chance.
The defence was good, but unfortunately, Nemanja Vidic elbowed Xavi Alonso in a scramble just before the end of the second half, and was sent off with a second yellow card.
Losing the game, losing again, Ferguson's anger can be imagined.
Because in the next game, Manchester United will take on Chelsea away.
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Sky Sports announced the player ratings for this game as soon as possible after the game, and Yang Yang won the best player of the game with a score of 9.5 points, close to a perfect score, and he did get the best player of the game after the game.
Liverpool's players generally scored between seven and eight points, and only Gerrard, who returned from injury, and Hyypia, who came off the bench in the final stage, got six points, of which Gerrard was mainly out of form because he had just recovered from injury.
But Steven Gerrard's coming off the bench was very morale-boosting.
Although they are both captains, Gerrard is Liverpool's native soul in the end, and his symbolism in this team is not at all comparable to Yang Yang, which is a spiritual inheritance that cannot be replaced no matter how many goals are scored.
United's worst performer was Edwin van der Sar, who picked up just four points as he made a couple of mistakes in the game.
The rest of the players are basically between five and six.
In addition to announcing the player ratings of the game, Sky Sports also wrote a report for Yang Yang, believing that Yang Yang was the most eye-catching player in this game, and when the team was in a downturn, he once again supported Liverpool's beams and withstood the pressure.
"When Yang Yang is on the pitch, he is the most dangerous player on the pitch every minute, and at the same time he is very active, especially in the first half, he relied on his individual ability to break through with the ball several times, all of which left a deep impression, and he scored three goals alone, scored a hat-trick, led the team to a reversal of Manchester United, made a great contribution to Liverpool, and also laid a solid foundation for this season's league title."
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The Guardian used the headline "Victory" on the front page to describe this game for Liverpool!
They listed the key stats of the game, with Liverpool outnumbering Manchester United by 25 to 5 in shots on goal, five times as many as the Red Devils, much to the embarrassment of Alex Ferguson's side.
The Guardian commented that this should not be a strong conversation between top teams at all.
'As Ferguson said, it's more like the statistics of Premier League teams against amateur teams.'
Possession was about the same, 53.9 to 46.1, while the pass completion rate was 76 to 69.6, and combined with the number of shots taken by both teams, it was easy to see that United struggled to break down Liverpool's defence and create a dangerous attack for most of the game.
"Except for the number of fouls on 10-18, Manchester United received two yellow cards and one red card, Liverpool did not receive any yellow cards or yellow cards, and all the rest of the statistics, Manchester United are without exception in a weak position."
'It was such a complete defeat that Ferguson accused his players in his post-match press conference of playing as bad as an amateur.
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In addition to Sky Sports and The Guardian, other major British media outlets have also focused on this crucial matchup.
Even those media who are not used to Liverpool on weekdays, or who are not used to Yang Yang, have to admit this time that Liverpool and Yang Yang have really shown the strength to crush Manchester United.
Of course, this is not because Liverpool is really strong to this extent, but because Manchester United did perform badly in this game, coupled with the suppression of the tactical level, Ferguson is also powerless.
The loss of momentum in midfield made Manchester United completely passive.
For Yang Yang's performance, he gave overwhelming praise, believing that the Chinese's hat-trick fired the first shot to impact this year's World Footballer of the Year and the European Golden Ball Award, making these two awards full of suspense.
Media close to Liverpool, including the Liverpool Post, The Daily Telegraph and The Times, have written articles to praise Yang Yang, believing that with his current performance, he is fully worthy of these two supreme honors.
However, some media close to Manchester United believe that Cristiano Ronaldo helped the team win a Champions League and deserved this reward, and a big reason why Manchester United lost the double red meeting was the absence of the Portuguese.
With Kaka's fall, Messi has not won the accolade, and the two most competitive players this year are undoubtedly Yang Yang and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Yang Yang won the Premier League championship, the Premier League scorer and assist king, the Champions League scorer and assist king, and the most important, but also the most talked about by the world's media and fans, becoming the only player in 60 years after Gerd Muller to score more than 50 goals in a single season.
As for Cristiano Ronaldo, he didn't have too much performance in this summer's European Championships, and the Premier League won the runner-up, although he also scored 31 goals, but it was slightly inferior to Yang Yang's 34 goals, and the only more convincing thing was the Champions League champion.
It is unclear who killed the deer, but the media in Britain has been divided into two factions.
Some supported Yang Yang, stood on the platform for him, and sang praises; And some are supporting Cristiano Ronaldo and cheering for him.
Behind the media on Fleet Street are the media and fans in the UK, Europe, and around the world.
Everyone is waiting to see who will win the two Grand Prix prizes in December.
Before that, whether it is Yang Yang or Cristiano Ronaldo, they must once again show a better performance.