Chapter 459: A Peerless Blue

A narrow 1-0 win over Blackburn Rovers narrowed the gap to leaders Chelsea to nine points.

One loss, two less.

Liverpool, it seems, still have a chance.

Gerrard revealed to Tang Wu that night, and Bei Bald informed Tang Wu that night, which can be regarded as an ultimatum from the club to Tang Wu and the team.

For the club, they need a Tang Wu who is energetic and can play his full strength in the league.

The League Cup is okay, but even the FA Cup has been "abandoned" like this, and it can be seen that the attraction of the league title is still huge for the team.

In fact, it was a good time for the club to pick this time to win the championship.

Manchester United are in the midst of an era of old and new, and Arsenal are slowly going downhill after Patrick Vieira's departure.

With both Reds in the red side in the mood to cede the throne and Liverpool just in time to win the Champions League, there's no better time for a resurgence.

The Reds have been waiting for this opportunity for more than a decade, and naturally they will not let the sudden rise of the Blue Army take away the title again.

The semi-finals, this season's Premier League is very lively.

The first echelon earns more titles, the second echelon competes for the Champions League, the third echelon competes for the Europa League, and the fourth echelon strives for relegation, each team has its own tasks.

On October 22, in the 10th round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced Fulham away.

Kewell returned to Liverpool's starting line-up for the first time since last season's Champions League final, with the Australian having groin surgery in the summer.

Morientes was also named in the starting line-up for the first time in two months, alongside Cisse up front.

The most critical thing is that Tang Wu put on gloves again and started the game, which made the KOP door who came to the scene look forward to it.

Fulham made just one change, with Australian defender Elrich coming on in place of the injured Cristanwal.

A few days ago, Fulham legend Haines passed away at the age of 71, and the home fans and players said goodbye to the former icon at Craven Villa Stadium.

Before kick-off, Haines' lifelong friend and former team-mate Chambelean laid a wreath in the centre circle, after which the home team stood in a row and observed a minute of silence with the fans.

Tang Wu held his head high, stared directly at the picture of Haynes in the wreath, and was silent.

In the black-and-white photo, Haines, the former Fulham captain, not only helped the club to relegation, but also represented England in the World Cup squad as a second-tier player, and eventually became England's captain.

In 1960, at the age of 26, Haynes became captain of the England national team. Lead with Bobby. Charlton, Griffith and Bobby. Moore's Three Lions helped England to a 9-3 thrashing of arch-rivals Scotland. Until now, 9-3 was the biggest victory score for the England national team.

Tang Wu had never seen Haines at the age of 71, but when he met Haines for the first time, the other party still left the most majestic and heroic era to the world.

After thousands of sails, he is still a teenager when he returns.

Tang Wu sighed lightly, sixty or seventy years later, will he be remembered by the world like Haynes?

In the Champions League group stage the day before yesterday, Liverpool defeated Anderlecht 1-0, and Tang Wu's performance was mediocre.

In this game, in order to pay tribute to Haines's spirit in the sky, Fulham quickly launched an offensive after the opening.

In the 3rd minute, captain Boa. Mott got rid of three Liverpool players in the middle of the penalty area in a row and passed straight to the left side of the penalty area. John's cross was met by Elrich, who was close to Tang Wu at the far post, and fired a swift left-footed shot from six yards out.

Tang Wu almost subconsciously reacted to the shot that was close at hand, and the ball hit his shoulder and bounced up as he stretched out his left arm. Tang Wu, who reacted this time, did not rely on his instinctive reaction to pounce on the ball, but stuck his position and jumped and took the ball off firmly.

England national team manager Christian Eriksen came to watch the game at Craven Villa, but there was only one Carragher international on the pitch, and Eriksen did not seem to be there to see Carragher.

In the 30th minute, Malblanc crossed from the left, and Collins Brown. John passes back to Klaus. Jensen, after missing the first chance to shoot, the Danish international picks the ball into the box.

"Kill it!"

With Tang Wu's roar, Traore actually leaked the top.

The rest of Liverpool's defence was stunned by Traore's mistake, including Tang Wu.

But the opponent didn't give it a chance, Collins. John chested the ball and fired into the far corner from 12 yards out. Tang Wu made the first save, and blocked the ball out of the post with his fingertips.

"Hey, Harvey, what are you doing?"

After Tang Wu got up, he yelled at Alonso in dissatisfaction.

Traore is on top, but why is your place at the end?

If it weren't for Alonso's "laziness" just now, even if the ball went in, it would have been ruled offside.

For this reason, Tang Wu immediately poured his anger on his Spanish teammates, and Alonso shrunk his neck and ran towards the front without saying a word.

When Reina is on the field, he can still "pretend to be the boss", but now that it is Tang Wu who is guarding the goal, he does not dare to have the slightest complaint.

In the 54th minute, Fulham's attack came close to knocking on Liverpool's door again. Malblanc crosses from the left, Collins. Johan's left-footed volley from Hyypia was met by Carragher.

Tang Wu quickly got up with his inertia after falling to the ground, and finally flicked the ball out before it rolled to the goal line.

Before the KOPs could put their hearts back in their stomachs, Fulham quickly whipped in a tactical corner. Malblanc passes through from the left, captain Boua. Mott faced the attacking Tang Wu from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area and fired a left-footed shot into a near corner.

Fortunately, Tang Wu was tall and had long arms, and he quickly stretched out his left hand to knock the ball above his head away.

Tang Wu's high resistance made the Fulhams exhausted.

One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion.

After one failed attack after another, the Fulham players gradually slackened.

In the 86th minute, Alonso's free-kick cross from the right was cleared, and Hyypia's low shot from 10 yards on the left side of the box was blocked by Varnell with his legs. Before anyone else could react, Cisse didn't know when and where to shoot, and met the ball with a low shot that changed the score to 1-0.

In the end, under Liverpool's tactical arrangement from attack to defense, Liverpool won 1-0 away with difficulty, which can be regarded as an explanation to the fans.

After ten rounds, Liverpool has 7 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, 2 games and 21 points, ranking second.

On the other hand, Chelsea were finally broken by their rivals Everton in the face of Liverpool's local rivals.

On 36 minutes, Everton led with a penalty; However, in the 50th minute, Frank Lampard whipped a right-footed ball from 27 yards down the centre and slotted past Martin into the bottom right-hand corner. It was Frank Lampard's eighth league goal of the season.

In the end, Chelsea won a 1-1 draw away from home and finished first with 28 points from nine wins, one draw and zero defeat.

Manchester United staged the "Korean Derby" on the other side, also drawing 1-1 with Tottenham.

But it wasn't the Tottenham goalkeeper's butter hand and Jenas' free-kick that was interesting in the game, but the fact that in the final seven minutes of the game, Manchester United captain Ryan Giggs was substituted, and he handed the captain's armband to Park Ji-sung in the hope that he would hand it over to Rio Ferdinand.

But since Park Ji-sung didn't know much English, he thought Giggs was handing over the captain's armband to himself. In the last 7 minutes of the game, Park Ji-sung became the captain of Manchester United for 7 minutes without any scruples, becoming the first "Asian" captain of the century-old Premier League giant.

After the game, there were countless Asian sports players surrounding Park Ji-sung and asked him to talk about his feelings about being the captain. Such an international joke made Ferdinand helpless. Cultural differences, this is not the first time it has appeared, and it certainly will not be the last.

So far, Manchester United has 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, and is fifth with 17 points from one game less.

In contrast, the Gunners' side was much more lively.

At Highbury, Arsenal's legendary striker Ian Anderson. Wright is here, but he is no longer Arsenal's number one killer in history. Because three days ago, Henry scored twice in the group stage of the Champions League, raising his total number of goals to 186, surpassing his predecessors to become a real No.1 killer.

Before the game, Wright personally presented a glittering silver cannon trophy to Henry, and the Frenchman was officially enthroned.

And there was an interesting thing that happened in the game.

In the 61st minute, Pire converted a penalty made by Thierry Henry; In the 72nd minute, Bergkamp won the Gunners' second penalty of the game, and it was Pire who stepped forward to take the penalty.

Strange things happened when Pire finished his run, but instead of shooting straight at goal, he made a feint with his foot to the right of the ball. By this point, the City defender had burst into the box and disrupted Pire's foot ball out of the box.

After the game, no one but Arsene Wenger would have spoken of Arsenal's victory, with all eyes on the 'overplayed' penalty incident.

Mourinho certainly didn't miss the opportunity to satirize his rivals, saying: "They are special because he has too many penalties. ”

Under heavy pressure, the parties Henry and Pire both publicly admitted their mistakes, and Henry, who had just become Arsenal's number one killer, said bluntly: "I was wrong, come and blame me, because I came up with this idea." However, as an accomplice, Pire's fate could be even worse, as he awaits a new contract extension for Arsenal.

After seeing this news, Tang Wu and Gerald laughed, apparently Henry and Pire also wanted to pay tribute to the "seniors", but they messed up.

Speaking to the media, Gerrard made no secret of his smile: "Don and I both thought the other was going to score the ball, so we passed it to each other. And that's exactly what happened. ”

'But Pire and Thierry Henry don't seem ready yet, maybe they didn't have much discussion before the penalty!'

After ten rounds, the Gunners are sixth with 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, with 16 points and one game less.

When they saw the latest league standings, the hearts of Gunners fans and Red Devils fans were cold.

After playing 10 games and missing by more than 10 points, how can you chase it?

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