Long leagues always come with ups and downs and uncertainties.

No team can be smooth sailing, and there will always be all sorts of problems.

For example, Liverpool, which had been adopting a four-three-three formation before, after careful polishing, when the team gradually stabilized, an injury to Mohamed Sissoko directly disrupted all the team's plans.

Subsequently, the Red Army experienced a trough and turmoil, and had to adjust, from the original 433 to 442, pushing Yang Yang from the left forward to the front, and then ushered in a fantastic December.

The problems that the Reds have come with as well as other teams, such as Chelsea.

The Blues not only suffered three draws in a row during the Devil's Christmas fixtures, but also paid the tragic price of injury to their main centre-back John Terry, which was definitely a big loss for Chelsea.

Chelsea then played in the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, and the players were too much to eat.

In the 23rd round of the league, Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 at home, with Frank Lampard, Arjen Robben, Drogba and Wigan Athletic scoring an own goal to beat Wigan Athletic by four goals at home.

The win was a sign of a full resurgence at Chelsea, especially given that Mourinho had been rested for Carvalho in preparation for the Anfield game a week later.

In the central defender position, Essien partnered with Ferreira to start, and the performance was also decent.

And the complete victory did not come without a price, that is, the main midfielder Makelele accumulated yellow cards and was suspended for one round.

But the house leak happened to rain overnight, on the eve of the game against Liverpool, central defender Carvalho suddenly had a high fever and could not go with the team to challenge Liverpool away, which was undoubtedly worse for Chelsea.

John Terry and Carvalho are out, two of the main centre-backs are injured, and Claude Makelele is suspended......

The impact of the Christmas Devil's schedule is gradually being felt.

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Liverpool gave up the two major cup competitions to concentrate all their energy on playing the league.

In this game against Chelsea, Liverpool once again lined up in a four-three-three formation.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the backline is Reese, Daniel Agger, Carragher and Finnen, the midfield three is Aurelio, Xavi Alonso and Gerrard, and the front trident is a combination of Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt.

And Liverpool's game strategy is actually very, very simple, even brutal and direct.

That's hitting the highs.

How tall is it?

Chelsea's right wing-backs are 1.80m, Pacos Ferreira is 1.82m, Essien is 1.77m and Ashley Cole is 1.72m.

However, among the tridents faced by Liverpool's Chelsea defence, the shortest is Yang Yang, who is 1.83 meters tall, which is Liverpool's latest accurate official data.

Kuyt is 1.84m, Crouch is 2.02m, and Gerrard is 1.86m.

Height alone is enough to kill Chelsea!

In European football, there are many different understandings of football, such as central defenders.

Ajax can use the type of centre-backs of Heitinga and Vermaelen, who are not tall but flexible, because that's a team's style of play, which is quick passing.

The most typical teams are Ajax and Barcelona.

Theoretically, as long as you have a certain level of ball control, as long as you can press the opponent in the midfield, you don't need to worry about height at all.

But for Chelsea, it clearly doesn't apply.

Benitez is not stupid, so he knows very well what Chelsea's problems are, because Yang Yang, the shortest attacking player up front, is a little taller than Chelsea's tallest defender, and he doesn't know how to take advantage of that?

So, at the beginning of the game, Liverpool played very simple and rough.

Two minutes into the game, Steven Gerrard nearly missed Chelsea with a long-range shot from the middle.

Three minutes later, Finnan crossed from the right, Gerrard headed in from a distance, and was returned from injury, still wearing a hard hat, Cech saved, but Liverpool's attack was already formed.

A minute later, Liverpool unleashed a long ball from the back and Carragher's pass found Crouch with precision.

The England centre-forward snatched the first spot almost unchallenged, heading to Yang Yang, who burst into the left rib, and Yang Yang caught up, passed Ferreira when he stopped the ball, and scored with a right-footed volley to open the scoring for Liverpool.

The whole goal process was clean and neat, there was no mud and water, very beautiful!

Just three minutes later, it was another long pass from Xavi Alonso.

Running out of space on the left side, the unguarded Yang Yang received the ball and suddenly entered the penalty area, but his shot was saved by Cech bravely, but then Crouch followed up and pushed the ball directly into the empty goal, 2-0.

Both goals were scored in the simplest, most direct, and most efficient way to break down the Chelsea goal.

Liverpool then slowed down their attack and Chelsea tried to counter-attack.

But in the eighteenth minute, Yang Yang crossed from the left, Essien's header cleared, and Kuyt followed up with a direct long-range shot from 25 meters away, which penetrated Cech's goal again, 3-0!

Defeat is like a mountain!

Chelsea were in a desperate situation almost from the start of the game.

Especially in the 21st minute of the game, Robben made a sharp stop on a counter-attack and went to the ground injured.

Soon after, Chelsea were forced to make a substitution, with Wright Phillips coming on for Arjen Robben.

By this time, there was no suspense at all!

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Liverpool, who was in good form, encountered Chelsea, which was full of injuries, and the score was 3-0!

The score was a bit of a surprise, but it was also pretty much in line with the trend of the game.

Yang Yang was also inactive in this game, and that goal was considered his regular operation, as for the goal that was saved by Cech and led to Crouch's successful shot, it was not counted as an assist.

With a three-goal win over Chelsea, Liverpool achieved a perfect revenge against the Blues twice this season.

The win also took Liverpool's league points to 54 points.

What made Liverpool even more excited was that in another key game of this round, Arsenal hosted Manchester United, and Wayne Rooney scored the first goal for the Red Devils in the 53rd minute.

However, in the closing stages of the game, Robin van Persie equalised in the 83rd minute, while Thierry Henry scored the winner in the final minute of stoppage time to give Arsenal a 2-1 thrashing of Manchester United.

As a result of dropping points in this round, Manchester United also have only 54 league points, the same as Liverpool.

According to the rules of the Premier League, Manchester United has a goal difference advantage over the Reds and is still the leader of the Premier League.

But to be able to go from falling behind by nearly double digits to now tying the points, Liverpool's wave of form since December is indeed very admirable.

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On January 30, the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League.

Liverpool travel to West Ham United.

Benitez once again lined up in a four-three-three formation, but the first half was not ideal, and after making adjustments in the second half, Yang Yang took the initiative to take on more responsibilities on the flanks and opened up the home team's Hammers defense.

First, a cross from the left, Crouch's header was ferried, assisting Kuyt to score, and then Yang Yang's cross from the left, Crouch volleyed in 19 meters in front of the goal.

Although in the 77th minute of the game, West Ham United pulled one back, Liverpool finally won all three points 2-1 away, once again maintaining the pressure on the odd sheep Manchester United.

Manchester United, on the other hand, beat Watford 4-0 at home, and Cristiano Ronaldo was very active, helping United win by a big score with one pass and one shot.

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Before the winter break transfer window closed, FIFA finally made a ruling to allow Liverpool to sign Mascherano on loan and allow him to play for the Reds.

After FIFA's approval, the FA also quickly opened the green light, and the Argentine midfielder officially joined Liverpool.

Meanwhile, before the transfer window closed, Liverpool brought in young Spanish defender Arbeloa from Deportivo La Coruna for £2.5 million, in a difficult negotiation that lasted more than a month, and in the end Liverpool made a modest concession on the price to get the Spaniard.

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Three days later, the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League.

In the Merseyside derby, Liverpool host the Toffees Everton.

The two teams from the same city played very closely.

For long-term consideration, Yang Yang was put on the bench and was not replaced until the 70th minute.

In the 85th minute, Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt cooperated continuously at the front of the penalty area, and Kuyt assisted Yang Yang and scored the only goal of the game ten meters in front of the goal.

Liverpool beat Everton 1-0 at home!

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Manchester United thrashed Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 away, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring in two consecutive games, but both from penalties.

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In the 27th round of the Premier League, Liverpool challenged Newcastle United away.

The game was played in a torrential downpour of rain and Liverpool scored in the opening six minutes.

Pennant, who had rotated Kuyt's start, crossed from the right and Yang Yang scored his 20th Premier League goal of the season, making him the second-youngest player in Premier League history to score more than 20 goals in a single season, behind current veteran Robbie Fowler.

He scored 25 goals at the age of 19 in the 94-95 season, becoming the youngest player in Premier League history to score more than 20 goals in a single season.

However, Liverpool was ultimately defeated by Newcastle in this game, and finally returned home with a 1-2 away defeat.

The team's recent winning streak has also stopped at six in a row.

But even so, Yang Yang still won the award from the official website of the Premier League after this game, and once again won the Premier League Player of the Year award in January 2007, and he is also the first player to successfully defend the Player of the Month award this season.

As for the Premier League Best Manager Award, it was awarded to Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez.

This is the second time Liverpool have won both of the Monthly Awards, following last October.

Immediately after the game against Newcastle, the team went south to Portugal for a training camp to concentrate on preparing for the Camp Nou game.

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