Back in Manchester, the Premier League is back on the rise, with Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City once again triumphant.

In midweek, the Carabao Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea arrived. The two sides collided for the third time in the season. The first was the Community Shield, where United won on penalties, and the second was at Old Trafford, where United beat Chelsea 4-2 to chase down the three points.

This time, it's a race for the League Cup title.

Chelsea clearly care about the trophy, all the key players are on the pitch, and Manchester United are no different. Both sides want to win the title, even if it's one of the most frivolous tournaments.

At Wembley Stadium, Cristiano Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo led the team again.

But luck was no longer with United this time, Mourinho was well prepared for the game, taking advantage of the weaknesses in United's defence to develop tactics, and the 433 formation was successful, and the Reds' defense in the middle was once again in trouble.

defeated Manchester United 3-2 in regular time to win the first title of the season, in the course of the game, Ronaldo scored twice, Hazard was the icing on the cake, and on the Manchester United side, Dong Fangzhuo and Mbappe each scored a goal, and Mbappe also lost two single knives.

Manchester United's seven-time title was shattered, and it was ridiculed by the entire English media, saying that Dong Fangzhuo had said big things before the season. When the European champion also failed again, the myth of Dong Fangzhuo's undefeated final was shattered.

But there's one team that can't do anything, and that's Barcelona. Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League at Old Trafford failed to turn the tables, although Neymar's performance was good, but Barcelona's backfield also had a big problem, and there were huge holes in the defense, Barcelona was not Chelsea after all, and Enrique was not Mourinho, there was still a gap between the two sides, Barcelona was a 2:3 at Old Trafford, and finally Manchester United won the game with an aggregate score of 7:2 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

The pain of losing the Carabao Cup passed quickly, after all, so many League Cup winners and players have long been common, and what they care about most is the league title and the Champions League. Especially in the Champions League, the more you win, the better, Manchester United's current Champions League is not as much as Liverpool, can you not want to take more?

4 vs 5, even if you take another one, it's just a tie.

So basically no one is sad.

At 12 noon local time on March 18, the draw ceremony for the quarterfinals of the 2015-16 Champions League will be held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

After the last four games of the week, the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League are all over. Last week's four games ended in a double-winning pattern, with Chelsea beating Paris Saint-Germain home and away, Real Madrid winning 2-0 at Roma, and Wolfsburg and Benfica beating Gent and Zenit St Petersburg respectively to advance to the next round. In the midweek game, Manchester United defeated Barcelona twice, Bayern Munich eliminated Juventus after extra time, Manchester City successfully defeated Dynamo Kiev, and Atletico Madrid defeated PSV Eindhoven through a penalty shootout, and the Champions League top 8 was born.

Among the top 8, Premier League teams occupy 3 places, which still reflects their overall advantage. In addition, two teams from the Bundesliga and La Liga reached the quarter-finals, with the Portuguese Super League occupying only one place and Serie A being wiped out.

According to the Champions League draw rules, there will be no circumvention of the draw for the quarter-finals, and teams in the same league and teams in the same group may meet in a narrow way, which will also greatly increase the spectacle of the game.

Because there is no circumvention principle, teams in the same league have the possibility of meeting each other, and the Premier League teams that occupy the three seats are likely to meet early. Among them, the most anticipated is of course the early meeting between Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City. If the three favourites really meet in advance, this season's Champions League will also usher in the first **. In addition, if the Madrid derby is staged earlier, it will also be the most eye-catching event in the quarter-finals.

This season's Champions League quarterfinals are full of giants, and strong dialogues are inevitable. In addition to the previously mentioned Spanish national derby, the showdown between other giants is also worth looking forward to. As the favourite, Bayern Munich have just eliminated Serie A seed Juventus, and this time they will attract a lot of attention whether they meet the top three in the Premier League or Real Madrid.

There are strong and strong, and naturally there is no shortage of "weak brigades". VfL Wolfsburg are seen as the best opponents to face in their first Champions League quarter-finals, while Benfica are also looking to meet other giants. Can these two teams pull off a miracle and make it to the last four? There will also be concern.

According to the schedule, this season's Champions League quarter-finals will be held on April 5 and 6 and April 12 and 13, the draw for the semi-finals will be held on April 15, the two legs of the semi-finals will be played on April 26 and 27 and May 3 and 4, and the final will be staged at the San Siro Stadium in Milan on May 28.

Ferguson did not travel to Nyon, Switzerland, only Sandezi went to participate in the draw, and for Ferguson, it doesn't matter which opponent he encounters. The only goal is to win the championship, and they are all about defeating all opponents.

In the end, the draw was not satisfactory......

VfL Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid

Bayern Munich vs Benfica

Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid

Chelsea v Manchester City

It's not ideal, but it's better than Chelsea vs Manchester City, because Messi and Ronaldo meet again.

Manchester United played Atletico Madrid, it's okay......

After all, it is much easier to deal with Griezmann than against Messi and Ronaldo. Although it is not as good as the signing of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

In the Champions League odds, Cristiano Ronaldo's Chelsea rose to first place, after all, they beat Manchester United last week to win the League Cup, while Manchester United were second, Bayern Munich third, Atletico Madrid fourth, Real Madrid fifth, poor Manchester City, only sixth......

However, the Champions League is not accurate, and you will only know it after the game.

In terms of the odds of the top scorer, Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo are neck and neck, although Ronaldo has more goals in the Premier League, Dong Fangzhuo has more goals in the Champions League, so Ronaldo has no advantage.

They can only hope now that the best result is to meet again in the final......

Messi was very incomprehensible, he said in an interview with The Times, "Everyone is not optimistic about us, and there is not much pressure on us, but why are we on the weak side?" I don't understand it very much. Maybe when the results come out, many people will be disappointed. Manchester City have lost just two games this season. ”

"But, Leo, the two games you lost, one against Manchester United and one against Chelsea, doesn't that mean anything?"

"Of course, nothing can be said, these are the past, history, and a new game is a new history!"

Messi certainly won't admit defeat......

This only boosted his fighting spirit. He scored a hat-trick of his own in a 5-0 thrashing of Stoke City in the league at the weekend, while Manchester United and Chelsea were not in such form as they beat their respective opponents 2-0. However, none of the three teams had too many difficulties.

The fourth team, Liverpool, despite their stumbling side, also won Tottenham. This also indirectly helped Arsenal and Southampton, with fifth-placed Arsenal and sixth-placed Southampton winning both to widen the gap with Tottenham.

This season's Arsenal don't seem to want to be a race for the top four anymore, they have sunk to just a time when they just want to get by in the Europa League...... However, these two teams are not far from fourth-placed Liverpool, only five points away, and Arsenal will host Southampton in the next round, which may be a bloody storm......

Sure enough, Southampton defeated Arsenal 3:2 away, overtook their points and climbed to the fifth position, but at this time, Liverpool actually lost to the bottom of the league away from home, Southampton really caught up, and there were only 2 points away from Liverpool!

"It's incredible." After the game, Southampton captain Steven Gerrard was quite happy, he has almost forgotten about Liverpool now, he played happily at Southampton, "It's nice to be able to catch Liverpool, we all want to go to the Champions League. ”

'If there's any hope of overtaking Liverpool this season, then I can only feel sorry for Liverpool.'

At the beginning of the season, no one was optimistic about Southampton, and they all thought that Sun Jihai and Dong Fangzhuo's selling strategy was a waste of money, and a group of veterans and veterans could not lead the youth army to kill, but now they have become a strong contender for the fourth.

Fate is so magical, after crossing the Arsenal hurdle, Southampton will go to Anfield to challenge Liverpool, and if they succeed, then they can overtake Liverpool and rush to fourth place.

"They won't have a chance."

"Gerrard knows how terrible Anfield is."

'We're going to beat them here and tell them that only Liverpool can go to the Champions League, they can only go to the Europa League.' Klopp engaged in psychological warfare.

'When Gerrard comes back here and doesn't even know how to play, he thinks he's still a Liverpool player.

'But seriously, he's in really good form and I should have kept him because he could still help Liverpool and he could be Liverpool captain.'

Jurgen Klopp is playing the emotional card again, but Gerrard is no longer part of Liverpool, can he really make Gerrard play abnormally?

Spinach have set a draw for this game and don't think Liverpool can beat Southampton at home.

"Hearts of glory can allow Southampton to beat Liverpool at Anfield, come on!" Dong Fangzhuo also took to Twitter to cheer for Southampton.

"The Champions League awaits you, the future is not a dream! Beat Liverpool! Captain Southampton! ”

He also @ Gerrard, specifically reminding him that he is now Southampton's captain and not Liverpool's!

Southampton fans also responded, leaving messages on Dong Fangzhuo's social media.

"Yes, Steve, you're now the captain of Southampton!"

"You're doing something even greater!"

Seriously, in fact, Gerrard's heart is quite painful, but he didn't say it, if he sends Liverpool to the Europa League with his own hands, he will be Liverpool's sinner......

But it can't be helped, as everyone says, he is the captain of Southampton, and he is also respected and loved here.

He has to be professional enough......

This week, on the contrary, these two teams have been in the spotlight for England.

United took the lead and then drove to Anfield to watch Southampton play in person.

Anfield fans saw Dong Fangzhuo appear in the stands and immediately sent a huge boo.

He is now the owner of Southampton, and he has appeared in the VIP table, with Sun Jihai as his companion, as well as the chairman of Liverpool, etc......

No matter how loud the boos are, it won't affect his mood to watch the game.

Both teams are all-main starters and have no reservations at all.

Gerrard really walked out of the stadium with the captain's armband, the mood of Liverpool fans is naturally quite conflicted, this is the first time Gerrard has returned to Anfield as a player from another team, I don't know whether to give him a round of applause or silence, anyway, boos are impossible, this old minister has been fighting here for more than 20 years, and he is still the greatest captain of the team.

The tune "You'll Never Walk Alone" came to an abrupt end for the first time, when Gerard appeared.

There was some uproar in the stands as the fans began to get miserable.

"I don't know how to say it,"

"He's suddenly very upset,"

'He's still wearing the captain's armband, but he's not Liverpool captain. But this scene can't help but make me think that he is. ”

"It's a terrible feeling."

"I didn't even want to sing the team song because I felt lonely."

"It's not what his heart wants most, is it?"

A Liverpool fan expresses his heart like a poem, and he also thinks about Gerrard's heart.

Gerrard stood at the entrance of the players' tunnel, listening to the familiar singing, and the sudden interruption of the singing also made his heart chuckle, as if the strings were broken, and everyone's mood was condensed.

This is the Anfield he knows, but he is not here, as if the song will suddenly be broken, and there is no love of the past!

Alas......

He deliberately tightened the captain's armband on his left arm, and then stepped firmly into the field.

On this day, I belong to Southampton!

"Brothers, get ready to fight!"

His voice was high-pitched and loud, and he was still full of fighting spirit with his arms raised.

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

Looking at Gerrard, the mentality of Liverpool fans is also changing.

"This is the enemy."

"At least he's an enemy today!"

"Southampton must not be allowed to take the win here!"

Beep –

The referee's whistle blew and the high-profile match finally got underway. The two sides entered into a frantic confrontation from the beginning. Gerrard first gave the Liverpool fans a big gift with a foul.

He seems to be really engaged, and he has long forgotten about his former self.