After Hodgson's statement, Jiangshan didn't even bother to respond to his "declaration".

Jiangshan has been honed by countless leagues, and he has disdained to fight with weak chickens, and now his identity is different, and he needs to hold it and maintain his demeanor. If it were at a critical moment in the league title race, he wouldn't mind fighting with Alex Ferguson for the league title.

But against the team behind him, he couldn't raise his passion at all.

"I'll only respond to Mr Hodgson's comments when Liverpool surpass us in the rankings." Jiang Shan dropped a sentence.

Then in the game, snap bang and directly slap Hodgson a few times.

In the 15th minute, Suarez scored, bypassing Aager and Carragher, insulting the goal, and the two aging central defenders were already unable to stop the new generation of players.

Suarez's characteristic, he is very comfortable in the Premier League, and he is a headache against tall and strong opponents, his dribbling and movement.

In the 18th minute, Lewandowski scored a goal, received a pass from Reus, and it was done cleanly and neatly. After half a season of adjustment, Lewandowski's shooting skills have reached a higher level and he has been promoted to a top scorer.

West Ham's combination of a high and a fast front field has been the envy of countless teams, and Liverpool is one of them, and they are targeting Sturridge and Benteke for recruitment.

Jiangshan is very supportive of their recruitment strategy, believing that they will waste a lot of money and destroy the Great Wall.

In the 21st minute, West Ham scored again, Reus received a long pass from Kroos, and shot directly at the goal without stopping, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina touched the ball, but still couldn't stop the ball into the net.

In just ten minutes, the team conceded three goals, and Reyna kept picking up the ball from the net and almost collapsed, "What the hell did I do wrong?" Everybody is targeting me? ”

Towards the end of the game, Gerrard knelt on the ground, weak, the fans looked distressed, and the Liverpool fans chanted that you will never walk alone. Well, Liverpool's spirit is immortal, and Phoenix will always have a day of nirvana.

But not now.

Jiangshan is stable in the top three in the league, only four points away from Manchester United, and still has a chance to compete for the title. Of course, if West Ham are to focus on the league, they will have to give up on the Europa League.

The remaining opponents in the Europa League have to fly long distances, and there are several Russian teams, basically passing the round of 16, and the opponents in the top eight are also Russian teams, so Jiang Shan still held back his heart.

"This season, the highest goal is to win the Europa League, and we can't relax." Jiangshan went on to announce after the game that their focus was on the Europa League, not the league.

Of course, he also wants to win the league title, but he can't take care of anything else, so he has to put it aside for the time being, otherwise he will give up the Europa League and the FA Cup and only keep the league on one path, and they definitely have the hope of winning the title.

On top of that, he will also spend many years at West Ham to win the league title. Next season, he will focus on competing in the league, and then it will be time to compete with the old powerhouses.

Of course, Jiang Shan focuses on the statement of the Europa League, and others will believe it, but Manchester United and Arsenal, who are ranked first and second, will not believe it, and their two old coaches will only think that Jiang Shan is implementing psychological warfare.

'Our most important purpose is the league, and the league is the foundation of Manchester United. Ferguson beats the players in the team, don't be fooled. Arsene Wenger's side still have hopes of winning the title on both fronts, although the Champions League round of 16 and the FA Cup were eliminated, but they are currently second in the league, the League Cup is in the final, and the next game is to compete with West Ham for the trophy.

"Jiangshan is using psychological tactics against us, but I won't be fooled, he definitely wants to win the league title, no, absolutely wanted." Wenger said softly, "His ambition, I know very well, we have played against each other many times and for the Carabao Cup, we are determined to win. ”

'Of course, even if we win the League Cup, it's not as good as winning second place in the league, this year we have lost hope of winning the Champions League and the FA Cup, we are eager to break through from the league, the League Cup? Let's make it our warm-up game! ”

Arsene Wenger has a small prize of £100,000 in his hands, but he still hopes to win the title and end his five-year win-free situation.

Jiang Shan is noncommittal, whatever Wenger says, it's all the old coach's business, what he has to do is to prepare for the game carefully.

De Gea is still the main goalkeeper in the cup competition, and against Arsenal, he can rest assured that Arsenal's forward line is not like the average Premier League team and will not go crazy against him.

At the back, Bale continued to start, and his left-hand corridor with Reus is now one of the team's cup fixtures. Of course, it is also Jiangshan's philosophy that hopes that Baines can rest more.

In the central defence, Cahill and Hummels started together, Glen Johnson at right-back, the young Kroos and Modric in midfield, David Silva on the right, and Lewandowski and Suarez continued to start in the forward line.

Most of the young players are on loan, otherwise Jiangshan doesn't mind letting young people play in the League Cup, the income is really too bad.

Arsenal, on the other hand, is also doing its best, and Wenger wants the title, not just talking.

In the goalkeeper position, the young Fabianski started, and in the back line, Diabi, Koscielny, Vermaelen and Sagna started, a good defensive combination.

The midfield trio, the combination of Cesc Fabregas, Ramsey and Rosicky, is also a trio in the front, with Van Persie in the middle, Nasri and Walcoat on both sides, Walcott started as he wished, and the opportunity to compete with Bale came.

Arsene Wenger almost signed Bale that year, but Southampton asked for as much as £5 million and gave up, and Walcoat only needed about 3 million, leaving a lot of money to say.

Both sides were cautious at the start of the final, but Arsenal's players were noticeably more nervous and they didn't have enough experience in the final, which was particularly a disadvantage.

In the West Ham team, Hummels, Luka Modric, David Silva and Reus all have enough championship experience to play a stabilizing role on the field.

After the opening, the ball was more controlled by these guys, allowing them to drive the tempo and bring in the rest of their teammates. Don't look at the average age of West Ham, in fact, it is already a "combination of old and young" lineup.

Jiangshan's tactical arrangement, attaches great importance to experience, young people on the stage of the finals for the first time, the pressure is very high, and the movements are easy to deform, at this time the veteran needs to be around for guidance.

Reus is already a "veteran", he compares his fingers, Bale stepped forward at the right time, and the cooperation came out, but unfortunately Lewandowski did not have many chances to win the championship, and at this time he was weak and failed to shoot the target.

Arsenal were lucky, Fabregas shrewdly saw the hole in the West Ham backline, and the position was too high, and a coquettish long ball went straight past the midfield and fell to Theo Walcott.

What Walcoat had to do was to eat Cahill raw with speed, Cahill turned around abruptly and slipped directly, Van Persie received Walcott's pass, and in one fell swoop, De Gea could not stop the ball from going into the net.

Unexpected goal, 1:0, Arsenal lead.