Chapter 123: Manchester United's Attack
Myburgh has become the hottest team in the Premier League in the past two days, and they have ended Liverpool's unbeaten record after 14 consecutive games of winless in the relegation zone, leaving Liverpool's unbeaten record at 33 rounds, unable to continue to catch up with the unbeaten record of Arsenal and Chelsea in front of them.
However, Liverpool's unbeaten run is also the third-longest unbeaten in the Premier League and the longest in Liverpool's history, following the 25-game unbeaten run in the 83/84 season.
Liverpool's recent winning streak can be regarded as a good fire, gaining attention from all sides, which is of great help to expand Liverpool's influence.
At the same time, the game between Liverpool and Myburgh is also considered to end the suspense of the Premier League championship, Liverpool lost, Manchester United is still 4 points ahead of Liverpool, but Manchester United has one less round, this round Manchester United and Tottenham went to Wembley Stadium for the final of the English League Cup, Manchester United won the championship on penalties, so Manchester United postponed this round of the league.
Liverpool lost to Myburgh, and the English media came out to say that this season's title already belongs to Manchester United, and Manchester United only needs to win the supplementary game to lead Liverpool by 7 points, which is a difficult score to catch up, and Ferguson will not give Liverpool another chance.
Liu Ting said in an interview with the "Liverpool Echo": "Even if Manchester United wins the supplementary game, but in fact there are 11 games in the Premier League, not only 2 games, if only 2 games Manchester United leads us by 7 points, then the championship belongs to them, but there are still 11 rounds of the league, Liverpool still has a chance to catch up, we still have a direct encounter with Manchester United, we will definitely beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, then there is only a 4-point gap, Liverpool still has a chance." ”
Benitez, who has been re-employed at Bayern Munich, also stood up to speak: "Liverpool itself is not weaker than Manchester United, they just lack an experienced manager, they have missed the best time to win the title, and the next opportunity does not know when it will come." ”
He barely said, 'If I were still at Liverpool, I would have won the title'.
Bei Bald dared to say, and some people really dared to believe that a small number of Liverpool fans ran to the door of the club to demonstrate, demanding that Heynckes leave class, and losing this game was his reason, which made it extremely difficult for Liverpool to compete for the title.
Hai Gonggong has the disadvantage of inexperience in the first year of coaching the Premier League, but it can't be all his fault if he loses the game? Even if there is a mistake, it has not reached the point where you have to leave the class.
Benitez has been really proud recently, beating Sporting Lisbon 5-0 away in the first leg of the Champions League, although the Portuguese team is a soft persimmon, but it is also a skill to win away from home, and the halo of Bei Bald's famous coach shines brightly over his baldness for a while.
In fact, the direct confrontation with Manchester United is indeed Liverpool's last chance, if Liverpool loses away from home, or even only needs to draw, then there is really not much chance of competing for the title, Manchester United is not the kind of dark horse team will collapse at the last moment.
Of course, the premise of all this is that Liverpool wants to stop the decline immediately, two consecutive rounds of league home draws Manchester City away to Myburgh, was instantly opened by Manchester United The gap must not be lost again, Manchester United is really too strong, the league has been winning streak since Christmas, so far it has been 10 consecutive wins, or in the case of one less round, it looks like it is going to catch up with Arsenal's 14 consecutive wins, the longest winning streak in the Premier League, Ferguson's psychological warfare and this series of wins are really difficult to handle.
No, Ferguson spoke again: "I knew it would be like this, Manchester United will continue to win, they have never been ahead of the game, they will always make mistakes, there is no doubt that this is a long time coming. ”
Alex Ferguson said that he would be uncomfortable without a 'no doubt' and that he always needed to keep the doubt on his lips.
Ferguson also wants to keep Liverpool under pressure, and it is better to crush the opponent in one fell swoop so that his title will be secured.
Among the other giants in the Premier League in this round, Arsenal was forced to draw by Fulham at home, but fortunately, Aston Villa, their opponent for the fourth, also drawn, or a gap of 6 points, with only 11 rounds left, and the Gunners can start to break out in the small universe of four games.
Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 at home, Hiddink has won three consecutive Champions League games since he took charge, Chelsea began to rebound, and the gap with Liverpool is only three points, Liverpool may not be able to keep the second place in the league if he is not careful.
John Terry's 35th goal for Chelsea made him the most goalscorer in Chelsea history.
However, none of this has anything to do with Liverpool, and Liverpool must hurry up and prepare for their own game.
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Liverpool's upcoming fixtures are more difficult, with a home game against Black Cats Sunderland on March 3, followed by a home game against Real Madrid on March 10, a home game against Manchester United on March 14, and a home game against Aston Villa on March 22.
The three games from Real Madrid to Manchester United to Villa will determine Liverpool's double-line results in the league and Champions League this season.
Liverpool were training normally, and Heynckes, who was watching from the sidelines, finally looked a little better.
Assistant coach Herman said: "It looks like the team is in good shape and hasn't been hit by an unbeaten finish. ”
Heynckes said: "In fact, it is not a relief that the unbeaten streak is ended, you don't have to worry about any unbeaten record, you just need to concentrate on the game." ”
On the evening of March 3, the 28th round of the English Premier League Liverpool home match against Sunderland arrived.
Liverpool's home games are never short of spectators, and this one is even fuller, and although the Liverpool title race has become very serious now, fans still want to see the team pick themselves up and continue to cause problems for their rivals Manchester United to keep their title hopes alive.
When Liu Ting entered the stadium, he saw a lot of "Beat them" and "Never give up" banners in the stands, asking the team to "beat them" and "never give up".
It seems that they have not won the league title for many years, and Liverpool fans have begun to accept this reality, and now there is a feeling that they will not lose.
Torres is temporarily unavailable after suffering a sprained ankle in the Real Madrid game, but should be back for the home game against Real Madrid.
Liverpool's starting line-up were: Bale, Skrtel, Carragher and Arbeloa at the back, the midfield four of Xavi Alonso, Mascherano, Gerrard and Modric, Liu Ting and Kuyt in the two strikers.
Sunderland were a 4,231 formation that was clearly looking to counter-attack at Anfield, starting with a back four of McCartney, Anton Ferdinand, Collins and Ben Haim, with Whitehead, Malbrand, Red, Reedbitt and Richardson in midfield and Kenwayne Jones as the lone arrow.
Anton Ferdinand in the Sunderland team is the younger brother of Manchester United defender Leo Ferdinand, fortunately he is not the younger brother of Ryan Giggs, otherwise Wang Laoji would not let his wife go. The Black Cats also have Richardson who is a Manchester United academy graduate, and Badsley on the bench is also a Manchester United academy product. Of course, there is also Frenchman Cisse who is familiar to Liverpool fans, who moved to Liverpool as Ligue 1's top scorer, returned to France after two years under Rafael Benitez, helped Marseille climb from penultimate to Champions League last season, and now returns to Sunderland in the Premier League.
Cisse was the top scorer in Ligue 1 for two terms, and the transfer to Liverpool was expected to be expected, scoring a goal in the first game of Liverpool, but less than two months, he was broken in the game with Blackburn, and was absent for more than half a year, and he was not in good shape after coming back, but in the 05 Champions League final and AC Milan penalty shootout, Cisse scored a penalty in the second game to help Liverpool finally win the championship, and then Cisse was broken by Zheng Zhi again in the warm-up match between France and China before the 06 World Cup.
I don't know what Zheng Zhi thinks when he sees him, maybe you can ask him: Do you know a Chinese singer named Zheng Zhihua?
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The game started with the song "You Will Never Go Alone", and Liverpool wanted to win the opponent cleanly, but the opening accident almost broke the goal.
In the 4th minute, Liverpool's attack failed, Sunderland defender Ben Haim made a long pass to find a single striker Jones, but Skrtel accidentally slipped when he stepped forward to defend, directly giving Jones a single chance, fortunately Reina attacked in time near the penalty spot and Jones short-handed, Jones's low shot was blocked by Reina's thigh, and the little pony who returned to the defense immediately cleared.
Although there was a small accident, Liverpool quickly adjusted and launched a steady stream of attacks.
In the 8th minute, Liu Ting's in-cut shot was blocked by Anton Ferdinand.
In the 14th minute, Gerrard received a pass from Gareth Bale from outside the box and fired high from distance.
In the 16th minute, Liu Ting went to the middle to dribble the ball, broke through Collins and passed, and Kuyt's shot from the right side of the penalty area was confiscated by the opposing goalkeeper Flopp.
In the 21st minute, Arbeloa dribbled the ball into a cross, and Liu Ting's volley on the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Benhaim flying.
The Black Cats only had an accidental shot at the beginning, and they never had a chance to shoot on goal, and they were suppressed by Liverpool very badly, so it was not surprising to concede the goal.
In the 33rd minute, Liu Ting in the midfield and Alonso suddenly stepped forward to force the opponent to take the ball Richardson, Richardson made a mistake in a hurry, the ball was snatched away by Alonso, and it was directly stuffed in front of Liu Ting, who immediately stepped forward, Liu Ting moved forward quickly with the ball, facing Collins who stepped forward to defend, Liu Ting easily smashed the ball to the right and changed direction to pass the opponent, Sanders's defense line was not formed at all, and Liu Ting entered from the right rib.
Liu ...... It's in!! Chance for Liverpool!! ”
Liu Ting has been single-handed, Sunderland goalkeeper Flopp can only come out, although he has come in, but most of the opposing defenders are in the backfield, if the goalkeeper blocks the opposing defenders, he may come back, Liu Ting didn't expect so much, but he is very sensitive in the penalty area, so he got up directly, and pumped the ball to the far corner with a volley, so close to the volley The opposing goalkeeper couldn't react at all, Flopp could only look back to see if the ball could be deflected or popped up by the post, but he was disappointed.
“Goooooooal!!! Strike!!! Liu seized the opportunity and Liverpool finally opened up. ”