Recently, Liverpool have completed contract extensions with Xavi Alonso and Daniel Ager, which can be regarded as temporarily retaining two players, Alonso was even sold because of previous conflicts with Benitez, and now he is once again valued for a salary increase, and Ager is AC Milan expressed interest in him last summer.

Before the Premier League game began, Liverpool suffered a blow, Gerrard was injured in training and will be out for more than half a month, and it is uncertain whether he will be able to play in the first leg of the Champions League and Real Madrid.

On 7 February, Liverpool took on Pompeii Portsmouth.

Steven Gerrard did not hesitate to miss out due to injury, with Heynckes replacing him with Luka Modric and Agger returning from injury to start in place of Carragher.

So Liverpool's formation became goalkeeper Reina, four defenders Aurelio, Stettle, Ague and Arbeloa, three midfielders are Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Modric, Babel on the front line replaces Kuyt and Torres, Liu Ting partner, Heynckes also wants to give other players in the front line more opportunities to perform, and the Champions League will definitely need to be rotated when the schedule is tight.

There are two people in the Portsmouth team who are more familiar to Liverpool, one is former England international Saul Campbell, who has played for Arsenal for many years, has a solid defense and excellent physical qualities, and is the anchor of Arsenal's unbeaten league title in the 03/04 season.

Campbell actually came from the academy of Arsenal's local rival Tottenham Hotspur, played for Tottenham for nine years, and later moved to Arsenal to make him the most hated player by Tottenham fans, Campbell represented Arsenal for the first time in the White Hart Lane game, full of boos and fans holding black letters on a white background, which read: Judas!!

Campbell is still a hated object of Tottenham fans, and before the start of the 2012 Euro Championship jointly hosted by Ukraine and Poland, the retired Campbell said in a TV interview: "I warn England fans not to go to the European Championship because there is racist violence there", and Campbell added: "If you go to watch the European Championship live, you may have to come back in a coffin board." ”

In fact, what Campbell said was not groundless, at that time Ukraine and Russia were in an uproar, because Ukraine was independent after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, some people wanted Russia to return to its embrace, and some wanted independence, Ukraine was in turmoil, and Russia came out in a timely manner to create contradictions, and the contradictions between the two countries sharpened, and finally caused Russian troops to directly enter some areas of Ukraine.

UEFA has made it clear that Ukrainian and Russian teams cannot be placed in the group stage of European competitions, otherwise the first player to be killed on the pitch may appear.

Of course, UEFA does not stipulate the knockout stage because the knockout rounds of the two teams are basically not far, and it is a question whether they can qualify for the group stage.

Although Campbell's reminder is a little exaggerated, it is not unnecessary, but many people have come out to ridicule Campbell for being a coward, especially Tottenham fans, who specially organized people to go to Ukraine to watch the game, and specially prepared a coffin board, on which it was written: "We can do whatever we want", "Campbell, coward", etc. to mock Campbell.

Another one who has a relationship with Liverpool is the tall Peter Crouch, who is over 2 meters tall and is a well-deserved tall man, Crouch played for Liverpool for three seasons before being sold to Portsmouth by Liverpool last summer.

To be honest, Crouch's strength in Liverpool is not the main force, but he is also a good tactical player, he can play when needed, and his height can attract the opposition defense when he stands in the penalty area.

As the tallest player in Liverpool's history, Heynckes originally wanted to keep him, but Crouch wanted a main place to secure a place in the World Cup for 10 years, and eventually left.

This game is also Crouch's old master.

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Zhan Jun said: "In this game, Portsmouth is a 442 formation, the goalkeeper is England international David James, the back line is Heredasson, Campbell, Distin and Glen Johnson, the midfield is Belhadge, Mullins, Davies and Basinas, and the two forwards are Liverpool, Peter Crouch and Nugent. ”

Liverpool launched an attack at the beginning, Manchester United has been chasing fiercely recently, since Ferguson came out to make a statement, Manchester United has won 7 consecutive wins, which does put a lot of pressure on Liverpool, and now the standings are only 1 point ahead of Manchester United with one less round, and every game will be critical.

Liverpool want to take all three points, Portsmouth is not to be outdone, Pompeii are now 14th in the Premier League, only three points away from the relegation zone, and every point is important to them, and Crouch is also in good form against his old club.

In the 4th minute, Crouch's header was crossed, and another Portsmouth striker, Nugent, volleyed too straight and the ball was confiscated by Reina.

In the 7th minute, Nugent crossed, Crouch headed in the penalty area, and the ball was weak and confiscated by Reina.

Although Crouch has height, his body is thin and weak, so he can grab the point with his header but cannot withstand the strength, which is his biggest flaw.

Liverpool's first shot on goal came in the 8th minute, when Liverpool on the counter-attack was led up by Arbeloa and crossed into the box from the right side of the box, where Modric followed up and hit the side-netting.

In the 11th minute, Liverpool won a free kick in front, Alonso sent it quickly, Liu Ting quickly burst into the penalty area with the ball and hit the goal, the whole Portsmouth team was caught off guard, but the ball hit the outside of the goal post and bounced off the bottom line.

Zhan Jun said: "What a ball! It's a pity that it was blocked by the post, which made Liverpool's fast serve make the opponent's defense inadequate, and Liu Ting's breakthrough shot was also very decisive, but it was almost the end. ”

In the 17th minute, Modric dribbled past the aging Campbell in front of the penalty area and passed to Torres, who fired a powerful shot into the far corner from the left side of the box.

In the 20th minute, Agger fouled Nugent and Basinas' free-kick from 22 yards went just over the crossbar, making it Portsmouth's most dangerous shot to date.

The attack and defence of both teams were fast-paced, and there were already several shots on goal in 20 minutes.

In the 27th minute, Liu Ting passed the ball on the left side, and the undisturbed Ager's shot in front of the penalty area was blocked by the experienced Campbell.

Half an hour into the first half, Liu Ting found that Babbel, who started instead of Kuyt, had no performance at all, and was completely invisible on the field, it seems that although Kuyt is only a coolie striker, he is really a better choice in the Liverpool team, at least his tireless running can always pull the opponent's defense to a certain extent, and there will always be a chance to run.

A guy like Babbel who lacks ability and doesn't know how to work hard will play as a substitute for the rest of his life.

The coaching staff on the sidelines also spotted the problem, and Herman said to Heynckes: "Joseph, Babbel is not doing well, so that the opponent can let him go defensively to block Liu and Fernando, we should find a way to make adjustments." ”

Heynckes said: "I know, let's talk about it in the second half, you can't give him a chance and make a substitution before half time, right?" ”

The manager rarely made substitutions in the first half except for unexpected situations such as injuries, and on the other hand, if he made substitutions in the first half, doesn't it mean that the manager's pre-match arrangements are wrong, and the head coach has not prepared for the game?

In the final minute of the first half, Liverpool had two chances but could not change the scoreline, and the two sides returned to the dressing room with a 0-0 scoreline.

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Midfielder Heynckes didn't make too many changes either, just asking for a stronger attack.

Soon after the start of the second half, the Portsmouth players scored, and it was their own goal that was not bad.

In the 49th minute, Liu Ting received Alonso's ball on the left side, and easily shook Glen Johnson, although Glenn Johnson did not defend well, he was very fast, and soon followed back to entangle Liu Ting, Liu Ting was forced to near the bottom line of the penalty area, Liu Ting smashed the ball with his left foot and dialed the ball with his right foot, shaking off Johnson and directly inverting the triangle diagonal pass to the penalty area.

Liu Ting saw that Liverpool had Babel in front of Liverpool in the penalty area, and Torres in the back, so he saw if they could grab a point and stab it.

Babbel had the best chance at the front post and Liu Ting's breakthrough had already attracted the Portsmouth defence, who was in a position with little interference. But he didn't seem to expect Liu Ting to pass the ball, he started slowly, and could only barely fall to the ground to tackle, and the ball flew past the soles of his feet.

Babbel missed the tackle but made the Portsmouth players misjudge, and Hredaelsen behind him thought Babbel would tackle the ball and was not ready to clear the ball, but the ball leaked and smashed into his calf onward bone and flew into the goal.

“Goooooooal！！！ Own goal!! Portsmouth's own goal, Hredaelsesen's own goal, no one expected the first goal of the game to be so dramatic. ”

"Liu made this own goal, his breakthrough created a good chance, Babel had a chance to score the ball, but he started too late and missed the opportunity, but instead made this own goal by mistake."

The goal silenced the Fratton Park stadium and Portsmouth fans didn't expect it to be such an own goal to give their opponents the lead.

Babbel also made a contribution to a certain extent, but it didn't stop Heynckes from replacing him, and the goal should have been scored by him, but he missed a good chance, if it weren't for Portsmouth's bad luck, this opportunity would have been completely missed.

In the 57th minute, Heynckes replaced Babbel with Kuyt.