After Manchester United won the Club World Cup, they officially joined the Christmas Express camp. The top five teams in the Premier League are rushing forward at the same time, and each one is worried about falling behind.

Rafael Benitez's Liverpool are in great form, with the perfect play of Steven Gerrard, Alonso and Hargreaves, they have been able to take out most of their opponents, and there are Torres and Reina in the central axis, and they can kill all sides in Europe.

They have been firmly at the top of the league and Liverpool are the top team heading into January.

Countless Liverpool fans finally began to get excited, and countless media also fanned the emotions of fans and raised the strength of the Liverpool team. Not only Liverpool fans, but also the management are starting to look ahead to the team's first Premier League title.

This season is a special time, as Manchester United can equal Liverpool in the number of league titles as long as they win the league title, and they are under a lot of pressure. But if Liverpool win the title, they will immediately develop a new psychological advantage.

Ferguson finally stood up, "Congratulations to Liverpool, they are still at the top of the table, and now the league has entered the second half, but the top position in the second half is not a position they are familiar with." Hope they do well! ”

En N, United are used to driving on the Christmas Express, starting to grab the top spot in January and then taking the top spot until the end of the season, as Ferguson often does.

Ferguson's words came out, the media began to hype up, and Benitez added three points of pressure. In the second half of the season, not only Liverpool is not familiar with the top position, but Arsenal in recent years is also unfamiliar.

Chelsea are a little excited, they are part of the title team and have just changed managers the other day.

Because Scolari was eliminated in the FA Cup. In the third round of the FA Cup, Chelsea played against Southend United and were eliminated at home, and the FA Cup competition ended just after the start of the game.

Abu is not relentless, and his bottom line for Scolari is to get at least one of the FA Cup and the League Cup, and the league title is also a must.

I lost the League Cup before, and now I have lost the FA Cup, can I keep you? Fired off, must be fired. Abu quickly brought old friend Guus Hiddink to take over, and it was the second time Hius Hius has become Chelsea's head coach and interim manager.

Guus Hiddink, who has just become Chelsea's new manager, seems to be thinking about competing for the league title, and like Alex Ferguson, he has attacked Benitez.

Speaking to the media, he said: "Liverpool have forgotten what it feels like to win the league and they will make mistakes next. ”

The managers of Manchester United and Chelsea actually stood in the same position and started psychological warfare against Liverpool, which was too exciting.

When the media heard the statement of the new Chelsea manager, it immediately stirred up a thousand waves, and the news of Liverpool was reported everywhere, covering the streets and alleys, and in any case, Liverpool increased a lot of pressure.

'Liverpool are going into unfamiliar channels, can they withstand the pressure?'

'Benitez has a terrible relationship with other coaches and no Premier League title-winning experience, so how does he deal with the pressure?'

"Ferguson and Hiddink are attacking at the same time, how will Benitez respond?"

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Endless interrogation appeared, and the top of Benitez's head suddenly brightened a lot, and his hand was smooth and shiny to the touch; There's a lot of pressure on the manager, the players feel it right away, they have a little bit more pressure.

On January 11, against Stoke City, Liverpool unexpectedly lost away, which surprised everyone. In the standings, they were immediately chased by Manchester United and Chelsea, with United having three games in hand and seven points behind Liverpool in fourth place.

In this game, Stoke City was suppressed by the Liverpool team throughout the game, but Liverpool's 21 shots on goal were all shot outside, and none of them were able to break the goal, and at the last moment, they were also broken by Stoke City's corner kick and lost the Bet365 Stadium.

Ferguson's psychological warfare seems to have had an effect, and the media reported it more excitedly, adding a little pressure to Benitez's Liverpool, they seem to be being chased by the media, and during this time, they are almost out of breath!

In the next league game, Liverpool faced city rivals Everton. It also has a clear advantage in the whole field, but it is still an old problem, and it is impossible to score.

Torres even missed an empty goal. Benitez also cried out in vain.

In the first half, Liverpool was also successfully scored by Everton's left-back Baines set-piece, and fell behind 0-1. Baines's cross was seen as a copy of Kaisa's cross, and Kaisa often scored from set-pieces, and Baines was not far behind.

David Moyes's side carried it until the last minute and victory was in sight, but unfortunately Everton were equalised by Steven Gerrard. Liverpool grabbed 1 point.

But Liverpool have dropped five points in two league games and have become the target of media criticism, with all the fingers pointed at them.

Manchester United's defeat in the Carabao Cup, no one noticed, in the Carabao Cup, Kaisa did not play, Manchester United lost the game.

Benitez finally couldn't help it, and when he was interviewed, he suddenly took out a few A4 papers, "You all said it was my problem, I want to know, what is my problem?" ”

"Ferguson, they control the media, they control the referee group, why don't you say it?"

"Huh? Why don't you say he controls the referee? He's putting pressure on the Premier League officials, there's no problem at all, I can't complain. ”

Benitez went into a frenzy, "Who says we're not used to leading positions? We're just going down, we're going to be back to where we were soon and I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of you. ”

However, Benitez's frenzy had no other effect than to put more pressure on Liverpool. They were under a lot of pressure in the game, prone to mistakes and started conceding goals inexplicably.

In the next game, Liverpool challenged Wigan Athletic away, and was swept away by the opponent's Ashley Young, Reyna did not react, and was equalized by the opponent, making Torres's goal in the first half meaningless.

Three points turned into one point again, and in the standings, it was surpassed by Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal followed closely, and there was a possibility of overtaking at any time. And Manchester United have three games in hand, and if they win all of them, they will occupy the top spot.

Benitez was finally in a hurry, he began to think of a way, but time waited for no one, and in the next game, Liverpool played at home against Chelsea, dominated the whole game, and continued to be equalized by the opponent, crazy game.

After the psychological warfare, Liverpool has been winless in 4 games, only 3 points, Arsenal and Manchester United have 12 points in the same period, Chelsea has 10 points, Liverpool has been surpassed by three strong teams, with a goal difference advantage in 4th place, worthy of retaining the Champions League place.

Liverpool were the first to fall behind, in an unbelievable way.

Of course, Manchester United did not have a good time, in order to maintain the strength of the league, the League Cup and FA Cup both used young people and substitutes on the field, Kaisa did not play, and finally lost the opportunity to defend the two titles.

But fortunately, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea also fell behind in the League Cup and FA Cup, and this year's FA Cup and League Cup are destined to be given to small clubs.

The round of 16 of the Champions League started, Manchester United played against Sporting Lisbon, the suspense was not big, and it passed smoothly.