135. The crisis of Benitez
Another corner, but this time the Chelsea man did not go to the football again, the football was directly rushed out of Reina's arms and held it securely, and Liverpool's crisis was finally lifted. Reina didn't rush to get the football out, but held it firmly in his arms and stalled for time.
Deafening boos erupted immediately at Stamford Bridge, but Reina remained unchanged, much to the chagrin of Chelsea.
"Shhh Chelsea fans immediately erupted in deafening boos at Liverpool goalkeeper Reina, while also putting pressure on the referee. However, it was not a dead ball and the referee had no reason to give a penalty.
The Chelsea bench stopped and rushed out and roared into the pitch, pointing fingers at Liverpool's rubbish and the referee, while yelling wildly at the fourth official, hoping the referee would intervene.
At this time, the Liverpool goalkeeper gave the football away. Unfortunately, it wasn't a kick-off, it was a hand-tossed ball that threw the ball to Liverpool's centre-backs, and then the Liverpool players fell upside down at the back and didn't attack again.
Seeing this, Ranieri was immediately discouraged, he knew that the game was decided, and it was useless to struggle.
Sure enough, five minutes later, the referee blew the final whistle as Liverpool completed the task of beating Chelsea this season with a 2-1 win away from home.
Yes, Liverpool have almost become Chelsea's nemesis now, having met Liverpool and Chelsea a total of three times this season, winning all three times. Liverpool beat Chelsea 3-1 at home in the first leg of the match, Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 away in the League Cup, and Liverpool beat their opponents 2-1 away in the second leg of the league.
In these three games, Liverpool have won two games on the road, which makes the title of Liverpool's nemesis Chelsea nemesis even more deserved.
As the referee blew the final whistle, the Chelsea fans threw their stuff into the turf as a way to express their displeasure with the team. Chelsea's results this season have been really, and now they are basically out of contention for the league title.
Chelsea fans are very unhappy with this, and of course very dissatisfied with Ranieri's coaching, and now many Chelsea have begun to call for Ranieri to be sacked, and some guys are even calling for Chelsea to bring back Jose 61 Mourinho.
This made Abramovich in the box at Stamford Bridge very bad, and he stared at Ranieri very badly. However, this guy's gaze at Qiu Ze was glowing with a few glimmers, and this guy suddenly turned his head and said to the team manager next to him: "What do you think of our introduction of Chris?" ”
At the time, Chelsea's assistant manager was immediately stunned, he really didn't expect Roman Abramovich to say such a thing. By the time the guy reacted, Abramovich was no longer in the box. He looked at the door of the box, and then turned his head to look at Qiu Ze in the stadium, and he was distracted for a while!
Inside the stadium, Liverpool's players were celebrating wildly, and the Liverpool players came to the away fans' stands to express their sincerest thanks to the Liverpool fans who came to the stadium.
In this game, Qiu Ze won the best of the game, this guy went to receive his award, and reporters and friends surrounded Qiu Ze to interview Qiu Ze, and Qiu Ze's image is picking up little by little.
Twenty-sixth in the league is over, and now Arsenal are still at the top of the table, now with 63 points. In second place is the Red Devils Manchester United, who are now on 58 points, which is not far from Arsenal.
The distance between Manchester United and Arsenal is five points, the difference between two games, and now that there are 12 rounds of league games left, it is not easy for Manchester United to chase five points, after all, his rivals are also in excellent form and very hungry for the league title.
Liverpool are third in the league, but they are far from first-place Arsenal, who are now 10 points behind Arsenal with 53 points, and it will be very difficult for them to chase 10 points in 12 rounds of Zuihou.
At this time, almost all the media believed that Liverpool had lost the chance to compete for the league title, and that this season's league title must have been produced between Arsenal and Manchester United, causing other teams to be too far away from them to catch up with them.
However, it is clear that they have finished Liverpool with one game to go, and Liverpool have a chance to close the gap between him and top-placed Arsenal to seven points. However, the media still think that in the 12 rounds of Zuihou, it is unrealistic for Liverpool to chase seven points, after all, the Arsenal team is in excellent form now.
Chelsea are fourth in the league with 52 points, just one point behind Liverpool. However, they are also not seen to have a chance to compete for the league title again, which is why Chelsea fans made the move after the Liverpool game.
Then there are Aston Villa and Everton, who are now tied on 44 points, with Aston Villa having a goal difference advantage and are now fifth in the league, Everton sixth in the league and Manchester City in seventh with 41 points.
The reason why Liverpool is so far behind the Arsenal team now is mainly because during the period when Qiu Ze and Benitez were suspended, Liverpool's results were very bad, and many games that should have been won were not won, which allowed the Arsenal team to open up the difference.
However, the Liverpudlians have not lost faith and are convinced that the league title is not far away from them, and now that they have a game in hand, they are 10 points behind, and they are confident that they will close the gap to seven. Chasing seven points in 12 rounds is not impossible for Liverpool.
Therefore, at this time, the Liverpool team did not give up the league title, and this league title is still in their contention. Although at this time, almost all the English media were not optimistic about them, they still persisted.
Liverpool returned to Liverpool immediately after the game, and now that they have just won the game against Chelsea, they need to build on the momentum of the victory over Chelsea to continue to win as many games as possible and catch up with Arsenal as soon as possible.
At the end of this game, Liverpool's players have not had much time to rest, and the schedule of Liverpool players has been busy lately. After this game, Liverpool will face Everton in three days' time, a Carabao Cup game, and three days after this game, Liverpool will face Barnsley, a lower Championship side.
The match with Everton was the semi-finals of the League Cup, and Qiu Ze and others all started the game, and finally with Qiu Ze's goal, Liverpool defeated the opponent by one goal and advanced to the final of Zuihou. Liverpool will meet Tottenham Hotspur in the final.
After this game, Liverpool's next match against is Barnsley. This is a game in the fifth round of this season's FA Cup, which Liverpool don't take very seriously, and in their opinion, even a mixed team of Liverpool's reserves and youth teams can easily beat them and advance to the next round.
On the fourth day after this game, Liverpool will face a very important opponent - Inter Milan! Yes, the UEFA Champions League is back in action as Liverpool take on Italian giants Inter Milan at their home turf.
This is the first leg of this season's UEFA Champions League round of 16, and Liverpool play home and away against Inter Milan, which is not a bad schedule for Liverpool.
Liverpool had an FA Cup game before Inter Milan, and although the FA Cup Liverpool team would not give up, Benitez had already made plans at this time and would not send the main players in this game against Barnsley.
Liverpool's main players will all be given a break in this match between Liverpool and Barnsley, with Rafa Benitez ready to field substitutes and reserve squad players for this game. Even with such a squad, Liverpool have a lot more strength than Barnsley in the lower reaches of the Championship, and they are sure to win.
In the match between Liverpool and Barnsley, Liverpool's main players did not go to the stadium at all, and they all watched the game at home. However, Liverpool's American boss appeared at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium.
It can also be seen from here that Liverpool will not give up the FA Cup, it is clear that they are losing the competition for the league title, Liverpool's American owners are valuing the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League, and Liverpool's goal this season is to hit the treble.
Unfortunately, Liverpool's head coach Rafael Benitez disappointed Liverpool's American boss, Liverpool's American boss witnessed the strength of the Liverpool team on the spot, Liverpool lost 1-2 to Barnsley from the lower reaches of the Championship in their home stadium Anfield, and lost the opportunity to advance to the sixth round of the FA Cup, which made Liverpool's American boss very angry, and when this guy left, almost everyone saw this guy's gloomy face.
Suddenly, countless people began to worry about Benitez's position, because the Yankee had expressed his dissatisfaction with Benitez many times.
As early as the Champions League group stage, there was news in the media that Liverpool's American boss did not like Benitez very much, he was very dissatisfied with Benitez's coaching results, they had moved to change the coach, and Liverpool's American boss frequently contacted well-known coaches who were idle at home.
And there is also news that Benitez, despite his very unsatisfactory coaching performance, even proposed a winter transfer fund of 50 million pounds to Liverpool's American owner, hoping to make up for Liverpool in the winter transfer.
This made Liverpool's American boss very dissatisfied, and at the same time moved the idea of changing the coach. In his opinion, Benitez is simply an inch in progress, and he has no strength, he is ready to change the coach.