103. Carabao Cup meets the Blues
1-1, Liverpool was forced to draw by Manchester City away from home, which really made Liverpool fans very regretful, because Liverpool got more chances in this game, but it was a pity that Liverpool did not win the game.
The whole Liverpool team was also unhappy with the result, they deserved to win this game, but they were unlucky and did not win in the end, which is a pity.
In this game, Benitez's adjustment in the midfield was very successful, allowing everyone to see his strength, and also made those impetuous Liverpool fans temporarily forget about the clamoring for a change of manager, and they also thought that Benitez was actually still good.
Manchester City's draw with Liverpool in this game was actually a good result, but Manchester City did not think so, and they felt that it was a pity that they could not win against Liverpool. They thought they should have taken Liverpool, they didn't take their chances.
After this game, Qiu Ze and Benitez's bans have expired, and Qiu Ze will be able to return to the court in the next game, Qiu Ze is very excited, he has not played for three consecutive games, and his feet are a little itchy. Especially in the last game, sitting in the stands and watching the team being ravaged by the Manchester City team, Qiu Ze was so anxious that he couldn't wait to rush off the field immediately to teach the arrogant guys of the Manchester City team a good lesson.
Next week's game for the Liverpool team is a double game a week, and the comeback of Qiu Ze and others is just the right time, just to solve the Liverpool team's coal burning urgency.
Liverpool's double game this week is not a midweek Champions League game, and the Champions League knockout rounds have not yet started, and there is still more than a month to go. Liverpool will play in midweek when the English League Cup is played.
At this time, the Liverpool team has entered the quarterfinals of the English League Cup, and the players sent by Liverpool in the previous League Cup are basically a ragtag army of players from the football and reserve teams and youth teams, and they have reached the quarterfinals of the League Cup with good results.
Originally, the Carabao Cup was a game that Benitez gave up, because the weight of this competition is not very heavy, and it doesn't matter if you take it or not. However, to Benitez's surprise, his motley army actually reached the quarterfinals.
At this point, after three more games, he will be able to win the tournament, and at this time, Benitez is of course no longer willing to give up, and he has decided to challenge for the title of this tournament. Although the weight of this champion is not very heavy, it is meat in a small mosquito, too, isn't it?
And doesn't Liverpool's American boss have a request? Liverpool must have a title this season for Benitez to be secure? Wouldn't it be enough to win this championship!
Therefore, at this time, Benitez has re-focused on the League Cup, and he hopes that the team can go to Zuihou in the League Cup and win the competition.
In midweek, Liverpool's opponents are Chelsea, who are not weak, and although Liverpool are now ahead of Chelsea in the league, they are not sure they will be able to beat Chelsea.
However, even so, Benitez is not willing to give up the League Cup, and this title is a certainty. And at the weekend, Liverpool's opponent is Wigan Athletic, Wigan Athletic's strength is not very strong, he believes that even if Liverpool and Chelsea are locked in midweek, they can still beat Wigan Athletic at the weekend, so Benitez made up his mind to kill Chelsea and win the League Cup.
This will be the second meeting between the two teams this season, with Liverpool's victory over Chelsea in the first meeting between the two sides that has left Chelsea feeling uncomfortable and they will be hoping to use the opportunity to avenge the first leg between the two sides.
Before the game even started, the players of both sides began to fight with each other, and this one added more excitement to the game.
Chelsea's midfielder Frank Lampard had this to say in his pre-match pre-match interview: 'We were careless last time and we won't let Liverpool get their way this time. We've prepared a lot for this game, we've prepared well and I'm sure it's our Chelsea who will win in the end and the Carabao Cup title this season is in our Chelsea bag. ”
Frank Lampard spoke with great confidence and confidence, and seemed to have a feeling that he did not take the Liverpool team seriously, which made Liverpool fans very unhappy.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the game, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard had this to say: "Chelsea are a very strong team, just look at where they stand in the league this season. It's not easy for any team to beat them. We at Liverpool now just have to be ourselves, don't care about anything else, and play our own strengths, and I believe that in such a situation, we Liverpool team is invincible. ”
Gerrard's words seem to be lifting up the Chelsea team, but in fact he is sarcastic and sarcastic about his Chelsea pairs, including the sentence "just look at Chelsea's position in the league this season", which makes Chelseans ashamed and embarrassed.
Because Chelsea are right now below Liverpool, isn't it clear what Gerrard means by that?
Listening to Gerrard's words, the Chelsea fans were furious, and Chelsea's goalkeeper Czech Petr 61 Cech stood up and said: "I don't know if Liverpool are invincible, I just know that as long as I stand in front of the goal, no one can break my goal, whether it's Manchester United, Arsenal or Manchester City. ”
This guy's sentence is even more ironic, he mentioned Manchester United, mentioned Asen, and even mentioned Manchester City, he just doesn't play Liverpool, of course, the meaning is very clear, that is, they don't take Liverpudlian people in their eyes at all, and Liverpool doesn't deserve their attention at all.
And Peter61 Cech also said: "We have been preparing for this game for a long time, we have made a lot of preparations to deal with unexpected situations, I believe that the victory of this game will be ours and the league title will be ours. ”
Peter61 Cech didn't take Liverpool seriously, which made Liverpool's fans and players very angry, Peter61 Cech's skin is just too itchy, you just wait to be pumped.
Liverpool's Spanish midfielder Xavi 61 Alonso spoke out: "In front of us, Liverpool's squad has been untidy, which affects our strength. But we still have achieved such a good result, and our strength should not be underestimated. Now we have a very complete squad and I am sure that in this situation we will achieve even better results for Liverpool. ”
Xavi 61 Alonso said it very tactfully, but everyone understands the meaning of his words, they used to have such haode results if they didn't have good results, and now they have a complete lineup, and their results are better than the future. Of course, they were able to beat Chelsea when they were out of line-up, and even more so now.
Before the game, the players of both sides had a big war of words, which made the media reporters feel very enjoyable, and also made the fans of both sides pay more attention to this game, although this game is only a League Cup quarter-final, but it still attracted a lot of attention.
Qiu Ze, who has been suspended for three games, will return to Liverpool's starting line-up after three games, which naturally attracted very multimedia attention, and they all came to Qiu Ze's side to interview Qiu Ze and ask him what he thought of the game.
Qiu Ze said in an interview with reporters: "Although Liverpool did not send the main squad of the first team in the previous League Cup matches, our goal is still to win the League Cup. Because we believe that even if we don't send the main team, we can get to the last eight of the Carabao Cup. We did it. ”
After a pause, Qiu Ze continued: "Now we are ready to let all the main players of the first team appear in the League Cup, and our Liverpool's strength will be even stronger. Hehe! ”
Qiu Ze is more informative than any other player, and the meaning of this guy's words is that he doesn't take any of the top eight opponents to heart, as if at this time, their Liverpool pair has become the champion of Zuihou.
This remark not only caused dissatisfaction among the Chelsea people, but also the other top six, who thought that Qiu Ze was simply too arrogant and didn't take them to heart at all, and they decided to teach this arrogant guy a good lesson.
Of course, the premise is that this guy and his Liverpool team can pass the Chelsea level, and in their opinion, it will be very difficult for Liverpool to pass the Chelsea level.
Before the game, the managers of the two teams also gave interviews to the media, and Chelsea manager Italian Ranieri said in an interview with the media: "We are fully prepared for this game, and we have studied Liverpool very much, I believe I know the Liverpool team, and I have made targeted arrangements. We've done all the preparation and I'm confident in my players and I'm confident that we'll be the ones who will qualify for the next round. ”
Ranieri's statement didn't cause much repercussions, because this guy's statement is simply too routine, there is nothing special about it, almost every manager will say that. Instead, it was Benitez's words that attracted widespread attention.
Benitez said this in an interview: "What midweek Carabao Cup? Oh no, no, no. I'm thinking about the weekend against Wigan Athletic, I don't think I need to worry about anything in midweek, I'm thinking about the league at the weekend. ”
What Benitez meant by this was that the midweek game against Chelsea was not worth thinking about at all, as if in his mind, the victory was already in his pocket, which was simply ignoring Chelsea.
This can make the Chelsea fans so angry that they almost had a heart attack, and the Chelsea fans want to rush up and dismantle Benitez at this time, this guy is simply too hateful, too hateful, this guy should be pushed to the gallows.