54. A game that must never be lost

After the Fulham game, Liverpool will travel to Newcastle United to play Zuihou before the do-or-die clash between Liverpool and Porto, after which Liverpool will host Porto.

So, it is necessary for Benitez to rotate for this game. This time, Benitez finally found a reason for himself, in this game, Benitez put Crouch on the bench, let Fernando 61 Torres, who returned from injury, start, to find form.

And he also gave Fernando 61 Torres and Crouch a promise of one half of the game, saying that it was to prepare for the life-and-death battle with the Marseille team. However, at this time, Xavi 61 Alonso did not recover from injury, so Qiu Ze still appeared in the starting list.

However, Benitez will not let Qiu Ze play the whole game, after all, the next game is a battle of life and death, he must think about the next game, Benitez is to give Qiu Ze 60 minutes at most, he hopes to solve the battle within 60 minutes.

Liverpool were in good form in this game, Benitez's idea really came true, and Liverpool settled the battle in sixty minutes.

Fernando 61 Torres, who started the game, did not score, and the first goal was scored by Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard after receiving a pass from Qiu Ze, and Gerrard opened the door to victory for Liverpool.

Before the end of the first half, Reese crossed from the flank, and Fernando 61 Torres in the middle jumped high, but he couldn't get the ball on the head. However, he interfered with the Newcastle United centre-backs behind him, and the ball changed direction on the Newcastle United centre-backs and flew into the Newcastle United goal.

Own goal! , Liverpool is really lucky, with this own goal, Liverpool ended the first half with a two-goal lead.

At the start of the second half, Liverpool replaced Fernando 61 Torres with Crouch and Qiu Ze with Benayoun. Qiu Ze only played for forty-five minutes before going down, it seems that he really overfulfilled the task.

Crouch has been on a hot streak lately, and after less than ten minutes on the pitch, he found an opportunity on the edge of the penalty area. The guy slid the ball sideways, dodged the Newcastle United centre-backs and then volleyed straight into the edge of the box and the ball flew lightning into the Newcastle United goal.

Three to zero! Liverpool took a 3-0 lead at Newcastle United, and at this time, Newcastle United fans left the stadium early.

Having scored in three consecutive games, Crouch's recent form is really hot and frightening, which surprises Liverpool fans, and you are most surprised by Benitez, who can welcome such a player who can score at such a difficult time, which is Liverpool's convincing.

After the ten-goal victory over Betacis, Liverpool seemed to be in transit, and all good things were coming to Liverpool, and now Liverpool's players and fans are full of confidence that Liverpool will qualify for the Champions League group and advance to the last 16 of the Champions League.

Whether Liverpool can achieve a big comeback from death to life is the key to the last three games of the group stage, and this week's match against Porto is extremely difficult. The 10-0 thrashing of Besiktas in the last round created the most score in the history of the Champions League, but this only changed Liverpool's danger of climbing the cliff from one hand to two hands. If Liverpool wants to qualify from the group, there are still two hurdles left, and they must get six points from Porto and Marseille to climb the cliff.

Porto drew at home to Liverpool in the first leg and are currently top of the table with eight points. The situation in Group A is chaotic at the moment, and even Besiktas has any hope of qualifying. In this complex situation, how Liverpool can play the true character of a strong team, the home advantage of this game is actually very important, after all, in the famous Anfield, any team must not fight.

However, Porto is not Besiktas, the 2003-2004 Champions League champion, although not famous enough, the strength can already compete with the giants, Liverpool want to see the massacre, this is probably unrealistic.

However, Liverpool have not been thinking of slaughtering Porto either, and their current thinking is to win this game and get the three points.

At this time, countless media outlets have reported on this game and previewed this game. England's The Sun reported: "The Reds have been pushed to the brink of a precipice, and Benitez's position is in jeopardy if they are winless in this round. ”

In their report, they wrote:

In Europe, Rafael Benitez, who has always been known as the "King of the Cup", is now in trouble. Despite a record-breaking 10-0 sweep of Turkish powerhouse Besiktas in the last round, the Reds still need to take all three points from their remaining two rounds to qualify from the group.

With just one win, one draw and two defeats in four rounds, both Reds fans and team owners are furious. For Liverpool's two American bosses, they met almost all the requirements of Bei Shuai during the summer transfer, with a total investment of 70 million pounds but no results, and whether Liverpool can enter the Champions League knockout round will be the bottom line of the American boss's psychological bearing.

It had been reported that if Liverpool were unable to progress from the group, then Liverpool king Dalglish would come out to replace Benitez, who and his Liverpool had been pushed off the brink.

If they can't win this round, Liverpool will be eliminated from the competition, and Benitez's position is also unfavorable, but Porto is by no means idle, at present, they are unbeaten with two wins and two draws at the top of the group, as long as they beat Liverpool in this round, they will qualify for the group one round ahead of schedule, and their desire for victory is no less than Liverpool.

In fact, in the four years since he took charge of Liverpool, Benitez has always relied on Champions League results to fill the gap. Now, Benitez's Liverpool is about to be eliminated from the Champions League, so this guy Zuihou a fig leaf will be ruthlessly ripped off, so at that time, what face will he have to remain in the Liverpool position?

The Sun's report is bound to be true, and it makes sense, and there are really a lot of Liverpool fans who think that way right now. If Liverpool are eliminated from the Champions League group stage this season, they really want Benitez to leave the Liverpool position.

Although Liverpool are still unbeaten in the league this season, there is still a gap between them and the top of the table, as giants, they have an embarrassing record of only one home win in the league in three months. Benitez's relationship with captain Steven Gerrard has always been cold, with his two most important strikers, Kuyt and Voronin, combined for less than 50 per cent of their league goals (four goals in 13 league games). With such attacking ability, it is not surprising that Liverpool fell to such a point in the Champions League group stage.

So it's normal for Liverpool fans to have doubts about their coaching ability, and it's not normal if they don't.

It's going to be very difficult for Liverpool to win this game because Porto aren't a very easy team to play against, they're not Betaxis.

Porto have proven themselves to be a tough team to play against in the Champions League, beating their opponents at home to Liverpool in the first leg, although Porto only needed a draw to qualify early in terms of fighting spirit, but once Liverpool are out of the nest, the "old treacherous" Portuguese counterattack is also very targeted.

This round of the home game against Porto has become a life-and-death battle between Bei Shuai and the soldiers, and the tens of thousands of fans at home and the eager eyes of the two American owners will definitely put a lot of pressure on Bei Shuai, and there is even news that the Reds management released a message to Benitez before the game: either win the game, or the coach is difficult to protect.

This can't be blamed on Liverpool's two financiers, after all, they allowed Bei Shuai to buy people during the summer transfer, and the 70 million pounds smashed without any repercussions is a result that no one can accept. If anyone else would do that, that's £70 million!

Reds fans need a win to appease them, having just gone through the disgraceful exit of the national team and the pub scandal that broke out of the national team players, and now their fragile hearts can no longer accept the home team being kicked out.

However, the team's 10-0 win over Betacis in the last round still gave Liverpool fans some confidence, and for this game, Liverpudlian are full of hope, and they hope that Liverpool can stage a big comeback and create a miracle.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Liverpool have been in good form of late, with the Reds beating Newcastle 3-0 away in the last league fixture. Captain Steven Gerrard came in good form and scored occasionally, and Crouch has been in hot form lately, scoring one goal after another.

In these days of training, Crouch has shown that he is still in good shape, and he has scored a lot of goals in training matches. And Qiu Ze's state is not to mention, as good as ever, and in time Fernando 61 Torres has also improved recently.

Seeing that these players are in such good form, Benitez is full of confidence in this game, and he is convinced that Zuihou's victory will be his.

In this game, the Reds Liverpool is sitting at the home of the famous Anfield Devils, and they have some psychological advantages; However, Porto is not Besiktas after all, and will not let the Reds play a record score casually, they came to Anfield with an unbeaten record of two wins and two draws, and only need to beat Liverpool in this round to qualify for the group one round earlier, since there is a chance to settle the battle early, Porto must not want to dream too much at night.

This game has attracted a lot of attention, everyone wants to see if Liverpool will break out like the last round of games, now that Liverpool has been pushed down the cliff, they believe that Liverpool will not hide anymore, because they have no other chances.

Victory! That's the only thing Liverpool are pursuing right now, and if they don't win, then Liverpool will be humiliatingly eliminated from the group stage, and then Benitez will go from being the "king of the cup" to the "death of the cup".

Liverpudlian really can't afford to lose this game. And Benitez can't afford to lose, he has received an ultimatum from the American boss, if the Champions League group stage is eliminated, then he Benitez will also stay at Anfield!