Because Qiu Ze had just finished playing the Portuguese national team, Qiu Ze did not appear in the starting lineup of the Liverpool and Manchester City games after he returned, but sat on the bench in case of emergency.

After the start of the game, the Liverpool team performed very well, at the end of the first half, the Liverpool team was already 2-0 ahead, it seems that Qiu Ze has no need to play in this game, and it is time to let Qiu Ze rest.

After the start of the second half, the Liverpool team still had the advantage, and soon the Liverpool team scored again. Everyone thought that Liverpool would win Manchester City without blood, but at this time, an accident happened, and Fernando 61 Torres was injured.

This is Benitez's life, it is said that Fernando 61 Torres will be injured for two months, which makes Benitez feel distressed.

Now the Liverpool team has not had enough players in the front line, and this time Fernando 61 Torres is injured, and there is only one Huntelaar on the front line.

Huntelaar has been doing very well since moving to Liverpool, and he has done his job as a centre-forward, with six goals now in the league, one in the Champions League and three in the Carabao Cup.

Now this guy has scored ten goals when he joined the Liverpool team, and in terms of his playing time, this guy has performed very well, which is another treasure that Benitez has fished in the transfer. It's still feasible for this guy to replace Fernando 61 Torres.

However, now there is no one in the Liverpool team's forward line except Huntelaar, and Huntelaar has no substitutes. If Huntelaar does something at this time, Liverpool will really have no strikers to use.

At this time, Benitez is thinking that his strikers are not enough. It seems necessary to bring in a striker, preferably a center, during the winter break.

However, it is clear that now is not the time to be careful, after Fernando 61 Torres was injured unexpectedly, the Manchester City team suddenly burst out, but in the following games is very good, the Liverpool defence is scattered.

In the space of 15 minutes, Manchester City's Carlos Tevez scored twice in a row to make it 2-3, and it was a great crisis to see that the team was about to be equalised. But at this time, Benitez still didn't let Qiu Ze play, he couldn't afford to be injured.

Liverpool's injuries include Reina, Carragher, Gerrard, Ferdinand 61 and Fernando 61 Torres.

Among them, Gerald is groin, which is supposed to be surgery. However, Gerrard does not want to have surgery at this time, he has opted for conservative treatment and he still wants to continue to play until the end of the season.

So the situation now is that Steven Gerrard can play, but he can't play too long, he can't play a lot of games in a row, he has to fight for a while and then rest for a while.

And Reina's injury problems are not big, but the last few games have not been able to play, and the injuries of the others are relatively light. But even so, Liverpool can't afford to get hurt any longer.

Therefore, at this time, Benitez still did not replace Qiu Ze, he also put on two defensive players to strengthen the defense, he hoped that the players could keep the advantage of this team, and the game was won. Naturally, the Liverpool players also knew what Benitez was thinking, and they immediately stepped up their defense and defended to the death.

With Liverpool's concerted defense, Manchester City failed to pull off a miracle. They struggled to win 3-2 away from home to progress to the last four of the Carabao Cup.

Zuihou's teams to reach the last four of the League Cup are Blackburn, Aston Villa, Manchester United and Liverpool. After the semi-finals, the semi-final matchups were also produced, with Blackburn Rovers taking on Aston Villa and Manchester United taking on Liverpool.

The Carabao Cup semi-finals are played over two legs, home and away, and this is the only two-legged home-and-away tie in the League Cup.

Liverpool will be in Liverpool immediately after their hard-fought win over Manchester City, and they will prepare for two days before heading away for a weekend of league fixtures where they will play Blackburn Rovers away in the league, which is a tiring back-to-back away game.

And in the next week, Liverpool will still have a double game a week. And next week's double-match opponents are very strong, and the significance of this game is also very important.

Liverpool will host Fiorentina at their home stadium in midweek, with a crucial run of progress to the last 16 of this season's Champions League, a game where Liverpool must win 2-0 or more to progress.

Therefore, in this game, the Liverpool team will definitely have to fight the opponent, and they must win this game.

Next weekend, after Fiorentina, Liverpool will take on Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side at the weekend. This game is also very important for Liverpool, who cannot afford to lose in the league now.

If Liverpool don't win in the league, they will be widened by Chelsea, which is a very serious thing. Therefore, next weekend's game against Arsenal, Liverpool will also have to fight to the death.

This shows how heavy Liverpool's task is next week. At this time, the players of the Liverpool team are tired and full of injuries, and it is a very difficult period for the Liverpool team.

If Liverpool can't withstand this very difficult thing, then Liverpool may not have much chance this season, it will definitely be a losing season. So, at this time, the pressure on Benitez is very high.

Especially now that Liverpool have lost Fernando 61 Torres and only Huntelaar is left to use in the front line, Benitez is even more nervous.

According to the English newspaper The Times, Benitez has his eye on Real Madrid's Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. After the introduction of Benzema, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo this year, Real Madrid's strikers are overstaffed, and the 33-year-old Dutch striker can no longer meet the needs of Real Madrid.

"The Times" believes that Real Madrid has already thought about sending off Ruud van Nistelrooy at this time, and Benitez is now a striker, Van Nistelrooy has proven himself as a striker in the Premier League, and he will definitely be able to score goals, but the only problem is that the Dutchman is a little older.

According to The Times, Real Madrid want to send Ruud van Nistelrooy away and they want a transfer fee of four million euros. However, Benitez is afraid that Van Nistelrooy is a bit old and that this form cannot be guaranteed, so he is a little unhappy about paying four million euros.

However, according to The Times, it is not just Liverpool who are interested in Ruud van Nistelrooy, there are as many as three teams in Germany who are interested in the Dutch: Hamburg, Schalke 04 and Wolfsburg.

It is said that Hamburg are very keen to acquire the Dutch striker, who is still in form for at least two seasons despite his age, and they think it is worth it to bring in the Dutchman.

Shakhtar and Wolfsburg, on the other hand, share the same concerns as Benitez, who also believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy is a bit old and that his form is not guaranteed.

In addition to these three teams in the Bundesliga, there are also several teams in Spain who are very keen to bring in Dutch strikers, they are in the same league as Real Madrid, they have seen the performance of the Dutch, and they also think that the Dutch can maintain their form for at least two seasons, and it is very cost-effective to bring in the Dutch at this time.

These two La Liga teams are Getafe and Valencia, Valencia is in a very bad situation now, David 61 Silva and David 61 Villa and so on are clamoring to leave, they can't keep these people, so they have to prepare.

In addition to these teams in Europe's top five leagues, there are also several teams in Ruud van Nistelrooy's hometown of the Netherlands who want to bring him in, including PSV Eindhoven and Ajax.

In other words, Benitez is facing a lot of competitors now, and if he hesitates, he will not be able to get the Dutch striker.

At this time, Liverpool are preparing for the weekend's league fixture, when they travel to Blackburn Rovers at the weekend.

Blackburn Rovers will take this game very seriously and they will be hoping to pick up points at home. For those teams in the bottom half of the Premier League, home is the best place to pick up points, so even against the likes of Liverpool, they will want to pick up points.

Now that Liverpool are tired and full of injuries, this is a godsend for Blackburn, and they certainly don't want to give it up.

Benitez has his considerations for this game, he did not exclude Qiu Ze and Gerrard and others, they have to prepare for the game next week in midweek, that is, three days later, so Liverpool are semi-main players in this game.

Qiu Ze and others did not play, which affected the attack of the Liverpool team, and Blackburn Rovers defended again, so at the end of the first half, the score on the field did not change, 0-0.

At this time, Benitez still has no substitutions, and he believes in his team. However, more than 20 minutes later, Liverpool still did not score and had few chances on goal. At this time, he also went to Qiu Ze and others.

However, Qiu Ze is really tired, these days he first flew to Portugal, then to Bosnia-Herzegovina, then to Liverpool, and then to Liverpool, Manchester and Blackburn and other places, he is really tired, so after he played, although he created some opportunities, but still could not help the team to take the lead, and finally Liverpool drew 0-0 with Blackburn Rovers away.

The result of this game was very dissatisfying for Benitez, they couldn't afford to lose at all at this time, but at this time, they still only got a draw, which made Benitez feel very bad.

However, there was good news at this time that Chelsea were also winless in this round of fixtures and they also lost the game, losing 2-1 away to Manchester City, who halted Chelsea's progress.

However, there is unpleasant news that Manchester United won 4-0 against West Ham United in this game, and Manchester United has 34 points at once, so Manchester United has surpassed Liverpool with 32 points and is in second place.

Chelsea remain top of the table with 36, followed by Manchester United in second place with 34 points, while Liverpool are third with 32 points and Arsenal are fourth in the league with 31 points.

At this time, how can Benitez be satisfied, not only did they not seize this golden opportunity to win Blackburn and close the gap with the Chelsea team, they were even surpassed by Manchester United, which made Benitez of course very angry.

Yes, very angry, Benitez never thought that they would not even be able to win Blackburn, this time the situation of the Liverpool team is even worse, which makes the pressure on Benitez even greater, and he is a little out of breath.