After losing at home to Chelsea, Willingham won one, drew one and lost one of their next three league games, drawing away at Aston Villa, winning at home to Charlton Athletic, who are in the relegation zone, and then losing by a big margin to Liverpool, who have been in good form this season.

Fourteen rounds on, Arsene Wenger's side have five wins, four draws and five defeats, and the points have been squeezed into the middle of the table.

The Premier League played at this time, to be honest, Lao Liu was a little disappointed in his heart, although he also played a few good games, but he always felt like something was almost something, the three games that lost at home to the giants actually didn't have much to say, the skills are not as good as the people, in fact, the media and fans have always been more tolerant of the evaluation of Willingsmu, a bad club that was still worried about the relegation of the English League four years ago, can not be in the Premier League relegation zone, which is a miracle in itself, and then make too many requirements, It is estimated that even the extremely demanding English football circle is a little embarrassed.

But Lao Liu is unwilling to accept such a tolerance, since he has worked hard to get to such a point, there is no time to stop and rest, now, he is most worried about the gradual emergence of a kind of laziness within the team, now it seems that not only Huntelaar, Aguero such a striker, or Kompany, Van den Boray such a defender, seems to be satisfied with the current results, the whole team, in addition to the captain Joyder can also keep a clear head, It seems that only Jim Bullard, who is not too famous, is still full of fighting energy.

"Beware of the allusion to boiling frogs in warm water, Professor, how much potential do you think we can unleash this season, I am worried that if such a high and low situation is maintained for too long, it will not be beneficial to the development of the team." During a private drink, Liu Luzhen bluntly raised his doubts to Wenger.

"Yes, your worries are very reasonable, in fact, we are facing the biggest bottleneck now," Wenger nodded, he was very pleased that Lao Liu could see the essence of the problem through the current good situation, "Usually, for a promoted horse, the first one or two seasons are the most relegation pressure, this pressure will force you to play to your maximum potential, if you can succeed in relegation for two consecutive years, then you can also achieve a qualitative change in strength, and Willingham is not the same as them, That's why we set our goals for this season in Europe, because the players need to have a clear goal, and they need to have a goal to evaluate the results. ”

'But the Premier League has been going on for so long and I think we might need a more immediate goal, even if it's hard to achieve, than to make the new Premier League guys feel good.'

After Lao Liu finished saying this, Wenger's eyes lit up, and the two of them got together and whispered a word at the same time, "League Cup." ”……

After a shock win over Arsenal, Willingsham have been drawn away to another Premier League side Fulham in the quarters of this season's League Cup, and if they can get through, the quarter-games will be the winners of West Ham United and Championship side Luton Town.

With Fulham having a good season last season and reaching the UEFA Cup, the one-eighth match against Willingham was delayed, with seven teams in the quarter-finals coming to the forefront.

"I didn't expect Luton Town to beat West Ham United, and if we can beat Fulham, we have a good chance of getting into the last four." After Leboeuf learned the latest battle report, he couldn't wait to report the good news to Lao Liu and Wenger.

Wenger glanced at Lao Liu and didn't say anything, Lao Liu smiled, "No matter who it is, the League Cup is a hotbed of unpopularity, none of us are afraid, but we can't take anyone lightly." ”

Fulham's home attendance is not quite high, and it seems that they would prefer to focus on the league after a poor start to the Premier League season, with too many fronts leaving them a little overwhelmed, but that doesn't mean manager Coleman will give up on such a Carabao Cup game.

In addition to the injured midfielder Boamott who did not play, almost all of Fulham's main players appeared in the Carabao Cup with Willingsham, including the new striker Johan who was brought in from Belgium this season to replace the Dutch striker Johan who left Manchester City, Sonck, who played for Agamex and later returned to the Belgian domestic league, and another person who deserves special attention, the striker Wells from Slovakia, who is not yet 20 years old, who was originally the most outstanding member of Manchester City's youth training camp. Last season, as a condition of John's arrival at Manchester City, he was brought to Fulham by Coleman, and due to his young age, Wells has not yet played in the league, but in the last round of the Carabao Cup, he started and played the full 90 minutes, which is quite good.

After a few months of league games, Willingsmu's squad is not very neat, but because there are more than two players in each position, it is not too stretched, but Wenger is still in the midfield position, sending on Mark Carr, who has not played much, and putting West Walker on the bench, while withdrawing Aguero to play in the left center.

The game was a tough battle from the start, with little difference in quality between the two sides, with Willingsham outperforming Fulham in individual positions, but unable to easily break down Fulham's strong defence.

The only things to watch in the first half were two breakthroughs from Helder and one from Huntelaar hitting the crossbar, while teenager Wells' juggling possession delighted the crowd of more than 20,000 Fulham fans.

At the beginning of the second half, the situation did not improve much, and in the 60th minute, Arsene Wenger made the first substitution, replacing the right midfielder Flamini with a young teenager Steve Moore.

Moore, who has been the club's playmaker and captain in League One for two seasons, is more experienced than Wells, who has been playing for Manchester City's youth team, and is no less energetic than his opponents, with Willingsmum gradually dominating the pitch under Moore's lead, Huntelaar did not waste another chance, and two goals from him and Sergio Aguero made it 2-1 for Willingsmu, with Sonk netting the only goal for Fulham.

(To be continued)