In the next few days, Chen Xi's state in training was still very excited.

It also saw him in the squad against Liverpool, but his name was not included in the 11-man starting XI announced by Hoddle. Obviously, for the sake of prudence, Hoddle is still ready to let Chen Xi make a gradual "comeback".

Although Chen Xi was a little helpless not to be included in the starting list, he also knew very well that Hoddle was also thinking about him. He had to go to the game and wait for his chance.

As Tottenham's clash with Liverpool approached, the attention of the British media was also withdrawn from Wayne Rooney and shifted to the game.

Liverpool have also had a good season, losing just one game, but are now third behind Tottenham due to more draws than Tottenham.

Neither Tottenham nor Arsenal won the last game, which allowed the giants behind them to close the gap. There is not much difference between the top few places in the Premier League table right now. Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester United and Chelsea form a huge 'first group'.

Over the next month or so, the teams will meet each other several times. Whether to stay in the first group or fall behind is clearly a decisive fixture.

The direct dialogue between the second and third places in the league is obviously the focus of this round.

After a frantic run of five cup titles in the 00-01 season, Liverpool ushered in a period of depletion of titles last season. Last season's lack of results led them to invest more in the transfer market.

Already with the England duo of Husky and Owen, they have bought young Czech striker Baros and Senegalese striker Diouf, who has shone at the World Cup.

Coupled with their already strong midfield combination, Liverpool are definitely a tough opponent to deal with.

How to defend against their terror forward will be the first issue for Hoddle to consider. Tottenham Hotspur are as high in goals scored this season as they are in the league rankings. However, the number of goals conceded was not far behind, and they entered the top few in the league.

Liverpool's four strikers have all scored this season, and Owen is in the limelight. Add to that the fact that they also have attacking prowesses like Steven Gerrard, Murphy and Smitchell in midfield. Tottenham's backline will undoubtedly have to be put to the test.

There is widespread disbelief that Tottenham will be able to hold on to Liverpool's attack.

The Sun's Howard even quipped in his column: "I heard that four of Liverpool's strikers are fighting in training because they all want to play against Tottenham. Because that means they can score goals with ease! ”

In the face of the cynicism of the outside world, Hoddle did not respond. After all, it is a fact that Tottenham have not been good defensively this season. Hoddle thinks as long as the team can continue to be as good on the offensive end. After all, Tottenham's style is itself one of attack, and Hoddle, who comes from attacking midfield, clearly prefers attacking tactics.

However, the media did not seem to be very optimistic about Tottenham's attack either. Because before the game, Hoddle announced that Chen Xi would not start this game, in the eyes of the media, without Chen Xi, Tottenham Hotspur failed to break through the door of Bolton at home in the last round, let alone this away game against Liverpool. Hyypia's Liverpool defence is one of the most solid in the Premier League.

Reds captain Hyypia said in an interview before the game: "Tottenham have been doing well in attack this season, they have a good group of attackers. But at Anfield, we're going to leave them empty-handed! ”

Liverpool's other central defender, Carragher, also challenged Tottenham: "In the first five home games of the season, we kept three clean sheets, and after this game it will increase to four! ”

In the face of the provocation of the Red Army, Tottenham's side naturally did not swallow their anger. Robbie Keane, who has quickly established himself as a regular since moving to Tottenham, hit back in an interview: "At Anfield, we not only have to score, but we also have to win!" ”

Tottenham captain Redknapp has spent 10 years at Liverpool and still has a deep affection for his former club. But now as Tottenham captain, he has to step up and cheer for his team: "Every team has a lot of trouble at Anfield, but I'm sure we can get the results we want there! ”

A war of words pushed the attention of this game to the **.

The media also listed a lot of highlights for this game, which hyped this game extremely hot.

Tottenham Hotspur set off towards Liverpool with such high exposure.

Before leaving, Chen Xi went to Chuanxianglou and picked up the dishes brought to Zhang Keyi from Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang fried a few of Zhang Keyi's favorite dishes, put them in a relatively sealed glass jar, wrapped them in a travel package, and gave them to Chen Xi.

asked for Zhang Keyi's number from Lao Zhang, and Chen Xi set off with the team.

Since he had already been to Liverpool once when he played Everton last time, Chen Xi did not have much interest in the scenery along the way this time.

When he was about to arrive in Liverpool, Chen Xi dialed Zhang Keyi's number.

"Hello, this is Zhang Keyi!" After the phone rang a few times, Zhang Keyi's sweet voice rang over there. She came to the UK with her parents when she was a child, and she is also fluent in English.

"Hello, Miss Zhang, the takeaway you ordered will arrive in half an hour!" Seeing that Zhang Keyi didn't seem to know that it was his number, Chen Xi said mischievously in a takeaway tone.

"Huh? I didn't order takeout. Did you make a mistake? Zhang Keyi over there was really fooled and asked suspiciously.

"Are you Miss Keyi Zhang from the University of Liverpool?" Chen Xi couldn't help but smile and asked.

"yes!" Zhang Keyi replied honestly.

"Then I'm not mistaken! This is indeed your takeaway! Chen Xi continued.

"I said I didn't order takeout, I'll hang up the phone if you mess around again!" Zhang Keyi obviously thought that Chen Xi was a person who was disturbing the phone, so she said in an accentuated tone.

"That's angry? What a boring little girl, no entertainment at all! Seeing that Zhang Keyi seemed to be angry, Chen Xi stopped joking and said in Chinese.

"Are you...... Brother Chen Xi? Hearing Chen Xi speak Chinese, Zhang Keyi guessed his identity, and then she said angrily and a little excitedly: "Brother Chen Xi is really annoying, he actually called to tease people!" ”

"Well, I didn't tease you! I really brought you your dad's love takeaway! Chen Xi said innocently.

"Really? Are you coming to Liverpool? Zhang Keyi still didn't seem to believe it.

"yes, Liverpool!" Chen Xi returned.

"Okay, I'll have to go to the scene to cheer you on!" Zhang Keyi said excitedly, I guess I thought she was a die-hard fan if she wasn't familiar with her.

"Okay, I'll be in Liverpool later, I'll give you the food your dad fried for you first!" Chen Xi knows Zhang Keyi well, and he is really worried that this girl will do something to cheer for Tottenham in Liverpool's camp at that time.

"Ah! That's great! On the other end of the phone, Zhang Keyi's girl's cheers came.