After playing Turkey, England played another warm-up match against Belgium, which also ended in England's victory.

Chen Xi has shown excellent form in the national team, and now there are fewer and fewer doubts about his selection for the national team. And many people think that the main squad of the national team should have a place for the best local player in the Premier League last season!

After playing two consecutive national team games, Chen Xi and his teammates returned to the club and ushered in a new round of league tests.

Since the tough game against Arsenal, many of the main players in the Liverpool team have not been given a chance to rest. Because, in addition to the five internationals of the England national team, Hyypia, Dudek, Finnan, Reiser and Smitchell are also the absolute main players of their respective national teams. And in this international competition, they also played for the national team.

Such a national team competition is not only a continuous battle, but also a tiring journey. This is undoubtedly a huge test of the players' fitness.

After returning to the league, Liverpool's performance was indeed affected by the international team game, and at Fratton Park, Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw by Pompeii's Portsmouth, making it two consecutive league draws.

Behind Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United withstood the test, winning 2-1 and 1-0 respectively, thus reducing Liverpool's lead at the top of the table to one point.

After playing Portsmouth, Liverpool faced strong rivals Ajax in the Champions League. The two teams played a dull battle at Anfield Stadium, 0-0, and the attacking Liverpool team handed in a clean sheet for the first time this season!

Two draws in a row have made people realise that this Liverpool team is far from being invincible.

When Liverpool won back-to-back league and Champions League games, the media was talking about who could stop Liverpool's progress!

Although Arsenal once drew with Liverpool at Anfield, considering that Liverpool team had one less player to play before, after that draw, Liverpool team is still the object of praise from the media!

But then the draw against Portsmouth and Ajax clearly led the media to draw conclusions. The answer is the FIFA virus!

Yes, Liverpool's starting line-up looks nowhere near as luxurious as the other big clubs. However, they are all strong players in their respective national teams, and their main teams have all been selected for their respective national teams. All participated in the warm-up match of the national team.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are all less affected than Liverpool in this regard.

In fact, even if they were affected, they had a bit more depth on the bench.

As for Liverpool, although there are many strong players on the bench, Benitez has not adjusted the starting lineup much in order to ensure the stability of the record, but will make minor adjustments in individual positions, which makes some of the team's substitute players unable to stand up at critical times, and the main players are very tired, which will naturally affect the Liverpool team's record!

Fortunately, Liverpool finally stopped their streak of draws in the tenth round of the league and won at home against Leeds United, which was in debt crisis.

This season, due to the team's increasingly serious debt crisis, Leeds United can only sell a large number of key players, and some of the players who remain in the team are also in turmoil. The young guards, who had swept the Premier League in previous years, have now fallen into the relegation zone, and if they are not able to change the team's financial situation in time, it is only a matter of time before they are relegated.

For such a team, Liverpool, who have been in poor form recently, did not show sympathy, but chose to beat the Reservoir Dogs.

In the first half, goals from Chen Xi and Steven Gerrard helped Liverpool take a two-goal lead.

In the early half of the second half, Australian centre-forward Viduka, who chose to stay behind despite his teammates fleeing Elland Road, helped Leeds United pull a goal back.

But just five minutes after his goal, a header from Heskey extended Liverpool's lead to two. It also broke down the already fragile psychological defence of the Leeds United players.

Just before the end of the game, left-back Reese added the icing on the cake with a powerful long-range shot to seal a 4-1 win for Liverpool.

In the same round, Arsenal were held to a draw and Manchester United capsized away, which allowed Liverpool to take advantage of the opportunity to stretch the points advantage back to four points.

After playing this round of the league, Liverpool has a new competition, which is the League Cup.

Although the opponent in the first round of the game was the Premier League side Blackburn, Benitez still decisively chose to rotate, giving the main players who have been fighting in a row a chance to rest.

As a result, the substitute-based Liverpool team exploded into strong strength on the road, and they defeated Blackburn Rovers 4-3 in a goal shootout to advance to the next round!

For this result, Benitez is really happy and helpless, happy that the team is naturally promoted, but helplessly this means that his team will have a tighter schedule in the future, you must know that Benitez's previous La Liga did not have such a tight schedule.

There is another important reason why Benitez chose to rest in this game, and that is that there is another league game to play immediately after. The opponent is Fulham, who are in the middle of the table.

In London, Rafa Benitez fielded the main line-up. In the eyes of the Spanish manager, this season, the league is the most important thing. Even though the Spaniard has always been very good at playing cup games, giving the impression of a cup master. But he also knows that in the minds of Liverpool fans and the club's hierarchy, the league title after a decade is what they want most.

After all, as the club with the most championships in the English top league, after entering the Premier League era, it is quite uncomfortable to watch the gap between the sworn rivals Manchester United close the championship between each other again and again.

Especially the coach of this Manchester United team, Alex Ferguson, said at the beginning of his tenure that he would pull Liverpool from the position of England hegemon, and Liverpool fans can't be willing to watch this old Scottish man step on his team to fulfill his promise!

In the stands of the Cayun Farm Stadium, there were also many Chen Xi supporters.

In addition to Yang Xu and other international students, some Tottenham fans also came here to cheer for Chen Xi, who had become loyal supporters of this young Chinese as early as when Chen Xi played for Tottenham. When Chen Xi left Tottenham to join Liverpool, they were also sad, but it did not stop them from continuing to support Chen Xi!

Feeling the enthusiasm of his supporters in the stands, Chen Xi also worked very hard in this game!

With only a third of the way into the first half, he took advantage of a free-kick from the edge of the box to blast open the door for Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

Although after that, the Fulham team playing at home had fought back with all their strength and wanted to get back the score, but their attacking power did not bring much trouble to the Liverpool team, but the Liverpool team seized another opportunity to counterattack!

Xavi Alonso launched a counterattack with a long pass directly at the back, the ball was sent to the back of the Fulham central defender, Owen's high-speed insertion, his speed advantage was vividly displayed, after catching up with the ball, facing the attacking Van der Sar, calmly scored the ball!

The two-goal lead also made it easier for Liverpool to play in the upcoming games.

The reluctance of the backward Fulham team to continue to strengthen the attack also gave Liverpool a lot of opportunities, and even Liverpool defender Xavi Alonso was able to cut in a few shots from time to time.

Ten minutes into the second half, Xavi Alonso extended Liverpool's score to three goals with a powerful long-range shot, which also sealed the win!

Considering that there is still the Champions League in midweek, Benitez also decisively chose to replace the main players to rest.

Chen Xi was replaced by Danny Murphy in the 62nd minute, which made the fans in the stands who came to watch Chen Xi play very disappointed.

At the end of the game, Chen Xi did not forget to use his applause to express his gratitude to the fans who came to support him. His performance was also met with an enthusiastic response from the fans!

After bringing on a couple of substitutes, Liverpool's goal didn't end there. Substitute striker Barosh scored with his first touch of the pitch to extend the score to 4-0, which was the final scoreline.

Liverpool played a hearty win at Cayun Farm and seemed to be announcing that they had managed to shake off the effects of the FIFA virus!

The only regret is that in this round, Arsenal and Manchester United also won one after another, and Liverpool could not extend the lead again.

In addition to Arsenal and Manchester United, the Blues Chelsea also quietly returned to the first group with their consistent performances.

After all, Chelsea bought so many stars in the summer, and Abou even the CEO of Manchester United, Kenyon, poached a high salary, and if he didn't play the results, Ranieri could really leave early.

The old Italian man obviously also attached great importance to this position, so he tried desperately to blend these stars into a whole, and now it seems that this effect is not bad.

The stable performance during this period also allowed Ranieri, who was predicted to be the first coach to be released from the Premier League in the new season, to temporarily sit in the position, and the first unlucky person to leave the class was our Chen Xi's old friend Hoddle.

After Chen Xi left Tottenham, Hoddle's coaching level was also restored, and his Spurs team played the worst start in several seasons, in stark contrast to last season, David Pulit, who was already at odds with him, took the opportunity to kick him away.

(To be continued)