On 19 March, Liverpool's opponent was Newcastle.

When it comes to Newcastle, we have to mention Owen, the former England golden boy can always be associated with Liverpool, Gerrard and Owen's friendship and Liverpool fans' support for Owen also add a lot of complicated feelings to the game.

Gerrard almost always wanted Owen to return.

It's not just about friendship, it's about Gerrard's trust in Owen, who always believes that Owen and Zhang Tiehan will be the best partners, and always thinks that Owen, like him, should play for Liverpool for the rest of his life.

It's not just Gerrard, a lot of Liverpool fans think so.

As long as he is a pure Liverpudlian, he will want Owen to return to Anfield.

But Owen again politely declined Gerrard's kindness.

Owen left Liverpool at the start of the 2004-2005 season to come to Real Madrid. Although he became the most efficient striker in Madrid, that did not stop him from leaving. At the start of the season, Owen returned to England, but he was welcomed by another Premier League side, Newcastle United.

Speaking on Newcastle United's official website, Owen said: "Steven said they needed a me, but they already had Zhang, Zhang is a fantastic player, he scores a lot of goals, he's efficient, Steven says my partnership with Zhang would be perfect. ”

"I'm not familiar with Zhang, but I believe what Steven said is true."

"But as a good friend of his, I'd rather hear him say 'Michael Owen is a good player' because I would say the same thing to him. Thank you for saying what he wanted to say. But everyone else doesn't seem to think so. ”

"Like I've always said, I'm happy here. I've decided not to go back since I came here last summer and I love every moment of it. ”

Owen clearly had something to say.

In fact, Owen's problem is a contradiction within the Liverpool club, such as Gerrard and other pure Liverpool players. They all want Owen to return to the club, and the fans also hope for this, and there are differences at the club's top management, such as Benitez never said anything about it, and other senior executives such as the chairman of Liverpool have little interest in Owen, while other Liverpool players. Naturally, Cisse and others don't want Owen to return, which means they will lose their position completely.

However, Owen himself is a 'feeling' problem, and it has little to do with this game, because he is still recovering from an injury, he and Zhang Tiehan have been injured for about the same time, and the injury is milder than Zhang Tiehan, but Owen will not be able to appear on the court for at least a month, and Zhang Tiehan has already returned.

Against Newcastle, Rafael Benitez boldly made a big rotation to the squad.

Zhang Tiehan is still the starter. In the two rounds of the comeback league, Zhang Tiehan scored seven goals personally, and this kind of full blood bar really made Benitez unable to find a reason to 'let him rest', but in other positions, Alonso, Reese, Finnang, and Garcia did not start, obviously Benitez hopes that they can ensure their fitness and condition to prepare for the first leg of the FA Cup and Champions League quarterfinals.

Benitez also experimented with a new formation.

Carragher, Hyypia, Raven. Three centre-backs were on the pitch at the same time, complemented by two defensive wing-backs, Kronkeramp and Warnock. Practiced 352 tactics.

The forwards who started were Zhang Tiehan and Fowler, and it was Fowler's first game after his return.

Zhang Tiehan's appearance is not good news for Newcastle, but Benitez's new tactics may be an opportunity for Newcastle, and they naturally hope that Liverpool will not adapt to the tactics, and they will naturally be much better if they are not good at watching.

It's a pity that the new tactics work well.

The result of Benitez's 352 routine is that Liverpool's two wings are completely alive. And defensively, as long as Clone Camp and Warnock can run back and forth, it means that there will always be five defenders, plus Gerrard, Hamann, and Colwill's three midfielders, Newcastle's counterattack is difficult to play.

In the end, Liverpool scored five goals again to complete the big victory!

The score was 1:5. Newcastle managed to score just once on the counter-attack in the 40th minute, while Liverpool had a steady run from the opening to the end, with Zhang Tiehan netting two and the others being an own goal from Warnock, Fowler and Colwill from a cross.

It is worth mentioning Fowler's goal.

When Fowler scored, all Liverpool fans shouted excitedly, no less than when Zhang Tiehan scored, and the Liverpool commentator also shouted excitedly, "Fowler! Goal! Goal！ ”

Fowler returned to the first game, and there was a goal in the starter, which is indeed great news for Liverpool fans who are looking forward to Fowler's return, especially in this game, Fowler and Zhang Tiehan's partner seems to be very tacit, and one of the two goals scored by Zhang Tiehan is Fowler's assist.

Benitez was pleased after the game: "Colwill's movement caused a lot of problems for Newcastle and we started the game well. We were in complete control of the game and their goalkeeper made two brave saves. The goals of a couple of strikers (Chang, Fowler and Cisse) were important for the team and that caused 'problems' for my next line-up. ”

In the last sentence, the journalists' understanding is that regarding the position of Cisse and Fowler, it will be difficult for Benitez to make a decision.

Who is the main force and who is the substitute?

I'm afraid this question is not only Benitez, even pure Liverpool fans can't answer, it is impossible for Cisse to lose his position because of Fowler's return, after all, Cisse has also scored a lot of goals for Liverpool, and Fowler's table is not much stronger than Cisse.

It's a headache after all.

But after the game, people still mentioned Zhang Tiehan more, which is almost a topic that has been talked about in the entire English football scene in the past half a month.

Two goals, Zhang Tiehan is perfect.

Maybe two goals are actually nothing to Zhang Tiehan, two goals in one game, especially against a team like Newcastle that has a gap in strength with Liverpool, but in connection with the seven goals in the first two games with Arsenal and Fulham, Zhang Tiehan scored nine goals in three rounds of the league.

Nine balls!

The media that said 'Thierry Henry will be the Premier League's top scorer and it will be difficult for Zhang to catch up with the number of goals' when Zhang Tiehan first came back were dumbfounded.

They suddenly discovered that in fact, it was quite easy for Zhang Tiehan to brush up on the number of goals.

Three games, nine goals, plus the previous thirteen goals, Zhang Tiehan jumped to second place in the league scorer list, and the first place Henry is only three goals away, with eight rounds left in the league, who feels that Zhang Tiehan does not have the ability to compete for the top scorer in the Premier League?

Arsenal fans will have to look forward to their 'Henry' as the king, who will have to break out strongly in his last month with the team to keep them the league's top scorer.

'Who is the Premier League's top scorer' has become a question again.

At the same time, the whole England also noticed Liverpool's explosive state, Liverpool won three big wins in three rounds of the league, and even teams like Arsenal were directly defeated by Liverpool at Highbury Stadium, many people exclaimed, 'Who will stop Liverpool', and more people exclaimed'Who will stop Zhang Tiehan', and they paid attention to Liverpool's next game, the next opponent - Birmingham.

It's an FA Cup.

No one can expect Birmingham to beat Liverpool, but as long as they don't lose too much, it would be a good result to keep Liverpool's explosive form in check.

But no one expected that the result of the match between the two teams would be like this.

0:7。

Who could have imagined that? Liverpool scored seven goals in one game, which is second only to the game against Fulham, and it is not surprising that there is such a score in the seven goals and cup competitions, but in any case, Birmingham are also a Premier League team, and such a score really leaves them speechless.

Zhang Tiehan scored a hat-trick in the game.

But now it's not strange to his hat, it's not that Zhang Tiehan's hat is used to it, but Liverpool scored seven goals, Zhang Tiehan, as Liverpool's leading scorer, what's so strange about scoring three?

Liverpool's form has really made their opponents a little desperate.

As former England star and current football commentator Lineker said after the game, "It's been an amazing form, four big wins in a row, and if no one can stop them, they may be able to continue until the end of the season." ”

But this is not possible.

Winning big until the end of the season? That would be God's work.

Lineker also said that it was impossible, he said that it was just a joke, because Liverpool's next opponent is Barcelona, but in the face of the match between Liverpool and Barcelona, Lineker really can't make a statement about which team to support.

He was an English player who was supposed to support Liverpool, but at the peak of his career, he played for Barcelona.

The question is contradictory.

Especially as an English football commentator, as an Englishman, even if he doesn't have a good impression of Liverpool, it is impossible to say that he supports Barcelona, and similarly, as a former member of Barcelona, he will not say that he supports Liverpool.

"I wish they were against AC Milan and Lyon, so I wouldn't have to worry about it."

Lineker concluded.

For those English media who do not support Liverpool, the match between Liverpool and Barcelona, they naturally still support Liverpool, and Liverpool is an English team anyway.

Before the match with Birmingham, many English media stood up and expressed the hope that Birmingham could stand up and curb Liverpool's winning streak, and after the match between the two teams, the direction of media comments changed, and they were happy to see Liverpool beat Birmingham, taking advantage of the team's good form, Liverpool can also play with Barcelona.

They have a point in what they say (to be continued......