Chapter 1186: Benitez and Grant

The impact of the Champions League quarter-finals was too great, and there was news about the Champions League for several days after the game, first talking about the big battle between Liverpool and Arsenal, Arsenal lost, and then gossip about the next even more magnificent semi-finals, so that no one paid attention to the start of the 35th round of the league. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are still four rounds left in the league, and the relegation and championship have reached the most critical moment.

Liverpool will face Fulham, a team that is half in the relegation zone and could be overtaken by Reading and Birmingham City behind him if they are not careful.

There is no doubt that Liverpool are better than Fulham, but it will not be easy for Liverpool to win this game.

Manchester United's opponent is the seventh-ranked Blackburn, in terms of strength, Blackburn wants to get rid of Fulham Street, but Blackburn's desire to fight and Fulham are incomparable, and Manchester United is definitely less difficult to win Blackburn than Liverpool to defeat Fulham.

However, football is round, Liverpool was ready for a hard fight, but after the Champions League goal, Crouch seemed to have opened the mind, and the battle with Fulham, in the first three minutes, he received Chen Yu's pass and scored with a header, so that Liverpool then comfortably played a defensive counterattack, and after Pennant scored another goal in the 17th minute, Fulham was unable to return to the sky, and finally lost 0:2.

However, Fulham is very lucky, because his relegation opponents Birmingham and Reading have lost, Birmingham also lost 1:5, it is estimated that morale and confidence will be affected, so Fulham is still in the bottom four, and the initiative of relegation is still in their own hands.

Manchester United's game should have been relatively easy, but today's Manchester United state is very poor, several good opportunities in front of the goal, Rooney, Tevez missed one by one, in the 21st minute, Blackburn threw a throw-in, Manchester United players cleared but hit their teammates on the back and bounced to the feet of Blackburn striker Santa Cruz, Paraguayan handsome guy will certainly not miss such an opportunity, he easily pushed the goal, rewriting the score to 1:0.

The unexpected goal conceded made the Manchester United players very impatient, they attacked frantically, but they just couldn't score, Blackburn really didn't want to fight with Manchester United today, but they couldn't help Manchester United score their own goal.

United's impatience was only eased by the 88th minute of the game, when Carlos Tevez received Paul Scholes' header and headed home from a tight angle to level the score at 1-1, but there was no time left for United to draw with Blackburn Rovers away from home.

This game is a very big blow to Manchester United, before they were only one point behind Liverpool, and after this game, Liverpool has a 3-point lead over Manchester United, and Liverpool also has an advantage in terms of mutual record and goal difference, that is, in the last three games, only Liverpool can win only one Manchester United to win the title, Liverpool win two Manchester United is no play, and Manchester United still has a big enemy like Chelsea in the last three games, in a sense, Manchester United only has a theoretical possibility to win the championship.

After the game, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was furious, saying, "This is Manchester United's worst game of the season, if Manchester United has lost half of the title to a draw at Middlesbrough, then this game has sent the title to Liverpool...... We had three chances this season, but we didn't take advantage of them all three times, so to speak, we lost the title...... We still can't give up, we have reached this point, even if there is a glimmer of opportunity, we have to work hard to seize the ......"

That being said, all the media believe that Manchester United should no longer focus on the league, if the next round and Chelsea fight to the death, the result can only be cheap Liverpool again, and then it is possible for Liverpool to get the Champions League together, rather than working for an illusory league title, it is better to give up the league and let Chelsea fight in the Champions League and Liverpool, at that time, maybe Manchester United can profit from it and win the Champions League this season.

Liverpool had no idea of this outcome and thought they wouldn't see the silver end of the day until the next round of Chelsea, but Blackburn helped them hold back the Reds and allowed them to hold almost an ear for the trophy.

During the training on the second day, Liverpool's generals had a secret celebration, and at the press conference after training, Benitez also humorously thanked Blackburn, saying that Blackburn had simplified the process of winning the championship, and Liverpool only needed to win one game to defend the league title, which was very beneficial to Liverpool in the Champions League and FA Cup.

The league title is almost secure, which gives Liverpool a breather and they can now focus on preparing for the Champions League against Chelsea instead of thinking about the league and the FA Cup.

Of course, Chelsea have an easier time than Liverpool, who have long since put all their energy into the Champions League.

The Premier League upstart has won all but the Champions League, and they are not so distressed about losing the league title and the FA Cup, because the attitude of the owner Roman Abramovich is very clear, he wants to dominate Europe, and then dominate the world, and the Premier League does not care so much.

The game against Liverpool is going to be extremely tough, and that's something that everyone from Abu to the fans to the players and coaches know very well.

It turned out that when Liverpool did not buy Chen Yu, Chelsea had no way to take Liverpool in the cup, after Liverpool bought Chen Yu, Chelsea had fallen into disadvantage both in the league and in the cup, and if they wanted to beat Liverpool, they had to play extraordinarily.

If Chelsea has any advantages, it is that Liverpool has fought on multiple fronts this season, playing more than Chelsea in the Community Shield, Super Cup, European Super Cup, two FA Cups, and the league has gone all out until this round, while Chelsea is much easier, their physical fitness and energy are very full, and the bench strength is stronger than Liverpool.

In addition, there is another favorable condition for Chelsea, that is, Chelsea is the away first and then the home, Chelsea can give it a go when it comes away, as long as it gets an away goal, it will be more active when it returns to home, and even if Liverpool beats Chelsea at home, as long as Chelsea gets an away goal, it is difficult to say that it will win when it goes to Stamford Bridge.

After the league is played, the players, coaches, owners, and retired celebrities of the Champions League semi-finals have come forward to support their clubs and attack their opponents.

Cruyff has played against Alex Ferguson many times, he is familiar with Ferguson and Manchester United, and before the game, he looked ahead to the match between Manchester United and Barcelona, "Manchester United is a great team, Ferguson is a great coach, their philosophy is different from Barcelona, but they can achieve great victories, it will be two good games, but I think Barcelona will win in the end." ”

Charlton Athletic, who is as great as Cruyff, was also attracted by what could become a classic, and he even made an exception to talk about the two games, Charlton said: "Manchester United don't want to compare with Barcelona technology, no one in the world can compare with Barcelona technology, Manchester United has its own characteristics and advantages, this is the basis for us to be able to become a world powerhouse, we have to play with speed and power, and play the accurate long balls and headers of English football, I think the probability of both sides advancing is half of the same, it depends on who plays well on the field." ”

Although the match between Liverpool and Chelsea is not expected to be good and may be boring, there is no doubt that these two teams also have a huge appeal in the world, and many football legends have also expressed their opinions on these two games.

For example, the German football emperor Beckenbauer, who admires Chen Yu, said: "The game between Liverpool and Chelsea may be the most iron-blooded game in the world, both teams are good at defense and play very tough, but this cannot be said that the game must not be good, if a team scores first, maybe the game will be stimulated, Chelsea needs to study how to watch Chen Yu, the Chinese are the key figures in this game, the key Mr. Chelsea is Ballack, Drogba and Lampard, they play well, Liverpool's defenders are hard to handle. ”

Although Jose Mourinho has left Chelsea, the media will certainly not forget him in such a big game, but the madman does not want to affect Chelsea, he just said: "Chelsea are a great team, I support them and wish them the best of luck." ”

They have met Chelsea in the cup for several years in a row, although Liverpool is always the winner, but Benitez is also uneasy, because according to the probability, Chelsea should also win, and Benitez took the lead in psychological warfare with Chelsea before the game.

'I'm sure Chelsea don't like to play against Liverpool. They haven't beaten us in the cup yet, they must be afraid of us, and I'm afraid of me. We may not have as much money as Chelsea, but we have the best fans in the world, who are always there to support the team and that's what we need, the fans are the 12th man in the team and they can help us win games are the fans. ”

'I've watched a number of Chelsea games and their tactics are no different. It doesn't matter who the head coach of their team is, it's Abu who has the final say. They rely on a group of very high quality players, for whom the players are much more important than the coach. I really admire Frank Lampard and John Terry, they are both very good players.'

"Some people think it's a disadvantage to be a host, but I don't think it makes a difference for us. What we need to do is still keep a clean sheet with a goal scored. If not, we're still confident we're up to the challenge at Stamford Bridge because you know we're a top team."

In the end, Benitez responded to Mourinho, "I don't want to talk about Grant, we are peers and we all have our own jobs. As for Jose Mourinho, but I don't care, we have a job to do at Liverpool", Benitez's words completely ridiculed Mourinho, who is out of work. Sarcasm is clearly not enough, the Spaniard also directly criticized his opponents last year, "the manager should say what his freedom is in the press conference, but the manager should not cause problems for other teams".

Grant certainly doesn't have as much personality as a madman, and can unceremoniously expose Benitez's shortcomings, but Grant is not a coach who is bullied, and when provoked by Benitez, Grant also launched a counterattack.

Money is now the biggest problem for the "Reds", the two major shareholders of the Red Army do not buy each other, and the British media speculate that if the two major shareholders cannot solve the problem in the summer, the team is likely to resell players for money. At present, the most valuable players in the team are Chen Yu and Gerrard, and Grant's target is both of them. "Chen Yu is the best player in the world, Liverpool can have such a good result, it is because of Chen Yu, we hope to see Chen Yu at Stamford Bridge next season, in addition to Chen Yu, Gerrard is also a great player, has a great personality. He's got a huge impact at Liverpool and I like him so much that I hope to buy him next season. ”,

Grant's response was appreciated by the media, who believed that although Grant was not as sharp as Mourinho, he was not down in the war of words, and if Benitez's words could affect Chelsea, then Grant's words would definitely make Liverpudlians panic for a while.

However, Sky Sports veteran commentator Svensson said that the pre-match war of words must have attracted fans, but we still hope that the players of both sides will not be distracted and can give us two classic games.