Some people say that before winning the Champions League, Liverpool was a traditional powerhouse in the Premier League along with Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and other teams, but after winning the Champions League, they have been automatically promoted and began to join teams such as Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal to return to the ranks of giants.

But the fact is a little strange, because among the four giants of the Premier League, Liverpool has the worst results in the strong dialogue, last season was already very bad, the first half of the season suffered three consecutive defeats against the other three teams, one of the very embarrassing points is that Liverpool has 03 losses to Arsenal, 0 losses to Manchester United, 0l losses to Chelsea, three games without even a goal, but conceded a U goal, such a report card for the Red Army who aspire to hit the league championship, is indeed unsatisfactory, It's even a little embarrassing.

Some media commentators ridiculed that when they didn't win the Champions League before, Liverpool was a strong killer, and the stronger they were, the stronger they were, but they always capsized and lost points on the weak team, because they were able to put down their bodies when they played strong teams and always defended and counterattacked; But after winning the Champions League, my identity and status are different, I don't care about playing defensive counterattacks, and I always want to press out and play when I play a strong team, and the result is

Although this is a joke, it does have a certain amount of truth, because everyone knows in the past few years that Liverpool has a very, very obvious fatal weakness, and even in the year when Liverpool won the Champions League, this weakness is equally clear, so many people think that Liverpool won the Champions League because Ye Qiu's Chelsea was unlucky.

Forwards, this has always been a very serious problem for Liverpool.

Benitez has also made great efforts to adjust the team's attack this season, bringing in Kuyt, Pennant, Bellamy and Robbie Keane, especially Robbie Keane, who was even more expected by Benitez to be able to pick up the flag of Liverpool's attack, but the final result was disappointing.

Just six months later, Robbie Keane has been included in the list of transfers leaving the team during the winter break.

This season, Liverpool have regained England's traditional 44 midfield position, with Reina in goal, Risser, Hyyypia, Carragher and Finnan in defence, Pennant, Mohamed Sissoko, Xavi Alonso and Steven Gerrard in midfield, and Crouch and Kuyt up front.

Heading into the first game of day 07 with the strongest squad, Benitez's intentions are needless to say, he is just looking to get the new year off to a good start at Anfield, and everyone knows that if Tottenham Hotspur continue to perform like this, they may be able to finish in the top four.

Once Tottenham Hotspur finish in the top four, the biggest threat will not be Chelsea and Manchester United, who are far ahead, but Arsenal and Liverpool, one of whom will inevitably be squeezed out of the Champions League

Therefore, playing Tottenham Hotspur at home, Benitez gave a must-kill order in this game

Liverpool are strong, and Tottenham Hotspur is equally careless.

Ye Qiu also arranged the team's best and most suitable lineup for this game, the goalkeeper is Peter Cech, the back line is Arbeloa, Hangrande, Thiago Silva and Alves, and the midfield iron triangle is Yaya Toure, Mascherano and Fabregas, of which Mascherano's position is lagging behind, and Yaya Toure and Fabregas are relatively forward, forming a layer and midfield depth.

The front three remains the same, with Franck Franck Ribery and Ruud van Nistelrooy, one of the team's best performers this season, in the starting line-up, while Messi was rotated by Ye Qiu because of consecutive games, with Arshavin occupying the right side of the team.

This is not only a battle between Ye Qiu and Benitez, the Champions League coaches, but also Beckham's first game since returning to the Premier League, with Anfield Stadium being so full that even Sky TV has broadcast and reported this game as the most important game.

Although Liverpool play a 44 tactic, in fact, the positions of the players are very different from each other, such as Kuyt, who has a large range of movement on the right side, with Crouch in front of him responsible for involving and suppressing the opposing central defender, Kuyt is more of a retreat to the midfield, sometimes even playing the right midfield, while Gerrard has more freedom to move forward.

Benitez is through this repeated running and interspersing to create opportunities for back insertion, and there is a Crouch in the front, Xavi Alonso's long pass can find Crouch anytime and anywhere, and the England highman in the front court to take the ball and make the ball, is an important offensive means for Liverpool to insert back.

In response to Liverpool's characteristics, Tottenham Hotspur also gave their own ways of coping.

The opening is a typical Ye Qiu start, rushing to attack

In less than 45 seconds of the opening game, Tottenham Hotspur was in the middle of a succession of passes, Fabregas got the ball and directly kicked it over the top to pick up the pass, Van Nistelrooy shook off Hyypia and Carragher, inserted it in an offside position, turned around and hit the goal after stopping the ball with his back, the ball went over Reina's hand and went straight to the bottom of the net, but the referee and Liverpool players signaled that Ruud van Nistelrooy was offside.

In the 45th second, the first was the first to win, even if it was offside, the goal was disallowed, but Tottenham Hotspur still played their own effect, and soon in the 4th minute, Arshavin crossed diagonally with his left foot, Ruud van Nistelrooy stopped the ball on his chest and shook it past Hyypia, and then crossed diagonally to the left side of the penalty area, Ribery inserted it in front of the back goal and pushed it, but there was no angle, and the ball hit the side netting.

Two successive waves of attacks directly hit Liverpool's vital position, which also made the Liverpool fans at Anfield Stadium look frightened, and Benitez kept waving on the sidelines, shouting that players can't be so tight, because everyone knows that Ruud van Nistelrooy's biggest threat is in the penalty area, which is the top scorer in the Premier League this season.

As a wave of attacking momentum gradually took effect, Tottenham Hotspur began to retreat appropriately with Liverpool's advance.

But in order to ensure their own penalty area, Tottenham Hotspur's defense was arranged at the front of the penalty area, and Mascherano stood in front of the defense, cutting off all ground balls passed to Crouch, while also blocking back attacks from Liverpool as much as possible.

Arbeloa and Alves are two fullbacks, the former is the main defender, targeting the side of Gerrard and Kuyt, the latter is the main attack, but Ye Qiu also gave him a defensive task in this game, once Pennant got the ball, Alves gave up the side, retracted the middle, and forced him to cross.

Pennant used to be the assist king of the Premier League, and his strength is naturally there, but if it is just a blind cross from the side, it is needless to say that it is inefficient, after all, such a tactical style of play has been abandoned for a long time, and Tottenham Hotspur's two central defenders teamed up to clamp Crouch, especially Thiago Silva, frequently around the front defense, header clearance.

Don't look at Thiago Silva is much shorter than Crouch, but he is more agile than Crouch, and the bounce is also very good, which makes his defensive success rate around the front very high, after all, the header is not only based on height and bounce, the choice and prediction of the position is also very important, and these are precisely Crouch's weaknesses.

Liverpool's ability to pick up wide defences has been questionable, at least this season.

In the focus of defense, Ye Qiu deliberately let go of the right side and focused on defending the left side, so Arbeloa played the left side and Alves played the right side, which was obviously a targeted arrangement, and even if Pennant frequently got the ball and got opportunities, Ye Qiu did not have the idea of strengthening the defense on the right side, but let it go.

The core of the defence is to prevent the opposition from scoring, and Liverpool's most dangerous scoring points are Gerrard, Kuyt and Crouch's side, and Pennant can no longer pose a threat no matter how much he takes the ball, he only takes the ball on the wing.

On the side of the net, concentrating on the opponent's lethal weapons, and at the same time allowing the opponent to seize the hole, is not a bad thing for the defense, and it is important to know that Pennant and Crouch both have a problem, that is, the pace of play is slow, and this is undoubtedly very much in line with Tottenham Hotspur's thinking.

In addition to the opening rush to play fast, Tottenham Hotspur deliberately slowed down the tempo, trying more ball control and tandem ball coordination to slow down the tempo, while Liverpool used active running and pressing to destroy, hoping to use physical fitness and speed to break the opponent, so the Reds want to be fast, Tottenham Hotspur wants to be slow, and it is also beneficial for Liverpool to play Pennant's side.

However, Mohamed Sissoko, Xavi Alonso, Steven Gerrard and Kuyt's midfield was indeed excellent, at least at the point of running and pressing to keep the opposition at bay, and Tottenham Hotspur tried to play a dangerous attack on several occasions, but they were ruined.

But even so, Ye Qiu still kept waving on the sidelines to signal the players to be patient, and not to follow Liverpool to speed up the pace and continue to be slow, because slow is beneficial to Tottenham Hotspur.

But who could have imagined that this slowness was enough to slow down to the second half.

Beckham sat on the bench, although he failed to get the start in this game, he was put into the squad by Ye Qiu, and on the bench, his attention was not affected by the outside world at all, and even the camera swept in front of him, he didn't pay attention, and his mind was on the game.

For this game, he has his own feeling that Liverpool was dragged down by Tottenham Hotspur's possession-based play, and Tottenham Hotspur was also overwhelmed by Liverpool's running and pressing, which directly led to the poor performance of both teams.

To put it simply, Liverpool lack effective weapons to speed up the tempo, while Tottenham Hotspur need a player who can get the ball around Liverpool's pressing and into the front of the pitch, and whoever makes the corresponding adjustments first will continue to be in control.

And through the game so far, Beckham can feel that this Tottenham Hotspur team is still very strong, at least not like Ye Qiu's Waterloo as many media in the outside world say.

"David"

Just as Beckham was thinking, Roland walked up from the front and waved at him, "Hurry up and warm up"

Beckham stood up towards Roland, in the end he is a veteran, very experienced in the game, as soon as he stood up and took off his training station, he jumped on the sidelines a few times, moved his muscles, and then walked to the sidelines to warm up, every action is very skillful, one board and one eye, very serious.

Only veterans who have experienced many years of their careers will be able to appreciate the importance of warming up, which allows you to integrate into the game faster, and in the process of warming up, you should not just move your body, but let your body adapt to the rhythm of the game faster.

So when I was warming up, I saw Beckham running back and forth many times and sprinting short distances, which made Ye Qiu, who commanded the game on the sidelines, and Ye Qiu, who came to see it in his spare time, couldn't help but smile, and praised Mauro Tassotti and Roland: "A veteran is a veteran"

"Oh, we saw David Beckham on the sidelines warming up and Tottenham looked like they were going to make a substitution," the on-site commentator also noticed the phenomenon, and with his shout, there was a burst of cheers.

Even though Beckham played for Liverpool's sworn rival Manchester United, in fact, he still has a lot of fans in Liverpool.

Within two or three minutes, Beckham was back in front of the visitors' dugout.

"As soon as you go up, they will definitely force you" Ye Qiu didn't say much, and directly approached Beckham and explained in a low voice.

"If they push you, you pull back, they follow you and you pass to Cesc Fabregas and let him plug in, if they don't, you make a long pass, understand?"

Ye Qiu's explanation is actually very simple, but it is full of many, many details, and Beckham, as an experienced veteran, immediately understood Ye Qiu's meaning, and he quickly figured out a deeper tactical meaning.

There are two differences in his play, one is that if he retreats, the Liverpool midfielder continues to choose to force him closely, then Liverpool's midfielder will definitely miss a person, because Tottenham Hotspur has three, while Liverpool has 44 tactics, only two, if you count Alves on the right, the advantage will be even more obvious

If Liverpool doesn't press him close to him in order to maintain the balance in the midfield, then he can choose to take the ball and launch an attack with a long pass, which can also create a threat, which is actually creating a problem for Liverpool, you force or not

The traditional 44 tactics have proven to be less and less adaptable to modern football, the main reason is that it is easy to lose ground in the midfield, so now whether it is 3l or 43I or even 433 midfield, there are about three people in the middle of the field, which is a huge threat to 44.

Beckham quickly completed the substitution handover, standing on the sidelines with a belt, waiting for the chance to go up the dead ball, and this time he replaced Yaya Toure, the Ivorian showed hard work, ran very actively, and defended very well, but the effect was not very good, Ye Qiu always felt that he lacked one thing, awareness.

When preparing to make substitutions, Ye Qiu passed to the players in the front court through Roland, Ribery and Arshavin were as close to the opponent's defense as possible, once Beckham seized the opportunity, he would directly launch a long pass, and they had to ensure the anti-offside position as soon as possible.

Beckham replaced Yaya Toure and after the two hugged on the sidelines, the Englishman walked onto the pitch to the cheers and boos of everyone at the Anfield Stadium, into the familiar but unfamiliar Premier League.

This is his first return to the Premier League, and it is also the first time he has returned to the Premier League after more than three years of absence, and some familiar but unfamiliar emotions and memories have flooded into his mind in an instant.

Two days ago, he was still confused about his future, still worrying about where his next stop would be, but now, two days later, he is standing on the stage of the Premier League, waiting for this opportunity to prove himself again.

Looking up and feeling the dazzling lights over Anfield, the cheers that swept through the stadium were deafening, and even though many people said that the atmosphere at home in the Premier League was poor and the attendance was getting worse, the Premier League fans will always be the most enthusiastic and passionate fans compared to all other leagues.

Taking a deep breath, Beckham ran quickly onto the pitch, and the referee standing nearby walked over, shook his hand, said a few words of encouragement, and then ran all the way to his teammate.

Before this game, he had not had even one joint training session with Tottenham Hotspur, and his group of teammates had only heard the name at most, and understood some general technical and tactical characteristics, and the others were very unfamiliar.

Ruud van Nistelrooy walked over and hugged Beckham, "Okay, David, you can do it."

Beckham patted Ruud van Nistelrooy on the shoulder and watched the Dutchman run to the front again, while he looked at Cesc Fabregas, the Spaniard was also looking at him, looking a bit like he saw the restraint of a big star, while the Englishman smiled kindly, and the Spaniard naturally smiled.

Taking a few steps back and standing beside Mascherano, Beckham nodded at the Argentine, "When I come back, you can go up to support Sesk and hand it over to me behind you."

Mascherano was stunned, he originally thought that big-name stars didn't like to take the initiative to take on defensive work, because this kind of dirty work was not willing for big-name stars, so he was also ready, and he wanted more after Beckham came up, but he didn't expect that Beckham took the initiative to take these jobs.

"Hmm" Mascherano nodded with a smile, he knew that this was Ye Qiu's arrangement.

And all along, he has always trusted his head coach very much, and he firmly believes that Ye Qiu must have his intentions when he arranges it like this, he doesn't need to think about it now, he just needs to obey, and that's enough.

The game soon resumed, with Tottenham Hotspur's midfield still maintaining a triangular position, Beckham and Cesc Fabregas were higher up, and Mascherano was behind, so everything was not much different from just now.

But just two minutes after Beckham came on the pitch, he got a chance to get the ball with his back, Mohamed Sissoko blocked behind him with his body, at this time Beckham chose to dribble the ball back, Mohamed Sissoko did not catch up, because he saw Mascherano pressing forward, worried about Xavi Alonso, so he did not follow.

While Beckham was hesitating, he saw Arbeloa running forward, immediately passed to Arbeloa, and then turned around, and after the Spaniard attracted Kuyt's attention, he knocked Beckham who turned.

The Englishman lifted his head, stopped the ball with his right foot, picked it up, rubbed it, and a graceful arc was drawn from his feet