In the Chelsea and Charlton match, Charlton's glamorous goalscorer Darren Bent was lost in front of the Blues. Jose Mourinho had commented on the striker leading the scorer before the game, but his words were somewhat surprising.

'Bent is a good player, at Premier League level, he's fast, he's sharp and smart, he's a good runner and he can score goals. But I don't think a team like Chelsea, Manchester United or Arsenal would pick a player in the lower leagues and let him play in a big tournament like the Champions Cup, but for this kind of mid-level team, buying Bent is a good deal. I don't think he's going to score every week, he can't score 40 goals, so if he can score 15 in the end it would be good. Charlton have 27 points, which is remarkable for a team like theirs. ”

After talking about Charlton, Mourinho did not forget to sarcastically mock his old rival Arsenal.

He predicted that Arsenal would only finish fifth in the Premier League rankings this season, while recalling Arsene Wenger's comments after the Community Shield, mocking the Frenchman as "the only coach who doesn't want to win".

"Chelsea first, Manchester United second, Liverpool third, Tottenham fourth, Arsenal fifth." Mourinho after several verbal battles with Wenger, completely unwilling to let go of any opportunity to make Arsenal uncomfortable, in predicting the trend of the Premier League this season, the Portuguese once again put Arsenal in the ranks of "not enough trouble", in his opinion, Ferguson, who is as arrogant as himself, is more qualified to be an opponent, Liverpool's league table is unstable, but the Champions Cup has always been very good, and Liverpool has a chance to compete with Chelsea for the league title in recent times, And Arsenal's prospects this season are not as good as those of their arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

Despite Arsenal's 2-0 win over Birmingham City this morning, the Gunners were unable to respond convincingly despite the Chelsea boss's sarcasm.

Compared to Chelsea's impressive record this season. Arsenal have lost two of their last five games, one of which was in direct dialogue with Chelsea, and the league has so far been unable to secure fourth place, arguably its worst result in recent years.

However, Mourinho seems to be more interested in talking about Arsenal's Community Shield loss, which he believes was not only lost on the pitch, but also what manager Arsene Wenger's comments after the game were tantamount to "exchanging guns".

'Alex Ferguson has won the Premier League many times. And he never gives up a chance to win again, which I love a lot. When the new season comes, you don't always have to think about what happened in the past and just fight to win the championship again. I've only heard one person say, 'I've won in the past, so I don't want to win again.'" That person is Arsene Wenger. After the Community Shield he used to say 'I've won the title four times, so I don't care [to Chelsea]'. It's the only coach I've seen so far who doesn't want to win. ”

In short, Mourinho's bombardment was quite sharp.

But the whole of England, and even Europe, is more focused on Liverpool and Chelsea, because a big battle is imminent. This is the final round of Group G of the Champions League group stage, with Chelsea taking on Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

In the last two rounds of the league, Liverpool's table is not very good, two draws are taken out, relatively speaking, it is still a little poor, and their opponents Sunderland and Wigan Athletic are not strong teams, especially the game with Wigan Athletic. It also made many people see the weakness of Liverpool's defense.

'It's hard for a team to always be in shape and I understand why they conceded in the first half.

Although Benitez said so after the game. But it's impossible to deny that Liverpool's defence is much weaker, at least Chelsea haven't had such a problem, oh no, they were scored three goals against Liverpool. But that is also because Liverpool's attack is too sharp, Zhang Tiehan is too good, and it has little to do with the weakness of the defensive line, after all, in front of the talented player's excellent appearance, no matter how solid the defensive line is, it will be very weak.

The match was played at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea may have more of an advantage when they face Liverpool at home.

The two teams have met twice this season, with Liverpool winning one and drawing one, but both games were played at Anfield, which is hard to really say, and this game is also a big battle between Chelsea and Liverpool for top of the group, Liverpool can win the group as long as they guarantee not to lose, but at Stamford Bridge, it will not be easy for them to achieve this goal.

But more media believe that whether the game is intense or not depends on the two managers.

Liverpool and Chelsea have already qualified in Group G, as for whether they are the first in the group or the second in the group, it does not mean much to the two teams, they are likely to tacitly abandon this game, because for the next Champions League knockout round, the difference between the first and second is not big, rather than focusing on this game that does not have much meaning, it is better to keep the energy to deal with the league and save the strength to survive the difficult winter season.

Apparently the media speculation is quite valid, and Benitez sees it that way.

After the match against Wigan Athletic, Benitez did not criticize any player, but comforted the whole team, and after the second day's training, he also arranged a tactical session, after which Benitez talked about the team's goals for December.

'We have seven games to play until the second of next month and I hope you can save your energy for these games, but our focus is still on the league and for the next five league games I hope the team can get some points back,' he said.

"I don't want to put pressure on you, but if you want to have a good result, you have to have goals, like I asked you to relax before AC Milan last season, but I also asked you to try to win, and everyone who played that game, there was pressure on them, but in the end we beat the pressure, we got the win, we created a miracle."

"Yes, that's a miracle."

"After the victory, I couldn't believe it, but we made it!"

"Now, what are we going to fight for in the league and we have to take the opportunity in December"

December is a real opportunity for Liverpool.

The team has five league games to play, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Bolton, five opponents only Everton has a tough battle, this is a rare good time for Liverpool to chase points, at the same time, for Liverpool, weak bench depth is a problem, December in the north of England is still a little cold, this period of intensive competitions, it is easy to cause a wide range of injuries.

Liverpool's injury situation is now a bit harsh.

'Vulner' Colwill aside, Alonso, Garcia, Traore, Cenden and others, in recent times, the physical condition is not very good, others are more or less a little lacking in energy, compared to last season, now Liverpool is quite good, even so, how many people can be left in the squad after Christmas, Benitez does not dare to guarantee, his only hope is that the team's main squad will not be too injured, otherwise the second half of the schedule, the team will be difficult to cope with the intensity of the Champions League knockout game.

In such a state, the big battle between Chelsea and Liverpool is about to begin

Both teams were silent before the game.

This does not bode well, especially for the media, who hope that the two teams will encounter some fierce sparks, just like Arsenal and Chelsea, but Benitez is silent, Mourinho has said a few words, and it is only against Zhang Tiehan, against Chelsea's defense.

'He's a tough player to deal with, but I don't think my team will have a problem.' Mourinho said so.

What exactly does this sentence mean, it is difficult to understand, what kind of defense will Mourinho arrange? Will Chelsea send their main squad against Liverpool?

But most people are not worried about the Chelsea lineup, even if they are substitute lineups, in fact, there is no gap with the main lineup, just like the forward line, Chelsea's main force is Drogba, Mourinho likes Drogba very much, even if Drogba's goal efficiency can't catch up with Crespo, but Mourinho has been sending him in the big game.

Drogba's replacement is Crespo.

Is Crespo weaker than Drogba?

Not necessarily.

Crespo has played half of Drogba's playing time so far, and his goal tally is seven, one more goal than Drogba, the Argentine goalscorer's table is actually very good, but he doesn't like Mourinho very much, maybe the latter is more concerned about the team's tactical problems, Drogba's tactical role is indeed not comparable to Crespo.

All in all, Chelsea's bench is also strong.

Then it depends on Liverpool, Liverpool's bench lineup is a bit miserable, when the players of the two teams warmed up, everyone found that they really guessed correctly, Benitez did not send a full main lineup, Gerrard, Alonso are not in the squad, the combination on the side is Reese and Finnen, neither of them is a pure wing player, and Warnock in the back line did not start, and only Zhang Tiehan can really be called the main force.

For Chelsea, Patrick Ferreira, Gallas, Hut, Johnson, Geremi, Claude Makelele, Phillips, Thiago, Gudjohnsen, Crespo

That's their bench lineup.

This set of substitutes is really gorgeous, each of them is worth tens of millions of players, and there are stars like Wright-Phillips and Crespo.

As soon as the two teams played, many media could only shake their heads.

In their opinion, what suspense can there be in the outcome of such a Chelsea and such a Liverpool? The only suspense is that Chelsea can score a few goals on their home turf, and it should be really painful for Liverpool to face Liverpool's fragile defence.

I'm afraid they're going to crawl out of Stamford Bridge! (To be continued......)