Manchester United have not had a good season as they finished last in their Champions League group, did not even qualify for the UEFA Cup, they are only behind Liverpool in the league, they are three points behind them, and they have two games more than Liverpool, and they now have to compete with Arsenal for third place in the league for direct Champions League qualification next season.

This is what the media, the fans, see.

Maybe Manchester United's goal is also to compete for the league title, their goal every season can be said to be to compete for the league title, but this season's hope is really not big, and the gap with Liverpool is already so big, and Chelsea ...... Their direct score is nine.

Nine points......

By the midway point of the league, just before Christmas, the gap was almost fatal, and few were optimistic about United's ability to turn the tide, and they might have to pray that Chelsea and Liverpool would make a mistake together, but that was clearly unlikely.

In England, Manchester United became the fourth team to be watched.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal all get more attention than Manchester United, because all three teams have reached the last 16 of the Champions League, and they are also the first, second and fourth teams in the Premier League.

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho's war of words that has continued from last season is also intriguing, which may bring more attention to Arsenal.

On the Liverpool side, Zhang Tiehan is a concern in his own right, and as a player, it is not easy for a team to be noticed because of him, but Zhang Tiehan has done it. He is the world's most watched goalscorer in the past two seasons, his goal tally in the Premier League is about to surpass Henry's, and his eight goals in the Champions League are unmatched. He will also win the European Golden Boot, the highest honour for a European club striker, in July next year.

It's not easy to win this honor for two seasons in a row.

If he can be outstanding in the England team, maybe the World Cup Golden Boot will not be a problem, this is everyone's general opinion, so there are naturally a lot of people who pay attention to Zhang Tiehan, for ordinary fans, whoever can score is a great star, Zhang Tiehan can score, so he is even better.

Liverpool have also received more attention because of Zhang Tiehan.

As a matter of fact. Liverpool's results have been very good indeed, they can compete with Chelsea in the league and are the only team in the Premier League so far that have a chance to compete with Chelsea for the league title.

In the Champions League group stage, Liverpool won four wins and two draws to win the group, and the only two draws were against Chelsea. They may be better than Arsenal's Champions League appearance, after all, Arsenal do not have a group opponent as strong as Chelsea.

Compared to Manchester United...... Liverpool couldn't be better.

Manchester United are naturally very unhappy with the current situation. They suffered a lot of turmoil in the summer, the club was greatly affected, and although there were no great players leaving, the quality of the team was largely unchanged, and in Ferguson's view, the team was also growing steadily. Their growth lies in the stars and the players themselves, such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, two high-profile young stars who have been improving, and their progress is almost as much a matter of success as United.

Another example is some young players, Fletcher. Richardson, they're improving, they were just an alternate United substitute in the past, and now they can be a regular substitute, maybe they can have a good future?

But Ferguson has to think about the current thing, that is, Manchester United's results, the Champions League has been eliminated, and it is very difficult for the league to compete for the title, after all, Chelsea and Liverpool are really much better than Manchester United, so the current League Cup, Manchester United can't let it go, it's better to get a League Cup than nothing, isn't it?

So when talking about the game before the game, Ferguson was resolute, "We want to make a breakthrough in the Carabao Cup, in fact, Manchester United haven't won this honor for a long time. ”

'Yes, we were eliminated from the Champions League, but it also gave us more reason to focus on domestic competitions.

Ferguson said so.

Liverpool did not make any noise, many reporters interviewed, Benitez only replied, "We will play hard", that's all, and the Liverpool players are all reluctant to talk about the game, Benitez also told the players to talk less about the game.

Zhang Tiehan is the same.

Maybe Benitez doesn't let everyone do this, but also because of Zhang Tiehan, although Zhang Tiehan is currently a member of Liverpool, he has a Manchester United past, always talks about the conflict between Manchester United and Liverpool, always talks about Liverpool and Manchester United, Zhang Tiehan's heart must be very uncomfortable.

He thinks so.

Actually, Zhang Tiehan doesn't really think much, he cares more about his appearance, for Manchester United or something, it's long over, isn't it? Although he still cares a lot about Manchester United in his heart and doesn't want to speak ill of Manchester United, he is a professional footballer, now playing for Liverpool, Manchester United is just his opponent, nothing more.

Before the game, Benitez decided the squad for the match.

In the forward line, Zhang Tiehan, Cisse, and Morientes all entered the list, but Morientes was the starter, and Cessé became a substitute, and when Benitez announced the list, many people looked at Cice, and they knew that the Frenchman must not be comfortable.

In fact, this is also true.

Cisse hasn't scored for a long time, and then the main list was eliminated again, although in Liverpool, he doesn't have to worry about not playing time, the only strikers who can really play the game are him, Zhang Tiehan, and Morientes, sometimes all three of them can play together, and Morientes can't play the whole game, he will not play much less time than the main players as a substitute, but Cisse is still very uncomfortable.

He could only say that he didn't care, he didn't want to be seen by others.

In fact, Cisse is only, when he and Zhang Tiehan are partners in the front, it is actually not a good choice, because his position is too fixed, and the game tactics are changeable, Zhang Tiehan can play very well when he retreats, but Zhang Tiehan is inserted forward, he is a superfluous person on the field, Morientes is different, Morientes has more experience in the game than him, and whether it is as a center, second striker, midfielder, or even full-back, he can have a good table.

Comprehensiveness is often an advantage, especially when you have a strong partner.

Zhang Tiehan is a strong partner, he has the 'right' to steal the position of his teammates, I have to say, Cisse must also admit that Zhang Tiehan's strength has a certain reason, he can always score, but when he feels that his position is not good to score, he will do so, and then he will use the goal to prove that his approach is correct, the game is always changing, and Cisse is also helpless about this.

Maybe he's not fit to be at Liverpool?

No.

Before leaving for Manchester United, Cisse couldn't help but complain in an interview with the media, "I hope to do better, I hope the coach and my team-mates believe in me." He didn't say anything specifically, but the reporters still heard something from it, such as Cisse's current situation is a bit embarrassing and so on.

But when a reporter asked whether Cisse would choose to leave Liverpool, Cisse opened his mouth wide and said in a daze, "How is that possible?" ”

He won't leave.

No matter how awkward the position in Liverpool is, it is much better than Auxerre, in the last season of Auxerre, he scored twenty-six goals for the team, the table is quite good, but in any case it is only Ligue 1, not the ideal field for Cisse, he prefers to go to the big league, like the Premier League in the world now, in fact, he was introduced by the former Liverpool manager Houllier, and he is worth 14 million pounds.

Hollier's tragedy is that he single-handedly brought in Cisse but didn't even get a chance to use him.

After Benitez's arrival, Cisse was not very good due to adapting to the Premier League and injuries and other issues, and as a result, he only scored four goals in sixteen appearances last season, and he was really a little worse, but compared to last season, this season Cisse is quite good, although he has not scored in many rounds, but now he has stable playing time and good teammates, although Benitez now starts Morientes, but this does not mean that he Cisse is really a substitute, The competition between him and Morientes is more tactical, not that Morientes is better than him, but that Morientes can adapt to more positions.

With steady playing time and good teammates, the team is eligible to compete for various titles...... What more could he ask for?

Go to other teams?

No kidding, Cisse doesn't think so.

In this way, the Liverpool bus came to Manchester, Liverpool and Manchester are very close, the bus has been driving for less than an hour, and it has entered the city center of Manchester, and they can see Old Trafford Stadium around the city center.

On the approach to Old Trafford, the bus was somewhat hampered.

Many Manchester United fans 'greeted' Liverpool's arrival on the side of the road, but they were not very friendly, scolding, intimidating, and raising their index fingers were considered peaceful, and some Manchester United fans simply stopped in front of the bus and did not let the car move forward at all.

The strictest thing is that there are many Manchester United fans, standing side by side in front of the bus, shouting one word in their mouths - "comrades"!

This is talking about who is self-evident.

Zhang Tiehan sat in the front row of the bus, squinting slightly at the Manchester United fans in front of him, who seemed to see his expression and shouted more happily.

The bus stopped for 10 minutes before the United police arrived late to disperse the fans and the crowd moved on.

But something was wrong with the atmosphere.

When we arrived at Old Trafford, when we were warming up for the game, the fans also entered in turn, and at this time, in the stands on the east side of the stadium, you can see that Manchester United fans use the colors of their clothes and hats to form a string of English - "Judahskiss (Judah's kiss)"! (To be continued......)