1130 The Battle of the Pinnacle is coming
The 32nd round of the Premier League is coming as scheduled, and when Liverpool has a big enough advantage over Manchester United and Chelsea, there are still a few people who are expecting a miracle to happen, such as the collapse of Liverpool, so that this season's Premier League plot will definitely be the most subversive in history.
With Chelsea hosting Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge, Carlo Ancelotti's side are starting to show signs of momentum as they have been knocked out of the Champions League and can focus on the league.
7:1
A shocking scoreline, Chelsea have created a bloody affair.
Manchester United lost the English derby in the last round, but Ferguson also stressed that the Red Devils will not give up, and he still does not believe Liverpool can continue to win.
At Reebok Stadium, the visiting Red Devils Manchester United gave home side Bolton a net four.
4-0, Manchester United also got the victory.
The pressure is on Liverpool, and with Liverpool hosting Barcelona in midweek, Coman rests his main players and sends substitutes at home to face the bottom half of the table.
Liela and Benayoun propped up Liverpool's attack in this game.
Although the growth of Babel and Ngog has not satisfied Koeman, and it has always been believed that the two young strikers can establish themselves in the average team, they are still too far apart as substitutes for the superteam.
However, in this game against Sunderland, Ngog and Babel both played well to help the team win 3-0 at home.
Koeman praised the performance of the whole team after the game, but he knew in his heart that the team still needed to further strengthen the forward line and strengthen the depth of the squad in the summer recruitment.
There are 6 league games left in the Premier League. Liverpool are nine points clear of Manchester United. 11 points ahead of Chelsea.
If nothing else. Liverpool only need to win three of their six league games to lift the league trophy.
Now the mentality of the whole Liverpool team has changed.
Everyone sees the league title as a bag, and this self-confidence has driven the team to turn their attention to the Champions League, and since the league title is already a guaranteed achievement this season, it is also the general trend to work harder to impact the Champions League for even greater achievements.
On March 29, La Liga giants Barcelona landed in Liverpool City.
Liverpool players watched a picture of the BBC Sport on TV in the lounge at Melwood training ground, showing Barcelona walking out of the airport and boarding the bus after arriving at Liverpool.
Qin Xiong saw Messi. The corners of his mouth were raised, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he was full of fighting spirit!
He also saw his old friend Ibrahimovic, a strong Barcelona attack, which did not put pressure on Liverpool, but gave the team a lot of motivation.
After a fierce two-legged battle with Real Madrid and a win against Manchester United, the confidence of the Liverpool team is at an all-time high, and now they are looking forward to the showdown!
Liverpool continue to prepare for the game.
A day before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Koeman attended a pre-match press conference at Melwood.
Journalists are focusing on how Liverpool are keeping new Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi in check.
Coman replied calmly: "Barcelona have caused a sensation in European football. People are talking about how to contain Barcelona and Liverpool is no different. We're going to focus on Barcelona's past games to figure out how to deal with them, Messi is a great star but it's not enough to think about how to limit him, it's a contest between two teams and we need to keep Barcelona at bay in the overall confrontation. ”
It may be a cliché, but that's exactly what the Liverpool coaching staff think.
Just like the most threatening player in the Liverpool team is definitely Qin Xiong, but if you want to suppress Liverpool, you can't just think about how to block Qin Xiong, Torres, Gerrard, Alonso, Kuyt, etc., these players will play an important role in the game, and it would be a mistake to ignore any player.
If a pinnacle duel is only limited to one player of the opponent to gain an advantage, or even win the game, then such a pinnacle duel is not worthy of the name at all.
Pep Guardiola's pre-match press conference was similar to Koeman's.
"The topic of who is better between Qin Xiong and Messi is left to the media and fans, just like Coman thinks Qin Xiong is the best in the world, in my eyes, Messi is the best player on the planet, Barcelona and Liverpool game, we still need to rely on the team as a whole to restrain the opponent, otherwise it will be disastrous, Barcelona's past achievements obviously rely on the technical and tactical system of the whole team, and such a technical and tactical system has also been successful in the Spanish national team, which proves the importance of the team as a whole."
Both managers are looking forward to the team as a whole, which is in line with the philosophy of contemporary European football.
In the end, Liverpool and Barcelona will win the game and eliminate their opponents through the team as a whole, the European media will wait and see.
On the evening of March 31, Anfield was full of stars and stars, and Liverpool and Barcelona met in the Champions League!
In the player tunnel, Qin Xiong first saw the tall Ibrahimovic, who had not seen him for many years, and Ibrahimovic had become more mature.
Yi Bu also saw Qin Xiong, and the complexity in his eyes was well concealed by him.
When they landed in the top league from Ajax together, Ibrahimovic's development trajectory can be described as smooth, but the only thing that has been criticized is that it has been weak in European competitions and key battles.
Why did he go to Barcelona?
Even Qin Xiong can figure it out that he won the championship in Italy, but at the top of Europe, Ibrahimovic has only stood at Ajax once, so he naturally hopes for a more brilliant career.
You must know that his friends at Ajax, Qin Xiong and Sneijder, the former has won three Champions League titles, Sneijder and Qin Xiong in Real Madrid for the second time on the top of Europe, and in that season, together with Real Madrid into the glorious history, set many records, and become a horror in the memory of fans and many opponents!
The White Terror was not long in coming.
Barcelona almost reached the same heights as Real Madrid in the following season.
Ibrahimovic has the opportunity to join Barcelona, so he will not miss such an opportunity.
Anyway, the league title is no longer worth anything in his heart, and only the achievements of the Champions League can make his football status to the next level.
It's just that after the transfer to Barcelona, things don't seem to be as good as he expected. (To be continued.) )