Liverpool's home draw by Birmingham is definitely another upset, and this upset is even worse than away and Porto, away and Portsmouth, with Birmingham's strength, there is no possibility of scoring points at Anfield, but football is so magical, an impossible draw has really happened. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the final focus of the seventh round, Chelsea without Mourinho rightfully lost to Ferguson's Manchester United, in the 11 meetings between Mourinho and Ferguson, Mourinho achieved 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, Ferguson's only win was a narrow 1-0 home win at home to the Blues in November 05 with a strange goal from Fletcher. And after Mourinho's departure, Ferguson immediately found a winning feeling.

With the win, United have won four in a row, just one point behind Liverpool and the same number as Arsenal, and six points above Chelsea, who have played a game in hand.

In the seventh round of the Premier League, Chelsea was not the only loser, Liverpool's points lead was also eroded, but the biggest loser was Chelsea.

Although Liverpool's state is poor, but after this round, they will usher in their greatest goalscorer Chen Yu, with Chen Yu, it is difficult for Liverpool to overturn in the gutter, and their stamina is still obvious, and Chelsea after Mourinho left, assistant coach Israel Grant has no ability to control the Blues superstar, and the future is bleak, even if Abou immediately finds another Mourinho second, it is impossible to play a dominant game, It's fair to say that the Blues' dream of winning the title today is certainly shattered.

After the game, Sky Sports believed that Grant was too far behind Mourinho in terms of player selection and line-up, and as an assistant coach, he was actually more suitable to go to a small club to practice than to be the head coach of a giant club, such pressure is simply not something a novice like him can bear, nor is it something he should bear.

"The Times" believes that the first seven rounds of the Premier League is a stage, this stage, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal have made mistakes, all missed the opportunity to get rid of the opponent, the final league pattern is still the top four, no one can get rid of the competition, but compared with the other three giants with stable management and coaching, Chelsea is at great risk of falling behind, unless Chelsea's acting manager Grant can play close to Mourinho's level.

After the seventh round of the league, although there is no Champions League game in midweek, the Premier League giants continue to fight in the Carabao Cup after a tough two-game schedule.

The League Cup is not valued by the giants, but it is certainly not okay to give up easily, because the league and the Champions League are not only fiercely competitive, but also have a lot of luck.

Liverpool and Arsenal face strong opponents in the third round of the Carabao Cup. Arsenal wants to play the Magpies, while Liverpool's opponents are Reading, both Premier League teams, while Manchester United and Chelsea play Championship teams Coventry City and Hull City.

For an event like the League Cup, even if the opponent is a Premier League team, Liverpool will not take it too seriously in normal times, but because of the previous three consecutive draws, Liverpool can no longer afford a winless game, this League Cup Benitez also behaved very cautiously, although he did not send all the main forces to play, but also on half of the main forces, Chen Yu also sat on the bench to press, once the situation is unfavorable, Benitez intends to let Chen Yu go up to break the deadlock.

Liverpool and Reading have only met four times in their history, and the first three meetings were all played last season, with Liverpool maintaining a winning record, and coincidentally the two sides also met in the third round of the League Cup last season, resulting in Liverpool winning 4-3 at home to eliminate Reading. In this game, the coaches of both teams made extensive changes to the lineup. Reading's Koper made eight changes to his starting line-up, while Rafael Benitez made his starting line-up with nine men, with Arbeloa and Benayoun making their first Carabao Cup appearances in Reds shirts, Aurelio getting his first start of the season, and Itangje, Lucas and Leto making their Reds debuts.

Just two minutes into the game, Kuyt was brought down by Bikaiyi when he dribbled into the box, but the Cameroonian touched the ball first without any foul controversy, and Kuyt suffered a slight injury after being tackled and needed simple treatment before entering the game. After that, the game fell into a stalemate, and Reading still had a slight advantage on the field, but neither side had a shot on goal for more than 10 minutes. In the 21st minute, Halls crossed from the right, and Lita's header from 6 meters bounced off the angle of the ground and was slightly confiscated by Itangje. In the 23rd minute, Benayoun suddenly cut the ball forward on the right side and smashed the ball past Bikaii beautifully, and scored a delicate goal with his right foot on the bottom of the ball from 17 meters on the edge of the penalty area, which was also the first Carabao Cup goal for the Reds since the Israeli international joined Liverpool.

In the 25th minute, Kuyt got away from Bikay at the edge of the penalty area and turned and fired a low shot that went just wide. In the 28th minute, Schori's corner kick from the right side was pushed out by Sissoko, Conway volleyed a left-footed volley into the far corner from 17 meters on the left side, and Etangjie failed to make a save because of the blocking of Reading players in front of him, and the ball went straight into the bottom right corner of the goal, and referee Atkinson ruled that the goal was valid. In the first half of the game, the two teams went into the half-time break with a score of 1-1.

Although the score was a draw, but Reading had the upper hand on the field, which made Benitez unable to calm down, the previous three consecutive draws were unable to take the lead in the first half, and the opponent's confidence in the second half was forced to draw, this time Benitez decided to use his killer weapon, he sent Chen Yu on the field at the beginning of the second half, and replaced Kuyt, who was a little injured, to rest.

In the 48th minute, Leto broke the ball on the left side of the midfield, and Chen Yu resisted Duberry's close defense and scored a goal with a low right-footed shot from 13 meters.

In the 63rd minute, the tenacious Reading equalized again, Shawrie took a corner kick from the right, Etanger knocked the ball out, and after Halls' shot from 10 meters was blocked, he fired with his right foot to help the team equalize twice.

However, Chen Yu did not let the Liverpudlians wait too long, in the 72nd minute, Benayoun made a long pass to the left, substitute Reese broke through on the left side and passed back, Chen Yu hit the far corner of the goal with his right foot 12 meters away on the left side and scored twice.

In the 80th minute, Gerrard, who had just come on as a substitute, made a direct pass in the half, and Chen Yu successfully shook Federić in an offside position and easily pushed to complete his hat trick, and also expanded the score to 4:2.

Then Benitez replaced Chen Yu and let Wallenen go up to warm up.

With a goal gap of two and Reading, Reading also lost the confidence to win, and in the end, Liverpool beat Reading 4-2 away to advance to the fourth round, with this victory, Liverpool finally broke the bad luck of three consecutive draws and returned to the winning track.

Arsenal, who played at the same time as Liverpool, also sent substitutes and a second team on the pitch, but against almost all the main players of Newcastle, Arsenal's youngsters won comfortably and reached the fourth round of the League Cup.

Although Chelsea are coached by assistant coaches and the mood of the players in the squad is also unstable, it is still easy to beat a Championship team like Hull City, and it is easy to qualify for the fourth round.

Originally, everyone thought that Manchester United, who are now in full form, would definitely pass the test as easily as the other three giants, but no one would have imagined that Manchester United would fall at the feet of the Championship team Coventry City on their own doorstep.

Manchester United's record in the Carabao Cup has been poor, winning just two titles in 46 years. They played as defending champions last season, narrowly eliminated Crewe in extra time in the third round and were knocked out in the fourth round by Championship bottom side Southend United.

But now Manchester United is in good shape, the four young people who started Pique, Anderson, Eagles and Dongfang Zhuo are also talented teenagers with considerable strength, although they do not cooperate well with a few substitutes and several main players, but they will not even be able to beat a Championship team.

There were 74,055 fans at the scene to watch the game, including 10,000 fans in Coventry, and the rest were all Manchester United fans. Before the game, Ferguson had impassionedly mobilized the team participating in the League Cup, and Ferguson said that when Charlton was young, although he could not play, he encouraged himself almost every day: "Believe in yourself Bobby, you will get a chance." In Ferguson's view, Charlton's words are very helpful to young people today, "The principle is the same, first of all, be confident in yourself, and when the opportunity comes, you must seize it." ”

But the result was so cruel, Manchester United's young people didn't take a chance, but a Maltese named Mifsud in Coventry City seized the opportunity, and he scored two goals to get Manchester United, making the 10,000 Coventry fans in the stadium chant long live, and the more than 60,000 Red Devils fans scolding their mothers in unison.

After the game, Ferguson could not hide his disappointment, of course, he was not disappointed in the League Cup, Manchester United does not have the ability to fight on multiple fronts at the moment, first of all, many of the main players in the team are in the recovery period of recuperation or just returned, the state can not be guaranteed, the midfield is missing Neville and Hargreaves two big players, and Solskjaer's sudden retirement has also disrupted the lord's plan. Therefore, the League Cup exit is not the end of the world, but it has helped Ferguson, who does not have to worry about this extra chicken rib competition, which is conducive to keeping Ryan Giggs and other veterans in fitness and form in the league. What disappointed Ferguson was the performance of the youngsters, and after the game, Ferguson hinted that the newcomers only had the opportunity to play in the reserves, and the league still had to be supported by the veterans, and the young people could not stand up, and he had no choice.

The League Cup is just a chicken rib for the giants, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool will not receive much praise for the promotion, Manchester United is out, at most the fans scolded at the time, and they will forget it in two days, but this League Cup has had a great impact on the newcomers, after the game, Pique, who felt hopeless to play the main force in the first team, decided to leave Manchester United, Dongfang Zhuo also understood that he could not gain a foothold in Manchester United, and was ready to find another way. Dong's departure has not lost much to Manchester United, but Pique's departure has deprived United of a future world-class centre-back, something Ferguson never expected.