On 24 August, just one day before the second leg against CSKA Sofia, Liverpool received bad news – Steven Gerrard was injured.

Gerrard suffered a calf injury in training, and he can only watch tomorrow's game, but fortunately Liverpool has confirmed the Champions League qualification by a large score, and Gerrard's injury has not had much impact, but because he has to rest for a week, Gerrard will definitely miss the UEFA Super Cup in three days.

Gerrard's injury is very bad news for England.

Gerrard's importance in the England squad is undeniable, and with England and Wales and Northern Ireland qualifying for the World Cup at the beginning of September, it is difficult to say whether he will be able to play at that time, and England national team manager Christian Eriksen has already had a headache, because Benitez did not allow Gerrard to play for the national team, and his reason is that it would be very dangerous to play directly for the national team after missing club football.

'If he doesn't recover in two or three days, I'll talk to the England manager.

The last time Gerrard played 84 minutes in England and Denmark, Eriksen played 84 minutes, Benitez and other Anfield people were already quite unhappy, "If Steve hadn't played so many games, it's hard to say if he wouldn't have suffered this injury. Carragher played every game, every minute last season and is still healthy. But with Gerrard, we have to be careful. On Friday I wanted him to go and he wanted to do it himself, but he had to work with the medical team. We have other players available, so be cautious with him. ”

Gerrard is Liverpool's 'baby', Benitez can't make him light and dangerous, and England's qualifiers are not a big tournament, in fact, even without Gerrard, England can easily win, which is why Benitez is unhappy with Eriksen.

Except for Gerald. Before the match against CSKA Sofia, Liverpool also had a big news, and that was the departure of Baroshe.

Zhang Tiehan's arrival has left Baros with little place, and he cannot accept his current position at Liverpool - because Zhang Tiehan is too strong, and in the eyes of Liverpool players, Zhang Tiehan is simply much stronger than the Bulls. He and Carragher are simply the team's two iron men, and if Barosh stays at Liverpool, he will definitely have very few appearances this season, and he will naturally be very dissatisfied.

So Liverpool sold Baroshe.

Aston Villa in the Premier League has confirmed the official signing of Liverpool's Czech striker Barosh for a transfer fee of 6.5 million pounds. Aston Villa also paid him well - a four-year contract and a salary of two million pounds a year.

Barosh's departure has more than just a departure.

Many Liverpudders thought that with Barosh leaving, the team would have a place for Owen, and soon it was more than just 'thinking', according to the team's 'insiders', they clearly informed Benitez that Liverpool needed Owen, and CEO Parley and club president Morse were trying to persuade Benitez.

In an interview. Benitez's tone was also loosened.

"We have the money and we have more goals." 'We need a centre-back and the money from the sale of Baros will be used for that, but we are sure we can reach the Champions League group stage and the money we get can be used for other goals,' said Benitez. ”

If a striker is to be brought in, it is clear that Owen is the first choice.

Owen's transfer has been going on for more than three months. Because Owen said that he wanted to return to the Premier League, Real Madrid also intended to release him, but many Premier League clubs are interested in Owen, of course, for Owen. The best way to do this is to join one of the Premier League's big four clubs – Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool or Arsenal.

Other clubs, including Newcastle United, and Everton, who like to compete with Liverpool, have wanted to bring in Owen, but they have not attracted enough, with Everton boss David Moyes publicly admitting that Owen has turned down Everton's offer.

'We were in contact with Owen and his agent, but Owen didn't want to consider Everton, so we made a £10 million bid for Kuyt on 1 August, but Feyenoord turned it down. However, we will still try to bring in those famous players. ”

At the same time, many Liverpool players are looking forward to Owen.

Especially some of Liverpool's old men, such as Gerrard, he and Owen have a pretty good relationship, and they also have a tacit understanding when they are in Liverpool together, he has been talking about Owen in the team, but it is Benitez who really decides whether to introduce Owen, compared to a striker, Benitez hopes to bring a central defender to strengthen Liverpool's defense, after all, on the front line, Cisse and Morientes are all good, and Pongler has not played yet, but his strength is also certain, although Barosh is gone, But Liverpool still have Zhang Tiehan.

In short, Liverpool's forward line is not short of people.

Of course, Liverpool have games to think about at the moment, and their schedule is a bit dense, with the third round of the Champions League qualifiers and the UEFA Super Cup postponed due to the impact of the Champions League qualifiers and the UEFA Super Cup.

On this day, Liverpool welcomed CSKA Sofia.

The difference between the scores of the two teams is huge, and it is difficult to say how this game will be turned out, but obviously CSKA Sofia will not have any chances, and it is worth mentioning before the game that on the night CSKA Sofia arrived at Liverpool, they did not have a good time, and Liverpool fans obviously remember how CSKA Sofia treated their players at home.

And so the revenge of the Liverpool fans began.

It is said that that night, there was a huge cannon fire near the hotel where CSKA Sofia was stationed, and it was like a Chinese New Year outside, with all kinds of dazzling fireworks set off all night long, and thousands of fans gathered together, shouting all kinds of slogans and noisy until the early hours of the morning.

For this reason, CSKA Sofia lodged a complaint with the Liverpool City Council before the game.

But Liverpool Police said it was "not illegal for public gatherings and we have no right to stop them from gathering normally." CSKA Sofia players affected? I think it was just a coincidence, they were unlucky enough to come across a fan party, Liverpool is a football city and we can't stop the fans from supporting the team. ”

These words made the CSKA Sofia boss almost vomit blood in anger.

But he obviously knows that this is the revenge of Liverpool fans, after all, how his own fans treated Liverpool in the last game, and even the strictest of them was racial discrimination, he knew that Liverpool fans were taking revenge on the team by doing so. But he didn't have much to do.

As a result, CSKA Sofia was not in good shape as a whole that day.

At Anfield Stadium, facing Liverpool, which has a home advantage, the strength is not superior, the state is not superior, the time and place are favorable, CSKA Sofia has no advantage at all, and the final result can be imagined.

Five to zero.

Zhang Tiehan 'vented' his frustration in the league in the game. He scored three goals of his own and played really well throughout the game.

And in this game, Benitez did not give Zhang Tiehan any free firing rights, Liverpool completely regarded the game as training, and used Benitez's new tactics for Zhang Tiehan's 'custom', although there was no Gerrard, but he and Alonso and the wing Luis Garcia also played well, Alonso went off in the second half, Zhang Tiehan also assisted Cisse to score a goal.

Three goals. With an assist, Zhang Tiehan's gorgeous watch won the applause of Liverpool fans.

But the media didn't have much praise for Zhang Tiehan's appearance, just a report, after all, the Champions League qualifiers are not a high-profile game, not to mention, they are 'prepared' for Zhang Tiehan and CSKA Sofia to score a hat trick', after all, Zhang Tiehan has scored four goals away from home before, so look at it. It's okay to score three at home.

The Manchester Sport newspaper even quipped, "When Zhang played against teams from other countries. It's always good to be able to show Xiàn, and if he goes to the teams in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, he will definitely be able to sweep the league there. ”

Although Manchester Sport would never say anything good about Liverpool or the Liverpool players, the media was not surprised that Zhang Tiehan had scored a hat-trick.

Probably their 'surprise point' for Zhang Tiehan's table was too high.

This is a good thing for Zhang Tiehan, and the media and fans have greater expectations for him. It shows that he conquered a lot of people in last season's table, but it is also a bad thing, and now he plays against small teams and completes a hat-trick that is considered normal by the media and fans.

Of course, this may also have something to do with him in the league table in general.

Either way, winning this game means Liverpool are in the Champions League group stage. They comfortably qualify to become one of 32 teams in the Champions League group stage and join as the defending champions.

But Liverpool don't really think about that, they have too many games.

Two days later they welcomed the UEFA Super Cup.

Since 1972, the UEFA Super Cup has been established, and the competition is played by the winner of the European Champions Cup and the Europa League, and until 1998 it was played in a two-legged home and away system, and since 1998 the tournament has been held annually at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco.

The Super Cup was restructured before 1999, with the UEFA Europa League winner and the Champions League winner competing for the title. Since 2000, the European Cup Winners' Cup has been cancelled and the UEFA Champions League winners have competed for the title of the competition.

Last season's UEFA Cup was won by CSKA Moscow, and Liverpool, as Champions League winners, competed with the Russian giants.

Liverpool have a historic advantage in this honour, having won the UEFA Super Cup in 1977 and 2001, while CSKA Moscow, winners of the UEFA Cup, were the first Russian team to reach the Super Cup.

Calls for Liverpool to win are high.

Naturally, the English media supported Liverpool, who were England's team and who were considered 'hard to lose', but when the game began, CSKA Moscow's cousin surprised him by taking advantage of an angle in the opening two minutes.

But that's about it.

Then it was Liverpool's turn to show, Benitez boldly adopted new tactics, Zhang Tiehan and Alonso and Hamann in the midfield continued to cooperate so that CSKA Moscow felt very weak for a while, and soon took advantage of a delicate combination opportunity, Zhang Tiehan shook off the defender to find an opportunity on the left side of the penalty area, and scored with a powerful right-footed volley.

Liverpool continued to dominate the game in the second half, with Zhang Tiehan setting up Alonso's goal in the 67th minute, and just five minutes later, taking advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Zhang Tiehan scored twice to give Liverpool a two-goal advantage.

In the final minute, Morientes scored another goal to put the icing on the cake for the team.

The match also ended 4-1, and Liverpool won the first title of the season - the UEFA Super Cup.

This is a good sign. After the game, Liverpool was very happy, and Zhang Tiehan was also very excited...... This is the first honour he has won since Wigan Athletic won the League Cup and League One, and he failed to pick up the slightest club honour at Roma last season. And now he has just moved to Liverpool and won a title.

Although this championship is a bit of a chicken rib...... But it's better than nothing.

After this game, Liverpool fans also have more confidence in Zhang Tiehan, although many media reports believe that Zhang Tiehan has not been able to prove himself in the Premier League, but he scored seven goals in two legs against CSKA Sofia, two goals in the game against CSKA Moscow, and two assists during the period.

Zhang Tiehan is in no mood to pay attention to what the media and fans say and what they think of him. In fact, as a member of Liverpool, the main force of the team, he has been busy with training for the past few days, and after playing the European Super Cup, he has not had time to enjoy the glory of the championship, and Liverpool has ushered in a new game - the fourth round of the English Premier League, Liverpool hosts Portsmouth.

As Liverpool is going to qualify for the Champions League. There is another Super Cup to play, and the third round of the Premier League match against Charlton Athletic has been postponed until February next year. So they went straight to the fourth round.

The final result of the game was 2:1, Liverpool emerged victorious, Zhang Tiehan scored the first goal, and his first goal in the Premier League.

Many fans imagined Zhang Tiehan scoring the first goal, but no one expected that Zhang Tiehan's first goal would be so dull. It was a corner, Zhang Tiehan grabbed the penalty in the box and pressed the Portsmouth defender to score the ball.

That's the first goal.

There were some surprises, and some were too bland, and even Zhang Tiehan was not too excited after scoring the goal. The goal was a bit too bland, thankfully it was at Anfield, but the ball flew into the back of the net and the stands burst into applause, with Liverpool fans congratulating Zhang Tiehan on his first goal.

And the second goal, and Zhang Tiehan is also very related, that is Alonso scored, but Zhang Tiehan's pass to the side is also crucial, when he attracts the defense in the middle, and after getting the ball, Zhang Tiehan suddenly made a breakthrough with the ball, and then passed the ball to Garcia on the bottom line, Garcia was unguarded, calmly crossed, Xavi Alonso inserted to grab the point and scored the ball.

However, no one mentions Zhang Tiehan's role in this goal, and the media prefers to mention the players who score goals, and maybe the players who assist will also have a share, but indirect assists ...... It's a bit worse.

In short, the second goal seems to have nothing to do with Zhang Tiehan.

The media also reported Zhang Tiehan's first goal after the game, and many media praised Zhang Tiehan's appearance, but the public opinion was that "Zhang's expression did not meet expectations." ”

This is also the general opinion of the English media, fans.

In fact, when Zhang Tiehan transferred to Liverpool, the English media and fans had much higher expectations for Zhang Tiehan, just because Zhang Tiehan broke the individual goal record in a single season in Serie A last season, and far exceeded the record with 43 goals, and they expected Zhang Tiehan to break the record when he came to the Premier League.

Although this expectation is really a bit big, there are still many people looking forward to it.

The Premier League's single-season goal record is held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, who just retired at Newcastle United last season, who scored 34 goals in the 94-94 season and 94-95 seasons respectively, and if you want to score 34 goals in 38 league games, you must keep scoring in all the games you play, and one goal is the most basic.

In the game with Portsmouth, Zhang Tiehan scored a goal, this is just the beginning, and this beginning is not very good, after all, Portsmouth's strength is very average, defeating them, scoring a goal in the game, it is not a very difficult, very amazing thing, compared with the single-season goal record, Zhang Tiehan's goal in the game is not a big deal, Alonso also scored a goal, so the English media's evaluation of Zhang Tiehan's table is still very average.

But some media still stood up to speak for Zhang Tiehan.

"Are we expecting too much?" "The Sun" said that when Zhang Tiehan was at Wigan Athletic, "The Sun" was the media that supported Zhang Tiehan, and it should be said that their reports on Zhang Tiehan were from a neutral point of view, after all, they were very influential newspapers and periodicals in Europe, and Zhang Tiehan was at Wigan Athletic, and there was no conflict with their perspective.

Now they are speaking for Zhang Tiehan again.

"After three league games, we can see that Zhang's table in the league has been getting better. We should be looking to see what he can do with Liverpool than whether Zhang can continue his crazy performance in Serie A, after all, he is only 20 years old and is only playing in the Premier League for the first time. ”

That's fair enough.

But there are also media rebuttals, such as the Manchester media, saying that they have "no expectations" from Zhang Tiehan, "He is worth 30 million pounds? But obviously his watch is not worth 30 million pounds, maybe Liverpool just bought a dream with a title, otherwise Sir Alex Ferguson would not have let him go......"

After the Manchester media made remarks, other media joined in, and soon the discussion about Zhang Tiehan's first goal in the league became whether Zhang Tiehan was worth 30 million pounds, whether he could have a good table in Liverpool, and even whether Liverpool was eligible to compete for the league title this season.

Liverpool, meanwhile, are in no mood to care what the media says.

The day after the match against Portsmouth, Zhang Tiehan has already rushed to Monaco with Gerrard, Alonso and head coach Rafael Benitez, where the Champions League group draw will take place, and importantly, at the ceremony, UEFA will announce a series of awards from last season, including the best defender, best striker, best midfielder, best goalkeeper and best coach.

At this time last year, Zhang Tiehan could only watch in front of the TV.

Now he can also be a part of it, and he is also a candidate for the best striker with the Champions League top scorer table, along with AC Milan's Shepchenko and Barcelona's Ronaldinho.

Zhang Tiehan still has some expectations for this award.

After all, this is a great personal honor, and the biggest honor he has received before is the top scorer, which is not selected, but directly fought for by his own hard work, if he can get the best striker selected by UEFA in Monaco...... That's not bad.

PS: In the new week, weakly ask for a few recommendation votes~ (to be continued......)