Chapter 336: Building Momentum

As documented, the two teams have played each other on the pitch many times in history, and no fan can even remember as many tidbits of on-field and off-field encounters.

It's always nerve-pumping to talk about two teams meeting each other, and even their first meeting in the league was an epic one.

In October 1895, Liverpool slaughtered Manchester United 7-1 at home (the largest margin of difference between the two teams in history), only to win 5-2 at home a month later.

Needless to say, they each have an illustrious history, and it wasn't until 1977 that they met for the first time in the final of an important tournament.

Goals from Stuart Pearson and Jimmy Greenhoff helped United win the FA Cup 2-1 at Wembley.

The end is more than just a victory, winning the event for the fourth time, or getting more talk about when it comes to bragging; The game also killed Liverpool's dream of a treble that had already been locked in the league title at the time. A few days later, Liverpool won the European Championship trophy, which coincided with the special milestone achieved by Manchester United (Liverpool won the Champions League for the first time that year, after winning the Champions League in 1968).

Six years later, Liverpool avenged United by the same score at Wembley, but this time it was the Reds rather than the Red Devils who won at Wembley, with goals from hard-working Liverpool strikers Alan Kennedy and Ronnie Whelan helping the Reds win that game 2-1, and Liverpool also won three league titles in a row that year.

It was Bob Paisley's 13th and final major title in nine seasons in office, along with three European trophies.

Most of the time, though, it's Manchester United on the podium in the final between the two teams.

The 1996 FA Cup final, that memory for Liverpool fans. Like the cream-coloured suits worn by Liverpool in the pre-game warm-up and reluctant to be mentioned by Reds fans, Eric Cantona's fifth-minute goal helped United secure the Reds a double that season, the Reds' second in three years.

Both teams have had their own periods in the history of English football, with both Liverpool and Manchester United having their glory days with their domination of English football during that time.

At the beginning of the last century. Liverpool have won the League One five times, but it wasn't until the 70s of the 20th century, with success on the European stage and dominance in domestic competitions, that Liverpool really showed the style of a giant. From 1972 to 1990, the Reds won an incredible 11 trophies and four European trophies.

Winners won the championship in the season and in 1910-11, and after a hibernation of about 40 years, they won three times in six years in the '50s. Their strong, Red-Devils squad is beginning to emerge and the Busby Babies are planning to whip up a storm in the formative European arena, only to be brutally devastated by the Munich air crash. Manchester United were immediately devastated and lost that terrible upward momentum.

A year later, United finally emerged from their sorrow, finally winning two League One titles in the mid-sixties.

Between 1963 and 1967, both the Red Devils and the Reds won the title twice, but it was Manchester United's continental success that was often the main theme of the era.

So it is no surprise that after the end of Liverpool's rule in the 90s, Manchester United's rise to power is not at all surprising.

This is the historical feud between the two teams.

A lot of grievances are hard to tell, but many fans in other countries can't understand - as long as the M62 is open, the distance between the two clubs is less than half an hour's drive. Two teams that are so close together and not in the same city. It has a grudge with a history of 100 years like a sworn enemy, which is rarely seen in football in other countries.

These are all the subjects of mutual accusations, criticism, showing off from the fans and the media of both teams, and they will do this, and they will always do it, as long as they can hit the opponent, they will do anything.

And for both teams. It's more important now.

Two days before the game, United have already started to build momentum for the game, as in recent days, the whole of England has been playing Wales because of Zhang Tiehan joining the England team. Scored a goal and provided an assist, and received a lot of attention.

The whole England team is talking about a Liverpool player who is not good news for Manchester United before the big game.

And so the momentum began. ????

In an interview, Ferguson pointed out the most likely person for Manchester United to break out - Rooney, although he did not show much in the game against Wales, Rooney has always been excellent at the club, Ferguson believes that this just makes him hold back, and in this kind of big scene, Rooney has always been unambiguous.

Wayne Rooney was in fine form against Liverpool last season, scoring the winning goal at Anfield.

"On Sunday Rooney will give the best table,"

Ferguson 'predicted', "He's been very good all season. Although Ferguson defended Rooney in public, but in fact, the old gentleman did not relax at all about this love general, and some media revealed that after the Champions Cup, Ferguson roared at Rooney behind closed doors in the dressing room, and showed a typical "hair dryer" style, which was revealed to the media by the players in the Manchester United team.

However, Ferguson has his own views on Rooney's development, and he believes such a talent should mature under pressure, citing examples of three famous stars in England in the past.

'I'm not surprised that Wayne Rooney is a player with a reputation so he's definitely getting attention from all sides,' said Ferguson, 'and that's what has happened to George Best, Gascoigne and David Beckham in the past, that's football, and we have experience and can handle things like that very well. ”

'It's the kind of pressure that keeps the players on their toes and gives it their all, the good players react right, Wayne Rooney is used to this kind of big spectacle, and the next game (Liverpool vs Manchester United) will be a focus of the whole year, and I love games like this and Rooney too.

Soon news came that two of Manchester United's youngsters were shortlisted for the World's Top 11 and Best Newcomers by FIFPRO Credit Card, who were Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, who will compete for the Newcomer of the Year award. Figo, the famous star who now plays for Inter Milan, has high praise for these two players, but he is more optimistic about his team-mate Ronaldo in Portugal.

"Manchester United have two of the best young players in the world, but if I had to pick a better one, I'd lean towards Cristiano Ronaldo," Figo said, "and as a man he is maturing and as a player he is understanding football more deeply and understanding that it's a collective sport, which is a great combination of his great individual skills." ”

But soon Liverpool fought back.

Surprisingly, the first to speak was the defender Carragher, Liverpool won the Champions League last season, and this season's league and Champions League results are good, which makes Carragher ambitious, in the face of Manchester United's momentum, Carragher said directly, "They have two new stars, Rooney and Ronaldo, but the goals of the two together are not as many as Zhang." ”

This sentence makes the Liverpudlian temperament uplifted.

Soon Gerrard also spoke, and he mentioned the world's best 11 people and the best newcomer awards initiated by FIFPRO credit cards, "I don't pay much attention to this, but Zhang seems to have entered the selection of the world's best eleven people, and when we trained, we also joked about this, I said 'Zhang, you are the best eleven football players in the world', Zhang just smiled, he didn't care about that at all." ”

"Only they [Manchester United] will be happy about the two players entering the 'best newcomer'."

"When it comes to the game, I believe that Zhang's table will let them know that the 'best newcomer' has no meaning, the most meaningful thing is the strength, Zhang scored in the England team, and Rooney did not, as for C-Ronaldo? What can you expect from the guy who was jealous of Zhang two years ago to do something? ”

Gerrard's words tore his face and hit Cristiano Ronaldo's soft underbelly.

Now Zhang Tiehan is already a world-class star, and the bits and pieces of his previous work at Manchester United have also been dug up, including why he left Manchester United, and what grievances he has with C-Ronaldo, etc., from the words of Manchester United players, the media has long known what happened.

However, C-Ronaldo didn't like Zhang Tiehan, and Ferguson chose the Portuguese among the two, so Zhang Tiehan left.

This grievance is known to many people.

C-Ronaldo, why does he look at Zhang Tiehan unpleasantly? The two don't even have much to do with each other, all everyone can think of are the two goals in the warm-up game, C-Ronaldo had just come to Manchester United at the time, and he didn't have any appearance at all, Zhang Tiehan too, but he scored in every warm-up game.

Many people speculated that C-Ronaldo was jealous of Zhang Tiehan

Of course, those fanatical fans of C-Ronaldo will not admit this, but many people also agree with this statement, but it is just speculation that no regular media dares to make such remarks to 'denigrate' C-Ronaldo, otherwise C-Ronaldo will be held responsible if he goes to court.

But Steven Gerrard, as a player, and a player who is extremely hostile to Manchester United, has no such worries.

After the interview with Gerrard and Carragher, Liverpool threw a vicious punch at Manchester United's face like a rooster, and everyone can see that whether it is Rooney, C-Ronaldo, or even the limelight of the two together, it is difficult to cover Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan is really brilliant (to be continued......