After three rounds of the Premier League, Manchester City won all three games and topped the table, Newcastle and Liverpool ranked second and third with two wins and one loss, Chelsea and Arsenal ranked seventh and eighth, but one less game is passable, and the worst is Manchester United, ranked 17th, which has reached the relegation zone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The fourth round is a very critical round for the top four of the Premier League, in the last round Chelsea and Liverpool have players banned, especially Liverpool, lost the ace scorer Chen Yu, this round is the time to test them, and Arsenal and Manchester United were forced to draw by the weak team in the last round, and the other was defeated by the opponent in the same city, the two giants hope to sweep away the decline in this round, therefore, it can be said that the four giants in this round can not afford to lose, they must win.

In addition to Liverpool's opponent is promoted Sunderland, the others are very strong, Arsenal plays Manchester City, Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea's opponent is Portsmouth, except for Manchester United, which has a bad start, these are the top ten teams, Manchester City is at the top of the list, in a sense, this is the challenge of the Premier League's midstream forces to the four giants.

The first game of the four giants is Liverpool, this game is also the first of Chen Yu's four bans, how Liverpool performs will have a great impact on the next three games, if Liverpool easily wins the black cat, the next three games are estimated to be better, if Liverpool plays very hard, Liverpool's opponents will definitely go all out to fight for points on Liverpool.

When the giants are in good shape, most of them will deal with the guns casually, and use their energy to deal with opponents who are likely to score points, and when the giants are not in good shape, they will actively grab points, so that they can have an advantage in the relegation battle, so if the giants start well, they will also play well, and if the start is not smooth, it will be more and more difficult later.

Without Chen Yu, Benitez discharged the combination of Wallening and Kuyt away from home, and it was still a solid 442 formation.

In terms of strength alone, Liverpool is definitely far above Sunderland, even if Sunderland has a home advantage, it is difficult to be Liverpool's opponent, but Sunderland's current manager is the former captain of Manchester United Keane, this is an enemy who knows Liverpool very well, and in Sunderland's own home stadium, Keane will definitely not let Liverpool take three points easily.

The match was played at 12 noon. With 30 minutes played, Liverpool rarely play in this time period, and the players were not excited enough after the start of the game, just playing steadily, patiently holding the ball and waiting for the opportunity to appear.

Sunderland were in good form at home, playing with energy and organisation in attack and defence, without the slightest hint of cringe from their opponents being the defending champions.

About ten minutes into the game, Chen Yu came to the Stadium of Light in casual clothes and sunglasses.

Chen Yu actually arrived at Sunderland a long time ago, but he didn't want to be watched by fans and reporters, so he quietly came to the stands to cheer for his teammates after ten minutes of play.

However, Chen Yu's whereabouts can escape the eyes of fans but escape the eyes of reporters, a superstar like Chen Yu has countless reporters in England to follow, and soon he was locked by the reporter's camera, and then recognized by the fans, and suddenly there was a commotion in the stands of the Stadium of Light, and the fans of Liverpool and Sunderland were chanting "Chen Yu is here!" Chen Yu is here! ”

Seeing that he was still discovered by the fans, and the fans were so fanatical, Chen Yu had no choice but to take off his glasses and raise his hand to wave to the fans.

The commentator at the scene said excitedly: "Although I can't watch Chen Yu's performance on the court, but his ability to come to the Guangming Stadium has also made it worthwhile for many fans from other places, if you are lucky, maybe you will have a chance to get Chen Yu's autograph." ”

Chen Yu's arrival almost attracted the attention of the fans, until Sunderland's back pass was wrong, and Liverpool launched a wave of threatening attacks to attract the fans' eyes.

Liverpool's players were not excited, but the quality was there, and as time went on, they gradually gained the upper hand and created some shots on goal, but Sunderland played very hard, very much like the style of their manager Keane's players, and under Sunderland's scramble, Liverpool also stumbled, creating only three shots in the first fifteen minutes, one of which was a mistake by the opponent.

In the 16th minute, starting centre-back Hyypia was hit in a head-to-head tussle with Sunderland, bleeding profusely and had to be replaced two minutes later by the main centre-back Ager, who was preparing to rotate.

used up a substitution early and had to replace Ager, who was about to take a break, which made Benitez very unhappy, although he had to win this game, but Benitez still rotated the lineup, hoping to win it at the lowest cost, but he didn't expect to play so badly at the beginning.

Benitez looked at Keane on the sidelines, Keane was looking at the pitch coldly, without saying a word, Keane is one of the founders of the Manchester United dynasty, his hatred for Liverpool has been deep in his soul, even if he retires to coach Sunderland, the game against Liverpool will definitely be desperate.

Although Benitez knows that winning requires patience, he does not want to drag the goal to the second half, at that time, he is afraid that Sunderland will have some undesirable thoughts, and now Benitez wants to strangle Sunderland's ambition in the first half.

After 20 minutes, Benitez gave the order to the Liverpool players to storm on.

As Liverpool stepped up their attack, Sunderland gradually became unable to resist, and they retreated step by step, and finally had to play Liverpool in their own half.

Although Liverpool and Sunderland were suppressed in the half, the most threatening attack came from Sunderland.

In the 30th minute of the game, Sunderland counterattacked, striker Chopra made a direct pass, and Sunderland midfielder Stokes quickly counterattacked and shot vigorously near the corner of the penalty area.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna made a flying save but couldn't touch the ball, which flew from Reina's flanks into the far corner.

It was clear that Sunderland were about to score, but at this time, Ager quickly returned to defend and cleared the ball on the goal line with a sliding tackle.

Liverpool were taken aback by Sunderland, but they were undeterred and continued to intensify their attack, bent on breaking the Sunderland goal in the first half.

As the game ticked by, the first half was 40 minutes long, but Liverpool still did not break through the Sunderland goal, and the morale of the Sunderland fans gradually rose, and they sang the song "There is only one Keane" to cheer on their players.

However, Liverpool has a lot of experience, and they have not scored for so long, and they are not impatient, and they are still attacking one board at a time, slowly wearing down Sunderland's fighting spirit, looking for Sunderland's flaws.

Seeing that Liverpool was never able to break through Sunderland's goal, the reporter's camera kept pointing at Chen Yu, and Liverpool fans kept chanting for Liverpool to score one.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Liverpool's patience finally paid off, Alonso's long pass, striker Volenen's header back, Sissoko followed up and shot, the ball flew straight to the bottom right corner of the goal, Sunderland's goalkeeper Gordon couldn't react, and could only watch the ball fly from his hand into the net.

Liverpool were more aggressive after the goal, having three chances in quick succession in the final minutes, with Volenen's header from seven yards threatening the most, but the Sunderland goalkeeper was denied.

After the break, Sunderland stepped up their attack in an attempt to equalise, while Liverpool were also looking for opportunities to seal the win, both sides attacked and defended each other, and both had chances to score, but neither of them converted them into goals.

The 1-0 score was not safe after all, and considering Sunderland's performance in the last minute of the opening game against Tottenham, Liverpool's players could not be calm, they changed to a front three in the 65th minute to step up the attack, trying to score the second goal, but in the 75th minute of the game Liverpool suffered another blow, their centre-back Carragher collided with goalkeeper Reyna when he cleared the ball, injured his ribs, and had to be replaced by Reese.

Injured two central defenders in a row, Liverpool had to use Arbello to play as a cameo at central defender, which was a big blow to Liverpool's morale, and then Liverpool's defense was shaky, the attack was weak, and Sunderland gradually controlled the game.

Eighty minutes later, Liverpool fans spent nine of the most thrilling minutes of the new season, Sunderland was on the offensive with the cheers of the fans, threatening Liverpool's goal in a row, and if it wasn't for Reina's bravery, Sunderland might have equalised.

However, Sunderland is only a promoted horse after all, they can't suppress Liverpool for as long as Chelsea, in the 89th minute of the game, Liverpool played a quick counterattack, Pennant, Babbel, Wallening played a beautiful combination, and finally Wallenen pushed the goal in the big penalty area to lock the score at 2:0.

Benitez was unhappy with a tough game against promoted horses, and after the game Benitez said Liverpool had to play more efficiently, otherwise the rest of the game would be even more difficult.

Although the game with Sunderland was not so easy, the result was still very good, and the most worrying thing for Benitez and Liverpool fans was that this game that should have been won easily also injured two central defenders, Hyypia fractured nose, Carragher rib fracture, when Chen Yu still had three games to return, Liverpool immediately faced a crisis of central defenders.

The absence of Hyypia and Carragher is more of a headache than Chen Yu's absence, because Chen Yu is absent, and Liverpool still has three strikers, but because Liverpool has just sold the young backup central defender Paletta, the only three of the main defenders who have first-team experience in the team are Hyypia, Ager and Carragher, and now Hyypia and Carragher are injured, and Benitez has to arrange Arbeloa and others to play as central defenders.

Judging from the game against Sunderland, the forward line is not sharp enough, and if the defense is not stable now, Liverpool's next game is really not optimistic.

Liverpool struggled on the road, and the subsequent match between Chelsea and Portsmouth was equally difficult, with Portsmouth playing even better than Chelsea at home, creating more chances on goal, but Portsmouth's poor luck and lack of ability to take their chances allowed Chelsea to retain a 1-0 victory.

After the game, Mourinho had to admit that Portsmouth played better and that Chelsea's win was more a matter of luck, but Mourinho also believes that the result is the most important thing at this time, and it will be good for the rest of the game to be able to bite Liverpool.

The match between Arsenal and Manchester City, which started at the same time as Jose Mourinho, is the highlight of this round, with Manchester City at the top of the table having just beaten Manchester United in the last round, and although this game is an away game, Manchester City still hope to beat Arsenal and retain the top spot, because after Liverpool's victory, the points have reached 10 points, and if Manchester City loses, they will be squeezed into second place.

Manchester City was a little self-confident after three consecutive wins, and did not take the little ghost Arsenal to heart, and played offensive football in the away game, but Arsenal used a quick counterattack to successfully sneak in the 80th minute, lost away from home, and also ceded the top position to Liverpool.

Manchester City manager Christian Eriksen was very sorry for the first defeat of the season, believing that this game should have been won in a draw, so that perhaps a better result could be obtained, and the rush to win caused Manchester City to suffer defeat.

The last of the semi-finals is Manchester United, who will face Tottenham Hotspur, who are expected to challenge for the last four, and with three old rivals winning all three of them, the Reds are under intense pressure after three rounds of winlessness.

Manchester United lost in the last round, fortunately Chelsea and Liverpool drawn, Manchester United was not opened up a bigger gap, this round Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal all won, if Manchester United can't beat Tottenham at home, they may really be out of the championship group in the first round.

Under pressure, Manchester United showed a strong heritage, in the absence of Ronaldo and Rooney, they launched waves of attacks at home to Tottenham, although Tottenham hit several counterattacks, but Manchester United still did not retreat, after 75 minutes still continued to attack, and finally Manchester United's efforts were rewarded, in the 80th minute, Nani hit a volley outside the penalty area and bounced off the crossbar into the net, Manchester United also relied on this goal to defeat the incoming Tottenham Hotspur, Won the first victory since the start of the tournament.

Since the start of the four rounds, this is the first time that the top four of the Premier League have won all, but the score of the top four wins is not large, only Liverpool's opponent is the weakest, the score is 2:0, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal are all 1 goal narrowly wins.

Such a score and process are obviously difficult to convince, the situation of the Premier League's semi-final four is still unchangeable in the next round, and Chelsea and Arsenal still have Champions League qualifiers to play in midweek, and other teams may still not let the semi-finals pass easily.