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Liverpool's winning streak in the Premier League has attracted a lot of media attention, with The Sun praising Liverpool as they deserve the league title in their current form, and if they can maintain that form, a comeback over Manchester United is no fantasy.

The Times said that there is no team in such good form in the history of the Premier League, and there is no striker who is so good in form, and if Liverpool cannot win the title, it will definitely be a great pity for them.

"Liverpool Voice" hopes that players, coaches and fans will calm down, not to be carried away by the victory, they have not won anything yet, if they can't win the championship in the end, the winning streak is nothing, the longer the winning streak means the closer to defeat, the next league Liverpool will play Manchester United, the Champions League will play Barcelona, if Liverpool is a little negligent, the league may be thrown away by Manchester United, and the cup will be eliminated by Barcelona.

The Liverpool players clearly understood just how strong their two opponents could be, and after the 4-0 win over Sheffield United, they just celebrated together at dinner that evening and started training the next day without a bit of relaxation.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was worried about the psychological slackness of players and fans after breaking the Premier League's winning streak, and he announced to reporters after training the next day that his goal this season is to win the Premier League title and reach the final of the Champions League, and pointed out that to achieve this goal, the next two-legged matches with Barcelona and Manchester United will be played as if they were finals.

Benitez challenged Manchester United and Barcelona, hoping to arouse the fighting spirit and enthusiasm of the players, but he did not expect that Barcelona and Manchester United had not yet received the recruitment, and Arsenal, who had just broken the winning streak by Liverpool, was unhappy at first.

Gunners manager Arsene Wenger said displeasedly: "Maybe Liverpool only has Manchester United in his eyes, but don't forget Jì, Liverpool still has to pass our hurdle, although Arsenal has no hope of winning the championship, but it can also influence the pattern of winning the championship, if there is no Arsenal double to kill Manchester United, the current championship competition will not have anything to do with Liverpool." ”

Arsene Wenger is telling the truth, but Liverpudlians believe in their own strength, and Benitez retorted to Wenger: "Arsenal's two wins over Manchester United have changed the Premier League title race, otherwise Liverpool is now 12 points behind, there is definitely no hope of winning the title, but without our own 15-game winning streak, even if Arsenal beat Manchester United four times, it is useless, just like Arsenal, they beat Manchester United twice, but now it is not the same hopeless." So in the end, fate must be in your own hands. ”

Alex Ferguson is in the same vein as Rafael Benitez, and he sees the game against Liverpool as a battle of the kings this season, beating a Liverpool side who are on the rise, leaving Chelsea with internal and external troubles to fear.

Manchester United's Champions League quarter-final opponent is Lille in Ligue 1, and the opponent is weaker, and Ferguson is more in the mood to play psychological warfare with Benitez.

"Liverpool's recent form is really good, but their form came a little too late, if they had such a form at the beginning of the season, maybe it is us who are struggling to catch up now, the battle at Anfield at the weekend, we have no pressure, even if we lose, we still have a three-point advantage, and our goal difference is 12 more than Liverpool, which is equivalent to one point, that is to say, in the last 9 rounds of the league, even if Liverpool wins all, we lose one, the final championship is still us, But can Liverpool win them all? A win would mean they will have a 25-game winning streak this season, which is something that has never been done in the whole of a major European league, and I think it's about the same as the probability of a total defeat in the future. So I advise Liverpool to make the most of the Champions League, they have always been better in cup competitions. ”

Benitez retorted to Ferguson: "We don't need to be arranged by others to play a good game, we all want the Champions League, as a big club, we must have the ability and ambition to fight on two fronts, and with our current state, I believe neither Barcelona nor Manchester United can stop us from moving forward." ”

Benitez's remarks are not unfounded, Barcelona's form has not been good in recent times, and their lead has been gradually eroded by Real Madrid and Valencia, but it is Eto'o who has blasted the manager, Ronaldinho and president Russell the most.

In the match against Santander, Eto'o refused to play because he felt that he had too little playing time, and in a public welfare event to help Cameroon, he scolded Rijkaard for not being a thing, saying that Ronaldo loves money as much as his life, and criticized the chairman and vice chairman for forming a gang, and he was not a person in the middle.

Although Barcelona because of the current enemy, they have to play against Valencia, Liverpool and Real Madrid in a row, and have adopted a calming way of appeasement, so that Eto'o and Rijkaard, Ronaldinho have all given way, but the damage brought to Barcelona by this incident is fundamental, in such a contradiction, Barcelona can not have unity, and the combat effectiveness of disunity will definitely decline, a Liverpool in amazing form against a Barcelona that is not in good shape and is not united internally, Benitez bragging is not without basis.

The coach was full of confidence, and the morale of Liverpool's players was also immediately high, and Liverpool's foreign aid from Deportivo La Coruna during the winter break Abelloa took the initiative to ask for help before the game, saying that he could prevent Barcelona's first star Ronaldinho.

Three months ago, Deportivo La Coruna and Barcelona met at right-back Arbeloa as Ronaldo's 'number one blocker', and Laco managed to hold the defending champions to a 1-1 draw. "I played directly against Ronaldo and he was one of the best players in the world," Arbelloa said. But it turned out to be a draw for Barcelona and my table was also outstanding. Of course I want to thank my team-mates, they always help me to flank Ronaldo when I need to, and if we can defend well, it's not impossible to keep Ronaldinho at bay, Barcelona are not at their best, they have problems in the dressing room. They dropped points against a lot of opponents who looked like they were going to win. We should have confidence in ourselves, Liverpool are no worse than Barcelona, Chan has played Barcelona three times and beaten them, and maybe the knockout game with them will see the Reds break out. The second game was back at Anfield and was good for Liverpool. That means Barcelona have to fight hard to win at home, and from what I've seen of Liverpool, it's a style of play that works in the Reds' favour. ”

Benitez bragged and said big things, after all, he had an excellent record against Barcelona when he was in Valencia, and Chen Yu can also say the same, but Arbeloa is just a nobody, and he dares to say that he can prevent Ronaldinho, which is really unbearable, although Barcelona is now in the locker room, and there is an open and secret fight between President Laburta and Vice President Rosell, but they must not tolerate the opponent to underestimate themselves like this.

Barcelona central defender Puyol directly taught his junior compatriots, "Does Alfaro (Arbelloa) still know who he is? Xiao Luo has been famous for so many years, which player has successfully defended him, but he stopped Xiao Luo from scoring goals with his teammates in a league, so he dares to say that he can prevent Xiao Luo, and Xiao Luo is really easy to defend. I think a defender should be humble so that he can keep improving. ”

Deco said: "Cannavaro of the World Footballer of the Year cannavaro can't say that he can defend against Ronaldinho, Arbello is better than Cannavaro? What a joke! ”

Ronaldinho said dismissively: "I think Arbeloa should get the chance to play first and then defend me, Liverpool has a lot of high-level defenders, but so far I haven't heard anyone say that they can defend me." ”

Although there was little hope of Arbeloa to play, the Liverpool players were still vocal when the Barcelona players attacked their new team-mates.

Captain Steven Gerrard said: "Ronaldo is a great player, his creativity is unbeatable, but his form has been inconsistent this season, his two helpers, Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o, have just returned from injury, so I don't think it's impossible to keep Ronaldinho at bay as long as our defenders can complement each other. ”

And Chen Yu was not polite to his opponents in the Champions League final and the World Footballer of the Year and European Footballer of the Year, he said: "If you say Ronaldinho in the first two years, no one really dares to say that he can be guarded, but this season's Ronaldinho, even I can prevent him." Now Ronaldinho is not in good shape, Eto'o and Messi have just recovered from injury, Barcelona is full of internal contradictions, and the league leader position is unstable, isn't it normal for us to eliminate them? ”

Originally, Abelloa's speech was considered disrespectful by the Barcelona people, but now Chen Yu actually looks down on Xiao Luo and Barcelona so much, which caused the indignation of the entire Barcelona people.

Valdés, who tackled Chen Yu in the Champions League final, said angrily: "Chen is also a character, can he go through his brain when he speaks, can he prevent Ronaldinho?" Then he will play back on Wednesday and I'm sure fans all over the world will want to see how he can defend Ronaldo. ”

Ronaldinho's fellow Deco said: "Don't think you're great if you lead Fiorentina to beat us in the Champions League final, don't forget that last season Fiorentina and Barcelona had a tie. ”

Chen Yu's merciless provocation, the Barcelona crowd rose up and besieged, which was originally the prelude to the escalation of the war of words between the two teams, but a sudden incident made the Liverpudlians have no leisure to fight a war of words with Barcelona again.

Here's the thing, after training on Monday, the bad boy Bellamy's lottery won, he invited all the players of Liverpool to go out for a drink, and drank a lot, but Bellamy felt that it was not enough to be happy, and went to sing with his teammates, but when Bellamy shouted to Reeser to get up and sing, the quiet nature of Reese was reluctant to participate, at this time the other teammates let out some sneers, and when Bellamy insisted that Reese sing, the silent Norwegian suddenly broke out, he shouted at Bellamy, and Bellamy also scolded at Reese, However, under the obstruction of his teammates, the two did not fight, but Reese left everyone down and chose to leave, and kept muttering swear words in his mouth.

At that time, there were 20 people in the bar, including Gerald and Chen Yu, and in order not to cause negative impact, everyone agreed not to let this matter spread.

But no one could have imagined that Bellamy, who felt insulted, would take a golf club and slam it at Reese, who had just gotten out of the car, during training the next day, hitting Reese in the leg.

Bellamy seemed to be completely out of control, shouting at Riser as she fought back, to the effect that he blamed him for making a fool of himself in public.

The clash didn't stop until Rafa Benitez appeared, and the angry manager immediately called a meeting of all his players. Benitez then released a statement at a press conference, "The whole team has held a meeting and I have told everyone to abide by the club rules on and off the pitch. All those who break the discipline of the club are punished. Hitting a teammate's leg with a golf club, it's unforgivable, as a player, the leg is the most untouchable, it's like someone deliberately trying to break your leg on the field, but we all know Bellamy's character, he is just too impulsive, he apologized to Reeser afterwards, the two got back together, the team is in good spirits at the moment, everyone is waiting for the game against Barcelona. ”

Obviously, everyone has to focus on the overall situation at this time, although Bellamy and Rieser were asked by the club not to be interviewed by reporters, but Rieser's agent also explained the matter to the Swiss media, telling reporters that "Riser was not injured in the incident and will not affect Riese's participation in the midweek match against Barcelona".

Although the conflict occurred in the morning, few people saw it, and the words of the media reported were often not trustworthy, but judging from the wording of Reese's agent's statement "not injured", the conflict at that time was not small, and Reese must have been beaten lightly, as for Benitez said that the two got back together, it was to lie to the three-year-old child that no one would believe it.

Bad boy Bellamy's has always had a fiery temper, and in 2003, Bellamy was fined £750 for drunkenness and sagging outside a nightclub; In November of the same year, he was implicated in another case of molesting women, and in 2004 while at Newcastle United, the Welsh striker smashed a chair at assistant coach Carver. In 2005 he was heavily fined for calling Newcastle United manager Souness a "liar".

When Liverpool bought Bellamy this season, it was questioned by fans, the media and some people within Liverpool, who were worried that Bellamy's character would affect the unity of the Liverpool dressing room, but Benitez bought Bellamy against the crowd, and did not expect that before the most important big battle, Bellamy would make such a big deal.

The impact of Bellamy's brawl with Reese is not much different from Eto'o's bombardment, originally because of Barcelona's civil strife, the outside world took a few glances at Liverpool's promotion, but after Bellamy and Reese's brawl, Liverpool's odds of advancing to the quarterfinals quickly decreased, and it was not even as good as before Barcelona did not make a fuss about Eto'o's bombardment.

England's "Times" regretfully said: "Barcelona can be said to be the strongest opponent Liverpool has encountered this season, Liverpool was waiting for the most favorable time to beat Barcelona, but Bellamy's trouble, so that Liverpool's prospects for promotion cast a shadow, who can win Wednesday's game, it depends on who adjusts the relationship between the two sides faster." ”

"The Sun" joked: "Liverpool and Barcelona are like a pair of good friends, one side just bombarded the coach, the other side immediately beat up teammates, everyone is worse than each other, the final result of the game may depend on who is not so completely rotten, in comparison, Liverpool is better, at least their club management is not messy." ”

Spain's Le Monde Sports commented with some schadenfreude: "Benitez and Chen Yu have been laughing at Barcelona's civil strife, but they don't know that they themselves are hiding a powder keg, and now they should understand what civil strife is like." ”

Spain's "Daily Sport" believes that this is a good opportunity for Barcelona, playing at home Barcelona was in a disadvantageous position, and now Liverpool is in civil strife, Reese and Bellamy may not be able to play, which is a big loss for Liverpool, if Barcelona can achieve a two-goal advantage at home, they have a great chance of qualifying. ”

The media in England and Spain are optimistic about their own countries' teams, and the media in neutral countries are more calm, the German "Bild" believes that in terms of strength, Barcelona is stronger, and the bookmaker's odds to win the championship, Barcelona ranks first, and Liverpool only ranks 9th, which is enough to explain the problem, but Liverpool has a lot of restraint Barcelona, such as their excellent headers, and Barcelona's low air defense, Liverpool's head coach is the Spaniard Benitez, and Liverpool has the original Barcelona players Reina and Garcia in the team, There are Spanish player Arbeloa and Barcelona's old rival Chen Yu, they are all familiar with Barcelona's strengths and weaknesses, and it is by no means easy for Barcelona to beat Liverpool to advance.

Italy's "Milan Sports Newspaper" believes that the odds given by the bookmaker to win the championship do not represent a qiē, in fact, Barcelona ranks first is no problem, Liverpool ranks ninth, but to say that Barcelona must win Liverpool is unreliable, Liverpool has Chen Yu alone is enough to improve Liverpool's strength by 30%, if Barcelona can not limit Chen Yu, it will be difficult for Barcelona to win at home in the end.

However, there are not no sober people among the pro-Barcelona people, and Barcelona's godfather Cruyff attaches great importance to Liverpool and believes that the Red Army has the strength to block Barcelona's advance.

"Barcelona meeting Liverpool is definitely the top conversation in the Champions Cup, most people think that Barcelona is okay to qualify, but after watching Liverpool's games recently, I must say that after Chen Yu's comeback, Liverpool's forward combination has had a pretty good effect," said the Dutch football analysis. Crouch, who is 2 meters tall, has delicate skills at his feet, Kuyt was a prolific killer in the Dutch league, his body is strong, both of them do not lack the ability to create opportunities, their problem is that they can't seize opportunities, and Chen Yu solves this problem, his terrifying scoring ability is straight after Muller, once Barcelona is careless in defense, the final result is unpredictable, and now the good thing is that Liverpool also has civil unrest, if Riese and Bellamy can't play, Barcelona's pressure will be much lighter. ”

The incident of Bellamy and Reese spread all over the world, and many people thought that they would probably not follow the team to Spain, but surprisingly, Benitez brought the two culprits to Barcelona, which made many people admire Benitez's courage and couldn't help but worry, such a high-level game, if Bellamy and Reese, who had just finished fighting, played, would they be able to play calmly?