After Zhang Tiehan completed a hat trick, time was running out, and when he was two goals behind, the Crystal Palace players had no intention of playing, but Liverpool still attacked, and in the 89th minute, Gerrard was at the edge of the penalty area and almost blasted open the door of Crystal Palace again with a long-range shot, but unfortunately the ball was bounced out of the post, but at this time Alonso happened to follow up to grab the ball and cushioned the ball into the goal with a back heel.

It was Liverpool's fourth goal and the last of the game.

The final score was 1:4.

After home and away, Liverpool eliminated Crystal Palace in the third round of the Carabao Cup. This result is not very unexpected, so those who have not watched the game will feel normal when they see the score, after all, Crystal Palace is only a Championship team, but those who have watched the game know that the game is not so simple.

Crystal Palace scored first in the first half, and Liverpool's table hardly felt like they would win.

But in the second half, Zhang Tiehan broke out strongly, which drove the whole Liverpool to get better, and as a result, Liverpool scored four goals in just half time, even in the face of the Championship team, this kind of table can be regarded as crazy, and Liverpool's table can be said to be quite perfect.

After the game, some media rated the players of both teams, and Zhang Tiehan got the highest eight points.

This score is almost a full score, scoring the last goal, and Alonso, who is very good in the whole game, only scored 7.5 points, but many fans who have watched the game have some doubts, mainly because Zhang Tiehan was not very good in the first half, and Alonso was very good in the whole game.

Of course, Zhang Tiehan and Alonso don't care how many points they score.

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At the same time, after praising the team's watch, Benitez also went to a press conference, during which Benitez praised Crystal Palace's watch and spoke. "We almost lost the game", the expression on his face looked scared, this sentence made the Crystal Palace manager 'satisfied', so he also praised the Liverpool players, and the two managers had a harmonious atmosphere, as if the game was also harmonious.

But in fact, everyone knows what to do.

If only Zhang Tiehan were here. There will definitely be a criticism of the defensive methods of the Crystal Palace players, even if he has scored three goals, the breath in his heart has not been swallowed clean, so when Benitez attended the press conference, Zhang Tiehan also accepted an interview with the media, "Their defense is too dirty!" ”

"The guy who defended me in the first half, sorry, I don't know what his name is, is that short, short-haired, lewd-looking Butterfield? Right. It seems like it's him, he's dirty defensively, he's dangerous little moves, I got hurt in the first half and I think the FA should look into this game, guys who defend like this, they deserve more penalties and not because the referee didn't see it. and escaped. ”

Zhang Tiehan said seriously.

This was what he said to the media very sincerely, and the media also made his words in the news after the game. Unexpectedly, the FA really responded, they investigated Butterfield's foul on Zhang Tiehan in the game, and held a small meeting that night, and finally decided to impose a two-week ban on Butterfield and a fine of 20,000 pounds to Crystal Palace.

It was supposed to be just a Carabao Cup third round with fifteen other battles going on at the same time. As a result, because of this incident, the match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace became the focus of attention in the English media.

The focus was not on the game, not on Zhang Tiehan's hat, not on Butterfield's foul, but on Zhang Tiehan's complaints to the media. The FA is investigating the matter?

When did the FA become so 'diligent'?

In the end, Crystal Palace was also punished very severely. Butterfield was banned for two weeks from all competitions, meaning he missed three Championship games and Crystal Palace was fined.

The two penalties are added together, and many people can't understand them.

This thing looks weird, after watching the video of the foul, many people are very sympathetic to Zhang Tiehan, and they also know that if Butterfield's foul is intentional, then of course it will be punished, but the point is not this, this kind of thing is generally not, the English football team always doesn't care, unless an influential club appeals two or three times, they will investigate, but wait for the results, at least a month.

But the results came out in one afternoon, and it was amazing.

If you don't know that you still think that the FA has just changed its chairman, but in fact, the FA has hardly changed this year, so why did Zhang Tiehan complain to the media twice, and the FA came forward to solve it quickly?

A lot of people don't understand it.

Zhang Tiehan also didn't expect to complain twice, the FA really came forward to investigate, and it was so fast, which surprised him a little, but for him, this is also a good thing, Butterfield was punished, Crystal Palace Club was punished, and he was disgusted.

It's cool

Zhang Tiehan feels that it is really right to come to the Premier League, just like some media suspect - the FA really takes special care of himself, and Zhang Tiehan can roughly guess why, it should be related to his national team selection, he has not officially joined the German team, and the FA is showing favor to himself, hoping that he can consider joining the England team.

England team?

Zhang Tiehan felt that it was time for him to make a choice, if he could not enter a national team before Christmas, then he basically had no possibility of participating in next year's World Cup.

Germany? England?

Zhang Tiehan still prefers the former, and only hopes that Klinsmann can call him up in the next training camp, if there is still no one in the squad, it means that he is basically unlikely to appear in the list of next year's World Cup.

It's time to make a decision

After the third round of the Carabao Cup, the draw for the fourth round takes place, and on the third day after the match against Crystal Palace, the draw takes place.

Liverpool didn't care much about the opponent, after all, the fourth round of the game will not be played until December, and in the fourth round, there are a total of sixteen teams, basically all of which will draw a Premier League powerhouse or a Championship team, and the opponent's strength is not too weak, the difference is only home and away.

But when the draw was over, it was still a topic of conversation for Liverpool, as they were against Manchester United, and it was an away game against Manchester United.

Meeting Manchester United in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup is not unusual, especially since Liverpool still have a league game with Manchester United in mid-November, and that game is played at Anfield Stadium, which means that in half a month, Liverpool will play Manchester United home and away once, and then have to play a Champions League group stage with Chelsea.

It's really nerve-numbing to have such a schedule.

However, it is not only Liverpool that has numb hair, Manchester United is the same, Manchester United also has Champions League games, their first three games with one win, one draw and one loss are not good, the last group stage is likely to be quite critical for Manchester United, it is said that after getting the result, Ferguson directly angrily brushed his sleeves and left, and Benitez only barely maintained his demeanor, but the expression on his face told everyone that he was also quite dissatisfied with this result.

Probably Chelsea were happy to see jokes.

Chelsea's opponents this season are arguably only Liverpool and Manchester United, perhaps because of the financial problems caused by the club's construction of a new stadium that affected the summer signings, Arsenal's table is quite poor, and they have now fallen to seventh place in the league, and the difference in points with Chelsea is so big that it is difficult to pose any threat to Chelsea

Back at Liverpool, the squad continued to train and two days later Liverpool played Fulham.

This is an away game at Craven Cottage in London.

Fulham have suffered a lot of weakness in the summer.

Van der Sar's move to Manchester United was a big blow to them, while striker Andy Cole, who scored 12 league goals last season, is now at Manchester City, and new Watford signing Helgusen may not be able to fill the vacancy he has gone.

In addition, the departures of Bonissell and Clarke have weakened the depth of the midfield.

In the summer, the media commented on Fulham, stating that 'at the end of the season, Fulham are likely to still be on the brink of relegation, and retaining a Premier League place is their most important goal'.

Fulham's table is also quite weak as well, with the Premier League starting ten rounds and they have fallen to the bottom of the league, having already fallen into the relegation zone after losing their last game.

For Liverpool, this opponent is quite soft bones.

Many media predicted before the game that Liverpool would achieve a big victory, Fulham's defense has always been a problem, and Liverpool has Zhang Tiehan, although the back line is weak, but the strength of the midfield more or less makes up for it, in front of Fulham, Liverpool can be said to have a great advantage at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

But in the end, Liverpool drew 2-2 away at Fulham.

This result was a bit unexpected, but watching the game, you can see that it is also reasonable, not that Liverpool is bad, but that Fulham's goalkeeper Speroni is really good.

Throughout the game, Zhang Tiehan, Gerrard and Kewell, who started the game, had a number of quite threatening shots, but goalkeeper Speroni miraculously cleared them one by one.

After the game, Benitez lamented that the bad luck was not good, and the draw was a defeat for Liverpool.

'I'm sorry we didn't get the win, the players fought until the end of the game, so I can't complain about anything. As a coach I need to analyse why, but then we have a situation where the opposition goalkeeper is going to be the best player on the pitch. ”

'The players will be disappointed because we know in advance it is going to be a tough game and we want to win every game, but the reality is that we do need to rotate. (To be continued......)