Although Torres went to Chelsea, Qin Xiong and Torres are still friends, and he will also pay attention to Torres's situation, after all, Chelsea is also an opponent that Liverpool needs to pay attention to, whether in the Premier League or the Champions League.

However, Torres' recent form appears to have reached a poor apex after a 3-3 draw with Manchester United.

'I've had some good games against Manchester United in the past, I scored against Manchester United last time and hopefully we can beat them this time and get the three points'

This was Torres' statement on Chelsea TV before the game, while the media were timing his "goal drought", and after this game against Manchester City, the numbers are still rising, 1,107 minutes, which is the cumulative time of 'T9' consecutive non-scoring, which has spanned 18 games so far.

The battle at Stamford Bridge saw both sides contribute a total of six goals to the fans, but unfortunately there was still no 'Fernando Torres' on the scoresheet.

In Di Matteo's view, Torres could have been the man to turn things around, but he couldn't.

'Manchester United tried to equalise with a reckless attack and if we had had more possession we could have found another chance.

"Fernando Torres was at one point in the goal, if he had gotten his feet, it could have been 4-2 and maybe it would have been the other way around," said Di Matteo. ”

The ball that Di Matteo said came in the 77th minute, Ivanovic's header was crossed, Torres got a single chance, he was slow to adjust for the first time, Evans chased back into place, T9's header shook off the opponent a little, but unfortunately did not choose to shoot after that, but continued to smash the ball past Evans, and was finally destroyed by Rafal, who came back.

Judging from the start after receiving the ball, the speed at which he adjusted, and the hesitation in the face of goal, the quick gun that beat Vidic at Old Trafford now seems to be a little rusty.

Fernando Torres did score last time he played United, but what was even more impressive was his lack of goal at Old Trafford and the subsequent sigh of looking up to the sky.

"Bad luck" got around Torres like a ghost, and he received a red card immediately after scoring against Swansea, and since then, T9 has not been able to score in the league since.

At Chelsea, there is an inexplicable phenomenon of evil, anyone can score, but Torres doesn't score!

Brazilian central defender David Luiz chanted the spell "cast" for T9 before the game, a superstition that began against Swansea and has been used to this day, but Luis himself scored in this game, and Torres is still missing!

Buying Mata in the summer, public opinion believes that it is to provide shells for Torres, and this game T9 assists Mata to score the world wave, the "supply and demand sides" are reversed, and the center forward still has not been scored.

Since Fernando Torres joined Chelsea, the Blues have as many as seven players ahead of him in the 'minutes per goal' rankings, with them averaging less time per goal, an embarrassing statistic for a centre-forward.

On Torres's question, Di Matteo's most mentioned word is "confidence", but it seems that he also does not know how to restore the Spaniard.

'A goal has the potential to trigger a string of goals, but we have to wait because Torres needs continuity to play.

"We talked about it, he was also looking for feelings, mentally he was ready, he knew what he had to do, and in the game and in training we tried to improve his movement and that was the only thing we could do," said Di Matteo. ”

It's already February, Torres' chances are running out, and the shadow of Warcraft is getting closer and closer.

Even if Ivory Coast reaches the Africa Cup of Nations final on February 12, Drogba should have returned to the team by the time the first leg of the Champions League against Napoli on February 21, with Torres' recent performance, it is difficult to keep the position of the main center forward, and it is bound to give way to the monster Drogba, before that, T9 still has a chance to play against Everton, whether he can redeem himself before the end of the "losing winter", Goodison Park will give people the final answer.

Qin Xiong wanted to communicate with the club and discuss whether he could welcome Torres back in the summer, because he knew in advance that the club would not choose to renew his contract with Raul, and the commercial rewards that should be received from Raul, the return of the club's influence, and the rewards of the competition field have all been obtained, and Liverpool does not need to spend money and expectations on a 35-year-old veteran, after all, the 35-year-old player symbolizes absolutely nothing to do with the future.

Then if Liverpool's forward line can welcome Torres back, it will be a good addition to the forward line.

But Qin Xiong thought about it and finally suppressed this thought.

He shouldn't be overly involved in the running of the club, at least not as much as Alonso was to the team two and a half years ago.

Before the 25th round of the Premier League, the team has a week of rest.

Liverpool will travel to Old Trafford to take on the Red Devils in the round of 25.

Until then, the competition in the standings has been brutal.

Liverpool 55 points.

Manchester City 54 points.

Manchester United 54 points.

Tottenham 50 points.

Chelsea 43 points.

Newcastle United 41 points.

Arsenal 40 points

Manchester United's England derby with Liverpool will be played in the final game of the 25th round.

Prior to that, the other teams were playing one after another.

Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-1 at the Stadium of Light, with Thierry Henry scoring a stoppage-time winner in the farewell game on the verge of an expiring loan spell!

The brief return of the King of Guns has sparked a wave of nostalgia among gun fans.

Manchester City also struggled to win at Villa Park, eventually beating Aston Villa 1-0 thanks to a goal from defender Lescot to win 1-0 and take all three points.

At Goodison Park, Chelsea were under strong sniping from Everton.

Chelsea, who were lackluster in attack, were beaten 2-0 by Everton, who scored a goal in each half.

After Chelsea's defeat, the BBC declared in the Premier League that night that Chelsea the worst Chelsea team of the Aboeuvrian era!

The Russians have invested nearly £1 billion in total since taking over the Blues, and Chelsea have never dropped out of the top three in the past eight full seasons.

In the minds of both the owner and the manager, the minimum goal is to reach the Champions League, whether through or into qualifying.

However, looking at this season, the possibility of Chelsea finishing in the top three and directly entering the Champions League is almost non-existent.

After Everton's match with Chelsea, Tottenham thrashed Newcastle United 5-0 at home.

In doing so, Tottenham have reached 53 points, stretching them two digits away from Chelsea.

After beating Sunderland in stoppage time in this round, Arsenal beat Chelsea on goal difference to become fifth in the league.

In the remaining 13 games, Chelsea and Arsenal will face the remaining five teams in the top seven except Manchester United, but of Arsenal's five tough games, only one against Liverpool has been a visit, the rest have been at home, while Chelsea have only two at home, which is naturally more difficult.

The only good news today is that Tottenham have enough face to win against Chelsea rivals Newcastle, otherwise Chelsea risk falling to seventh place in the league.

If that is the case, it will be very difficult for Chelsea to qualify for the Champions League.

The fight for the Champions League is an appetizer, and the real feast of this round will be the English derby at Old Trafford at the Theatre of Dreams! (To be continued.) )