Chapter 954: Manchester United Really Lost

By the time Chelsea arrived at Liverpool, the whole of Liverpool City had been turned into a football stadium, and the streets were full of Liverpool fans and Chelsea fans wearing jerseys holding the flag and singing the team anthem. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tensions between Liverpool and Chelsea, when the Chelsea bus arrived in Liverpool, a large number of Liverpool fans gathered around the Chelsea bus to demonstrate to the Chelsea players and Jose Mourinho.

In fact, Liverpool's players don't have much ill feeling towards Chelsea players, but everyone hates Mourinho and hates to beat him in person.

Mourinho has been a common occurrence to this situation, not only turning a deaf ear to provocations and scolding, but even taking a banana and peeling it and eating it, Mourinho's approach makes the Liverpool fans who hate him the most helpless, provocateurs will only be more combative when the opponent is angry and afraid, and when the opponent turns a blind eye, they quickly lose interest, and they can't climb into the bus to beat him, they can only disperse in a stupid way.

Mourinho didn't look indifferent in the face of Liverpool fans, but after coming to the hotel, in the face of the reporters, he immediately changed his face and attacked Liverpool fans, saying that they were like a group of barbarians, not at all as atmospheric as giant fans should be, and Mourinho also hinted that Liverpool fans' behavior may be instigated, hoping to disrupt Chelsea's preparations in this way, Mourinho said sanctimoniously that Chelsea fans will never use such off-the-board moves, Chelsea beat their opponents with dignity.

Mourinho has always been unscrupulous in order to win, but Liverpool's generals still can't imagine that Mourinho is so filthy, and he actually blatantly slandered Liverpool for instructing fans to harass Chelsea, which made Liverpool's generals angry, but now it's useless to explain anything, because Mourinho just hinted that Liverpool instructed the fans to make trouble, but he didn't say it explicitly, if Liverpool explained, it would be more and more black, it would be better to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

However, this breath still has to come out, just before Mourinho held a press conference, Liverpool manager Benitez also held a press conference, at which Benitez denounced Chelsea as a copper-smelling nouveau riche and a tyrant who destroys the balance of the transfer market, and Chelsea's head coach Jose Mourinho is an unscrupulous tyrant who does not achieve his goal.

Benitez believes that Chelsea's owner Abramovich has set a bad precedent in the transfer market, he rudely waved the ruble everywhere to grab people, so that many clubs have to spend more money to engage in an "arms race" with Chelsea, there is a lot of bubbles in the transfer market, and in terms of technical and tactical play, Mourinho's utilitarian and conservative tactics have also affected the Premier League, making more and more teams tend to play conservatively, affecting the enjoyment of the Premier League.

Benitez makes sense of what he said, but as a competitive game, a team only needs to win, they don't need to think about so many issues, Benitez's accusations against Chelsea are a bit excessive, but Mourinho's attack on Liverpool just now is also out of nowhere, and now Benitez is understandable to treat him as a man.

While Liverpool and Chelsea were attacking each other on the sidelines, the third round of the Premier League had kicked off, and the Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City, which had attracted the most attention before the game, had officially begun.

The Manchester derby is also very important for Liverpool and Chelsea, and after the Manchester City and Manchester United battle, the fans, players and coaches of Liverpool and Manchester United have no intention of fighting any more words, and everyone has their eyes on another battlefield.

Manchester United's two biggest attackers. Ronaldo (red card suspension) and Wayne Rooney (injured) are both sidelined, with Alex Ferguson bringing on Carlos Tevez and Nani. Hargreaves, who was expected to miss out with a knee injury, started the game in what was his official debut since joining United. Eriksen, who met Alex Ferguson for the first time in the league, made two changes to the starting line-up, with Bulgarian striker Bodinov replacing Bianchi and Brazilian midfielder Giovanni replacing homegrown youngster Ireland.

After the start of the game, the visiting Manchester United dominated the attack, pressing Manchester City in the half, obviously the main injury, two games without a win put a lot of pressure on Ferguson, they are eager to turn the tide in this game, but also want to drag down the pace of Manchester City, who have won two consecutive games.

Eriksen is experienced, he knows Ferguson's impatience very well, he is now on a two-game winning streak, there is no pressure at all in the league, and in the face of Manchester United's onslaught, Manchester City played unhurriedly, constantly slowing down the pace of the game with fouls, waiting for United to make mistakes.

Thirty minutes into the game, City began to attack, and in the 31st minute, City scored with a second shot on goal, which was a long-range shot from Manchester City striker Giovanni that hit Vidic's ass and deflected into the net.

The more they needed to win, luck favoured their opponents, which made the United players more impatient and angry, they attacked more ferocently, but the more impatient, the farther away from them, and at the start of the second half, United had two chances to score, but Nemanja Vidic and Paul Scholes both hit the post.

The Reds then launched a tidal wave of attacks, and their physical strength allowed them to continue their attacks until the last minute of the second half, and they created many good chances, but the impatience and bad luck caused the Reds to miss the equaliser repeatedly, and finally could only lose 0-1.

The derby between Manchester United and Manchester City took place at noon, with Liverpool and Chelsea both watching the game in the middle, and after acclimatising to the venue, they also watched clips of the game.

Liverpool and Chelsea are very satisfied with the result of this game, although Manchester City quietly won three consecutive victories and topped the table, but Liverpool and Chelsea do not take Manchester City to heart, their imaginary enemy is still Manchester United, in their opinion, Manchester City has no background team, there will definitely be a low tide behind, it is too easy to catch up with them, and their championship opponent Manchester United Ze is different, this is an old and spicy team, once they are ahead, it will be difficult to catch back.

Now Manchester United has fallen into the relegation zone with two draws and one loss, and Liverpool and Chelsea only need to beat their opponents to open a 7-point gap with Manchester United, which is two games plus one point, who wouldn't want to win?

The match between Manchester City and Manchester United ended 40 minutes before the match between Liverpool and Chelsea, and immediately after the result of the game, Liverpool held an impromptu team meeting, at which Benitez once again stressed the importance of victory, and Benitez also accepted the lesson of Manchester United, telling the players not to be impatient, to stay calm, to wait when there is no chance, and to be bold when there is a chance.

Benitez's impromptu team meeting did not have the effect Benitez wanted, many players not only did not learn from Manchester United's defeat after learning the news of Manchester United's defeat, but were more eager to win, and the previous war of words also had a certain impact on the players, the players very much wanted to hit Mourinho in the face in the game, and it was best to sweep the opponent at Anfield to see if Mourinho could still be rampant.

Liverpool fans responded positively to Benitez's call to Anfield Stadium to support Liverpool's game, two hours before the start of the game, Anfield was surrounded by fans, and within an hour of the game, when the stadium was open for people, Anfield was close to full in a very short time, and there were a large number of fans outside the stadium without tickets.

Thirty minutes before the start of the game between Liverpool and Chelsea, the game between Arsenal and Blackburn also kicked off, due to the decline of Arsenal's strength this season, Liverpool and Chelsea no longer regard them as their biggest opponents, but the Gunners are Gunners after all, and the background is still very strong, when the players of Liverpool and Chelsea did not play, Liverpool and Chelsea fans have focused on this game.

In the face of the weak team, Arsenal performed very well, Van Persie had scored a goal in the 18th minute, and the rhythm of the field was also in the hands of Arsenal, it seemed that the victory of the Gunners was no longer in suspense, at this time the players of Liverpool and Chelsea also came to the field to warm up, and the fans of Liverpool and Chelsea gave up another game and focused on their own game.

The players of Liverpool and Chelsea also warmed up very hotly, with simple passes, catching circles, and shooting, which made their fans almost climax, applause like thunder, and shouts, as if they had scored a goal.

The commentators at the scene were also actively briefing fans on the situation of the game, the possible tactical play of the two sides, the starting lineups of the two sides, and the grievances between the two teams.

“…… In the history of the Premier League, Chelsea have won 14, drawn 5 and lost 11, but have lost 3, drawn 2 and lost 10 away from home. The two teams have met 147 times in history, with Liverpool having the upper hand with 67 wins, 29 draws and 51 losses. This is the 16th meeting between Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez in England, following seven wins, four draws and four defeats, with 15-11 goals scored and conceded. Jose Mourinho has suffered two defeats at Anfield recently, but if you look a little further, you can see that Mourinho has won three of his last four league visits to Anfield, which means that Liverpool do not have any psychological advantage over Chelsea at their home ground......

"We now also have the starting line-up of both sides, Liverpool's lineup has not changed much compared to the last game, the formation is also 442, and the goalkeeper is No. 25 Reina; Defenders: 3 - Finnan, 23 - Carragher, 5 - Ager, 17 - Arbeloa; Midfielders: 6 Riese, 8 Gerrard, 14 Alonso, 16 Pennant; Forwards: 9-Chen Yu, 18-Kuyt...... One of the things that was different today was that Rieser was all left-back, but today he was in midfield, and it seems that Benitez wants to be more solid on the flanks and prevent Chelsea from breaking down the flanks......

The commentator at the scene took a breath, drank a glass of water, wiped his lips, and continued: "Let's take a look at Chelsea now, Chelsea also played in formation (4-4-2), goalkeeper No. 1 Cech; Defender: 3 - Ashley. Cole, 22-Benhaim, 26-Terry, 5-Essien; Midfielders: 12-Mikel, 8-Lampard, 15-Malouda, 24-Wright. Phillips; 21 - Kalou, 11 - Drogba...... Chelsea also have a change that is just the opposite of Liverpool, Liverpool is a defender to change to midfield, and Chelsea is a midfielder Essien cameo defender, this change is actually similar to Liverpool, which shows that both managers are afraid of the opponent's wings, and the outcome of this battle is likely to be decided by the wings......"

At this time, the camera was given to the VIP box, and the on-site commentator said: "The person given by the camera, everyone must be very familiar, he is Liverpool's boss Gillette, although he borrowed money to buy Liverpool makes people feel that he has some bad intentions, but during the time he came to Liverpool, the money was not spent, and the results were also very brilliant, for him, I think it should be affirmed now, next to Gillette is Hicks, I heard that there is also a conflict between the two, but today the two sat together ......." ”

"Who is the guest in this box, I think everyone knows it without introducing him, he is the Russian tycoon Abramovich! Abu doesn't like to sit in a box with the opponent's boss, he occupies a box by himself, and legend has it that Abramovich is shy and emotional, so he doesn't watch the game with other people...... Well, there are many predecessors of Liverpool and Chelsea in the box, as well as many celebrities, but unfortunately Chen Yu's girlfriend Kayla. Knightley didn't come, I heard that the two are in a relationship crisis now, and I don't know who can take advantage of Chen Yu's loophole......"

The on-site commentators were eloquent and well-informed about the history of Chelsea and Liverpool, and the fans at the scene were not so lonely and anxious as they waited for the game to start.

The pre-match warm-up was quickly over, with the main players returning to the dressing room to prepare and the substitutes continuing to warm up on the field.

In the home team's dressing room

Benitez is calming the players," ...... You have to be calm, you have to recognise the enemy in front of you, they are our biggest opponents, now Manchester United have started with their backs, they don't have much hope of winning the title this year, the goal now is to beat Chelsea and try to accumulate more points early in the league because we have a lot of work to do this season, the Double is no longer enough for our fans, now we have to win more trophies...... It's a good situation for us, but at this point we have to be calm and never impatient, and Manchester United is a prime example of that......"

In the dressing room of the away team, Mourinho did not do the encouragement of Benitez's speech, he was still talking about tactics and details, although he had emphasized these details many times, but outside the referee blew the whistle for the players to come out and assemble, at this time Mourinho said: "I have already said what I want to say, I have said what to do, but what can be done, I can't do anything, it's up to you, now you have the defending champions in front of you, they are very strong, It is so strong that as long as you make a mistake, you can be beaten to the ground, so we can't make mistakes, we must not make mistakes, because you are facing Chen Yu! ”