Chapter 726: The Best Result
Liverpool have won again.
This is Liverpool's first consecutive win in England.
The previous record for consecutive wins in the top five leagues was 17 games, held by Inter Milan, but now Liverpool have surpassed that record by way and are constantly expanding.
This is a miracle, and the person who created this miracle is the Chinese striker Chen Yu.
Chen Yu's first game after joining Liverpool was to play Manchester City, when Chen Yu came off the bench to score, it was his first English goal, and then Chen Yu scored almost every game, and Liverpool never lost again, not even a draw, no matter what the state is, they can always score more goals than their opponents, and Chen Yu, who scored in 1 round, also crossed the list of all strikers to dominate the scorer list.
Undoubtedly, if 1 consecutive win is a miracle, then Chen Yu, who scored in 1 round, is a miracle within a miracle.
Of course, Manchester United and Chelsea both want Liverpool to lose, and Manchester City, which is good, has the possibility of an upset, but as long as Liverpool swings normally and does not underestimate the enemy and does not die, this possibility will never exceed 20%, so Liverpool's unsurprising 31 away defeat to Manchester City did not have much impact on Chelsea and Manchester United.
At the pre-match press conference, Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson faced the pressure of Liverpool's win with a relaxed attitude, "...... I never put my hopes of winning the title on the basis of other teams losing, of course I will be happy if the opponent loses, Liverpool are in good form now, it is normal to win, now they have three points more than us, temporarily in the table, but after today, we will regain our position, I am very confident in this, the fact that our competitors in these seasons have never been Liverpool, Arsenal before O3 years, and Chelsea after, Liverpool can break into the title team only because we and Chelsea are in poor form during this time, and if we don't make consecutive mistakes, Liverpool will only have Champions League to play now. ”
Chelsea are jealous and jealous of Liverpool's current form, with manager Jose Mourinho saying: 'It's a miracle that a team can win one game in a row, but I don't believe Liverpool can win like this until the end of the season, no team can stay at the top of the table for five months and if Liverpool lose, we can get back into the table...... Manchester United? Oh, we're going to cross them in this game......"
Although Chelsea has a lot of injuries, but their bench is also a giant-level star, and they are playing at home, of course, they are full of confidence in themselves, but the eight-time champion Manchester United has missed the English championship for two consecutive seasons, and it is Chelsea and Mourinho who beat them.
Liverpool, who won the game against Manchester City, can finally sit back and watch the tiger fight, and Benitez even personally led the coaching staff and a few cronies to Stamford Bridge to watch and enjoy the desperate fun of their rivals, while also visiting Chelsea, the opponent of the Champions League semi-final.
Such a match about the ownership of the hottest league has attracted the attention of the world, and the Stamford Bridge stadium is crowded, not only with tens of thousands of fans, hundreds of journalists, but also many celebrities and celebrities.
This made Liverpool's players feel a little emotional, not to meet Manchester United and Chelsea at this time, otherwise they would also be able to enjoy such a feeling of being watched by the whole world.
In such a game, neither Manchester United nor Chelsea dared to be careless, and both sides fielded their strongest squads that they could field at the moment.
Chelsea still have a lot of injuries, the important players in the third line Carvalho, Ballack and Shevchenko are all exempted due to injuries, Robben who is recovering from a knee injury and Ashley Cole, who has recently been troubled by an ankle injury, are on the bench, but Chelsea still line up their best 43 formation: 1 Cech; 2o - Ferreira, Essien, - Terry, 18 - Bridge; 8 Frank Lampard, Mikel, 4 Makelele; 1o - Joe Cole, 11 Drogba, - Wright Phillips
Manchester United: 1 Van der Sar; Brown, 15-Vidic, Ferdinand, 4 Heinze; 16-Carrick, 18-Les, Fletcher; Ronaldo, 11 Giggs, 8 Rooney. The main absentees in this squad are only Gary Neville and Saha, Ferguson knows that Mourinho is the best at 43 formation, and he also prefers to play in 433 formation, because Mourinho maintains a one-sided record against Ferguson, 1o dialogue, 5 wins, 4 draws, only 1 loss, Ferguson and Mourinho's desire to compete is very obvious.
This game is the last game of the 34th round of the English League, and since Liverpool have already won Manchester City and are temporarily three points in the standings, this round will have to be won by Manchester United and Chelsea, and a draw is a lose-lose situation.
From the start of the game, the tempo of both sides was very fast, especially at home Chelsea, who had a psychological advantage over Manchester United, with pressing defence and lightning attacks on the flanks playing very aggressively, and in the first minute of the game, Chelsea full-back Bridge broke through on the left side and created the first chance to shoot, only for Drogba to head high on the defensive headers of Heinze and Hae Ferdinand.
Three minutes later, Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole pulled in a cross from the right flank, Brown and Rio Ferdinand scrambled to get together, and Chelsea striker Wright Phillips fired a shot from a tight angle from far end that bounced off the bottom line of the downed Brown.
From the corner, Drogba almost got on top of the ball again, but after the ball flew to the far end, Wright Jr. played back to the middle and Lampard met the ball and fired wide.
United only had a chance to shoot in the ninth minute, when Paul Scholes picked up Chelsea midfielder Mikel on the edge of the area and slotted home a powerful shot from 3o yards out after stopping the ball on his chest, but unfortunately the power and angle were too average to pose a threat to Cech's goal.
Then the competition on the field became more and more fierce, and shots of people turning their backs were not uncommon, but there were still not many wonderful offensive shots and fewer opportunities to shoot.
This went on for almost 15 minutes, before both United and Chelsea deliberately picked up the tempo and tried to score first.
In the first minute, Joe Cole hit the ball and Drogba dropped the ball with his right foot from 26 yards out, but it was a difficult shot and the ball went wide of the post again.
In the 3o minute, Ferreira cut inside on the right and went through, Lampard cut in from 9 yards and fired a diagonal shot that was saved by Edwin van der Sar. Minutes later, Wright-Phillips swept wide from the middle.
The two sides faced off for a long time, and it was not until the 35th minute that Manchester United, who had been suppressed, had another chance to shoot, Scholes played a long pass in the midfield, Ronaldo started to shake off Ferreira in a short distance, burst into the box and fired a powerful shot wide from the left.
However, Chelsea were quick to return the favor, and a minute later Frank Lampard latched on to Bridge's cross from the left and fired a powerful shot from just metres out on the left flank, but it was a powerful shot that flew just over the crossbar.
After a succession of shots, Manchester United and Chelsea stepped up their defence, but neither side achieved anything, and the two teams maintained an OO score until half-time.
Chelsea had the absolute upper hand in the first half, having more shots on goal than Manchester United and much better than United in all other aspects, but failed to find the back of the net.
This situation is naturally beneficial to Liverpool, if Chelsea beats Manchester United, Liverpool will beat Chelsea on goal difference to the top, the initiative to win the championship is in their own hands, only Manchester United beat Chelsea This result is not so good for Liverpool, if the two teams have to divide the winner, Liverpool wants Chelsea to win, of course, the best result is a draw between the two teams.
Mourinho was a surprise first change at the start of the second half, replacing Joe Cole with Arjen Robben and continuing to strengthen his breakaway crosses down the wing.
It seems that Mourinho is not satisfied with dominating the field, the madman needs to take a real lead, even if the field is not dominant, he is a pragmatist, in his eyes, the football game is only won or lost, the field is dominant, whether the game is good or not, these are not important, as long as you can't take the lead in the score, it is not a good game.
Although Manchester United did not make adjustments in personnel, it may be the reason why Ferguson blew, the player's condition was much better, in the first half Rooney except for 3 offsides did not have an effective shot on goal, the second half just began, Makelele slid in the middle of the unsuccessful, Rooney won the ball after the horizontal belt continued to shake to find the angle and then shot with his right foot on the line of the big penalty area, Cech sealed the ball in a thrilling way, Giggs shot again on the left side but was already in an offside position.
Mourinho will be reciprocated, and the team under his leadership is also such a personality, after being shot by Rooney once, less than 1 minute, Robben inserted into the penalty area to receive Bridge's pass from the left and then tilted his header to hit the goal, but the Dutch Peter Pan's header skills were average, and Bridge's pass was pushed off the post by him.
The second half was even more tempo than the first 45 minutes. In the 55th minute, Rooney, who was getting better and better, drove the ball into the penalty area after a long drive into the backfield, but unfortunately the little fat man was a little slow when he was about to shoot, and the ball was destroyed by the fullback Bridge.
Minutes later, Manchester United's veteran midfielder Ginger Paul Scholes made a precise diagonal long pass, and Giggs's direct left-footed volley from 9 yards on the left was just high.
Then Chelsea counterattacked, Robben broke through on the wing, intending to cut inside to shoot, Scholes couldn't catch up, and directly kicked down Robben and was yellow carded by the referee
Chelsea's free-kick was won by Didier Drogba, who bounced off the right corner of the box and fired straight into the near corner, but United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar couldn't react, but the ball hit the outside of the post and bounced off the bottom line.
It was Chelsea's best chance since the start of the game, and the Chelsea fans in the stadium were full of sighs when they saw the post block Drogba's shot, and they also hit a post, which gave Chelsea fans a hunch that the result might not be too good.
Subsequently, Robben broke through three times in a row on the left side, but Drogba and Phillips, who received in the middle, always couldn't match Robben's point and failed to shoot directly.
Three consecutive missed points were a big blow to Chelsea's morale, and the Reds then fought back, with Wayne Rooney breaking free from Essien on the left and bursting into the box in the first minute, where Petr Cech struck down the ball at the feet of John Trich. In the 7o minute, Carrick plugged the ball behind him, Giggs waited on the left side for a cross after being offside, and Essien quickly chased back and kicked the ball off the line.
In the next 1o minutes, Ferguson and Mourinho both made substitutions and continued to strengthen the attack, both sides wanted to win the game and attacked with all their might, but the game was deadlocked, and both sides could not even create a chance to shoot.
With five minutes left in the game, Manchester United, who had been suppressed for almost the entire game, began to threaten when Ronaldo shook off Bridge on the right side and fired a low shot wide of the near corner. In the first minute of stoppage time, Wayne Rooney made a hard run of Ferreira, and he was again denied the ball by Essien when he shot on goal.
In the last minute of stoppage time, Vidic received a free-kick from Ryan Giggs on the right and headed the last shot of the game, but this time the shot did not score, and then the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Chelsea and Manchester United were disappointed after the game because it was a lose-lose result for them, they drew and the points were still the same, but both were two points behind Liverpool who beat Manchester City, and the initiative to win the title fell to Liverpool after four league games remaining, and if United and Chelsea want to win the title, they will not only have to win the games they deserve, but they also need Liverpool to lose.
Ferguson is sorry for this result, but he is still very confident that Manchester United will win the title, "It's a pity that the game was not won, Mourinho's team is always difficult to beat, it is also a good result to get a point at Stamford Bridge, although we have lost the table for the time being, but I believe Liverpool will lose, I don't believe they will win all four games, I think as long as we can win the next four games, we can win the league title." ”
Manchester United is now in second place in the standings, as long as Liverpool can't win, they can immediately counterattack the top and regain the lead for almost a season, and Chelsea did not win Manchester United, the hope of winning the championship is not very big, they not only have to win themselves, but also Manchester United and Liverpool can not win, there are only four games behind, Chelsea to win the championship conditions are still a little higher.
Mourinho is well aware of Chelsea's difficulties, telling reporters: "It's a shame that the best team didn't win the game, the post blocked our victory, but that's football, a lot of factors are out of control, and now we have to recognise that our chances of winning the league are slim, and I know very well that Rafael Benitez and Alex Ferguson, they are very cautious people, and it is too small to expect them both to make mistakes at the same time, so I think we should change the direction of the attack this season." The Champions League is probably the only tournament we can win...... Of course, I'm not saying to give up the league, I'm just saying that we need to focus now and as for the remaining four league games, we still have to win and then see how the other games go out. ”
Some people are happy and some are sad, how disappointed Ferguson and Mourinho are, how happy Benitez is in the stands.
The best result would be a draw between Chelsea and Manchester United, the worst outcome would be a win for Manchester United, and the next result would be a win for Chelsea, and in the end Liverpool would have waited for the best result, as they would have to win all four of their remaining games to claim their first title.
For Manchester United and Arsenal, the English championship is certainly nothing, they have more, but Liverpool needs a British championship too much, as the most successful club in the history of English football, Liverpool did not win a championship after the conversion of English One to England, this is really too much to say, Liverpool has not had the opportunity to win the championship before, but every time they pass by the championship, this time, they once again waited for the opportunity to win the championship, and this time, Rafa Benitez has publicly vowed that he will never lose the title again this season.
“…… We were 17 points behind Manchester United in the first 14 rounds, and no one, including ourselves, believed that Liverpool still had a chance of winning the title, and now we are not only equal by 17 points, but also in the table, which is a miracle, a miracle that anyone would marvel at, and now we can't relax for a moment, we have to treat every game like a final, and I vow to win the first English title for the Reds fans. ”
As the creator of the Liverpool miracle, Chen Yu witnessed the draw between Chelsea and Manchester United, and he was very excited to tell reporters, "After persisting for 1 round, we finally waited for the opportunity to reverse, we are on the list for the first time, since we are up, we are not ready to go down, we will lead until the end, until we lift the championship trophy, I believe in myself, I believe in my teammates, we deserve the league championship." ”
The most important game of the league title race ended in OO, with four rounds remaining, Liverpool, who had been coveting the list for a long time, reached the top as they wished, and they immediately became the most powerful contenders for the English title, and the three major bookmakers in Europe have adjusted the odds to win the championship after this round of games, Liverpool was originally ranked second after Manchester United, and now the odds have moved away from Manchester United and become the biggest favorite for the English championship.
After the game, the Times, The Sun, and The Guardian all believe that Liverpool has taken the lead, and they are in the next four rounds, whether it is Fulham, Charlton, or Portsmouth and Wigan Athletic, it is impossible to beat Liverpool, only Portsmouth or the possibility of a draw, and Manchester United's opponents are stronger than Liverpool, Everton and Middlesbrough are more difficult to play, not to mention that Manchester United has a derby with Manchester City, the result is even more unpredictable, at least they are not more optimistic than Liverpool, as for Chelsea, Their hopes are not very high, they have the London derby with Tottenham, there is a big game with Arsenal, Chelsea still have hope in theory, but in practice they are almost eliminated.
"Champions have to have not only the quality of a champion, but also the luck of a champion, and now Liverpool have both, they just need to work hard."
The Liverpool Echo says this about Liverpool, and that's what all Liverpudlians agree on, and they are working hard to win the first English title in their history.
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