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On February 1, the winter transfer window closed, the major teams finished replenishing blood, and the league and cup competitions began to enter the acceleration stage.

The Carabao Cup has reached its final stage, with Arsenal knocking out local rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea beating amateur teams as they meet in the final of the Cup, and they will face off in a title race on the 25th of February.

The FA Cup has also entered the deep waters, with the quarter-finals to be played in February, and the winner will reach the quarter-finals of this season's FA Cup, which has a high status in English football, second only to the league, although it has just reached the quarter-finals, but the competition is no worse than the League Cup and the league.

In addition, the UEFA Champions League will also be back in action from late February, with teams lucky enough to make it out of the group stage and reach the last 16 of the Champions League in a do-or-die battle on the European stage.

For Liverpool, although there are a lot of tough battles in February, but because they gave up the League Cup and FA Cup early, there are a little fewer games than in previous years, and Liverpool is currently in hot form, winning 11 consecutive league games, as long as the body is not overdrawn, and the luck is not too bad, it seems not impossible to break Arsenal's 14-game winning streak.

Ahead of the start of the 25th round of the league and the new local giants West Ham United, Benitez said in an interview with People: "...... You have to stay calm, there's no need to talk about your goals, we're six points behind Manchester United and there's still a long way to go, but we're in good shape and we can work on it and close the gap further. By beating Chelsea and the content of the game, we showed that we are a very good team, we have a better squad than before, we can beat anyone. We've done it in the cup in the past, we've done it again in the league, can we repeat what we did in Valencia? Maybe in three or four weeks I can tell you that if we keep it this way, everything is possible. ”

Five years ago this week, Valencia had just suffered back-to-back defeats, nine points behind top-placed Real Madrid, but that week, Benitez declared that it was not surprising that Valencia had the ability to overtake Real Madrid, and Benitez proved to be not talking big. In the second half of the season, Valencia achieved amazing results, winning 13 of the 17 La Liga rounds, losing only one goal, and by the end of the season, Valencia won the La Liga title seven points ahead of Real Madrid.

Benitez consciously talked about his miracle of overtaking Real Madrid in Valencia in the media, and at this time, Benitez's purpose was obviously to win the league title.

Chen Yu is obviously supporting Benitez, he and Benitez were interviewed by "People", in the interview, Chen Yu is also full of confidence in the overtake, "We are only 6 points away from Manchester United, but Manchester United is coming to Anfield to play us, at Anfield we have not lost since October 05, I believe this unbeaten record will continue, if we narrow the points to 3 points at that time, we have the psychological advantage of winning the championship." ”

Captain Steven Gerrard is scheduled to marry his girlfriend Curlan, who has already given birth to two daughters for him on June 16 this year, and the seemingly honest and low-key Gerrard will also be high-profile this time, because he has followed the example of Beckham and Ashley Cole, who married after last year's World Cup, to sell the exclusive rights to his wedding to a well-known fashion magazine for a sky-high price of 1 million pounds, and it is clear that the Liverpool captain is very keen to be able to give the league title as a gift to his wife at that time.

Gerrard said emotionally: "Talking about winning the championship, I've said it over and over again, I'm tired, I'm definitely going to have to talk about next season, sooner or later we'll have a tournament that gets what we wanted, but I'm 27 now and I don't want to talk about what happened when I was 32. I'm a Liverpool fan myself, and from a fan point of view, I believe the league is the most important trophy. We believe we are a group of players fighting for the league title. In football, you don't get praise for finishing second, we need this title, far more than anything else. ”

However, while Benitez feels a little bit good about himself, his disciples are not all in the same pace as him, with Spanish star Marcos Alonso of the Premier League team saying that it is a bit ridiculous to talk about winning the Premier League title right now, and that Liverpool have to keep their feet on the ground and play game by game.

'After beating the top teams, you have to keep playing like this and you can't think you're done, because when people start talking about the title race, it's a bit dangerous because we have to be realistic. Where we are now shows that the team is improving, but nothing else, we have to keep our feet on the ground and focus on the game and not think about how many points are missing. 'Saturday's game is important, West Ham don't look like they're third from bottom at the moment, but they have a lot of money after the Icelandic consortium bought them and in the winter transfer window they spent £30 million on six first-class players, including our target Neil, who will cause us problems if we underestimate our opponents.

Alonso is probably the most vocal and calm of the Liverpool squad, and while his words have dampened the enthusiasm of Liverpool fans and team-mates, it is not a bad thing to be able to sober up his team-mates and coaches after 11 consecutive wins.

Icelandic Magnussen wrote a cheque for £85 million when he bought West Ham in November last year, and spent another $30 million on the transfer market in January, when he got rid of his former coach Alain Pardu and brought in relegation master Alan Kobishley, but the Hammers lost 3 and drew 3 in the last 6 league games, and were eliminated by vice-captain Watford in the FA Cup. It can be said that the current West Ham United is like a losing red-eye gambler, in February, West Ham will play Liverpool, Villa, Watford and Charlton Athletic, except for Liverpool, and the remaining three relegation opponents are decisive battles, but against a red-eye gambler, but anything can happen, no one dares to say that Alan Corbishley and Magnussen do not want to take points from Liverpool.

Liverpudlian originally thought that they had just won against the real big tyrant Chelsea, and they were still afraid of West Ham United, but after coming to Upton Park, they felt the pressure on their faces.

The 35,647-seat Upton Park stadium was packed, with fans painted on their faces, wielding sponge hammers in their hands, singing the West Ham United anthem, and their new owner, Norwegian bald boss Magnussen, waving his arms among the fans, the whole stadium was full of enthusiasm and tragedy, like a group of devout believers holding some kind of memorial ceremony, and like a group of bandits armed with hammers preparing to raid homes.

"I'm afraid the game won't be easy to play."

When he came on the field, the captain Gerrard quietly said to Chen Yu that although Chen Yu had not been in the company for a long time, the relationship between Gerrard and Chen Yu had been very good, and he also invited Chen Yu to attend his wedding.

Chen Yu said: "The opponent has to fight hard, we have to be calm, and we can't fight with them hand-to-hand." ”

Gerrard said: "Well, you have to take your chances, you have scored so many goals, the opponent will never let him shoot lightly. ”

Chen Yu nodded, "I understand." ”

Benitez on the sidelines also realized this, the atmosphere of the opponent's home stadium is too fanatical, in such an atmosphere, the opponent's players will also play extraordinarily, and he has rarely discharged the 343 formation in this game, this formation has only been used against the vice-captain Watford, Benitez is a little worried that he will be a little underestimated.

However, Benitez was relieved after the game started, because just 12 seconds after the game started, Chen Yu scored a lightning goal.

Alonso's comeback in this game, Chen Yu naturally does not have to play in the back waist, although he is no worse than Alonso in the back, but what Liverpool is lacking now is a striker who can score, not a back waist, so Chen Yu returned to the position of right winger, the center is Crouch who celebrated his birthday today, and the left winger is Bellamy.

When the game began, it was Liverpool who kicked off first, and the ball was passed back to the feet of Alonso, who played a long ball to find Crouch, who had just stepped forward to the edge of the opponent's penalty area. Crouch stopped the ball on his chest, and without waiting for his body to fall, he swept the ball to the left side of the penalty area, and at this time, Chen Yu also happened to step forward to the side of the penalty area, and he saw Crouch cross and cut inside at high speed to get the ball.

Liverpool's attack was too fast, West Ham United had not yet reacted, neither one to grab the landing point of Crouch's pass, nor to intercept Chen Yu, just there to watch Chen Yu cut over, half-turned and shot directly into the upper left corner of the goal with his right foot. West Ham goalkeeper Carroll didn't even react before the ball flew into the net.

1：0

The Hammers members who were singing the team song suddenly fell silent, they couldn't believe their eyes at all, and some distracted fans suddenly saw the 1:0 score displayed on the electronic scoreboard, and even thought that there was something wrong with the electronic scoreboard.

“…… goalgoalgoalgoal…… Old! Old! Chen is in again! 17th goal! The opening 12 seconds, the opening 12 seconds Chen scored! The score became 1:0, which was incredible...... It was the fastest goal of the season and it was also ...... Well...... The fourth-fastest goal in Premier League history, the fastest was Tottenham's Ledley King, 9. 9 seconds, December 9, 2000 against Bradford at the time of manufacturing. Newcastle's Alan Shearer (18 January 2003 against Manchester City 10. 4 seconds to score Leeds' Viduka against Charlton Athletic 11 March 17, 2001. With a goal in one second, Chen is fourth, which is also the 6,000th goal in Liverpool's top flight......"

The Liverpool fans who came to the Upton Park stadium to watch the game were so surprised that they couldn't even believe their eyes, but everyone shouted wildly, led by Liverpool's die-hard fan group Shankly's Soul.

Liverpool's players also ran to Chen Yu, hugged him, congratulated him, Gerrard hammered Chen Yu's chest, and was surprised, happy and admired that he could score so much.

As soon as this goal was scored, Benitez, who was originally a little uneasy, was like a reassuring pill, with a look of joy and relief, because Liverpool had opened the scoring in the Premier League 15 times before, and the result was a win in 15 games, and Benitez believes that this game will be no exception.

West Ham United manager Corbyshley on the sidelines was so open that he could stuff two eggs into his mouth, and he couldn't say anything for a while. And the small hammer wielded by the bald boss Magnussen, who was standing among the fans, also stopped in the air, as if someone had immobilized him.

The Hammers are ready to score points today, but they are obviously stunned by Chen Yu's lightning goal, and the team that is running in and not forming a whole is afraid that there will be no morale, and now the morale is beaten down by Chen Yu in 12 seconds, although the next West Ham United team is very hard, but the play is disorganized, the attack is disorderly, the defense is chaotic, and the Liverpool people have a smooth sail after scoring, and they play very easily, Chen Yu comes and goes like the wind on the side like a river thief, tearing through the West Ham defense again and again to send a cross, Let the West Ham people tremble when they see Chen Yu.

Today Crouch's birthday, Liverpool's players hope that he can score, Chen Yu got an assist from Crouch, he also hopes to reciprocate, and constantly sends passes to Crouch, but not everyone has Chen Yu's ability to grasp opportunities, Crouch shot five times in the first half but failed to score a goal.

After the break, Liverpool and West Ham made no substitutions, and after kick-off, West Ham launched an onslaught to try to get back on the scoreline, but the experienced Liverpudlian once again gave West Ham the head with a quick counter-attack.

In the 48th minute of the game, Chen Yu took the ball in the middle and stepped on the camp, breaking through several people in a row to the 30-meter area of West Ham, forcing the West Ham United players to concentrate on blocking in the middle, but Chen Yu changed direction significantly, and killed diagonally all the way from the middle to the bottom line, and crossed the middle at the bottom line to find Crouch, Crouch took advantage of his height advantage, jumped high, and put the ball into the door of West Ham United.

2：0

The Liverpudlians doubled the scoreline and the scorer was the one who passed the ball in the first half.

Crouch was so excited after the goal that he lifted his shirt and ran to the stands to dedicate the goal to his girlfriend Clancy.

Crouch's girlfriend, Clancy, was also cheering loudly from the stands for Crouch's wonderful performance.

After Liverpool scored this goal, all Liverpudlians thought that they had locked the win, and the opponent could not turn over again, after Chen Yu's goal in the first half, West Ham United fell into chaos, and now their momentum has not risen, and they were snuffed out by Chen Yu and Crouch together, and Liverpudlian people think that West Ham will definitely not be able to make any waves behind.

West Ham United coach Kobe Shley on the sidelines was also dead, Chen Yu was still surprised when he scored, and when Crouch scored, he sat in the coach's seat and didn't even want to raise his head.

Magnussen, the owner who was standing among the fans, couldn't stand up at the moment, and he slipped into the VIP box.

The commentator at the scene also shook his head and said: "The strong are strong, it seems that West Ham United has ideas today, but Liverpool used two goals in two halves to beat their ideas, and now the score is 2:0, with Liverpool's defensive skills and counterattack ability, it is definitely impossible for them to score points." ”

No one believed West Ham could get points, no one believed they had hope, but the Hammers fans didn't give up.

When he saw the Liverpudlians laughing and singing on their own turf, the old fan who was crying for fear of relegation jumped up, jumped on the seat and waved the hammer in his hand, and shouted to his player with tears on his face: "Stand up!" Stand up! Don't be a coward! We can't throw in the towel, we can't bow to the enemy! This is Upton Park, a 100-year-old park! ”

Led by the veteran supporters, all the West Ham United fans jumped on their seats and chanted to the players in the stadium, encouraging them to stand up and fight their enemies.

Maybe it was the shouts of the fans that woke up the bewildered West Ham players, or maybe the experience of Upton Park that had beaten Arsenal and Manchester United supported their belief in continuing to fight.

There was no way back, and suddenly, without knowing where the source of strength was, West Ham suddenly began to look like a fighter, and the bloody and bloody scene began.

The 11 West Ham players on the pitch were running desperately, like 11 fighters, who didn't know the tiredness and danger of launching a crazy onslaught at Liverpool.

Tackle! Flying shovel! Looting! Chasing wildly, even if it was a bloody battle, not a single West Ham player flinched, and the whole stadium looked like West Ham people running.

In front of such a sudden madness of the opponent, the Liverpudlians were stunned, they could not imagine how the opponent could suddenly be so crazy, how could such a force burst out, with a two-goal advantage, they hesitated, they retreated, and gave the midfield to the Hammers.

At this time, West Ham's head coach Kobishley also suddenly woke up to the fact that the team was not desperate and alive! As a result, he immediately made two substitutions, Zamora and Kopa, who immediately became weapons in West Ham's decisive battle against the Reds.

In the 77th minute, the two new substitutes scored immediately, Zamora combined with Leo Koke to kick the wall and crossed from the left edge of the penalty area, and Copa, who was slightly in an offside dispute, shoveled into the near corner from eight yards, the Spanish striker, who had just arrived on loan from Sevilla on the 22nd, scored his first goal.

Then the West Ham people went even more crazy, they fought like men in the singing of the fans, bombarding Liverpool indiscriminately, beating Liverpool's defence like a hammer.

In the 85th minute, Benayoun crossed from the right, under pressure from the opponent, Agger made a mistake in clearing the header, Zamora crossed from the left side of the penalty area, and Heywood, last season's top scorer, stabbed the equaliser from six yards.

scored two goals in 8 minutes to equalize, this time the Liverpudlians were stupid, Benitez was in a hurry, he didn't want the points he had just pulled away again, but at this time the momentum of the Hammers could not be restrained, and Benitez looked at the passive situation on the field and had no way at all.

However, West Ham were so excited after scoring two goals in a row that they forgot that they were not a fish belly, they had a group of world-class killers.

In the 90th minute of the game, the Liverpudlian was besieged by the opponent Carragher header, the ball fell to the penalty area near 20 meters, when West Ham United were ready to win the second drop point to continue the attack, a lightning figure from the crowd, a head of the ball, high speed to the West Ham United half.

The West Ham people were in a hurry, they all saw that this person was Chen Yu, the Chinese Chen who scored 16 goals in 11 rounds, if Chen Yu formed a single goal at this time, their half-time desperateness was in vain, but when they caught up, they found out how difficult it was to catch up with Chen Yu who was running, no one could shorten the distance a little, the distance was getting farther and farther, and finally they could only watch the galloping Chen Yu face the attacking goalkeeper Carol for a moment, and then easily hit the ball into the empty goal.