Chapter 972: Bloodbath in Derbyshire

After the draw for the Champions League, the draw for the third round of the English League Cup was also held, and the draw ceremony for the League Cup also received a lot of attention as the Premier League powerhouses also participated from this round. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Despite the saying that the strong are lucky, Liverpool don't seem to be lucky, Liverpool draw the Premier League team, they will fight Reading for the next round of qualification, but Liverpool are not the most unlucky, Arsenal are even worse than Liverpool, they meet fierce rivals Newcastle, while Manchester United and Chelsea draw good draws.

Manchester United's opponents are Championship leaders Coventry, who have won two and drawn one in the first three rounds of the Championship, while defending champions Chelsea have drawn a good draw and will face Hull City in the middle of the Championship.

It may seem like Chelsea are in the best of luck, but Hull have just pulled off Premier League side Wigan in the second round and no one knows if they will be able to cause Chelsea problems.

The League Cup draw from Reading has left Liverpool's management, coaches, players and fans tangled up again, in the last round of the League Cup, England international Dier was kicked off his right leg by Bristol Rover's Jacobson, this round of Liverpool's opponent Reading has long been notorious in the Premier League, last season Hunt's unconscious Cech was just one of their many atrocities, if they meet in the league, if there are players injured in the League Cup, it is not so cost-effective.

Many believe that Liverpool's focus this season should be on the FA Cup, league and Champions League to win the treble, and that giving up the Carabao Cup is a sensible choice.

But there are also many people who think that none of the champions can be given up, and now that Liverpool is in its prime and strong, it would be too conservative to give up a certain event now.

As for Benitez himself is a very rational person, although he has now won three championships, but he has not thought about getting all the championships, for the Super Cup, Community Shield, League Cup and other events, his purpose is to train, mainly on the bench, the main force is supplemented to win it, and there is nothing if you can't win it, and the league and the Champions League are going all out, while the FA Cup is different, Benitez has to decide according to the opponent and the situation at the time.

The League Cup and the Champions League are still ahead, for Liverpool, the most important thing in front of them is the sixth round of the league, although the opponent is only promoted Derby County, but now Liverpool's ace killer is still sitting on the ball supervision, with Liverpool's previous weak and weak urine, this game does not dare to say 100% won.

Among the semi-finals, Liverpool took the lead, although the opponent was weaker and the balloon star Chen Yu could not play, but loyal Liverpool fans still fully supported Liverpool, and the Anfield Stadium, which can accommodate more than 40,000 people, was full.

Liverpool and Derby County have met 12 times in the history of the Premier League, Liverpool has 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, including 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss at home, and Liverpool has won 5 and drawn 1 in the last 6 meetings between the two sides. Derby's last win at Anfield was in November 1998, the only time in 37 years that Derby County have won at Anfield, as they have scored twice on the road for the only time in 32 years. The two sides have met 131 times in history, with Liverpool having the upper hand with 68 wins, 29 draws and 34 losses.

Derby County first four rounds of one draw and three losses, now at the bottom of the points, although today is against Liverpool, but Derby County does not want to continue to lose, if it continues to lose, I am afraid that this season's relegation will be no play, if it can force a draw or defeat the giant Liverpool, it is a great encouragement to the morale of Derby County, and perhaps Derby County can play better and better, rekindling the hope of relegation.

Derby County fielded their strongest squad: goalkeeper No.43 Bievert; Bottom four: 3-Kamara, 21-Malcolm, 19-Crowder. Davis, 18-Griffin; 24-Mills, 17-Todd, 25-Pearson, 8-Oakley, 11-Fagan; 9- Howard.

This is a 451 formation, which clearly shows the mentality of Derby, although they don't want to lose, but basically don't dare to dream of winning, 451's formation is to hope to use defensive counterattacks to force Liverpool to draw a point.

With the difference in the quality of Derby County and Liverpool, the draw against Liverpool at Anfield is also a victory, and it can definitely make Derby County confident in themselves.

Liverpool fielded a formation of 442, 25-Reina; 3-Finnan, 5-Ager, 17-Arbeloa, 5-Reese; 14-Alonso, 20-Mascherano, 16-Pennant, 19-Babel; 10 - Volenin, 18 - Kuyt.

With Chen Yu unable to play, Benitez sent in new signing Volenin to link up with Kuyt, while Crouch remained on the bench waiting for his chance.

Don't look at Liverpool's steady 442 formation, but they didn't play steadily at all, pressing Derby County to attack at the beginning, hoping to open the situation early.

Liverpool has a lot of experience in playing weak teams, and knows that if you score at the beginning, Derby County will definitely have no fighting spirit in the back, and you will be given what you want at that time, if you can't open at the beginning, the morale of the opponent behind will become more and more vigorous, and then there will be big trouble.

Although Derby County put on a defensive counterattack formation, but in fact, after Liverpool's onslaught, their 451 became 901, which was completely an iron bucket formation, at the beginning, Derby County did not dare to counterattack easily, their goal was to drag the opponent.

However, the first chance to shoot on goal was won by Derby County first.

In the second minute, Derby County full-back Plzea Pearson passed the ball, and another full-back, Mills, fired a direct left-footed volley from 30 yards, but Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna flew to save but did not save, and the ball was slightly wide.

After two minutes of siege, it was promoted Derby County who shot first, which was an absolute humiliation for the Liverpool players.

Then the Liverpool players once again increased the pace of pressing, hoping to save a little face, and at the same time get the change done as soon as possible.

In the fourth minute, Liverpool defender Ager's left-footed volley from 30 yards was also colored, the ball hit Malcolm and deflected, but Derby County goalkeeper Biwater flew to save the ball off the line.

From this shot from Ager, Liverpool were in complete control of the situation on the pitch as they pinned down Derby County to the perimeter of the penalty area.

In the eighth minute, Pennant crossed and Volenen's header from 12 yards was picked off by Biart.

In the 14th minute, Biwater of Derby County made a mistake with a big kick in a hurry and was blocked by Kuyt, and Alonso's diagonal shot from 25 yards on the right was deflected.

In the 15th minute, Ager passed the ball and Kuyt's long-range shot from 30 yards went just wide of the top right corner.

In the 19th minute, Arbelloa passed the ball and Mascherano fired a powerful shot from 30 yards in the middle, and the ball grazed the left post.

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Liverpool's attack is wave after wave, and Derby County was originally ready to defend and counterattack, but their strength is too poor, and they can only defend and be unable to counterattack, so they can only be beaten passively.

However, although Liverpool took the absolute initiative and shot continuously, they still couldn't score after playing for 20 minutes, which made them very impatient, and they didn't want to have an accident in such a game.

In the blink of an eye, the game is almost thirty minutes, but Liverpool is still scoreless, at this time Liverpool fans are anxious, they have been cheering for Liverpool's players, but with little effect, seeing Liverpool's forwards so uncompetitive, Liverpool fans chanted Chen Yu's name under the leadership of their leader "Shankly's soul".

Chen Yu is still in the stands at the moment, and the fans chant Chen Yu's name, so there is no need to think about it.

The Liverpool players were stimulated and the rest of the game became even crazier.

Under Liverpool's frenzied attack, Derby County finally couldn't resist.

In the 29th minute, Liverpool still took the lead from set-pieces.

Alonso's free-kick in front of the box looked like a cross into the box, and Kuyt's header failed to touch the ball, but goalkeeper Biwalt proved that he was only a low-level player, and he misjudged the ball and bounced off the right-hand post and into the net.

1:0, Liverpool leads.

This goal ignited the Liverpool fans, and the name of "Chen Yu" was no longer shouted in the stands, and it was immediately changed to shouting "Kuyt." ”

The Liverpool commentator at the scene also said excitedly: "Kuyt is in!" Kuyt is in! Kuyt opened the scoring goal and we will be expecting from Liverpool below. ”

After breaking the deadlock, Liverpool thought that they had broken the fighting spirit of Derby County, and the goals behind were getting easier and easier, but they didn't expect that Derby County was actually very tenacious, and in the face of Liverpool's powerful offensive, they were not able to counterattack, but the defense spared no effort, just not letting Liverpool win easily.

The game lasted until first-half stoppage time, when Liverpool's individual ability extended the score.

Liverpool defender Arbeloa crossed back from the left side of the box, and Babbel easily dodged the blocks of two defenders before firing a powerful shot into the net from 15 yards in the middle of the box.

2:0

Liverpool sealed the win in the first half.

With this goal from Babel in the first half, Liverpool's manager Rafael Benitez did not adjust the formation at half-time, but continued to play with the original team.

After Liverpool sealed the win, the players had a good mentality and their abilities were fully displayed. In the 56th minute, the goal was continued, Maceslano tackled Malcolm's pass, and Volenen broke through two men and fired into the net from 15 yards in the middle of the penalty area, and the score became 3:0.

At the moment, Liverpool are still on the offensive, but manager Rafael Benitez is starting to think about the league below.

In the 61st minute, Benayoun replaced Pennant and began to train new signings and run in the formation.

In the 69th minute, Babbel crossed from the right, McEvelly tackled the ball from Benayoun's feet, and Alonso fired a powerful shot into the net from the edge of the box to score twice. The score was rewritten to 4-0.

At this moment, the game has entered garbage time, Liverpool made two changes in a row, Crouch replaced Babbel, Sissoko replaced Mascherano, and Benitez continued to work on the substitutes, grinding in formation and style of play.

Derby County saw Liverpool replace the substitute, a little relaxed, trying to save a little face, but Derby County did not expect Liverpool's substitute goal to be more ferocious than the main team.

In the 76th minute, Kuyt combined with Volenen's kick on the left side of the wall and burst into the left side of the penalty area to shoot from a tight angle was saved by Bivot, and Crouch stabbed into the net in front of the empty goal. 5 to 0!

In the 77th minute, Vononen made a long pass, Todd made a mistake, and Benayoun easily shook Bivote and shot into the empty goal, and the score became 6:0.

At this point in the game, Derby County was annoyed and angry, the action gradually became bigger, Liverpool's players were also happy to score, and the opponent could not turn the tables, they slowed down the pace of the game, reduced the confrontation with Derby, and made Derby County have nowhere to go.

Eighty-five minutes later, Derby County also lost their fighting spirit and had to accept a bloodbath at Anfield.