After the fourth round of the League Cup, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rover, West Ham United - eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals, Manchester United of the four giants was eliminated, but in the League Cup, known as a hotbed of underdogs, it is not a shocking thing that Manchester United, which has always been ignored, was eliminated. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the fourth round, the FA held the quarter-final draw that night, Liverpool and Chelsea were very unlucky, they were drawn together, and Arsenal were also unlucky, they played against the mid-table side Blackburn Rover, and the other two groups were Chinese player Sun Hai's Manchester City team to challenge Tottenham Hotspur, and Everton and West Ham were in a duel.

Chelsea won last year's Carabao Cup, beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff last year, while Liverpool were last year's league champions, and their meeting between Chelsea and Liverpool is essentially the equivalent of an early final.

Chinese player Sun Hai's Manchester City team defeated Bolton Wanderers 1-0 away, reaching the last eight of the League Cup for the first time in 7 years, their opponent is Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham's current record is getting worse, only 1 win in 11 league games so far, if Liverpool beat Chelsea, Manchester City crossed the Spurs hurdle, the League Cup may usher in the Chinese derby for the first time.

According to the schedule, the first leg of the quarter-finals will be played on December 17, and this season's final is scheduled to be held at Wembley on February 24, and after Wembley rebuilds, Wales' Cardiff Millennium Stadium has fulfilled its seven-year role as host of the tournament.

The substitutes got a ticket to the last 8 of the League Cup for Liverpool, which is also very important for Liverpool, this season they have great ambitions, determined to win the treble, or even all the titles, so fitness is very important to them, when they played with Arsenal in the last game, it was because of lack of fitness that they were drawn by Arsenal, if the substitutes can help Liverpool share the cup competition, then Liverpool's goal will be easier to achieve.

After knowing that the opponent of the League Cup is Chelsea, Liverpool's generals have a bit of a headache, and it is too early to meet a giant team like Chelsea in the quarterfinals, Chelsea and Arsenal should meet in the final. However, the all-out squad and Chelsea fought hard in the League Cup quarter-finals.

However, there is still more than a month to go before the game, and now Liverpool does not have to worry about the League Cup, the important thing for them now is to win the 12th round of the league against Blackburn, Blackburn has played really well this season, and now they have 6 wins, 2 losses, 3 draws, 21 points, ranking 5th, second only to Chelsea, ranking fifth, and the momentum makes Liverpool dare not underestimate it.

Blackburn finished 10th in the Premier League last season, reaching the last 32 of the League Cup and the last four of the FA Cup.

Blackburn's manager Mark Hughes is very capable, under his tutelage, Blackburn is famous in the Premier League for his tough style of play and fierce scrambling, from last season to now is the Premier League's No. 1 red and yellow card, not only Liverpool, any team in the Premier League will feel a headache when they see them.

Blackburn's heavyweight signings this season are handsome striker Santa Cruz, while others like Dutch striker Rigusts have scored just five goals in 60 appearances for Breda and have never been selected for the Dutch national team. Nelson's arrival was only a replacement for goalkeeper Friedel, but with the addition of Santa Cruz, South African striker McKinsey is no longer alone, which has helped Blackburn Rovers as much as "Liverpool got Chen Yu", said Blackburn head coach Mark Hughes.

Blackburn Rovers are known for their ferocity and toughness, but they are not as reckless as Reading, with England internationals David Bentley and Pederson on the flanks, and Savic and Tugay's midfield playmaking and interception capabilities should not be underestimated. The forward line composed of McCarthy and Santa Cruz has skills, physical strength and height, and on the whole, Blackburn is really difficult to deal with.

However, Blackburn Rovers is no longer difficult to play, and Liverpool must also win, because in this round Liverpool also got the same opportunity as Manchester United and Chelsea in the previous round, this round of the Premier League, Arsenal and Manchester United meet in a narrow way, no matter what the results of these two teams are, Liverpool and Chelsea are both beneficiaries, especially Liverpool, now Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United have the same points, if it were not for Manchester United and Arsenal two tigers to fight, Liverpool does not know when they will be able to get rid of them, and now their opportunity has come.

Mark Hughes is Manchester United famous, Manchester United and Liverpool are not the same opponents, these two teams play each other, before the game will certainly not be calm, Blackburn manager Mark Hughes said to break Liverpool's unbeaten golden body, South African striker McCarthy has scored 5 goals in the last four rounds, inevitably a little inflated, he said that this season to break the phenomenon of Chen Yu dominating the scorer list.

In the face of the challenge of the opponent, Liverpool is not ambiguous, Benitez is reluctant to say too mean words in the face of a superstar coach like Mark Hughes, he just said lightly that if Blackburn has this ability, let them break it. Chen Yu was dismissive of McCarthy's adjustment, and he sneered that anyone can win the top scorer, but whoever wants to be the top scorer must score more than 38 goals, and don't even think about it if they are under 38 goals.

The coaches and stars of the two teams are so hot to say, and the results of the two teams are so good, under normal circumstances, as long as the media provokes, this is the rhythm of the war of words, but this round is not good, because the focus of this round of media attention is on Arsenal and Manchester United, whether it is fans, journalists, or stars and celebrities in England, all parties are concerned about the focus of Manchester United and Arsenal, and TV, Internet and print media have also put the news of Arsenal and Manchester United on the front page. Only Liverpool's own media have done this, and the game between Liverpool and Blackburn, which was originally quite important, has now become insignificant.

Arsenal and Manchester United are old rivals, they have been battling in the Premier League for 11 years, the two have played each other in the first 33 times, in the league, FA Cup, League Cup these three competitions are just drawn, only because of the four Community Shield (Charity Shield) meetings Wenger won 3 times, so that the professor in the overall record with 14 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses slightly advantage, but the goals scored and conceded 37 to 41 is slightly inferior.

The media is happy to see that the two coaches are incompatible, and in every previous battle between Arsenal and Manchester United, Wenger has had to fight with Ferguson, and the media will also add fuel to the fire, so that the Gunners and the Red Devils can reach a small climax before the game and attract the attention of fans. But with the rise of Chelsea in recent years, Liverpool's king has returned, Manchester United and Arsenal are no longer direct rivals, but they have common enemies, Chelsea and Liverpool.

With no longer title rivals, the relationship between Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson has eased considerably, and the two teams have not clashed much since the pizza battle three years ago. Wenger may not have followed Ferguson's habit of having a drink after a game, but the two have eaten together at a few UEFA meetings, and they haven't seen anyone lift the table, so at least they are no longer enemies.

What makes Liverpool happy is that the match between Arsenal and Manchester United is played before them, according to the convention, such a game will be used as the finale of this round and put it at the end, and this round of Arsenal and Manchester United not only did not put it in the last game, but also put it in front of Liverpool and Blackburn, Chelsea and Wigan Athletic, which is equivalent to giving Liverpool and Chelsea the initiative.

Manchester United and Arsenal play at noon on November 3 at 12 noon. 45 was played, with the Chelsea and Wigan Athletic match being played at three o'clock in the afternoon, while the Liverpool and Blackburn games were put at the end at 5.15pm.

With the gap between the three games too small to be on site, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez took his players to watch the Manchester United and Arsenal clash over lunch.

Arsenal sat at home, and just drew Liverpool away, the morale and confidence of the players is simply bursting, after the kick-off, Arsenal launched a full-court press, after grabbing the ball, launched a counterattack, and Manchester United was very passive after the opening.

However, Manchester United have more experience than Liverpool, and they did not lose their ability to counter-attack under the passive, and relied on counter-attacks to reduce the pressure on the backline, slowly recovering a little passivity and breaking the deadlock in first-half stoppage time.

At that time, Manchester United defender Brown passed, C-Ronaldo crossed low from the right, Rooney shot from 6 yards out and deflected into the near corner, Gallas couldn't block the tackle. It was Wayne Rooney's ninth goal in his last eight games, his fifth league goal of the season and his sixth against Arsenal.

Arsenal's youth team were unequivocal, equalising as soon as the second half began, Eboue's cross, Adebayor's shot from six yards was blocked by Van der Sar, Sagna returned near the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and Cesc Fabregas fired a low shot into the bottom left corner from 10 yards, his 10th goal of the season.

In the 82nd minute, Manchester United striker Saha made a wonderful pass from the left, and Patrice Evra burst into the left side of the penalty area to cross again, at this time C-Ronaldo cut in at high speed and shot into the empty goal from 6 yards, which was his third time facing Arsenal away from home.

The goal in the 82 minutes can basically decide the outcome of the game, but Manchester United's victory was not happy by Liverpool, they actually want Arsenal to win, because they know that young people are not sustainable enough, and with Arsenal, Liverpool can easily get rid of them, and it is not reassuring to be followed by a cunning team like Manchester United.

However, Arsenal is now so strong, although they conceded again in the 82nd minute, but Arsenal did not panic, still used their skillful cooperation to maneuver with Manchester United, and often changed the rhythm, sometimes short passes penetrated, sometimes suddenly turned into long passes and hanging passes, so that Manchester United's players could not guard against it.

Manchester United were also really tenacious, holding on until the end of regular time without giving Arsenal a chance to score.

But just as the fourth official raised the stoppage time sign, Arsenal suddenly scored.

By this time, 91 minutes had passed, Walcott crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Gallas's shot from outside the left edge of the small box was saved by Van der Sar on the goal line, but the linesman made the right judgment and ruled that the goal was valid, and Arsenal leveled the score at 72-2.

Such a score is something that neither Arsenal nor Manchester United wants to accept, but there is no time for the game, and no matter how unwilling the two teams are, there is no way.

The draw between Arsenal and Manchester United is great news for Chelsea and Liverpool, and among the three relationships between wins, draws and losses, the best for Liverpool is a draw between Manchester United and Arsenal, they didn't expect Manchester United and Arsenal to really draw.

Next up is the Chelsea vs Wigan Athletic match, and although the Liverpool players have gone to training and are unable to pay attention, the Liverpool coaches are still keeping a close eye on the Chelsea and Wigan Athletic matches.

Liverpool would certainly like Chelsea to draw or lose, but now Grant seems to have found a way to manage Chelsea, facing a hard-nosed Wigan Athletic, who relied on goals from Frank Lampard and Belletti to beat Wigan Athletic 2-0, and then Grant attended the post-match press conference and took his players to watch Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers in the studio at Stamford Bridge.

Although Liverpool very much wanted Arsenal and Manchester United to draw, and now that the two teams are drawn, Liverpool's players are feeling a lot of pressure.

After the start of the game, Liverpool, who were playing away, played very restrained, and were pressed by Blackburn Rovers after the opening, and in the first 30 minutes of the game, Blackburn had four shots on goal.

In these 30 minutes, Gerrard was tackled and counterattacked, Dunn broke through Mascherano and Carragher in succession at the edge of Liverpool's penalty area and entered the penalty area, was saved by Reina, Chen Yu was brought down with the ball in front of the court in a row, but the referee did not blow a foul.

Liverpool played so hard that the Chinese commentator Duan Xuan was surprised, "Hasn't Liverpool rested yet?" They've been off for a week, huh? Blackburn's strength is not weak, but Liverpool actually turned them into Arsenal, which is also outrageous, and today's referee didn't bring a card, how many times Chen Yu was violated, he pretended not to see it. If this continues, I'm afraid Liverpool will waste the opportunity for Manchester United and Arsenal to draw. ”