Just reached the top and was kicked down again, which annoyed Liverpool, in fact, it was more of a shame, they were the defending champions, the biggest favorites to win the Premier League, and they were kicked from the top of the list twice in a row by a group of hairy boys, which made them have the face to pretend to be forced in front of fans and reporters. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the game, Benitez was not satisfied with the team's recent results, thinking that the team's performance was not consistent enough, some games that should have been won were not able to be won, and there were no surprising performances in the games that should not be won, and the opponents in this year's title competition are in good form except for Chelsea, and if Liverpool does not show their best form, the task of defending the title this season may become particularly difficult.

The manager was not satisfied, and Gerrard, Carragher, Alonso, Chen Yu and other core figures of the team have expressed their intention to win all the remaining games on the Christmas schedule and strive to regain the top spot again.

In fact, not only Benitez is not satisfied with the team's performance, but the fans are also not very satisfied with Liverpool's performance, although now Liverpool is only two points less than Arsenal in second place, three more than the stronger Manchester United, but the fans are really spoiled by the performance in the second half of last season and the first part of this season, at that time it was absolutely devastating, and now it is stumbling, it is normal for fans to be dissatisfied, but Chen Yu, Gerrard and others still make the fans satisfied, They have always had a lot of confidence in the team, especially after Chen Yu arrived, and they thought that as long as Liverpool could adjust their form, it would be easy to kill the Quartet again.

Liverpool's opponent in the 21st round is Wigan Athletic, which is a team in the middle of the table, but the style of play is very tough, although the strength is not very strong, but any giant team will have a headache when they meet them.

Liverpool must win this game, because Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea's opponents in this round are not strong, the possibility of being upset is very low, if Liverpool can not beat Wigan Athletic it will be too passive, on the road to the championship, the leader has a lot of advantages, they have the power to make mistakes, can put psychological pressure on the opponent, and can force the chaser to change their tactics, Liverpool does not want to be a chaser, especially does not want to be pulled away too much.

The Christmas schedule is known as the devil's schedule because the games are so close together, basically three days and a high-intensity game, which is a tough test for any team.

Don't look at the opponents of the four giants in this round, but none of the teams can easily beat the opponent to get three points.

Arsenal won 2-0 at home to West Ham United thanks to Bam Adebayor's goal in the opening 69 seconds and Da Silva's last-minute world wave.

Manchester United also played a very anxious game against Birmingham, and although Tevez gave United the lead in the 25th minute of the game, the Reds were unable to score a second goal until the end of the game.

Chelsea were in a slightly worse situation, conceding a goal away from home and then being passive until the second half equaliser, but in the end the superstar played a decisive role, with a goal from Emar Ballack in the 82nd minute securing a valuable three points for Chelsea.

Liverpool and Wigan Athletic's game played particularly difficult, the start was not smooth, in the face of Wigan Athletic's active pressing and tenacious defense, Liverpool did not have many ways, after Chen Yu scored in the 50th minute, because Wigan Athletic did not attack, Liverpool was not able to expand the score, the game was unfazed to 80 minutes, just when everyone thought it was 1:0 to end the game, did not expect Wigan Athletic to use a corner opportunity to equalize.

There is not much time left behind, Liverpool played very impatiently, but the front played unhurriedly for so long, after the score was equalized, Liverpool's players couldn't get up fast if they wanted to, and they made frequent mistakes, if it wasn't for Wigan Athletic's counterattack that was too bad, Wigan Athletic would have won the game in the end.

However, due to Wigan Athletic's mentality and conservative tactics, Liverpool was given the last chance to redeem, in the 89th minute of the game, Liverpool won consecutive corner kicks, under the repeated impact of Liverpool, Wigan Athletic finally made a fatal mistake, for Wigan Athletic to score the equalizer Blambo own own goal, so that Liverpool unexpectedly overtook the score, that is, relying on this goal, Liverpool escaped from death, defeated Wigan Athletic, and continued to chase Arsenal with a difference of two points.

Liverpool's performance naturally did not satisfy the fans, and the media also criticized Liverpool's performance after the game, believing that in the semi-finals, although it is difficult to win, whether it is Manchester United, Chelsea, or Arsenal, they all rely on their own goals to win the game, and Liverpool If it is not too lucky, the opponent scored an own goal, then they may be the only side that failed to win.

"The Times" believes that Liverpool lacks the sharpness of the second half of last season, the game is dull, and because the main players play too much, the physical consumption is too great, although there are no injuries for the time being, but they are not in the best condition, and the bigger problem is that Liverpool's substitute level is too poor, and it is not yet the final stage of the league, but the devil's schedule for Christmas has exposed a lot of Liverpool's problems, and if the winter transfer to Liverpool can not be strengthened, the second half is really hard to say.

The Guardian believes that Liverpool's performance is very unstable now, fortunately there is a fig leaf of Chen Yu, if there is no Chen Yu, it is estimated that Liverpool has no hope of winning the championship now.

The Guardian believes that Liverpool's fitness, morale, bench, and tactics are now full of problems, and these problems have just surfaced, and the FA Cup will kick off later, and the Champions League knockout round will also open in February, which will be a more severe test for Liverpool at that time, and if Benitez does not plan for a rainy day now, whether it is the Champions League or the league will be a problem.

Of course, Benitez is also very clear about his own problems, after the winter transfer window opened, he asked Rick Barry to buy a central defender, a technical midfielder, the position of central defender is Liverpool's weakest position now, only one Hyypia is a genuine central defender, but Hyypia's problems this year are too big, after he played, Liverpool's backline did not have a reassuring time, so in the winter transfer, Benitez first has to strengthen the central defender.

In this position, Benitez hopes to get Serbian central defender Branislav Ivanovic, but because of the competition from Chelsea, Benitez also has two substitutions, one is Czech international Skrtel, and the other is Manchester City's young defender Richards; Another technical midfielder is the Argentine international Aimar, the current Liverpool midfield is full of hardness, but lacks a technically delicate and creative midfielder, and Aimar is Benitez's favorite target, in Benitez's view, if Aimar can come, then Chen Yu can be completely liberated, just score.

Benitez knows that the club is a little tight right now, so he is not ready to buy more people, two players are really not many in Benitez's opinion, whether compared with Mourinho or compared with the current Ferguson, he is a good coach who is thrifty and thrifty.

However, Benitez still underestimated the club's current financial woes, and the debt problem has left Hicks and Gillette racking their brains, where is the money for Benitez to buy someone in the winter transfer market.

Gillette asked Rick Barry to tell Benitez that Liverpool is now stable and has a stable squad, and there is no need to buy people for the winter transfer, probably because he is worried that Benitez will be angry, and Gillette said that if Benitez really wants to buy people, then start with the existing squad and use the money from the sale of players to buy players.

Benitez almost got his nose crooked after getting Rick Barry's reply, he wanted to strengthen the lineup, but he didn't expect the owner to ask him to find his own way, remember that three weeks ago Gillette also said that Liverpool had the funds to buy in the transfer market, and now Benitez understands where the money comes from, it turned out to be for him to sell.

It's not impossible to sell people and buy again, but Benitez who can be sold at a high price is still useful, and useless ones can't be sold at a high price, and they can't raise a few dollars at all.

Benitez knows that manager Rick Barry has nothing to do in the transfer market, he can't be said to be a puppet, but he has no money and no power, not to mention that there are still many contradictions with Benitez, both sides want to squeeze the other out.

So Benitez went directly to Hicks and Gillette to call, hoping to get financial support, otherwise he was not sure that he would be able to win a few championships, and bluntly said that the method of selling people and buying them again is not easy to use, because it is equivalent to picking up the east wall to make up the west wall, the same as not buying, if you want to defend the title, you must invest money, and now competitive football has entered the era of capital, and you can't get any championship without money.

But Gillette's answer to Benitez was like pouring cold water on Benitez's head, saying that Liverpool's current financial situation is not good, and if they can't refinance, they may even sell the club, and even if they end up with a loan, they may sell more players than buy more players.

In fact, Gillette is not just talking, in his list of sales, including Alonso, Reese, Crouch, Colwill and Volonin players are among them, of course, this is no way, if you are lucky, maybe these people don't sell, if you are unlucky, maybe even the club will be sold, at the moment of life and death, Gillette can't care about the team's record, after all, the team's record is to make money for him, if you can't make money, then it doesn't matter what the team's record is.

Benitez was so angry with Gillette's answer that he vomited blood, but he finally fully understood the team's situation, so he no longer had any illusions about the owner's money, rushed to hand over a list of players for sale, and then used the funds from the sale to buy the players he needed.