After the 21st round of the league, the FA Cup, England's traditional competition, also kicked off. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are no seeded teams in the FA Cup, and the match-ups and home-and-away matches are determined entirely by the draw. The competition is divided into eight rounds, the first two rounds are for amateur, League One and League B teams, and the Premier League and Championship teams join the competition in the third round, the game is divided into eight rounds, except for the semi-finals and finals, if each round is tied within 90 minutes, it will need to be replayed, and the rematch battle will be exchanged between the two teams home and away. If the rematch is tied within 90 minutes, extra time will be required to decide the winner, and if the winner is not decided after extra time, the winner will be decided on penalties.

Liverpool's opponent in the third round is Luton from League One, Luton is the vice-president of League One, and there is a high possibility of relegation, but Liverpool does not care about Luton's performance in League One, a third-tier team, even if it is the leader, will not be put in the eyes of Liverpool, but recently Liverpool has been in an eventful season, and the state is average, Benitez does not dare to let all the substitutes play, although this is not a league, but the FA Cup is also a traditional event in England, second only to the league, once an upset loss, the impact on morale is not small.

Sure enough, Benitez's caution is still justified, although Luton have only won 3 games in League One, but their players are physically vigorous and savage, and Liverpool has no way to take them for a while.

However, Liverpool is Liverpool, even if most of them are young players, and they are not comparable to a team like Luton, in the 38th minute of the game, Aurelio passed, Lucas received Crouch to cross the middle to grab the goal, and Liverpool took the lead.

Luton played very poorly in League One, and it may be difficult to be relegated, for such a team, it is a great honor for them to be able to play against the Premier League and Champions League double champions, so Luton's players have let go of their performances, even if they are one goal behind, they have not been able to dampen their enthusiasm, and they seem quite disciplined in attack and defense, not at all like a third-tier team.

Liverpool originally thought that after breaking the deadlock, the game would be like a bamboo, who would have thought that the small League One team resistance was so fierce, not only did they not be able to equalize, but were forced to scramble, at the beginning of the second half, when the main force that was supposed to stabilize the morale of the army, Liverpool fell into a panic, and was suppressed by Luton to their own half of the onslaught.

Luton's team, the players are also not in the stream, and even many of them are from the wilderness, and the tactics are also very monotonous, mainly by fighting the body, even if Liverpool can gain the upper hand for a while, but it is still difficult to grasp the opportunity in Liverpool's defense, after withstanding Luton's attack for more than ten minutes, Liverpool regained control of the situation, and soon scored a goal by Crouch, after Liverpool's second blow, Luton was no longer able to counterattack, after low morale, Such a team is useless, and even with the shouts and cheers of the home fans, Luton still conceded a series of goals and finally lost 1-3 at home.

Originally, it was not worth mentioning to play Luton in the FA Cup, but the game was played with twists and turns, which made Benitez and Liverpool fans dissatisfied, fortunately, this time it was mainly the substitutes, and they successfully advanced to the fourth round, and the media did not criticize Liverpool in the FA Cup, but said that Liverpool's young players did not control the game enough, and the strength of the substitutes was poor, which was a hidden danger for Liverpool, and Liverpool wanted to defend the double championship and even win more championships, This winter transfer is about to be replenished.

The media knows that Liverpool needs to replenish blood, and Benitez certainly knows better, but if the transfer funds are not given, he has no choice, even if there are free players, they must be able to afford their salaries.

Unable to replenish blood from the outside, Benitez can only dig the potential from the inside, try to lock the victory as early as possible when playing against the weak team, and then exercise the newcomers and substitutes, the reason why the newcomers are useless, in addition to ability, playing too few games is also an important reason, if they can play more games, although they can't say that they are in charge, at least low-level mistakes will be made a lot.

However, during this time, Liverpool was able to be defeated by Manchester United because of its state, and was able to be forced to draw by Manchester City, even if it was a weak team, it could make Liverpool uncomfortable for a while, which is an extremely strong signal to the Premier League team, that is, Liverpool is no longer the invincible Red Army, if in the face of the previous Liverpool, resistance is also in vain, it is better not to resist, then now stubborn resistance may be rewarded, not to mention getting points, The honour of holding out a draw or beating the defending champions alone is enough for the Premier League's mid-table teams to take a risk.

The 22nd round and Middlesbrough are like this, Middlesbrough is just the 12th team in the league, they are not up now, there is no hope of going up to the European stage, and the possibility of relegation is not great, this situation would not have been desperate to win the defending champions with little hope, but because Liverpool has been in bad form recently, Middlesbrough also has the intention of making a name for Liverpool, and played very actively in the game, which once overwhelmed Liverpool.

Benitez on the sidelines frowned like a Chinese character Chuanzi, he knew that Liverpool's recent state was general, but it also depends on who the opponent is, those are all teams that are expected to compete for European competition, what is Middlesbrough, and even dare to wrestle with the defending champions, which clearly indicates the decline of Liverpool's deterrence, if it is left in the second half of last season or the beginning of this season, after the middle and lower teams meet Liverpool, they often surrender their guns after pretending to resist.

Although it is difficult for these teams to resist to prevent Liverpool from winning, but the ants bite the elephant to death for a long time, Liverpool's consumption is too great, and the last moment of the collapse of the Baoqi, Benitez decided to give these guys who don't take the defending champions in their eyes a little color, hit hard, and make them lose face at the home of Middlesbrough.

Thinking of doing it, Benitez called Chen Yu and Gerrard to the sidelines in a dead ball time, and quickly revealed his meaning to them, asking them to fight to the death, whether they can score two but not one, and who can score three but not two.

Benitez said with an angry face, looking like he had been violated, but Chen Yu and Gerrard secretly slandered themselves, they didn't do their best, they tried their best to play and couldn't score, and they didn't slack off after taking the lead, they didn't play well, and the slander was slander, after the two glanced at each other, Gerard still said: "We must break the goal as soon as possible, Chen, shoot if you can, be decisive, I will try my best to break through and create opportunities for you." ”

Chen Yu said: "Me too, how long you shoot, I'm watched, you and Reese shoot from a distance, maybe I will have a chance to make up the shot." ”

Gerrard said: "Okay, try to score as early as possible, a team like Middlesbrough, if you score early, they will lose their fighting spirit, and if you score late, they will fight harder." ”

Chen Yu This is the first time to hear Benitez give such an order, Benitez is not a ruthless person like Ferguson and Mourinho, he can talk like this, and then link to his expression, Chen Yu knows that the Spanish coach is on fire, but what's the use of just being angry, now the players are physically and mentally exhausted, it is very difficult to play with momentum, it is good to be able to curl up for three points, but Benitez treats him well, Benitez wants to win so much, Chen Yu must also show a lot of energy to support him.

Chen Yu's general game is not without his best, but he is also a person, not a robot, he will be tired, he will also be sick, in the entire Liverpool team, except for the three games that were banned, he basically played at the rest of the time, he is not a pure striker waiting for opportunities in front, he also has to retreat from time to time to help the midfielder, he is much more than a pure striker, if he takes out a lot of energy in every game, Chen Yu dares to guarantee that Liverpool will not collapse, he will collapse first.

After Chen Yu and Gerrard agreed, Gerrard took the ball, and Chen Yu quickly interspersed and ran, approaching the penalty area, ready to shoot at any time.

However, Gerrard's long-range shooting ability is famous in world football, Middlesbrough is very tight on his defense, and resolutely does not give him a chance to shoot.

Gerrard also saw that it was difficult to get too good shooting opportunities for a while, so he consciously passed the ball to Chen Yu, who was constantly running in the front, and Huo Zhuang inserted Reese from the side, asking them to shoot, and he stepped forward to look for opportunities.

Steven Gerrard and Alonso's Liverpool engine, Chen Yu was the game-finisher, and it is to be expected that the three of them will be marked, and any team will be closely guarded against Liverpool this season.

Alonso and Gerrard are actually relatively better defensive, their speed is slower, and their explosiveness is not enough, as long as they are determined to foul, Alonso and Gerrard really can't do anything.

Chen Yu is much more difficult to prevent, in addition to the technical advantages, Chen Yu's speed and physical fitness are also amazing, if he runs on the pitch like now, no one will be able to keep up, especially Chen Yu's range of movement is so large, the degree of freedom is so high, if he messes up, it is likely to mess up Middlesbrough's own defense.

Middlesbrough saw that they couldn't stop Chen Yu from receiving the ball, so they could only focus on the moment when Chen Yu received the ball, and at that time they were wrapped and forced Chen Yu to pass the ball.

Middlesbrough don't look at it as a midstream team, the tactical thinking is very unified, and the execution is also very good, after finding that Chen Yu couldn't keep up, he immediately changed his defensive strategy, hoping to stop Chen Yu's shot.

But how could Chen Yu let Middlesbrough's conspiracy succeed, he was not sticky at all when he got the ball, he hit the goal when he had the opportunity, and passed the ball out and stopped it again when he didn't have the opportunity.

The re-organization is not a big threat to Middlesbrough, and he can see that the only one who has the ability to break the goal in Liverpool is Chen Yu, don't look at Chen Yu so closely by them, and occasionally a few long-range shots still make Middlesbrough's goalkeeper suffer a lot, so Middlesbrough's attention has also shifted more and more to Chen Yu.