The battle between the Reds and the Gunners ended in a draw, if you only look at it from the perspective of the Reds and the Gunners, the draw is at least a good result, Liverpool did not get rid of Arsenal, and Arsenal did not overtake Liverpool, but in the context of the Premier League, Liverpool and Arsenal are both losers, and the fishermen benefit Manchester United and Chelsea. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Gunners drew with the Reds in this round, and Manchester United and Chelsea chased Liverpool and Arsenal two points ahead of them at once, which is a rare opportunity.

After the 11th round, Manchester United finally tied Liverpool and Arsenal in points, and now the three teams have 25 points, Liverpool continues to lead on goal difference, Chelsea due to the change of coach, the results are poor, but they and the other top three points gap is only 4 points, this is not something that can not catch up, for Chelsea, the most important thing is not points, but to straighten out internal relations, otherwise the first to fall behind this season is not the young Gunners, but the civil strife of them.

In fact, in addition to Liverpool fans firmly believe that Liverpool will win at home, such as the media, well-known football commentators, football celebrities, and bookmakers all believe that Liverpool's winning chance is only more than 60%, the first reason for their judgment is that Liverpool's physical consumption is large, and the second reason is that Arsenal is in excellent condition, and the final result is basically in line with the judgment of the outside world, and the two teams finally drawn.

After the game, The Times commented: "The strong dialogue finally shook hands, Liverpool ended Arsenal's 12-game winning streak, Arsenal also proved that they are not playing soy sauce, they are also an important part of the Premier League title race, and the person who decided the direction and outcome of the game is not unexpected, Chen Yu and Cesc Fabregas each scored a goal, in addition to the goal, Chen Yu and Cesc Fabregas's wonderful play was also an important factor in the Gunners and Arsenal's draw." Liverpool was not in good form today, and was able to draw with Arsenal, Chen Yu's play was very crucial, and he proved that he was the best candidate for the world's first man with his wonderful performance. Cesc Fabregas was hailed by the Gunners as Henry's successor, and his performance today did not live up to the expectations of the fans, but Arsenal was in such good form today, Fabregas was not able to lead the team to victory, and lost two scoring opportunities, which shows that Fabregas is still a little far from a superstar, maybe piercing this layer of window paper, he will become a radiant superstar. ”

The Daily Mail focused on its praise for Arsenal, "Drawing at Anfield and having the upper hand on the field, the youth Arsenal showed the world what they are capable of, and also slapped those who said they might not even be able to secure a Champions League place. Cesc Fabregas, the core of the goal, is only 20 years old, Bendtner is only 19 years old in the middle, and Walcott is only 18 years old when he breaks through on the wing, such an Arsenal director's youth storm is eye-catching, they have no experience, no fame, but they have endless physical, they have an indomitable passion, maybe in the end they can't win any of the titles, but every team competing for the title can't help but face up to their existence. ”

"Liverpool Echo" is the mouthpiece of the Liverpool team, they are the newspaper that knows Liverpool the most and deeply, but after this game, they criticized Liverpool harshly, "Liverpool played a bad game, was drawn by Arsenal at their home stadium, lost two points, and was tied by the cunning Manchester United in points, some people think that Liverpool was forced to draw is an accident, Liverpool did not get rest, too tired, if the fitness is enough, Arsenal has no hope of equalizing the score." However, why Liverpool are more tired than Arsenal is not because they played too hard against the Turks away from home, if they could easily defeat their opponents like Arsenal, they would not have fallen into a bitter battle now, and finally were forced to draw. This is not a small blow to Liverpool, first of all, other teams see that Liverpool is not invincible, and Liverpool will encounter great resistance in the future, and secondly, the myth of Anfield's hell stadium has been hurt, and Anfield's deterrent to opponents may be weakened in the future. The third is that Manchester United caught up, this season because Arsenal is young, Chelsea is in civil strife, the only one who has the ability to compete with Arsenal for the title is Manchester United, originally Manchester United was too slow to enter the state at the beginning, Liverpool had the opportunity to get rid of them completely, but Liverpool made two mistakes, one is that Chen Yu was banned for beating people, and the other is unreasonable in the arrangement of the Champions League and the league, and finally sacrificed the league, so that Manchester United took the opportunity to catch up, with Ferguson's old spicy, once they catch up, it will be difficult to get rid of them......"

"Liverpool Echo" also pointed out that Liverpool is now facing Arsenal and Manchester United, Chelsea's advantage, that is, with Chen Yu, a superstar who seems to never have a low ebb, since joining Liverpool, Chen Yu has been helping Liverpool at the rate of one goal per game, in addition to injuries and bans, Chen Yu almost never returned empty-handed, his attack and Liverpool's defense combined is the guarantee of Liverpool's victory, and Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are struggling without a striker like Chen Yu, However, with the return of Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, Manchester United is getting stronger and stronger, and Liverpool can only rely on Manchester United to make mistakes if they want to get rid of Manchester United. Originally, the competition for the championship was less than who made fewer mistakes, and now it seems that the mistakes made by the top four are not small, but Liverpool and Manchester United are more stable, and there are winners and losers who decide the game, Liverpool's Chen Yu and Gerrard, Manchester United's Rooney and Xiao Luo, optimistic that they will eventually meet in all competitions. ”

After being forced to draw by Arsenal, not only the fans were dissatisfied, the media was criticizing, Liverpool's senior management was also very unhappy, the owner Gillette personally came to the club and had a conversation with the head coach Benitez, although no one knows the specific content, but through Benitez's words, it can be known that Gillette expressed dissatisfaction with this strong dialogue, and the dissatisfaction was not all because he did not win, but not only in the bad result, but also in the process was ugly, which really lost the face of the defending champion.

On the morning after the game, instead of letting the players train, Benitez had a morning meeting.

At the meeting, Benitez and the coaching staff expressed some apologies to the players, believing that they were not reasonable enough in the game arrangement, and the Champions League played Besiktas too hard, so that the game against Arsenal was very uncomfortable, and the majority of the half was suppressed, if it were not for Arsenal being too young to take advantage of the opportunity, maybe Liverpool would have lost.

However, Benitez then harshly criticized the Liverpool players for their lack of fighting spirit in the game, their lack of ability to grasp opportunities, and the lack of anyone to step up and score when Chen Yu was being targeted by the opponent.

Benitez said: "Chen Yu is very capable of scoring, his arrival makes up for the shortcomings of our lack of scoring ability, but this does not mean that other players do not need to score, the better Chen Yu plays, the more closely other teams will mark him, and the defense must be all-encompassing, in this case, don't expect Chen Yu to score many goals, if you want to win, you need other teammates to help Chen Yu share the pressure of scoring, Chen Yu is closely marked can bring space and opportunities for other players to score, But in the same way, if other players in Liverpool can also threaten the opponent like Chen Yu, then Chen Yu can also get more opportunities, and Liverpool should form an atmosphere where everyone is for me and I am for everyone, only in this way can Liverpool break its dependence on Chen Yu and reach the peak of the championship again. ”

Perhaps thinking that praising Chen Yu like this may make captain Gerrard uncomfortable, Benitez specially praised captain Gerrard, "Today or the time when Gerrard came back, the Jie team performed very well, as a forward player, the Jie team has done everything they should do, but even so, the Jie team still keeps going back to the back, hoping to inspire his teammates with his performance, he shows the greatest dedication of a Red Army captain, it is with him and Chen Yu, Now we can sit at the top of the list. ”

After the team meeting, Benitez took the players to watch the video of the game with Arsenal, which was edited by Benitez himself, in which the performance of each player in Liverpool was edited, and Benitez's assistant tactical analyst Duff also commented on the performance of the players on the field one by one, which made Liverpool's players more aware of their performance in this strong dialogue, which can be described as a lot of benefits.

In the afternoon, the Liverpool players officially began training, to the surprise of the Liverpool players is that although the Liverpool fans were very annoyed during the game, but after a night of reflection, the current Liverpool fans are much calmer and more rational, they put up a giant banner at the door of Liverpool's training base that reads "We will always be with you, you will never walk alone" to support Liverpool.

In the face of the enthusiasm of Liverpool fans, Liverpool's players were very excited, and they also showed a good state in training, and from time to time they also played difficult passes and shots, which caused bursts of applause from fans.

After the training, Benitez also held a press conference with Gerrard and Chen Yu.

At the press conference, Benitez apologized to the fans again, thinking that Liverpool did not play at the level it should have in such a world-renowned game, which disappointed the fans, but Benitez believes that the league has just begun, and Liverpool will have many opportunities like this in the future, although this round Manchester United and Chelsea took advantage of the opportunity of Arsenal and Liverpool to draw to chase two points, but Benitez believes that the next round is a direct dialogue between Manchester United and Arsenal, and when the time comes, it will be Liverpool who will watch the tiger fight.

With the players having five days off after the game against Arsenal, Benitez wants them to train hard and await what may come a passionate battle between Arsenal and Manchester United.

Captain Gerrard also communicated with the fans, Gerrard said that the draw with Arsenal is not the end, Arsenal is not a soft persimmon, they have won 12 games in a row, the state is better than Liverpool, on fame and record, Arsenal is also stronger than Liverpool in the Premier League, Liverpool draw Arsenal can only be said to be normal, by no means the media said that it was lost to grandma's house, Gerrard believes that Liverpool will get better in the next game, and he hopes that fans can have a little patience, Liverpool will never let them down.

Chen Yu didn't say much, he just told the fans that it is difficult to win the championship with a winning streak like last season, it is a miracle, it is luck, losses and draws this season will often happen, as long as Liverpool can grasp their own destiny and win the final championship for the fans, too high requirements will only give them too much pressure, if the pressure is too much, the final result is pressure to power, or collapse under pressure It is difficult to say.

With Liverpool tired after the game against Arsenal, Rafa Benitez wanted his players to rest a lot, and with Cardiff City facing Championship side Cardiff City in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup two days later, Benitez did not field a main player and sent all the substitutes and young players to take on Cardiff City.

Cardiff City are a Championship side whose biggest name in the squad is Liverpool 'God' Robbie Fowler, who returns to Anfield for the second time this summer after leaving Liverpool, the legendary Liverpool striker who scored a hat-trick in the Carabao Cup last time. Fowler's partner is former Premier League star Jimmy Hasselbaink.

The confidence of Cardiff's players against a team of youngsters such as Hobbs, Erzal, Lucas, Itange and Leto soared and they played aggressively in the game, with Fowler knocking on Liverpool's door with a direct free-kick from 20 yards out in the opening four minutes, but the Reds' summer substitute goalkeeper Itanje made a brave save.

However, it didn't take long for Liverpool to take full control of the field.

In the 8th minute, Babbel grabbed a shot high near the penalty spot. In the 12th minute, Crouch's long-range shot from the left side of the penalty area was deflected wide, and then Aurelio's powerful long-range shot from 28 meters was saved again by the visiting goalkeeper Oakes. In the 18th minute, Babel headed Abelloa's corner high, and two minutes later, Lucas received Arbelloa's cross and headed it high from 5 meters.

In the 48th minute, Babel won the ball on the left side and passed horizontally to the right, and Erzal shot a powerful long-range shot from 23 meters on the right side in front of the penalty area, and the ball hung straight into the upper left corner, 1-0, which was the 21-year-old Moroccan's first official goal, and Liverpool was able to maintain scoring in 39 consecutive League Cup games.

However, Cardiff City did not give up, they then launched a fierce counterattack, and Liverpool's youngsters were too fluctuating to be caught off guard by Cardiff City, in the 64th minute, Ledley directly from the right side of the free kick into the penalty area, Cardiff City central defender Pools easily into the far corner in the small penalty area, the score is 1-1.

However, Liverpool is Liverpool, even if it is a group of young people and substitutes, they did not disappoint the fans of this team for more than 2 minutes, in the 66th minute, Benayoun crossed from the left, and Babbel pushed the ball with his right foot near the penalty spot to the right side of the goal, and once again put the score at 2-1.

After Cardiff City counterattacked, Liverpool defended, the two sides played inseparable, Cardiff City's Parry and Liverpool's Benayoun both had the opportunity to rewrite the score, but neither was able to seize the opportunity. In the end, Liverpool eliminated Cardiff City 2-1 to advance to the next round.