The Liverpool players who returned to England were warmly welcomed by the fans, with more than 2,000 fans coming to meet them at Liverpool Airport, second only to Liverpool when they returned from winning the Champions League.

The famous die-hard fan group "The Soul of Shankly" presented flowers to the players on behalf of the fans and encouraged the players to continue to work hard to beat Manchester United in the league and seize the initiative in the league title race as soon as possible.

In the face of so many enthusiastic fans, Liverpool's players are very excited, captain Gerrard can't help but be emotional, he swore in front of reporters and fans that he must win a league title for Liverpool this season, Liverpool's new idol Chen Yu also said that it is time to pull Manchester United down, and the day after tomorrow they will beat Manchester United like defeating Barcelona.

Chen Yu is not only the focus of media attention, but also the new favorite of Liverpool fans, after only three months in England, Chen Yu has already won the love of fans with his magical watch, at this time, Chen Yu's words are even more influential and convincing than captain Gerrard.

After returning to Melwood from the airport, the excitement of the Liverpool players has subsided a lot, and the new pressure has come to their hearts, playing Manchester United and playing Barcelona is definitely different, although Barcelona's strength seems to be a little stronger than Manchester United, but Manchester United plays tougher than Barcelona, and there are no obvious shortcomings, and it can't be like playing Barcelona with a high ball and a quick counterattack can work.

Another point is different from playing Barcelona, Liverpool and Barcelona are encounters, and in the game with Manchester United, Liverpool is behind by 6 points and a dozen goal difference, with 9 rounds left in the league, Liverpool must win, while Manchester United only needs to get a draw to firmly suppress Liverpool and occupy a favorable position in the title race.

After a hearty lunch, manager Rafael Benitez held a brief team meeting to arrange the work ahead of the game against Manchester United.

"The game with Barcelona was good, it should be said that it was very good, it gave me a face, if it wasn't for Manchester United on Sunday, I should have given you a half-day off, but now we don't have time, we have to win this game, otherwise the championship is basically out of play, there are still 9 rounds of league games, it is almost impossible to expect Manchester United to lose more than two games......"

Benitez paused when he said this, looked at the expressions of the players, the players listened very seriously, and their expressions were also very strict, it seems that the players are not arrogant because they beat Barcelona and broke Arsenal's winning streak, which made Benitez breathe a sigh of relief, at this time, Benitez is most worried about Liverpool's pride, against a team like Manchester United, it is difficult to beat them without 100% energy.

“…… A draw is not a good result either, on the other hand, it could be a worse result, now we are six points less than Manchester United and the same number of points as Chelsea, if we draw this time and Chelsea beat Portsmouth, that is almost certain, in this case, Manchester United is still six points more than us, and Chelsea are two points more than us, so in the later title game, we not only need Manchester United to make mistakes, but also Chelsea need to make mistakes, then it will be more difficult for us to win the title. ”

Benitez's words made Liverpool's players fall into deep thought, except for Chen Yu, other Liverpool players are very familiar with Chelsea in the previous two seasons, which is simply stable and desperate, if it weren't for the civil strife in Chelsea this season, even Liverpool, which has won 15 consecutive games, would not have had the opportunity to chase so many points.

Now Liverpool can't just keep their eyes on Manchester United, they must also guard against Chelsea, resolutely suppress them under them, if they are overtaken by Chelsea, they are afraid that there will be no chance to overtake them.

Immediately after the meeting, Liverpool began training.

The players were physically tired just after the Champions League game, and at this time, Benitez did not give the players any weight, mainly recovering from training, but only did some training for Manchester United at the end.

After training, everyone else can go home and rest, but Benitez can't, and he has to study the footage of Manchester United's game to find a way to deal with the Reds.

Whether it is for Benitez or for the entire Premier League, Ferguson and Manchester United are an insurmountable mountain, Ferguson, the Scottish man who took over the Red Devils at the low ebb of Manchester United, he said: I want to kick Liverpool off the throne of the ******, 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye, this man has won 8 Premier League titles, 1 Champions League trophy, 5 FA Cup titles, 2 League Cup titles, 6 Charity Shield titles, one Cup Winners' Cup, such an achievement, Even Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho are hard to match, and Rafael Benitez is much worse, and the only thing he can match Ferguson with is the Champions League trophy.

Benitez certainly wants to overtake Alex Ferguson, after all, the most realistic thing for him is to snatch a league title from Ferguson first, otherwise it will be more difficult to catch up.

Manchester United is different from Barcelona, Barcelona's talent is their most important weapon to stand out from the crowd, and Manchester United pays more attention to the whole, they have no shortage of talents, but every talent must serve Manchester United as a whole, otherwise even a star like Ferguson like Beckham will have to leave.

Manchester United have been in even better form this season, and the three elements of the title that Jose Mourinho said: good luck, no injuries, and everyone is in great form, are now focused on Manchester United.

At the Emirates Stadium at the end of January, Manchester United played with an all-out squad and were beaten by the Gunners in the final stages of the lead, and morale was severely damaged. Chelsea also lost, only Liverpool continued their winning streak, and the Premier League title race was suddenly reborn. However, while Liverpool were in hot pursuit, the hand of fate put United on the side of fortune.

Manchester United first returned to home to meet the vice-captain, and the 4-0 thrashing of Watford restored confidence. It was a hard-fought game at White Hart Lane, where Dimitar Berbatov got away from Rio Ferdinand and Van der Sar miraculously saved United. Seeing that the first half was about to end 0-0, Ronaldo burst into the penalty area and collided with Malblanc and fell, and the referee awarded a penalty Cristiano Ronaldo hit the penalty. Tottenham, who fell behind in the second half, became more and more urgent, and Manchester United won 4-0 on three counter-attacks, continuing to maintain the points gap against Liverpool, and leading Chelsea by six points. ”

United's two substitutes blossomed in midfield, past Charlton Athletic and then Fulham, who conceded a goal and were at a disadvantage on the pitch before succeeding with Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Even in the Champions League, with Giggs's controversial goal, Manchester United beat Lille 1-0 away, although it seems that the Champions League has nothing to do with the league, but if the Champions League is easily promoted, Manchester United will have more energy to play in the Premier League, which is not a good thing for Liverpool and Chelsea.

If it's good to play Barcelona defensively, there is no point in playing Manchester United, every player in Manchester United except Van der Sar can score, and in the possession of high balls, Manchester United is no worse than Liverpool, Crouch is very tall, but he is not strong, and it is almost impossible to beat Vidic and Ferdinand on headers.

At the back, the Red Devils are at the same level, the Red Devils are more solid at centre-back, the Reds full-backs are stronger, the Reds are more solid and tougher in midfield, and the Reds are more attacking and the two sides can be considered equal, while Manchester United have a slight advantage, if Liverpool has an advantage over Manchester United, then this advantage is only in the forward line.

Before Chen Yu came, the Red Army was a disadvantage in the front line, and now, the disadvantage has become a strength, Chen Yu, who scored 20 goals in 14 rounds, is more efficient than Rooney and Larsson, even if Saha is back from injury now, their total number of goals is not more than Chen Yu, and now the Red Devils' goals are mainly concentrated in the midfield, Xiao Xiaoluo alone scored 14 goals, 6 more goals than Rooney.

Although the forward line is very strong, how to arrange Chen Yu's position has also become a headache for Benitez, and in the Manchester United backline, the relatively weak should be the left-back Evra.

Patrice Evra has had a good overall season, gradually taking the main place from Heinze, but it should be said that his outstanding offensive ability has given him a lot of points in the competition. However, when playing tough battles and needing to defend hard, Evra's weaknesses are also easy to expose, and the offense cannot come back after pressing, and the defense is easy to miss the position. The away game was reversed by Arsenal, with both of the Gunners' goals coming from crosses from the right, before Alex Ferguson switched to Heinze in the end, also with the intention of strengthening Patrice Evra, who he saw as a hidden danger in defence.

Heinze joined United in 2004 and was voted the best of the team in his first season, only to be interrupted by a six-month injury. However, abandon Heinze and use Evra, Ferguson has another layer of consideration, Vidic, Ferdinand plus Neville, the three points on the defensive line are solid enough, although Evra is out of position from time to time, but most of the time can be made up by others, and it is a pity to give up this point of attack, in the Premier League, Manchester United has played most games with strong against weak, and needs to strengthen the attack, which makes Ferguson inclined to use the Frenchman who is sharp in breakthroughs and crosses,

Evra's left side is a weakness, Benitez has long seen it, in the first leg, Benitez let Gerrard play right midfield, just to break through this, but although Gerrard can create a threat on the right side, without him in the middle, only Alonso alone can not be organized, attack and defense are blasted by Manchester United, if Gerrard returns to the middle, the middle is strengthened, whether it is Garcia or Pennant on the right side, can only explode with Evra, can not be a complete explosion, in this case, Liverpool has no advantage on the right side.

Now with Chen Yu, if he plays as a right winger, he can make Gerrard settle in the middle, but even if Chen Yu can blast Evra into scum on the wing, there is no guarantee that Crouch and Kuyt will score in the middle, and if Chen Yu is placed in the middle, no one can have an absolute advantage over Evra.

After thinking about it, Benitez finally decided to let Chen Yu play on the right side, so that he could at least create a chance, and bet that Crouch and Kuyt would feel good that day.