With Chinese a 4-1 win over Arsenal, Liverpool are five points clear of Chelsea in the standings.

While Liverpool are happy, Arsenal are not so happy, and after their defeat this one, they are getting further and further away from fourth place.

The media has made a lot of excuses for Wenger: Arsenal played a little badly in this game. With Ashley Cole, Campbell, Bergkamp and Robin van Persie on a stalwart of injuries, it's no wonder they will be bloodied by Liverpool. But who is to blame for such a thing? The lack of consistency in young people is something that everyone knows, and Wenger trusts them, so naturally he has to pay the price. Obviously, Arsene Wenger is ready for this, but this season's Arsenal, who paid too much price due to injury and youth, slipped out of the title zone early, not to mention, and even lost the top four places for this. I just don't know if Arsenal can survive.

And after playing this game, the devil's schedule of Liverpool players can be regarded as having finished one game. The next game is to play Manchester United in the FA Cup.

At this time, the fourth round of replay was also completed: Chelsea and Everton played another dull battle, and after 120 minutes, the score remained unchanged at 0-0, and Everton eliminated Chelsea on penalties.

This result also caused Arsenal and Chelsea to withdraw from the FA Cup. Therefore, the rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool is also considered to be the rivalry between the two teams that are most likely to win the title. Although it is just the fifth round, this game is not less important than the final.

And this game is basically the same as the previous games, in this game, it is Manchester United rather than Liverpool who are more supported by everyone.

The last time Liverpool and Manchester United played in the FA Cup was in '99, in that game, Liverpool scored a goal in the opening three minutes, and until the 88th minute, they still led 1-0, and then, Manchester United equalised with a goal from Kerr in the 88th minute, and then, in the 90th minute, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored the winner - sound familiar? That's right, it's a rehearsed version of the '99 Champions League final.

The match between the two teams was the FA Cup final in '96. That game is also recognized as the dividing line between Liverpool's complete decline and Manchester United's complete rise, and since then, Liverpool has been in decline step by step, although it still has an unshakable position in English football. Manchester United, on the other hand, completely replaced Liverpool as the hottest team in England.

Further on, Manchester United wins, further on, Manchester United wins, further on, Manchester United wins.

And when was Liverpool's last victory? In 1921, Liverpool won against Manchester United once, and since then, for 85 years, Liverpool have never beaten Manchester United in the FA Cup.

It is precisely because of this that the newspaper statement even directly exaggerated the description - Liverpool's last victory over Manchester United, Hitler has not yet come to power.

And this is also the attraction of this game: the last time Liverpool won was when they and Manchester United did not rise, if you want to talk about the grievances after the rise of the two teams, then you can say something, but the last time Liverpool won back to the time when neither side had a brilliant time, when both clubs were still very bad, and after so many years of ups and downs between the two teams, many things have become different, but this record has not been reversed. Now, it is also very interesting to see if Liverpool can reverse this situation.

Manchester United this season has already been out of the Champions League. In the league, they have a big point difference with Liverpool and Chelsea, and it will be very difficult to catch up. But if they play well and win this game, they could also win the double: Manchester United reached the Carabao Cup final against an underdog like Wigan. In the FA Cup, as long as it can pass Liverpool, there will be no strong opponents behind, and Manchester United has won this game at this time, which means that there is a great chance of winning the championship.

But of course, Liverpool will not let go of this championship easily. For Liverpool, the league's top priority this season is the league, but if there is a chance to win one more title, no one will have a problem. What's more, it's an opportunity to upgrade the title to a double. Liverpool had accomplished such a feat in 1986, and after the Premier League era, Manchester United won the double three times in the 90s, and Arsenal won the double twice in 98 and 2002, and now, they have three doubles in their club history, surpassing Liverpool's achievements, which also makes Liverpool hope to surpass them again.

Moreover, Liverpool was just forced to draw by Manchester United a few days ago, and now it can be said that there are new hatreds and old hatreds for Manchester United.

And in this game, Zhao Yaning also specially equipped his Sleeping Beauty card - in fact, he wanted to use it when he played in Chelsea's league, but at that time he noticed that the Sleeping Beauty card can only be used in the cup, not in the league. However, now that the game is a cup after all, he can use the cards. Although he himself knew that the bigger reason for doing this was to be angry, he still wanted to do it.

And in this game, Reyna still did not recover, and Dudek appeared in the main lineup again. On the back line, Liverpool sent out the backline composed of Dudek, Reese, Vidic, Carragher, and McConn, and in the midfield, Liverpool is still Alonso and Sissoko in the backline, and in the forward position, it is Zhao Yaning, Gerrard, Figo, and in the center forward, Liverpool rarely sent Morientes as a starter in a tough battle.

The reason for this, Zhao Yaning understands: first, Manchester United's back, only Fletcher is available, Kompany has been injured just a few days after he came, and he has entered the ranks of recuperation with glory, O'Shea is suspended for this game, and Ferguson has no choice but to pull out the diamond-shaped midfield, let Fletcher drag back, and let Giggs play in the front, and Richardson pulls to the front to play the side, which is also so that they can recycle in time to help defend.

Second, it is Manchester United's backline that has suffered another injury. Ferdinandra injured his thigh and in this game, Manchester United's back line, were Patrice Evra, Silvestre, Lucio and Gary Neville.

Lucio's arrival is a good thing for United, but Silvestre is a nightmare. And the most important thing is that without Ferdinand, Manchester United's high-ball defense has become a big problem, and sending a Morientes can make great use of air superiority.

Manchester United's forward line was very unexpectedly arranged with Wayne Rooney and Saha starting, and Ruud van Nistelrooy was on the bench.

After the last game, Zhao Yaning thought that Manchester United would re-use Ruud van Nistelrooy in such a game, but who knows, they are still using Saha, this courage is indeed very big.

Twenty minutes into the game, United had basically completely lost all their midfield advantage, and although they were still capable of defending themselves, they were unable to do much in attack.

And Liverpool's several attacks, but also encountered a lot of trouble when they met Lucio. Zhao Yaning was also a little surprised, it turned out that Lucio, who had become serious, was so difficult to deal with.

Zhao Yaning dribbled the ball in the middle, he did not directly impact the back, but took a step to the left, trying to rely on his breakthrough to connect his teammates, and at the same time try to tear the opponent's backline. But in front of him, Lucio kept adjusting his position, staring closely at the direction of his running, and by his side, he followed step by step.

This made Zhao Yaning a little surprised, although it was true that he was not running at full speed, but Lucio was just a defender after all, a central defender, and he was able to completely keep up with Zhao Yaning in footsteps, which made Zhao Yaning feel really surprised.

This also made him want to try, he did not pass the ball to Gerrard as he originally thought, but took the ball, rushed into the penalty area, and then handed the ball to his left foot, turned around with his right foot, and wanted to wipe Lucio and kill into the box.

But Lucio was in front of him at this time. His tall body made Zhao Yaning not able to turn around at the first time, he directly flicked the ball back with his left foot, and then continued to turn, and the ball was split by one person, flashing past Lucio.

Lucio, however, had already caught up behind him, and with a clean tackle, almost against his calf, he reached behind him and shoveled the ball towards Van der Sar.

It's a bold move. This is the back tackle in the box...... However, Zhao Yaning thought about it and found that he really didn't dare to fake a fall, such a game, the law enforcement must be strict, and he was just punished in the last game, and he will definitely not come again. Although Lucio was bold, his judgment was still very accurate.

Although Lucio managed to break the ball, Manchester United's midfield was not able to launch a decent fast attack. Giggs did pass the ball, but Rooney did not have the slightest advantage when he was competing with Vidic, and Vidic pushed the ball directly to the feet of Alonso in midfield.

Alonso also immediately passed the ball to the feet of Zhao Yaning, who ran to the front of the penalty area to answer. After Zhao Yaning received the ball, he shook it and was about to pass to Morientes in the penalty area, but when Lucio blocked his passing line, he passed the ball to Gerrard behind him.

Gerrard slammed the ball into the door. But Van der Sar jumped up and lifted the ball high over the crossbar with both hands raised.

"Good attempt, Liverpool's attack was quite good!"

No goals...... Zhao Yaning was still a little dissatisfied with this situation in his heart.

But this kind of game also made him see a problem with the opponent: their defensive system seems to be in trouble. Although Lucio is very good, but after all, he has just entered the team, although he has indeed improved Manchester United's defensive intensity, but because he has not been able to really integrate into the team, his positioning, it seems that there are still some problems......

Try set-pieces, if they really don't have a good run-in......

Zhao Yaning kicked up the corner kick, and the landing point of his corner kick was the near point of the small penalty area. Lucio was there to keep an eye on Carragher, and he saw that the ball had landed a little off, so he ignored it. However, at this time, Morientes, who was in the small box, burst out and sent a header to the feet of Gerrard on the edge of the box.

Gerrard got up again and blasted hard!

Van der Sar slapped the ball in front of the goal, but there was still a mess in the penalty area, as soon as the ball came out of his hand, he was immediately crowded in front of the goal, and this time, in the chaotic crowd, Figo grabbed the first point and kicked the ball far away!

“gooooal！！！！！！ Liverpool took the lead and Luis Figo's goal opened the door for Liverpool! "Cat flutter Chinese