Manchester United's performance this season is not good. They were eliminated as the last in the Champions League group and did not even have the qualification to participate in the UEFA Cup. They can only follow Liverpool in the league, with a point gap of three points, and they also play two more games than Liverpool. They now have to compete for the third place in the league for the direct Champions League qualification next season with Arsenal.

This is what the media and fans see.

Perhaps Manchester United's goal is also to compete for the league championship. Their goal every season can be said to be to compete for the league championship, but the hope this season is really not big. The gap with Liverpool is already so big, and with Chelsea...their direct points are nine points.

Nine points...

By the middle of the league, when Christmas is about to pass, this gap is almost deadly. Few people are optimistic about Manchester United's ability to turn the tide. They may have to pray that Chelsea and Liverpool will make a mistake together, but that is obviously unlikely.

In England, Manchester United became the fourth team to be watched.

Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal have received more attention than Manchester United, because all three teams have entered the Champions League quarterfinals and are also the first, second and fourth in the Premier League. Although Wenger's team's league results are not as good as Manchester United, their results in the Champions League are quite good. Arsenal won five wins and one draw in the group stage, and the results can almost be said to be perfect. At the same time, they are also one of the teams that are optimistic about winning the Champions League championship.

The saliva battle between Wenger and Mourinho from last season is also attractive, which may bring more attention to Arsenal.

In Liverpool, Zhang Tiehan himself is a focus. As a player, it is not easy to make a team attract attention because of him, but Zhang Tiehan did it. He is the most watched scorer in the world in the past two seasons. His goal number in the Premier League is almost surpassing Henry, and his eight goals in the Champions League are unparalleled. Many people believe that it is not a problem for Zhang Tiehan to win two scorers again. He will also win the highest honor for the striker of European clubs again - the European Golden Boot Award in July next year.

It is not easy to win this honor for two consecutive seasons.

If he can perform well in England, maybe the Golden Boot in the World Cup is not a problem. This is a common view, so there are naturally many people who pay attention to Zhang Tiehan. For ordinary fans, whoever can score goals is a powerful star. Zhang Tiehan can score goals, so he is even better.

Liverpool also received more attention because of Zhang Tiehan.

In fact, Liverpool's performance is indeed very good. They can compete with Chelsea in the league and are the only team in the Premier League that still has the opportunity to compete with Chelsea for the league championship.

In the Champions League group stage, Liverpool won four wins and two draws to win the first place in the group. The only two draws were against Chelsea, and their performance was quite perfect. From this point of view, they may be better than Arsenal's performance in the Champions League, after all, Arsenal does not have a strong group opponent like Chelsea.

Compared to Manchester United... Liverpool is really much better.

Manchester United is naturally very dissatisfied with the current situation. They have suffered great turmoil in the summer and the club has been greatly affected. Although no outstanding players have left, the team's strength has basically not changed much. In Ferguson's view, the team is also growing steadily. Their strength growth point lies in the stars, the players themselves, such as C-Ronaldo and Rooney, these two highly-watched young stars have been improving, and their progress is almost related to the quality of Manchester United.

For example, some young players, Fletcher Richardson, are also improving. They used to be just a replacement Manchester United substitute, but now they can be genuine substitutes. Maybe they can have a good future?

But Ferguson must consider the current situation, that is, Manchester United's performance issues. The Champions League has been eliminated, and it is difficult for the league to compete for the championship. After all, Chelsea and Liverpool's performance is really much better than Manchester United. So Manchester United can't let go of the current League Cup. It's better to win a League Cup than not, right?

So when talking about the game before the game, Ferguson performed very firmly, "We hope to make a breakthrough in the League Cup. In fact, Manchester United hasn't received this honor for a long time."

"Yes, we were eliminated in the Champions League, but it also gives us more reason to focus on domestic events."

Ferguson said so.

Liverpool did not make any noise. Many reporters interviewed and Benitez only replied, "We will play hard", that's all, and Liverpool players are unwilling to talk about the game. Benitez also told the players to talk less about the game.

The same goes for Zhang Tiehan.

Perhaps Benitez doesn't let everyone do this, because Zhang Tiehan. Although Zhang Tiehan is currently a member of Liverpool, he has a past from Manchester United, always talking about the contradictions between Manchester United and Liverpool, and always talking about Liverpool and Manchester United. Zhang Tiehan must feel very uncomfortable.

That's what he thinks.

In fact, Zhang Tiehan actually doesn't have many ideas. He cares more about his performance. It's over for Manchester United, right? Although he still cares about Manchester United in his heart and is not willing to say bad things about Manchester United, he is a professional player and now plays for Liverpool. Manchester United is just his opponent, that's all.

Before the game, Benitez decided on the roster.

In the forward line, Zhang Tiehan, Cice and Morientes were all on the roster, but Morientes was the starter and Cice became a substitute. When Benitez announced the list, many people looked at Cice, and they knew that this Frenchman must not feel good.

The same is true in fact.

Cice hasn't scored a goal for a long time, and then the main roster was removed. Although at Liverpool, he doesn't have to worry about not having playing time, he is the only striker who can play games, including Zhang Tiehan and Morientes. Sometimes the three of them can play together, and Morientes cannot play the full game. As a substitute, he will not play much less than the main player, but Cice is still very uncomfortable.

He can only act very much, he doesn't want to be seen by others.

In fact, Cice only has it. When he and Zhang Tiehan are partnering with the forward line, it is actually not a good choice, because his position is too fixed and the game tactics are too varied. Zhang Tiehan can play well when he retreats, but Zhang Tiehan is the extra person on the field. Morientes is different. Morientes has more experience in playing games than him, and he can perform well whether as a center, second forward, midfielder, or even a full-fighter.

Comprehensiveness is often an advantage, especially when there is a strong partner.

Zhang Tiehan is a strong partner. He has the right to steal the position of his teammates. I have to say that Xisai must admit that Zhang Tiehan's strength makes sense. He can always score goals, but when he feels that his position is not very good, he will do that, and then he will use goals to prove that his approach is correct. The game always changes a lot, and Xisai is also helpless about this.

Maybe he is not suitable for Liverpool?

No.

Before going to Manchester United, Cice couldn't help but complain a few times when interviewed by the media, "I hope I can do better, I hope the coach and teammates believe me." He didn't say anything about it, but the reporters still heard something from it, such as Cice's current situation is a bit embarrassing, etc.

But when a reporter asked if Cice would choose to leave Liverpool, Cice opened her mouth wide and said blankly, "How is that possible?"

He will not leave.

No matter how embarrassed he is at Liverpool, he is much better than Ausselle. In Ausselle's last season, he scored 26 goals for the team and performed very well. But in any case, it was just Ligue 1 and not the ideal venue for Cice. He would rather go to the big leagues, just like the top Premier League in the world now. In fact, he was introduced by Liverpool's former coach Hollier, and his net worth is 14 million pounds.

What happened to Hollier was a bit tragic is that he introduced Cice, but he didn't even have the chance to use him once.

After Benitez arrived, Cice was not very good due to adapting to Premier League and injuries. As a result, he only scored four goals in 16 appearances last season, and his performance was a bit bad. However, compared to last season, Cice performed quite well this season. Although he has not scored goals in many rounds, he now has stable playing time and good teammates. Although Benitez now let Morientes start, this does not mean that Cice is really a substitute. He has more tactical competition with Morientes. It is not that Morientes performs better than him, but Morientes can adapt to more positions.

Have stable playing time, good teammates, and the team is qualified to compete for various championships... Can he have any other requirements?

Go to other teams?

Stop kidding, Cice won't think so.

In this way, Liverpool's bus arrived in Manchester. The distance between Liverpool and Manchester was very close. The bus drove in less than an hour and entered the city center. Bypassing the city center, they could see the Old Trafford Stadium.

The bus was hampered as it approached Old Trafford Stadium.

Many Manchester United fans "welcome" Liverpool's arrival on the roadside, but they did not perform very friendly. They scolded, intimidated, and raised their index fingers. Some Manchester United fans simply stopped in front of the bus and did not allow the car to move forward at all.

The most serious thing is that there are many Manchester United fans standing side by side in front of the bus, shouting a word neatly - "rades"!

This is talking about who is self-evident.

Zhang Tiehan sat in the front row of the bus, staring at the Manchester United fans in front of him with a slight squint. The Manchester United fans seemed to see his expression and shouted even more happily.

The bus stopped for ten minutes before Manchester United police arrived late and dispersed the fans. Everyone continued to move forward.

But the atmosphere was a little wrong.
Chapter completed!