Section 402 The fall of the tough guy
Chelsea lost to Liverpool 1-3, becoming the biggest news in British football.
In fact, the significance of this game is not much - after the game, Chelsea still led Arsenal by 3 points, while Liverpool still had a score of neither of them. The ranking was full, and neither side had any changes.
And it doesn't matter if it's commemorative. This is not the first time Chelsea lost in this game. The one they lost to Manchester City was their first time. Liverpool is not the first time they won Chelsea. In recent years, they have never lost to Chelsea.
But this game is still of great significance. After all, Chelsea has won a series of big scores since the tenth round, which is extremely suffocating. Manchester United lost, Arsenal was tied by equalizer, and the whole of Britain is calling Chelsea a powerful and unrivaled team - but at Anfield, this team, which is considered an invincible force, was completely defeated by Liverpool.
What will Mourinho say after the game? This is also a topic of concern to reporters. Mourinho has been their favorite person since he came to the Premier League: this person is amazingly nonsense, and he talks to the media when he has nothing to do. Such a person is naturally the favorite of the media.
However, at the post-match press conference, Mourinho did not pursue the penalty as the reporter imagined. The target of his complaint in this game was not the penalty.
"Chelsea has only seventeen people to play now. Our lineup is not deep enough, which has caused our failure. And their ability to win is just luck, which is the game they won by luck."
Benitez did not object to his statement, "We do rely on luck to win, but luck is also a battle."
From his statement, Liverpool players naturally feel uncomfortable. How come they have finally won the game, so how come they have luck?
But in this case, they didn't say much. After all, they won now, and they were unwilling to think about those extra things.
But Benitez is OK to say this, after all, he is the head coach and has contributed a lot to the team's victory. However, when Irving said the same thing in an interview, it made Liverpool players unhappy.
"Liverpool is just luck to win." Irving said to himself so quickly, which was a little embarrassed, but he still held on in front of the media. "What anyone has luck is that Liverpool is obviously lucky this time."
As a former star of the team, he was so disrespectful to the team when speaking, which made Liverpool curse. Even Zhao Yaning, who was always a good temper, couldn't stand it at this time.
"Everyone has times of luck, it's true. For example, Irving, he has also won the Golden Ball Award." Zhao Yaning also spoke to the media, "But without strength, no matter how lucky I am, I have no luck. For example, Irving, no matter how lucky I am, he can only hold the bench at Real Madrid."
Zhao Yaning spoke up to Owen, making Owen speechless.
"It's just a soft boy." In the locker room, everyone scolded Irving, "Why did God give him talent?"
After scolding him, another thing surprised Zhao Yaning, "Why is the Chelsea coach so easy to talk to this time? He usually scolds people very well. Why don't he say anything this time?"
"He didn't bother to argue with us." Carragher replied, "He is forcing the Russian tycoon to pay him for money to buy people."
Chelsea has suffered a great loss of soldiers and generals due to the impact of the injury wave these days. Mourinho is now thinking about getting some money to buy people again during the winter transfer period. Therefore, he is also shaping the image of Chelsea lacking manpower through the media, forcing Abu to pay for money to buy people.
Compared with big things like improving the team's lineup, quarrels or something is not a big deal. Mourinho is a person who can distinguish between the primary and secondary, and no matter how he does, he will never be willing to only quarrel at this time.
"When it comes to signings, we should sign them too, right?"
Although I won this game, Liverpool has many problems. Xavi Alonso and Lisser, who were injured in the game, were pretty good, but they had a slight sprain, but Alonso had a big problem.
Ankle fracture and three months of injury - for Liverpool, such a thing is like a basin of cold water pouring on his head.
"Why did he hold on for six minutes after the fracture? His bones were broken, and he could endure the pain for six minutes?" After the game, Gerald admired Alonso very much, "They Chelsea and Manchester United always boast about being a tough guy, but that's not an expert in fake falls? They are all cowardly soft-boys who are touched and humming on the ground for a long time. A person like Xavi is a real tough guy."
Zhao Yaning did not object to this point. He only knew two Basque people, both Deschamps and Alonso, who were enough to be called models of tough guys. In Zhao Yaning's view, whether a tough guy is a tough guy cannot be determined by being rude to others. He is cruel to himself and not afraid of strong enemies. He is a real good guy.
"If I had known this, I would have been competing with Chelsea." Zhao Yaning kept complaining about this, "If you lose, you lose. In the next three months, we will always win back."
"These three months have been more than ten rounds." Carragher also lamented, "The League Cup, the FA Cup, and the Champions League will be absent... How can I play this game?"
Just when Alonso's injury was confirmed, another serious injury from Liverpool was also confirmed that Cowell had suffered another groin strain and was injured for another month.
Nunes, Cochrand, Smitchell, Gerard, Garcia, Cowell, Barroche, and now Alonso. This season, Liverpool players have been taking endless injuries. It is a miracle to be able to hold on until now.
And this time it's winter transfer, Liverpool finally considers introducing players.
"I heard that we don't have much money this time." Hepia knows more about this transfer. "The team has quite a lot of recruiting positions, and this time, it may be really troublesome."
Liverpool has many problems now: Henjoz cannot get Benitez's trust and is ready to transfer. Liverpool's back line does not even have a substitute, so no matter what, he has to buy one.
After Corkland was injured, Liverpool's goalkeeper was gone. Buying a goalkeeper is also something Liverpool must do.
And the other position is naturally the forward position that has been called for half a season.
Benitez has found candidates for these three positions.
In the defender position, Benitez hopes to attract Valencia's defender Pellegrino - as a substitute defender, his net worth is not high, so it should not be difficult to buy him.
As for the goalkeeper position, Liverpool also needs to buy people because Corkland was injured for three months. Benitez's favorite was Leeds United's 19-year-old goalkeeper Carson, who is the main goalkeeper of England's U21, and his strength is quite good. Now that Leeds United has gone downhill and can transfer, he also hopes to transfer.
In terms of the forward position, Liverpool's signings have a big problem. The three candidates Benitez is interested in who can play forward for Liverpool are now in a lot of trouble.
The best signing that Benitez thought of was Real Madrid's Morientes. But the problem is that Real Madrid allowed him to play in the Champions League, and he could not play for Liverpool's Champions League. Moreover, the transfer fee proposed by Real Madrid is also relatively high, and Liverpool is only willing to give 3.5 million euros, and he really can't buy anyone.
The second person is Manchester City's striker Anelka.
He is now dissatisfied with Manchester City's results and wants to change teams. He is not only stronger, but also more adaptable to the Premier League. The most important thing is that he can also play in the Champions League. This is also very important for Liverpool.
In addition to them, the other candidate is Crystal Palace shooter Andy Johnson. However, in an interview, he clearly expressed his opinion: he is more interested in Everton than Chelsea.
"Liverpool is really down and out. Even Everton can compete with us for players." Hepia sneered at this, "If you want to go, let him go. Without him, Liverpool will not lose to Everton."
In fact, Hypia understands why people are watching Everton more than Liverpool now. After Everton sold Rooney, the money in his hand has not been spent. Now, they can get a big contract, so naturally many people are thinking about it.
But Hepia still looks down on such players who only focus on money.
However, in the subsequent games, Liverpool found that it was really impossible not to sign.
In the 22nd round, Liverpool still maintained his luck in the game against Norwich. Just two minutes into the game, Liverpool picked up a chance for nothing: Norwich's goalkeeper, England's young goalkeeper, Greene, made a fool of himself when he kicked off and threw the ball directly at Zhao Yaning's feet.
Faced with such an opportunity, Zhao Yaning naturally would not be polite to him. He accelerated and rushed into the penalty area, then hit the ball with a cross, giving Milito an additional goal.
"If Green's butterfly hand's problem remains unchanged, he will not be able to stay in the main team in the England national team."
Martin Taylor was speechless about such a ball. But he was speechless, Green didn't care: the England national team is full of butterflies, as long as I'm not bad than them.
However, the game, which I thought there was no problem, was extremely unfavorable to Liverpool's situation. In the second half, Hackby's cross hit Carragher's arm, and the referee directly called a penalty.
Norwich didn't waste any chance and scored directly.
After the 1-1 draw, Liverpool found another chance to play. This time, Riser's long pass directly assisted Garcia, and Liverpool took the lead again, and the score became 2-1.
In the 64th minute, Norwich captain Fleming made another mistake and passed it to Zhao Yaning's feet again. Zhao Yaning's direct and powerful shot was blocked by Green with one hand, but Liser, who successfully grabbed the ball, kicked the ball into the goal with a supplementary shot.
But he thought he had already won the game, but there was a change in the 88th minute. Jarvis from England's Under-19 came on the bench, received a pass in the penalty area and cut the ball into the net.
The game ended 3-2, and Liverpool's Christmas schedule was completed. He started with four games, four wins and 12 points, making Liverpool have a pretty good Christmas this time.
However, after Liverpool lacks Alonso, the problem is indeed becoming more and more prominent. The matter of signing is indeed imperative.
On January 5, Liverpool finally welcomed their first player: Pellegrino joined Liverpool, kicking off Liverpool's winter signings.
Chapter completed!