Faced with the fact that the reporters only care about the records, Benitez did not escape this time, and he answered the question head-on.

"Yes, I know if we can win this game, we will be able to tie the Arsenal record. But I'm going to say that this game is not the last game before the finish line. Because our goal is to create a new record, not to tie the old one."

Benitez's answer was beyond the expectations of many people, including George Allen. He originally thought Benitez would avoid this question to relieve stress from his players, but in fact this method of reducing stress was of little effect.

Avoiding problems will only make people care more, so what should be nervous is still nervous.

But George Allen did not expect that Benitez not only did not avoid it, but instead gave such an answer, and he directly exposed their ambitions to everyone.

His answer to reporters is equivalent to telling everyone - how could we fall before the finish line because of our impending success?

George Allen frowned, he didn't understand where Benitez's confidence came from.

A head coach, saying this before the game will only put more pressure on the players. If it weren't for fighting with reporters, it would be meaningless to say this. But Benitez is not the kind of person who likes to be angry with the media...

Why did he say that?

Until the pre-match press conference ended, George Allen didn't think of anything.

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That night, the TV station was reporting on the pre-match press conference, and Benitez's confident speech also became the focus of everyone's discussion.

Before this, Rong Guang has always said that Manchester City wants to surpass Arsenal's record, and no one except him has made a similar statement.

The club officials have never admitted this.

From beginning to end, it was a war of verbal battle between Glory and the North London Horn.

So it is easy to understand as a personal act of glory.

But after Benitez made a statement, the situation was different.

This is not what Rong Guang said alone with others, but has become the real goal that the club pursues.

Commentators have the same doubts as George Allen – where does Benitez’s confidence come from?

Does he look down on Liverpool he once coached?

Although Manchester City beat Liverpool 3:0 at home in the first leg of the season. However, Liverpool has undergone a complete transformation from before.

During the winter transfer window, after letting out the Spanish golden boy Torres who was determined to leave, they introduced the hot high center Andy Carroll from Newcastle, and also introduced Uruguayan scorer Suarez from Ajax.

The forward combination of one high and one fast has greatly increased Liverpool's offensive firepower.

The reason why Liverpool was able to beat Manchester United 3-0 at home is that in addition to Kuyt, who scored a hat-trick, is also inseparable from Suarez's outstanding performance.

It was Suarez who used his juggling heels to play with Manchester United's entire defense line and assisted Kuyt to score.

So if Manchester City still looks at Liverpool today with an old eye, they will probably suffer a loss...

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During the next day, Anfield Stadium was full, with Liverpool fans singing "You Never Walk Alone" in the stands. Some fans said in an interview with TV stations before the game that their relationship with Arsenal is not close like a friend, so Liverpool will not fight to keep Arsenal's record.

But Liverpool will still win this game because Liverpool itself needs these three points.

"...I can only say that Arsenal is lucky, so Manchester City met us at this time!" Liverpool fans said confidently pointing at the camera lens.

It seems that Arsenal should thank Liverpool...

After the warm-up, the players of both sides returned to their respective locker rooms. During the warm-up, the players of Manchester City had fully felt the enthusiasm of Liverpool fans. In addition to singing, Liverpool fans will also express their attitude to Manchester City players in other ways.

A banner on Anfield Stadium is very representative.

The banner reads: "Liverpool is not a stepping stone for records!"

This means that it is absolutely impossible for Manchester City to set a record by stepping on Liverpool's corpse!

In the locker room, Benitez looked at his players, their expressions were relatively relaxed, and they didn't seem to be frightened by the atmosphere at Anfield Stadium.

Benitez knows why the players have performed like this.

Because there is glory behind them!

"I have said everything I should say. You all know how to play. But please remember that this game is not a historical moment, because we are just tying Arsenal now, and the next game is our opportunity to create our own moment!"

Benitez did not make a long speech before the game, and used extremely inflammatory language to mobilize the players' fighting spirit.

He doesn't need to do that.

In another locker room, Liverpool's legend Daglish is mobilizing his players.

"I don't think any of you want to be a footnote to other people's records, right? When people mention Manchester City's records in the future, they will say that they defeated Liverpool... Are you willing to do this? They have been nailed to the pillar of shame for the rest of their lives!"

"Of course I don't want to!" Some players shouted.

"Then beat them!" Daglish waved his hand to the locker room door.

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After the game started, Manchester City quickly felt that the Liverpool players were fighting very fiercely.

Three minutes into the opening three minutes of this game, Liverpool's full-back Aurerio applied for a yellow card for himself with a foul.

When the referee on duty in this game, Hallsey showed a yellow card to Aurelio, a booed a moment above Anfield Stadium.

This boo was given to the referee by Liverpool fans. They believed that the referee's penalty was too severe and had no care for the home team. Logically speaking, during home games, the referee would lean a little towards the home team when the penalty was made.

But Holsey actually showed a yellow card in the first three minutes!

When these Liverpool fans booed the referee, they obviously did not consider that Aurelio's foul just now was a flying tackle. While flying tackle, Aurelio also lifted his foot and showed his shoe nails.

This is a very typical dangerous action. According to the referee's manual, it must be strictly stopped. The yellow card is the best warning. If it is just a verbal warning, it is equivalent to setting the tone for this game - Aurelio's flying tackle will not receive a yellow card, but only a verbal warning. So what else can other Liverpool players be afraid of? I am afraid that the final game will turn into a group fight.

So Holsey is still very experienced. He stabilized the situation with a yellow card from the beginning of the game. This seems a bit too strict, but in the early stages of the game, it must be corrected too much, otherwise it will go to another extreme.

He knew very well how many people were paying attention to this game as the focus of this round of league, and he also knew the stories behind this game, so he knew that Liverpool and Manchester City would definitely kill you and die in this game.

He must control the game situation and not let the game get out of control.

Aurelio's yellow card attracted protests from Liverpool players, who also believed that the referee was too strict.

Referee Holsey waved to disperse the Liverpool players who came up to protest, and in the end, only Liverpool captain Gerald was left communicating with the referee, and he put forward the opinion that the penalty was too severe.

Referee Holsey recorded the foul penalty in his notebook while answering Gerald's question: "I know the meaning of this game, Stephen. I know how to control the game."

Very confident and tough, Gerald had no choice.

I had to shake my head and retreat.

Manchester City will take the free kick about 37 meters away from the goal.

Fortunately, Aurelio is a full-back and David Silva is a winger, so the foul is really on the sidelines, and it is not targeted, and it does not pose any threat to the goal.

Sneider came up to take the free kick, and he was obviously going to play an indirect free kick.

Although Sneider also has a good ability to score a direct free kick, in Manchester City, threatening free kicks are basically handed over to Rongguang to take the penalty. Sneider's free kicks are generally indirect free kicks.

Manchester City's tall and headers all ran to Liverpool's penalty area to prepare to compete for the top.

The glory is also included. Although his height is not outstanding, his heading ability is outstanding.

Liverpool also knew this very well, so by his side, the experienced Liverpool central defender Carragher followed him, slightly lifting his hand, ready to pull the Glory's jersey at any time.

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The referee whistled, and Sneider kicked the football out after running. The football drew an arc in the air and rushed straight to the door. It seemed that he was heading for the back point!

While he was playing for football, Liverpool's penalty area was in chaos.

Manchester City players rushed to the goal and interspersed with running positions, while Liverpool's goal was not lost by their respective goals and tasks.

Carragher immediately went to grab Rong Guang's jersey and ran with Rong Guang.

But he didn't catch it.

Although he was next to Glory before Sneider kicked off, he still failed to catch Glory's jersey!

Just as Sneijder touched the ball, glory ejected out like a fighter plane on an aircraft carrier!

In an instant, it jumped out of the range that Carragher's arm could reach...

It is naturally impossible for Carragher, who is unprepared for this, to hold on to glory.

He couldn't even run forward with Glory, he could only watch Glory jumping out.

At the same time, the football proposed by Sneider was rotating strongly, and the football that drew an arc in the air happened to appear on the route of glory flying.

One man and one ball are about to collide!

“ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO—!!”

Amid John Mortson's long hiss, Glory jumped high, the highest jump in front of the entire Liverpool goal, and everyone else could only look up at him at this time.

Glory jumped so high that the football that was supposed to be heading for the back point was hit on his forehead when it was at the front point!

With the posture of Mount Tai, the lion shook his head!

The football flew downwards toward the goal!

Goalkeeper Renner has been defending the back point before, but who would have thought that the sudden glory would come out from the front point!

This was really beyond his expectations.

Then he thought glory would push the football towards the top corner of the balls, but he didn't expect the football to fly downwards.

He could no longer make a save.
Chapter completed!