Chapter 85 Don't be cowardly, just do it!

The second leg of the season is just around the corner.

Carlo Ancelotti has been preparing for this game for a long time and for Manchester United fans, the importance of this game cannot be overstated.

What about Liverpool.

For Liverpool now, there is certainly little hope of winning the title this season, so for Liverpudlians, there are only two goals left for this season - one is to reach the Champions League places, and the other ........is to beat Manchester United at home and avenge the heavy defeat on the road in the first round of the season.

Neither of these goals is so easy to achieve. Liverpool now only have 31 points, nine points behind fourth-placed Manchester City!

The nine-point gap is not easy to catch, but there is some hope, and for Liverpool, they have another front that will allow them to qualify for the Champions League – and that is the Europa League. However, there are strong opponents such as Sevilla and Dortmund in the Europa League this season, and the difficulty for Liverpool to break through the Europa League is actually not much less than fighting for fourth place in the league.

Especially Liverpool's recent form is not good, after the change of coach, Klopp took over Liverpool's coaching, but the change of coach did not have a very good effect, Klopp has been in office for a hundred days, his Liverpool has not been less in the gutter, 0-2 loss to Newcastle, 0-3 loss to Watford, the last eight rounds of league only won two, get eight points.

However, under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool's strong dialogue results are quite good. Jurgen Klopp's team always burst out with great energy whenever they encounter a strong team. This season's Liverpool, facing Chelsea and Manchester City, won by a big score, and in the last round against Arsenal, Liverpool scored two goals in the last ten minutes of the game and drew 3-3 against Arsenal when they were down 1-3 and played one less.

Jurgen Klopp's side have a pretty good record against strong teams.

However, for Liverpool fans, their biggest desire this season is not to pursue a Champions League or anything like that – Liverpool fans are used to missing out on the Champions League anyway.

And the thing that really hurts Liverpudlian is that Manchester United are on the verge of winning the Premier League title again this season.

What could be more painful than seeing one's sworn enemy triumphant, especially with his own team so sinking.

Former Liverpool fans still have a sense of superiority over Manchester United fans, although Liverpool has not won the Premier League, but before 2011, they had more top-flight titles than Manchester United, plus they have five Champions Leagues, while Manchester United only have three, so in terms of important titles, Liverpool has a head over Manchester United, which of course has become the basis for Liverpool fans to ridicule Manchester United.

However, this happened at the end of the 2011 season, when Ferguson led United to a 19th top-flight title, and after more than 20 years in charge of the club, he finally fulfilled his promise of "taking Liverpool off the throne once and for all".

After winning the 19th title, agitated Manchester United fans even secretly infiltrated Liverpool's home stadium at Anfield, risking the risk to quietly hang a slogan of 19 top-flight titles in the stands of Anfield to retaliate against the humiliation of United by Liverpool fans.

By the time Ferguson retired, United had won twenty top-flight titles, completely beating Liverpool, who had won eighteen top-flight titles.

Following Ferguson's retirement, United have been in a two-year slump, notably in David Moyes' first season under David Moyes, when the Reds even finished seventh in the league.

Almost all Liverpudders want to believe that this is the beginning of Manchester United's decline, and Manchester United is sinking, and it must be their Red Army Liverpool who will rise again!

This is God's arrangement! Liverpudlians are celebrating the fall of Manchester United.

However, just two seasons later, Manchester United have risen strong again, and this time it seems to be even stronger than Ferguson's time, which is really too much for Liverpudlian to accept.

Therefore, they have to do their best to make Manchester United's title a mess!

For the Liverpudlians, this game is a good opportunity to hold Manchester United at bay.

United have now won 17 of their 20 league games, drawn two and lost one, and have picked up 53 points.

Arsenal and Leicester City, which are now ranked second and third, both have 43 points, ten points behind Manchester United. Liverpool fans are well aware that if United lose at Anfield and Arsenal or Leicester City can win in this round, then United will only have a seven-point advantage over second place.

With a seven-point difference, with half a season left in the league, such a point gap is not a big advantage.

For Liverpool, if they can't win the championship, then of course they don't want Manchester United to win the championship!

Jurgen Klopp is certainly aware of what Liverpool fans are looking forward to, having taken over the reins at the halfway point of the season, but Liverpool's squad has not lived up to his expectations and the team's massive injury situation has made it difficult for him to cope with the Premier League's busy schedule.

Therefore, Liverpool's poor results are not Klopp's fault, but in any case, as the team's manager, of course, he has to take responsibility.

It was undoubtedly a difficult game for Liverpool, but Jurgen Klopp was not one to throw in easily.

Jurgen Klopp said in an interview before the game: "I know it's a very important game for our fans, even though I haven't experienced a red derby before, but the atmosphere at Liverpool in the past few days has made me feel that this is a big game that is no less hot than the Ruhr derby!" We're going to give it our all at home and the atmosphere of the week against Arsenal is a great thing to enjoy, no matter who the opponent is, we can do well. ”

"Ancelotti? He is one of the most successful coaches in the world and has a lot of experience! ”

"How to defend Li Qingshan? It's really hard to keep the big man down, but I think Carlo Ancelotti should think more about how to defend Coutinho, how to defend Sturridge, how to defend Roberto Firmino, and we're going to surprise United at home. ”

Klopp did not show weakness because his opponent was Manchester United, in fact, Klopp's coaching philosophy may not have the word backing.

Crazy pressing, crazy running, non-stop attacking, this is the characteristic of Klopp's team.

Even against Manchester United.

To sum it up in one sentence: don't coward, just do it!