The match with Liverpool is only three days away from the end of the Champions League group stage, but because Arsenal qualified from the group ahead of schedule, it has four more days of preparation time than Liverpool, not only morale, but also in terms of physical fitness Arsenal has an advantage over Liverpool, but at Anfield, these advantages may be gone, whether for Premier League teams or for teams around the world, Anfield Stadium is a special place,,quanBEn,

After last year's Daily Mail voted for the world's most intense atmosphere, Cesc Fabregas admitted to reporters that he was blown away when he first went to Anfield: "Liverpool's home stadium is incredible, their fans are always so fanatical, even in the smallest cup competition, there is such an atmosphere, as if they have 12 people playing. ”

In recent training, Li Huan's teammates and coaches have been trying to make Li Huan understand the atmosphere at Anfield Stadium, so that he is somewhat mentally prepared, Li Huan has now become the backbone of the team, and his performance will directly determine the outcome of the game, more obvious than Cesc Fabregas, and now the British media have made Li Huan a barometer of Arsenal.

However, Li Huan didn't have much fear, he was more looking forward to it, as an amateur music hipster, Li Huan was shocked and curious Shankly's arrogant "This is Anfield!" I was also interested in the Liverpool-born Beatles, and it is said that in the Gaup Stands, you can not only hear "You Never Walk Alone", which is an adaptation of the song "You Never Go Alone", but also the Italian-style flag and the music that imitates "The Beatles".

And Wenger's mood is not as romantic as Li Huan, and he is now having a headache every day about how to deal with Liverpool's destructive impact tactics. Whenever he thought of the scene where Liverpool would launch the ball like a cannonball from the distant backfield to the front, and then six or seven players rushed to the opponent's penalty area like a cavalry charge, Wenger's heart began to sink.

Liverpool's style of play is very similar to Mourinho's Chelsea, 451 when defending, 433 when attacking, accurately and accurately calculating the opponent's weaknesses and mistakes, and winning steadily, but the difference between Liverpool and Chelsea is that Liverpool used to be the hegemon of Europe, and it was the team led by Shankly, even the Spaniard Benitez could not change the bloody and bloody precipitation of Liverpool, it can be said that Liverpool's three-goal reversal of A Milan in 07 was not the credit of Benitez, it was the temperament accumulated in history that played a role. Against a Liverpool team like this, you can't have a moment of peace until the game is over.

If the team is constructive and destructive, then Arsenal and Liverpool are typical representatives of the two types, Liverpool is very good at destruction, hoarding heavy troops in the middle, launching crazy pressing throughout the field, so that the opponent can not play together, and when he seizes the opportunity, he will counterattack vigorously, this is Liverpool's style of play.

Arsene Wenger and Liverpool have been in conflict for more than a decade and are well aware of this. He believes the Reds will not change their tactics for this game, and all he needs to think about now is how to break down Liverpool's defence while avoiding being penetrated by Liverpool's massive counter-attack. For this game, the coaching staff even sacrificed the rest time to make full preparations, studied all the formations used by Liverpool this season, and the number of wins and losses of each formation was recorded in detail, and finally thought that when attacking, it was better to avoid Liverpool's strong central defense and open the gap from the side. Defensively, increase the depth of the midfield to prevent being overwhelmed by Gerrard, Torres and Kuyt.

At 10 o'clock in the morning on December 13, a fully prepared and scrappy Arsenal set off from London for Liverpool, the capital of Merseyside, where they will begin to challenge their own record of 14 consecutive Premier League wins, as well as a humiliating six-year winless run at Anfield.

It takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to get from London to Liverpool, and when the team arrives in Liverpool, they finish lunch at the hotel they have booked and then settle into the pitch at Anfield Stadium to get used to the pitch.

Arsenal's record is hot, and the enthusiasm of the gun fans has also been mobilized, and the Arsenal bus to Liverpool at the same time of the London fans are more than 6,000 people, not including the London fans who went to Liverpool in advance and foreign fans, Anfield Stadium can only accommodate more than 40,000 people, and Liverpool FC is impossible to give Arsenal too many tickets, these fans go to Liverpool more to feel the atmosphere outside the stadium. However, in order to support the team, these fans still chose to support the team in the closest place to the stadium and resist the pressure on their players at Anfield.

Hornby and other old fans launched the yellow jersey campaign has had a great effect, not only there are many fans, but most of the old fans have also turned out the yellow away jersey that has been placed for many years and put it on their bodies, waving the banner and banner of "Let's challenge Hell Stadium together", and rushed to Liverpool, fans who are not familiar with Arsenal's history may think that this is another team's fans.

The big battle between Liverpool and Arsenal is the highlight of the round of 16, in a game that ended early the day before, Chelsea were held to a 3-3 draw at home by another Liverpool City team, Everton, and the Red Devils Manchester United will accept a strong challenge from Aston Villa at their own home, if Arsenal can win this round, they will throw off Chelsea by eight points, and even have a chance to get rid of Manchester United.

However, because Manchester City, who are competing for the top four with Liverpool, have just drawn and Tottenham have lost, seventh-placed Liverpool are also hoping to win this game to narrow the gap between them and the top four, and it can be said that the games that have just ended will likely make this game more intense.

In the pre-match press conference, Benitez and Arsene Wenger didn't say much, the game was about to start, and the two managers who had been fighting for six years were really not interested in saying anything more, and they were now waiting to see the real thing on the pitch.

The game was held at 4 p.m. on the 13th, a little early, which was for the convenience of Asian fans, and at this point, the Premier League did better than La Liga, and Asian fans would not have to climb out of the hot bed to watch the game at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, or continue to sleep and do fierce ideological struggles.

Before the game even started, the 45,000-seat Anfield stadium was already packed, the entire stadium was painted in red, banners and scarves fluttered over the stands, and the KP Stands, Liverpool's most loyal fans, were leading the crowd to sing the theme song "You'll never walk alone". Of course, occasionally singing praises to the stars, in the praise of more than 30,000 "singers", Liverpool's stars must be fluttering and don't know why.

Kroenke and his daughter Vela were on hand again 15 minutes before the game, the daughter of Arsenal's new owner, who had been interested in football since Arsenal's defeat to Chelsea, and it turned out that she preferred basketball and was a fan of his father's Nuggets.

Five minutes before the start of the game, Hicks, one of Liverpool's two American owners, also walked into the box, his partner Gillette wanted to abandon Liverpool, but Hicks wanted to stay at Liverpool, believing that the century-old club still had a lot of potential to tap.

Immediately after that, Liverpool and Arsenal, the two teams that will be watched by fans all over the UK and even the world today, walked out of the narrow tunnel of players, and the loud singing on the pitch changed into applause and shouts at the same moment, "Long live Liverpool!" And the cheers of less than 10,000 Arsenal fans were almost completely drowned out by the Liverpool fans.

Li Huan had just woken up from the shock caused by the words "This is Anfield Stadium" written in the passage of the dressing room, and was shocked by the Liverpool fans on the scene, and at this moment he really understood why Shankly could say "This is Anfield!" domineeringly! It's a reminder to the players of who they're fighting for, it's a warning to the opponents about who they're fighting against.

Li Huan shook his head and said to himself, "It's really awesome." Sure enough, it's different. ”

Fabregas heard Li Huan's words, turned his head and said, "This is just the beginning. ”

When the captains of the two sides were exchanging flags and emblems and tossing coins to pick sides, the commentators on the scene were also loudly introducing the starting lineups of both sides to the fans, and the loud singing stopped, and the fans began to cheer for every Liverpool player who shouted his name. At the same time began to boo the players of Arsenal.

Liverpool's starting 11 in this game are 25-Reina; 2-Glenn Johnson, 23-Carragher, 5-Ager, 12-Aurelio; 20-Mascherano, 21-Lucas; 18-Kuyt, 8-Gerrard, 15-Benayoun; 9- Torres

This is a 4231 formation, this formation and the 442 formation are the most commonly used by Liverpool, the position of the 4 defenders rarely changes, the two wings of the midfield are very important breakthroughs, 4231 pays more attention to the use of fullbacks, Benayoun and Kuyt occupy the position of the front side, the captain Gerrard is responsible for the attack, he and Torres's impact, and his long-range shot is Liverpool's magic weapon.

Arsenal remain in a 4-3-3 formation: 1-Almunia; 13-Li Huan, 10-Gallas, 5-Vermaelen, 30-Traore; 4 - Cesc Fabregas, 17 - Alexander Song, 2 - Diaby, 11 - Eduardo; 14 - Walcott, 8 - Nasri

In this game, Cesc Fabregas became one of the three midfielders, Eduardo was the center forward, but the attack was placed on Li Huan and Walcott on the two wings.

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