343 The Soul of the Red Army

What scares you most about visiting Anfield?

If this is a multiple-choice question, there must be many answers, e.g. Gerald, e.g. Owen...... But if it's a multiple-choice question, the visitors won't choose the player, but will throw the most valuable option to the fans in the Liverpool stands.

The KOP stand, a stand that was trained in the war, was built for a battle, and insisted on fighting forever, only the most die-hard Liverpool fans can sit on this stand, and only the KOP, who has the blood of the Red Army, understands the sacredness of this stand.

When the Anfield stadium sounded the song of "Never Walk Alone", in every seat where the song rippled, there was a red and strong heart, this heart belonged to the red, belonged to the Red Army, and belonged to Liverpool!

The singing turned Anfield Stadium into a battlefield of killing, never to the death, only to the death, not to retreat!

KOP fans are Liverpool's strongest backing and the biggest motivation for them to stage classic reversals again and again.

It is only at Anfield that you can deeply understand that in the sound of this tsunami of waves, the timidity is drowned, and even those who are bold and reckless are difficult not to be affected.

Owen, Gerald, Carragher...... The descendants of the Red Army, who grew up under the influence of the iron-blooded Red Army since childhood, supported the backbone of Liverpool, repelled visiting enemies again and again, and defended the glory of Anfield Stadium!

…………………… It was also a gimmick game between the Red Rebels and the Reds, as the hatred inherited from the Red Devils Manchester United made Red Rebels fans see Liverpool as mortal enemies, which also made the confrontation particularly compelling.

Jose Mourinho gave his all in this game and hoped to take advantage of Liverpool's recent poor form to pick up another three points.

But everyone knows very well that this is quite difficult!

From the start of the game, the forward combination of Didier Drogba, Ronaldo, Palacio and Kaka did cause Liverpool a lot of problems, and it was a headache for the whole of England and the most attacking combination in the Premier League this season.

Less than five minutes into the opening game, Liverpool's goal was broken, Drogba pressed the defender in the box once, stopped the ball and turned to hit the goal, Dudek reacted, but could not prevent Drogba's powerful shot on goal.

After scoring the first goal, the Red Rebels were more offensive on the field, and in the 28th and 32nd minutes respectively, Palacio and Xiao Luo scored again, 0:3, Liverpool almost became another victim of the Red Rebels' strong attacking power.

Heading into the break, Houllier was disappointed with the performance of the Liverpool players, with Traore, who started in place of the injured main right wing-back Finnan, almost making Liverpool's right side the biggest colander, and the Red Rebels' little Ronaldo was almost omnipotent and unhindered on the left.

In the frontcourt, Owen was on the bench at the beginning of his injury, with Heskey and youngster Pongele as starters, but the latter obviously could not adapt to the almost airtight solid defense of the Red Rebels, coupled with the gradual stabilization of the center-back combination of Vidic and Curtis, and the suppression of the midfield, making Liverpool's attack unable to play.

Houllier doesn't have much to do about it, and he knows very well that the Red Rebels have been in frighteningly good form this season, with Arsenal being the only two teams in Europe to be unbeaten so far, and the Red Rebels are the most attacking team in the Premier League.

After the resumption of the second half, Houllier consciously let Gerrard protect the right flank, while also allowing the team to take care of the defense first.

As the clock ticked by, the Liverpool fans in the stands clearly didn't see any hope of an equaliser in the team, and the Red Rebels were clearly happy with the scoreline.

The song of "Never Walk Alone" gradually spread, floating over the entire Anfield stadium, and more and more fans joined the chorus, and the song was like a whip, whipping the hearts of every player present.

The first to wake up was Liverpool's team spirit Steven Gerrard, who took advantage of an offensive mistake by the Red Rebels when the Red Rebels attacked, and after the ball was broken at the back, he went straight to the front along the right side and passed diagonally into the penalty area.

Heskey, who was stared at by Vidic all over the field, suddenly started, and when Vidic's attention was distracted, he jumped high and hit the goal with a header, the ball touched the ground and rebounded, Cech couldn't reach it, 1:3!

After recovering one point, the KOPs in the stands sang louder, and the momentum swept through the Anfield stadium like a tsunami, although the Red Rebels fans from afar were not to be outdone, but in the end the number was at an absolute disadvantage, and the momentum was drowned in the KOP wave.

But after Heskey scored a goal, Liverpool was completely awakened.

Gerrard won the ball outside the box three minutes later, and without thinking about it, he got up and shot from a distance, Cech was blocked by the defender, and when he reacted, the ball was already in the net, 2:3!

After two consecutive games in three minutes, Liverpool seemed to see the dawn of a big comeback, and Houllier immediately replaced the teenager Pongler with Owen and replaced the poor Diouf with Colwill.

The effect of these two substitutions was immediate.

Less than five minutes into the game, Owen made a beautiful forced break, relying on his own speed, to create a gap between Curtis and Vidic, the two central defenders, and in the face of the attacking Cech, Owen cleverly dunked and pushed the empty goal.

Mourinho couldn't wait to rush onto the field when he watched from the sidelines, grabbed the few players who made mistakes, and hit them on the head with a hammer, so that they could not be affected by the fans in the stands, don't be enthusiastic, and try to be steady!

But obviously not, the players were stimulated by the crazy Liverpool.

Mourinho had to think about the consequences, with Yaya? Toure replaced Xiao Xiao Luo, played the back three, and set up the camp first.

From leading by 3 goals to conceding 3 goals in 10 minutes, such a huge gap between the top and bottom made the Red Rebels players look a little confused on the field, but the Liverpool players are playing better and better, and their form is getting better and better.

Gerrard, Colwill, Murphy and Hamann began to suppress the Red Rebels, even if Beckham's back three showed the field, they still couldn't overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum, but they looked a little unopen in the game, and always felt as if they were being pressed by a breath.

That's Liverpool's momentum!

Maybe momentum is really an ethereal thing, but people's psychology is also ethereal, whether it is football or basketball, once the momentum is played, it can always bring about a one-sided situation.

Mourinho sees Yaya? Toure didn't work well after he came on and immediately let McCone go up to the right instead of Palacio, which was enough to stop Liverpool's attack.

"This bunch of unreasonable lunatics!"

Jose Mourinho had a headache and the Red Rebels rarely lose in momentum, but they lost to Liverpool in the 20 minutes of the second half, but he believes that after the adjustments, the team will slowly turn the situation around.

Sure enough, the Red Rebels are also known for their tenacity, they were stunned just now, and after reacting, they began to compete with Liverpool, and the two sides fought fiercely.

There is a big game against Arsenal ahead of us, and Mourinho doesn't want to lose in this game, he wants to get a win, even away to a stubborn Liverpool side.

And at this time, he aimed for the last substitution.

In the 75th minute, Messi came out of the bench and he had five minutes to warm up.

Mourinho has been keeping a close eye on the situation on the pitch, no one can guess who he will replace with Messi, and now the two sides are very close, and Houllier is also watching the changes in the Red Rebels.

The outstanding performance of the Argentine youngster in the warm-up against Manchester United surprised Houllier, and he did not dare to let his guard down against him.

With two players left in the Reds' frontline, Didier Drogba and Kaka, is the Portuguese starting to want to stay for the game against Arsenal?

Just guessing Mourinho's thoughts, Houllier saw that Messi had walked to the sidelines, and took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to raise the substitution sign high, first erecting Messi's No. 17, and then De Rossi's No. 12.

De Rossi started in place of Essien in this game, and he performed well in the first half, but in the second half he was a little out of control in the midfield, but this can't be blamed on him, it's the Red Rebels who are out of control, and Liverpool is crazy!

"It's a change in the back?" Houllier was a little confused, and he wanted to wait and see and then react, because he also had a substitution on his hand, but he also reminded Gerrard to watch the Argentine kid more.

After Messi came on, Evera took the ball out of bounds, Beckham knocked it out to Kaka, who knocked it back to Evra, who dribbled down the left flank.

When Liverpool's defenders pressed on, Patrice Evra suddenly sent a through ball that flew down the left flank towards the baseline.

Gerrard was very nervous about Messi, but he just glanced back at Kaka inserted in the back row, and then looked back, only to find that Messi, who was still nearby just now, didn't know when he had run to the right side, and just stopped the pass of the opponent's left fullback near the bottom line.

In the face of Traore, Messi shook his body very dexterously, and suddenly poked the ball with his left foot, and the ball passed under Traore's crotch as if he had eyes, and Messi himself went out of the bottom line, avoided Traore and then came back to catch the ball.

Hyypia was also nervous at all times, sticking up to get stuck in the position, and Dudek blocked Messi's shot angle.

Who knows, Messi, who entered the penalty area, suddenly slammed the ball past Hyypia and gently sent it to the goal.

Drogba went to the far post with the player who was marking him, because the Red Rebels were advancing quickly, the Liverpool defenders did not return, there was an empty space behind Hyypia, and Messi's ball was also sent beautifully, the position was relatively outside, Dudek was a little hesitant to attack.

Kaka, who came all the way from the midfield, did not stop the ball and pushed the goal directly into the middle of the goal, Dudek was out of reach, 3:4!

Seeing Kaka's goal, Mourinho shook his fist excitedly, and he knew very well that this goal would undoubtedly be a serious blow to Liverpool's morale, and time was running out, and the Red Rebels could have solved this game in a more secure way.

So he began to signal the players on the sidelines to retract more in formation, not to give Liverpool too much space in the frontcourt, especially Owen, England's golden boy's speed and explosiveness are always a headache.

But there was only Messi, Mourinho signaled him to run more in front, using his physical advantage to disturb Liverpool's backfield more, so that they did not dare to attack too much, and this also allowed Messi to have a chance to break the ball in front of the field in the 87th minute, almost past Hyypia, but the latter decisively fouled in front of the penalty area.

Beckham's direct free-kick was confiscated by Dudek, but this wave of attacks did surprise Liverpool in a cold sweat.

The 3:4 score also gave the Red Rebels a hard-fought victory, and the three goals conceded also set the Red Rebels' record for the biggest goal conceded this season, especially in 10 minutes, which Mourinho had to pay attention to.

Because the ensuing away game against Arsenal is facing the most attacking combination in the Premier League!

But before that, the Red rebels received good news.

(To be continued)