Yang Cheng and his coaching staff were looking for trouble with Chelsea, but he didn't forget that Ranieri was also looking for trouble with Liverpool.

Ranieri's greatest confidence comes from Carrick, and judging from the news he received, Carrick must be played!

How effective can a midfielder who has only been with the team for less than a few days play for Liverpool?

Players are not Band-Aids, they work as soon as they are pasted.

At least Ranieri's use of Veron seems to confirm his point, and at least the Argentine has not been able to perform even half of his role at Kaiserslautern at Chelsea, or at least half of what he did at Manchester United.

To some extent, Ranieri was right, so Liverpool looked chaotic in the first half, especially in the midfield, which was suppressed by Chelsea, and the division of labor between Carrick, Davies and Gerrard was disordered.

When this situation came to halftime, Yang Cheng specially focused on the three players, and arranged the task very seriously, and it was only slightly improved in the second half, and the scene improved slightly.

Chelsea were at home, pressing aggressively and posing a threat to Liverpool, but unfortunately they just couldn't find the back of the net.

Accustomed to Dudek in front of the goal, when Liverpool fans found a bald head standing in front of their goal, the fans were a little uncomfortable, but when they saw the bald head defusing Chelsea's attacks again and again, they couldn't help but cheer for him.

This guy is more reliable than Dudek!

"José Manuel Reina, a 21-year-old from the Barcelona academy, played for Villarreal in La Liga last season and performed well, was bought by Yang Cheng at a low price, and replaced Dudek in this game, and performed very eye-catching."

Reina's eye-catching is not how many great saves he has made, nor what world-class performances he has had, but rather his more solid positioning that stands out the most, with Andy Gray saying the most, "How do Chelsea strikers send the ball to Reina?" ”

On the contrary, it was a couple of times when he was able to win a wide cross from Chelsea, and when he wasn't sure enough, he didn't hesitate to send the ball out, apparently from Di Palma.

In this case, the discovery of Chelsea's tragedy, Crespo and Duff both seem to have forgotten to bring their shooting boots today.

'Perhaps, Ranieri is ready at this moment to make the excuse that he can't win Liverpool after the game, and that is that Chelsea's shooting crowd has suffered from a once-in-a-millennium collective shooting boot loss syndrome!' Andy Gray teased during the commentary.

'After nearly 20 minutes of performance in the second half, we can see that Liverpool's midfield is starting to get organized.

'Steven Gerrard and Davies are more mobile, they're in charge of the up-and-going and pressing upfield, and they're both actively involved in assisting, so they're in charge of pressing in midfield, but the two have different divisions, Gerrard is more up front, Davies is more backward, and the Dutchman obviously has a job to protect Carrick.

'It's not a problem at all for the two midfielders who have been working together for more than half a year, and with two fit, attacking midfielders up front, Carrick has very little defensive pressure behind him, allowing him to focus more on organisation and passing.

'We are no strangers to Michael Carrick, who has been doing quite well at West Ham and has been called up twice for England and now at Liverpool, his responsibilities have changed, but he seems to have adapted very quickly.

That is, in the 69th minute, Yang Cheng made the first substitution of the game, replacing the average Murphy on the right side with Xiao Xiaoluo, which is an obvious signal to strengthen the attack.

"Ha ~ Ha, we saw Cristiano Ronaldo, who performed very eye-catching in the last round, the Portuguese still failed to qualify for this game, it seems that Yang Cheng's protection of him is still powerful, now let's see, what kind of changes he can play after he plays!"

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When he first came to Liverpool, after listening to so many analyses from Yang Cheng, Carrick felt that his task was very heavy and complicated, because Yang Cheng gave him a lot of burden, he worked hard, but he always doubted whether he could do it. , He was entangled in this throughout the first half, but in the second half, as his division of labor with Davies and Gerrard became clearer and clearer, as the game was gradually included in Liverpool's track, he suddenly found that it was not difficult at all!

Far from being difficult, on the contrary, the more he kicked, the smoother he played, the more he played, the more he felt it.

In the past, when he was at West Ham United, he was like Gerrard before, he belonged to the penalty area to the penalty area, the attack had to be able to go up, the defense had to be able to come back, he was always tired, and it was not good if he didn't work hard, but now, Davies and Gerrard shared his defensive pressure in front, and he was a little further back, and he felt that he was facing a completely different situation.

How so?

In the past, when he was attacking, he always got into the crowd, and suddenly he pulled it out, and when he looked up, his vision became very wide, the red was Liverpool, the blue was Chelsea, and it seemed that everything on the pitch was clearly presented in his mind.

There is also a more obvious change is that as soon as he gets the ball, there are always receivers around him, and there are at least 2, and sometimes there are even receiving points everywhere, so that he can pass the ball as he wants, with many different options, and there is no need to pass the ball when he gets it.

Before, he felt that the court was changing rapidly, and only a genius could have a lightning reaction to make a similar way to what Yang Cheng said before, first deduce where to pass the ball, and then run to the right place to catch the ball, but as the game became smoother and smoother, he began to find that it was not difficult.

Because after the position is fixed in the back, everything on the field seems to appear in his mind, and when he looks up, he can clearly feel what his teammates around him are doing and where they are running.

Especially after Xiao Xiao Luo came on the field, he felt that the whole scene opened up.

Before, Liverpool's attack was concentrated on the left side, and Chelsea's defense was also gathered on the right side, so the left side was full of people, but after Xiao Xiao Luo came on the field, the right side was also alive, the battle line was lengthened, the offensive was wide, the distance between people was wider, the gap was bigger, and the running of Robben, Drogba and Xiao Luo in front of him was more, and the gaps brought out were also more.

He didn't know how to describe this feeling, he just had a sudden excitement, especially in combination with what Yang Cheng had said to him before, as well as a series of hand-in-hand teaching and beating in training, he had more and more a feeling of knowing it.

It was as if this time, he saw Glenn Johnson taking the ball on the right and pushing forward, and Ronaldo was ready to retreat on the right, and the center of gravity of Chelsea's entire defence was concentrated on Bridge's side, obviously guarding against Liverpool's attack on the right, especially when Glenn Johnson passed the ball to Ronaldo, the centre-backs leaned over and Barbayaro also went into the box.

Carrick looked up and glanced at Robben cruising around the left corner of the penalty area.

His first reaction of reason told him that if the ball was sent to Robben, Chelsea's defense would inevitably tilt to the left, and when the defense was moving as a whole, there would definitely be holes, and Yang Cheng had said that Chelsea's defense had a fear of heights.

His second reaction was that there was at least 35 metres between him and Robben from his current distance, but the ball had to be passed in front of him, and if he practiced on his own, he would be about half as accurate if he was able to shorten the distance to less than 35 metres, and he would be 80 per cent confident if he could cut it to less than 35 metres.

Besides, Robben has no defenders around him, and even if there is even a slight error, the Dutchman has plenty of time to adjust.

Yang Cheng told him that the direct pass in the middle should be accurate to the centimeter, but the passing error on the side is allowed to be about 2 meters, because all teams are assembled in the middle of the road, and the side space is larger, so the side players can get the time to adjust, but the middle is not good, and it must be accurate to the most detailed place.

All of this flashed through his mind for a split second, and he came to the conclusion that he had to run forward 5-10 metres to receive the ball and then pass it straight to Robben on the left so that the Dutchman could pose a direct threat.

It was at this moment that he saw Xiao Xiao Luo pass the ball back after unsuccessfully dribbling, and he immediately ran forward, raised his hand high, and shouted in his mouth, "Glenn, here!" As soon as Glen Johnson heard the sound and looked over, he recognized Carrick's raised right hand and immediately passed the ball over. Frank Lampard, who was guarding against Gerrard, was the first to react and immediately pressed up.

Carrick's technique was very good, he pulled the ball and sideways past Frank Lampard to deliver a long diagonal pass.

The ball slid through an arc and trajectory, and everywhere it passed, all the players raised their heads high and watched the ball pass over their heads, without much spin, but the trajectory was beautiful!

The trajectory of this long-range pass is beautiful, really beautiful.

Robben was the first to realize that the ball was coming for him, and he immediately turned to face the ball, his body constantly backing and retreating......

Barbayaro was also aware of the danger and burst out of the box as soon as possible, while the Chelsea defenders behind him adjusted their focus at the first time.

When the ball arrived, Robben held his chest high, stopped the ball, unloaded, a feint, changed direction, went down, and cleanly shook off the saved Babayaro, and then crossed.

Drogba was also the first to realize, he had a tacit understanding with Robben, and knew the Dutch winger's cross, so he tacitly rushed to the front post.

A rushing Drogba is like an elephant, unable to stop him.

I saw him in front of him, facing Robben's cross, and directly shook his head with a lion.

Cudicini couldn't do anything about the close-range header, he reacted, but the ball grazed the crossbar and went into the net!

“GOALLLLLLLLLL！”

"Didier Drogba nodded in front of the goal, and Liverpool broke the deadlock in the 77th minute!"

"It's unbelievable, Michael Carrick's long diagonal pass found Robben on the left flank, the Dutch striker easily shook off Barbayaro and passed the ball into the box, Drogba's back row was inserted to give Liverpool the lead!"

As soon as Drogba, who scored the goal, landed, he rushed to the sidelines as soon as possible, hugged Robben tightly, and celebrated his goal with laughter.

Liverpool's attacking play this season has been played wide and at the back, which has put his physical and header advantage to good use, and he has now scored 10 goals in the Premier League, as well as eight assists, and is likely to be hoping for a double-double, which is really rare for a striker who has just joined the Premier League.

Carrick hesitated for a moment, and chose to follow as soon as possible.

Gerrard put his arm around his shoulders and shouted excitedly, "That ball was a beautiful pass!" ”

Then I saw my teammates running over one by one to celebrate his good pass.

Drogba's goal was indeed exciting, as was Arjen Robben's well-placed cross and Carrick's long pass was equally credited, and if anything, the credit for the goal should be divided equally among all three.

However, it is believed that all the fans will only remember Robben's pass and Drogba's header, and will not remember Carrick's long pass.

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After Liverpool took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field, Ranieri was obviously crazy, and he directly replaced Gudjohnsen to strengthen the attack, while replacing Veron, who looked average but played a role in combing the midfield.

This substitution is definitely a stupid move, which directly leads to Liverpool controlling the overall situation, Liverpool in the 82nd minute, Gerrard took the ball after the overhead pass, Robben successfully countered offside, and scored in the penalty area, rewriting the score to 0:2!

This goal also completely laid the foundation for Liverpool's victory!

Live television cameras focused on Abramovich's box, which was already empty.

'It seems that Roman Abramovich has had enough of Ranieri's lack of competition, and if he can find an excuse in the first round of the league, then so far, Chelsea have not been able to run in a complete and orderly tactical style, and Ranieri is absolutely responsible for this.

"It has long been analyzed, last season Chelsea was so poor that they had no money to buy people, but Ranieri was able to use tactics to put together a team full of fighting power, but on the other hand, this season, Ranieri suddenly got a large transfer fee, who to buy, unscrupulous, which caught him off guard."

"For example, bringing in Duff, but giving up the wide play, bringing in Veron, but not carrying out the control style of play, these are all a complete negation of their own reinforcements, since you don't play on the wing, don't play possession, why do you bring in Duff, bring in Veron?" , The live TV camera was aimed at Ranieri on the sidelines, the Italian covered his mouth with his right hand, his glasses were crooked, but he didn't adjust, in the thick down jacket, the old Italian looked confused. Why do you fight better when you're poor? If you have money to buy people, but you are like this?

"A lot of people are wondering why Yang Cheng's team has always been able to play well, and it is not difficult to analyze it if we look at Liverpool and Chelsea this season, both of which are summer regrouped teams, but Yang Cheng is obviously more assertive than Ranieri, at least he knows very clearly from the beginning what kind of football he wants to play."

'Or maybe Yang Cheng knows very well what kind of football can bring him results in the Premier League, because he is determined to follow that direction, but Ranieri is not, and Chelsea in the summer are too much to chase the big names and forget a little bit about whether they are adapted to their style of play?

"Perhaps, it's time for Ranieri to reflect on himself!"

Ranieri may not have heard Andy Gray's words, but from the disappointed expression of the Italian, everyone could tell that he was in a bad mood.

His mentality is out of balance, and he is too much to follow the crowd!

When the referee blew the end of the game, Yang Cheng slowly walked towards Ranieri.

The two managers politely hugged in front of the live TV camera.

"Well done, friend!" Yang Cheng did not fall into the ground, no matter how Ranieri criticized Yang Cheng before the game, how Yang Cheng counterattacked, it was all to win the game, and when the game was over, everything was over.

Eating the same bowl of rice, Yang Cheng knew Ranieri's difficulties.

With such a big investment and such a large amount of reinforcements, it is difficult to bear the poor quality in my heart.

Why?

"I have to say a fair word to Mr. Ranieri, he did a very good job at Chelsea, but the outside world is too demanding of him, and he takes it for granted that with Chelsea's investment, he can win the championship for granted, and it is a heinous crime to play poorly, or not to win the championship, but I want to say that football is not won by having a lot of money!"

Yang Cheng's remarks in the post-match press conference were more or less suspected of exculpating Ranieri.

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After playing Chelsea, Liverpool's league position has not changed much, with Manchester United and Arsenal also winning.

The two old foxes, Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, already knew the schedule of the winter break well, so they coped with it very easily, and even often used the advantage of the schedule to bully recruits like Yang Cheng.

But Yang Cheng is not Holier, but he is not a fish to be slaughtered.

Two days later, on 10 January, Liverpool returned to their home stadium to welcome Aston Villa.

With Gerrard's goal, Liverpool defeated the opponent 1-0, but less than 15 minutes into the game, the Dutch boar Davies went off the field due to injury, Yang Cheng immediately replaced the Dutchman with Essien, and it was checked out after the game that Davies had a right foot strain and would be out of action for at least two weeks.

Including Hepia and Davies, plus Kuyt and Henkotz, who were injured in previous training, Liverpool's attrition has reached four.

The only good news should be that Liverpool survived the Christmas and winter break ahead of the fixtures, not falling behind in the race against Manchester United and Arsenal, and continuing to keep the pressure on both teams.

From the 10th to the 17th, in order to make time for the FA Cup replay, the Premier League was suspended for the weekend, and Yang Cheng and the coaching staff made good use of this week's time to adjust the fitness and condition of the players.

Chelsea are in a replay against Watford, and Ranieri's hard times have only just begun.

On the contrary, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United have already begun to brew a sprint for the second half of the league! (To be continued) [This text is provided by the Ghost of Sailing]