546 Championship suspense

After watching the first half, everyone knew that Liverpool would definitely win, but no one expected that Liverpool would win so much.

The biggest match in Merseyside derby history dates back to 1935/1936, when Liverpool won 6-0 at Anfield against Everton.

But after tonight, that scoreline will forever be history, because on this night, especially when Arshavin scored his fourth goal of the game, the biggest scoreline in Merseyside derby history was born, and that was at Anfield Stadium, where Liverpool thrashed Everton 7-0.

Even though the Toffees experienced a break and adjustment at halftime, in the second half, facing a wolf-like Liverpool, they were still unable to organize an effective resistance, and could only watch Wright catch the ball from the goal line again and again, and Beattie stood in the center circle again and again to re-kick off.

It was the most painful lesson for Everton in more than half a century, and the darkest game Everton have experienced since David Moyes took charge, and they could not have imagined that they would lose so badly on the home turf of their rivals.

After the game, Moyes still accepted this defeat strongly, and greeted Yang Cheng who was walking towards him, and the two met halfway, Yang Cheng didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand.

After the two hands clasped together, the two parted without saying anything.

It is not appropriate to say anything at such a time, at least Yang Cheng will not say anything more in this situation.

But in the post-match press conference, Moyes took all the blame on his own initiative: "I am responsible for the poor performance of our team and I feel guilty for the defeat in this game. I regret my pre-match line-up and I don't know how to face our fans. ”

It can be seen that the Everton boss can't accept such a heavy defeat, and Moyes finds it incredible that the two teams have lost the largest big defeat in the history of the derby.

But then his explanation made people feel that he was right.

'We just knocked out Roma and the morale was very good and I asked the players at the pre-match meeting. Do you have confidence, they replied to me, yes, and then I wanted to say if we could have started with a little more aggressiveness. Because we really need three points to stay in the relegation relegation. ”

'But it's a shame we lost a very important game, it's a punishment for me because I'm a bit presumptuous, I should see the difference in quality between Everton and Liverpool, they are the leaders of the Premier League, we haven't managed to stay in relegation yet, I'm sorry!'

as an adversary. Yang Cheng took the rare initiative to defend Moyes this time.

'There's no doubt that David was to blame for the game and that was lost, but I think he did a great job at Everton and aside from this game, I think he's one of the best managers in the Premier League in years. It's just that he's being restricted too much. ”

'This game was just an accident and I'm sure Everton will get out of it soon and I'm sure they can survive relegation!'

In the face of Yang Cheng's kindness, Moyes took the initiative to stand up at the end of the press conference and hugged Yang Cheng, and the two young marshals comforted each other a few words. David Moyes led the team out of Anfield.

However, this 7:0 victory in slaughtering the sworn enemy in the same city has attracted great attention in the Premier League, Europe, and even the world.

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Liverpool defeated the sworn rivals in the same city by 7 goals, and the Reds locked the league championship in advance!

The Reds are in full swing, and the derby game has laid the foundation for the Premier League championship!

The Tsar staged the Great Four Joys. Liverpool have another talent star!

Caesar has created magic again, and the new Vieira has performed amazingly!

The new Zidane can be called the wing of the wing, and the French genius calls the Red Army Shuangluo!

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With this big victory, the whole European football world was shocked by Liverpool's strength, although on the second day of the Merseyside derby, Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-0 at home, and the two teams still maintained a six-point gap in points, but all the outside media unanimously agreed that Liverpool is the Premier League hegemon in the new season.

This 7:0 is not only the biggest score in the history of the Merseyside derby, but also the biggest score in the Premier League this season. Substitutes like Diarra. ..., it can be said that Liverpool used this game to show everyone their excellent bench depth, and at the same time, let people see why Yang Cheng dared to call for the slogan of winning the quadruple when he did not bring in any players in the new season.

Some people even regard Liverpool's group of stars as a replica of the Kaiserslautern period led by Yang Cheng, you must know that Kaiserslautern has produced countless top stars back then, including Veron, Denilson, Deco, Vanney and other top superstars who were or are still active in European football.

"Even if they are a player on the bench, they have the quality to play in any team in Europe!"

This is the description of the Kaiserslautern team by the German kicker magazine, which is very apt.

Now, Yang Cheng has created Liverpool, a young but passionate team that seems to be another Kaiserslautern.

This has also attracted the attention of Liverpool's top management, because after Kaiserslautern won the treble, the team began to fall apart, and the core main players left one after another, although it brought a generous transfer fee to the team, but it also caused Kaiserslautern's strength to suffer a huge loss, so that until now it can only maintain the status of the Bundesliga powerhouse, and can not enter the giants.

Liverpool are giants in their own right, and while they are constrained in every way to expand like Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona, they also don't want to turn into a player supermarket like Kaiserslautern.

At least for now, all the players in the team have a long-term contract, and several players with shorter contracts are also in contract negotiations with the team. Parry wants to ensure that the team is fighting for some time to come.

Yang Cheng supported Liverpool's strategy, but he did not intervene. Because after playing Everton, Liverpool went to Birmingham to challenge Birmingham away, and Liverpool once again relied on a mixed lineup of the main team and substitutes to beat Birmingham 5:0 away.

In two games, one home and one away, Liverpool scored 12 goals without conceding a goal. The team's form seems to have become out of control, especially since they are facing opponents who are still Premier League level teams, which can further highlight Liverpool's strength.

Chelsea, on the other hand, drew 1-1 at home to Newcastle United and Owen hit a counter-attack after the opening. The Magpies opened the scoring before John Terry equalised from a second-half corner as the second leg kicks off at Newcastle in April.

It is said that Mourinho was furious after this game, complaining about the team's negative attitude towards the game.

The same Newcastle, after three days, Liverpool beat the Magpies 3-1 at St James' Park. Larsson's brace and Steven Gerrard's goal ensured Liverpool coming out of the way.

This was also used by the British media to make fun of Chelsea, thinking that it was the same Newcastle, Liverpool won away, but Chelsea was forced to draw at home, which shows that Liverpool is more champion than Chelsea.

But in the Champions League in midweek, Liverpool, who have been perfect for the past two weeks, were beaten by Lyon with a clean sheet in France. After 90 minutes of play, the two sides played 0:0.

In this game, the main defender of the Lyon team, Mohammed? Diarra has been outstanding, and with Juninho Jr. and Malouda on his left and right flanks both attacking and defensive, the trio of midfielders has caused Liverpool huge problems.

On the two wings, Wiltord and Govu actively pressed and pinned down Liverpool's two wings, especially against Glenn, who has been very eye-catching recently. On the right side where Johnson is. The suppression is even more pronounced.

In the midfield, Juninho Jr. and Malouda are also higher in position, echoing the three strikers in front of them, cutting off the connection between Liverpool's midfield and backfield. Diarra is in excellent physical condition. The running was also very positive, but Davies, who replaced Essing, performed more averagely, and the Dutch veteran's body continued to decline with the increase in injuries.

With a whole set of defensive tactics from front to back, Lyon did a good job of limiting Liverpool's attack, and coupled with the excellent performance of Abidal at the back, it ensured that Lyon did not concede.

But although he didn't concede the goal, Lyon's attack was also disrupted, especially the players in the midfield, the first task is obviously defense, so the intensity invested in the attack is not much, which makes Lyon's attack lack of coordination, and the performance of Brazilian striker Fred is not as good as the data given to him by Yang Cheng in his previous life FM football manager, at least the performance of this game is very average. …,

0:0 away, the outside world began to worry about Liverpool's prospects, but Yang Cheng said with a smile in an interview with reporters, "Back at Anfield Stadium, we will teach Lyon a hard lesson!" ”

Then Yang Cheng arranged a large number of substitute players in the 32nd round of the Premier League, in the away game against West Bromwich Albion, and still relied on the overall strength advantage to press the bloomers into the relegation zone and take away a 2:0 victory from the away.

Chelsea, who are now only up for grabs in the league and FA Cup, also won Birmingham away to keep the pressure on Liverpool, but as the league comes to an end, the outside world is increasingly optimistic about Chelsea's title prospects.

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April 5, Anfield, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

At the beginning of the game, both Liverpool and Lyon played very carefully, after all, the first leg 0:0 was a big impact on both teams, Liverpool did not want to attack easily and be caught by Lyon to counterattack, Lyon was also afraid of Liverpool's strong home pressure, and did not dare to attack easily.

The opening period became dull, except in the 16th minute, Juninho Jr. took a bizarre free-kick from 28 yards from goal on the left side, which went through the wall and into the near corner.

The free-kick almost broke the deadlock on the pitch and Liverpool began to realise that they should organise an effective attack, and Yang Cheng also asked his players to start pressing more on the attack.

In the 23rd minute, Liverpool's attack was cut off. Essien launched a counter-attack in front, cut off the ball at the feet of Malouda, and passed the ball to Drogba, who retreated to answer, who turned and plugged straight behind him, and after the little Luo shook off the defender and inserted it at high speed, he got the ball into the penalty area and crossed diagonally to the right side, Robben rushed to the ball and pushed the empty goal. 1:0!

It was a typical Liverpool counter-attacking routine, and with this set of tactics, Liverpool were able to create a few good scoring chances in almost every game, especially against underdogs.

The goal broke the deadlock and Liverpool began to press the big picture. In particular, Yang Cheng saw that the defensive ability of Lyon's left and right wings was very weak, and although Abidal performed well in the middle, the Frenchman was already struggling to defend Drogba, and it was difficult to take care of the left and right.

With Yang Cheng's adjustment, Liverpool played very actively on both wings.

In the 38th minute, Reese drove the ball straight into the left and passed diagonally to the front of the Lyon penalty area, and Drogba pressed Abidal's header to the left. After Xiao Xiaoluo plugged in at high speed, he didn't stop the ball and directly volleyed, and the ball rolled into the goal guarded by Kupe against the ground, rewriting the score to 2:0!

After 4 minutes, Drogba fought for the top in the middle and crossed to the right, and after Robben broke through to the bottom line with the ball, he couldn't find a chance to get up. Returning to the middle, Gerrard cut in from the back row, probed into the box and pushed the ball to break through the Lyon goal again.

In the first half, Liverpool beat Lyon 3:0 like a whirlwind in the clouds!

But in the second half, Liverpool's performance began to slip a bit, especially after 75 minutes. There was a bit of confusion in the squad with a couple of substitutes and youth youngsters, and Lyon assisted Mohammed with a free-kick from Juninho Jr.? Diarra scored with a header from inside the box to pull one back.

Ultimately. Liverpool directly sent Lyon out of the Champions League with 3:1 at home and successfully advanced to the top 4.

In the other three games of the quarterfinals, Arsenal eliminated Inter Milan, which has been in poor form recently, 1:0 with Thierry Henry's goal, although the latter is soaring in Serie A, but injuries to many players have prevented them from the Champions League semi-finals, but Inter Milan has won the Serie A championship in advance, and Capello's Juventus can only watch the Nerazzurri win the championship again.

When many Italian media commented on Inter Milan, they inevitably mentioned Yang Cheng, thinking that it was the team left by Yang Cheng to Inter Milan that laid the foundation for Inter Milan's glory in the past two or three seasons, but with the aging of many players, metabolism is inevitable.

AC Milan beat Villarreal to reach the semi-finals, where they will face Liverpool, and Carlo Ancelotti is once again facing Yang Cheng, which is also hailed as a big gimmick for the semi-final match. Barcelona impeccable 6-0 elimination of Dutch powerhouse PSV Eindhoven, the Spanish giants are also the second favorite to win the Champions League this season after Liverpool, especially considering that their opponent in the semi-finals is Arsenal, which is relatively weak in the semi-finals, which makes many people feel that Barcelona is safe to enter the final.

On the other hand, in another matchup, Liverpool met AC Milan, and there was more suspense.

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Back in the Premier League, Liverpool beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 at home on April 8 to continue to dominate the Premier League standings, while Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney and Park Ji-sung.

Chelsea came a little later than Liverpool, with Jose Mourinho's side unsurprisingly beating West Ham United 4-1 at home, and the Hammers, despite their tenacity, were no match for the Blues' iron-clad struggle.

However, three days later, the Blues were held to a 0-0 draw away by Newcastle in the FA Cup last-eight knockout round, and ultimately missed out on the FA Cup semi-finals.

It was after this game that Mourinho's team was bombarded by the outside world, believing that he took the league too seriously and neglected the FA Cup, so he would give his best in the league, resulting in the team's poor performance in the FA Cup and then being eliminated by Newcastle.

'The smartest choice for Chelsea at the moment is undoubtedly to secure the FA Cup first, given that they are already six points behind Liverpool in the league and with five games remaining, there is almost no hope of being six points behind, especially as Liverpool are becoming more and more solid.

Mourinho did not respond directly to the question, saying only repeatedly, "I firmly believe that Liverpool will make mistakes, they will!" ”

Liverpool were given a week's break to take on Blackburn Rovers as Chelsea beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 a day earlier, putting Liverpool under pressure.

Blackburn Rovers are a well-known violent team in the Premier League, with a fierce counter-attacking tactic at home, and Yang Cheng's side were distracted by the midweek match against AC Milan, which resulted in Liverpool eventually drawing 1-1 away at Blackburn Rovers and dropping two points again.

Even more dissatisfying was the fact that Arjen Robben and Carragher went off injured in this game, and although it was detected after the game that the injuries of the two players were not serious, they were certainly absent from the first leg of the semi-final at the San Siro.

Mourinho said with a smile after watching Liverpool's miserable draw by Blackburn, "There are still 4 rounds to go, only 4 points away, we will not give up, we have reason to believe that there is still hope for the league title!" ”

It is also widely believed that Liverpool lost points in this crucial game, reviving the suspense of the league title race, which has lost suspense, and many professional commentators have also begun to say that Liverpool, who are fighting on multiple fronts, is likely to be reversed by Chelsea and finally lose the Premier League title.

"This is a problem that all multi-line teams will face, and the key depends on how Yang Cheng adjusts the team's mentality and state!"

To add insult to injury, the referee showed a red card to Vidic and awarded a penalty in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at the San Siro Stadium less than eight minutes into an attack against Nemanja Vidic.

In the end, Liverpool suffered a 0:2 defeat at the San Siro Stadium! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )