Liverpool's encounter with Manchester United will always be the most eye-catching matchup in the Premier League.

The clash between these two teams, arguably the greatest and greatest in the history of the English league, has always produced some unforgettable scenes for the fans, some of joy and some of pain.

When referee Willy blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire Anfield stadium was dumbfounded at that moment.

It's not that they haven't suffered defeats, and they've not had the courage to accept them, but when they watched Liverpool's 1-0 defeat at Anfield Stadium, they were more helpless.

Perhaps, the only thing they can be proud of is their courage to deal with United with proactive attacking tactics, but their most hated opponents have adopted an almost iron-clad counter-attacking tactic.

The two teams seem to be in an offensive and defensive drill, Liverpool dominates the whole game, but they can't attack for a long time, especially in the second half, the running ability of Liverpool players has obviously dropped very much, the impact of a week of two games has made them tired, Manchester United is taking the opportunity to use a counterattack, Giggs assists Forlan, the goal is in!

A chance that cut off Liverpool's 90 minutes of effort.

Yang Chengzhuo stood on the edge of the court, and the lore is his forte, he often kills opponents, but when the opponent uses his forte to kill him, he feels a fire in his heart, and wants to explode, but he has to endure it.

He said that if you lose, you have to lose with your head held high!

"It's a pity, are you still in the mood to drink?" Ferguson walked over with a smile.

"Of course!" Instead of being depressed, Yang Cheng laughed, "After the press conference, I'll be waiting for you in the office!" ”

He also has his own office at Anfield, but he doesn't come here very often.

"Rare, rare!" Ferguson laughed.

When Yang Cheng saw him like this, he knew in his heart that he was deliberately trying to ridicule himself, and smiled coldly, "Shameless!" Then he turned and walked away, he didn't like to stay and be ridiculed and beaten by Ferguson.

Ferguson laughed behind him, although even he felt depressed and unhappy during the game, but the result was satisfying, at least Manchester United won, didn't they?

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It was quiet in the dressing room, the players all bowing their heads, sweat dripping down their cheeks and on the floor of the dressing room, but no one noticed.

This is Liverpool's second defeat this season, and Yang Cheng's first home defeat in recent years, which is not a big blow for Liverpool.

But just now, when Yang Cheng walked into the locker room, he just said, "We lost a game to be proud of!" ”

Is there a difference between pride and pride in losing?

Gerrard's fists were clenched, his eyes were wide open to the floor, gritting his teeth, obviously his heart was full of resentment at this moment, it didn't matter who he lost, he just couldn't lose to Manchester United!

"Fuck!" Gerard stood up, turned around and slammed his fist into the closet behind him, making a bang, causing his teammates in the locker room to look up at him one by one.

"Fuck!" Bang again.

"Fuck Manchester United!" Bang again.

Bang ~ bang ~ bang ~

"Don't do that, Steven!" Hyypia and the others immediately surrounded him and grabbed Gerald hard.

"I'm unwilling, I'm fucking unwilling!" Gerald grabbed Hyypia's shoulders and roared.

"We worked so hard, we all fought, why should we lose? Why do you still lose? Gerrard was annoyed and guilty because he felt sorry for the fans in the stands who cheered them on for 90 minutes.

They came to Anfield in the hope of seeing a Liverpool massacre of Manchester United, but the end result was the way it is, how disappointed should they be?

"I'm fucking unwilling!" Gerald sat back in his seat, still muttering, his shoulders twitching, but his head was buried between his legs, and no one could see his mood at the moment.

Everyone understands very well that after Owen left the team, Gerrard became the flag of Liverpool, although the captain is Hyypia, but Hyypia is an outsider in the end, Liverpool fans recognize Gerrard, and they also pin all their hopes on Gerrard, hoping that he can lead the team to the championship. ,

But this game was lost, Liverpool fell to fourth in the league, but Manchester United stepped on Liverpool's shoulders and climbed to the league leader's position, which was an absolutely unbearable ending for Liverpool.

"Fuck!" Carragher scolded and sat back in his place, sulking.

This loss, I really can't blame anyone, Yang Cheng didn't make a mistake, the players also worked very hard, the only thing that can be blamed is that Manchester United's tactics are too depressing, they actually play to the death, and they don't have the dignity of a strong team.

No one can understand what these people are thinking, because only a Liverpool native can understand the feeling of Liverpool's defeat to Manchester United, the guilt that can drive people crazy.

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"Yes, I'm reluctant, but I have to congratulate Manchester United for taking the top spot in the Premier League, but I have to remind Ferguson, remind Manchester United, you'd better stay in that position a little longer, I, and my Liverpool, will kick you off the throne!"

At the post-match press conference, Yang Cheng said the above remarks indignantly when asked about Manchester United's victory over Liverpool to the top of the Premier League.

'For me, it was a big challenge, I came to the Premier League to end Manchester United and Arsenal's monopoly on the Premier League title, I want to lead Liverpool to the title, and I firmly believe that we will win the title!" Yang Cheng said resolutely.

"But, may I ask Mr. Yang Cheng, will the players be affected after Liverpool's defeat to Manchester United?" One of them stood up and asked, the relationship between the two teams makes the English derby extraordinarily important.

"I firmly believe that my players will never let me down in the face of any crisis, and their tenacity and the spirit of Liverpool in them will prove me!"

When the reporter took out Yang Cheng's words just now and asked Ferguson, the old guy nodded with a smile.

'I think it's a good thing to have another team win the league and I really hope to see a third team qualify for the title, which would be great for us, but I've always believed that you can't have a team that has just been formed and a manager who has just arrived in the Premier League to win the Premier League.

"As we all know, the toughest test in the Premier League is not the winter break, but in the three months of February, March and April, that is, the period after the winter break, which is the biggest test for a team, and from my personal point of view, I don't think Liverpool can hold on to that point." The ghost is mighty and no one is Shacha

After a pause, the Premier League respected veteran coach did not test Gao Sen's smile and said: "Maybe, they will completely fall out of the team before the winter break, and may even fall out of the top 4, I am looking forward to this happening!" ”

Reporters at the scene knew what Ferguson meant.

Today's Liverpool team is very focused on running, but the lack of control of the tempo makes them physically exhausted and injuries will increase every game, especially with the arrival of winter without a winter break, and the dense schedule is enough to break Liverpool.

So Ferguson's assertion is not unreasonable.

For this, Yang Cheng smiled confidently, "Then let's wait and see!" ”

A reporter at the scene took advantage of this period of time to ask about some transfer rumors of Ferguson.

Ferguson was noncommittal to reports that United had taken a fancy to Ajax's leading goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, saying the Swedish striker was excellent but it wasn't easy to get him.

"Excuse me, sir, what about Harvey Alonso of Real Sociedad?"

Ferguson winked at the reporter and laughed: "Xavi Alonso is a very good midfielder, he has a very comprehensive midfield skills, and he has extraordinary talent, he is one of the most scarce types of midfielders in football today, and he is still very young, I admire him very much!" ”

It's no secret that Ferguson has always wanted United to be more in control.

"In that case, why did you let Beron go?" Yang Cheng said sarcastically on the side.

Ferguson smiled slightly, but did not reply.

Yang Cheng knew in his heart that he was reminding himself that Xavi Alonso was a scarce commodity, and everyone wanted to get his hands on it. ,

Of course, Ferguson's move is to demonstrate and pressure Yang Cheng, the Chinese know in their hearts, and the negotiations with Real Sociedad have never made a breakthrough, and the other party has always bitten the price and refused to let go.

There is nothing Yang can do about this, but the current situation of the team has forced him to refocus on the position of playmaker, so he has identified two players and hopes to bring one of them to Anfield Stadium during the winter break, so that he can have more confidence in the league title.

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Drinking with Ferguson is a lot of fun, because one of the two is going to be depressed and drinking, and the other is talking.

Often the winner is not too addicted, and the loser is always doing everything possible to tease the winner, and he has to watch him not drink enough, so that he feels enjoyable and happy, as if he has avenged the revenge on the court.

After drinking, Yang Cheng went to the administrative district office again and talked to Rick Parry about the introduction of reinforcements during the winter break, the club's transfer budget is not high, and there is no way to provide Yang Cheng with too much transfer fee, which has become a major obstacle for Yang Cheng to introduce players. "We're ready to re-sign some sponsorship contracts and the money will come in the summer, so you'll have a more generous transfer fee this summer, but the winter break will ......," Rick Parry smiled bitterly.

Rick Parry and David Morse both know the current situation of Liverpool, Yang Cheng wants a playmaker midfielder in the summer, but they can't win one, which has caused Liverpool's current predicament.

"How much can you give during the winter break?" Yang Cheng asked directly.

"No more than 5 million euros!" Rick Parry himself is a little hard to talk about, too shabby.

Yang Cheng nodded, "It should be changed, a club without money can't last at all!" ”

This should be considered advice, and Rick Parry knows it himself, so he just nodded.

The two sides then talked about the academy, with Rick Parry saying he needs some time and that he is currently talking to Steve Highey, but he also wants Yang to focus more on the league and not on the academy.

It can be seen that he lost to Manchester United at home, he may not have any complaints about Yang Cheng, but he is still more or less depressed about the game, and I believe that if he wins Manchester United in this game, maybe he will be more attentive in this matter.

Walking out of the administrative district, Yang Cheng raised his head and looked at Liverpool's huge team emblem, he knew that this club's hunger for honor had reached an almost obsessive point, and if he couldn't bring glory to Liverpool, they would sooner or later exhaust the last trace of patience.

Of course, this process could be three or four years, because the Premier League has always been very tolerant in this regard, and this is what Yang Cheng admires most about the Premier League, which can give the manager ample time to build the tactics he wants.

went to the parking lot to pick up the car, Yang Cheng slowly drove out, ready to go home.

But just as his car drove out of the Shankly Gate, he found Gerald crouching in front of the Hillsborough Monument on the side of the Shankly Gate, and his BMW X5 was parked next to it.

On the base of the monument, there is a bouquet of flowers, surrounded by wreaths, as Gad said, there are people here every day to commemorate, and the people of Liverpool have never forgotten the fans who did not return from Hillsborough, and their names are engraved on this monument.

Hearing the sound of stopping and getting out of the car, Gerald turned his head and saw Yang Cheng coming out of the blue-black Ferrari, turned his head again, looked at this monument silently, reached out and wiped the dust on every name on the monument, very serious and meticulous.

"Saddened to lose?" Yang Cheng also squatted down and asked with concern.

He could also see that everyone had placed too much expectation and responsibility on Gerrard, which put a lot of pressure on him, but at the end of the day, he was only 23 years old.

Gerard didn't answer, he rubbed every stroke on the stele, and when he touched one of the names, Joe Paul Gilhely, his hand rested there, as if caressing the name.

"Joe Paul Gilhely, 10 years old, the youngest ......fan of the Hillsborough massacre," Gerrard seemed to mumble to himself, but his eyes were full of longing and sadness, but very faint, as if time had diluted it all. ,

It is only inadvertently, or when he is weak and needs to be comforted by others, that he reveals this emotion.

Yang Cheng followed his hand and saw the name on the stele, he could imagine how cruel and poignant it was for a living, cute and cute ten-year-old child to become the cold name on the stele.

But what is even more sad is that Gerald's next sentence, "He is my cousin, my dearest and most respected brother!" ”

The tone was still very light, light enough to make people doubt the truth of his words, because a person with a little emotion would not say this to the name on the stele as coldly as he did, at least with a little emotion.

But Yang Cheng believes that this is true.

Because according to the age of the Hillsborough tragedy, Gerald was about 9 years old at that time, he can remember that his relationship with his cousin is very good, he can remember everything that happened at that time, but he will not have the deep feelings of adults.

"Liverpool is like a faith, a worship to our family, and all of us are proud and proud to be able to wear the Liverpool shirt. He is a typical Liverpool fan, fanatical, persistent, crazy, he and I had a pact that we would all play for Liverpool, from youth to senior to League One, at that time, he didn't know that the future English top league was no longer called League One, but the Premier League! The corners of Gerrard's mouth lifted as if he wanted to laugh, but he didn't know whether he was laughing at the Premier League replacing League One, or how innocent they were at their beautiful dreams when they were young, but in his smile, everyone could see a kind of nostalgia.

'We play together, we always play in Liverpool shirts, in the streets, in the neighbourhoods, with those Everton boys in blue shirts, we always slaughter them, I don't even have the slightest doubt that if Joe Paul had lived to this point, he would have been the best top player because he loves football so much, he loves Liverpool so much, Anfield will be the team he has played for the rest of his life!'

"Sheffield is only 70 miles away from us and that day he went to the game with a friend and never came back!"

Gerald paused and shook his head, but his right hand clawed on the stele, as if he wanted to grab the name and get the man back so that he could return to the world.

"It wasn't until the next day that we got the news that he was dead!"

"I couldn't believe that the tragedy I saw on TV the night before, that among the dead were my relatives, my brothers, we were all completely devastated, especially Joe Paul's parents, we were completely devastated, we couldn't imagine that a person who was usually alive and kicking all of a sudden, ...... Say no, it's gone! ”

'Since then, I've been playing with a belief and I told myself that I can't let down Joe Paul, who is watching me from heaven, because I'm not playing alone, I'm going to play his part, I'm going to play with him and win the most honourable title for Liverpool, that's what I promised him at his funeral.

Yang Cheng believes that this is also the promise made by countless Liverpudlians at the funeral of the Hillsborough tragedy.

"It's become the most important part of my life, and there's no reason to stop me!"

Yang Cheng was gloomy, it was clear that the defeat to Manchester United had shaken Gerrard's confidence, and he was so weak that he could only come here to ask for help, because the tragic death of Joe Paul Gilhely has become his strongest spiritual support, and this commitment to the deceased is also spurring him to keep working hard.

Is this the same for Liverpool?

"Don't worry, Steven, this day won't be too far away!" Yang Cheng patted him on the shoulder, looked at the stele, and paused word by word, "I promise!" (To be continued) [This text is provided by the Ghost of Sailing]