October 26, 7:30 p.m.

In recent winter, the weather is a little cold, especially with a little light rain, it is cold, but it can't stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

Although the huge Anfield Stadium is empty, the attendance rate is at least 75% or more, especially when you see that there are still many fans outside buying tickets to enter, and it can be predicted that the attendance of this game will be very high.

Although it was only a League Cup match against a fourth-tier team, the fans still paid full attention, and even many media arranged for reporters to come to the scene, and the TV station also gave live broadcast, which is a treatment that only Liverpool can have.

As early as before the game, it was revealed that Yang Cheng would arrange a large number of players in the youth team in this game to win a chance for the main team of the first team to recover, and the team suspended training for two consecutive days on Sunday and Monday after the game on Saturday, which undoubtedly confirmed this.

Judging from the list announced by Liverpool before the game, Joe Hart is the goalkeeper, the backline is Gareth Bale, Rodwell, Martin Kelly and Volnock, the midfielders are Spearing, Aaron Ramsey and Jordan Henderson, the two wingers are Walcott and Arshavin, and the center is Carroll.

From the list, it can be seen that Yang Cheng has decided to arrange youth team players to play in the cup in this game, and many local fans of Liverpool also want to see what the strength of this group of children cultivated by their own youth training is.

This has caused this League Cup match to receive a lot of attention, and even the media and TV stations have paid full attention, and it is difficult to enjoy the live broadcast treatment of the TV station, and Banlett is very excited about it.

Equally excited are the young boys, some of whom are only 15 years old, but have already played a lot of games in the FA Youth Cup and cup competitions for all age groups, and Liverpool are also actively playing against youth teams from other countries, so they are not lacking in experience.

What's more, their opponent in this game is just a professional team at the lowest level.

What really excites them is the head coach, Yang Cheng.

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"Don't get too excited, boys!"

In the locker room, Yang Cheng swept over the group of little ghosts and said with a smile.

Having said that, but few dared to laugh, the only one who was more arrogant was a relatively horizontal Liverpool local player, Jay Spearing, who was the captain of the Liverpool Under-19 team, very short, only 1.68 meters, not tall, but a defensive player, he said that his idol was Davies.

"Even though the opponent is only a team in the fourth division, we shouldn't be careless at all, we have to control the rhythm during the game, put the game into our rhythm from the beginning, use our technical advantage to control the opponent, don't have unnecessary physical contact with them, understand?"

The players nodded in unison.

Compared with Banley, this group of Liverpool's youngsters has enough advantages in technology.

Generally speaking, the technique is set around the age of 12, and the next step is to improve the use of technology, and in the past two years, this group of players has maintained rapid progress in the scientific training system of Moniz and Mulensteen, which has made them improve their ability to use technology, use skills and become more and more flexible.

It can be said that compared with other youth teams on the European continent, this team may still have a certain gap in technology, but it is not so obvious, and with the accumulation of game experience and the improvement of confrontation ability, this gap will become smaller and smaller, and even surpass the opponent.

"I'm going to watch you guys from the sidelines, guys, and put your best foot forward, impress me and convince me to keep you in the first team!"

As long as the thought of the first team, this group of boys felt a hot heart.

In today's football world, how many young people don't want to play under Yang Cheng?

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The game went surprisingly well, with Arshavin setting up a free-kick in front of him on a personal break down the right flank, before the Russian Tsar's indirect free-kick set up Carroll to open the scoring for Liverpool in the box.

"This kid is very good!" Benitez praised.

"The eyes of those scouts in Kirkby's academy are like knives!" Paul Bair praised. …,

At least after reforming the academy, the rookies they have brought in are very good.

Yang Cheng scolded with a smile: "Do you think that all the money was thrown into the sea?" ”

The net investment of more than 5 million euros per year, which is spent on the youth training system without discounts, scouting, training facilities, coaching staff, etc., are all the best and most scientific.

Not only these hardware facilities, but also in software, Yang Cheng pays great attention to the cultivation of atmosphere, attaches importance to technology and offense, and pays attention to tapping the creativity of players.

All of this is undoubtedly a big part of the success of the Liverpool Academy today.

Of course, the most important thing is money, I don't see that Chelsea have spent a lot of money on the academy every year after digging Arneson, and now the Blues' academy is also very good, Mikel, Carlton Kerr and other outstanding rookies come from there.

As the game started smoothly, Liverpool's young guards became more and more active, and they began to let go of their nervous mentality, showing their more advantageous side, that is, skill and ball control.

Even a player like Jay Spearing, who is known for running, defending and intercepting, although aggressive, is also very good at passing, long and short passes are very good, often cooperated, his ability to run and respond to Henderson and Ramsey is also very good, the latter two are also very eye-catching, helping Liverpool firmly control the midfield, but also create offensive opportunities for teammates in front of them again and again.

In the 21st minute, Walcott's cross after a quick break on the left side, a long-range shot inserted by Henderson in the back row, penetrated Banlet's goal again, and rewrote the score to 2:0!

Liverpool's youth team, playing at home, is in full swing, and Banlett has also begun to shrink the defence.

Due to their physical disadvantage, this youth team is undoubtedly at a disadvantage in terms of breaking dense, but they still use their skills to create chances again and again, especially in the 43rd minute, when Banlet's Filinelli elbowed Carroll and was sent off by the referee.

After the rematch in the second half, Liverpool's youth team continued to chase after the unaccompanied Banlet, and in the 59th and 71st minutes, two goals scored by Arshavin and Martin Kelly respectively to help Liverpool beat Banlett 4-0 and get their first victory in the League Cup.

After this game, Yang Cheng praised the team's group of young players.

'Our group of young players showed what they had learned in the game and helped the team reach the last 16 of the Carabao Cup, so I think they did really well and I hope to see more youngsters emerge in the future.'

"Why did I arrange for a young general?" Yang Cheng faced the reporter's question and answered with a smile, "I want to make the young players feel that they are constantly improving, I hope they can feel the trust and encouragement of the team and the coaching staff, and the door of the first team is not closed to them." ”

'The most important thing for these young players is to build their ambition and self-confidence, rather than just having them go to youth and reserve games, so I'll arrange for them to train more with Melwood, watch them perform, give them guidance and improve, and I hope they can continue to improve.'

'I'm very happy because these players didn't disappoint me, we will continue to go hand in hand in the Carabao Cup, the league, the Champions League and I hope to win on multiple fronts!'

After this game, the media throughout England were full of praise for Liverpool's youth guard team, and also praised Yang Cheng's ambition in the post-match interview, and affirmed Liverpool's performance.

But who knows how far it will go?

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In the 11th round of the league, after a week's rest for the Liverpool first team, players led by Drogba, Xiao Xiaoluo and others took the lead in recovering their form, and in the home game against West Ham United, they were bloodied 4:0 against the Hammers.

Despite Chelsea's 4-2 home win over Blackburn, it was clear that the Blues were feeling the pressure from Liverpool. ..., Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Tottenham and Manchester United's 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough have gradually widened the gap between the two teams and Chelsea and Liverpool.

Despite only 11 rounds of fixtures, everyone agrees that this season's Premier League title will fall between Chelsea and Liverpool.

In November, Liverpool visited Portugal and challenged Benfica away.

After 90 minutes of hard play, the Reds defeated Benfica 1-0 away with a key goal from Ronaldo and won two consecutive Champions League group stage wins.

Villarreal returned to the Stadio de la Love Song in Spain and beat Juventus 1-0 thanks to Riquelme's goal.

As a result, after four rounds, Liverpool is first in the group with 8 points, Villarreal is second with 6 points, Juventus has slipped all the way to the third place in the group with three rounds of winlessness, and Benfica continues to fall to the bottom of the group.

Two days later, Liverpool continued to adhere to their rotation policy, Yang Cheng continued to rotate the team, although they encountered stubborn resistance from Aston Villa away, but in the last 10 minutes, substitute Steven Gerrard made a pass and a shot to help Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0 away.

After the game, Gerrard was praised by the whole of England, and the captain of Liverpool modestly said that the reason why he performed well after coming on as a substitute was because Yang Cheng reminded him of the direction of attack after he came on the field.

'He told me to follow Larsson and stare into the gap between the two centre-backs and I did, so I scored the first goal, and as for the second goal, I was not selfless, but because my shot was blocked, so I chose to pass to Henrik and he scored.

After a defeat, Liverpool went all the way to make it two wins in a row and left the pressure on Chelsea, who played a day later than Liverpool.

However, after the match with Aston Villa, Yang Cheng smiled in an interview with reporters and said that he was very optimistic about Manchester United winning at Old Trafford.

'I don't think Ferguson will allow his side to suffer two defeats in a row, I prefer to believe that the 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough was a fortuitous accident, but back at home, the Red Devils will defend their dignity to the death. I believe that there will be many reporters at the scene who are secretly amused in their hearts, when Yang Cheng said this, I don't know if he thought in his heart that he had also beaten Manchester United at Old Trafford.

But this guy didn't reflect on his words at all, and took the initiative to give advice to Manchester United.

'Chelsea are very strong overall, but I think that strength is more about the consistency of the defence, but this season's Chelsea are a little less consistent than last season, and I think it's because they have hoarded a lot of top stars within the team, which has led to internal conflicts.

The reason why Yang Cheng is unwilling to bring in reinforcements this season is to balance the playing time, after all, the players introduced must at least be powerful, and it is impossible not to give playing time, and if it is the introduction of rookies, it is not as practical as promoting Kirkby's children.

However, Chelsea are not, and there are currently many top stars such as Shevchenko, Crespo, Gudjohnson and so on in the front line, and the same is true in the midfield, which makes the competition within their team reach even a tragic level, and there have been rumors of a dispute between Crespo and Mourinho.

After that, Yang Cheng also gave his own suggestions from a practical tactical point of view, he believes that Chelsea's tactics are too defensive and counter-attacking, always using their own defense to grind out the opponent's attack first, so it is very important to score first.

'Whenever Chelsea are conceded first, they look helpless, as was the case at Anfield, the Champions League fourth leg away to Real Betis, and I'm sure it would have been much better if United had scored first.

"How do you score a goal?" Yang Cheng laughed, "I think pulling Chelsea's defense horizontally and making full use of their holes on the two flanks to make articles, then they will find that Chelsea's defense is actually not terrible!" ”

The guy's words don't know why, and there always gives a sense of schadenfreude, but given his team's previous 4-1 win over Chelsea, his words still attract a lot of attention. ..., Mourinho looked very angry after hearing Yang Cheng's remarks.

'Every team has some problems, that's for sure, isn't there a problem with Liverpool? No team can guarantee not conceding points in a season, we're only in a little bit of trouble at the moment and I don't think that will affect us much. ”

"If Yang Cheng feels that his comments will put pressure on us, then I should thank him because I believe my team will perform better under pressure because we are full of top players who should accomplish great things and take more responsibility."

After the counter-attack against Yang Cheng, Mourinho also commented on Chelsea himself.

'We did have some problems as a team, which is normal, but I never felt that the big money was the reason for Chelsea's success, and the Formula 1 approach of burning money for good results doesn't work in football, at least I don't see how successful Real Madrid and Barcelona are, they spend so much money into football every year, but they have won a title over the years.

'Chelsea also spent a lot of money in Roman's first season in charge, but they still couldn't win the title, so whether a team can win the title is not about how much money they spend in the transfer market, but whether they have enough fighting power and mental will, and I think Chelsea have done a very good job of both at the moment.

As for the game itself, Mourinho was not too high-profile.

'Neither of our teams is in a good position at the moment, but we haven't lost many games and all this has only made it more difficult for us to play against each other, so I'm sure it's going to be a high-level contest.'

"Predictions for the game?" Jose Mourinho couldn't help but make a counterattack against Yang Cheng, "I hope Manchester United lose, but I believe they can win the league runner-up and the league title in the end?" Haha, that must be our Chelsea! ”

There is no doubt that Mourinho deliberately wanted to lose face for Liverpool and criticized Yang Cheng, believing that he could not even keep second place in the league.

Yang Cheng didn't fight back at Mourinho's words, he is not the kind of shrew who likes to scold, as long as he provokes the fire of Mourinho and Manchester United, he feels that he has achieved his goal.

Ferguson did not echo Mourinho, but Keane was the first to ignite the fire.

In an interview with Manchester United Radio, the Red Devils captain blasted a number of players in his squad, saying that they were wearing a United shirt but did not show good quality, which should have been more like a sign of civil unrest in Manchester United City.

But who would have thought that these players named by Keane were reborn one by one in the game, especially Alan Smith, who won the best of the game, Fletcher scored the winning goal, the back line composed of Ferdinand and O'Shea also blocked Chelsea's counterattack again and again, and as for Van der Sar, he played the most perfect performance since joining Manchester United.

And just like that, full of drama, Manchester United beat Chelsea 1-0 at Old Trafford.

Even Yang Cheng, who rushed from Liverpool to Manchester to watch the game in person, found it unbelievable that Manchester United won so bizarrely!

This means that Manchester United beat Chelsea, and Liverpool will have a one-point advantage to reverse Chelsea to the top of the Premier League, and it is still with one game less.

The sudden coronation really almost made Yang Chengle crook his mouth, and he had a feeling of being hit by a pie falling from the sky.

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