The smoke of the Champions League semi-finals has not yet dissipated, and when the major media are still commenting, the major leagues have opened the curtain for the ownership of the league championship.

In addition to the title of Serie A, there is no suspense for a long time, Inter Milan locked the championship six rounds in advance, La Liga, French Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and England are all in full swing, and it is difficult to decide the champion until the last round.

La Liga is an eternal two-person turn, the title contender is still Real Madrid Barcelona, although Lyon in Ligue 1 does not have the absolute dominance of the past, but three points ahead of the second place Paris Saint-Germain has firmly grasped the initiative of the championship in their own hands. The Bundesliga has been in turmoil this season, and the league giants Bayern have been shocked, and they have now withdrawn from the competition for the league title, and the current leader is Stuttgart, and Stuttgart is competing with Bremen and Schalke O4

Compared with La Liga, which has no new ideas, French Ligue 1 and Bundesliga, which have too little influence, are still the most concerned by fans and the media.

This season's English is more fierce than in the past, the first two seasons Chelsea were early to lock the title, this season Chelsea is still in the championship team, but they are no longer the favorites to win the title, the current favorite is the original not optimistic Red Army Liverpool.

Liverpool has won a streak, chasing Manchester United 19 points, before some people constantly predicted that Liverpool's winning streak should end, it must be over, but every time it was slapped in the face, now everyone, including Liverpool fans, are numb to Liverpool's winning streak, and there are still two rounds of Liverpool only two points ahead, many people think that Liverpool must have won the championship.

In the Champions League is generally favored, in the league can not be hotter, which makes Liverpool, who has been low-key and silent for many years, a little panicked, the closer to the championship, the more good the shape, the more uneasy Liverpool's players are, before the league against Fulham, some players are so nervous that they can't sleep.

Liverpool's players didn't feel any pressure in the Champions League semi-finals, but the league was so tight, and only Liverpool could be so weird.

However, in Benitez's view, this is normal, within Liverpool, the importance of the league championship is even to pass the Champions League, including Benitez himself, and his desire for the league championship is no less than the desire for the Champions League title, although Benitez has also won the championship in La Liga, but now it is England, and it is difficult for a world-class coach to win the league championship.

Benitez sensed the nervousness of the players, and he brought in a psychotherapist to give the players pre-match counseling, and in the afternoon before the match against Fulham, Benitez gave the players a holiday.

The current strength of Liverpool is definitely much stronger than Fulham, even if they send half of the substitutes on the field and play normally, they should win, but if the psychological problem is not solved, it is not impossible to cause an upset away from home.

Fulham are a typical home-dragon, away-bug team who were thought to be relegated last season and won by a marginal margin, but manager Coleman has pushed his side to the top of 11th, beating Liverpool and Chelsea at home.

Benitez will remember last season's defeat at Villa Craven, which was a different case this time, and if they lose, the league title could be away from them.

Now Liverpool and Manchester United's opponents are very weak, Liverpool can't grasp the opportunity to lead, Manchester United will not give them again, even if Liverpool's main players are exhausted after playing Chelsea, Benitez is not ready to use substitutes to play this game.

On 5 May, three days after the Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool travelled to Craven Villa to take on Fulham, Chelsea travelled to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal and Manchester United played Manchester City in a derby at the City Stadium.

The outcome of any of these three matches will have a significant impact on the final title of champion.

Liverpool have the initiative, two points ahead of Manchester United and Chelsea, and as long as they can win Fulham, they will still be the leaders, but they can only win, and even a draw will allow United to regain the top spot on goal difference.

Chelsea are in a more difficult position, they are the same as Manchester United and behind Liverpool in terms of points, but they are only third on goal difference, and even if they are on the same number as Liverpool and Manchester United, they are still third.

Chelsea can only hope for luck now, with Liverpool and Manchester United both losing and having to beat Arsenal on the road.

Chelsea's win against Arsenal was not a difficult thing, in the first two seasons whether home or away, Mourinho's Chelsea played the top three of the English to the bottom, but now the situation is different, the big game with Liverpool in midweek has consumed Chelsea's energy very much, it can be called a bullet and food, and the result was eliminated, which made Chelsea's fitness and morale low to the lowest point, at this time it is too difficult to beat Arsenal away from home.

With three games played at the same time, if it is usual, the big battle between Chelsea and Arsenal is definitely the most attractive, and the derby between Manchester United and Manchester United is only second to them, but because the victory or defeat of Liverpool and Fulham now has a greater impact on the title race, this usual battle of chicken ribs has immediately escalated into the same major event as Chelsea Arsenal and Manchester derby.

Liverpool is almost the main force, the lineup and the big game against Chelsea only changed one person, Crouch replaced Aurelio, but the formation is very different, when playing Chelsea it was 45I and now it is 43-Reina; Four-back Finnan, Carragher, Ager, U Riese, three midfielders 8 Gerrard, 14 River Longso, -Sissoko, three strikers Chen Yu, No. 18 Kuyt and No. 15 Crouch.

This is an obvious attacking lineup, Liverpool need three points now, not a point, and against a weak team like Fulham, if Benitez is more conservative, he will not deserve to compete with Mourinho and Ferguson for the title.

Fulham are now 16th and just a point away from the relegation zone, and if they want to secure relegation, they will have to win Liverpool at home, and as a member of Manchester United, they will not let Liverpool score lightly if they are not relegated. They also fielded their entire squad for this game.

Fulham are a 44-squad with goalkeeper Niemi; Defenders Cristanwal, Bocanegra, Zaclet, Rosenho; Four midfielders: 8 Brown, - Simon. Davis, 14-Diop, 13-Radzinski; Double forwards: - McBride, 11 Montella

Head coach Sanchez and Benitez shook hands and stood on the sidelines with a grim face, this was his fourth game in charge of Fulham, when he took over, Fulham ranked fifteenth, Fulham chairman Fayyad fired Fulham's former head coach Coleman in a fit of rage, and invited him, but after three rounds, Fulham did not rise but fell, and now it has dropped a position, which makes Sanchez feel Alexander.

Although the strength is superior, the state is also good, Benitez does not dare to be careless, Fulham coach Sanchez is the former head coach of the Northern Ireland national team, in the years he coached the Northern Ireland team, Northern Ireland's combat effectiveness has improved rapidly, has defeated Spain, England and other strong teams, once ranked first in the World Cup qualifiers, the coaching level is very high, it is not a waste of fame, now Fulham is playing at home, Liverpool wants to win is not easy.

"You have to take advantage of the opportunity, as long as you go two goals first, they don't have much fighting spirit, make sure you don't get hurt."

After the two sides stood in formation, Benitez called Chen Yu to the sidelines and instructed.

Chen Yu smiled and nodded, and walked to the middle circle to prepare for kickoff.

After successfully binding the consciousness of the intermediate superstar, Chen Yu's combat effectiveness has been further improved, he can easily break through the defense line like Chelsea, and he does not care about Fulham's defense, for Chen Yu, the important thing is not only to score, but also to stay healthy, these two games in the league, even if he does not play, his teammates can win, but the Champions League final is definitely a hard battle, he must not be absent.

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With the referee's whistle, the match between Liverpool and Fulham kicked off.

The first kick-off was the away team Liverpool.

Liverpool had the advantage and did not want to play a protracted battle with Fulham, so they started with a tidal attack.

Gerrard in the middle holds the ball and passes the ball to Chen Yu on the side in front of Fulham's bag, at this time Reese is running all the way from the side to Fulham's bottom line, although Chen Yu has a strong passing ability, but he did not stick to the ball, immediately made a wall match for Reese, and then cut to the corner of the penalty area.

Riser was quick and decisive forward, and Fulham's right-back Rosenho was ill-prepared and was forced to break through by Risser.

Reeser went down and crossed decisively to find the centre-forward Crouch.

Crouch didn't suffer from the two centre-backs, and Fulham centre-backs Bocanegra and Zaclet couldn't get him out of position, making the most of his height to head the ball into the right side of the net like a cannonball.

Fulham goalkeeper Niemi was in a good position and got into the groove quickly, and he reacted completely instinctively, jumping and blocking the ball with one hand.

Fulham's luck was not good, the ball blocked by Niemi flew right in front of Chen Yu, caught off guard, Chen Yu's calf withdrew slightly, buffered, and stopped the ball more than two meters in front of him, without waiting for the defender to pounce, Chen Yu squatted down, swept the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.

In the opening minute, Liverpool used a wide attack to open the Fulham goal by Chen Yu.

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