On September 24, Liverpool drew 0:0 away to Orin Lubjana in Slovenia.

There are some objections to Yang Cheng's rotation from the outside world, and Liverpool legend Alan Hansen even doubted Yang Cheng's rotation in his column.

'I don't think you should rotate, the rest and the tiredness, it's just a psychological problem, as a manager, when you tell the players that you can rest when you're tired, they're tired, but if you tell them, grit your teeth and win all the games and we can do it, then there's no doubt that they're going to want to beat themselves.'

"I think Yang Cheng should better integrate himself into Liverpool and English football, which will make him better successful in England, because football here is completely different from football in any league in the world."

In the face of Alan Hansen's questioning, Yang Cheng just smiled, "Perhaps, when Liverpool chose the manager, he should be considered, at least I think he said it very well and very reasonably!" ”

As the captain of the team, Hyypia was the first to choose to stand up for his manager.

"We all agreed in the dressing room that the manager's decision was not wrong and that the proper rotation would keep the squad productive all season."

Gerrard also stood up, "Yes, we were held to a draw away from home, but there are a lot of objective factors in this game, such as their pitch turf is too bad, we are not trying to make excuses, but facts, of course, the leader is right, there is no need to say too much, the only way to prove us is to win in the next game." ”

"We will use a bloody victory to beat Souness's team and prove our quality!" Carragher's words were undoubtedly supported by more KOPs.

Souness, a man who has brought pride and pain to Liverpool, who is loved and hated.

His playing days were the pride of Liverpool fans, he was so good, but in the years he was in charge of Liverpool, the Liverpool dynasty collapsed, and even many people felt that Liverpool collapsed at the hands of Souness.

There is a popular saying in the Premier League that the rise of the Manchester United dynasty should be thanks to Souness!

In any case, every game against Souness's team is always very exciting, and Liverpool are very committed.

This time, Yang Cheng played his main game at Ewood Park without reservation, and cleanly walked away from home with a 3:1 victory, once again continuing Souness's winless record against Liverpool.

But there was a clear problem, as always, Liverpool's goals were concentrated in the first half, and in the second half the team fell into passivity, Blackburn took the initiative and scored thanks to the combination of the black wind, but it was difficult to prevent Liverpool from retreating from Ewood Park.

The victory was cheered on by the Liverpool fans and excited by all the Reds fans.

After the end of this game, Liverpool ushered in the 8th round of the Premier League, another major event, Arsenal!

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'We're unbeaten so far this season and although there are a lot of doubts about us and think we're not doing well against strong teams, so what better way to beat a strong opponent than to beat a strong opponent at the right time?

In the 7th round of the league, the fire has not completely subsided, but Arsenal's striker Thierry Henry has already begun to look forward to the upcoming 8th round of the league, and this game against Liverpool has also attracted the attention of the world.

'What I want to say is that anything can happen on the football pitch but we are all very confident that we can beat Liverpool and it won't be difficult for us at all!'

In the face of provocation from Thierry Henry, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard stepped up and fired back.

"Let's take action to make Arsenal feel like losing!"

'It was a very good arrangement to bring Arsenal after beating Souness's side because we all want to be able to prove one thing with Arsenal, we are the best team in the Premier League and of course the best result is that we beat Arsenal and get to the top of the league table, so it was only fitting.

Captain Hyypia also expressed his confidence in the game.

"For many years, we have always gone to the game with confidence and tried to prove ourselves through the game, but unfortunately, over the years, we have made the fans and everyone doubt us, but this time is completely different!" ,

"This time, we have Caesar, and we all believe that under Caesar's leadership, we will prove to everyone that we are strong, and we will make everyone clearly aware that that strong Liverpool is back!"

In the face of Liverpool's counter-attack, Arsenal's captain Patrick Vieira mocked Liverpool's past.

"Football is a game of 22 people, but it's ridiculous that these naïve guys think they can turn it all around with a manager!"

'Anyone can say they're the strongest team in the Premier League, I think they should all look at the league table, from the start of the league until now, it's always Arsenal who occupy the top spot in the league, where are the teams that say they are going to beat us? Look down, so far, far away, haha......"

Vieira's big mouth gave a rare sense of humor, "Our football credo is to attack and attack, we will completely defeat the opponent at Highbury Stadium, and let that group of naïve imps see the cruelty of the Premier League!" ”

The players of the two teams exchanged a war of words, and Arsene Wenger was also interviewed, but instead of attacking the opponent directly, he chose to comment on himself, "In the last few years, we have been so careless that we have missed a lot of great opportunities to get points, but now, we will not be merciful!" ”

There is no doubt that he is taking Liverpool as a matter of course for them to pick up points.

Yang Cheng's response to this was, "He'd better not be soft, in that case, I can win the game to have fun!" ”

This is the first Premier League match between Yang Cheng and Arsene Wenger, both of them are managers who stick to their own tactical philosophy, and their coaching styles are very good-looking, which also makes fans around the world generally look forward to this game.

However, in the assessment of the outside world, Liverpool generally does not have the advantage.

The reason is very simple, Liverpool is a team that lacks control, and failed to get an excellent playmaking midfielder, which can be said to be the biggest regret of Yang Cheng's summer transfer, which directly leads to Liverpool's lack of control over the rhythm and the game.

But on the contrary, what Arsenal is best at is playing control, so the outside world thinks that this is a battle of control and anti-control, but Arsenal's style of play has been formed for a long time, and Liverpool has always been inconsistent and lacked solid performance this season.

Therefore, before the game, almost all the media were generally optimistic about Arsenal.

But everyone admits that this kind of strong dialogue has a huge impact on the psychology of a team, especially in a way that it is still a battle for the top spot, and the impact is even greater, and whoever wins will undoubtedly be more beneficial for the rest of the league schedule.

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4 October, Liverpool, Anfield

When Arsene Wenger got the Liverpool squad before the game, his brow was deeply locked.

"What's wrong?" Pat Rice asked with concern.

Arsene Wenger handed over the drawing with the Liverpool squad in his hand, and Pat Rice took it and looked at it, his brows locked, his eyes swept over the names, and his mouth whispered.

"Dudek, Reese, Hyypia, Carragher, Finnan, Smitchell, Davis, Gerrard, Robben, Kuyt, Drogba......" After reading it, he looked distressed, "What the hell is this guy doing?" ”

Suddenly gave up Hamann for no reason, you know, Liverpool's main midfielders this season are Haman, Davies and Gerrard, but now Yang Cheng suddenly gave up Hamann, what does this mean?

Smitchell's technique is very good, and the position is also very comprehensive, how will it be used?

"This guy is the best at this kind of suspicious formation!" Pat Rice suppressed his worries and smiled.

But Wenger couldn't laugh and shook his head, "He's not going to do things that have no purpose!" ”

Pat Leston was speechless, because in Yang Cheng's body, there has never been a shortage of cases of changing moves.

"In my opinion, this Liverpool team today is not terrible, what is really terrible is the Yang Cheng standing behind the team, he is the most threatening person in this team!" Arsene Wenger is clearly very jealous of Yang Cheng.

No wonder, in terms of strength, although Liverpool is good, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious, how to control, how to use, is on Yang Cheng, and this Chinese has brought such a lineup to the current position, rare! ,

At least it's much better than Chelsea's Ranieri! "Let them be careful after the opening, take the initiative to attack, and control the game firmly in my hands first!"

Pat Rice nodded in agreement.

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When the two sides walked into the Anfield stadium, when the Liverpool fans in the stands were overwhelmed with cheers, when the song "You will never walk alone" was empty on the Anfield stadium, Wenger's brow tightened.

He saw the formation of Liverpool, 433 is still 433, but there have been a lot of changes in the positioning and configuration of personnel, the most obvious is the three players in the midfield.

Gerrard, Davies and Smitchell lined up, with the Czechs still in the middle.

How the hell is he going to fight?

But just as he had this idea, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

When Thierry Henry knocked the ball to Wiltord and the French striker passed it back, the whole Liverpool team pressed up like a tidal wave, and the ball reached the feet of Vieira, but the French midfielder was forced to knock the ball back again because he saw Didier Drogba pounce on it menacingly.

The ball came to Campbell's feet, who passed to Ashley Cole on the left, and as soon as the England left wing-back got the ball, he was targeted by Kuyt, who was so entangled that he immediately sent the ball back.

Drogba pressed on Toure and Campbell step by step, and Toure had no choice but to take a big kick.

The ball flew past the midfield, Carragher rushed forward, got stuck in position early, and slammed the ball into the middle of the retreating Smitchell, the Czech took the ball and passed it to Gerrard, and then ran forward himself.

From Steven Gerrard to Davies to Reese, Liverpool's midfield passes have slowed down in the pursuit of precision.

But as soon as he got to the left, Reese took the ball and was put to the ground by Ljungberg, and the referee blew the whistle for a foul.

Liverpool's free-kick!

Reese got up from the ground and quickly sent the ball straight to the feet of Robben in front of him.

Peter Pan performed very well in the early rounds of the Premier League, facing Lauren directly, skillfully dribbling the ball, and after approaching Lauren, suddenly a feint seemed to break through from the left side, deflecting Lauren's center of gravity to the left, but even the man dribbled the ball and suddenly turned to the right.

After getting past Lauren directly down the left, Robben cut inside with the ball.

Drogba also leaned in from the middle for the first time and stopped Campbell behind him, but the England central defender was obviously not reconciled and pushed hard behind.

Robben passed the ball to Drogba, and the Ivorian was pushed by Campbell behind him, and the whole person lost his balance, stumbling with the ball, but still turned around, barely got up and hit the goal, and the ball was crooked so that he didn't know where to go.

"Haha......" Campbell laughed when he saw that the shot was so wide.

I saw this guy turn around, face the bottom line, and stretched out his right hand to his mouth, "Hey, excuse me, is there anyone in there?" ”

Then he replied in a pretentious manner, "Who?" ”

"Me, Drogba!"

"Oh, damn stupid, if you want to shoot, please move 20 meters to the side, okay?"

Campbell's joke immediately made the Arsenal players present burst into laughter.

Indeed, Drogba's shot was indeed too far off target, a bit outrageous, and he was clearly out of balance at the time, and he should have passed the ball rather than hitting it himself.

Drogba glared at the guy who made up jokes to laugh at him, gritting his teeth, and he wanted to rush up and throw a punch straight away, knocking the bastard to the ground.

"Calm down, Didier, he's deliberately provoking you!" Smitchell ran over.

Davis rushed up directly and pointed at Campbell, "Sooner or later, pull out all the *** eggs, be careful!" ”

Campbell didn't care at all, and nodded with a smile, "Accompany me at any time!" ”

The referee, fearing a clash between the two sides, immediately came over to disperse them, signaling that the game was about to continue.

There was a clash with Campbell, and Drogba's mood suffered.

The next few confrontations with Husky were on the back foot.

However, Liverpool resolutely implemented Yang Cheng's tactics, played a strong attack from the beginning of the game, and pressed the overall defensive line, Kuyt and Finnan on the right side, with the help of Gerrard, joined forces to freeze the left side of Henry, Pire and Ashley Cole, and then suppressed the right side of Arsenal with their own left side of the attack. ,

"Obviously, Arsenal want to be able to incorporate the game into the rhythm they are good at as before, but Liverpool insisted on their fast play whirlwind tactics, playing fast attacks from the beginning of the game, using the strong attack at the beginning to comprehensively suppress Arsenal and speed up the game."

Andy Gray commented on the tactical thinking of both sides at the start of the game.

"Arsenal's problem is the slowness of the backline, especially Campbell, Toure's performance is not consistent, reckless, and often makes mistakes, which makes the tempo go faster, especially when the Arsenal defense is very passive in the face of a fast Liverpool attack."

"Oh, you see this time, it was Liverpool who played a counterattack on the left after breaking the ball, Robben quickly inserted, the Dutchman was very fast, and he went straight past Lauren, Toure made up for it, Robben suddenly knocked it horizontally and passed to Drogba who was inserted in the middle."

"The Ivorians take the ball and kick it straight away...... Oops, it's too rushed, he should stop and plug straight behind him, Robben can shake off Toure with speed, that's a single knife! ”

Andy Gray regretted that, it should have been a very good chance to score.

Drogba saw Robben rushing to the bottom line, and felt a pang of guilt in his heart, and raised his hand with apologies.

Robben shook his head, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything.

"Yang Cheng's tactics seem very simple, that is, to use Robben's assault ability on the left, plus a Reese behind him, to suppress Arsenal's right side, and it has indeed achieved good results, Arsenal did not organize an effective attack in the first 10 minutes."

"But the problem is that such a tactic lacks endurance, and once it is supported by Arsenal, then Liverpool is in danger!"

Yang Cheng on the sidelines is of course also very aware of his team's current problems, he knows better than anyone else, but he has no choice but to do this, the reason is very simple, Liverpool can't slow down.

Without a metronome, Liverpool are like a mustang that has come out of its freeze, and it is difficult to stop unless it is exhausted, because once it slows down, the team will never be able to rush again.

That's why, those Liverpool games this season tend to be very passionate in the first half, very good-looking, and have a lot of goals, but in the second half, Liverpool seems to have changed as a team, because they have no fitness in the second half, so they can only choose to defend passively.

"Drogba is furious!" Benitez calmly watched the team.

Yang Cheng nodded, walked to the sidelines, and waved at Drogba, signaling him to calm down.

Seeing the manager's solemn warning, Drogba didn't dare to play like he did just now.

Drogba has a sense of awe for the world coach who brought him to the Premier League, and he has indeed learned a lot under Yang Cheng's coaching, so he was reminded by Yang Cheng and immediately calmed down.

And as soon as he calmed down, Drogba's mind immediately came up with the task given to him by Yang Cheng.

"Pulling, pulling, your job is to pull Arsenal's centre-backs as much as possible for me, Campbell and Keown are not young, they can't be fast, Toure is reckless, mistakes are constant, as long as you pull them out and let Robben or other teammates play behind them, then we can score!"

"I'm going to keep Arsenal out of Anfield!"