In the third round of the FA Cup, they defeated Swindon 5: 2.
In the first round of the League Cup semi-final match, Liverpool beat Wigan 2-1 away. [.81zw.com]
In the 22nd round of the league, the team beat Tottenham 1-0 at home.
On January 22, Liverpool scored a 1-0 victory over Manchester United with Gerald's goal.
The Red Devils tied Blackburn at home 1: 1 in the first leg of the League Cup. Ferguson saw the league hopeless and hoped to win the cup championship. Therefore, he did not do his best in the game against Liverpool, but still made a lot of money for the Red Army. trouble.
However, after losing to Liverpool in the league, Manchester United defeated Blackburn 2-0 in the second round of the next semi-final of the League Cup and successfully entered the final.
Liverpool beat Wigan 1-0 at home and beat Wigan 3-1 to reach the League Cup final.
After the end of this game, Yang Cheng directly yelled the slogan in an interview with the media, "February 26, Millennium Stadium, welcome to witness our Liverpool another cup champion in the new season!"
For the provocation from Yang Cheng, Ferguson said that he would go all out in the League Cup final.
"They are going to fight in multiple lines, and they will certainly not be able to continue their previous" colorful "state. This is inevitable. Chelsea will create huge pressure on Liverpool in the league, which will make them unintentional in the League Cup."
After a pause, Ferguson talked about the biggest problem facing multi-line operations.
"Everyone thinks that the most terrible thing about multi-line combat is the intensive schedule. In fact, it is not, it is pressure!"
Why do you say that?
"Whether it is a player or a coach, we want to win on multiple fronts. At that time, Manchester United played well in the FA Cup and the league, and it was the same in the European Champions Cup. We insisted on the third line. Originally we There was a chance to fight on the fourth line, but the match against Tottenham woke us up. "
In that game, Manchester United lost a 1: 3 away, the direct cup Tottenham eliminated the League Cup, and the latter finally won the League Cup championship of the season.
"The pressure is too great, it's hardly bearable. You know, that kind of time is tight, a lot of people are running after you, staring at you, everyone hopes Stop you, want to beat you, you have no secrets, you will feel that every game is very hard. "
"But in this situation (the latest chapter of Wujin Qiankun www.81zw.com), you are not willing to give up, you will think every game, finally hit here, finally beat so many Opponent ... "Ferguson waved his hand." Not reconciled, so I will want to fight, but when the head arrives, I will forget, everyone will have limits. "
The reporter heard that Ferguson recalled his 99-year-old psychological experience, and how much he heard some of the professional coach's views on multi-line combat, he could not help but nodded again and again, which is indeed ignored by many people.
"Do you want to tell your old friend, Mr. Yang Cheng?" The reporter asked.
Ferguson smiled, "should learn to choose!"
When Ferguson's words reached Yang Cheng's ears, the Chinese smiled, "Is he asking me to be merciful to his men? If so, then I can think about it!"
"I don't deny that Ferguson is telling the truth, the pressure of multi-line combat is definitely enough to overwhelm any person, even if he is usually strong, but don't forget, I have won the Triple Crown in the Bundesliga and Serie A Wang, I know very well what is most needed for multi-line operations. "
Facing the TV interview, Yang Cheng seemed very serious.
"I ’m not going to tell my players, what we must do, what we can do, I wo n’t say that, on the contrary, I ’m very neutral to let them understand that the risk of multi-line combat, we may Will lose, not just lose one or two championships, or even lose all championships, just like Kaiserslautern in 2002, they lost three championships in the third line, but if they win That ’s perfect! "
"I told my players that we should n’t always think about it. If we ca n’t, if we ca n’t do it, it ’s simply lack of confidence and lack of fighting spirit. If it ’s me, I ’m facing this. In the situation, I will tell me without hesitation, I can do it, I can win! "
"What if you can't do it?" The reporter asked.
Yang Cheng smiled, "I will do everything possible to do it!"
"Everyone is like that. You worry, doubt, and tell yourself, I can't do it, then you can never do it, but if you can abandon worry, abandon doubt, tell yourself, I can do If you get it, then you will be able to do it. Even if you encounter any major difficulties, you will do everything possible to do it. "
"So you shouted to win the four crowns before the season?" The reporter asked.
Yang Cheng nodded, "Yes, whether I can do it or not, I will say my goal and then move towards it!"
After hearing this, the reporter nodded again and again, "Many Liverpool football" fans "like your" **** "style very much. They all said that your" **** "style fits well with the belief that Liverpool will never give up. miracle."
"I thank Liverpool's" fans ", this team and the city's" **** "personality also gave me a lot of things. I have been here for almost three years and I have learned a lot." Yang Cheng Although he doesn't like the weather here, he likes the "fans" here.
"But many people are worried that you have not renewed the contract with Liverpool so far."
According to the previously signed contract, by the summer of this year, Yang Cheng will be free.
As soon as he mentioned this problem, Yang Cheng laughed. "I haven't considered renewing the contract for the time being. I am full of games now. I hope to wait until the end of the season to sit down and talk to the club."
Yang Cheng's character is still very trustworthy. At least in the past three years, Mourinho mentioned that he would raise his salary. The Glazer family also increased Ferguson's salary and Wenger's salary. Only him, It was still the same contract as it was three years ago, and he had never raised a penny, which made his salary exceeded by Mourinho and became the second in the world.
But he never mentioned anything about salary, which is what many Liverpool football fans love.
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On January 28th, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Liverpool challenged Cheltenham away. With the performance of Kuyt and several teenagers of the youth team, Liverpool beat Cheltenham 2: 0 away , Entered the top 16 in the League Cup.
But after returning to the league, Liverpool still "lu" out of fatigue.
First of all, Hypia made an unfavorable clearance when he returned to the defense and placed an own goal to give Birmingham the lead at Anfield.
After that, Liverpool was dominated by Birmingham's anti-guests, playing very embarrassed.
At the crucial moment, Drogba and Gerrard's two goals in the short 5-minute period of 62-66 minutes of the second half helped Liverpool reverse Birmingham 2-1.
After a busy winter break, Mourinho's team finally "lu" out of fatigue.
As early as the 23rd round, they tied Charlton 1: 1 at home, and now in the 24th round, they tied Aston Villa 1: 1 away, two consecutive draws, directly from Liverpool's points gap from the original 1 point of the game has now reached 5 points, and Liverpool have one less round.
So in Liverpool and Arsenal's supplementary match, Yang Cheng arranged the main lineup to play as much as possible, with Ronaldinho's direct free kick at Anfield Stadium, defeating Arsenal 1: 0, extending the lead to 8 points, and With this game, Liverpool also broke Arsenal in 01
The longest winning streak in the history of the Premier League set by the 02 season has been expanded to 15 games.
But in the 25th round, Liverpool visited Stamford Bridge Stadium. Liverpool first scored Chelsea's goal by Vidic in the 35th minute, but in the 68th minute, Crespo came off the bench with a rock-shattering far shot and penetrated. The goal guarded by Reina, the Spanish goalkeeper was injured.
In the end, the two sides reached a 1: 1 draw, Liverpool ended the winning streak, and Chelsea failed to shorten the points gap.
In Yang Cheng's words, "The gap of 8 points can bring us more room!"
Many people outside did not understand the meaning of this, but many people knew that winning streak and undefeated can not last, but these 8 points can give Liverpool some chances to make mistakes without having to worry about being caught up by Chelsea at any time. .
On February 11th, in the 26th round of the league, Liverpool beat Wigan 1-0 away. This time it was Hepia who scored for Liverpool.
In three consecutive rounds, Liverpool ’s powerful set of offensive firepower groups were directly misfired. No goals were scored in the sports game. They all depended on the positioning ball to win. This caused the outside world to see Liverpool ’s fatigue, especially Yang Cheng. The rotation of the team was even more thorough, and players such as Trident, Gerrard and Carrick were refrigerated.
On February 18, in the FA Cup round of 16 elimination, Liverpool still arranged for half of the youth team players to start, defeating the visiting Cochester United 3-1 at Anfield Stadium and successfully advanced to the next round.
This time Liverpool are going to challenge Birmingham in the quarterfinals.
After playing the FA Cup, the team immediately went to Germany and challenged Werder Bremen. As a result, in Germany, Liverpool, who was exhausted after a long battle, lost directly to Werder Bremen 2: 3 and suffered a defeat.
This defeat also caused the outside world to attack Yang Cheng's multi-line strategy. Many media have published articles, thinking that Yang Cheng's stubbornness will make Liverpool get nothing this season, and the promotion situation is in jeopardy.
"The success of Kaiserslautern and Inter Milan is full of accidental" **** ", we should also see that the Kaiserslautern and Inter Milan at that time, whether in terms of team strength or staffing, They are stronger than Liverpool now, but Yang Cheng is blindly optimistic that Liverpool can be compared with the two teams he has coached before, then it is wrong. "
"We will not deny Yang Cheng's outstanding performance, he is outstanding in terms of skill and tactics, cultivation of stars, etc. It is difficult to even find a head coach like him, but he cannot be so It violates the laws of football. "
"This defeat just gave him a wake-up call and wanted to fight on multiple lines. When you are strong enough to have this strength, let me say that before then, the best and safest way is to focus on one or two fronts."
In addition to the report of the Sun Daily that directly hit the face, there are other series of reports that have expressed their concerns about Yang Cheng, believing that before the League Cup final, such a defeat is absolutely morale. A big impact.
"If it is not handled well, losing to Werder Bremen will be like igniting a fuse, but the real breakout point is in this final of the Millennium Stadium. If it fails, it will announce Yang Cheng ’s multi-line battle. When the strategy goes bankrupt, it will have a fatal impact on Liverpool, just like the overthrow of dominoes. "
Ferguson stood up again and smiled and started his hindsight. "Look, I was right!"
There are also a number of players in the Manchester United team who have come out and fell to Liverpool. After Keane was expelled from Manchester United by Ferguson, the new captain Gary Neville said that Manchester United will go all out to defeat Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium and get the League Cup.
"The last time we got the League Cup dates back to 1992, when we were not playing for the team at the time, so in our career, we have never won the League Cup, which brings us great eagerness, we I hope to get the League Cup. "
"Yes, we have not won any championship in the last two seasons, which makes us feel very sorry, but we are very confident in the League Cup final."
Ferdinand said, "We will definitely bring the League Cup trophy back to Manchester!"
Somewhat surprisingly, after losing to Werder Bremen, Yang Cheng chose a cold deal and did not respond to any questions from the outside world. He even faced reporters ’questions at the pre-match Melwood press conference before going to Cardiff. , Answering questions is also very cautious, but only that there is no problem within the team, the outside speculation is seriously untrue.
One side's low profile gives the other side a high profile opportunity.
When the outside world generally expressed concerns, even doubts and criticisms of Yang Cheng's strategy, but the Chinese chose to be silent, Liverpool's players were first led by Captain Gerrard to defend their head coach.
"He is a great head coach. For a long time in the past, he has been proving himself the latest chapter of Martial Universe www.81zw.com, so I ca n’t understand why there are always so many people in his When encountering difficulties, don't give understanding and encouragement, but take a down-to-earth attitude? "
What Gerrard bombarded is some media, which is also the status quo, because the media should gain eyeballs and attention, but from this point, we can see that the current environment has indeed become very impetuous, either take the sky or step into hell. , There is no intermediate buffer.
"I won't reveal any problems inside our team to the outside world. Even I didn't want to be interviewed because the boss let us talk less and do more things, but I really can't see it."
Gerrard looks excited, "I want to remind all those who accuse and doubt our head coach, think about it with your brain, have we lost? We lost to Werder Bremen 2: 3 away, but we still have In a home game, we have 2 away goals in hand, have we lost? "
"All our players support our boss unconditionally, we will guard around him, the strategy of multi-line combat is discussed by several of our captains and the coaching staff, not the decision of the boss alone, if in the end We really have nothing. We are willing to take on all the responsibilities with the head coach. Any criticism and doubt on our head coach cannot shake our internal unity! "
"Finally, I once again reiterate that in our dressing room, we are full of confidence in the plan for multi-line operations. We firmly believe that we will laugh to the end and we will win!"
Gerrard's opening seems to be a signal, and the two deputy captains, Carragher and Hypia, have also stood up to support their head coaches, especially Hypia.
"If anyone says that I am in conflict with the boss for the main position, then he must be an idiot. I very much respect our head coach. I think he is the best head coach in the world!"
"Nemania (Vidic) snatched my main position?" Hypia sneered at it. "We are a benign" **** "competition. I also hope that every game will play the main role, but I am 32 years old Now, I have to consider my age and my physical fitness, not to mention, I think Nemania has performed very well and he deserves the main position. "
Obviously, just signed a lifetime contract with the club to 2009, which made Hypia feel very good, and although the main position was robbed by Vidic, it does not mean that he cannot play the game. He and Agger can get full playing opportunities.
When the team arrived in Cardiff, facing the reporter's containment, Robben refused to be interviewed. He just said that the head coach did not want them to be disturbed, and Ronaldinho Ronaldo did not accept the interview, but was a Portuguese journalist. Entangled, had to say a few words.
"I wouldn't doubt our head coach. For me, he is both a generous elder brother and a father who follows the temptation. Does anyone doubt his brother and father? No?"
Drogba simply stopped and gave an interview.
The Ivorian shook his head with a laugh and said that all the statements about the head coach being questioned inside Liverpool are false.
"Did you look at our group of people, seems to be contradictory?" Drogba sneered.
From getting off the plane to getting out of the gate, Yang Cheng and the players all talked and laughed along the way.
"For this game against Manchester United, I don't think it is a problem at all. You know, Ferdinand is most afraid of me!"
This silly big man's laughing expression amused everyone.
"Every confrontation between me and Ferdinand, he is not as good as me. The only thing he wins me is that he will say a lot of words before each game, and then say that he will beat me, and then after the game. He will find a lot of excuses for himself to justify his failure. His eloquence is indeed better than me! "
Drogba's words were also confirmed by Vidic.
The Eastern European who recently replaced Hypeia as the central defender nodded, "For any central defender, Drogba is a nightmare. He is now playing more and more cunning, not as clumsy as before. Has become more difficult to grasp and it is difficult to defend. I think he is the most outstanding center in the world. "
"We certainly have no problems with the boss. As for Hypeia, um, there is a little problem. He always wears socks in the room. It smells bad. I hate him like this, but he likes to live in the same room as me. ! "Vidic laughed.
Finally, all Liverpool players expressed the same meaning in an interview.
"For us, the Four Crowns is not a distant dream, we will do our best to realize him!"
"Start with Manchester United!"