Chapter 919 The King and the Lord

Defeating the defending champion Inter Milan in the Champions League away game was a huge boost to the confidence and morale of Manchester United players. Then in the away game against Wigan Athletic, Manchester United did not show any fatigue from the trip to Italy. They scored two goals in each half and easily defeated Wigan Athletic continues to lead the standings with a 28-game unbeaten record.

The only thing that makes Manchester United people sad is that their center back Vidic has a strained thigh muscle and will definitely miss the next double-red match against Liverpool.

This is unexpected and reasonable, because Ferdinand was often injured before, and Evans was also injured recently in training. In order to ensure the stability of the defense, Vidic can only play without missing a game. Play the whole game without stopping for minutes.

Fatigue is the most likely cause of muscle strain, but Ferguson has nothing to do. If Vidic and Ferdinand are unable to play, the most important position of central defender can only be Smalling, or O'Shea or Brown as guest appearances. No combination of personal combinations is reliable, so Ferguson can only bite the bullet and use it.

What makes Ferguson and Manchester United fans happy is that although Gao Xiaodong is also full attendance, but maybe because of his youth, Gao Xiaodong is still in excellent condition.

In the match against Wigan Athletic, although Gao Xiaodong only scored one goal, not as many goals as Rooney who scored twice, he still entered the best team of this round with his outstanding performance.

Chelsea also won this round. They easily defeated Birmingham, another team owned by a Chinese owner, 3:1.

However, Manchester United's victory made Chelsea's victory meaningless. With 10 rounds left in the league, Chelsea's points are 9 points less than Manchester United. In other words, as long as Manchester United does not make consecutive mistakes, the Premier League championship will almost belong to Manchester United. .

For current Premier League fans, the only suspense left is when Manchester United's golden status will be broken and which team will be relegated at the end of the season.

In the remaining ten rounds of the league, Manchester United still has three strong teams: Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal. The game against Liverpool and Arsenal is away, and the game against Chelsea is at home. Judging from the home and away record and style of play, Chelsea wants to win in the old league. There is little hope of beating Manchester United at Trafford Stadium. Arsenal's style of play is severely restrained by Manchester United. Only a team like Liverpool, which plays a similar style to Manchester United and has a terrifying home court, can hope to break Manchester United's unbeaten streak.

In the 29th round, Liverpool faced Manchester United, who were undefeated in 28 league games, at Anfield.

The "Double Club" between Liverpool and Manchester United has always been regarded as the "English Derby", but the Red Army's lack of a Premier League title in the past 20 years and the rise of Arsenal and Chelsea have put this title into question. However, since the Premier League has 4.7 billion viewers and 2 billion fans around the world, the competition between the two teams still has the greatest global influence. Even the El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid and the Milan Derby between Inter Milan and AC Milan cannot match this.

This game is of great significance to Liverpool coach Dalglish.

In his first game in office, Liverpool were eliminated from the FA Cup after losing to Manchester United. This gave Dalglish a big blow after taking office.

Fortunately, Dalglish was experienced enough and achieved a record of three wins, two draws and one loss in the next league, and defeated Chelsea at home. This allowed Dalglish to gradually reverse his reputation in the eyes of the team and fans. Bad impression.

Because Liverpool's early record is really bad, only 4 points away from the relegation zone, Dalglish can't make a difference even with Sir Alex Ferguson's ability. Although they are now ranked sixth, they are still far away from fourth-place Arsenal. With a 6-point gap, it is almost impossible to reach the Champions League.

Therefore, for Liverpool and Dalglish, the main task this season has become to break Manchester United's unbeaten streak and try their best to prevent Manchester United from winning the championship.

Although the goal is to defeat Manchester United and win the Double Reds, because Liverpool is now at a disadvantage and Manchester United is gaining momentum, Dalglish took the initiative to cool down the Red Army fans.

"People say this is the most important game of the season, but in my eyes there are no big or small games, it's just another game where you get three points if you win. The only difference this time is , if we win, we can break their undefeated streak this season and make the championship competition more suspenseful!"

"But I hope the Liverpool players and fans can stay calm during the game. The result of Saturday's game is very important because it involves the feelings of millions of fans, but this is not a boxing match, it is a football match."

"There is no personal grudge between me and Ferguson. I am not a selfish person. The team's victory is far more important than personal gains and losses. The most important thing for us now is to prepare well before the game and fight on the court with collective strength."

Ferguson and Dalglish are both Scots, but they are obviously not the same romantic people.

When interviewing Ferguson before the game, the reporter talked about an old incident. In 1994, at the double red meeting half a year after Ferguson led Manchester United to win the first Premier League championship, Liverpool fans displayed a banner to ridicule at Anfield. Ferguson, who raved about surpassing Liverpool in the number of championships, said, "We will talk after you win the 18th league championship."

Now with only 10 rounds left, Manchester United leads second place Chelsea by 9 points and has almost locked up the 19th league championship. The reporter asked Ferguson if he was a Manchester United fan, what would he consider "Manchester United's 19th championship"? Are the banners hanging in the stands at Anfield?

In this regard, the 70-year-old Sir Alex joked, "If we had won the championship and I was an ordinary fan, I would definitely hang that banner at Anfield myself. I bet there are at least 76,000 Manchester United fans. I want to do this, but we haven’t won the championship yet, and even if we are 9 points ahead, we dare not say that the championship is ours, so even if I am an ordinary fan, I can’t do this.”

In the second league match this season, Liverpool has undergone huge changes compared to the first round. The Spanish forward Torres, the Red Army's most troublesome to Manchester United, moved to Chelsea. The transfer fee of 50 million was exchanged for Da. Gerlish likes Carroll and Suarez.

Regarding this change, Ferguson said rudely that Carroll and Suarez are still some way behind Torres in terms of strength. They still need time to prove themselves. The double red would be a bit too heavy for them. Ferguson does not think this is the case. The two of them can decide the outcome of the Double Red Club.

Ferguson's contempt made the Red Army's new aid Suarez very unhappy. Suarez also specifically criticized Ferguson on Twitter, saying that he was no worse than Gao Xiaodong in football skills and that he wanted to give Manchester United some color in the game.

If Gerrard said this, Manchester United players would definitely fight back. However, Suarez is indeed not a big name, and he transferred from the Eredivisie outside the five major leagues. No one at Manchester United paid attention to Suarez. This made Suarez, who thought highly of himself, very hurt.