Chapter 537 The Strongest After Eight or Five

Liverpool eventually took away a draw from Stamford Bridge.

One to one!

Even if Chelsea tried to attack Liverpool in the final stage, it was of no avail.

The Red Army retreated from Stamford Bridge. In the three official games of the season, Liverpool remained unbeaten with two wins and one draw, which made Mourinho very dissatisfied after the game and pointed the finger at the referee again.

The Chelsea head coach believes that the referee missed a penalty and awarded Chelsea a penalty, which can obviously help Chelsea to expand the score, and even make Liverpool feel completely desperate, but it was forcibly killed by the referee.

Benitez retorted on the spot, saying that Mourinho's reason was very ridiculous, because Mascherano's foul was obviously outside the penalty area, and it was reasonable to give a free kick.

"I don't understand, why would he ask for a penalty that doesn't exist?"

The two head coaches fought on the field, but they still fought endlessly off the field.

Mourinho said he thought the draw was unreasonable and Chelsea should have won at home.

But Benitez also believes that Liverpool is better than Chelsea in terms of possession rate and number of shots. Liverpool should win, but unfortunately, Chelsea had better luck and scored first.

But in fact, the number of shots from both sides was 9 to 12, which was pitiful.

It can also be seen from the number of shots that the two teams have really achieved the ultimate in targeted tactics. They restrained each other and did not give each other the slightest chance. The number of direct shots on goal was only twice for Chelsea. Liverpool also have only three.

Mourinho mentioned Drogba, arguing that the Ivorian played a key role.

And Benitez mentioned Yang Yang, believing that the Chinese star is the key to Liverpool's promotion.

"In Yang Yang's eyes, I saw determination, fighting spirit, and his pursuit and desire for a peak championship."

Benitez also said that the team will return to Anfield to beat Chelsea and get a victory.

"I have no doubts about Chelsea's strength, and I don't deny that the Blues are indeed strong enough to compete for a ticket to the final, but I want to say that at Anfield, the victory will only belong to us Liverpool!"

"This season in this stadium, we have beaten all the opponents, whether Barcelona or Roma, they all came back at Anfield, and then it was Chelsea's turn."

Compared with Benitez's ambitions, Mourinho said that the possibility of the team's promotion is still very high.

"We will be more proactive and aggressive at Anfield, we will try our best to win a victory away from home, and it must be us who will get the tickets to Greece in the end!"

The post-match spat between the two coaches has naturally become a major attraction in the Premier League.

After the game, the British media was immediately divided into two factions as to who had a better chance of qualifying for the final between the two teams. Many media, including the Daily Telegraph and The Times, were staunch Liverpool parties. Even Liverpool legends such as Alan Hansen and Dalglish also came forward to support Liverpool to enter the final again.

The Daily Mail and many other media support Chelsea. They believe that it is difficult to tell the pros and cons of a one-to-one score at home. Liverpool's home advantage is not necessarily a real advantage, so it is not clear who can enter the final.

The media of the two factions launched a round of propaganda war, each found evidence that was beneficial to their own side, and launched an attack on the opponent's team and players.

There were even media rumors that Chelsea had already found a hotel near Liverpool and booked a post-match celebration banquet.

But exactly how, no one knows.

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The day before Liverpool's away draw with Chelsea, AC Milan played away to Manchester United.

Ancelotti made another Christmas tree formation in a 2-3 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Cristiano Ronaldo received an assist from Ryan Giggs in the opening five minutes and broke AC Milan's goal, but soon, Kaka scored two goals in a row and scored twice to help AC Milan reverse.

Then Rooney also staged a brace to overtake the score again.

In the end, Manchester United defeated AC Milan 3-2 at home. Although they won a victory, it was a tragic victory, because they gave AC Milan two away goals, which was more unfavorable for the away game in the next second round.

Yang Yang set the stage with one kick, drew Chelsea away, Ronaldinho opened the scoring, Kaka and Rooney scored twice.

After the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, the media around the world were paying attention to the performance of these young players.

Everyone is beginning to realize that, represented by these four players, the new forces in European football, especially the group of young players born after 1985 like Yang Yang, Rooney and Ronaldinho, have begun to gradually choose among European football players. Play the lead role.

Among the people born after the 1980s and 1985s, Yang Yang's current development momentum is undoubtedly the strongest. Whether it is the Premier League or the Champions League, he is far ahead of the top scorer and assists, and there is basically no suspense.

Ronaldinho and Rooney have also completed their transformation this season, especially Ronaldinho. Several outbreaks this season have left a deep impression on people. Everyone knows very well that the Portuguese are bound to usher in soon. The golden period of his career.

As for the original most promising, the genius Messi, who had high hopes in Barcelona, ​​has also performed brilliantly this season.

Whether it's a hat-trick against Real Madrid at Camp Nou or a five-man streak against Getafe at home, everyone can see his talent potential, but he is still inferior to Yang Yang after all.

No, when Yang Yang and others fought in the Champions League and performed well, Messi's performance in La Liga was sluggish again.

However, the Catalan media also began to stand up to protect their shortcomings, believing that among the post-85s, Messi's age is the youngest, and naturally they should be more patient with him.

"You said that Messi is not as good as Yang Yang? Then, does Yang Yang have the ability to connect five people?"

The provocation from the Catalan media was immediately countered by the British media.

"It's true that Yang Yang can't match five people in a row, but can Messi be able to assist with five stars?"

"Five people in a row? No, is Messi capable of blasting the world wave at the beginning?"

"Yang Yang really can't do anything, he will only score a hat-trick at Camp Nou!"

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Under the hype of the media, the entire European football seems to have become a battlefield.

But neither Yang Yang nor Liverpool have the extra time to pay attention to these disturbances from the outside world.

Three days after playing Chelsea, the team ushered in the thirty-sixth round of the Premier League.

away to Portsmouth.

Due to the bloody away game against Chelsea just now, Benitez has rotated this game.

As a result, in the 27th minute of the first half, goalkeeper Dudek, who came on as a substitute for Reina, made a mistake, and the Portsmouth player scored and Liverpool conceded a goal.

After conceding the goal, Liverpool launched a counterattack, but only five minutes later, Portsmouth launched a long counterattack again. Liverpool lost the goal again and conceded two goals in a row.

But at halftime, Benitez did not rush to make adjustments, and the tactics in the second half remained unchanged.

In the 59th minute, Liverpool pulled one back and took advantage of a corner kick. Hypia nodded and scored.

The substitute central defender pulled one back for Liverpool.

Subsequently, Benitez made a decisive substitution adjustment.

First, in the 60th minute, Harvey Alonso was used to replace Mohamed Sissoko, and ten minutes later, Yang Yang was used to replace Robbie Fowler, which further strengthened the team's offense.

In just one minute of playing, Yang Yang completed a wonderful continuous collision with Aurelio, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso on the left, and Xavi Alonso made a precise kick. Throwing the ball and sending it to the back of Portsmouth's defense, Yang Yang rushed into the penalty area, easily pushed and scored, and scored his 24th Premier League goal of the season!

This goal also completely sounded the horn of Liverpool's attack.

Subsequently, the left wing where Yang Yang was located completely became the main channel of Liverpool's offense.

Yang Yang frequently created threats on this side and planned an attack. Even in the 76th minute, he once passed three opponents in a row, entered the left side of the penalty area, and kicked the goal directly, but was blocked by the opponent's right defender. Glen Johnson came in quickly from the back side and blocked the shot with his body.

This made Yang Yang very distressed, because if he was not in a hurry to score a goal at the time, but deducted it again, he would have passed another one.

Maybe, there will be a play after five people in a row.

Of course, he didn't think too much about it at the time.

But sometimes things are like this, after this village, there is no such shop.

With Portsmouth's substitution adjustment, coach Redknapp also quickly strengthened his defense on the right, which allowed Liverpool's left attack to be curbed again.

Until the 83rd minute, Benitez made the last substitution, captain Gerrard replaced Mascherano.

Five minutes later, Yang Yang dribbled the ball in from the left and then made a straight pass behind him. Gerrard added a cool shot and hit the shot.

Three to two!

Liverpool reversed Portsmouth!

This sent Liverpool's players into a frenzy.

Redknapp said in a post-match press conference that Portsmouth performed better in the whole game, but unfortunately, Yang Yang changed the game after coming off the bench.

"It's clear he's a top player who can change the game through his individual strengths!"

Redknapp's evaluation after the game also made many British media once again sent overwhelming praise to Yang Yang.

But the Catalan media once again expressed dissatisfaction with Yang Yang's performance.

Although Yang Yang showed the performance of one pass and one shot, they valued more Yang Yang's performance in the game when he had three consecutive players, but failed to score, thinking that it was Yang Yang's intention to pass five consecutive players but failed.

This suddenly made them find the excitement again.

The reason is also very simple. Barcelona beat Levante 1-0 at home in this round, and their performance is still very bad.

Messi started and played the full game, but neither performed well.