Chapter 688
In the middle of the week, three days after playing Chelsea, the Premier League ushered in the tenth round.
Liverpool host Portsmouth at home.
Yang Yang only played the first 60 minutes of this game. In the 33rd minute of the first half, he assisted Crouch to score from the left, and then the game fell into a stalemate.
Premier League, UEFA Champions League and League Cup, plus national team games, Liverpool's players are basically continuous rotation, and the pressure is very high. Previously, they were continuously fighting Atletico Madrid and Chelsea. This time against Portsmouth, even Yang Yang are in poor condition.
After Yang Yang came off, in the 75th minute, Gareth Bell made a cross from the left. Portsmouth midfielder Diop fouled with a handball in the penalty area and got a yellow card. Gerrard made a penalty kick and it was 2-0.
In the end, Liverpool defeated Portsmouth 2-0 at home, winning ten consecutive Premier League victories.
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Although they defeated Portsmouth 2-0, Liverpool's victory in this game was very dangerous.
But in the words of the outside media and fans, it is good to win.
With such a long season, a team will inevitably have ups and downs, but as long as they can grab points steadily, the final result will not be too bad. Everyone is full of confidence in Liverpool's season prospects.
Manchester United defeated West Ham 2-0 at home in this round. Cristiano Ronaldo ushered in an explosion, scoring twice, and was unanimously affirmed by the outside world after the game.
Ferguson did not talk about the team winning the title in the post-match press conference, but believes that Cristiano Ronaldo deserves the Ballon d'Or and the World Player of the Year because he is one of the best players in the world.
After losing the strong dialogue, Chelsea also improved in this round, beating Hull City 3-0 away.
On the contrary, Arsenal, with a lot of lead, conceded two consecutive goals in the last four minutes, and finally drew 4-4 at home with Tottenham Hotspur and failed to win this North London derby.
After the ten rounds, the Premier League schedule has also been played by a quarter, and the situation is basically clear.
Liverpool lead with 10 consecutive victories, Chelsea are seven points behind, Manchester United are third with 21 points and Arsenal are tied with Aston Villa and Hull City with 20 points.
On the scorer list, Yang Yang's continuous scoring momentum was interrupted. There was only one assist in this round, but in the first ten rounds, he scored a total of fifteen goals and six assists. Firmly defending his aura as one of the top scorers in the Premier League, while also making a final push into December.
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At the weekend, Liverpool finally lost.
The Reds lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 on the road after ten consecutive victories.
After a week of double games and consecutive encounters with strong enemies, Liverpool finally made mistakes and lost away.
In the first three minutes of the first half, Yang Yang received Aurelio's throw-in on the left, crossed to the back point, and assisted Kuyt to score a volley, opening the scoring for Liverpool.
But in the 69th minute of the second half, Bentley took a corner kick, and Carragher made an own goal from close range and was tragically equalized.
And in the final stages of the game, Daniel Agger made a tight mark and made a mistake, and Pavlyuchenko scored from close range.
The Premier League reversal king was tragically reversed, and Liverpool also ushered in their first defeat of the new season.
However, after the game, the Red Army has been recognized by the vast majority of the outside world media and fans.
Even many media have written articles one after another, sympathizing with Liverpool's experience, because this team has indeed encountered strong enemies again and again recently, and has been playing double games for a week in a row. The opponents include Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Portsmouth and Totner. For a strong team like Mt. Hotspur, no one dares to say that there will be no mistakes.
No, after playing Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend, we ushered in Atletico Madrid again in the middle of the week.
This kind of continuous game, the pressure and physical fitness of the team, and the psychological consumption of the players are also huge.
Alan Hansen said in the column that Liverpool's loss was indeed bad luck. Both balls were mistakes from the back line, and Carragher's own goal was due to luck.
"This situation may seem accidental, but it's actually a necessity."
"In the end, Liverpool's game pressure during this period of time was too great, and the players consumed too much, resulting in too much physical consumption in the second half of the game, and inevitably there will be some mistakes that should not normally be made again."
Even Tottenham Hotspur's Redknapp said after the game that it was lucky to be able to reverse Liverpool, especially the last attack.
But no matter what, if you lose, you lose!
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Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the season, but Manchester United beat Hull City 4-3 at home. The Red Devils also played dangerously in this game. Ronaldinho scored twice in two consecutive games and helped Manchester United four games earlier. A lead.
Unexpectedly, in the closing stage of the game, Hull City suddenly attacked in a row, scoring two goals in a row, and even almost equalized the score at one point. In the end, Manchester United beat their opponents 4-3 at home with their excellent defense.
Arsenal's situation is not as lucky as Manchester United, the Gunners lost 1-2 away to Stoke City.
Chelsea beat Sunderland 5-0 at home, basically continuing the outside world's judgment on the Blues this season.
Scolari's team is a good player, but in the strong dialogue, it is obviously wilted.
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After losing the first game of the new season, Liverpool ushered in the fourth round of the Champions League group without stopping.
Atlético de Madrid is obviously prepared, they are very different from Liverpool, and the La Liga schedule is more relaxed.
As a result, taking advantage of Liverpool's poor performance, Antonio Lopez assisted Maxi Rodriguez with a goal in the first half to take the away lead.
Yang Yang came off the bench in the 61st minute, and then Liverpool launched a continuous attack. Benitez even used up the final substitutions in the 75th minute, showing his courage and determination to break the boat.
In the end, Liverpool scored two goals from Yang Yang and Gerrard in the 83rd minute and 93rd minute respectively, reversing Atletico Madrid and winning another victory, qualifying ahead of schedule with a four-game winning streak.
This has undoubtedly greatly eased the pressure on Liverpool.
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At noon on November 8, the twelfth round of the Premier League.
The focus of this round was Arsenal's home game against Manchester United. In the first half, Nasri volleyed from the left, hit Gary Neville's leg, bounced into the goal, and turned into an own goal. .
Only three minutes into the second half, Cesc Fabregas got rid of Gary Neville's defense and assisted. Nasri volleyed in the penalty area and scored again, further expanding the score for Arsenal.
After that, Manchester United did not show a good offensive performance. It was not until the final stage of the game that the Brazilian teenager Rafael came off the bench to pull back a game for the Red Devils, but in the end they lost this strong dialogue 1-2. .
Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored twice in two consecutive rounds, is also misfired in this round, and Rooney has not scored in several consecutive games.
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Manchester United lost, but Liverpool performed very vigorously at home.
Yang Yang only played the first 60 minutes, but contributed two assists for Liverpool and helped Crouch score twice.
Then, after changing sides in the second half, Abeloa made another win in the final stage of stoppage time to lock the score at 3-0.
Chelsea beat Blackburn 2-0 with Anelka's brace.
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After the twelfth round of the Premier League, Liverpool ushered in the League Cup round of 16 knockout.
This time, Liverpool's draw luck was not ideal. Tottenham Hotspur was drawn, and it was away.
Yang Yang didn't even make it to the roster, and Benitez played in North London with a half-main and half-substitute lineup.
The draw result came out early, but then Tottenham Hotspur defeated Liverpool 2-1 at home, which led to the grievance between the two teams from the league to the League Cup, which also added some highlights to this knockout match.
In the first half, the two sides fought hard and it was 0-0. Gareth Bale performed very well against his old club. The midfielders of Gareth Barry and Lucas Rewa also performed bravely to protect the team. without losing.
Even at the beginning of the second half, Gareth Bale assisted Gareth Barry to score a goal.
After the 51st minute, Pavlyuchenko scored a goal to level the score.
But in the 62nd minute, the veteran Hypia, who started the game, made a final decision in front of the goal, took Gareth Bale's free kick from the left, and scored a header from close range to break Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
Two to one, Liverpool took revenge on the road, eliminated Tottenham Hotspur, and successfully reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
This time, the Reds faced Watford in the Championship.
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Entering mid-November, the Premier League officially announced again that the two monthly bests in October were still given to Liverpool, who have won consecutive games. Among them, Yang Yang once again won the best player of the month in October, and Benitez Continue to be the best coach of the month.
This has also been unanimously recognized by the media and fans, because Liverpool's performance in October is indeed quite good.
Perhaps stimulated by the best reward of the month, Yang Yang performed exceptionally brave in the thirteenth round of the Premier League at the weekend. After a week off, he became the most threatening player in the entire game.
In the 28th minute of the first half, Yang Yang scored with a close-range header and scored Bolton's goal.
This was a free-kick opportunity he created on the left, but the angle was not suitable for hitting the goal directly. Aurelio came up to take the penalty and fell to the front point. Yang Yang rushed to the top at close range and opened the scoring for the team.
After that, the two sides played very stalemate until the 73rd minute of the second half. Yang Yang forced a breakthrough from the left and then made a cross. Gerrard scored again with a header from the front of the small penalty area, 2-0.
This score was also maintained until the end of the game. With a pass and a shot from Yang Yang, Liverpool defeated Bolton 2-0.
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Manchester United beat Stoke City 5-0 at home, Ronaldinho scored twice, and his performance was also very brave.
Chelsea beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 away, Anelka also scored twice.
Only the unfortunate Arsenal lost 0-2 at home to Aston Villa, which was a big upset.
Wenger's team is gradually widening the gap with the championship team.