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Liverpool beat Manchester United [-]-[-] at home!

This quickly became the headlines of the major media in the UK and around the world the next day.

Yang Yang, who passed one pass and one shot, once again became the focus of worldwide attention.

After more than half of the season, the previous doubts about Yang Yang's inability to adapt to the Premier League have completely dissipated.

Whether it was the first half or the second half, Yang Yang's performance was satisfactory enough.

As the focus of this round, the Double Red Club has always affected the hearts of countless fans, especially when it comes to the league championship.

With the three points in this game, Liverpool once again caught up with Manchester United, but still can only rank second.

Manchester United's goal difference is much higher than that of Liverpool, which is the most depressing thing for the Red Army.

Counting this game, Liverpool played against the other three teams in the top four of the league this season, and completed a double play against Manchester United and Chelsea, but lost to Arsenal.

Since Chelsea and Arsenal also both took down their opponents, there was not much change in the league rankings.

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't score, but Didier Drogba scored one.

Therefore, in the Premier League scorer list, Yang Yang leads with 21 goals, followed by Drogba with [-] goals, and the Portuguese ranks third with [-] goals.

There are still nine rounds left in the league, and everything is still in suspense.

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Mascherano made the application, and Yang Yang dealt with it. Benitez and the coaching staff quickly agreed that Winston Bogard would be in charge of tailoring the physical training for Mascherano.

The Dutch fitness coach is still a consultant to Liverpool after all.

Therefore, Winston Bogarde, who had just flown back to China in early January, had to fly back to Liverpool again.

But this time he won't stay for too long, a week at most.

Everyone in Liverpool is also full of confidence in Winston Bogard's training, especially several injured players, and they all hope to take the opportunity to let Winston Bogard take a good look.

In many cases, some injuries of professional players can be avoided.

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While Liverpool struggled to win over Manchester United in the Premier League, Barcelona had mixed results in La Liga.

After the [-]-[-] home defeat to Liverpool, Rijkaard's team learned from the pain.

On the second day after the game, Rijkaard and Eto'o staged a reconciliation scene, and the two sides formally reached a settlement.

In the No.20 fourth round of La Liga, in the focus match against Athletic Bilbao at home, Eto'o finally won the starting qualification again after many months away, and assisted Harvey to score in the No.30 minute.

No.401 minutes, Ronaldinho assisted Eto'o to score.

With one pass and one shot, Eto'o's debut after returning from injury showed an amazing state.

It is worth mentioning that the talented teenager Messi was placed on the bench in this game. No. 607 minutes came as a substitute for Eto'o, but he did not perform very well.

A week later, Barcelona played away to Sevilla.

It's La Liga's title race this season, with Barcelona topping the table and Sevilla just behind.

Eto'o still did not start this game, Ronaldinho, Messi and Giuly formed the front trident.

Rijkaard formed a three-four-three formation that he had polished for a long time. The midfielders were Van Bronckhorst, Harvey, Iniesta and Zambrotta.

This style of play allowed Barcelona to start the away game very aggressively. Zambrotta assisted Ronaldinho to score in 4 minutes, and then made a red card for the opponent in 29 minutes.

But in the No. 309 minute, Daniel Alves assisted his teammate to score on the right and equalized the score.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Daniel Alves personally took the knife and broke through Valdez's goal again, reversing the score.

Two minutes later, Giuly was sent off by a red card, and then Zambrotta accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off by a red card.

Juande Ramos' side were ferocious on their own home soil, beating Barcelona [-]-[-].

This victory also allowed Barcelona to give up its position as the league leader, and Sevilla took it to the top!

The Catalan media is very dissatisfied with Barcelona's recent performance, believing that Rijkaard has not only lost his competitiveness in the Champions League, but even his dominance in La Liga has been greatly challenged.

Losing to Sevilla, Barcelona undoubtedly pushed themselves to a desperate situation.

Not only in the Champions League, but also in La Liga.

As long as they take another step back, there will be an extremely dangerous abyss behind them.

But Rijkaard said in an interview with the media that the team did not have enough time to be frustrated, because the focus of the second round of the Champions League round of [-] will soon be ushered in, and they must do their best to prepare.

The Barcelona coach even said unabashedly, "At Anfield, we have to attack with all our strength."

Both the Catalan media and the British media agreed that Rijkaard would adopt a three-four-three formation.

Because when he played against Sevilla, he deliberately adapted this style of play.

In this regard, Rijkaard did not give a direct response, but said, "Liverpool's home record is very good, so all the pressure in this game is on Liverpool's side, and Barcelona has no pressure."

Eto'o also said in an interview with the media that he no longer cares about other things, and only thinks about one thing, and that is how to help the team beat Liverpool in the away game and advance to the quarter-finals.

Harvey, Ronaldinho, Messi, Deco and other players also accepted media interviews one after another, publicly expressing their confidence to win a reversal in the away game and help the team advance to the quarterfinals.

Barcelona's technical director Begiristain said that he hopes to see Liverpool continue to defend at their home court.

"If they only want to keep the three-to-one score, then we will be very grateful, because our chance has come!"

"With our offensive ability, it is not impossible to score three away goals!"

But soon, the British media said that Begiristan was deliberately playing psychological warfare.

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When Barcelona's provocation was sent to England, Liverpool's players responded one after another.

"I took a look at Barcelona's starting lineup against Sevilla. They didn't arrange the main players. Obviously, they gave up this crucial league game and paid more attention to our opponent."

The Red Army coach said in an interview with the club's official website, "We have to make all preparations and deal with this challenge with a positive attitude. We have a good chance in the Champions League and I firmly believe that the team can advance."

Captain Gerrard also said that the first round of the game has enhanced the influence of the Red Army in world football.

"Before the game, everyone thought that Barcelona would beat us, but through this game, we sent a signal to the world that we have enough strength to beat all opponents, even Barcelona at the Nou Camp!"

Gerrard also appealed to hope that players can play their best level and focus on every minute of the game as they did at the Nou Camp, because Barcelona will not easily take off the title of defending champion.

Yang Yang, who scored a hat-trick at Camp Nou, also accepted an interview with Liverpool's official website. He said he was ready.

"We should forget about the [-]-[-] first leg and focus on the second leg."

"Barcelona are really strong, but I would say that at Anfield we haven't lost against any team this season."

In addition to Gerrard and Yang Yang, Liverpool's players have also expressed their opinions, saying that the team is determined to win a victory at Anfield, even if the opponent is Barcelona who is going all out.

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When announcing the team's 18-man squad for Liverpool, Rijkaard responded to Benitez's provocation, and even felt a little irritated.

"I like to compete against such a team, because their coach seems to know everything, but generally speaking, people who know everything often don't know anything."

Rijkaard even took a rare direct aim at Liverpool itself. He believed that Liverpool's tactics were too simple.

"Just watch a few games to see how they play, they are a physical team, disciplined, but no surprises, I don't think I need to find out how to beat them at all because I already know enough."

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The verbal battle between the coaches of the two sides before the game undoubtedly ignited the flames of war between the two teams.

The media all over the world have also paid attention to this focus battle.

The confrontation between the champions of the Champions League in the past two seasons, the contest between Yang Yang and Messi, the two talented rookies, the battle between gorgeous offensive football and iron-blooded disciplined troops, this is definitely the most eye-catching game in the world.

There will not be too many changes in Liverpool's tactics, and it will basically continue the first round of the game.

Benitez is convinced that no matter how Barcelona adjusts, it will never leave the two key points.

Organization depends on Deco, offense depends on Ronaldinho!
As long as these two points are pinched, Barcelona will be pinched to death by seven inches.

Although Sissoko did not play well in the first half against Manchester United, Mascherano has not yet shown the strength to replace him, so Liverpool's lineup will not be adjusted.

On the contrary, Barcelona will adopt a three-four-three formation.

Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Messi started the trident, which is the least suspenseful choice.

Four midfielders and three defenders are a bit controversial, because in the game against Sevilla, Barcelona adopted a diamond-shaped midfield position, using two wingers Zambrotta and Van Bronckhorst, but the effect was not good.

But in any case, the contest between the two teams has already attracted the attention of fans and media reporters all over the world.

(End of this chapter)