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Volume 1 Chapter 840 A helpless draw

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    In the fifth round of the league, Liverpool, who started the match first, swept the newly promoted Derby 6:0. This effectively responded to the outside world's doubts that Liverpool would not score without Chen Yu, and also brought a lot of trouble to the other three giants that followed.  pressure.  Arsenal's opponent is Portsmouth, which is considered a relatively strong team, but the young guns of the Gunners are good at hitting the wind. After winning the last round, their morale is high, and they can easily play 3 games with one less player.  The ball defeated Portsmouth and won two consecutive victories since the start of the season.  Although Manchester United was in poor condition, they gradually began to recover in the last game. Their opponent Sunderland was actually not bad this time. However, Manchester United relied on Saha's goal to defeat the Black Cats 1:0 and win two games.  Xiao Sheng announced that he had slowly come out of his trough.  However, Chelsea, which has always been as stable as a dog, surprised people this time. They faced Aston Villa who was defeated by Liverpool in the first round. They could not attack and defend, and finally lost 0:2. This is Chelsea's original goal.  The first defeat of the season, this defeat also allowed them to be 6 points behind Liverpool with one game less.  After five rounds, Liverpool still topped the list, and Benitez was very proud of the performance of the forwards. He said at the post-match press conference, "Chen Yu is an indispensable star for Liverpool. His ability to end the game is perfect."  No one in the world can match him, but we do not rely on Chen. Without Chen, we still have the ability to score goals. Kuyt, Voronin and Crouch are all world-class. Our goal this season is to defend the title.  The double crown is because we have two sets of main lineups, but what makes me happiest is not that we scored 6 goals, but that the defense did not concede a goal. Hyypia will be able to play in the next game. I think Liverpool will  Becoming more stable and stronger." Manchester United won two consecutive victories in the absence of Rooney and Ronaldo. Sir Alex Ferguson was still very happy. He said after the game: "In the first half, I thought our passing was too high.  It was slow. Although the ball possession rate was good, it did not create a real threat. We could not break through the opponent's dense defense, but victory is the best result. We needed the victory so much. Ronaldinho was back in the next round. Rooney's  The injury is about to recover. After this difficult period, we will regain the offensive power of last season." After Arsenal defeated Manchester City in the last round, they defeated Portsmouth again in this round, two consecutive games.  Wenger is very happy. He believes that Arsenal has got rid of Henry's dependence. Cesc Fabregas, Rosicky, Theo Walcott and others have grown rapidly. They still have the strength to challenge for the championship this season. Who can  If you underestimate Arsenal, they will definitely be slapped in the face.  Among the semi-finals, Chelsea are the most depressing in this round. After this round, their points were dropped by Liverpool by 6 points. Although they have one game less, they always look so dazzling, but after losing,  Chelsea head coach Mourinho was still tough, "Two excellent teams played an excellent game, but there is only one result: Chelsea did not win. In the last 20 minutes, we responded and could have scored."  A goal. This was a good game, both teams played well, and to be fair, I think they should have scored 1 point each. "When it comes to the competition for the league title this season, many people think that Liverpool will defend the title this season.  The possibility is high, but Mourinho believes the situation will be more intense.  "Other teams outside the top four have invested a lot. It will become more common for strong teams to lose games and points. If you lose a game, the sky will fall. Other teams have spent a lot of money to buy players and improve the strength of their lineup.  Villa is an example and there are many examples. It will be more difficult to play against these teams because they are better and the competition is open, but it is only the first weekend of September and the season has only been played for 5 rounds.  "It's still early to talk about the championship. Maybe it's hard to say whether Manchester City or Villa will win in the end." Although Mourinho doesn't care about winning or losing in one or two games, he never dares to take it lightly. Chelsea lost last season.  After four games, the championship trophy was snatched away by Liverpool. Now after just five rounds, Chelsea has lost one game. If we are not careful, with Liverpool's state, it may be difficult for Chelsea to chase points later.  So after saying the above shameful words, Mourinho also said that the next round of games is extremely critical for Chelsea. If they cannot win the next round, Chelsea will be under too much pressure against Manchester United in the seventh round.  Liverpool has lofty ambitions this season, and their goal is not just to win the double crown. Therefore, they absolutely do not want to end up in a situation like last season when they desperately chased points and could not tie a game. Now they have left Arsenal and Manchester United five points away from Chelsea at the beginning of the season.  After scoring six points, Liverpool even played better without Chen Yu, sweeping Derby County 6:0. This made Liverpool's morale high and confidence high, although Liverpool's opponent in the next game is strong.  Not bad, and have lost two consecutive games to Portsmouth, which is in dire straits, but Liverpool are very optimistic about winning this game. No one thinks they will lose to Portsmouth away from home. ??Not only do Liverpool people not think they will lose to Portsmouth, everyone outside and all the media are also optimistic about Liverpool defeating Portsmouth away from home.  "The Sun" believes that Liverpool has now entered an invincible mode. Except for the three giants, other teams are not enough to create any difficulties for Liverpool. Some teams even become timid before seeing Liverpool and are beaten by Liverpool.  After scoring a goal, they surrendered early. Although Portsmouth had the advantage of home court and certain strength, it was still impossible to stop Liverpool's progress.  The Guardian believes that although Liverpool currently lacks Chen Yu, Wolenen can replace Chen Yu to a certain extent. Whether he cooperates with Kuyt or Crouch, he can produce a chemical reaction  , I don¡¯t know how to deal with strong teams, but it will definitely not be a big problem against mid-to-lower teams.  Even Liverpool¡¯s title rivals don¡¯t think Liverpool will capsize in the Portsmouth gutter.  Arsenal's opponent in this round is the strongest, and it is the London Derby. Wenger is still worried about the game, because he predicts that Liverpool will definitely win the game against Portsmouth. If Arsenal cannot win, it will be very difficult.  The points gap may be widened again by Liverpool.  The opponents of Manchester United and Chelsea in this game are not weak, and they are also very worried. Now the three giants are separated by five points at least by Liverpool. At this time, they are also worried about being separated by Liverpool.  The six-round match is a must-win.  Liverpool went to Fratton Park with the confidence of winning. They thought they would take away the three points as easily as they did in the previous seven seasons. However, the process of the game was difficult beyond their expectations, and the result was the same.  .  In the game against Portsmouth, Benitez fielded almost the same lineup as against Derby County. The only change was that Hyypia, who had returned from injury, replaced Arbeloa, who was a guest central defender.  This lineup is definitely one or two points better than the one that played against Derby County. The strength lies in defense. At the position of central defender, Hyypia is definitely top-notch in the Premier League, while Arbeloa can only be said to be a decent guest player.  That¡¯s all.  But such a lineup, which is almost complete except for the lack of Chen Yu, such a 6-goal sweep of Derby County, which once drew with Portsmouth, played very passively against Portsmouth.  Portsmouth has not beaten Liverpool in four years. Although they are playing at home, they are not blind enough to beat Liverpool, although they have such extravagant hopes in their hearts.  Head coach Redknapp also focused on defensive counterattacks in his formation. The whole team did not attack blindly because this was their home court and there were tens of thousands of fans watching them in the stands. They focused on defense.  , resolutely have to wait for the opportunity to counterattack Liverpool.  Liverpool played too easily in the last game and lacked preparation for a tough game against Portsmouth. They thought they could win easily. However, they soon discovered that it was not so easy to score points against Portsmouth.  Easy, the opponent's defense is simply impregnable, let alone scoring goals, they don't even have many chances to shoot.  Liverpool were the first to shoot. In the 4th minute of the game, center Crouch returned a pass. New aid Benayoun's right-footed shot from outside the edge of the left penalty area was saved by Portsmouth goalkeeper James at the near corner.  But Portsmouth soon retaliated. In the 7th minute, Portsmouth passed a free kick to the right side of the penalty area, and Diop's header went slightly wide of the far corner.  Subsequently, both sides fell into a shooting drought and were unable to form a shooting opportunity. It was not until the 19th minute of the game that Liverpool completed a shot through a free kick, but Gerrard's long-range shot was blocked by James.  At this stage of the game, the mentality of the Liverpool players was already a bit unbalanced. They lacked patience both offensively and defensively, and wished they could beat Portsmouth to death. However, Portsmouth was very calm and insisted on playing their own game.  The previous tactical arrangement was prepared to slowly grind Liverpool to death.  In the 30th minute of the game, Portsmouth launched a quick counterattack. Kanu dribbled the ball into the penalty area alone. Sissoko and Hyypia defended. Originally, they only had to entangle Kanu to prevent him from shooting, but Sissoko  Ke Qiu impatiently pulled Kanu with his hand, but Kanu fell down.  The linesman raised the flag to signal that Sissoko fouled Kanu in the penalty area, and the referee Riley blew the whistle and awarded a penalty kick.  Liverpool players were very dissatisfied with this penalty. Alonso took the lead in arguing with the referee, but Riley took out a yellow card as a warning.  Just when the Liverpool people were in despair, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina showed his power and saved Kanu's penalty kick into the lower left corner with one hand.  Although the missed penalty kick damaged Portsmouth's morale, Portsmouth did not have much extravagant expectations in this game. They still maintained a stable defensive formation and never took any risks.Advance, waiting for another chance to counterattack.  Although Liverpool's morale was boosted after Reina saved the penalty kick, they had nothing to do with Portsmouth's no-hole tactics for a while. They could only continue to put pressure on them, hoping that Portsmouth would survive under the heavy pressure.  Something went wrong.  But today¡¯s Portsmouth were very focused. The eleven players on the field worked hard as one. Even if they made a small mistake, their teammates would immediately make up for it. Liverpool¡¯s players simply couldn¡¯t seize this fleeting opportunity.  When the deadlock lasted until 60 minutes, Liverpool people began to miss Chen Yu. Normally, Chen Yu would stand up to solve the problem, break the opponent's door, and direct the rhythm of the game to his side, but now Chen Yu can only  Cheer them on from the stands.  Benitez continuously replaced offensive players, hoping to have the effect of changing players like changing knives. However, under Portsmouth's tenacious defense, Liverpool simply could not enter the penalty area and could only rely on long shots.  To threaten the gate guarded by James.  Although long-range shooting is one of Liverpool's special skills, under the intensive defense, there is no good opportunity for long-range shooting. Moreover, Portsmouth presses like a mad dog within 30 meters. Liverpool's long-range shooting cannot be achieved.  to change the outcome of the game.  In the 86th minute of the game, Liverpool got the best chance of the game. Gerrard and Pennant cooperated on the wing. Finally, Gerrard passed the ball across the penalty area to the Liverpool forward in the middle of the penalty area.  Wolenen outflanked and shot 4 yards in front of the goal, but unfortunately the ball was shoveled out of the bottom line by him.  This was the closest Liverpool had to a goal. This shot failed to score. Liverpool's morale and confidence had been completely destroyed. Subsequently, although the referee Riley gave 5 minutes of stoppage time, Liverpool were unable to organize any more.  A threatening offense can only shake hands with Portsmouth on the road.
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