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Volume 1 Chapter 928 Reaching the top again

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    The 19th round of the Premier League is halfway through the schedule. Liverpool faces Derby County, a weak opponent in the league. The other top three opponents are not weak, especially Arsenal, which is ranked first, will face the challenge of Portsmouth. This is Liverpool  Great time to get back on top.  Portsmouth¡¯s record is amazing. Although they were defeated by Liverpool in the last game, this will not have a big impact on their strength. Arsenal should beware of them venting their anger on themselves.  Chelsea¡¯s opponent is Aston Villa, currently ranked 7th. With Chelsea¡¯s state, it is not easy to win against Aston Villa, even at home.  Manchester United¡¯s opponent, Sunderland, is relatively weak, but even Sunderland¡¯s ranking and record are many times better than Derby County. Compared with Liverpool, Manchester United will definitely be much more difficult to win.  The first game on the day after Christmas was the battle between Chelsea and Aston Villa. This game was thrilling. A total of 8 goals were scored and three people were sent off. Chelsea took the lead in the 90th minute, but  In the 92nd minute, Aston Villa equalized for the fourth time. The final score of 4:4 cost Chelsea the opportunity to further improve their ranking.  The games between Manchester United and Sunderland, and Liverpool and Derby County started at the same time. Although Manchester United's opponents were stronger, Manchester United was in good condition. They had a two-goal lead in the first 20 minutes and a three-goal lead at halftime.  Victory, but Liverpool faced the league deputy squad leader but tied with their opponent 1:1 at halftime.  In the second half, Manchester United won the game 4:0 without any suspense, but it was extremely difficult for Liverpool to score with a free kick by Chen Yu in the 90th minute, preventing the birth of a super upset.  The most critical game is the game between Arsenal and Portsmouth tonight. This game will determine the half-way championship of the Premier League.  Arsenal attaches great importance to this game. Arsenal is the team with the youngest average age in the Premier League. Their characteristics are fearlessness and indomitableness. Their shortcomings are also obvious. They are highly emotional. They can play with the wind but not against the wind. Once  If you lose, there is a possibility of a losing streak, so Wenger must ensure that the team continues to win.  Portsmouth was swept by Liverpool with 4 goals in the last game. If they still want to reach the top four, they at least cannot lose this game against Arsenal, otherwise the gap between them and the top four will become wider and wider.  .  Portsmouth, playing at home, also adopted an active and fierce press at the beginning, trying to open Arsenal's door first, but Arsenal used their gorgeous ball control and foot skills to teach Portsmouth a lesson. Arsenal passed the ball extremely quickly.  In front of the ball, Portsmouth couldn't grab the ball at all. Instead, Arsenal repeatedly counterattacked. If Arsenal's forwards were not capable of seizing opportunities, Portsmouth would have conceded at least two goals in the first ten minutes.  Redknapp and Portsmouth soon realized the reality. The danger of a confrontation with Arsenal was greater than that of Liverpool. Although Liverpool is also good at counterattacking with long passes, the speed and quality of Liverpool's passing and receiving are not as good as those of Liverpool.  Arsenal, it's just that Liverpool's Chen Yu is too evil, and his ability to seize opportunities is far beyond ordinary people, otherwise Liverpool's counterattack would not be as good as Arsenal's.  Since you can't play against each other, you can only play defensive counterattack if you want to win. Redknapp is a very individual coach. Since he decided to defend, he simply withdrew all the players to his own half, leaving only one player in front.  Kanu serves as the bridgehead.  Arsenal's offensive power is very strong, but when faced with the opponent's extremely defensive formation, no matter how smooth and delicate the short passing penetration is, it is difficult to penetrate. Instead, Portsmouth's counterattacks bring trouble to Arsenal from time to time.  A minor annoyance.  Arsenal, who were playing away from home in the first half, were completely in control of the situation. Although there were not many shooting opportunities, Portsmouth had even fewer. Moreover, the ball was still on Arsenal's side. After the first half, most of the  Most people thought it was just a matter of time before Arsenal scored.  But the second half was almost a replica of the first half. Arsenal had more than 70% of the ball, but their chances of scoring goals were not even as good as in the first half. Portsmouth's counterattacks, although few, were every time.  There was a threat every time, especially in the 80th minute of the game. Portsmouth goalkeeper Muwaruwari got rid of all Arsenal defenders in the counterattack, and the ball passed Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia.  , just when he was about to hit an empty goal, the ball was scooped out of the baseline by Clichy, who quickly returned to defense, destroying Portsmouth's best scoring opportunity.  Portsmouth¡¯s counterattack scared Arsenal. In addition, as the game time reached 80 minutes, the players¡¯ physical fitness declined, and the enthusiasm and adventurous spirit of both sides¡¯ offense were greatly weakened. In the end, they had to accept the 0:0 result.  Due to Liverpool¡¯s away victory, Arsenal, which had just reached the top spot, had to hand back the half-time championship to Liverpool.  Wenger was very angry about this result. At the post-match press conference, Wenger became a little angry, "I must say that Portsmouth was not good in the second half.When playing football, they didn't press out at all, they just defended.  It's surprising enough to be able to put ten people in the backcourt.  Their defense is very experienced, and the forwards also focus on defense, putting Kanu in the frontcourt.  You can't play like this every week. We played for real against Liverpool last week and ended up getting four goals from the opponent. So after they saw that they couldn't compete with us in this game, they only cared about defense.  " I was annoyed. Redknapp deliberately wanted to play like this, so what could Wenger do? In the final analysis, he still blamed his team for not having the strength to break their goal. Wenger finally said something not to make the home team angry. He said:  "I can't be disappointed with Harry's operation. This is his freedom. We don't have a superstar like Chen Yu. We have to find a way to solve the problem of scoring goals.  ¡± Winning the half-season championship again is of great significance to Liverpool. Starting from the 2003-04 season, the Premier League championship for three consecutive seasons was won by the team that ranked first in the standings after the Christmas schedule, expanding the statistical scope and the birth of the Premier League.  In the past 15 seasons, there have been a total of 8 times when the Christmas schedule led to the championship at the end of the season. Only last season due to Liverpool's magical performance, this pattern was broken. In other words, after winning the half-time championship, Liverpool has a record.  More than 50% hope to defend the title. In addition, although Liverpool and Arsenal are only on the same points, Arsenal's opponents in the Champions League are stronger, and there is the African Cup of Nations in between. The departure of Toure and Ebou will inevitably give Arsenal a hard time.  Na brings weakening, Senderos and Toure are not at the same level at all. Once they encounter a physically strong forward, the Swiss will have a psychological shadow, and the seemingly strong Senderos is always injured, almost becoming a glass man.  Toure will not be able to return until February at the latest. Once he is injured again, Wenger can only arrange Gilberto or Song as a guest central defender. Obviously these two are worse than Senderos, and Liverpool is almost unaffected by the African Cup.  , therefore, although Liverpool is now beating Arsenal only by virtue of the number of goals, it is actually very difficult for Arsenal not to be left behind by Liverpool. Since Chelsea is too far behind, it is no longer easy to guarantee the top four position.  , the biggest threat to Liverpool is actually the Red Devils Manchester United. Historically speaking, Manchester United has been more powerful in the second half of the championship. Manchester United succeeded in chasing five times, and the most powerful one was against Newcastle in 1996.  Points, Ferguson led his team to successfully reverse and win the championship. Judging from the schedule, Manchester United and Liverpool were eliminated from the League Cup early. They both had at least two and at most three games more rest time than Arsenal and Chelsea.  This is very valuable in the second half of the season. In addition, before Manchester United's Champions League knockout rounds, the league opponents gradually increased from weak to strong, which is conducive to the team reaching its best state. And from the perspective of staffing, Chelsea is in chaos and Assen.  Na Young, only Manchester United's staffing is similar to Liverpool's, with a reasonable age mix and superstars, because after Arsenal's setback in this round, the media believed that it was Manchester United that could pose a real threat to Liverpool. For Manchester United, No. 20.  This round is a good opportunity for them to catch up with Liverpool and Arsenal. This round, Arsenal and Liverpool both face challenges from strong enemies, and their opponents are relatively weak. If they can win against West Ham United in this round, while Liverpool and Arsenal  If Everton and Manchester City are blocked, Manchester United is expected to tie or overtake them in points. The media also believes that the 20th round is the key battle of the Christmas Devils schedule. This is the third game of the Devils schedule, because it is basically the same.  It is a three-day game, and the players are very tired physically and mentally. At this time, the outcome of the game is no longer purely technical, but depends more on whether the players have steel-like determination.  Will, at this level, the wealthy teams are not much better than the ordinary teams. In other words, the chances of the weak teams being upset are still not small.  Manchester United was the first among the semi-finals to start the game, and the day of the game also coincided with the birthday of Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United players not only wanted to use a hearty victory to pay tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson, but also hoped to use the victory to pay tribute to Liverpool and Arsenal.  Pressure, in the game, Manchester United's players were a little eager to win and lacked patience in attacking. Although in the 8th minute of the opening, C.  Ronaldo used his personal ability to score the first goal, but then he missed the penalty kick that sealed the victory, which gave West Ham United the confidence to equalize.  West Ham United defended for 76 minutes and did not allow Manchester United to score a second goal. After that, West Ham United launched a ferocious counterattack. However, Manchester United was not well prepared for West Ham United's counterattack. At this time, their physical fitness could not keep up.  West Ham United scored two goals in the 77th and 82nd minutes, reversing the score. Afterwards, although Manchester United counterattacked vigorously, they were unable to knock on the door of West Ham United again, and were eventually defeated by West Ham United in the away game.  An upset defeat.
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