Vol 5 Chapter 75: Rumor

Talking about the grievance between Liverpool and Manchester, it will be traced back to a hundred years ago. At that time, Liverpool was one of the most famous ports in Britain. Its early prosperity was also built on the port trade.
When the Industrial Revolution came, Liverpool had begun to decline.
As an industrial city in the northwest, Manchester initially relied heavily on Liverpool's port transshipment. However, when the Manchester Grand Canal opened at the end of the 19th century, most ships could bypass Liverpool and go directly to Manchester, which undoubtedly exacerbated the decline of Liverpool. Manchester and his Grand Canal have since become one of the jealous objects of the Liverpool people.
After the Industrial Revolution, both Liverpool and Manchester gradually declined, but the hatred of the two cities remained.
The Manchester people hate Liverpool, and the Liverpool people hate Manchester. The hostile relationship between the two cities has been integrated into all aspects of life, and football has become a real battlefield.
In the past, Manchester City could only be represented by Manchester United, because after the rise of Manchester United in the 90s of the last century, Liverpool was kicked from the throne of English football, turning them from a real giant into a "noble noble."
Manchester United manager Ferguson said a classic saying, "My biggest achievement is to kick Liverpool from the throne". He can always remember the joy of leading Manchester United to overwhelm Liverpool. "Every Manchester man is proud of victory over Liverpool. . Because the opponent is like us, the most successful club in England. We ca n’t stand the opponent ’s victory as if we were stepped on.

In short, Manchester United and Liverpool faced Manchester United before, but now it is different. Manchester City has better results than Manchester United, so challenging Manchester United's "ruling Manchester status" has become a matter of top priority.
In fact, Manchester City has a fan base in this regard.
In the city of Manchester, there are more Manchester City fans than Manchester United fans, because many fans think. Manchester United is an 'international team'. Their influence is international. The boss is also an American. They simply cannot represent Manchester.
Manchester City is different. It is a fully rooted Manchester team.
Because of this, when Wan Sheng talks in front of the media, ‘Only we can represent Manchester’, it will cause all kinds of discussion.
The media supporting Manchester City are very excited, and of course they are happy to see the rise of Manchester City. Recently replaced Manchester United on behalf of Manchester; the neutral media are also very interested in this matter. The battle between Manchester City and Manchester United is originally a unique scenery of English football; only those pure Manchester United media will stand up to attack various wins, And mocked his self-control.
Regarding these, Wan Sheng did not refute anything.
In fact, he just put forward a slogan to cheer up Manchester City fans, which has no substantive meaning, but he still has a purpose.
Since coming to the Manchester City club and taking charge of Manchester City, he has to face a problem, which is the rival enemy Manchester United.
Even if he does nothing. But as long as Manchester City's performance is good, it will always be against Manchester United, and the relationship will become more and more hostile. Every Manchester United fan will regard him as a dead enemy, and everyone who supports Manchester United will hate him.
This is inevitable unless he leaves Manchester City.
Wan Sheng is not afraid of these. He came to Manchester City and prepared for the end with Manchester United, so now when he leads the team to the first throne of the league, he does not need to be low-key, he took the initiative to obtain the ' First move 'advantage. The headache is Manchester United.
Now the game with Liverpool is an opportunity, so Wan Sheng said it, and his words were also reported by many media, which was regarded as a provocation against Manchester United.
Many media are talking about this matter. So soon things went back to a fundamental-Manchester United and Manchester City performance problems.
At the beginning of the season, Manchester City beat Manchester United. The next match between the two teams is worth looking forward to, but the most important thing is the results of the two teams in the league. Manchester City are currently ranked first, Manchester United are behind Chelsea and Wigan Athletic. Ranked fourth in the league, this result is still too difficult to catch up.
After defeating West Ham United 2 to 1 in the last round, Manchester United won three consecutive victories in the league and also rose to fourth place in the standings. After losing one game, Manchester City scored 13 points, but Manchester United ’s Three consecutive victories let Ferguson see the hope of fighting for the championship.
Immediately after learning about Wan Sheng ’s remarks, Ferguson sarcastically said,
That Chinese does not know anything about his achievements. He wants to represent Manchester unless he wins as many champions as Manchester United.

Next he talked about the league.
"In the field of football, things are changing very fast, and the battle for the championship is far from over. Manchester City's results have risen all the way, but they have reached the apex, I believe they have almost started to decline. Chelsea have also had a few pauses, I think their luck will be exhausted. "
The pause that Ferguson refers to refers to the battle of Old Trafford. Manchester United defeated Chelsea 1-0, and then continued the momentum of the winning streak, but Chelsea's footsteps did not stop. After leaving Old Trafford, the Blue The army has already won twice.
The meaning of what he said was obviously not to give up this season's contention.
There are more people related to Ferguson ’s time at Manchester United. After all, he is already 64 years old. Ferguson still has a long-term perspective on this point. When asked how long he will work at Manchester United, he said that there are at least 2 To 3 years.
"I can still make long-term plans now," Ferguson said. "I will be here next season. I believe that next summer, the club will still support me. Of course, I can't coach here for another 10 years. , Maybe I wo n’t be there in 4 years, but I can make a plan for next season. "
One of Ferguson ’s plans is to find new players for Manchester United. After announcing that he is not interested in Ballack, he revealed some clues that his number one goal will come next summer. "In January, we may only introduce A few people, just to ensure the adequacy of the staff, the one we really want to sign, can only be introduced next summer. "
"This person cannot represent us in the Champions League this season, and his club will not sell him before next summer. But I am confident that the club will support my work in the summer and Manchester United will get the players they need."
Next, the media interviewed who Ferguson had chosen. The two clues he revealed were also very interesting. First of all, this player must have appeared on the Champions League stage this season, so even if he transfers, he will not be able to represent Manchester United in the remaining stages. , Secondly, he is very important to the team. The old club will not let people go easily until it finds its replacement.
Barak has ruled out that the British media ’s speculation focused on two people, and Milan ’s Gattuso and Lyon ’s Maru reached the focus.
But before next summer. Who is this man is still a mystery, and only Ferguson himself knows the answer.
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At the same time, Liverpool, one of the focus of attention, has no time to care about Manchester's 'civil war'.
As the defending champions of the UEFA Champions League, their team was fraught with problems. One of the biggest headaches for coach Benitez is perhaps the team's forward problem.
Wednesday night is the UEFA Champions League group stage. Liverpool's opponent is Real Betis from Spain. Compared with Liverpool, Real Betis is just a rookie in the European competition. The strength of the two teams is not small, but withdraws from Anfield. At the time, the mood of the vast majority of Red Army fans was full of contradictions.
On the one hand, the team's hard-won four-game winning streak came to an abrupt end on this day, but on the other hand. This is already the fifth consecutive game in which the team ’s gates remain
innocent
; although the club ’s history of defeating the Spanish team at home (3 draws and 1 loss) has not been rewritten, Liverpool ’s undefeated games in the Champions League continue It was 13 games.
This is Liverpool's fifth "white roll" in 19 events since the opening of the Premier League, and 0 to 0 is enough for Liverpool to secure a seat in the top 16 elimination rounds.
Two weeks later, the Champions League derby held at Stamford Bridge may allow Chelsea to grab the top spot in the group, but they cannot change the fact that the two teams advanced together. Even in Liverpool ’s last season of winning the European Championship, they may not It wasn't in the final group game that the captain Gerrard's last blow only barely passed.
(Liverpool relied on the ‘Champions League defending champion’ to win a place this season, but they were divided into a group with Chelsea)
however. Embarrassment and annoyance are also accompanied by a festive atmosphere, because no matter from which point of view, this is a game that the home team should completely win.
This game, 90 minutes. Liverpool's shots are as high as 25 (including 8 hits within the frame), far more than the opponent Real Betis's 6 (only two shots). On the scene, Real Betis achieved a 54% advantage in ball control, but the number of times to enter the 30-meter area in front of the home team was very few, not to mention the actual threat to the Liverpool gate.
What is even more sighing is that this is the 16th time this season to represent Liverpool high center Crouch. It should also be his first goal after joining Anfield.
In just 4 minutes in the middle of the first half, Crouch had three consecutive great opportunities to break through, and his left foot volley in the second half was blocked by the visiting defender Rivas's arm. Go out.
In UEFA's post-match technical statistics, Crouch had 10 shots by himself!
But ... no goal.
This is a huge irony!
Crouch's tension and weakness in the face of the gate seemed to have spread to his teammates. Rither wasted a beautiful volley in the second half, and before the game expressed hope to become the second Emlin Hughes (Liverpool history The only captain who won the Champions League twice), Gerald received a good pass from Kewell when the game was about to enter stoppage time, but watched his vigorous push shot by the visiting goalkeeper. Russ successfully blocked, so that when he was replaced, he shook his head again and again.
"If Crouch can maintain today's play, then I will be very satisfied." Unsurprisingly, even though Crouch has been up to 21 hours and 8 minutes from his last goal, head coach Benettis still offers again. With solidarity, "in my opinion, he is the best in this game, and he has indeed performed well in recent games. In any case, we have successfully qualified and this is a huge improvement compared to last season."
I do n’t know if it ’s a blessing or a curse, yet another busy and innocent appearance still does n’t overwhelm Crouch ’s self-confidence.
"Another embarrassing night ~ EbookFREE.me ~ But the important thing is that the team achieved the results we want," Crouch, who was replaced by Kewell in the 84th minute, said in an interview after the game. "As long as I can score the first goal, I believe more goals will follow."
But no matter what the coaches and players of ‘tacit understanding’ say, Liverpool ’s strike has become a huge problem.
The media commented, "How to break Liverpool against Manchester City will become a crucial issue."
At present, Manchester City have the fewest goals conceded in the Premier League. It goes without saying that the defensive ability is not easy. It is not easy to break the Manchester City goal, but Benitez ’s Liverpool striker itself has problems. Mocking.
The match between the two teams could have proceeded smoothly, after all, even if Wan Sheng said 'we can only represent Manchester' in the future, but that is the future, not now, this is not a match between Manchester United and Liverpool, but a message before the game, let The two teams suddenly became more tense-Benitez found Robbie Fowler in private. The two had some conversations. Robbie Fowler is likely to return to Anfield in the winter! (To be continued.) If you think the super training master is very beautiful! Then please put the website of this site! Recommend to your little friends to watch it together!