Chapter 304 Prauting and Price

One to three.

Liverpool finally won the strong Arsenal at Anfield Stadium, and the latter opened a gap with Liverpool and Chelsea in the league. It would be much more difficult to equalize the points. In the middle of the league, the defending champion Arsenal also fell behind.

This made the English media talk about it after the game.

Throughout this game, although Arsenal attacked the whole game, they never seemed to control the situation, and the goal was only a tactical attack. In essence, their players did not perform very well.

This is also Arsenal's second defeat since the start of the game, and the last time they lost to Manchester United in the league.

However, there are too many draws in their other games.

In the last six league games, Arsenal only got a poor six-pointer, which is really a little bad. This makes them 'undefeated', but they don't have a lot of points. They have been pulled six points by Liverpool, and Chelsea has pulled down eight points from Arsenal. Maybe they should worry about their Champions Cup qualification, because Manchester United and Everton and even Middlesbrough have slowly caught up.

Arsenal's third position in the league is in jeopardy.

After the game, Arsenal's head coach Wenger praised Liverpool's performance and emphasized the team's determination to get out of the trough.

"I won't think about Chelsea and Liverpool. I'm more concerned about whether we can get back on track. We must reorganize and find the way to the best state." At the post-match press conference, Wenger said.

This game is Arsenal's second defeat in the nearly 55 league games, and Arsenal's two losses are in recent league games, and there are too many draws.

"We are not sharp enough now."

Wenger said: "I don't think we have made many mistakes, but when you lose, your mistakes will be infinitely magnified. Our poor defense gave Liverpool a chance. However, what I want to say is that we did not lose to Liverpool, but to the opponent's No. 10. Wenger's statement caused an uproar throughout the press conference. Reporters did not expect Wenger to say such a thing as Arsenal's coach.

"The opponent's No. 10 was so good. I think we lost to him, not Liverpool. You're right." Wenger stressed again: "The first goal and the second goal are almost all dominated by the opponent's No. 10. I admit that our defense is not good, because I didn't expect the opponent's speed to be so fast."

"We also have many reasons for ourselves. It seems that we are a little tired. In the Champions League in the middle of the week, we were forced to fight with nine people, which may consume a lot of our physical strength. Of course, I don't want to make any excuses."

"When we equalized, I felt that we might be able to continue to work hard and win the game, and this almost happened. But in the end, the opponent's No. 10 still scored a goal in a solo performance, which broke our fighting spirit. At that time, I didn't know what I was thinking. I just knew that the goal was wonderful. I wanted to applaud for the goal, but I couldn't, because I was the head coach of Arsenal, and now I'm at Anfield.

"Congratulations on Benitez for getting such a player..."

After saying this, Wenger said, "But he may not belong to Liverpool, because he is too strong."

This sentence made Benitez's face suddenly gloomy.

Now what the Spaniards hate to hear most is obviously the question about Don Jack's 'not being able to stay in Liverpool'. This is actually just Wenger's personal statement, but in fact, there is still a reason.

Liverpool itself is a giant in England, but in terms of Europe, there is still a big gap compared with big teams such as AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United. This gap is not only fame, but also economic.

Jack Don is doing so well now, but he still has a weekly salary of 50,000 pounds on the Liverpool contract, which is obviously not in line with his performance.

But raising the salary will involve the salary system of the whole team, so this is the problem, and to what extent the salary will be raised is another problem. It is too little. It is definitely not possible to keep big stars. If a player like Jack Don signs the contract again, the salary must catch up with Gerrard, or even more than Gerrard. How much salary does this cost?

A weekly salary of 100,000 pounds? 120,000 pounds?

That means that Liverpool will spend millions more pounds on this black-haired boy every year, which is a big problem. At the same time, if you raise the salary of this black-haired boy, you must also raise the salary of other players. Liverpool has a good record to win the championship, and it is okay to have a huge income. If the results are not good this season, It's almost inevitable that you can't keep this brunette boy. Wenger's words really meant to poke Benitez's heart.

However, at least this season, Don Jack belongs to Liverpool. Benitez is not worried. He only hopes to lead the team to achieve good results this season. Otherwise, not only Don Jack, I'm afraid Gerard will not be able to keep it.

In fact, Chelsea has been chasing Gerrard.

Mourinho has always hoped to create the strongest midfield combination. Chelsea already has Lampard, so take Gerard, which other team in the Premier League will be the opponent? Last summer, Chelsea offered Gerrard a £25 million transfer contract, but Gerrard finally stayed at Anfield.

Benitez knows that if the team's performance is not good, Gerrard will definitely leave.

Fortunately... In the first half of the season, Liverpool's performance was good. With the hope of competing for the championship, Gerrard, who loves Liverpool deeply, will not choose to leave.

This is the best result.

At present, there is no way back for Benitez. He must lead Liverpool to win the championship this season. Otherwise, Liverpool will definitely be pushed by the crowd next season, and many players will transfer one after another. Even if he leads the team to meet the requirements of the board of directors, he will not meet the requirements of the players. There is nothing we can do.

"Hey, champion!"

Benitez, who walked out of the press conference, was sighing.

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Four consecutive wins.

After the away draw with Blackburn, Liverpool has achieved a four-game winning streak, including a strong team like Arsenal, but this result still did not let Liverpool occupy the top position, because Chelsea also won the 15 rounds of the Premier League at Stamford Bridge. And it's also a -4-zero victory.

It seems that Chelsea is better than Liverpool.

This season, Chelsea has invested another 100 million euros to buy Drogba, Carvalho and Tiago. After Mendes, Robben and other players, all the teams were stunned by their good condition.

Moreover, Chelsea has always blossomed in the whole line, which is also the reason why the media is optimistic about Chelsea, while Liverpool's state completely follows Don Jack's pace, which makes the media feel that Liverpool is more like a one-man team, although there are many stars in Liverpool. Arsenal are getting worse and worse. From the winning streak at the beginning of the league to the low score of six points in six rounds, the media are not very optimistic about Arsenal's way to defend its title.

In addition, Manchester United and Middlesbrough have also achieved very good results recently.

At the beginning of the league, Manchester United fell behind due to poor starting results. Now they are only two points behind Arsenal, ranking fourth in the league, while Middlesbrough led by McLaren has tied with Aston Villa, and the two teams are in the fifth and sixth positions in the league respectively.

There are also Everton, Manchester City and other teams.

Such a league situation makes the English media very happy. They can proudly choose the Premier League this season as the dominance of the seven heroes, rather than one or two. In the past, the pattern of Manchester United dominating the Premier League is really not flattering, which is also the reason why the Premier League was not valued by fans 2,000 years ago.

Liverpool's recent opponent is not weak, but when the injury situation is serious, the team still withstands the pressure and has achieved four consecutive victories in the league, which has to be impressive.

And Don Jack's good condition is even more amazing to all England fans.

At the beginning, everyone thought that the state of this black-haired boy was only temporary, but now no one thinks so, because Don Jack has explained everything with stable goal numbers. His goals have continuously laid the foundation for Liverpool's winning streak, and the media are just touted him in the tide. Because they can't find evidence to belittle Don Jack.

This praise includes almost all the big media in England.

In addition to big newspapers such as The Sun, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph, which have a wide range of influence in Europe, in addition to the Liverpool Post, which supports Liverpool's newspapers, there are still many media that rely on Liverpool's performance this season and envy them for having Jack. A player like Li.

The Manchester Sport has a wide influence in the north of England.

Before the game, they thought that only Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea were qualified for the league championship. Since Liverpool's strong rise, they still adhered to their views. But after this game, Manchester Sport changed its view and named the team that competed for the league championship. Add one word: Liverpool.

Now, which media will think that Liverpool does not have the strength to compete for the league championship?

That must be a brain pump!

Obviously, Manchester Sports doesn't want to put such a label on their forehead. In the next day's report, they think that Chelsea and Liverpool are the most qualified to compete for the league championship, but the evaluation is still: "Chelsea is because of the overall strength, and Liverpool is because of the ability of individual players. "

It is self-evident who individual players refer to.

This is just a relatively low-key media.

The website of "Club England" directly put Liverpool on the stove. On the first news on the homepage of the website the next day, they actually proposed that Liverpool had the hope of a comprehensive recovery this season, and used the quadruplewinners that won the UEFA Champions Cup, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the league championship to prove the ball. The recovery of the team has become another English club's myth of winning the championship.

This grand goal makes the whole Liverpool club ironic.

In an interview with the media, Benitez denied: "Liverpool does not have this goal. My team is still under construction. I only hope that the results of this season will be stable, and there is no corresponding goal to win the championship."

"As for the FA Cup and the League Cup, I will probably choose to give up at the right time."

This is the truth.

For the League and the Champions League, Liverpool will definitely fight hard, but the FA Cup and the League Cup will definitely give up if the situation is not good next season. This is for the other two seasons. After all, the two are not comparable.

It's very dazzling to win the four crowns, but there are too many hardships to pay.

"Club of England" said a little too much, but other media praised Liverpool and Don Jack's comments. Even Don Jack can see that he looks like a "killing" like this. For these reports, he just trains home at night to kill time, and he wants to laugh at some reports.

After this time, he finally knew the power of the English media.

Compared with the German media, the English media's praise ability is much stronger. If they now make such a result in the Bundesliga, the first thing the German media should do is doubt. They are skeptical and observe until they determine their ability, they will be like the club they support, etc. But there are few reports of flattering the players without hesitation.

This is not flattery, it's really 'pearing'.

No wonder Rooney is so famous. With so many absolute 'trumpeters', as the most outstanding young player in England's new century, Rooney is not very famous.

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Three days later, Liverpool ushered in the last round of the Champions League group stage against Monaco.

The last match between the two ended with Liverpool, and this time, Monaco can be said to be a backwater battle. If they win Liverpool at home, they can qualify in the group. If they lose, it depends on the results of Olympiacos and A Coruña.

Obviously, any team wants to take the initiative in their own hands.

However, this game has received little attention. It is mainly the media of the four teams in Group A. Before the game, Benitez was asked many times whether Liverpool would 'bend water'. To such a question, Benitez's answer would obviously be: "We will make every effort!" The situation of the opponent has nothing to do with us!"

Liverpool's steady group is the first to qualify, and there is no suspense at all. Of course, they will be suspected of being waterproof.

But for this, UEFA has no choice. They can't ask Liverpool to play. In that case, it is absolutely unfair to Liverpool. In fact, 30 minutes before the game, the reporters on the scene have got Liverpool's starting list, except for Carragher, Haipia and so on. One player, the rest are substitutes.

Monaco was overjoyed to see this starting list.

Although it has been prepared for a long time, Monaco is still very surprised to see that Liverpool really does not send the main force to play. After all, if Liverpool sends a player like Don Jack, Monaco is really not confident to win, but now, the situation is different.

As a result, Monaco was disappointed.

They are not disappointed in Liverpool's lineup, but disappointed in their performance.

Although Liverpool did not send the main team, Liverpool took the lead in scoring. In the thirty-first minute of the game, they took advantage of a corner kick and the main midfielder Jamie. Carragher scored the goal with a header and scored the first goal of the game.

Then, Monaco was excited to equalize.

Unfortunately, when they equalized, it was the 91st minute of the second half. It was not until the last minute of the game that Monaco narrowly equalized the score.

At the same time, it also surprised them.

Because in another group match at the same time, Olympiacos and A Coruña also tied. Their score was zero to zero. In this way, the two brothers returned home and were eliminated from the group stage, while Monaco narrowly tied with Liverpool and won the first place in the group with the advantage of two league points. With two results, the two teams entered the knockout stage together.

Everyone is happy!

This is the final result of the game. Monaco's head coach was obviously very satisfied. After the game, he praised the performance of Liverpool players, especially striker Mailer, who was so praised that he almost fell into the sea. Unfortunately, Mailer did not hear these words. In fact, he was annoyed by his performance. He started. He played, but it was Carragher who scored the goal.

Compared with these predecessors, he still looks too young.

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The end of the group stage of the European Champions Cup is really worth celebrating.

But for Liverpool, the current schedule is still very intensive. They don't have time to enjoy the joy of qualifying. In the 20 days before Christmas, they still have five games to play, four of which are in the league and one is the top 32 of the league cup.

Now that the injured soldiers are in serious condition, going through five games in 20 days is a difficult challenge for Liverpool.

After playing against Monaco, Liverpool returned directly to England and only took a night's rest. It ushered in Aston Villa, the 16th round of the league, and Liverpool still played away.

The difficulty of this game can be imagined.

Aston Villa is a strong team in the Premier League. Although it has not won the championship in recent years, its results have been good. Since 2,000 years, they have never fallen out of the top ten in the league. The strength of such a team can be imagined.

As a result, at the beginning of the game, Liverpool was like what the media thought. The only main players who really appeared in the starting lineup were Don Jack and Cowell. The players who played against Monaco yesterday were all left on the bench by Benitez, or directly in Liverpool.

As soon as the two teams met, the disadvantage of Liverpool's 'more substitute' lineup was revealed.

Aston Villa is not as depressed as Arsenal. Their strength is still very strong. With such a great advantage at home, it is almost impossible not to have an advantage. In the thirteenth minute of the opening game, taking advantage of a free kick, Aston Villa's Solano headed the ball near 17 meters in front of the goal. The ball is on top of the net.

Next, Liverpool launched a counterattack led by Don Jack.

Unfortunately, Aston Villa's defense is also very stable. Although in the 63rd minute of the second half, Don Jack helped the team equalize the score with a long shot, in the end, Aston Villa overtook the score with a goal in stoppage time.

After four consecutive victories in the league, Liverpool, who was seriously injured, finally ushered in a defeat. They lost to Aston Villa on the road.