Chapter 1 Liverpool Conquers Chelsea

Liverpool's victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge was deemed historic by the media after the match.

Because it meant that in the whole of England, there was no longer a team that could compete with Liverpool.

Arsenal, as a traditional powerhouse, a strong team, has inevitably declined. Arsene Wenger's coaching philosophy is a pleasure for those who love football, but it is a torment for Arsenal fans—after Arsenal fans have watched this kind of football for nearly twenty years, they will inevitably become tired of it. It is difficult to arouse their interest with football alone.

Unfortunately, Arsenal can never win a championship. Wenger is actually anxious in his heart, but he is still quite tough on his mouth, saying that he is committed to returning football to its roots, rather than those utilitarian things...

His words are very idealistic, but the real world is a very vulgar world. If you can't succeed, then you are a loser. No matter how noble your ideals are, it's useless. Noble ideals can't be eaten.

So, wanting to rely on Arsenal to stop Liverpool is the most unreliable idea. They haven't even sorted out their own affairs.

Manchester City, this tragic team, is not worth mentioning. Liverpool is simply their natural nemesis. They can win against Manchester United 6:1, but they cannot avoid being slaughtered by Liverpool 5:0.

Manchester United is the most likely to block Liverpool, but last season's battle at Old Trafford showed everyone the old age of Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United. The soul of this Manchester United team is old, and the team is naturally not favored.

The new season has started for eight rounds, and Manchester United is already five points behind Liverpool—in the eighth round of the league, Manchester United was surprisingly tied 2:2 by Sunderland at their home stadium.

If Manchester United was five points behind Liverpool last season, many people would believe that Manchester United could definitely catch up, or even overtake them.

But after last season's battle at Old Trafford, many people feel that even a five-point gap this season already says a lot.

In the final analysis, it was Manchester United's defeat at home to Liverpool that caused the trouble. In the past three seasons, except for the season that just ended, in the other two seasons, Liverpool did not get any good results when challenging Manchester United away, and they all lost.

If it hadn't been for that game last season, the rebel banner could have been flying high over Manchester United's Old Trafford.

You know, they have always been the leaders in resisting Liverpool...

Unexpectedly, Old Trafford was captured by Liverpool, and the leader of the rebels was also beheaded by Liverpool, his head and body separated.

As I said before, Manchester United's failure at their home stadium seems to be a watershed. From then on, the Manchester United dynasty, which had ruled the Premier League for twenty-one years, gradually moved towards its demise, while the old aristocrat Liverpool took the opportunity to restore its power, step by step, to completely end the Manchester United dynasty. And Manchester United happened to step on Liverpool's corpse to ascend to the throne.

It really is the cycle of heaven...

Maybe in ten or twenty years, Manchester United will be restored and Liverpool will be pulled down again, and they will sit back on the throne?

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After the eighth round of the league, the Premier League entered a short break, and the national team matches took center stage.

The first training ground of the Melwood training base became empty again. Chen Hero, who had no national team match tasks, trained with the reserve team and the youth team.

He doesn't have to feel bored, because in the reserve team, he is also a star, and he has a good relationship with everyone. After last season, as well as this season's FA Cup and this season's League Cup, Chen Hero and these Liverpool reserve team players have also become familiar with each other.

And they found that Chen Hero was not as arrogant and unapproachable as the outside world rumored and as they thought.

They found Chen Hero to be a very approachable person. This made their impression of Chen Hero much better—not only are his skills superb, but his character is also good.

Such a person is popular wherever he goes!

If you want to talk about who is the most disappointed person at the Melwood training base at this time, it is undoubtedly the Chinese reporters.

On national team match days, the focus of everyone's discussion shifted from club events to the national team.

There are also many fewer reporters at Melwood. They all went to pay attention to the performance of Liverpool players in national team matches.

Only Chinese reporters are still guarding here.

Listening to the bad performance of the national team from China, everyone inevitably felt a little sad.

Listening to the laughter coming from the training ground from time to time, and looking at the bright smile on Chen Hero's face, some people couldn't help but complain: "How can Hero still be so happy... It seems that he doesn't care about the national team's matches at all."

Someone next to him said to him: "Of course, the Football Association treats him like that, why should he care about the national team's matches? If I were him, I wouldn't bother with the national team!"

"The Football Association is asking for trouble! They just refuse to lower their stance and apologize to Hero. It was their own problem in the first place. Hero only asked them to apologize, which is already very generous... Everyone says that the current emperor is a fan, why hasn't he come out to clean up those grandsons in the General Administration of Sport?"

"What is the current emperor?"

"You know!"

"Oh oh oh! I understand! But the General Administration of Sport is not easy to deal with, they can win gold medals at the Olympic Games and Asian Games..."

"Alas, football can't win gold medals, in the eyes of those officials, it's useless..."

There is nothing to see in Chen Hero training with the reserve team and youth team players.

A group of Chinese reporters also have time to get together to chat and express their feelings about the current situation of Chinese football.

They are all sure that if Chen Hero can return to the national team, not to say that the Chinese team can become a top-notch team in Asia, but at least it will not be as depressing as it is now. The Spanish coach Camacho led the Chinese team to the Brazil World Cup, but they didn't even make it to the top ten in the Asian qualifiers for the Brazil World Cup, and finally left China in disgrace. The Chinese Football Association was swindled out of a large sum of money, and in the end, it was all in vain. Of course, this money was paid by Dalian Wanda Group, and they don't care. But this is equivalent to wasting another four years of life for Chinese football and fans.

Has anyone ever carefully calculated this account?

Or have they stopped caring about the fans' opinions?

Many people feel that if the Football Association is willing to put down its stance and sincerely invite Chen Hero, the Chinese team will at least have a chance to compete for the World Cup finals.

Now it's better to let such a good person go unused, and let him wander alone in a foreign country...

Speaking of this, everyone is full of anger and has fire in their hearts.

"Everyone, everyone, let's learn from Hero and take this matter lightly. Look, Hero doesn't mention the national team anymore?" An older peer reminded everyone.

Everyone then came out of the angry and unwilling emotions.

Someone looked at Chen Hero, who was joking with his teammates on the training ground, shook his head and sighed.

But he didn't say anything more.

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Time flies quickly. In the blink of an eye, the national team match day is over, and the national players have returned to their respective clubs.

The booming league has started again.

Considering that many national players have only played two national team matches, and after this league match, they will play the Champions League group match in the middle of next week, and the opponent is Marseille, which is currently ranked second in the group, Martin O'Neill intends to make a significant rotation in the next Liverpool away game against Sunderland. Except for Chen Hero, almost all the other starting players have entered the rest list.

In the end, this rotated Liverpool team drew 2:2 with Sunderland away.

Sunderland tied Manchester United 2:2 in the last league match, and tied Liverpool with the same score in this round.

But no one said that Liverpool's progress was blocked.

Because Liverpool and Sunderland drew in this game, it was really because of bad luck.

They had a total of thirty-five shots in the game, and twelve goals were within the frame, but only two goals were scored. Sunderland's goalkeeper Mignolet was like he was on drugs in this game, performing bravely and blocking several of Liverpool's sure goals.

In the end, the Belgian goalkeeper was named the best player of the match.

Although Chen Hero scored a goal in the game and assisted his teammate with another goal, he could only be ranked second.

Liverpool's eight-game winning streak was ended.

However, this matter did not bring any impact to Liverpool players. Victory or defeat is a common thing in military affairs. Everyone is a professional player. What can't be accepted? Moreover, this is just a draw, not a failure. And their performance in the game was really good, it was just bad luck. There is no way to solve the problem of luck. It is useless to complain, it is better to calmly accept the result.

An important point for professional players is to self-regulate their psychological emotions, otherwise the failure of a game will defeat them. Even if they are sad, they will cry after the game, and in two days, smiles will reappear on their faces and start a new life. They are not like fans. If their team loses the game, they may be immersed in a sad atmosphere for a whole week. After all, football occupies a very important position in the lives of fans, but in the hearts of players, it may not be the case...

Martin O'Neill didn't care about being tied by Sunderland away. He was more concerned that Chen Hero was in good condition and had a goal and an assist in the game.

Next, Liverpool will usher in the Champions League group match against Marseille at home.

If Liverpool can beat Marseille, then it will not be a big suspense to qualify as the first in the group in advance. Because Marseille is now the most promising opponent to compete with Liverpool for the first place in the group. The two teams now have the same six points. When the points are the same, the relationship between each other's wins and losses is compared first. The direct dialogue between Liverpool and Marseille is very important.

If they can beat Marseille, they will be able to gain an advantage in the competition for the first place in the group.

For this reason, Martin O'Neill let the main players of the whole team take a rotation break, and being tied by Sunderland is not a thing worth mentioning...

At that time, Liverpool's main players, who have had plenty of rest in this game, will give Marseille an impressive meeting gift at Anfield Stadium.