In the third round of the FA Cup, defeating Swindon 5:2.

In the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Liverpool beat Vigan 2:1 away.[]

In the 22nd round of the league, the team beat Tottenham Hotspur 1:0 at home.

On January 22, Liverpool beat Manchester United 1:0 away with Gerald's goal.

The Red Devils tied Blackburn at home in the first leg of the League Cup 1:1. Ferguson saw that the league was hopeless and wanted to win the Cup championship, so he did not do his best in the game against Liverpool, but he still caused a lot of trouble for the Reds.

However, after losing to Liverpool in the league, Manchester United defeated Blackburn 2-0 in the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals and successfully entered the finals.

Liverpool defeated Vigan 1-0 at home, defeating Vigan 3-1 with a total score, and reached the League Cup final.

After this game, Yang Cheng shouted a slogan in an interview with the media, "February 26, Millennium Stadium, welcome to witness another Liverpool Cup championship in the new season!"

Regarding the provocation from Yang Cheng, Ferguson said that he would do his best in the League Cup final.

"They will fight on multiple fronts next, and they will definitely not be able to continue their previous outstanding state. This is inevitable. Chelsea will put huge pressure on Liverpool in the league, which will make them unwilling to the League Cup."

After a pause, Ferguson talked about the biggest problems facing multi-line combat.

"Everyone thinks that the most terrifying thing about multi-line combat is the intensive schedule, but it is actually not, it is pressure!"

Why do you say so?

"Whether it's a player or a head coach, we will want to win on multiple fronts. Manchester United played well in the FA Cup and the league, and the same was true in the European Champions League. We insisted on fighting on the third line. We had the opportunity to fight on the fourth line, but the game against Tottenham woke us up."

In that game, Manchester United lost 1:3 away and directly eliminated the League Cup, and the latter eventually won the League Cup championship that he had been a season.

"The pressure is too great, it's almost impossible for people to bear. You know, the kind of moments are tight, and there are a lot of people behind you running after you, staring at you, everyone wants to stop you, and they all want to defeat you. You have no secrets, and you will feel that every game is very hard."

"But in this case, you are unwilling to give up just like that. You will think that you have finally played here and finally defeated so many opponents..." Ferguson waved his hand, "I am not willing to give up, so I want to fight, but when the head comes, I will forget, and everyone will have limits."

When the reporter heard Ferguson recalling his psychological journey in 1999, he heard some of the professional head coach's views on multi-line combat, and he couldn't help but nod. This is indeed something that many people ignore.

"Is there anything you want to say to your old friend, Mr. Yang Cheng?" asked.

Ferguson smiled, "We should learn to choose!"

When Ferguson's words reached Yang Cheng's ears, the Chinese laughed, "Is he asking me to show mercy to his men? If so, I can consider it!"

"I don't deny that what Ferguson said is the truth. The pressure of multi-line combat is definitely enough to crush anyone. Even if he is strong in normal times, don't forget that I have won the triple crown in the Bundesliga and Serie A. I know very clearly what is needed most in multi-line combat."

When facing the TV interview, Yang Cheng seemed very serious.

"I won't tell my players, we must do what, we can do what, I won't say that. On the contrary, I'm very neutral to let them understand that the risks that have to be taken in multi-line combat are likely to lose, not just one or two championships, but even all the championships, just like Kaiserslautern in 2002. They fought on the three-line, but they lost three championships, but if they win, it's perfect!"

"I told my players that we shouldn't always think about what if we can't do it, and what will happen if we can't do it. It's simply a lack of confidence and lack of fighting spirit. If it were me, in the face of this situation, I would tell myself without hesitation that I can do it and I can win!"

"What if you can't do it?" asked the reporter.

Yang Cheng smiled, "Then I will do everything possible to do it!"

"It's all like this. If you worry, doubt, and tell yourself that I can't do it, then you will never do it. But if you can abandon worries, doubt, and tell yourself that I can do it, then you can do it. No matter how big the difficulties you encounter, you will do everything possible to do it."

"So you shouted to win the four championships before the season?" asked the reporter.

Yang Cheng nodded, "Yes, no matter whether I can do it or not, I will tell my goal and move towards it!"

After hearing this, the reporter nodded repeatedly, "Many Liverpool fans like your personality very much. They all said that your personality is very consistent with Liverpool's creed that never gives up, so it created the miracle of Istanbul."

"I thank Liverpool fans. This team and the character of this city have also given me a lot of things. I have been here for almost three years and I have learned a lot." Although Yang Cheng doesn't like the weather here, he likes the fans here.

"But many people are worried that you have not renewed your contract with Liverpool so far."

According to the contract signed before, by this summer, Yang Cheng will be free.

As soon as he mentioned this issue, Yang Cheng laughed, "I haven't considered renewing the contract for the time being. My mind is full of games now. I hope to wait until the season is over and sit down and talk with the club."

Yang Cheng's character is still very trustworthy. At least in the past three years, Mourinho mentioned that he would raise his salary, the Glazer family also raised his salary, and Wenger also increased his salary, but he was the only one who still had the contract three years ago, and he had not increased his money, which made his salary surpassed Mourinho and became the second in the world.

But he has never mentioned anything about salary, which is also something that many Liverpool fans talk about.

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On January 28, in the 4th round of the FA Cup, Liverpool challenged Cheltenham away. With the outstanding performance of Kuyt and several young players in the youth team, Liverpool defeated Cheltenham 2-0 away and entered the top 16 of the League Cup.

But after returning to the league, Liverpool still showed signs of fatigue.

First, Hypia cleared the ball when she returned to defense and scored an own goal, allowing Birmingham to lead at Anfield Stadium.

Afterwards, Liverpool was even more defeated by Birmingham and played very miserably.

At the critical moment, Drogba and Gerrard scored two goals in just 5 minutes in the 62nd-66th minute of the second half, helping Liverpool reverse Birmingham 2:1.

After surviving the busy winter break, Mourinho's team finally showed signs of fatigue.

As early as the 23rd round, they tied Charlton 1:1 at home. Now in the 24th round, they tied Aston Villa 1:1 away, and tied two consecutive games. The gap between the points with Liverpool directly increased from 1 point to the current 5 points, and Liverpool still has one round less.

So in the supplementary match between Liverpool and Arsenal, Yang Cheng arranged all the main lineups to play. At Anfield Stadium, he defeated Arsenal 1-0 with Ronaldo's direct free kick, expanding his lead to 8 points. Moreover, with this game, Liverpool also broke Arsenal at 01

The longest winning streak in the Premier League in the 2002 season has expanded to 15 games.

However, in the 25th round, Liverpool was away from Stamford Bridge. First, Liverpool broke through Chelsea's goal by Vidic in the 35th minute. However, in the 68th minute, Crespo, who came on the bench, used a rock-breaking long shot to penetrate the goal guarded by Reina, and the Spanish goalkeeper was injured.

In the end, the two sides tied a 1-1 draw, Liverpool ended their winning streak, and Chelsea failed to shorten the points gap.

In Yang Cheng's words, "The 8-point gap can bring us more room!"

Many people from the outside world have not understood what this means, but many people know that winning and unbeaten cannot last, but these 8 points can give Liverpool some chances to make mistakes without worrying about being caught up by Chelsea at any time.

On February 11, in the 26th round of the league, Liverpool beat Vigan 1:0 away. This time it was Hypia who scored the goal for Liverpool.

In three consecutive rounds of games, Liverpool's powerful offensive firepower group was completely silent. There were no goals in the sports game, and they all rely on set pieces to win, which made the outside world see Liverpool's fatigue, especially Yang Cheng's rotation of the team, which was very thorough. In this game, players such as Gerald and Carrick were all refrigerated.

On February 18, in the FA Cup round of 16 knockout round, Liverpool still arranged half of the youth team players to start, defeating the visiting Cochester United 3:1 at Anfield Stadium and successfully advanced to the next round.

This time Liverpool will challenge Birmingham away in the quarterfinals knockout round.

After the FA Cup, the team immediately set off for Germany and challenged Werder Bremen away. As a result, in Germany, Liverpool, who had been exhausted for a long time, lost 2:3 to Werder Bremen and suffered a loss.

This defeat also caused the outside world to criticize Yang Cheng's multi-line strategy. Many media have published articles, believing that Yang Cheng's stubbornness will make Liverpool achieve nothing this season and the promotion situation is in jeopardy.

"The success of Kaiserslautern and Inter Milan is full of accidentality. We should also see that the Kaiserslautern and Inter Milan back then were stronger than Liverpool today, both in terms of team strength and personnel configuration. However, Yang Cheng blindly optimistic that Liverpool can be compared with the two teams he coached before, which would be a big mistake."

"We will not deny Yang Cheng's excellence. He is outstanding in terms of skills, tactics, and cultivating stars. It is even difficult to find a head coach as outstanding as him, but he cannot violate the laws of football because of this."

"This failure just sounded a wake-up call for him. If you want to fight on multiple fronts, you will talk about it when you are strong enough to have this kind of strength. Before that, the best and most reliable way is to focus on one or two fronts."

In addition to the Sun's direct slap in the face, there are also a series of other reports that have expressed concerns about Yang Cheng, believing that such a defeat before the League Cup final was definitely a major impact on morale.

"If it is not handled well, losing to Werder Bremen will be like igniting a fuse. The real explosion point is in this final of the Millennium Stadium. Once it fails, it will declare Yang Cheng's strategy of multi-line combat going bankrupt. At that time, it will have a fatal impact on Liverpool like knocking down a domino."

Ferguson stood up again and started his hindsight with a smile, "Look, I was right!"

Many players in Manchester United have also stood up and put a demerit in the spotlight on Liverpool. After Keane was expelled from Manchester United by Ferguson, the newly appointed captain Gary Neville said that Manchester United will do their best to defeat Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium and win the League Cup.

"The last time we won the League Cup dates back to 92, when we were not yet on the team, so we have never won the League Cup in our careers, which has brought us great desire and we all hope to win the League Cup."

"Yes, we haven't won any championships in the last two seasons, which makes us feel very sorry, but we are very confident in the League Cup final."

Ferdinand said, "We will definitely bring the League Cup trophy back to Manchester!"

It is somewhat surprising that after losing to Werder Bremen, Yang Cheng chose to deal with it coldly and did not respond to any questions from the outside world. Even at the pre-match press conference before preparing to go to Cardiff, he was cautious in answering questions when facing reporters' questions, but said that there were no problems within the team and the outside world's speculation was seriously inaccurate.

One party’s low-keyness gives the other party a high-profile opportunity.

When the outside world generally worried, even doubted and criticized Yang Cheng's strategy, while the Chinese chose to remain silent, Liverpool's players were led by captain Gerald to stand up to protect his head coach.

"He is a great head coach. He has been proving himself for a long time, so I can't understand why there are always people who don't give understanding and encouragement when they encounter difficulties, but take the attitude of putting in the wrong place?"

What Gerald bombarded some media, which is also the current situation, because the media wants to attract attention and attention, but from this point, it can be seen that the current environment has indeed become very impetuous, either to praise the sky or to step into hell, without an intermediate buffer.

"I won't reveal any internal problems to the outside world, and I didn't even want to be interviewed because the leader asked us to talk less and do more, but I really couldn't stand it."

Gerrard looked excited, "I want to remind everyone who accuses and doubts our head coach, use your brain to think about it, have we lost? We lost 2:3 away to Werder Bremen, but we still have a home game, we have 2 away goals in hand, have we lost?"

"All our players support our leader unconditionally, and we will protect him. The strategy of multi-line combat is discussed by several of our captains and coaching teams. It is not the decision of the leader alone. If we really have nothing in the end, we are willing to bear all the responsibilities with the head coach. No criticism and suspicion of our head coach can shake our internal unity!"

"Finally, I reiterate once again that in our locker room, we are full of confidence in the multi-line combat plan, and we firmly believe that we will laugh to the end and we will definitely win!"

Gerald's opening seemed to be a signal, and the two vice captains, Carragher and Hypia, also stood up one after another to support their head coaches, especially Hypia.

"If anyone says I have a conflict with the boss for the main position, then he must be an idiot. I respect our head coach very much, I think he is the best head coach in the world!"

"Nemania (Vidic) snatched my main position?" Hypia scoffed at this, "We are a healthy competition, and I also hope to play the main position in every game, but I am 32 years old, I have to consider my age and my physical fitness. What's more, I think Nemania performed very well and he deserved the main position."

It is obvious that just signed a lifelong contract with the club to 2009, which made Hypia feel very good. Although the main position was snatched away by Vidic, it does not mean that he cannot play in the game. Both he and Agh can get full opportunities to play.

When the team arrived in Cardiff, facing reporters' siege, Robben refused to accept an interview. He just said that the coach did not want them to be disturbed. Originally, Robben did not accept the interview, but was entangled by a Portuguese reporter and had no choice but to say a few words.

"I won't doubt our head coach. To me, he is both a generous big brother and a tempting father. Does anyone doubt his brother and father? No?"

Drogba simply stopped and accepted the interview.

The Ivorian laughed and shook his head, saying that all the comments about the head coach being questioned within Liverpool were fake.

"Look at us, do you seem to be in conflict?" Drogba sneered.

From getting off the plane to walking out of the gate, Yang Cheng and the players talked and laughed all the way, not like they were having conflicts at all.

"I don't think this game against Manchester United is a problem at all. You know, Ferdinand is most afraid of me!"

This silly big guy laughed and laughed everyone.

"Every time I have a fight between Ferdinand, he is not as good as me. The only thing he wins me is that he will say a lot of things before every game, and then say he will defeat me. After the game, he will find a lot of excuses for himself and defend his failure. His eloquence is indeed better than mine!"

Drogba's words were also confirmed by Vidic.

The Eastern European, who recently replaced Hypia as the main center back, nodded constantly, "For any central defender, Drogba is a nightmare. He is now becoming more and more cunning, not as clumsy as before, becoming more elusive and difficult to defend. I think he is the best center forward in the world."

"We definitely have no problems with Hippia. As for the fact that we have a little problem with Hippia, well, there is a little problem. He always wears socks in the room, which is very smelly. I hate him like this, but he likes to live in the same room with me!" Vidici laughed.

Finally, all Liverpool players expressed the same meaning in an interview.

"For us, the Four-Crown King is not an out of reach dream, we will do our best to realize him!"
Chapter completed!