After the Champions League draw, the third round of the English League Cup also held a draw. Since the Premier League team also participated in the competition from this round, the draw ceremony of the League Cup has also attracted widespread attention.

Although there is a saying that the strong are lucky, Liverpool seems to be not lucky. Liverpool draws Premier League teams and they will compete with Reading for the qualification to advance to the next round. However, Liverpool is not the worst luck. Arsenal is even worse than Liverpool. They encounter strong rival Newcastle, while Manchester United and Chelsea draw good draws.

Manchester United's opponent is the English champion leader Coventry. Coventry temporarily leads 2 wins and 1 draw in the first three rounds of the English Champions League. The defending champion Chelsea draws a good draw. They will face Hul City, which is ranked in the middle of the Championship.

It seems that Chelsea has the best luck, but Hul City just eliminated Premier League team Wigan in the second round, and a big upset broke out. No one knows whether they can cause trouble for Chelsea.

The draw of Reading in the League Cup made Liverpool's management, coaches, players and fans have a little more trouble. In the last round of League Cup, England international Dale was kicked by Jacobson of Bristol Wanderers. In this round, Liverpool's opponent Reading has long been notorious in the Premier League. Last season, Hunter's play for Cech was just one of their many atrocities. It would be fine if they met in the league, but if a player was injured in the League Cup, it would be less cost-effective.

Many people believe that Liverpool's focus this season should be on the FA Cup, League and Champions League, and striving to win the triple crown, and giving up the League Cup is also a rational choice.

But many people also believe that no champion can be given up. Liverpool is in a prosperous era and is strong. It would be too conservative to give up a certain event now.

As for Benitez himself, he is quite rational. Although he has won three championships, he has never thought of getting all the championships. For events like Super Cup, Community Shield Cup, and League Cup, his purpose is to train troops, mainly substitutes, and the main players are the auxiliary. If you can't win, it doesn't matter. He is doing his best for the league and the Champions League, while the FA Cup is different. Benitez has to decide based on his opponent and the situation at that time.

The League Cup and Champions League matches are still behind. For Liverpool, the most important thing to do is the sixth round of the league. Although the opponent is only a promoted Derby County, Liverpool's ace killer is still in the ball cap. With Liverpool's previous weak and weak urinary nature, he dare not say that he won 100% of this game.

Among the semi-finals, Liverpool took the lead in this game. Although the opponent was weak and the balloon star Chen Yu could not play, the loyal Liverpool fans still fully supported Liverpool, and the Anfield Stadium, which can accommodate more than 40,000 people, was full.

Liverpool and Derby have 12 matches in the Premier League, with Liverpool winning 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, of which 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss at home. Liverpool has remained unbeaten in the last 6 matches between the two sides. The last time Derby County won at Anfield was in November 1998. This was also the only time Derby County won at Anfield in 37 years, because they scored 2 goals away in 32 years. The two sides had 131 matches in history, with Liverpool having the upper hand 68 wins, 29 draws and 34 losses.

Derby County has tied and lost three times in the first four rounds, and now it is at the bottom of the points. Although it is against Liverpool today, Derby County does not want to continue losing. If it continues to lose, I am afraid that there will be no chance of relegation this season. If it can tie or defeat the giants Liverpool, it will be a great encouragement to Derby County's morale. In the future, Derby County may be able to play better and better, and rekindle the hope of relegation.

Derby County ranked their strongest lineup: goalkeeper No. 43 Biwart; four defenders: 3-Kamara, 21-Malcolm, 19-Claude Davis, 18-Griffin; 24-Milles, 17-Todd, 25-Pearson, 8-Oakley, 11-Fargan; 9-Howard.

This is a 451 formation, which clearly shows Derby's mentality. Although they don't want to lose, they basically don't dare to dream of winning. The 451 formation is to use defensive counterattack to tie Liverpool to get one point.

With the gap in strength and fame between Derby County and Liverpool, it is also a victory to draw Liverpool at Anfield, and it can definitely make Derby County full of confidence in itself.

Liverpool's lineup is a 442 formation, 25-Reiner; 3-Finnan, 5-Ager, 17-Aberoa, 5-Riser; 14-Alonso, 20-Mascherano, 16-Penant, 19-Babel; 1-Worenin, 18-Kuyt.

When Chen Yu was unable to participate, Benitez sent new aid Wollenin to cooperate with Kuyt, while Crouch was still sitting on the bench waiting for an opportunity.

Although Liverpool is placing a steady 442 formation, they are not stable at all. They are attacking Derby County at the beginning, hoping to open up the situation early.

Liverpool has a lot of experience in playing weak teams. He knows that if he scores at the beginning, Derby County will definitely lose its fighting spirit. At that time, he will begging. If he cannot open the game at the beginning, his morale will become stronger and stronger in the face of his hands. At that time, the trouble will be great.

Although Derby County is a defensive counterattack formation, in fact, after Liverpool's fierce attack, their 451 became 901, which is completely an iron barrel formation. At the beginning, Derby County did not dare to counterattack easily, and their goal was to hold back the opponent.

However, the first shot was first obtained by Derby County.

In the second minute, Derby County wide forward Pearson passed the ball, and another full-back Mills directly volleyed with his left foot from 30 yards. Liverpool goalkeeper Reiner flew to save but failed, and the ball was slightly off.

After two minutes of besieging, the first one to complete the shot was the newly promoted Derby County, which was definitely a humiliation for Liverpool players.

Then Liverpool players increased the pace of pressing again, hoping to save some face and do the reform as soon as possible.

In the 4th minute, Liverpool defender Agel shot with his left foot from 30 yards and retaliated with his color. The ball hit Malcolm and deflected, but Derby goalkeeper Bivort flew over and saved the ball from the baseline.

Starting from Agel's shot, Liverpool completely controlled the situation on the field and suppressed Derby County to attack around the penalty area.

In the 8th minute, Pennant made a cross and Worenin headed the ball from 12 yards and was taken off by Bivort.

In the 14th minute, Derby County Biwart made a big kick-off mistake and was blocked by Kuyt. Alonso's diagonal shot from 25 yards on the right missed.

In the 15th minute, Agel passed the ball, and Kuyt's long shot from 30 yards slightly missed the upper right corner.

In the 19th minute, Abello passed the ball, Mascherano shot hard from 30 yards in the middle, and the ball missed the left post.

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Liverpool's offense is higher and higher than the other. Derby County was originally preparing to counterattack defensively, but their strength is too poor and they can only defend and cannot counterattack, and they can only be passively beaten.

However, although Liverpool took the absolute initiative and shot continuously, they still couldn't score after playing for twenty minutes, which made them very impatient. They would never want an accident in such a game.

In the blink of an eye, the game was almost thirty minutes, but Liverpool still had the upper hand and could not score. At this time, Liverpool fans were anxious. They had been cheering for Liverpool players, but the results were very little. Seeing that Liverpool strikers were so unsuccessful, Liverpool fans shouted Chen Yu's name under the leadership of their leader "Shenckley Soul".

Chen Yu was still in the stands at this moment, and the fans shouted Chen Yu's name, so there was no need to think about what the purpose was.

Liverpool players were stimulated and the next game became even more crazy.

Under Liverpool's crazy attack, Derby County finally couldn't resist it.

In the 29th minute, Liverpool still took the lead by relying on set pieces.

Alonso's free kick in the frontcourt seemed to pass and shot into the penalty area. Kuyt headed the ball and failed to touch the ball, but it made the goalkeeper Bivort proved that he was just a low-level player at this time. He made a wrong judgment. The ball rebounded and pressed against the right post into the net.

1:0, Liverpool leads.

This goal ignited Liverpool fans. The name "Chen Yu" was no longer called in the stands, and it was immediately changed to "Kuit."

The Liverpool commentator on the scene also said excitedly: "Kuyt entered! Kuyt entered! Kuyt opened the goal goal, we look forward to Liverpool's performance below."

After breaking the deadlock, Liverpool thought that it had defeated Derby County's fighting spirit, and the subsequent goals became easier and easier, but he did not expect that Derby County was very tenacious. Facing Liverpool's strong offensive, he had no ability to counterattack, but he spared no effort in defense, just not allowing Liverpool to win easily.

The game continued until the injury time of the first half, Liverpool's talented player expanded the score.

Liverpool defender Abero A made a comeback from the left side of the penalty area. Babel easily missed the blockade of two defenders and then shot into the net from 15 yards in the middle of the penalty area.

2:0

Liverpool secured the victory in the first half.

With Babel's goal in the first half, Liverpool's head coach Benitez did not adjust the formation during the break, but instead continued to compete.

After Liverpool secured the victory, the players had a good mentality and fully demonstrated their abilities. In the 56th minute, Macheslano tackled Malcolm and passed the ball. Wallenin broke through two people and shot into the net from 15 yards in the middle of the penalty area. The score became 3:0.

Liverpool's offensive is still not diminishing at this moment, but head coach Benitez began to think about the league below.
Chapter completed!