Liverpool was tied by the newly promoted Sheffield United, which made the first unpopular in the Premier League. To be precise, Sheffield United was tied by Liverpool. If it weren't for the penalty kick awarded by the referee in the 71st minute, Liverpool would probably lose to the newly promoted team away.

After the game, Sheffield United head coach Warnock complained: "I feel like we were stolen two points, that's it. Small clubs will always suffer losses. I don't think that penalty should be awarded. This is not the penalty for the top referee, because what if Fowler scored a goal? Of course, if we play braver and not scared by Liverpool's fame, maybe we can gain more."

The team played so badly, which disappointed Benitez. "This is not an ideal start. After all, the opponent is a new team with many years of experience in the Premier League. We played poorly in the first half, and it was difficult to penetrate the opponent's back line. They played with high morale, which made us difficult for a period of time. We played much better in the second half, which was not a good start for us, but the league is a long competition, just like what you said about a marathon. Although we got l points, the road ahead is still long."

Benitez was a little annoyed about Sheffield United coach Warnock's penalties. He said: "If you have to think that this game has changed because of a penalty kick, then you must know that you have so many fouls in the first half that we lost two main players, and the referee did not show any Sheffield United player a red card. Don't say that it was indeed a penalty kick, even if you don't award a penalty kick, will Sheffield United definitely block the attack behind Liverpool?"

Being annoyed with a new team must have lost its temperament. Of course, Benitez was not just because of the newly promoted team Sheffield United, but more because of the injuries of the two main players and the performance of the championship rivals was too outstanding.

Finnan was replaced by Cronkamp due to injury before the game. Now Carragher and Riser are injured again and cannot participate for at least a month. This makes Liverpool's most proud defense line stretched and may become the team's shortcoming. How could Benitez not be in a hurry to get angry?

Liverpool played so badly in the first round, and lost his troops, but his opponent Manchester United beat Fulham by 5 goals and Chelsea beat Manchester City by three goals, showing strong fighting spirit and excellent condition. Only Arsenal was tied by his opponent, but Arsenal's opponent is Aston Villa, which is much stronger than Sheffield United. They are the team that won the most FA Cup championships in the Premier League team. There is Barroche, the winner of the Golden Boot Award in 2004. In the history of Arsenal and Aston Villa's overall battle, Arsenal has only UR wins, 40 draws and losses slightly. It can be said that Arsenal's tied by Aston Villa is not an unpopular. Against the backdrop of its competitors, Liverpool seems to have no championship at all, which puts Benitez on a very high pressure.

If there is anything good about Liverpool, it can only be Kuyt's transfer is successful.

Kuyt's joining seemed quite sudden. The Dutch was still participating in the national team friendly match in Ireland last Wednesday. At that time, the negotiation deadlock between Liverpool and Feyenoord showed no sign of thawing. But just one day later, Kuyt arrived at Merseyside for a physical examination. By last Friday, he had officially signed a contract. The Dutch got the Reds' No. 18 jersey, with a transfer fee of 9 million pounds, a four-year work contract, and a weekly salary of 450,000 pounds.

Unfortunately, because he failed to catch up with the official registration, Kuyt missed the opening game of the league to visit Sheffield United on Saturday. If the Dutchman wants to prove himself in his new owner, he will have to wait until the middle of the week to host Newcastle United at home.

Kuyt is very efficient in scoring goals in the Eredivisie and can play as a center and a winger. Because Chen Yu is unable to participate in the league for a long time, he is Liverpool who has attracted the replacement of Chen Yu, and Benitez will also play some tactics around him, so fans are full of expectations for Kuyt and hope that he can solve Liverpool's chronic disease in the front line.

But the media does not think that Kuyt can have all the problems of Liverpool. The Times commented: "This is the fourth consecutive season that the Reds are not able to win in the first round. Even if the opponent is the second relegation hotline selected by the bookmaker, the Reds' defense is still stable. Even if it loses two main players, although the midfield lacks a little creativity, it has a strong impact. What makes the Reds' headache the most is that it cannot get the ball into the opponent's goal. Liverpool is not short of people who can "stir" the front line. Crouch's height and Bellamy's fast have enough impact. After Irving, Liverpool can never find a stable high.

Producing scorers is one of the main reasons why Liverpool cannot win the league championship. However, it is not easy for Liverpool to rely on Kuyt to solve this problem. Kuyt's goal efficiency in the Eredivisie is very high, and has been above the goal in the past three seasons. However, before, England's main striker Crouch, European Cup best scorer Barroche, La Liga best scorer Morientes, and French main striker Cice, these people's fame and strength are not worse than Kuyt. They have not been able to change Liverpool's forward line problem. It is probably unrealistic to rely on Kuyt to solve it. Maybe Chen Yu can, but that must be a healthy Chen Yu."

The Guardian believes that Liverpool's weakness in the league is no longer a matter of front line. It is a comprehensive question of luck, mentality, playing style, and front line. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why Liverpool has not won the Premier League championship in 16 years, but has been able to win the Champions League and win five cup championships in one season. Liverpool wants to break this curse and need to make more changes, rather than just introducing a striker.

The Sun said that a game cannot be said to be the same as anyone who has a championship, but a game can find many problems. For example, Chelsea and Manchester United always stand up at critical moments, such as Terry, Lampard, Drogba of the Blues, Rooney of Manchester United, Rooney of Ronaldo, Giggs of Liverpool and Arsenal only have one Gerrard and one Henry, which is obviously not enough. Therefore, in recent seasons, Liverpool and Arsenal have always been one breath away from the championship. If Liverpool and Arsenal want to win the league championship, they must have more stars who can stand out at critical moments.

Although the reporters do not play football, they are considered professionals and see more thoroughly than ordinary fans. However, the coaches are not unaware of what they say, but they can't change so much. They are the head coaches, not God. They can combine the players at hand into the best lineup and perform at their best, which is enough.

Since she was tied up by Sheffield United in the first round, the second round against Newcastle United has become very important. If Newcastle United cannot be defeated at home, Liverpool will only be under greater pressure.

Newcastle is by no means comparable to Sheffield United. They are truly a strong Premier League team. In the Keegan era, football media regarded Newcastle as a favorite to win the championship every year, and now they are often regular visitors to the European Cup. Although they played in the League Cup and Toto Cup, Newcastle was the seventh place in the Premier League last season, but in terms of lineup alone, Newcastle is not much worse than the semi-finals of the Premier League. For example, Parker, Bart, Solano, Emre, Duff, Irving, Given, and Martins, these are all well-known players. Unfortunately, due to the impact of injuries and the rapid transfer of players, Newcastle's first-class personnel only scored second-rate results.

In the first round of the league, Newcastle United beat the dark horse of Wigan Athletic last season and was in good shape. Although former Liverpool scorer Golden Boy Irving was still absent due to injury, Newcastle did not have the attack as weak as Liverpool. Their midfielder strongly took on the heavy responsibility of Newcastle's goal.

Faced with this tough battle with Newcastle, Benitez did not dare to neglect. He sent out all the main lineups he could. Kuyt, who had just transferred, also started, and he was matched with Wales international Bellamy.

Newcastle and Liverpool have 14 matches in the league, with Liverpool UU winning 37 draws and 39 losses, especially 10 wins at home and l losses, with an overwhelming advantage. The last time Newcastle won the away game against Anfield was in the fourth round of the League Cup in 1995, Steve Watson scored the only goal in the game. The last time the league won away was in April 1994, which was also the only time Newcastle won at Anfield in Premier League history. Against Newcastle, Anfield seemed to have a curse.

Faced with such a historical record, Liverpool players have enough psychological advantages, but Newcastle's lineup includes extremely fast forward Martins and winger Duff. Although Liverpool is playing at home, they dare not easily push forward, and the offense seems very cautious. Not to mention Newcastle, he has only won one game at Anfield, which is enough to show the problem. They also play very carefully.

But just as Liverpool could not win the championship in the league, Newcastle's luck at Anfield Stadium was also terrible. They had played very carefully and had almost no chance to score in the first thirty minutes, allowing Liverpool to attack with set pieces and long shots, but Liverpool still scored a goal.

This was a very magical goal. In the 30th minute of the game, Alonso directly took a long shot from the top of the arc in the middle circle. Newcastle goalkeeper Harper slipped in front of the goal when he was about to retreat and save, and the ball was directly hung into the goal.

This goal was even further away from Beckham's 1996 scoring goal. Seeing the goal, Anfield's Reds fans fell into madness, while Newcastle's head coach Rodel hugged his head. He couldn't believe it was the fact.

Alonso's goal was too morale. Then Liverpool, who was at the bottom of the ball, played with a strong momentum, which made Newcastle breathless. It was not until the second half that Rodel made a substitution adjustment that Newcastle recovered. They created several shots in a row 70 minutes before, and Améobi shot with his left foot on the right rib of the penalty area. The ball obviously hit Carragher's right hand and changed direction, but the referee Halsey was excited to refuse to award the penalty. However, the former Newcastle striker Berlamy broke into the left bottom line of the penalty area and made a cross. Harper attacked and intercepted and lost. Babayaro blocked the ball in front of Kuyt. This was also an obvious handball foul, but the referee ignored it again.

Just when Newcastle was about to get up, Liverpool scored again. In the 79th minute, it was Alonso again. Espanyol made a precise pass from the right and assisted Finnant who stepped forward to pass the ball across the goal. Dutch striker Kuyt, who had just joined Liverpool, scored a goal. He scored 78 goals for Feyenoord in the past three seasons. This was also his first goal in the Premier League.

Kuyt's goal directly secured the victory for Liverpool. Although Newcastle struggled to counterattack, it was still too strong to be the power of fate and had to accept the result of 0 losses away.
Chapter completed!