Although both teams are full of injuries and are currently in poor condition, Liverpool is undoubtedly the worse one, with more injuries and a thinner lineup. They have played against Arsenal six times before, with three draws and three losses. They are in an absolute disadvantage.
disadvantage.
If there is an advantage, it is only one. Liverpool's Champions League match is played one day earlier, so there are five days of adjustment time, while Arsenal only has four days.
Using these five days, Li Tiancheng finally recovered.
Recalling the experience of these five days, Li Tiancheng always felt a little angry and angry. It was so embarrassing!
Every day, my parents and grandfather would video chat with me, and everyone was very careful about what they said, including Liu Yifei.
This is actually not bad, after all, it is a bit embarrassing to expose your vulnerability to your family, but it is just embarrassing.
But in the past few days, after he was substituted, his dull look on the field was widely circulated, which made Li Tiancheng dying of shame and anger.
The various "feeling sorry for the little prince" voices did not comfort him at all, but only made him more angry.
This kind of weakness must never happen again!
With these few days of buffering, Li Tiancheng feels that he is recovering both physically and mentally. Although he has not yet returned to his peak condition, he is ready to fight.
However, it is a pity that Benitez did not arrange for him to start.
"Ceske, this is the first time we are rivals, isn't it? It doesn't feel bad."
The game was about to start, and the air of Anfield was filled with the singing of Liverpool fans. The starting players of the two teams lined up in the tunnel to prepare to play. Li Tiancheng squeezed in and talked to Cesc Fabregas.
Fabregas was very interested and smiled: "Li, how's your leg injury? I didn't see you on the starting list." I finally beat this guy once. I started and he came on as a substitute, so comfortable!
Li Tiancheng nodded: "It's healed, it's just a bruise."
"Then I'll see you on the field. Let me show you how powerful you are now." Fabregas's eyes lit up. It would be interesting to compete with real swords and guns.
"It's nothing great. Didn't The Times say that Wenger has already studied me thoroughly?" Li Tiancheng grinned.
"Oh, the media! I won't take it lightly. "Man Wan" even said that you are "Rooney No. 2". This is really hell. I know very well that you are much more difficult to deal with than Rooney."
"Wait until you beat Rooney before you say something like this." Li Tiancheng rolled his eyes. Being called second to others, especially when this other person is only three years older than him, is not a good experience.
But the meaning is not bad. Rooney scored a lob in a match against Arsenal at the age of 16, helping Everton beat Arsenal and became famous with one goal.
Jose made it very clear to these reports that they were just to build momentum for Rooney. The award season is here and the answer to the first Golden Boy Award is about to be revealed. Rooney is a popular candidate, so it is normal for the media to hype it up.
Without saying a few words, the game time came, they came on the field, and Li Tiancheng quietly slipped back to the bench.
Pre-match examination showed that Li Tiancheng's calf contusion had healed. For safety reasons, Benitez arranged for him to sit on the bench.
At the forefront of this game is the youngster Mellor. As a player who graduated from Liverpool's Kirkby Youth Academy, Mellor is a typical British center. This is Mellor's first in the league this season.
appearance.
Behind Mellor is Gerrard. In the past few days, Benitez has taken great pains to arrange Gerrard, and finally placed him in the tenth position. This is to give full play to his all-round characteristics, and also to allow him to share the same relationship with Gerrard.
Ronso comes on the field at the same time.
On the left wing is Kewell, which is his most familiar position.
On the right is Pangler. This brother's technical speed is actually quite good, and he also has passing skills, but his ability to make extraordinary breakthroughs is just that. If there wasn't really no one left, he wouldn't be assigned to start in such an important game.
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Hamann and Alonso partnered as a defensive midfielder. In the game against Monaco, Liverpool used up three substitutions due to injuries. Alonso had no chance to play, which was also an important reason for the loss.
The back line of Riise, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnan lined up. Riise and Finnan were moved around and finally played in the positions they are most familiar with.
After the game started, Li Tiancheng finally knew what Gerrard looked like when he was in good condition, what Gerrard was, and why Gerrard was the core of the Red Army!
Gerrard, who faced off directly against Vieira, suppressed the opponent from the beginning, causing the Frenchman to make many forced errors.
Seeing the start of the game, Li Tiancheng on the bench habitually scanned the entire field. Before all the opponents had taken their seats, he saw Gerrard getting rid of Vieira, taking Mele's counterattack, and broke into the penalty area.
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In the process of breaking through Toure, he was kicked to the ground by Toure.
"Penalty kick!"
Li Tiancheng jumped up all of a sudden. It was obviously a penalty kick. Against an opponent like Arsenal, it would be great if we could take the lead at the beginning..."
"Um?
The referee on duty, Willie, refused to award a penalty kick, indicating that it was an Arsenal goal kick.
The Liverpool players on the field immediately surrounded Ville, and Benitez also approached the fourth official off the field...
The result, of course, was to uphold the original verdict.
Li Tiancheng shook his head and sat back down. The level of referees in the Premier League is really hard to describe!
However, Gerrard or the entire Liverpool team is in very good shape in this game, which is completely different from the Liverpool team in Monaco.
There was also a Champions League match a few days ago. Arsenal faced Liverpool's full-court press and could only huddle in half court for a while, struggling to hold on.
Gerrard moved forward and back, appearing in every corner of the court, actively fighting in the backcourt, and at the same time, he could frequently penetrate forward, connecting the whole team as a whole.
In front of such Liverpool, Fabregas could not help but seem a little quiet.
Staggering in the physical confrontation with Hamann, Fabregas was unable to organize a sharp attack. Arsenal's forward line received no support from the team and had no decent shots at all.
Vieira is very positive and his condition is recovering, but his interceptions and scrambles still cannot stop Liverpool from continuing to attack.
Fabregas had to take on the task of interception and sweep, so the entire Arsenal was gradually pushed behind.
I really didn't expect this situation.
"It's a bit unexpected. After also going through a tough European war, Liverpool also lost the game, but they have a new look today." Huang Jianxiang said with a smile: "Arsenal was sent off two people in the last Champions League game, and nine people responded.
, we ended up drawing with our opponent, and our performance was quite strong, but today we fell directly at a disadvantage, and we could only struggle to hold on!"
Zhang Lu was also surprised. "This is indeed a bit difficult to understand. When it comes to physical strength, the intensity of the two teams' games is almost the same. When it comes to personnel, Arsenal is also much more organized than Liverpool. Before the game, Henry and Campbell, who were reportedly absent due to injuries,
Ljungberg started all the games, but they were at a disadvantage."
"This is football. There are too many unknown factors. Another highlight of this game is the collision between three young people from the Spanish youth training, Arsenal's Fabregas and Reyes who have risen rapidly this season.
They all started, but Tiancheng sat on the bench."