Chapter 515 Liverpool scored a goal!

In fact, without Ferguson's stimulation, Liverpool always has only one belief at Anfield, victory!

Liverpool fans in the stands have been creating momentum from the first minute of the game, constantly influencing Tottenham Hotspur, playing the role of the devil's home field, hoping that the team can directly suppress Tottenham Hotspur.

Even if they can't surpass Tottenham Hotspur in the league rankings, at least they have to disgust this North London opponent.

Both sides are very familiar with each other and entered a fast-paced confrontation from the beginning. Liverpool directly took advantage of the home advantage and launched a round of fierce attacks on Tottenham Hotspur after the opening, while Tottenham Hotspur did not adopt a large-scale pressure strategy after the opening, but first cautiously stabilized the defense.

Unlike the previous game, Ye Qiu rotated the team's lineup this time. Messi still started, but played the pseudo-striker position in the middle of the frontcourt. Gareth Bale and Cavani stood on the two sides respectively, and the three players formed an inverted triangle offensive combination.

Behind the trident, David Silva, Beckham and Lucas formed the midfield, and the back line did not change much, with Marcelo, Kompany, Thiago Silva and Alves, and the goalkeeper was still Cech.

When Liverpool took the lead in the attack, Tottenham Hotspur retreated in an orderly manner, and the three lines remained compact, looking like a clenched fist that could be played anytime and anywhere, while Gareth Bale and Cavani kept harassing Liverpool's defense in front, sharing the pressure on the back line.

Messi's position was more active, he retreated deeper, and his main task was to harass Xabi Alonso, and to move to the middle and the center back to get the ball when attacking. This was also why Ye Qiu arranged him in this position again after the game against Manchester United, because he tasted the sweetness.

To some extent, Xabi Alonso and Carrick have similar characteristics. Both players are good at long passes, but they are not good at getting rid of the ball. They are afraid of pressing. Once disturbed, the success rate of passing will be greatly reduced. What's more, they are both important offensive means of the team.

Therefore, against Manchester United and Liverpool, Ye Qiu arranged to pull Messi to the front court center, which not only brought out the Argentine superstar's outstanding front court ball-taking ability, but also further restricted the opponent's organizing midfielder.

Although Liverpool took the initiative to press out after the opening, because Xabi Alonso was disturbed, the team's offense and organization were affected, so the effect was not very good. Liverpool's attack only lasted for ten minutes.

This was achieved by relying on their home court momentum.

After that, Tottenham Hotspur gradually reversed the situation and began to use Messi's advantage of getting the ball in the front court center to create threats.

In the 31st minute, David Silva passed the ball, Messi caught the ball at the front of the penalty area, with Liverpool players on both sides, but he managed to protect the ball and found a gap. Under the double team of three people, he passed the ball to the right.

After Cavani got the ball, he passed it to the back point on the right side of the penalty area. Gareth Bale followed up and headed the ball, breaking the goal guarded by Reina, 1:0!

The first goal made Tottenham excited, and all Tottenham players rushed to Gareth Bale. The Welsh teenager opened the record for Tottenham, which undoubtedly made great contributions to the team's winning of the Premier League championship.

Tottenham scored first, and Liverpool began to attack like crazy. Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt and other players frequently threatened Tottenham's goal, while Tottenham's defenders and goalkeepers were concentrating on keeping the team's goal.

Liverpool's offensive lasted until the end of the first half, when Tottenham Hotspur found an opportunity.

After stealing the ball, Thiago Silva held Torres with his body and passed the ball forward to the retreating Messi.

Behind Messi were Agger and Skrtel. The Argentine chose to walk back with the ball, attracted Xabi Alonso, and passed it to Beckham who ran to the empty space. The latter stopped the ball and rubbed it, and then made another long pass like a crescent moon.

Gareth Bale used his speed to break away from Carragher on the left, and drove straight in like a flash of lightning. After stopping the ball, he continued to rush forward and passed the ball to the back point on the left side of the penalty area. Cavani followed up and shot the ball directly without stopping the ball. The ball went into the net, 2:0!

The consecutive goals boosted the morale of Tottenham Hotspur. Ye Qiu was very satisfied with Messi's performance after he moved to the middle. Although the two goals seemed to have nothing to do with Messi at first glance, in fact, it was Messi who pulled away the central defender after retreating, affecting the back waist, which put Liverpool's offense and defense into trouble, because it was a problem whether to follow or not.

During the halftime break, Ye Qiu praised the excellent performance of all the team members in the first half. He said that the team must work hard to stabilize the situation in the second half, because he judged that Liverpool would definitely counterattack with all their strength.

Considering the Champions League final three days later, Ye Qiu thought about it and decided to replace Messi during the halftime break. The substitute for Messi was the young player Ramsey. David Silva was arranged by Ye Qiu to the middle of the front court to play Messi's position.

In the Spanish national team, David Silva also played this position, but unlike Messi who could go up and down when he was on the court, Tottenham Hotspur now looked more like playing with two strikers.

After the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur still had a steady control of the situation. In the 55th minute, Ye Qiu saw that the situation was almost settled, so he replaced David Silva with Eden Hazard. The team changed to 433 again, with Eden Hazard playing on the left and Gareth Bale on the right.

But just after Ye Qiu made a series of substitutions, Benitez began to counterattack.

This was Ferguson's second visit to Hull City's Kingston Stadium.

It was not because Kingston Stadium was completed in 2002, but because the last time Manchester United played Hull City away was 22 years ago. At that time, Ferguson had just arrived and had just experienced a season full of frustrations at Manchester United.

In the mid-1970s, Manchester United was relegated from the English League One. Although it returned to the top league immediately after a short season and ranked third in the first season after the promotion, Manchester United's performance has always been difficult to break through, and it has never been able to break the strong monopoly of the English League One by its arch-rival Liverpool.

In the 1980s, Manchester United invited Ron Atkinson to coach. This former professional player born in the arch-rival Liverpool was the most popular head coach in English football at the time. After retiring in 1974, he coached Cambridge United, which was relegated to the fourth-level League D, and led Cambridge United to return to the League C as the champion of the League D in 1977. A year later, it entered the League B from the League C and was promoted continuously, which attracted almost everyone's attention at the time.

After that, he went to West Bromwich Albion in the League A. Ron Atkinson took a year to bring the team to the point of almost hitting the league championship. Although the performance was not good in the second year, he soon led the team to the top four in the league and became the most popular young coach in England at the time.

As a player born in Liverpool, Atkinson vowed that he would bring the league championship to Manchester United in Manchester. In fact, in the following years, Manchester United's performance was firmly in the forefront of the league, but there was still a gap to compete for the championship. In the 86/87 season, Atkinson had a poor start and was fired by Manchester United.

Since then, Manchester United has officially entered the Ferguson era.

Ferguson's Manchester United did not start well. The team ranked eleventh in the first season and performed poorly. The start of the second season was also not very ideal. The results in the first few rounds were comparable to those in the Atkinson period. Many people began to doubt that Ferguson would be fired like Atkinson.

But when everyone doubted Ferguson, his team beat Hull City, who was in the English League 2 at the time, 5:0 at Old Trafford, and then defeated the opponent 1:0 away, successfully winning the League Cup promotion. This round of victory eased Ferguson's pressure. In the following season, Manchester United rushed all the way to the runner-up position in the league.

Because of this, Ferguson has a special feeling for Hull City, especially for the away game against Hull City. He is full of sighs, because he, who was on the verge of being dismissed, never thought that he would visit Hull City again 22 years later, and he has been the head coach of Manchester United for 23 years without knowing it.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed.

No one can guess Ferguson's mood at this moment, and no one knows what he is thinking. But everyone can see that his mind is not completely focused on the game, because Manchester United has taken the lead in the 24th minute with Scholes' goal.

With Hull City's strength, it is very difficult to threaten Manchester United.

"Twenty-two years ago, I secured my position as Manchester United coach by defeating Hull City. Twenty-two years later, can I win another league championship trophy for Manchester United by defeating Hull City?"

It can be said that if Ferguson defeats Tottenham Hotspur this season, it will be the most valuable championship trophy in his coaching career, because the competition in the Premier League is more fierce than in the past, and Tottenham Hotspur's performance in the past two seasons is even more impressive.

If Manchester United can defeat Tottenham Hotspur to win the championship, their morale will surely be greatly boosted!

Ferguson forgot to chew his gum. He looked very calm, but in fact, as long as you sit next to him, you can tell that his calmness is fake. He has to move his butt from time to time and change his posture, which shows his nervousness at this moment.

In the match at Anfield in Liverpool, the Reds trailed Tottenham Hotspur 0:2 in the first half, which undoubtedly cast a shadow on Manchester United's title. Ferguson did not dare to let the players know this news, fearing that it would affect the team's morale, and he was still hoping that Benítez could reverse the situation, even if it was a tie.

As long as it was a tie, Manchester United would be able to reverse Tottenham Hotspur and win the championship!

"Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu, we are really fighting to the death now!" Ferguson muttered in his heart, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, a smile full of challenge and excitement.

At this moment, the assistant coach Mike Perrin beside him suddenly lost his voice, "Liverpool scored a goal!!!"

This news immediately made Ferguson stand up from his seat as if by reflex. This action shocked everyone, but he himself didn't feel anything at all. He turned around and stared at Mike Perrin, "Liverpool scored a goal?"

"Yes, Gerrard, Gerrard helped Liverpool score a goal. The score is now 1:2, and Liverpool is still attacking!"

Mike Perrin's words made Ferguson breathe a sigh of relief. As he expected, neither Benítez nor Liverpool let the game go. This damn Spaniard was too cunning. He obviously guessed that Ye Qiu would definitely save his strength for the Champions League final, so he deliberately saved his strength to launch a counterattack in the final stage.

Two goals?

Humph, for a top team, as long as they play smoothly, let alone two goals, three goals can be reversed!

"Liverpool is still attacking. It seems that Benítez is trying his best to equalize the score!" Mike Perrin almost shouted, and was obviously attracted by another game on the radio.

Ferguson walked out of the coaching booth, looked up, and looked at the scoreboard of Kingston Stadium in the distance under the setting sun. It was seventy-six minutes. As long as Liverpool maintained the current momentum, it would not be difficult to score another goal.

Champion! The championship is about to be won!!!

Ferguson had even begun to imagine in his mind how embarrassed it would be when the guys who sent the championship trophy to Anfield Stadium in advance, after the game, hurriedly spent three hours to send the championship trophy from Liverpool to Hull City?

But soon he thought again, it is estimated that the group of guys will tell him to receive the championship trophy directly in Manchester!

"Come on, damn Liverpool!" Ferguson said with a grin.

Anfield Stadium was thunderous, and the applause and shouts resounded through the sky like thunder.

More than 40,000 Red Army fans appeared in the stands of Anfield Stadium like a blood-red ocean. The famous KOP stands created a deafening noise. If it were normal, no one would be able to bear it, but today, this afternoon, everyone was infected by the noise and immersed in it.

As early as the first half, the team fell behind by two goals. Although the fans were all doubting in their hearts that the team might lose this game, they still did not give up and still gave selfless support to the team. Until the second half, Tottenham Hotspur began to think that the victory was in hand and replaced Messi and David Silva one after another.

Benítez was like a cunning hunter. He had been lying in ambush around and waiting for an opportunity. He knew his opponent's every move and intention very well. He knew that Ye Qiu would never give up the Champions League final, so he had to be Ye Qiu's killer again and completely disgust Tottenham Hotspur.

Yes, disgusting, Ye Qiu always said that Benítez was disgusting, and now Benítez was going to disgust him again!

Thinking of this, Benítez smiled mischievously, "Damn Ferguson, you better thank me! Because I'm going to give you a league title soon!"

It's not that Benítez is too big, because even Andy Gray, the famous commentator of Sky TV, felt that "If the current momentum continues, Liverpool will score again sooner or later. Tottenham is too passive!"

It can be seen how serious the situation of Tottenham is that Andy Gray can make such an explanation.

Soon, Liverpool got a chance. Xabi Alonso passed the ball to Gerrard, and the Liverpool captain made a sudden long shot directly at the front of the penalty area. This shot rushed towards Tottenham's goal like thunder. This shot was not only powerful, but also very tricky.

Cech stood in front of the goal, paying close attention to the movements of Liverpool players. When he saw Gerrard kicking, he immediately reacted, moving his feet quickly, and after Gerrard shot, he flew to make a save.

But the shot was too strong, and Cech couldn't catch it at all, and directly blocked the ball over the crossbar.

"Yeah!!!!!!"

The fans of the entire Anfield Stadium cheered, followed by a warm applause. Everyone was shouting Gerrard's name, hoping that the captain of Liverpool could kill this powerful enemy.

Sometimes, when you can't win the championship, it's also a pleasure to humiliate the teams that won the championship.

Perhaps, Liverpool fans and their wretched head coach have the same wretched thoughts!

Ye Qiu heard this momentum on the sidelines and smiled helplessly, but he kept cheering for the players and adjusting the team's defense, especially the defense in the middle of the midfield, that is, the front of the penalty area. He even pulled Beckham back and Cavani's position was also retreated very deep.

Liverpool, which was playing crazy, was definitely a headache, and Ye Qiu knew very well that if his team could not reverse the situation and fight back, then Liverpool's offensive would become more and more fierce.

You can't make sense with a madman. The best way to deal with a madman is to give him a stick, hit him hard, wake him up, and make him feel scared instinctively, so that he will retreat.

So when Ye Qiu was adjusting, he still did not forget to counterattack. He was still paying attention to Liverpool's tactics and loopholes. He was also waiting for an opportunity, hoping to give the final blow while the team's defense was stable!

Either success or failure depends on this final blow!