The 16th round of the Premier League was bound to cause a sensation in the English football world.
Arsenal's biggest defeat in the Premier League era was born at Anfield!
1:7！
After the game, Wenger was under huge pressure from public opinion. Doubts and bitter criticism from all sides of Fleet Street came like a storm.
Wenger said at the post-match press conference with a blank expression, "Today's game does not represent Arsenal's true strength. Robin van Persie is injured, Henry is injured, Arsenal has no striker available. At the same time, I admit that the game began to get out of control after the fourth goal in the second half. Arsenal became an amateur team, but I don't think this will shake the foundation of Arsenal's development forward. We will forget this loss as soon as possible, then pick ourselves up and take the next game seriously!"
Wenger said a few simple words and got up to leave.
He did not want to be entangled with Fleet Street, who were good at kicking people when they were down. If that happened, there would be more topics to talk about tomorrow!
Kerman, on the other hand, was in high spirits as he attended the post-match press conference.
"This was Liverpool's best game of the new season. The only flaw was that we lost a goal that we should not have lost. I'm proud of the team's performance. If they can maintain this state and play in every game, then we are infinitely close to success."
Comain now had the confidence to praise the team and look forward to the future, especially the ambition for the title!
The Liverpool team went to the bar together to celebrate after the game. They did not party, but everyone gathered to digest the excitement of the game. Obviously, after such a landmark victory, everyone would not be able to sleep even if they went home.
At this time, Manchester United, who had just lost their league leader position, began to use psychological warfare. Ferguson claimed in an interview that Manchester United was regarded as a thorn in their side because of their status as the defending champion, but Liverpool was ignored by other Premier League teams because they had been away from the throne of England's top league for a long time!
Liverpool's victory was easier than Manchester United's.
Ferguson intended to stimulate the other Premier League teams to show more fighting power against Liverpool.
In the middle of the week, with the end of the Europa League group stage, the UEFA held the draw ceremony for the Champions League and Europa League knockout stages.
Most of the Liverpool players met in a local pub to watch the draw live on television.
Qin Xiong also appeared in the pub. He sat on the sofa facing the TV. Gerard stood beside him with a beer bottle in hand. Torres stared at the TV with a serious expression.
When Liverpool was selected, the entire pub erupted into a burst of cheers!
For the third year in a row!
Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League knockout stage!
It might have been a bad draw. At least compared to Bordeaux and Seville, Real Madrid was obviously stronger.
Qin Xiong's eyes were in a trance. Then, they brightened up and a smile appeared on his face.
So fast!
He did not expect to return to Bernabéu so soon!
But this time, he would descend as an opponent!
The European media focused on the draw results of Liverpool and Real Madrid in the knockout stage of the Champions League for the third consecutive year.
The football pundits expressed their opinions. Most of them thought it would be an unpredictable two-legged game.
There were also people who sighed. Liverpool and Real Madrid could meet for three consecutive years. But to meet in the Champions League quarterfinals would inevitably leave one less top team in the knockout stage after the Champions League!
In any case, the result of Liverpool and Real Madrid meeting in the Champions League quarterfinals would give the Champions League unprecedented attention in the round of 16.
Most of the Liverpool players were excited.
At least last season, they had eliminated Real Madrid. Coupled with Qin Xiong's "change of tack" this year, the Liverpool people were confident of eliminating Real Madrid.
The 17th round of the Premier League on the weekend arrived as scheduled.
Liverpool's game was once again the last to start in the BIG4 group.
The first team to start in the BIG4 was the Red Devils, Manchester United.
The Manchester United team at their home stadium, Old Trafford, relied on a goal each from Rooney, Vidic, and Valencia to defeat Wolverhampton Wanderers with a score of 3: 0. They swept away the gloom of last weekend's 1: 0 home loss to Aston Villa.
Although the game ended with Manchester United's victory, it did not mean that the game was over, because the game was targeted by the Premier League committee.
For the visit to Old Trafford, the Wolverhampton Wanderers manager, McCarthy, sent out a very strange lineup. Except for the goalkeeper, Hahnemann, the rest of the 10 players were rotated. This also led the television commentator to joke that Wolverhampton Wanderers had sent out a reserve team.
It was McCarthy who sent out such a lineup that shocked the Premier League committee. The organization could not believe that Wolverhampton Wanderers would deal with the game in such a way. Therefore, they immediately informed McCarthy after the game to explain why he sent out such a lineup for the away game against Manchester United.
The Sun reacted quickly. The media revealed that the Premier League had notified Wolverhampton Wanderers in writing and asked them to explain the starting lineup for the away game against Manchester United. Once they received Wolverhampton Wanderers' explanation, the Premier League would make a decision on whether to take further action.
According to the rules of the Premier League, for the sake of fair competition, every team must field their strongest lineup in every league game.
For the game against Manchester United, although McCarthy sent out a first-string lineup, as many as 10 of the 11 players in the starting lineup were players who had almost never started a game. They did not even participate in many games. Most of them were substitutes for the team's substitutes.
There were media reports that if McCarthy could not find a suitable reason to explain the starting lineup, then Wolverhampton Wanderers was likely to be fined or even penalized with points.
Before the game against Manchester United, McCarthy said in an interview with the media, "There are too many injuries in the team, especially in the 1-0 away win against Tottenham Hotspur. The whole team is very tired. We will make appropriate changes for the Manchester United game."
They did not expect McCarthy's changes to be such a big change. It also made the 2,530 Wolverhampton Wanderers fans who followed them to Old Trafford very unhappy. They said that it was not worth it to only watch the reserve team game for 42 pounds!
The Wolverhampton Wanderers fans who followed them even asked the club to compensate them by refunding 42 pounds per fan.
However, the proposal for compensation was quickly rejected by the Wolverhampton Wanderers' senior management. The Wolverhampton Wanderers' CEO, Moxey, not only agreed with McCarthy's approach, but also confirmed that the fans would not be compensated.
"We have a lineup system. McCarthy has selected the players he thinks are the best for this game. In fact, if Flinders had seized the opportunity at the beginning of the game, then the rest of the game would have been like our away win against Tottenham Hotspur. "
Moxey said to The Sun, "We don't intend to refund them the 42 pounds, although we are grateful for their support. We are very disappointed to lose the game, but we have a lineup system. I don't think we will get complaints from other teams. We have a lot of injuries recently. Knightley is injured, and we also lost Keogh. I always say that the season is like a marathon, not a sprint. McCarthy's job is to keep us in the Premier League. "
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