Atlético Madrid became the most exciting supporting role in the UEFA Super Cup, while Liverpool played a heart-shaking game in the tepid but consistently strong and stable trend of the new season.
After the UEFA Super Cup awards ceremony, the Liverpool team was dismissed in Monaco and the players had to report to the national team.
Four and a half months later, the 2011 AFC Asian Cup would begin. Qin Xiong did not participate in the qualifiers for the AFC Asian Cup last year. The China team's strength was enough to enter the AFC Asian Cup, even without Qin Xiong.
The current FIFA match day would be mainly a warm-up. Qin Xiong communicated with the new national team manager, Gao Hongbo. He would not return to China before the AFC Asian Cup. After all, he also had a heavy task in Europe, especially when he had to ask for leave from the club in January next year to compete in the AFC Asian Cup.
Qin Xiong stayed in Liverpool to recuperate.
When the FIFA match day ended, the fourth round of the Premier League kicked off.
The first team, Manchester United, suffered a nightmare in stoppage time at Goodison Park!
Manchester United led Everton by 3: 1 when the injury stoppage time came.
But in the 91st minute, Baines crossed from the left and Cahill scored with a header between O 'Shea and Evans from eight yards.
In the 92nd minute, Baines crossed from the left and Cahill headed back. Arteta hit Scholes with a powerful shot from 15 yards and deflected into the net.
3:3！
Even so, Everton was not satisfied. After the game, Everton manager Moyes rushed onto the field to express his dissatisfaction with referee Atkinson for ending the game with a whistle when his team was attacking!
Ferguson angrily left Merseyside, which he loathed. Liverpool alone was enough to make him unable to eat or sleep in peace. Even Everton was giving him trouble!
Chelsea took down West Ham United by 3: 1 in the away game, continuing their strong performance since the start of the new season.
Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers by 4: 1 at the Emirates Stadium. They also won three consecutive games after the humiliation of the opening game.
Manchester City was still struggling to win. They were forced into a 1: 1 draw with Blackburn Rovers at the Etihad Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur's fate was also bumpy. They were forced into a 1: 1 draw with West Bromwich Albion in their away game.
So far, only four rounds had been played in the Premier League this season. Before Liverpool's game started, the seven-man hegemony structure promoted by Fleet Street was completely aborted. At best, it was still the situation of the BIG4 fighting for supremacy.
Liverpool went to challenge Birmingham City in an away game.
Birmingham adopted a tight defensive strategy in this game. Liverpool performed steadily and constantly created excellent opportunities. But the starting center forward, Torres, was not in form. He wasted three chances in a row and was replaced by Comain at the beginning of the second half.
In the end, Liverpool won with a 2: 0 victory thanks to Qin Xiong's long shot and Raúl's rebound shot in the penalty area. It was the start of a four-game winning streak!
After four rounds, Liverpool and Chelsea were tied with 12 points.
Manchester United was 8 points behind by 4 points.
Arsenal had 9 points, trailing by 3 points.
The points of the other top three teams, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Everton, were no longer cared about by the championship contending teams.
Although Liverpool started the season with four consecutive wins, discordant voices and worrying phenomena still existed.
Liverpool's meritorious star player, Jamie Redknapp, publicly blasted after the game, saying that Torres's performance in the league game against Birmingham City was like a "demon."
Last week, Torres scored two goals in Spain's European qualifier against Liechtenstein. But in the league game against Birmingham City, the golden boy's performance was like a sleepwalker.
Jamie Redknapp, the Sky Sports commentator, severely criticized Torres's performance in the game. "The fans can accept that you lose the ball to a certain extent, but they can't accept that you don't do your best. Today, Torres's performance was terrible for 45 minutes. He didn't control the ball, he didn't press for the ball, he felt frustrated on the field, he could have been penalized with a yellow card. His performance was like a demon. "
"I'm Torres's most loyal fan. Of course, you have to recognize the strength of Birmingham City's center-backs, Roger Johnson and Dan En. But Torres has no desire to play on the field at all. He looks sloppy and lazy. I know people are talking about his bad form, but he looks tired of playing. When Liverpool achieved the pinnacle of success last season, Torres also achieved the Grand Slam of honors through the national team. European Championship, Champions League, World Cup and Premier League. What is he still missing? Yes, he still lacks the ambition to continue strong! What Liverpool needs now is a star player who can look at the honor book rationally! Obviously, Torres did not let people see his ambition and actions to continue moving forward in the game against Birmingham City! "
Comain immediately hit back at Redknapp's attack. He said that he had to be more tolerant of Torres because Torres had a heavy burden on the national team and did not have a good rest in the summer. He firmly believed that the best Torres would come back soon.
For the time being, Liverpool was not worried about the striker.
Now it could also be said that the introduction of Raúl in the summer was an important result of the signing.
In the middle of the week, Liverpool went to the Champions League. Before the official start of the Champions League group stage, Torres also made his own remarks. He said that Redknapp was jealous of him and that he had no need to pay attention to a man who did not bring much honor to the team in his Red Army career.
Torres may have been acting on impulse, but the public opinion effect was not good in the end.
Even if Torres was uncomfortable with the criticism issued by a player with ten years of meritorious service, he should not have made such a counterattack. It would make the fans think that he was arrogant and that he was using honor to measure loyalty and contribution.
That was too utilitarian and too realistic. However, when it came to emotions, people were more willing to accept non-utilitarian and detached from reality.
In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool challenged Werder Bremen in an away game.
Liverpool won the game more easily. They beat Werder Bremen 3: 0 in the away game. Torres scored twice, as if he used his actions to fight back against the outside world's comments.
In the other game in the same group, Inter Milan was forced to a 2: 2 draw with FC Twente in an away game.
Liverpool was able to sit at the top of the table.
After returning to England, the fifth round of the Premier League followed.
Chelsea continued his jaw-dropping strong performance.
At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea sent off the newly promoted Blackpool 4: 0 and took the lead in winning five consecutive Premier League games.
Arsenal's performance slipped and they were forced to a 1: 1 draw with the black cats Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
The focal battle of this round was the final game.
Double Red!
Liverpool went to Old Trafford to challenge the Red Devils Manchester United!
The English derby was about to begin.
At the pre-match press conference, Ferguson said that if Liverpool still gave up the domestic cup this season, then Liverpool's competitiveness would undoubtedly be the strongest in the Premier League title race.
He was putting pressure on Comain and mocking Liverpool for underestimating the domestic cup for the sake of the league title, which was also contempt for English tradition!
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