In the last official game of October, the tenth round of the Premier League, the traditional powerhouse BIG4 Group still won all the games. There were no upsets.
Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 2: 1 in the away game.
Manchester United took all three points from the ATM Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.
Arsenal won the London derby, beating West Ham United with a small goal.
Liverpool played a triumphant song at the Reebok Stadium, beating Bolton Wanderers 2: 0 without bloodshed.
Manchester City, who suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Arsenal in the last round at home, continued to suffer losses in this round, losing 1: 2 to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the away game.
Manchester City, who overtook Manchester United by three points two rounds ago, was once the high hopes of Fleet Street. It seemed that it was just a flash in the pan. Now, they were still left behind by the BIG4 Group.
The ten rounds of the league tournament were over.
Liverpool had 26 points, Chelsea had 25 points, Arsenal had 19 points, and Manchester United had 17 points.
In November, Liverpool was the first to wait for Inter Milan's arrival at home.
The fourth round of the Champions League group stage arrived as scheduled.
At the pre-match press conference, Comain looked helpless.
Luis, a reporter from L 'Equipe, took the lead and asked, "Alonso was injured in the last round of the league tournament. It is said that he will be out of action for a week. Is his injury serious?"
Comain said helplessly, "Xavi is only injured slightly. He will return to us after a period of rest. We are not worried."
"So, how will Liverpool line up against Inter Milan without the midfield general Alonso? Will they start with Meireles? "
Comain said cautiously, "We will decide based on tomorrow's actual situation."
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Benítez was not welcomed too much after his return to Liverpool. After all, he had not won the title for many years when he left. After all, Liverpool now had a "new love". The old love was a thing of the past, and there was no longer any lingering feelings in it.
Fleet Street "besieged" Benítez and interrogated him about the purpose of leading Inter Milan to Anfield.
Benítez could only brace himself for the sake of victory!
Inter Milan fans, who had arrived in Liverpool ahead of time, were engaged in a heated discussion in Liverpool's small bars.
They learned from local Liverpool fans and media reports that Liverpool had recently been hit by a wave of injuries.
Carragher, Aurelio, Torres, Alonso. Just the main players of the First Team alone were lying in hospital beds.
However, this did not make the Inter Milan fans more optimistic about the upcoming game.
"I heard that Alonso is also injured!"
"So what?"
"Maybe we can take revenge tomorrow? Alonso is a key player for Liverpool. "
"So what?"
"Without Alonso's midfield organization and defense, Liverpool's strength will be greatly reduced!"
"So what?"
"What do you mean?"
"So what? Uh … Let's wait until Qin Xiong is injured before we talk about our chances of winning the competition. "
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The next day, Liverpool's home game against Inter Milan in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage kicked off in Anfield.
Compared to the previous Champions League games, Liverpool's players were extremely relaxed today.
They had already qualified for the group stage three rounds in advance.
As long as they did not lose to Inter Milan in this game, it was only a matter of time before they won the group and qualified. Unless they lost the next two games and Inter Milan won all of them.
A more relaxed state of mind and no pressure to play would allow Liverpool to play better.
Comain did not let Meireles replace Alonso in the game at home.
His starting lineup made Benítez want to curse on the sidelines!
Look at Liverpool's midfield combination: Mascherano, Tiote, Lucas, Gerard!
Motherf * cker!
They were trying to outrun Inter Milan to death!
They were all energetic and frantic intercepting machines!
Comain did think so.
Especially for the striker combination, Comain used Kuyt and Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong could take it easy in the game, but Kuyt was also a physically strong player!
The two full backs, Johnson and Insua, received tactical instructions today to shuttle up and down the flanks. Whenever they got tired of running, they could apply for a substitution!
From the first minute of the game, the game was completely in Liverpool's rhythm.
Because Liverpool's frantic running had shattered Inter Milan's formation!
Liverpool completely messed up the game by relying on their youth and ability to run!
Inter Milan was like a frightened little girl. They were slow to get into the game in an away game. Faced with Liverpool's "ten thousand horses galloping" attack, they were caught off guard.
In the sixth minute of the game, Liverpool took the lead in a scuffle in the midfield. Johnson pulled the side to receive Gerard's diagonal pass after he intercepted the ball, then quickly pushed the attack to the end line and passed the ball. Qin Xiong snatched the ball from the back and scored with a header!
Liverpool took the lead at home.
Inter Milan, who were at a loss after losing the ball, suddenly flew into a rage.
Liverpool charged at speed and covered the whole field. Inter Milan simply met force with force. The game was suddenly filled with the smell of gunpowder. There was frequent physical contact between the players of the two teams and fouls came one after another. The game lost its smoothness and was full of fierce confrontations.
The first half was almost spent in hand-to-hand combat.
In the second half, the situation improved, but Liverpool controlled the game more calmly because they were in the lead.
In the 67th minute of the game, Cambiasso's foul in front of the penalty area caused him to be sent off with two yellow cards. To make matters worse for Inter Milan, Qin Xiong's free kick directly broke through the goal. His shot went straight to the corner of the goal, leaving César powerless to reverse the situation.
With a two-goal lead and an extra player, Liverpool could sit back and relax.
Babel came on to replace Qin Xiong, and Meireles came on to replace Gerard.
Liverpool still competed against Inter Milan with their main strength in the muscular midfield configuration.
Inter Milan miscalculated again today!
In fact, before the season, Comain's idea of bringing in Tiote was to strengthen Liverpool's midfield muscles!
At the right time, in addition to controlling the game with technical players, Liverpool also needed to increase their muscle strength!
He did not expect it to have a miraculous effect after it was put to use today.
Liverpool had never played like this before. Even when Mascherano and Lucas played at the same time, the efficiency of interception was more obvious than the muscular confrontation. But after the addition of Tiote, Liverpool's midfield confrontation had a significant improvement in the muscular strength.
Inter Milan had no choice but to be crushed "unreasonably" by Liverpool in the away game. It could be said that the old Inter Milan was "beaten to death" by Liverpool!
After the game, the Anfield stadium echoed with magnificent singing. The Liverpool players on the substitutes' bench also stood up and applauded.
They won all four games in the Champions League group stage and advanced as the group's top team!
In the other game in the same group, Werder Bremen lost 0: 2 to FC Twente at home.
Liverpool 12 points.
FC Twente 5 points.
Inter Milan 4 points.
Werder Bremen 1 point.
Inter Milan seemed to be in danger of being eliminated in the group stage!
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