The Ball at Your Feet

After Liverpool's eight-game winning streak, they finally ended their winning streak. Draw with Bolton's game, so that Liverpool's forward momentum finally came to a halt. Although they have only lost one draw and two draws so far, they still seem to have a good momentum, but at this time Liverpool has once again lost its advantage over Chelsea.

The entanglement in points is okay, but the loss of psychological advantage will also make both sides fall into the torment of a tug-of-war once again.

However, compared to that matter, it is another matter that makes Liverpool more worried. Sissoko's injury is far from as simple as imagined.

"His eyes have been seriously injured and must be operated on immediately." After the examination, the team doctor came to the conclusion, "He must have an operation, and then...the injury stops for a month."

"One month? One month of injury during the Christmas schedule? This is crazy." Carragher replied immediately.

"His injury is very serious. If you don't handle it well, this eye is likely to be blinded. This is not a trivial matter. Such an injury is very important and cannot be delayed."

Everyone stopped talking. Although everyone doesn't understand medicine, at least they still know how important the eyes are. It doesn’t sound like a trivial thing if the eye is injured.

However, in this way, he will miss three league games and two FA Cup games... One month, why is it so difficult for Liverpool to win the championship?

"Are the sequelae of his injury serious?"

At this time, Benitez asked the most important thing.

The team doctor said, "There will be no sequelae...If treated in time, it will not affect future matches and life at all. But the problem is that his injury hurt his eyes and he cannot recover immediately after the operation."

That's okay... if the player gets a disabling injury for the game, it's troublesome.

That's the case, the whole month of January was all wrong, but fortunately, there are only three league games left in January. Both Birmingham and Tottenham Hotspur teams should be able to win. The only trouble is...

"Manchester United." Several people said the name together.

During the time I listened to Sissoko, the strongest opponent Liverpool needed to deal with was not someone else but Manchester United. These two mortal enemies, in the middle of January of this year, happened to have a league game held at Old Trafford.

For Liverpool, the most dangerous enemy, but also the most worthy of engraving, is definitely Manchester United. They also have enough reasons to believe that since they encountered each other at the most critical time, Manchester United would never care about the problem of Sissoko's injury, and spared the opportunity to bite Liverpool.

The relationship between the two teams has always been like this. Whoever has the opportunity, will hope to put the other side to death.

But at this time, what can you say?

The game is very important, but at this time, everyone has no way to say anything. Who wants to get hurt? Sissoko still injured his eyes. If he was heavier, he would even lose his sight. At this time, he had to go for surgery. Moreover, even if the game is lost, it may not be impossible to win the league championship. And even if you really can't win the league championship, there is still next year, and there is a future. But the eye injury has to be treated. If you are blind, that's a big deal.

Liverpool's main midfielder had to face injury. At this time, only Haman can be used by Liverpool.

But Harman is 33 years old... Let a player in his thirties play six games in a month. Such an intensity will definitely go wrong. This has nothing to do with willpower and mental power. The back midfielder is the position that runs the most confrontation. At the age of more than 30 years, even if the willpower is strong, it is impossible to keep up with the physical strength. Haman's own level. No problem, but at his age, it is impossible to adapt to continuous high-intensity combat in this position.

In this position, Liverpool does not have a very good manpower. There are only a few main reasons: Firstly, Sissoko’s physical fitness is good enough. He looks sturdy and bullish. No matter how hard he looks, he doesn’t look like an injury basket. Therefore, Liverpool has not considered finding him. A very good substitute. Secondly, it is also because Liverpool insists on not selling the players who won last year, and insists on keeping Haman, Dior and others. They are all defensive midfielders, which also makes this position lacking. People are not serious.

But who would have thought that there was no game to play for half a season, which caused Haman's state to decline very quickly, and Dior was originally unbearable. How could this period of time be able to survive?

Maybe we can sign in and replenish the manpower. It happens to be January. The transfer period has opened and we can sign in... Zhao Yaning thought of something, but his thinking was interrupted again.

Yaya Touré is the only good midfielder he knows, but he is from Ivory Coast. Côte d'Ivoire has gone to play in the Africa Cup, Drogba is gone, and Yaya Touré will naturally report to the national team. Even if the signings were made, the distant water would not quench the near thirst. If you can wait until he returns from the national team for a month, then it is better to wait for Sissoko to return from injury.

Zhao Yaning tried hard to think about the midfielder he knew, but after thinking about it for a long time, there was no suitable candidate.

"Actually, it's just a game, and even if it's signings, if there are problems with the lineup, they can't fight Manchester United. They are a strong team, and you can fight against them without just adding individuals. Yes. We can’t have a good fit in the two games."

In the locker room, when everyone talked about this issue, Benitez also expressed his views. Although everyone understands what he said, everyone is not willing to accept this fact.

"In that game, we still had a choice. One idea was that Stephen returned to the midfielder seat. Then, we relied on the backcourt to stop Manchester United's attack and fight for a draw. If we have Great chance." Benitez said his own words.

But his words made everyone silent. This unexpected draw against Bolton has already caused Liverpool to lose its advantage over Chelsea. If it loses another two points, Liverpool will obviously be at a disadvantage. Although there is still a problem with the Africa Cup, what if Chelsea have a plan to deal with it?

People are still reluctant to accept such an approach.

"If there are any more, it will be crazy offensive, gamble to see who can win." Seeing everyone's look, Benitez spoke again, "But this is not safe enough, we probably won't get a share. To..."

"There is no big difference between getting one point and not having a point. If we want to win this season, don't we have to fight hard?" Zhao Yaning said, "Fight, anyway, at this time, we Can't easily admit defeat!"-

"After Liverpool did not win this game, it is clear that Liverpool and Chelsea are back on the same starting line."

After this game, there was more debate about Chelsea and Liverpool winning the championship. Liverpool performed very well this time, but at this time, they suffered injuries. Chelsea is as stable as ever, and it can even be said to be stable like a machine. Although there are unexpected failures, it is always stable and shocking.

Throughout the first half of the season, Chelsea lost only two games on multiple fronts. A Champions League loss to Barcelona, ​​a league loss to Manchester United. When facing other weaker teams, they won't have the slightest problem at all.

"Chelsea's stability is terrible. Liverpool has now suffered a major loss and it is difficult to catch up. However, they are not out of the question. The FA Cup game is about to begin, and this is what they are facing. The biggest reason for the extremely difficult schedule. If they give up the FA Cup game, they may save a lot of their energy and use it in the league. But we don’t know whether Benitez will do such a thing in the cup. Choosing to give up is a very favorable choice for Liverpool."

The outside media are predicting who can win the championship. However, Liverpool and Chelsea are obviously not the champions that everyone wants to see. Liverpool was overly arrogant in the 1980s, and because of the two major tragedies, they were extremely competitive with the FA. In English football, they had already made countless enemies, and Chelsea, as an emerging power, had risen by money, too. The same undesirable, no matter who won the championship between these two teams, it is unsatisfactory.

However, at this time, Liverpool was at a disadvantage, and the media naturally began to help Liverpool. At least, to let the league decide the outcome later, for neutral spectators, there is still a lot of excitement to watch. Therefore, they are also giving ideas to Liverpool, hoping that Liverpool will persist in the league longer.

"This season, Arsenal have fallen behind early. After selling Vieira, they have suffered other unexpected blows. Campbell, Henry, Ashley Cole's injuries have left Wenger with only one group now. The children are available, they are still suffering from the pain of the replacement, and they are temporarily unable to compete for the championship. The same is true for Manchester United. After losing Keane and Alan Smith ~www.ltnovel.com~ their midfielder is in a downturn. Now , They are 13 points behind the leader Chelsea. Such a gap is very difficult to make up. Even if they have the advantage of not playing in the Champions League, they have fewer games and more concentrated strength, but it is difficult to catch up with the front. Now, the reason why this league’s championship has not become Chelsea’s one-man show is all the credit of Liverpool’s pursuit. At this time, Liverpool must make a choice in order to be in the league. It’s been a bit longer and it’s not a bad choice to give up the FA Cup. After all, Liverpool’s squad depth may not be able to support a three-line battle."

In the speculation of the external media, Liverpool also ushered in the third round of the FA Cup between them and Luton. What everyone can't imagine is that in this game, Liverpool not only did not choose to give up, but instead sent almost all the main players.

"It seems that Liverpool do not intend to give up the FA Cup game! They still have to fight for victory in this game!"

In this game, Zhao Yaning, Gerrard, and Alonso each scored one goal, Milito scored two goals, and Liverpool won a 5-1 victory.

And this also issued a declaration towards the Premier League: Liverpool will not surrender so easily, no matter which front, Liverpool will not give up!