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Chapter 324 Psychological Warfare

After Manchester United won the Club World Cup, they officially joined the Christmas Express camp.The top 5 teams in the Premier League are rushing forward at the same time, and each one is worried about falling behind.

Benitez's Liverpool is in excellent condition. With the perfect performance of Gerrard, Alonso and Hargreaves, they have already been able to kill most of their opponents. There are also Torres and Reina on the central axis. Kill the Quartet.

They have always firmly held the position of the league leader. After entering January, Liverpool is still the top team in the league.

Countless Liverpool fans finally became excited, and countless media also incited the fans' emotions and raised the strength of the Liverpool team.Not only Liverpool fans, but even the management are beginning to look forward to the team's first Premier League title.

This season is a special time point. As long as Manchester United wins the league title, the number of league titles will be equal to Liverpool. They are under great pressure.But if Liverpool win the championship, they will immediately be able to form a new psychological advantage.

Ferguson finally stood up, "Congratulations to Liverpool, they are still at the top of the table. Now the league has entered the second half, but the top position in the second half is not a position they are familiar with. I hope they can do well!"

Well, Manchester United is used to working hard on the Christmas express, starting to grab the top spot in January, and then occupying the top spot until the end of the season, Ferguson often does this.

When Ferguson's words came out, the media began to exaggerate, and Benitez added three-point pressure.In the second half of the season, not only Liverpool is not familiar with the top position, but also Arsenal in recent years.

Chelsea is a little excited. They are also a member of the championship team. They just changed their head coach a few days ago.

Because Scolari was knocked out in the FA Cup.In the third round of the FA Cup, Chelsea played against South Allianz and were eliminated at home. The FA Cup had just started and it was over.

Abramovich is not relentless, his bottom line for Scolari is to get at least one of the FA Cup and the League Cup, and the league championship is also a must.

I lost the League Cup before, and now I lost the FA Cup, can I keep you?Fried, must be fried.Abramovich quickly let his old friend Hiddink take over the team. This is the second time Hiddink has become Chelsea's head coach and is also an interim coach.

Hiddink, who has just become Chelsea's new coach, seems to be thinking about competing for the league title. He has the same idea as Ferguson and attacked Benitez.

He said in front of the media, "Liverpool has forgotten the taste of winning the league, and they will make mistakes next."

The managers of Manchester United and Chelsea stood in the same position and started a psychological war against Liverpool. It was so exciting.

When the media heard Chelsea's new coach's statement, it immediately stirred up a thousand waves, and reported Liverpool's news everywhere, covering the streets and alleys. In any case, Liverpool has increased a lot of pressure.

"Liverpool are in an unfamiliar waterway, can they handle the pressure?"

"Benitez has a bad relationship with other managers and has no experience of winning the Premier League. How does he handle the pressure?"

"Ferguson and Hiddink made moves at the same time, how should Benitez respond?"

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The endless questioning appeared, and the top of Benitez's head suddenly became brighter, and his hands felt oily and smooth; the head coach was under a lot of pressure, and the players felt it immediately, and they also felt a little more pressure.

On January 1, against Stoke City, Liverpool lost an away game, which was beyond everyone's expectations.Manchester United and Chelsea were immediately chased by 11 points in the standings. Manchester United played 3 games less and was 3 points behind Liverpool, ranking 7th.

In this game, Stoke City was suppressed by Liverpool. However, Liverpool had 21 shots, all of which were outside. None of them could score. At the last moment, they were scored by Stoke City corner kick and lost to Bet365. court.

Ferguson's psychological warfare seems to have had an effect. The media reported more excitedly, which added a bit of pressure to Benitez's Liverpool. They seemed to be chased by the media. During this time, they were almost out of breath!
In the next league game, Liverpool played against city rivals Everton.The audience also has a clear advantage, but it is still an old problem, gaining momentum and not scoring.

Torres even missed an empty goal opportunity.Benitez is also in vain.

In the first half, Liverpool was also successfully scored by Everton's left-back Baines with a set kick, and fell behind 0:1.Baines' cross is regarded as a copy of Kaisa's cross. Kaisa often scored from set kicks, and Baines did not give up too much.

Moyes' team carried it to the last minute and the victory was in sight. Unfortunately, Everton was scored by Gerrard and equalized.Liverpool scored 1 point.

However, Liverpool lost 5 points in the two rounds of the league and became the target of criticism from the media, and all the spearheads were aimed at them.

No one noticed Manchester United's defeat in the League Cup. In the League Cup match, Kesa did not play and Manchester United lost the game.

Benitez finally couldn't bear it anymore. When he was being interviewed, he suddenly took out some A4 papers, "You all said it was my problem. I want to know, what's my problem?"

"Ferguson and the others control the media and referee groups, why don't you say it?"

"Ah? Why don't you say that he controlled the referee? He was putting pressure on the Premier League officials. There is no problem at all. I can't complain."

Benitez went into a rage, "Who said we are not used to the leading position? We are just declining, and we will return to our original position soon. I am not afraid, I am not afraid of you."

However, Benitez's outburst had no other effect than to put more pressure on Liverpool.They played under a lot of pressure, were more prone to mistakes and started dropping goals out of nowhere.

In the next game, Liverpool challenged Wigan Athletic in an away game, and was shot by the opponent's Ashley Young. Reina did not respond and was equalized by the opponent, making Torres' goal meaningless in the first half.

3 points became 1 point again. In the standings, they were overtaken by Chelsea. Manchester United and Arsenal followed closely, and there is a possibility of overtaking at any time.Moreover, Manchester United has three games less. If they win all of them, they will occupy the top position.

Benitez was finally in a hurry. He started to think of a way, but time was running out. In the next game, Liverpool played against Chelsea at home.

After the psychological warfare, Liverpool has won 4 games and only scored 3 points. In the same period, Arsenal and Manchester United both scored 12 points, and Chelsea scored 10 points. The 4th place is able to keep the Champions League seat.

Liverpool were the first to fall behind, in unimaginable fashion.

Of course, Manchester United is also having a hard time. In order to maintain the strength of the league, both the League Cup and the FA Cup use young people and substitute players to play. Kaisa missed a game and finally lost the chance to defend the two champions.

Fortunately, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea also fell behind in the League Cup and FA Cup. This year's FA Cup and League Cup champions are destined to go to small clubs.

The Champions League round of 16 kicked off, Manchester United played against Sporting Lisbon, there was little suspense, and they passed smoothly.

(End of this chapter)