green showman

Chapter 737 Tenacious Liverpool
The British FA Cup is considered to be the oldest competition in modern football. The first FA Cup was in 1871. Tsk tsk, it has been almost a century and a half.

The attitude of the Premier League giants to this event is very complicated. On the one hand, they feel that the FA Cup has a long history and is a symbol of British football culture.

Although the Premier League teams only start to participate in the FA Cup in the second half of the season, once the giants make a breakthrough in the European war, they will often abandon the FA Cup... No way, the FA Cup quarter-finals and semi-finals The time of the final is often mixed between the European knockout rounds.

For this reason, the giants attach more importance to the League Cup than the FA Cup, because the League Cup final is played before the European knockout rounds.

Wealthy teams often only pay attention to the FA Cup when they are eliminated in the European competition, or the league has no hope of winning the championship. They must win the championship, otherwise it will be too shameful.

It is for these reasons that the FA Cup has become tasteless... It is a pity that it is tasteless to discard.

It is also for these reasons that the FA Cup has become a thermos cup... In the past four or five seasons, Arsenal have almost withdrawn from the league championship after the end of the first half of the season.

In the 2009-2010 season, Arsenal defeated Portsmouth to win the championship.

In the 2011-2012 season, Arsenal defeated Stoke City to win the championship.

In the 2012-2013 season, Arsenal defeated Everton to win the championship.

Tsk tsk, look at opponents like Wenger and you will know why the FA Cup is called a thermos cup...

Emirates Stadium.

Sun Wu rested his elbows on his knees, and rested his chin on both hands to watch the situation on the field... The Gunners are so energetic when they play in the FA Cup!
In fact, this season's Arsenal is stronger than the original time and space. Ozil and Van Persie have greatly enhanced Arsenal's attack power. Most importantly, Wenger bought Yaya Toure who had a falling out with Guardiola.

In the 17th minute, it was Yaya Toure who sent an exquisite pass in the counterattack, and Ozil opened the scoring with a diagonal shot.

In stoppage time in the first half, Yaya Toure ran over Evans like a tank, and the latter received a red card and a penalty with a tackle behind his back.

Yaya Toure made it 2-0 with an easy penalty.

In the second half, although Thomas Muller, who came off the bench to find the feeling, pulled back a goal, but Yaya Toure immediately returned the color. He received a pass 30 meters from the goal and scored again with a powerful long shot.

Sun Wu was not surprised by the wonderful performance of the Ivorian midfielder with two shots and one pass. He remembered that Yuan Shikong also performed well in Manchester City this season, scoring 20 goals in the league alone.

For this game, the only thing Sun Wu hopes is not to get injured... For this reason, he gritted his teeth and bought Erwa a medical card.

No way, the second baby wants to play games, but is also afraid of being injured and missing the next World Cup in Brazil, so her mentality is a little unstable.

While the Arsenal fans were cheering and celebrating, everyone on the Manchester United coaching bench was very excited... The reason is simple. There are still 10 minutes to the end of the game, but Manchester City and Liverpool scored 2-2.

At present, Manchester United ranks first with 84 points, and Liverpool is 3 points behind. If the final result is a draw, it will mean that with 4 league rounds left, Manchester United, who has one game less, can still lead Liverpool by 2 points.

This will mean that Manchester United is likely to lift the championship trophy one round ahead of schedule!
"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The score of 3 to 1 made Pochettino a little disappointed. After all, if Arsenal are defeated, the FA Cup final will be held after the end of the Premier League, which will have no impact on the schedule.

But Pochettino also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Arsenal's strength lies there. If they don't send the main lineup, it will be difficult to win the game smoothly. In case Sun Wu or Griezmann are injured, the Champions League match in the middle of next week About to be caught blind.

Sun Wu patted Lingard who walked off the field with his head down, "Good job."

Lingard smiled reluctantly. Although he was kept in the first team this season, he actually spent most of his time in the reserve team.

"There should be more opportunities next season, don't be discouraged." Sun Wu whispered with his arm around Lingard's shoulder.

Lingard's eyes lit up, he hesitated and asked in a low voice: "Best, it is said that the team is looking for La Liga's Herrera?"

Last week, "Marca" broke the news, and it is said that even personal conditions have been negotiated.

"Not sure, but you should get more opportunities." Sun Wu encouraged with a smile.

In Sun Wu's plan, it is difficult for Lingard to become the core figure of Manchester United, but his type of player is an indispensable blue-collar player for a wealthy team, willing to do dirty work, willing to run and pull Open space, willing to chase back to assist defense, strong adaptability to positions, and also in line with Pochettino's tactical system.

Lingard's eyeballs rolled around, and he was going to find an opportunity to ask Mike Phelan. Now the little guys who came out of the Manchester United youth academy are in a worrying situation.

Lingard, Michael Keane, and Rashford can only play in the reserve team. Cleverley can still play the main team in the first half of the season, but there are very few opportunities to play in the second half of the season. Welbeck, who is a few years ahead of them, is back. In the end, it was only a rotation of players. Januzaj, who returned in the middle of the season, was given up after playing a few games. Evans was even worse... he could only play in the FA Cup.

Lingard and Michael Keane all have the idea of ​​going out on loan, and Evans has already applied for a transfer. Cleverley is hesitating whether to transfer or leave.

Both Sun Wu and Mike Phelan believe that the coaching staff must take action... A rich team will always need a few youth players.

Manchester United, in particular, was famous in Europe in the 92 golden generation, but now it is not popular... But after Van Gaal sold Welbeck to Arsenal in the original time and space, countless Manchester United fans and celebrities were very dissatisfied.

The two were chatting, when suddenly Miguel walked over with a straight face, "That Japanese!"

"Shinji Kagawa?" Sun Wu grinned, "He's back?"

"Well, he scored with a header in the 4th minute of stoppage time." Miguel sighed: "Kompany was injured again, Manchester City had no substitutions, and finally failed to withstand it."

Sun Wu is also speechless, hey, Klopp is really tenacious!

There are similarities in the tactical thinking of these two famous coaches, but Klopp pays more attention to speed and effectiveness, and Guardiola pays more attention to control... But Klopp is really Guardiola's nemesis!
Back in the locker room, Sun Wu received a call from Suarez.

"Don't get too excited. When I was interviewed by the reporter just now, I made a bet with Meldy that you would still lose points." Sun Wu snorted, "I bet on Norwich."

"Best, don't you know that I'm a good sparrow catcher?" Suarez said with a chuckle, "I've scored 8 goals in the previous four meetings!"

Norwich is miserable, currently only one point above the relegation zone, but in the last four rounds they have to play against Liverpool, Manchester United, and Chelsea, basically there is no chance...

Sun Wu put down his phone and thought in his heart, everyone is new to this season, the top four teams are not yet fully formed, and they still need to adjust, next season's Premier League is destined to be extremely fierce!
(End of this chapter)