"It's really unbelievable that Liverpool, which once dominated European football, would decline to this point." After the halftime break, Charlie, who stepped onto the court again, was still feeling deeply about Liverpool's situation. "Look at this Liverpool team, how can you tell that it is a top giant? There is not even a top star in the team. Can such a club be called a giant club?"

Some people may mention Bastulk's name. But objectively speaking, although Leverkusen and Tottenham both performed well in the Turkish national team and won many honors with the team, in the eyes of fans and media, Bastulk can only be regarded as a quasi-first-class star - Turkey won the third place in the World Cup, and the biggest contributors were Rustu and Emre, Bastulk's brilliance was not even as good as Hassan Saas and Ilhan; the season when Leverkusen won the Sanya King, the team's pillars were Barack and Ze Roberto; there was no need to say much when playing in White Hart Lane, the year when Tottenham won the Champions League championship, his main midfield position was even taken away by veteran Davis!

Even the most famous Bastulk is still like this, let alone other Liverpool players. In this way, Liverpool, which has poor record and scarce stars in the team, is naturally difficult to be regarded as a top giant with the same level as Manchester United, Real Madrid and other clubs!

Although other G14 members have also had low records, such as Inter Milan, which has not won the league championship for more than ten years, no matter how terrible the Nerazzurri's record is, the Pinetina training base will not lack the figure of top stars - Ronaldo, Robert Baggio, Vieri, Zanetti, Toldo... These players did not help Moratti recreate the glory of the "big international era", but they also helped Inter Milan, which was in a low period, retain the signature of the top giants!

In George's previous life, with the huge TV broadcast revenue of the Premier League and the stable Champions League seat, Liverpool's appeal is not as good as the other three "big4", but it is enough to make it live a very comfortable life and keep the signature of the top giants. It was not until Manchester City and Tottenham and other clubs rose one after another, and Alonso and Mascherano and other major players transferred to its team one after another, and the Reds, whose strength was severely weakened, lost their position in the top four in the league. In this life, the only top star Gerrard left the team, and there was no top stars such as Mascherano, Alonso, and Torres. Liverpool, with poor record and insufficient star taste, naturally could not survive like Inter Milan!

"In my opinion, this problem is not difficult to solve." Unlike old Charlie, who regrets Liverpool's experience, George seems to be very dissatisfied with this. "As long as Liverpool is willing to put down the airs of the top giants, he is determined to give Benitez some time to integrate the team and accumulate strength steadily. With Liverpool's foundation, it will take a few years to return to the ranks of the championship team. Unfortunately, Liverpool is too impatient now, and even serious enough to affect the atmosphere in the locker room and the mentality of the players. From management to players to fans, there is no way to face himself and correct his mentality!"

The negative impact of the Heisel tragedy on Liverpool is extremely huge. Not only is UEFA's five-year European ban and heavy penalty for this incident, which has caused the English club to be unable to compete with top teams in other countries for a long time, which has led to a comprehensive decline in the competitive level of English football. It is also because of this tragedy that Liverpool has put a heavy psychological burden on it, causing a team of kings to fall apart in an instant, and causing Liverpool, who is at its peak, to seriously damage the vitality of Liverpool!

After that, the more Liverpool, shrouded in the clouds of the Heisel tragedy, is eager to return to the peak, the farther it is from the championship trophy. The most important reason is that under the influence of this impatience, the Liverpool people have lost the calmness and calmness they should have!

With his technical and tactical styles lagging behind in all aspects, and he does not have enough funds to introduce strong aid, he still refuses to give up his mentality and reserve as the overlord of England's football world. Liverpool's decline is naturally an inevitable thing.

As the head coach, Benitez's coaching ability can be called first-class. But a clever man is hard to cook without rice. The team's overall strength is limited and there is no outstanding big-name star to dominate the team. The Spanish coach cannot lead the Reds to further. Objectively speaking, Benitez's ability to bring Liverpool, which had a bad start, to fourth place in the standings, and even put Arsenal under it, is an extremely rare feat!

The miracle of Leicester and Kaiserslautern's championship wins has been talked about by countless fans. But the reason why the miracle is called a miracle is because of its rarity and irreplicability. Not to mention, Chelsea and Tottenham are both in surprisingly good shape this season, leaving other teams far behind in the standings. Under such a situation, even if Liverpool wants to play the drama of "snipe and clam fight, fisherman gaining profit", they will not find a suitable opportunity!

Faced with the unfavorable situation of falling behind by three goals, Benitez did not choose to give up the game. After some adjustments, Liverpool players' performance in the second half improved significantly. Crouch increased his off-ball running and paid more attention to making balls for his teammates, and no longer fought with Ridley King and Vidic. In addition, Liverpool's back-inserted attacks and inward shots also began to increase. He no longer knew how to start a high ball from the wing to find Crouch's head.

It is obvious that after realizing that direct strong attacks cannot gain advantage in Tottenham's defense, Benitez changed his strategy and planned to let Crouch play his technical advantages to attack Tottenham's goal in another way!

It has to be said that Benitez's adjustment is quite effective. First of all, although Crouch's ability to pull things off is not as good as Drogba and his technical level is far from that of Ibrahimovic, as a tactical fulcrum, the English center is still quite qualified. Secondly, Cowell, Luis Garcia, Harman and Bastulk all have good long-range shots. The combination of these two has caused quite a lot of trouble for Tottenham's defense - Bastulk and Luis Garcia successively knocked on Cech's ten fingers through long shots, helping Liverpool catch the score close to just one goal!

However, just when the Liverpool finally saw a glimmer of light of reversal and victory, Ronaldo once again showed his strength as the winner of the new European Golden Ball Awards, completely extinguishing the flames of Liverpool's counterattack with a goal. Just one minute after Luis Garcia scored, Ronaldo received Drogba's cross and headed the goal, rewriting the score to four-2, timely extinguishing the Reds' counterattack momentum and regaining the initiative in the game!

Seeing that the team's morale disappeared instantly, Benitez, who had exhausted his means, had to announce his surrender and take the initiative to replace the main players such as Cowell and Bastulk. George also cooperated with Lennon and Mendeta to replace Ronaldo and Alonso, who scored twice. The game entered garbage time!

Tottenham's goal momentum did not end there. In the 85th minute, Lennon's cross was cleared by Carragher's header. After Mendeta got the ball outside the penalty area, he decisively made a cross. Gerrard, who followed up, pierced the old club's goal with a signature long shot! 5-2!

Five to two! Tottenham defeated the Reds at Anfield Stadium, and while chasing Chelsea, who is the top of the list, it added a new record to the grudge between it and Liverpool!
Chapter completed!