Chapter 120 The Name Mourinho Least Wants to See

According to the regular Premier League schedule, Liverpool will face Burnley at home the day before they challenge Manchester United in the quarter-finals. However, considering that the next night is the FA Cup quarter-finals, this round of the league is automatically postponed to ensure that The total cup is the main one.

Except for Manchester City, the top six teams in the Premier League have not postponed their schedules, which started two days in advance. The same is true for Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United.

Chelsea, who failed to advance to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, will play Watford at home as scheduled. Liverpool are paying attention to this game. There is currently a five-point gap between the two teams. This round of Liverpool's league is automatically postponed, which also means that Chelsea play one game first.

If Chelsea defeat Watford at home, Liverpool will definitely be under pressure at the start of the next round of the league and fall eight points behind with fewer and fewer league rounds. Such pressure will undoubtedly be huge.

On the contrary, if Chelsea lose or draw, Liverpool, who have one game less, may use the opportunity of make-up games to reduce their points.

However, Chelsea at home did not give Liverpool this opportunity. They narrowly defeated Watford, who had the reputation of robbing the rich and giving to the poor this season, 4:3 at home, extending their advantage in the standings to eight points.

Chelsea's victory over Watford at home was an expected result. Liverpool were only slightly regretful. After all, their attention was on the double red club.

The FA Cup quarter-finals between Manchester United and Liverpool at home is the last of the four FA Cup knockout games. It will be played at 8:45 pm on March 13. The entire Liverpool team left for Manchester that morning.

The first three quarter-finals ended without incident. Manchester City defeated Middlesbrough 2:0 as a guest, Arsenal defeated Lincoln City 5:0 at home, and Tottenham defeated Millwall 6:0 at home. It is worth mentioning that Bangzi Country international Sun Heung-min scored a hat-trick and won the man of the match award.

Arranging the Double Red Club in the last game was obviously deliberately done by the Football Association in order to focus all the eyes of the world on this focus game.

Many reporters come to Manchester in order to obtain useful news information at close range. Whether it is newspapers that have been typed in England or the latest news about players, they can be sent back to the country as first-hand information.

After all, not every fan in China can climb over the wall, and not every fan can understand the original English report.

Manchester United is the most successful football club since the establishment of the Premier League. It is also the football club with the highest market value and revenue, and has a large number of fans in the country.

Liverpool, as the team that has won the most Champions Leagues among the Premier League giants and the second most English top leagues, also has a large number of fans in the country.

This...is the need.

Closer to home, the entire Liverpool team took a bus to their hotel in Manchester. Before the bus had parked, extremely unfriendly voices from Manchester United fans came from the car window.

Li Qing glanced at the Manchester United fans outside the car window. It was obviously not the first time for them to do this kind of thing. They were familiar with the situation, and there were all kinds of banners, slogans and insulting posters.

In the crowd, he saw Manchester United fans holding up banners and slogans insulting him, and he snorted: "If you curse so fiercely, Manchester United will bear the consequences for you!"

In his mind, there was already a scene of a goal celebration.

The arrogant self and the silent Old Trafford!

hey-hey……

What a beautiful picture.

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After a short break at noon, the team headed to Old Trafford at 2pm for a short acclimatization session.

Li Qing stood in the middle of the court and looked around. He found that apart from its larger capacity, there seemed to be nothing special about Old Trafford.

Dream Theater?

Then...tonight, this stadium will become my stage!

There were still two hours before the start of the game. Liverpool players took a bus from the bustling streets of Manchester to Old Trafford. Naturally, Manchester United fans were making trouble along the way the bus was traveling.

The boos and insults were endless.

The bus arrived at Old Trafford half an hour later, and there were long queues at each entrance to the stadium. When these fans saw the Liverpool bus approaching, they burst out with tacit understanding and booed loudly like a tsunami to express their gratitude to the arriving fans. Liverpool players, coaches and staff.

"wuwuuuu——"

Wild boos came to his face, and Li Qing pouted and said, "I really want to see them shut up."

"Hehe~ You will definitely see it."

Arnold, who was sitting next to him, said.

Firmino, who was in the front row, also came over to chat: "Didn't you set a small goal? If you score two goals ahead of Manchester United, wouldn't Dream Theater shut up?"

"Yes, Li, your little goal must be achieved!"

The Liverpool players had an active atmosphere and were not affected at all by the Manchester United fans outside the car.

When the bus drove towards the intersection, Li Qing saw the famous "Three Saints Statue" at Old Trafford Stadium, that is, the statues of Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law, and he couldn't help but think of : "In a few years, there should be a statue of my own outside Anfield, right?"

The boos from Manchester United fans started from the moment Liverpool coach Klopp got out of the car and became loud and straight into the sky. The sound was so loud that Li Qing felt extremely irritated. Even if he closed the visiting team's locker room, he could feel the ringing in his ears. There was a buzzing sound, like hundreds of flies flying around my ears. The situation gradually returned to normal after five or six minutes.

This shows how loud the boos caused by Manchester United fans were.

Manchester United and Liverpool are mortal enemies in the field of football. When the visiting players came out of the unique player tunnel at Old Trafford, the Manchester United fans who came to the Theatre of Dreams early created a fanatical home atmosphere again to give the visiting Liverpool players a head start.

Why is the Old Trafford player tunnel unique?

Compared with the common stadium player tunnel built in the middle of the main stand of the stadium, which is convenient for players from both sides to enter, Old Trafford is different. The player tunnel is built in the southwest corner of the stadium. There is also a retractable awning leading to the corner of the stadium to prevent radical Manchester United fans from throwing dangerous objects at the visiting players.

At this time, the starting list of the FA Cup quarter-finals between Manchester United and Liverpool also appeared on the official website.

Manchester United coach Mourinho frowned and looked at the starting list handed over by his assistant. The name he least wanted to see appeared in the right winger position of Liverpool's starting lineup.

Who?

Li Qing!

Why?

Except for Luke Shaw who is slightly reliable, Damian, Valencia, Blind and Ashley Young are all pitfalls among Manchester United's full-backs. The problem is that Luke Shaw is injured. What should we do?