When the players from both sides entered the field to warm up, Old Trafford was almost packed. The empty spaces were deliberately left by the Old Trafford staff for safety concerns. With too many people, there was a fear of causing riots or the stadium being unable to bear the weight… This is something that the home team always does in important matches.

But this move made Liverpool fans very unhappy. This was because the empty seats at Old Trafford reduced the number of tickets allocated to Liverpool fans, while Manchester United fans were not affected by the reduction in seating.

Liverpool fans who came to the stadium to cheer for their team were already the away fans, and their numbers were far less than those of the home team Manchester United. With the stadium's actions, they were even fewer in number.

Generally speaking, the number of tickets reserved for away fans is determined by the home team, and the English Football Association and the League Committee are not qualified to intervene, so Liverpool fans can't even bring this matter to the FA level.

They could only feel dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do.

Just by looking, one could see that Manchester United fans in red jerseys accounted for the vast majority, about four-fifths of the entire Old Trafford stands, while Liverpool fans? They accounted for less than one-fifth, and they were all arranged in the worst seats, the farthest from the field, so even if they shouted anything, the players on the field wouldn't be able to hear them.

In order to ensure that they defeated their bitter rivals at home, Manchester United Football Club really put in a lot of effort to maximize their home advantage.

There was nothing to criticize Manchester United for, after all, they were dealing with bitter rivals, so it was normal to use any means necessary. Because if today's game was at Liverpool's home, Liverpool would have done the same thing.

This is hatred.

In the face of hatred, stop pretending to be high-minded and talking about reason.

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In the end, only three thousand Liverpool fans were able to enter the stadium, while the entire Old Trafford stadium could accommodate seventy-six thousand people. That is to say, with the stadium almost full, there were approximately seventy-two thousand Manchester United fans.

This was a huge difference in strength, and Liverpool fans were almost unable to make any noise at Old Trafford.

In fact, there were many Liverpool fans who came to the away game, at least twenty thousand, but the rest couldn't enter the stadium. However, they didn't leave. They simply stayed around the perimeter of Old Trafford. Maybe they couldn't see the game, but they had radios, and they could listen. Most importantly, this way they were closest to their team, and when their brothers and sisters inside needed support, they could send out huge cheers at any time.

They believed that Old Trafford could not stop them.

In order to maintain order, the Manchester police specially arranged a police force to watch over these Liverpool fans outside the stadium to prevent them from causing trouble.

The Liverpool fans turned a blind eye and kept singing loudly, shouting slogans, and synchronizing with the stadium in real-time.

A game actually created a main venue and a branch venue… which really surprised many people.

Everyone knew this game was going to be popular, but no one expected it to be this popular.

This scene opened the eyes of many media outlets, who marveled at it.

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When the players from both sides came out to warm up, the entire Old Trafford stadium was filled with the shouts of Manchester United fans. The voices of the Liverpool fans had only just started when they were ruthlessly suppressed.

Although there was no shortage of people in both teams who had experienced great storms and seen the world, today's Old Trafford still shocked them.

The Manchester United players felt full of strength when they saw so many home fans supporting them.

The Liverpool players were shocked by the madness of the Manchester United fans.

"There are so many people, the stands are full of Manchester United fans, aren't they?" Suarez said, looking at the large patches of red in the stands.

Chen Hero snorted beside him: "What's there to be afraid of? Just treat all the red as people wearing our home jerseys."

"You're just deceiving yourself, Hero," Suarez shook his head.

"Isn't this a solution for people like you who are scared?" Chen Hero said.

"Damn, who's scared?" Suarez was angered by Chen Hero's provocation.

"You're not scared? Then why are you making such a fuss? Isn't it just an away game? What's so great about it? Warm up, it would be a loss if you didn't warm up properly because of this!"

He pushed Suarez and ran away.

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After warming up, the players from both sides returned to their respective locker rooms one after another.

Martin O'Neill was waiting for them in the locker room to give them one last pep talk before the game.

There was no need to talk about tactics, they had already been discussed yesterday.

After all the players had returned, O'Neill signaled his assistant coach Sammy Lee to close the locker room door.

The noise outside suddenly became much quieter.

Then O'Neill looked around, looking at all his men.

He also felt the intense and fiery atmosphere in the stadium, which also aroused the豪气 in his heart.

To be able to lead such a team, to be able to play such a game against such an opponent at such a crucial moment… isn't this what being a coach is all about?

"Guys," he began to speak. "In ten minutes, it will be the most important game of our season. We have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and all our efforts have been to defeat our opponents in this game, win the championship, win the Premier League championship! Liverpool has never won this honor, is that normal? A team that is the most successful in all of England has never won the Premier League title, the title of 'most successful' is not convincing, it has even become a… joke! But today, guys, you have the opportunity to change all this, you have the opportunity to make history!"

He looked around, looking into the eyes of every Liverpool player, paying attention to their expressions.

He saw that everyone's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

"I'm very happy that none of you are afraid or backing down just because this is a decisive battle on someone else's territory. That's the kind of courage I want! In the upcoming game, no matter when, no matter what problems you encounter, please remember that you are Liverpool, you are the invincible Reds!"

O'Neill raised his voice.

"Remember this, and you will be invincible!"

Chen Hero stood up and shouted: "Brothers, let's give them a surprise! Slaughter them in their home stadium, in front of more than seventy thousand of their supporters! Knock them to the ground and then snatch their championship! There's nothing more wonderful than this!! Let them hate us to death! Let us greatly deepen their hatred for us! Let our deep-seated hatred reach a new level!"

Carragher also shouted: "Manchester United is nothing to be afraid of! There's nothing to be afraid of in their home stadium! We are Liverpool! We are the Reds! We will definitely defeat them!"

Everyone's emotions were aroused in this way.

They firmly believed that they could defeat Manchester United even in an away game, Manchester United was definitely not as scary as the legends said…

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At the same time, Ferguson was in the home team's locker room, also giving a pre-match pep talk.

"Some people think that what I said to reporters at the pre-match press conference was just a cool thing to say. But that's what I wanted to tell you - you know in your hearts that this is our home! What other reasons and excuses do you have? In our home, are you going to watch your bitter rivals defeat you and then lift the championship trophy? In our home, with the support of so many fans, what reason do we have to let the damn Liverpool have a way out? So, this is in our home, do you know what to do?"

A group of Manchester United players gritted their teeth and said excitedly: "Defeat them and win the championship!!"

"That's right! Defeat them! This Liverpool team is exhausted, they look strong, but they have been hollowed out inside, we just need to give them a knife and we can knock them to the ground! This Liverpool is nothing to be afraid of! Even if they lead us by three points, we can completely reverse the situation in this game!"

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Hartson sat in the commentary box at Old Trafford. As the commentator for Liverpool Football Club's official radio and television station, his voice has accompanied many Liverpool fans for decades.

He has seen more storms than Ferguson, he has witnessed Liverpool's glory of sweeping Europe, and he has also experienced the dark times of two tragedies, and he has also felt the ups and downs of Liverpool since the establishment of the Premier League.

He had fantasized countless times that Liverpool could once again climb to the highest podium in the top English league and lift the coveted Premier League championship trophy.

Liverpool had been very close to this goal twice, but in the end, they both failed…

One was the 01-02 season, and the other was the 08-09 season.

Will this be the third such season?

Hartson was a little uneasy, he wasn't very sure.

He didn't even dare to be too optimistic, for fear that if he was optimistic, the team would eventually lose the game.

There was a precedent for this. In the previous two seasons, Hartson had unwavering faith in his team, but what was the result? He got two runners-up…

This was really too tragic.

So he didn't dare to be optimistic about Liverpool easily now.

If he often frequented Chinese forums, he would definitely know that his approach is called "accumulating good karma" for Liverpool…

Hartson carefully prepared to start commentating on this game. There were only a few minutes left before the game started.

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When the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel, Old Trafford erupted in huge noise - all the voices of Manchester United fans.

Liverpool fans couldn't make any noise at all.

But outside the stadium, it was a different scene. The Liverpool fans were very powerful because outside the stadium, there were no Manchester United fans to compete with them. All the Manchester United fans who came to the scene had entered the stadium, leaving only these Liverpool fans without tickets.

Without their opponents, they suddenly heard the sound inside getting louder, and then the familiar, somewhat尖 voice of Hartson came from the radio: "They're coming out! I see… the first one to come out is Carragher wearing the captain's armband!!"

The Liverpool fans outside the stadium immediately let out a shout that was no less than that of the Manchester United fans inside.

Inside the stadium, three thousand Liverpool fans faced the encirclement of more than seventy thousand Manchester United fans, while outside the stadium, twenty thousand Liverpool fans were bravely resisting the Manchester United fans!

A great battle was about to break out!