Chapter 1059 Fake

The next day, while many media outlets were reporting on Liverpool's victory over Bayern Munich, they expressed concerns about Liverpool's prospects. Everyone unanimously believed that Martin O'Neill's defiant remarks at the press conference were nothing more than a bluff. In reality, Liverpool had long been unable to compete for the league and Champions League titles.

Martin O'Neill's behavior only proved this point.

"Martin O'Neill hoped that the courage he showed in front of the media could inspire the team, but what he didn't expect was that his exaggerated performance exposed Liverpool's problems..."

"Bayern Munich scored an away goal in the Champions League, leaving them with only a one-goal lead on aggregate. In the domestic league, Manchester United has been closely following them, trailing by only three points… Now Liverpool is exhausted, how will they cope with the next two important games?"

"I think Martin O'Neill's previous strategy was wrong. He shouldn't have stubbornly tried to win both league and Champions League titles. It was wrong to do so, it was greedy, and greed will inevitably be punished… Now the punishment is here. In fact, O'Neill had too much faith in his team. This Liverpool team is not capable of fighting on two fronts and competing for championships. After all, less than two seasons ago, they were still struggling. Rebuilding a team is a long process. Although Liverpool has performed very well in these two seasons, the road ahead is still very long..."

"...Once, Liverpool fans thought this season was their happiest, leading Manchester United by as many as ten points at one point, and making rapid progress in the Champions League… But now, I believe many Liverpool fans definitely don't think so. Not only may they be unable to enter the Champions League final, but they may also lose the league title they have in hand, ending the season empty-handed. I really don't know how Liverpool fans will feel then..."

Many media outlets began to sing poorly of Liverpool.

Martin O'Neill's strategy naturally became the object of everyone's criticism.

Ferguson was in a good mood seeing the media's reaction.

The development of things was proving his speculation to be correct step by step, which made him more confident in reversing the situation and winning the championship from Liverpool in the end.

This may be the most important championship he has won since coaching Manchester United.

Because it's not just a championship trophy.

This is a championship snatched directly from the hands of their arch-rival, Liverpool!

Increasing their own number of championships while reducing Liverpool's by one is a double blow to the opponent.

Being able to let Manchester United snatch the league title from them when leading by ten points, what's the difference between that and letting a cooked duck fly away?

This will definitely be a heavy blow to Liverpool's confidence and morale. Maybe they can rely on this reversal to put Liverpool back into the quagmire for a few years, providing time and opportunity for Manchester United's renewal.

If that's the case, he can retire with peace of mind...

Ferguson is like the founding emperor, who led Manchester United as a revolutionary to overthrow Liverpool's rule in English football. Now that he has become the ruler, he naturally wants to maintain his dynasty by any means, hoping that the Manchester United dynasty can last forever and be passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, before he retires, he must try his best to clear obstacles for his successor and kill all enemies that may threaten his dynasty in the cradle, not giving them the opportunity to do what he did before.

Liverpool is now the number one enemy that can threaten Manchester United the most. Manchester City is nothing. Manchester City's strength is all based on their Middle Eastern consortium. But the Middle Eastern consortium cannot always burn money without limit if Manchester City keeps failing to achieve results. The Middle Eastern consortium can burn money for five or ten years, but can they burn it for a hundred years?

The only thing that can truly threaten Manchester United is a century-old club.

Time cannot be bought with money, not to mention the past glory, which is truly priceless.

Liverpool now has money, people, and a glorious past. They are Manchester United's lifelong nemesis.

Ferguson decided to do whatever it takes to kill this seemingly promising Liverpool in the cradle, and never give them a chance to grow stronger.

If Liverpool ends up empty-handed this season, it may trigger some unexpected conflicts, in the locker room, or between the coach and the club's senior management, eventually leading to the team's disintegration.

Especially Chen Hero...

Ferguson felt that Chen Hero was a very ambitious player. Knowing his past history, it surprised many people that such a person came to Liverpool in the first place. Later, hearing that it was to repay a favor made it somewhat understandable. But no matter how much he repays, the favor should have been repaid in these three years, right? If Liverpool can't win the championship in such a good situation, it's possible that Chen Hero will consider leaving Liverpool.

Liverpool now relies on Chen Hero alone. Without Chen Hero, they are just a generally strong team. It's easy for Manchester United to deal with such opponents.

As long as Chen Hero has the intention of leaving, he will definitely leave. There are many teams that want Chen Hero now. As long as he reveals a little bit of this intention, won't those wealthy clubs squeeze through Liverpool's door? Ferguson doesn't believe that Liverpool can withstand this kind of offensive. At that time, with internal and external troubles and being attacked from both sides, Chen Hero's departure will be inevitable...

Forcing Chen Hero away, Liverpool will not be able to threaten Manchester United's position.

What if Chen Hero goes to other Premier League teams? Such as the wealthy Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal?

Ferguson didn't regard these teams as his opponents from the bottom of his heart.

Moreover, since he came to Liverpool to repay a favor, then leaving Liverpool will naturally also owe a favor. Ferguson believes that even if Chen Hero leaves Liverpool, he will not choose to continue staying in the Premier League.

In short, all of this may be based on Liverpool's loss of the league title. Now Ferguson has two tasks: one is to ensure that his team does not fall behind before the thirty-sixth round of the league. If Manchester United loses the game before then and the gap with Liverpool widens again, then what's the point of the battle at Old Trafford?

The second task is to defeat Liverpool in the decisive battle at Old Trafford, completely defeating them from both physical and mental levels!

For this, he has to be even busier, and his heart will be even busier.

But he has long been accustomed to such days, and perhaps if there is no busyness in his life and he becomes very leisurely, his heart will have problems instead.

Although the word "retirement" has been mentioned by him and others many times, he has never seriously considered what his life will be like after retirement.

Busyness has become a huge inertia, pushing him forward, unable to stop.

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Martin O'Neill watched the media crazily reporting on his brief loss of composure at the press conference, harping on this matter and talking nonsense about Liverpool having collapsed from the inside.

He couldn't help but laugh.

He is now as happy as Ferguson.

The reason he is happy is that those idiots actually believed his performance. Does he also have a talent for acting?

The media confidently announced that Martin O'Neill had lost control of the situation and could no longer control his team.

But why don't these idiots think about how Liverpool was still able to easily defeat Arsenal at home if he couldn't control his team? That was really easy…

Arsenal struggled for a while and then surrendered, and Arsenal, who were sixth in the league, lost cleanly.

In fact, contrary to what the media said, everything was under his control.

Feigning weakness, letting them think that he was finished, creating the illusion that Liverpool was at the end of their rope, making everyone feel that Liverpool was about to collapse, and that they only needed to add one more straw to crush them.

No one will think that he still has any hope of turning the tide.

But he can!

He knows that old fox Ferguson has been staring at him, waiting to pounce on him from behind when he's not paying attention. That bite will be fatal enough.

In terms of experience, he can't compare to Ferguson, and in terms of coaching ability, he can't compare to the old Sir either.

What does he have to compare with Manchester United? Why does he want to lead Liverpool to win the league title?

Just relying on a God of War-like Chen Hero?

Martin O'Neill felt that he was past the age of worshiping individual heroism.

Relying on Chen Hero alone, he can win a game, or even ten games, but he cannot win a championship.

Sometimes, winning a championship requires wisdom in addition to heroes.

Using his exhausted performance to deceive Ferguson's trust, letting him lose his vigilance and think that he is bound to win, and then deciding the outcome in one battle at Old Trafford!

This is Martin O'Neill's strategy.

Before that, letting Ferguson lower his guard is the most important thing. O'Neill is confident that as long as he shows his incompetence, Ferguson will definitely be fooled. He has dominated English football for more than twenty years, what scenes hasn't he seen?

Relying on his rich experience, he is very confident in his judgment and will never have any doubts. Once he has identified something, nine bulls cannot pull him back.

This is empiricism.

But sometimes the mistakes made by empiricism are often huge mistakes…

Just like the old captain of the Titanic, he was too confident in his experience, so that the most luxurious cruise ship at the time hit an iceberg and capsized.

Now, everything Martin O'Neill is doing is to make Manchester United's huge and luxurious warship hit the hardest iceberg in history!