On June 26, the day before the European Golden Ball Awards were awarded, the 14th round of the Premier League ushered in a heavyweight dialogue, and league leader Manchester United will face Chelsea's challenge at home.

In the first 13 rounds, Manchester United scored 34 points with 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and won the best start in history. Chelsea only lost one more game than Manchester United and is now ranked second by three points. Since Arsenal and Liverpool are far behind, the league battle this season is basically between these two teams.

When two tigers fight, one will be injured, or even two injuries, but it will never be a win-win situation.

For Liverpool and Arsenal, now is their opportunity. If they can take advantage of Manchester United and Chelsea to win the game, they may be able to catch up with points closer and add a little suspense to the league.

Liverpool's opponent in this round is Manchester City, and Arsenal's opponent in this round is Bolton. Compared to this, Liverpool's opponent Manchester City is stronger and has more highlights. Arsenal is away, so winning is not easy.

The biggest highlight of Liverpool and Manchester City is Chen Yu's comeback.

Since he was injured in the Champions League final on May 18, Chen Yu has left the stadium for 6 months and 7 days. News about Chen Yu's comeback has been rumored three weeks ago, but fans' expectations have been vain every time. Now, Chen Yu is finally about to make a comeback. He appears on the roster for the first time. Head coach Benitez also personally promised before the game that Chen Yu's injury has been healed and may play on the bench for a while, but it still depends on the situation of the game.

Chen Yu also said in an interview with reporters that he was ready to play and he couldn't wait for the game. However, Chen Yu also admitted that he could not start and would not play too much time even if he played. However, Chen Yu thought this was already very good. He thought he would wait until next month to play.

In fact, Benitez and the team doctor plan is for Chen Yu to come back next month, playing a substitute for a while, and then gradually increasing the time. However, Chen Yu performed too well after participating in the team's joint training, and he could not tell at all that he was a person who returned from injury. He also scored frequently in training. Liverpool performed so poorly in the league and cup games, which forced Benitez to consider the issue of Chen Yu's return in advance. Later, after repeated testing and consultation by the team doctor, the news of Chen Yu's comeback in the game against Manchester City was finally made.

"Chen Yu makes a comeback!"

The news was sensational. Even though this weekend belonged to Manchester United and Chelsea, the media had to draw a page to introduce the news of Chen Yu's comeback.

"That guy who scored a goal is back! Premier League defenders, are you trembling?"

This is the arrogant introduction of the Liverpool Echo.

"Six months and ten days, Chen Yu sat on the bench for the first time! This is his first appearance in the Premier League. On this evening, everyone is speculating whether he will score a goal?" This is the comment of the Guardian.

"If everything goes well, Chen Yu may appear on the court. If the game becomes difficult, Chen Yu may appear much smaller. However, no matter what, fans can finally see Chen galloping around the field. It doesn't matter whether he scores or not. It's mainly to adapt. We have to give Chen time." The Times said it more objectively. In fact, the Times pointed out that Chen Yu cannot help Liverpool now, but Liverpool is helping Chen Yu.

In the 14th round of the Premier League, in addition to the red and blue battle between Chelsea and Manchester United and Chen Yu's comeback, the Chinese derby between Chen Yu and Manchester City's right-back Sun is also a highlight.

Since Sun Hai and Li Tie entered the Premier League, the "China derby match" has begun to appear in the British arena. On August 31, 2002, Sun Hai and Li Tie staged the first Chinese derby in the Premier League, but due to injuries and other reasons, the Chinese derby has been missing for three years for the Premier League. Now Chinese fans are lucky. Liverpool's Chinese Chan and Manchester City's Chinese Sun again staged the Chinese derby.

Manchester City's Sun Hai has been suffering from foot injuries since the second half of last season. During the summer training camp, he suffered an ankle injury during training and missed a series of summer games. He played several games in the bench at the beginning of the season. In mid-October, Sun Hai once again suffered an old injury in training. It was not until a week ago that Sun Hai returned from injury. However, the main position has been snatched away by 19-year-old Richards. In this game with Liverpool, Sun Hai can only wait for the opportunity to appear on the bench like Chen Yu.

The first game of the semi-finals between Liverpool and Manchester City was the first to start in the semi-finals. The game kicked off at 3:00 on the 25th.

Liverpool coach Benitez replaced Hypia, Zeden and Luis Garcia as Alonso, Mark Gonzalez and Pennant were injured in the midweek Champions League.

Without Alonso, Pennant and Gonzalez, Liverpool's midfield control has declined, and his playing style tends to be high and play, more like a traditional British team.

Manchester City has always played with high-rise styles. They have two forwards with strong impact, Samaras and Coladi. The destructive power of these two people is limitless, while the substitutes are mostly smart players. Cole and Vassel mainly rely on experience and consciousness to find gaps, and often the goal rate is not low.

Chen Yu was sitting on the bench and sending text messages, but his eyes were staring at the situation of the game on the court from time to time.

Chen Yu was either talking to others for text messages, but the person he communicated was Sun Hai sitting on another bench.

Sun Hai and Chen Yu have known each other for a long time, but they didn't meet much. They are now suffering from the same illness, and Sun Hai is also introducing Chen Yu to his experiences and lessons during his healing period.

Sun Hai advised Chen Yu to recover for a while and not rush to come back. He was injured by continuous ligaments on his ankle and now he has lost his main position. It is hard to say whether he can continue to gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Chen Yu is the clearest about his condition. His physique is different from that of ordinary people and he recovers very quickly. It is only less than a month now that he can practice confrontation with his teammates, but Chen Yu is also worried that it cannot be eradicated, so he stays in bed for a longer time.

Chen Yu entered the roster for the first time and will have a second Chinese derby with Manchester City's main team Sun Hai. After this news was confirmed, almost all Chinese fans in England went crazy. They occupied an area at Anfield Stadium, including Chen Yu's No. 9 jersey and Sun Hai's No. 17 jersey. Although the jerseys are clearly red and blue, the atmosphere between the fans is very good. They shouted "Chen Yu" or "Sun Hai" from time to time, which scared Liverpool fans who were singing the song "You will never walk alone".

The first half was more intense, but it was not exciting enough, and neither side created a few good opportunities to score. Liverpool's best chance came from the 6th minute, Renner's big foot in the backcourt, Dunn's header made a mistake, Kuyt headed the ball, and Crouch's volleyball shot high after stopping the ball from 10 yards.

In the first half, Liverpool had a possession rate of 72% and shot 7 times, but did not score a single goal. Although Manchester City had poor control time, they also got a good chance to score. Corardi's shot in the penalty area hit the side net, and the swaying of the ball net made Manchester City fans happy once.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool fans were very dissatisfied with the strikers' poor performance. They shouted Chen Yu's name hard, hoping that Chen Yu could play. Although they didn't know how much Chen Yu still has, they now think that if they change an amateur player, they would not be much worse than the main player.

Liverpool's live commentator is also analyzing the possibility and time of Chen Yu and Sun Hai playing for fans.

"... Although Chen has returned from injury, he has been running out with the team after all, and his health has not returned to his original state 100%. Benitez must be very cautious in his use of him. If Liverpool leads the score, Chen Yu may also have a chance to play. If the game is stuck like this, Chen Yu may not have a chance to play... Sun Hai and Chen Yu have similarities, both of them are troubled by injuries. They have just returned. The difference is that Sun Hai needs Richards, the current main defender, to have some problems, or the right forward, to take advantage of the opportunity to get on the stage..."

No matter how many fans and commentators shouted, Benitez, who was standing next to the coach's seat, had no intention of letting Chen Yu play. Instead, Manchester City's head coach Pierce made a substitution adjustment. In the 55th minute, Sun Hai came on the court and replaced the right forward Witt Belsey who performed averagely.

Seeing Sun Hai appear on the court, Liverpool fans were even more excited. They stopped singing the team songs and began to shout Chen Yu's name, putting pressure on head coach Benitez.

Benitez looked at the electronic scoreboard. The game time had passed. The score was still 0:0. He sighed, looked at the bench, and thought to himself, would Chen Yu appear now? Chen Yu will appear now. It may be a problem if it takes too long. Benitez decided to continue to believe in Kuyt and Crouch on the field.

At the beginning of the second half, Chen Yu stopped sending text messages. He was watching the game seriously and analyzing the tactical styles adopted by Liverpool and his opponents in the game. If he went on the court, how to quickly find the opponent's flaws, his time for playing would definitely be very short. Chen Yu must enter the state as quickly as possible so that he has hope of scoring.
Chapter completed!