Revenge Achieved

Midweek, three days after the match against Chelsea, the Premier League entered its tenth round.

Liverpool welcomed Portsmouth at home.

Yang Yang played only the first sixty minutes of the match. In the thirty-third minute of the first half, he assisted Crouch from the left, helping him score. After that, the game became deadlocked.

With the Premier League, Champions League, League Cup, and National Team matches, Liverpool's players had basically been playing nonstop, under immense pressure. They had just endured consecutive hard-fought battles against Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, and even Yang Yang was in poor form against Portsmouth.

After Yang Yang came off, Gareth Bale crossed from the left in the seventy-fifth minute. Portsmouth midfielder Diop handled the ball inside the penalty area and was shown a yellow card. Gerrard converted the penalty, making it 2–0.

In the end, Liverpool defeated Portsmouth 2–0 at home to claim ten straight Premier League victories.

Although Liverpool had beaten Portsmouth 2–0, the victory had been extremely hard-fought.

But as the outside media and fans put it, a win was all that mattered.

The season was long, and every team was bound to experience ups and downs. As long as they could keep taking points steadily, the final result would not be too bad. Everyone was filled with confidence in Liverpool's prospects for the season.

Manchester United defeated West Ham United 2–0 at home this round. Cristiano Ronaldo exploded into form, scoring a brace and earning unanimous praise afterward.

At the post-match press conference, Ferguson did not discuss the team winning the title, but he believed Cristiano Ronaldo deserved the Golden Ball Award and World Footballer of the Year because he was one of the strongest players in the world.

After losing their clash against a strong opponent, Chelsea showed some improvement this