Champions, Not a Single One Can Be Missing!

The evening of April 29, at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool.

This was the first leg of the Champions League semifinal, with Liverpool hosting Manchester United.

Ferguson placed particular importance on this away match. He fielded his strongest defensive lineup, hoping to secure a draw on the road.

As for Liverpool's star player, Yang Yang, Ferguson had O'Shea and Fletcher assigned to mark him closely.

But what nobody expected was that just nine minutes after kickoff, Liverpool opened the scoring.

Yang Yang received the ball on the left and launched an attack. After cutting inside with the ball and drawing the defenders' attention, he passed to Gerrard.

The Liverpool captain surged forward at high speed and played a through ball behind the defense. Crouch calmly finished in front of goal, giving Liverpool the lead.

The two sides then battled fiercely, with neither able to gain the upper hand. Then, in the sixtieth minute of the second half, Yang Yang once again received the ball on the left and cut inside before sending a right-footed diagonal pass to the far post. Kuyt arrived late, outjumped Evra, and headed the ball into the net to extend Liverpool's lead.

In the end, Liverpool defeated Manchester United 2–0 at home.

Although Yang Yang failed to score throughout the match, he remained extremely active, deliberately drawing Manchester United's defensive attention and repeatedly creating chances for his teammates. However, because Liverpool's finishing was poor, they scored only twice.

After the match, Yang Yang had just one assist, but he was still voted Man of the Match.

In May, during the thirty-fifth round of the Premier League, Liverpool hosted Newcastle.

Newcastle were currently nineteenth in the Premier League, and relegation was already a foregone conclusion.

After winning the league title early, Benitez focused all his attention