2007年1月15日 格林尼治标准时间16:34更新
Arsenal thrash Liverpool twice 标题：阿森纳两次重创利物浦
This week’s matches saw Arsenal thrash 重创 Liverpool in two cup competitions 杯赛. In the FA Cup, Arsenal beat Liverpool 3–1 and then 6-3 a few days later in the League Cup.
Liverpool’s manager, Rafael Benitez, was ashamed 惭愧 of the second result and apologised to his team’s fans for the heavy defeat 重创.
"Now is not the time to point the finger" 指责 means he does not want to blame his players for the result.
When Benitez says "we win together and we lose together" he means that the team should be united 团结一致 even if they are not successful.
He thinks his players need to "forget about it" 让它过去吧, which means they need to concentrate on 专心于 their next games.
But the Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger, was delighted 欢欣鼓舞 with the result, especially as he used a lot of young, inexperienced 初出茅庐 players. He said:
He says the lads 队员们 have "worked hard to integrate" 融入, which means they’ve tried hard to become part of the team.
To show "great mental strength" 巨大精神力量 means to have the mental ability to win as well as the physical strength. Because of this, Wenger is tempted 有意 to use the same players in the semi-final 半决赛.