Football’s First Defender

For a long time, Liverpool, which has performed quite well on the defensive end, was scored three goals by Stoke City in the first game when Yang Feng was injured. As a team that wants to compete for the championship, it can be seen that Liverpool The overall tactical system still has shortcomings, relying too much on individual players like Yang Feng, and there are problems in the overall tactical construction.

However, the weakness of the defense line was exposed, but it also proved how strong Yang Feng's defense was. Liverpool lacked Yang Feng, and the performance of the defense line in the first game was a bit unbearable.

This may be due to habit. Yang Feng's high attendance rate and Yang Feng's commanding ability in the defensive line make Liverpool's defensive line scheduling, and a large part of the defense of the opponent's offense is done by Yang Feng himself, or directing his teammates to complete. of.

It is quite easy to partner with Yang Feng on the field, as long as he is mainly responsible for marking the opponent's offensive players.

So far this season, whether it is Skrtel or Kolo Toure, when partnering with Yang Feng, they only need to manage their one-acre three-point land.

But after losing Yang Feng, in this game, Kolo Touré and Skrtel, who formed the central defender partner, have not yet come out of the rhythm of the previous game. Slow singing half beat, also gave the opponent a chance.

How to solve the problem of defense has become what Rogers will consider in the next game.

However, a week of training time can only allow Skrtel and Kolo Turida to achieve a certain degree of tacit understanding.

But it is doomed to be impossible to have the defensive intensity like when Yang Feng was there.

In this round of the game, Liverpool, who sit at home, will face the challenge of Villa, who also has excellent offensive firepower.

In this game, Sturridge started directly after his comeback.

Perhaps Rogers is still worried about the team's defense, so he simply arranged a very offensive lineup, intending to use offense instead of defense.

The starting striker is a very explosive "3s" combination, and in the midfield, Coutinho returned to the position of the attacking midfielder after Sturridge's comeback, and Gerrard and Henderson.

Taking into account Liverpool's offensive tactics, Lucas, who is also the absolute main player this season, made a contribution to Liverpool's further strengthening of the offense in this game.

The defense has not changed from the previous game, and now Liverpool's defense is really unbearable.

Villa, who was a guest, may also have seen the last game, Stoke City's offense was too easy to penetrate Liverpool's defense.

In this game, even at Anfield, Aston Villa sent a very aggressive 433 combination.

On the front line, Benteke, Abanglahor, and Weiman's trident are aimed at Liverpool's weak defense and try to find opportunities in the away game.

Kill you while you are sick.

For Villa, anyway, the team's current record is not up or down, and Villa, who does not have much pursuit, can definitely create a big news in the Premier League if they can pull down Liverpool, which has remained undefeated so far.

As soon as the game started, the hidden dangers of Liverpool's defense were further exposed.

Only half a minute into the game, the Villa players who intercepted Liverpool's offensive pass made a long pass directly in the backcourt.

In the contention point in the middle area, the competition between Gerrard and Benteke was at an obvious disadvantage. Benteke acted as a fulcrum, ferrying the ball directly to the arc of the penalty area.

Abanglaho's forward drive found the defensive middle position between Skrtel and Kolo Toure.

The man arrived and the ball arrived, but Liverpool's defensive players did not arrive.

Abanglahuo directly unloaded the football, led it, and before Skrtel's supplementary defense was in place after recollection, he directly shot a low shot against the attacking goalkeeper.

It's just a pity that Abanglahuo's shooting skills were not good, and the shot aimed at the back post actually slid out without creating a threat.

Liverpool, who were playing at home, encountered a very threatening attack from Villa as soon as the game started, and this kind of attack was not once or twice, but continued.

In the 22nd minute of the game, facing Villa's unreasonable high play, Liverpool's defense was in crisis again.

Villa took a corner kick, and Benteke was overwhelmed in the penalty area, attracting the attention of a large number of Liverpool defenders, making Liverpool weak in space protection.

Weiman moved from the left to the center to complete a header.

The header went directly past Mignolet's ten fingers. Fortunately, it just hit the post and bounced off, without scoring a goal.

However, the defensive problem that made Liverpool fans infinitely worried was exposed after two minutes.

After Liverpool's failed attack, Villa's quick counterattack saw Abanglaho demand the ball deep on the left and face Kolo Touré's defense.

Under the fast-paced changes, Kolo Touré obviously couldn't keep up with Abanglaho's offensive rhythm.

Abanglahuo stepped on the bicycle in a big way, and suddenly went to the bottom, taking advantage of Kolo Toure's lack of time to make further reactions.

The left foot passes the ball directly to the goal.

In front of the goal, Weiman, who was defended by Skrtel, stretched out his foot first and touched the pass.

After falling to the ground, Mignolet shot one meter in front of the goal, Mignolet was powerless, 1-0, Villa took the lead in the away game.

This is definitely not the Liverpool that people are familiar with. Although Liverpool has the advantage in terms of ball possession, the threats to attack all come from Villa.

Liverpool's offense has not yet achieved obvious results, but it has been taken the lead by the visiting team Villa.

And Villa's offensive is far from over.

In the fast-paced offense and defense of the two sides, the lagging Liverpool was a little anxious to equalize the score at home.

The team is not in the best state of defense. Facing Villa's excellent counterattack state today, it is in the midst of wind and rain.

After losing Yang Feng, such a central defender who can defend the opponent's counterattack and has a considerable threat, Villa's counterattack is quite simple and rough, which is to directly pass the ball from the backcourt to find the space in Liverpool's backcourt. As Villa's offensive player, start a group attack.

In the 35th minute of the game, Abangla Hora went to the right and received a through ball from his teammate.

Liverpool, which has always focused on offense, has too much space in the backcourt.

Sissoko defends Abanglaho alone and does not have an advantage.

Abang Lahuo easily got rid of it on the wing and sent a cross.

Skrtel at the previous point saw the height of the pass and did not take off.

Then Kolo Toure, who was in charge of marking Benteke, was able to make a clearance, but was stopped by Mignolet.

Mignolet strikes out on his own, trying to pick the ball straight away.

For the purpose of saving energy, Kolo Toure did not make any further defensive actions.

However, the attack went wrong.

Mignolet single punched the ball, but there was a deviation. The ball was not hit directly, but only hit Mignolet's fist, and after rebounding, it still flew to the back point.

Benteke, who was at the back, received a big gift from his opponent and directly headed the ball towards the empty goal.

2 to 0!

Liverpool was at home this time, and they scored two goals before the half-time ended. The game was played more passively than the previous game!