Football’s First Defender

In the final stage of the first half, the offensive of the home team Liverpool still did not improve much. In the final half, the score was still 2-0. Villa, who played in the away game, relied on the team's excellent offensive performance and unexpectedly won. Gained a two-goal advantage.

In the first half of the game, not only did Liverpool not improve significantly in the team's defense, but even the offense that the team should have played was quite unsatisfactory.

It's not just a problem of not being able to score goals. On the offensive end, Liverpool didn't even have the threatening offensive cooperation that should have been played throughout the first half.

The team's offense is more superficial, without enough threats, mainly concentrated on the perimeter and long-range shots, without the previous extremely threatening penetrating offense, not threatening enough, and Villa can unscrupulously invest in offensive numbers and beat Liverpool behind The cause of the vulnerability.

For Rogers, during the 15-minute intermission, the first thing to solve is the team's offensive problem. After falling behind by two goals, he can only rely on offense to score goals to get back the score, or even overtake the score.

And defense can only give way to offense at this time. Even if the team's defense line itself has problems and falls behind, Rogers can only still ask the two full backs to "rest assured and bold" to plug in and participate in the offense. As for the defense line , even without Yang Feng, Rogers can only "safely" let the two central defenders find a way to defend the defense zone.

At home, Rodgers couldn't bear the bitterness of failure, and so did Liverpool's players.

Anfield Stadium cannot just be captured by opponents of Villa's level.

Liverpool fans also did not give up their support for the team. Anfield is a place that believes in strength and miracles.

In terms of strength, Liverpool is the leader of the Premier League this season, with a striker combination that is widely regarded as the best build-up in Europe.

In terms of luck, this is Anfield, and Liverpool, the home team, naturally has the luck bonus bestowed by countless seniors.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Liverpool players suddenly found their offensive state.

Coutinho is in the midfield, showing his strong personal dribbling ability.

He moved the ball flexibly and attracted all the attention of Villa's midfield defensive players.

In the end, Coutinho flicked the ball easily and passed it to Suarez who retreated to the arc of the penalty area.

Suarez dribbled the ball diagonally to the right and seemed to be looking for an opportunity to hit the goal with his kick.

Villa's defensive players in the penalty area can only choose to rush forward to block, and dare not let a shooter of Suarez's level "fire" wantonly in such a dangerous area.

However, it was another pass that attracted Villa's defensive players. After mobilizing Villa's defensive formation, Suarez passed the ball diagonally to the right and found Henderson who was plugging in.

Under the marking of the opponent behind him, Henderson did not choose to stop the ball with his back. Instead, he tapped his heel and kicked the ball directly into the penalty area.

The previous consecutive offensive passes, coupled with Henderson's sudden heel pass, completely tore Villa's defense apart.

Sturridge interspersed diagonally to the right in the middle of the penalty area, caught up with Henderson's pass, and directly hit the goal with a low shot.

Villa goalkeeper Guzan, faced with this kick, couldn't fall to the ground in time.

1 to 2!

Only 2 minutes into the second half, Liverpool scored a goal, making the difference between the two teams only one goal.

This time's offense is Liverpool's real offensive level, and it is the best offensive state that Liverpool players did not show in the first half.

The continuous short pass cooperation of many offensive players in the frontcourt combines the personal abilities of Liverpool players and the peak goal of the team's tacit understanding of offensive players.

It's only one goal away, and for Liverpool, there is still plenty of game time.

As for Villa, they are not reconciled and want to use the team's offense to continue to attack Liverpool's weak defense.

The loopholes in Liverpool's defense are there, and Villa is not a team that can build a solid defense. For Villa, it is also a team that believes that the best defense is offense.

But during the intermission, the Liverpool players who had been lectured by Rodgers first showed great enthusiasm in the second half.

All players, even Gerrard, who is not physically fit, are using active running to provide greater support to the defense.

Villa's offense couldn't find a better offensive method for a while, but it gave Liverpool a wider counterattack space to use.

Liverpool, which was already behind the score, faced Villa and did not make a defensive transformation. After Villa's offensive, they can always find some gaps worth taking advantage of.

In the 58th minute of the game, Villa made a pass from the side and was cleared by Skrtel. Gerrard, who received the ball from outside the penalty area, made an accurate pass and found Suarez who was flying forward on the left.

Villa's central defender, when defending the pass, appeared to fall, allowing Suarez, who received the ball in the penalty area, to have a single-handed chance to face the goalkeeper directly.

Facing Guzan's attack, Suarez swung the goalkeeper away with a pendulum. Seeing that he could catch up with the ball and hit the empty goal, Suarez was directly hooked by Guzan's hand directly behind him.

Although there was some hesitation about Suarez's "exaggerated" falling to the ground, whether to "diving" and flopping, the referee still awarded a penalty!

Gerrard stood in front of the penalty spot, and the rebroadcast footage showed in time that Gerrard had hit all of his first five penalties this season.

Facing Guzan who was defending in front of the goal, Gerrard chose to hit the bottom right corner for the third time.

Guzan guessed the right direction, but Gerrard hit the angle enough and powerful enough. Before Guzan's body was fully stretched and the angle was not completely sealed by his arms, the ball had already been kicked into the net. middle.

2 to 2, Liverpool's offensive in the second half quickly achieved results. In less than 15 minutes, the two sides returned to the same starting line.

The house leak happened to be raining overnight, and when Kolo Toure was defending, he was beaten with an elbow by Benteke to bleed. Rodgers thought twice, but he could only let the veteran Carragher go into battle.

And the further decline in the defensive athletic ability, and the old players like Gerrard, who actively fought in the early stage, have already consumed a lot of physical energy.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool's crazy offensive did not continue. Instead, they gradually reduced their running and began to invest more power in defense.

Both sides had certain opportunities in the middle and late stages of the second half. Suarez's free kick hit the goal directly and flew out by rubbing the post.

And Villa's pocket shot to midfielder Delph was only 5 centimeters away from the goal.

Both sides did not get a good chance to attack in the penalty area.

The score of 2 to 2 has been maintained and maintained until the end.

Liverpool's home court, under the drag of the offensive players not in the best condition and the defensive players not strong enough, could only achieve a draw in a game with a bit of depression.

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