Football’s First Defender

For Liverpool, this victory is not just a simple increase of three points in the standings.

It is also an incentive for Liverpool's future schedule.

Liverpool, who are not good at fighting tough battles this season, after defeating the leader Chelsea, it can be said that they found the direction of the team in an instant.

Gerrard himself no longer has any complaints about coming off the bench.

As long as Liverpool can get better and Liverpool can get back on the right track of winning, for a veteran like Gerrard, any concessions are worthwhile.

After Rogers won the strong duel with Chelsea in this field, he also strengthened his determination to carry out younger reforms in the team.

With a more impactful midfielder, come to the Premier League and play a youthful storm that belongs to Liverpool.

After the national team match day, Liverpool played away to London to challenge Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace ranks in the middle and lower reaches this season, and the team's goal is very realistically fixed on relegation.

Every point is crucial for Crystal Palace's relegation.

So even though Liverpool just defeated the leader Chelsea, Crystal Palace sits at home and still wants to try their best to create a threat to Liverpool in order to get points at home.

It's just that today's Liverpool, even though the impact of the FIFA virus still exists, Rogers still continues his previous lineup against Chelsea.

With a more impactful lineup in the midfield, they completely took the initiative in the away game.

Although several players are running back and forth on the national team match day, the youngsters themselves have not played the full time of the national team, and their resilience is amazing, and there is no slightest physical problem revealed.

Although Crystal Palace put on an iron barrel posture at home, as a Premier League team, they still have a little bit of pursuit at home.

Crystal Palace wants to defend well and rely on defensive counterattacks to further threaten Liverpool's defense, rather than passively defending comprehensively.

But for Liverpool, Crystal Palace had no choice but to organize an effective offense after the attack ended and the ball was conceded on the spot.

The ball from the backcourt was easily blocked by Yang Feng with a long pass.

Pushing forward from the rear, the Liverpool players frantically pressed in the frontcourt, and they could regain the ball in an instant.

The defensive counterattack that Crystal Palace planned at the beginning ended up with only defense and no counterattack at all.

On the contrary, Liverpool's offense is constantly compressing the home team's defensive space.

Unlike the previous Gerrard who had to worry about physical consumption and limit his forward penetration to participate in the offense, Henderson and Emre Can played more like a striker on the offensive end, not satisfied with shooting from the outside. Sometimes the two even go directly into the opponent's penalty area to respond to the pass from their teammates and create a greater threat.

Thanks to the containment of the in-depth attack in the midfield and the cross from the wing, Liverpool succeeded in a header from Sturridge in the penalty area early, breaking the deadlock.

The way of playing after leading is too easy for Liverpool players.

Facing Crystal Palace, Liverpool does not have to defend comprehensively as it did against Chelsea before, and has enough power to retain enough counterattack power to continue to seek opportunities to expand the score.

The Crystal Palace, which had to attack, had not posed too much threat to the Liverpool defense led by Yang Feng, but was directly defeated by Liverpool's excellent counterattack striker.

During the counterattack, Sterling received a precise long pass from Yang Feng in the backcourt. After receiving the ball, he took advantage of his speed and went straight to Huanglong. He shot a low shot to help Liverpool expand the score.

After that, Henderson's counterattack at the end of the game locked the score at 3-0. Liverpool won the away game and once again achieved a rare winning streak.

In the middle of the week, Liverpool's first game of the Champions League life-and-death game is away to Bulgaria to challenge the Bulgarian overlord team Ludogorets.

In its frenzied atmosphere, Liverpool, which has no capital to be careless, played an offensive battle with the opponent in the away game.

Although the opponent's field is not in good condition, which affected Liverpool's performance, but thanks to the super personal physical fitness of Liverpool players, Liverpool defeated the opponent 3-2 in the away game despite the limited tactical performance, and continued to guarantee their promotion. initiative.

Back in the Premier League, in the home game against Stoke City, Rogers had to make an appropriate rotation due to the consumption of the team's continuous battles.

Gerrard returned to the starting lineup, along with Joe Allen and Lallana.

Liverpool use a "rotation lineup" to ensure that the team is in the best condition to face Stoke City.

Fortunately, the addition of Anfield's home court has guaranteed Liverpool's strength.

Stoke City have been unable to make waves at Anfield, and this game is the same.

Even though Liverpool's midfield has been rotated, the team's proficient frontcourt pressing in the previous few games could not start.

But the three technically inclined offensive midfielders, in this "fit", showed another side of the Liverpool team's offense.

In this rotation, Liverpool rarely played a pass-and-control style that they haven't seen for a long time.

And since Rodgers had indicated before the game that he would replace Gerrard in about 60 minutes, Gerrard could run as much as he wanted without saving his energy.

Everyone tried to play their best form, making Liverpool's offensive performance in this game quite good.

Stoke City was completely suppressed at Anfield, and the visiting team is not a team that is good at defense in the essence.

Just after halftime in the first half, the visiting team's defense couldn't hold on, and there was a huge gap.

There is no need to save energy to keep Gerrard in the audience, the iconic back thrust, an angry shot, the ball flew into the upper left corner of the goal like an arrow off the string.

The visiting goalkeeper was unresponsive and Gerrard helped Liverpool break the deadlock.

Different from the previous defensive counterattacks, after taking the lead, Liverpool still relied on the excellent technical ability of the players to control a large amount of ball possession. This game is a rare time for Liverpool to perform pass control.

Liverpool used excellent pass control to consume Stoke City's away counterattack bit by bit.

And when the visiting team's players relax their vigilance and lose their energy due to Liverpool's pass-and-control style of play, Liverpool's sudden speed up can always achieve unexpected results.

Sturridge made a sudden counter-offside advance before the end of the first half, and received a precise through ball from Coutinho, which directly created a single-handed chance.

After that, Sturridge hit the opponent's goalkeeper with a wicket, successfully giving Liverpool a two-goal lead.

In the second half, the two sides "peacefully developed", and the 2-0 score was maintained until the end under the control of Liverpool's dominant pass.

The winning streak continued and, with wins on and off, Liverpool came back.

Not only has a new tactical style of play, but the old old style of play has gradually been picked up. Liverpool is becoming the most competitive team in the Premier League again.