Football’s First Defender

Back in the Premier League, facing "fellow" Southampton, Liverpool continued to maintain their good competitive state.

Lallana, who started the game, showed his excellent offensive strength in the away game against his old host.

Perhaps for Lallana, contributing a wonderful performance in front of the fans who once cheered for him is more like a wanderer outside, showing his growth to the elders in his hometown.

With one goal and one assist, in this game, Lallana performed explosively. Relying on his own strength, he helped Liverpool beat Southampton 2-0 away.

And Lallana, who scored a goal, also used his way of not celebrating when he scored a goal to repay the love these lovely fans had for him.

Sometimes, this is the cruelty of modern professional football. The team trains players from ignorant teenagers to talents. In a few years, fans have witnessed the growth of a young talent, but in the end they have to face the player leaving The team, the dilemma of pursuing a higher stage.

For Southampton players, there will always be a better team, beckoning to the star players in the team, and this is also the stage that fans must go through.

For these lovely fans, what they enjoy the most may be the occasional winning moments of the team...

While the league continued to advance triumphantly, Liverpool finally waited until the Carabao Cup final.

The short-term rematch between Liverpool and Tottenham took place as scheduled at Wembley Stadium, a neutral venue.

This game, which is inevitable for both sides, has exceeded the expectations of many fans from the beginning of the game.

The two teams just played against each other two weeks ago, allowing fans to see the offensive style of the two teams.

However, in this game, Tottenham changed their previous tactics and did not even try to attack.

In addition to forward Harry Kane, as well as the midfield playmaker Eriksson, the other Tottenham starters all have certain defensive attributes, which made Tottenham arrange an excellent bus from the beginning to block Liverpool's attack. attack.

Although he guessed that Tottenham would show weakness, facing an offensive team like Tottenham, Rogers was a little unexpected to play so "shrunk" on the field.

Liverpool launched a siege on Tottenham from the beginning of the game.

It's just that Tottenham's defense was quite thorough in the game today.

The matchup in the league two weeks ago made Pochettino and his disciples know that there is still a gap between the two teams on the offensive end.

In order to win this cup, under Pochettino's arrangement, Tottenham have greatly increased their defensive training arrangements in their daily training in the past two weeks.

Pochettino knows that if he wants to win the championship, he must make some targeted changes when his strength is at a disadvantage.

Tottenham's investment in the defensive end has indeed made Liverpool underprepared.

Facing Tottenham's full retreat and aggressive pressing, Liverpool's offense has clearly stagnated.

And when Liverpool was about to "lead the snake out of the hole", two or three people from Tottenham directly launched a counterattack. They did not invest enough people at all, which also made Liverpool's strategy empty.

Liverpool's strikers, facing Tottenham's layer after layer of defense, simply cannot create too good opportunities in Tottenham's penalty area.

Set-pieces and long-range shots have become the offensive weapons that Liverpool rely on.

It's just that the dense defensive line in the penalty area makes the angle of the long-range shot very small, not to mention, the ball from the wing that Liverpool expects is almost useless.

Among the set kicks, Yang Feng, who has contributed a lot of headers in recent games, has also received key care from Tottenham's defense.

Vertonghen's close defense, coupled with the supplementary defense of nearby Tottenham players, made it impossible for Yang Feng to get enough offensive space to complete the adjustment.

The score was 0 to 0 at halftime!

Liverpool has a huge advantage in ball possession, with a 9 to 1 shot ratio, but throughout the first half, there was no kick, which formed a huge threatening chance to hit the goal.

During the intermission of the game, the players can return to the locker room to rest and adjust, but for the fans of both sides, it is to continue to fight in the stands.

The cheers of fans from the two factions came one after another, which became another unique scene on the field.

This kind of anxious scene and even score game is the most able to mobilize the emotions of fans on both sides at the same time.

In the second half of the game, Liverpool took the lead in completing the change.

For Tottenham's iron barrel formation, Rogers was the first to adjust to the veteran Lambert.

Rogers, who has always advocated pass control and technical flow, had to choose another way in the stagnant offensive situation in the first half, and prepared to play a dozen more traditional British long passes.

Facts have proved that Lambert's appearance has provided a great boost to the enrichment of Liverpool's offensive system.

In the penalty area, with Lambert and Sturridge competing, Liverpool's wide crosses began to create some threats.

Although Lambert's appearance will affect the defensive ability of Liverpool's midfielder, at this time, Rodgers chooses to believe that Yang Feng can defend the defense well and provide the team with numerical assistance in attacking and changing direction.

Tottenham also saw the vacancy in Liverpool's midfield, but Harry Kane and Eriksson alone want to penetrate Liverpool's defense and complete a successful counterattack, which is still a bit of a dream.

Yang Feng showed a 100% competitive state in the game today, did not give Harry Kane any chance to attack, excellent follow-up running, stealing the ball on the ground at the right time, Harry Kane had very few chances to hit the goal, and Yang Feng still had to Defensive interference.

Yang Feng's excellent defensive performance solved the worries of Liverpool's defense, and on the offensive end, Yang Feng's threat when setting the ball was also a huge threat to Tottenham's defense.

However, within 90 minutes, the two sides still fought to a 0-0 draw!

into overtime.

Tottenham is quite resilient on the defensive end today. Even though Liverpool made continuous substitution adjustments and replaced offensive players like Gerrard and Balotelli, Tottenham's defense still persisted until the end of 90 minutes.

However, it is not easy for Tottenham's defense to withstand Liverpool's continuous offensive impact within 90 minutes.

In the first half of overtime, Gerrard finally hit the goal with a high-quality long shot after taking the third outside long shot of the game.

Lloris failed to make a save and the ball roared out. The Jays opened the scoring for Liverpool in the first half of overtime.

Tottenham, who fought desperately at the last moment, was seized by Liverpool to counterattack.

After Yang Feng completed the defense, he planned Liverpool's counterattack opportunity.

With a long pass, he found Sterling who was fast forward.

Sterling continued to explode with his last physical strength, and with lightning speed, he threw away a group of Tottenham defenders and faced the goalkeeper directly after receiving the ball.

This time, Sterling did not choose science to hit the goal, but faced the attacking Lori, exhausted his last bit of strength, continued to change directions and accelerate forward, and after passing Lori, he quickly pushed the ball at a small angle. Shot, extended the score to 2-0 for Liverpool!

The game completely lost its suspense.

In the end, with two goals in overtime, Liverpool defeated Tottenham 2-0 and won the 2014/15 English League Cup!