Football’s First Defender
Chapter 498: Invincible Liverpool
After Yang Feng returned, Liverpool's defense instantly formed a qualitative change, returning to the defensive strength of a wealthy club in the early part of the season.
And what about Liverpool's offense?
During the defensive frenzy "digging holes", Liverpool's striker was forced to complete the upgrade, becoming sharper and more frightening.
Now Liverpool is absolutely in a state of offense and defense.
In the midweek FA Cup, Liverpool finally fulfilled Rogers' wish. After being successfully eliminated, Liverpool challenged Southampton in the league at the weekend.
Southampton, which is in the middle and upper reaches of the league this season, has played a youthful storm, and is also an offensive team.
Southampton's home court has only lost two games this season, which is considered a home with a pretty good record.
However, there is no use for eggs.
Southampton, whose main youth storm is at home, has no good way to face the current balance of offense and defense against Liverpool.
Liverpool also showed considerable restraint in the away game.
More than 60% of the ball possession rate, absolute on-scene suppression, absolute lead in the number of shots.
From the beginning of the game, Liverpool firmly occupied the absolute initiative.
And Suarez's goal in the 16th minute continued Liverpool's recent hot offensive state.
Before halftime, Sterling's counterattack scored, allowing Liverpool to enter the second half with a 2-0 advantage.
And Yang Feng and Gerrard each scored a goal between 60 and 70 minutes, which ended the suspense of the game early.
4 to 0!
Southampton, ranked ninth in the league, did not put any pressure on Liverpool at home and was slaughtered by the opponents and was defeated.
Although Liverpool's winning streak was interrupted by the second round with Bayern.
When the two sides almost lost their suspense in the first round, the second round was "stable development". At Anfield, Bayern was also quite good at facing Liverpool without any "enterprising".
The score of 0 to 0 is a happy one for both teams.
After giving up all other "useless" games, Rogers can finally focus all his attention on the final stage of the Premier League.
The schedule during this period is extremely beneficial for Liverpool.
Although there are mostly away games, there are not too many duels with strong teams. It is Liverpool's opportunity to seize the opportunity and continue to take the lead in the standings.
You know, after playing the two games between Cardiff City and Sunderland, Liverpool has to face four teams among the six giants in the last eight games.
Therefore, Liverpool must not make any mistakes in the grab points during this time.
Take these easy-to-get points first, and then continue to expand the lead on the standings, leaving enough room for possible mistakes in the future.
After all, this kind of strong showdown, sometimes luck, is the biggest influencing factor, and no one knows what will happen then.
The main scene faces the "black cat" Sunderland in the relegation zone.
This team, which can be regarded as a hard-core supporter of Manchester United in the Premier League, has experienced many years of Manchester United "blood transfusion" players and successfully relegated. This year, when Manchester United's influence has declined, they seem to be gone. Magical relegation ability.
And Liverpool, for the old opponent's "little brother" naturally will not save face.
Although Sunderland's barrel formation made Liverpool's strong offense, there was no way to break the deadlock in the half.
But in the second half, Liverpool, which increased the number of long-range shots, broke through Sunderland's defense.
Gerrard's heavy bombardment from 30 meters away wiped out all Sunderland's defensive efforts, allowing Liverpool to break the deadlock in the 54th minute.
The game after that was very simple. Sunderland, who had to attack, not only did not cause any threatening attack, but made Liverpool's counterattack very easy.
Sterling and Sturridge scored in the counterattack, helping the team to seal the victory 3-0.
Although in this game, Yang Feng's assist data did not increase, but as far as the actual situation is concerned, the counterattack goals of Sterling and Sturridge were all planned by Yang Feng in the backcourt, and Yang Feng sent a long pass.
It's just that after passing by other players in the frontcourt, the assist data is not counted on Yang Feng's head.
Not to mention that Sunderland was further pushed into the abyss of relegation by Liverpool after this game.
For Liverpool, the Premier League's five-game winning streak has allowed them to further widen the gap between the chasers behind them.
Although there is still a considerable distance away from winning the championship early, countless people have regarded Liverpool as the most likely contender for the championship.
Even many Liverpool fans have already shouted the slogan of unbeaten title.
Of course, the game still has to be played one after another.
For Liverpool's blockade, everyone is waiting for Liverpool's next four strong matchups, but before that, if there are underdogs upset, it would be better.
However, Cardiff City, which is weaker than Sunderland, is obviously not a good choice for upset.
Although Liverpool have had many zero seals since Yang Feng's comeback and ended up at Cardiff City's home court, Liverpool's terrifying offensive firepower still allowed the team to easily take away the victory from away.
Cardiff City just played a wonderful cooperation in the opening game. Campbell in the penalty area returned midfielder Jordan, who fired from the outside and the home team took the lead in the ninth minute.
Just when some non-Liverpool fans are looking forward to Cardiff City's ability to use the iron bucket to complete the next game.
After 5 minutes, Suarez received Coutinho's exquisite pass, inserted into the penalty area from the ribs of Cardiff City's defense, and scored with a kick.
1 to 1, Liverpool quickly equalized the score.
In fact, Cardiff City’s performance was not bad. After the draw, the home team that has been sticking to it, not only held it for a while, but even in the 36th minute, Campbell counterattacked and walked into Skrtel’s defense area. A successful shot from the penalty area line helped the home team regain the lead.
However, the next game will completely enter the time of Liverpool's offensive performance.
Before the end of the half-time game, Yang Feng's first return came.
In the corner kick opportunity, Yang Feng leaped high, shook his head and attacked the goal, equalizing the score for the team.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, it was another corner kick. Taking advantage of the chaos created by Scotter's header from the previous point, Yang Feng succeeded in making a supplement in the penalty area and scored twice, which also helped the team reverse the score.
Yang Feng has scored two goals, and Liverpool's strikers are naturally not far behind.
Suarez and Sturridge scored two goals in the next five minutes to help Liverpool expand the score to 5-2 before halfway through the second half.
Although the happily attacking Liverpool midfielder dug a hole for the team's back defense and allowed the home team to score the third goal, Suarez scored a long shot at the end of the game and scored another hat trick at the same time. , Also helped Liverpool beat Cardiff City 6-3 away.
6 consecutive victories, who can stop this Liverpool...