Football’s First Defender
Chapter 697: Piss off cat
Valdy scored twice, allowing the game to completely enter the rhythm of Leicester City at the last moment.
Now that he has two goals ahead, Ranieri is quite a "slavish" face, directly replaced the already exhausted Okazaki Shinji, and continued to send defensive players.
Gray, Andy King, a midfielder with running ability, replaced Albrighton and Okazaki Shinji respectively, directly allowing Liverpool's offensive to continue to face great defensive resistance in the midfield.
Liverpool’s offensive was not easy. The fans at King Power Stadium are also using their cheers and shouts to act as the twelfth man on the court.
The Liverpool players have to bear the lag of the score, the boos of the audience, and the pressure caused by the passing of time. They are playing more and more impatiently, and there is no way to break the iron barrel of Leicester City. Line of defense.
The final score was 2 to 0. In this early championship game, Liverpool, who could temporarily rank first by winning, was in the away game and was perfected by Leicester City.
In this season's match, both sides have won one victory and one loss, and they have defended each other at home.
And Leicester City was able to temporarily occupy the top spot with a 6-point lead.
Is Fox Town going to counterattack to win the championship?
Relying on such an outstanding performance, everyone is looking forward to it, whether this season, Leicester City can break the blockade of the six giants and counterattack to win the final championship.
At least, Leicester City's performance on the court and the play in the strong matchup have already been quite champion-like.
And Liverpool, after losing this focus battle, also put themselves in a very poor position.
They want to win this year. Not only do they have to perform well in the next games, but they also look forward to Leicester City and they have to make mistakes.
After losing the championship and directly fighting, Liverpool spread all their grievances on the Manchester United brother, who came to Sunderland at Anfield in the away game.
The rhythm of the double matches a week has not affected the performance of Liverpool players.
Even though Coutinho has some minor injuries, he did not play in the game, but Klopp continued to maintain the team's offensive ability by advancing Milner to the left midfielder position.
Milner, Firmino, Jordan Iby's striker combination, and then combined with Lallana, Henderson and Emre Can's three midfielders.
The four defenders remain unchanged, the goalkeeper is still Mi Shen, Liverpool continue to use 433's extremely strong offensive formation to start abusing dishes at home.
Liverpool at home, facing opponents in the relegation zone, naturally played quite dominant.
The possession rate of more than 70% is not only a demonstration of Liverpool's passing ability, but also because of Liverpool's frontcourt pressing put a lot of pressure on the opponent's offensive.
For "Black Cat" Sunderland, although when facing Liverpool, the players always have a desire to express themselves, but the strength of the team is there, making it difficult for them to set off too much on the away game. The waves.
Liverpool have enough time to slowly launch an attack at home.
Facing Sunderland's iron barrel formation, Liverpool launched a penetrating attack while using the threat of long-range shots from the outside to make precise strikes.
Although there is no Coutinho as the main perimeter long-range shooter in today's game, the last thing in the Liverpool lineup is players who are good at long-range shots.
Almost everyone has the ability to take a long shot, so it is natural to organize an attack patiently in the game. After all, in a 90-minute game, Liverpool has enough time to use long shots or opportunities to create to fight for goals.
In addition to long-range shots, Liverpool will always seize the opponent's counterattack. When the backcourt leaks space, they will seize the gap and give the opponent a fatal blow.
In the 19th minute of the game, Sunderland kicked the counterattack to the front side of the court, but Yang Feng took the lead to run to the spot and took control of the football.
Yang Feng was directly in the backcourt and passed with a pass to find Emre Can in the middle.
Emre Can, sent a through ball to the away team's hinterland in the midfield, but unfortunately it was seen through by the defensive player and formed an interception.
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However, in the face of the Liverpool player's grab, Watermore's steal was quite big.
A cross was going to get rid of Henderson, who was rushing forward, but was bumped by Henderson.
Watermore fell directly to the ground and the ball was snatched by Henderson in the frontcourt.
There was no foul. The referee said that this was a normal physical confrontation. He could only say that Watermore himself played with fire in the backcourt carelessly.
Henderson broke the ball and passed it to Firmino in front.
Firmino dribbled the ball in the middle, and after attracting the opponent's defense, he scored the ball directly to the left into the penalty area.
Liverpool suddenly cut off the ball in the frontcourt this time and caught Sunderland’s back line by surprise. After all, they did not expect that their side had just switched from a counterattack to a defensive. As a result, after the ball was interrupted, they could play a counterattack or control. When the ball slowed down, the team's midfielder would actually play with fire by himself and "hand over" the ball directly.
Continuous tempo changes, one time finally Sunderland's defense did not keep up, and there was a big defensive gap.
Milner followed up with a volley and hit the goal from a small angle unguarded on the left side of the penalty area and hit the close corner directly.
1 to 0!
Liverpool took the lead first.
After takes the lead, it will be much easier for Liverpool to follow.
Sunderland, who had to attack, still relies on Defoe on the offensive end, but when the threat on the offensive end is limited and continuous investment is needed, it is naturally an opportunity for Liverpool to fight back.
In the 41st minute of the game, Firmino directly drove the ball forward in a counterattack, facing the opponent's defense, directly completing a powerful long shot.
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2 to 0, before halftime, Liverpool took a two-goal lead with the goal of Firmino.
In the second half, with the advantage of two goals, it was the stage when Liverpool fully demonstrated its offensive ability.
In 59 minutes, Milner made a high-quality curve pass at 45 degrees on the left, which went directly to the small penalty area.
Firmino, who quickly plugged in, jumped into the air at the back point, shook his head and scored the third goal for Liverpool.
In the 68th minute of the game, when Sunderland's attack failed, Yang Feng sent a precise long pass from the backcourt and directly found Firmino at the front.
Firmino drove the ball into the penalty area. Under the defensive pressure of the chasing player and the goalkeeper, Firmino did not forcefully pursue a hat trick. Instead, he made a cross and passed the ball. Lallana followed up on the right.
Lallana easily pushed the empty goal in the game and helped Liverpool get a 4-goal lead.
, and selflessly dedicated Firmino, in the 82nd minute of the game, Lallana got a pass from Lallana.
Lallana made an excellent through ball and found Firmino who was inserted diagonally forward. Firmino directly succeeded in a low shot and achieved a hat trick of the game.
And Liverpool, in the end, defeated Sunderland 5-0. After losing the game with Leicester City, they took a good breath.