Football’s First Defender

Liverpool's bench in this game definitely has a lot of fighting power, which can further improve the team's offensive level.

In this game, Dalglish has sufficient cards to support himself to complete the transformation on the offensive end.

It's just that which card to play first in the second half still needs to be carefully considered by Dalglish.

Carroll is a player with obvious advantages and disadvantages on both ends of the offense and defense.

Although he can use his tall and strong body as the team's high point support at the forefront, but also, because of the drag of his body, Carroll naturally moves slower.

In the case of tight defense in the frontcourt, Carroll's side is also the easiest breakthrough for opponent players to create opportunities and complete.

And Gerrard, as the soul of the Red Army, his appearance is definitely helpful to boost the morale of the team, and his offensive threat in the middle, as well as his decent passing ability, can all help The team improved the offense in the middle.

But Gerrard has just returned from injury after all, his physical fitness and game status are unknown, in such a fierce game, it is more than enough for him to play as a substitute for about 20 minutes, let him play directly at the beginning, and run the entire second half , Dalglish still couldn't bear it.

The remaining two attackers in midfield, the Argentine Maxi, Dalglish doesn't like his loose attitude off the field, and feels that this is not in line with Liverpool's iron spirit, so he has been deliberately suppressing his playing time. Another young midfielder, Shelvey, does not have such outstanding speed and physical confrontation ability. Although he has a good long-range shot and ball ability, he is too young, and Dalglish also dare not play in the second half. From the very beginning, let such a young player bear such heavy offensive pressure.

After struggling with the pros and cons, Dalglish still chose Andy Carroll to play at the beginning of the second half, and tilted his offensive tactics on both sides, especially the left.

If the left side can maintain the threat of crossing, then Liverpool can have two high points in the penalty area, Carroll and Dirk, to compete for the first spot, and Suarez can fully use his specialty of picking up misses. Look for the second landing point in the penalty area and directly complete the goal.

Replacing midfielder Spearing with Carroll also made Liverpool return to the winning lineup of the previous games, and the formation style of play is no stranger to the players. It's just that this kind of offensive play that will become more extreme means that the team's defense will have to withstand a more severe test of counterattack than in the first half.

Unlike Liverpool, who were destined to aggressively attack tactics in the second half of the game, Manchester City, which had been occupying the suppressive force on the field before, during the intermission, Mancini focused on the team's defense.

Judging from Liverpool's offensive frequency and persistence in the first half, Mancini felt that Dalglish must not be reconciled to giving up. If nothing else, the second half would start attacking immediately.

Therefore, rather than the team taking risks and fighting against Liverpool, it is better for the team to defend with peace of mind and wait for an opportunity to directly counterattack Liverpool's hinterland.

Mancini emphasized that Aguero should pay attention to the side during the counterattack, and give Dzeko and other follow-up players the task of counterattacking in the center. Aguero is going to play the right midfielder in the counterattack. The position is guaranteed to complement Silva on the left and fully increase Manchester City's counterattack speed.

In the first half, Mancini saw Yang Feng's defense on the sidelines. Under Yang Feng's command, Liverpool first relied on the player's biased positioning to completely control the ball receiving space on the left side of Silva's counterattack. .

Then in the middle, Yang Feng used his personal ability and cooperated with his teammates to complete the marking of Dzeko and Aguero when the number was not dominant.

As for the right side, there is a huge space in the first place, but Milner's speed cannot reach the speed level of the first-line offensive players, so it can give other Liverpool players time to switch positions and come over.

Mancini used Aguero and Milner's switch on the counter-attack end, allowing Aguero to use his speed to tear open Liverpool's defense, creating a greater threat for Manchester City during the counter-attack.

"As soon as the second half of the game started, Liverpool made substitutions and adjusted, replacing the teenager Spilling with Carroll. In the pass from the road, Manchester City's defense line was smashed..."

Liverpool's attack on the left is indeed strong, but Manchester City's targeted arrangements are also very effective. Milner and Richards are ready to fight, Barry in the center often helps defend, and Aguero and Dzeko retreat from time to time. Harassment, Liverpool's initial wing attack hit the iron plate directly.

Mancini dared to completely lock Liverpool's side attack line when Liverpool's offensive ability in the center was not very strong.

Although it is possible to transfer the ball to the right side in a wide range, due to the competitive state of Dirk, it is impossible for you to ask a veteran over 30 years old to be as versatile as those young players on the offensive end.

On the right side of the attack, Dirk is still the main containment, the main breakthrough and the task of crossing can only be handed over to the right back Glenn Johnson who is plugging in to attack.

The two full-backs are both aggressively attacking. Liverpool's defensive end in the backcourt does lack a serious lack of speed players.

"Glen Johnson's 45-degree cross directly looks for Carroll, the high point in the penalty area!"

"Yaya Toure and Kolo Toure, two brothers double team!"

"For this ball, Kolo Toure used physical confrontation to suppress Carroll's take-off height, allowing Yaya Toure to easily push the ball directly out of the penalty area."

Brothers unite their hearts, and their profit breaks gold.

The Toure brothers, this time the defensive cooperation is very tacit.

Yaya Toure can also accurately head the ball to Barry in the middle outside the penalty area without much interference.

After receiving the ball, Barry directly took the ball and advanced.

Because Barry received the ball very comfortably and didn't need to adjust too much, and Liverpool didn't have many personnel in the middle, Barry pushed forward immediately.

After Aguero saw Yaya Toure's challenge for the top, he immediately sped up and rushed towards Liverpool's defense line on the left.

Silva, on the other hand, continues to intersperse between Liverpool's right and center. He can take a step back to respond to Barry's pass and become the frontmost point of rapid advancement. A knife was inserted in the heart of the defense.

Dzeko is directly in the middle, with Skrtel's defense, advancing forward.

Manchester City's counterattack, all three lines, are putting pressure on Liverpool's defense.

Barry's dribbling speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he met Charlie Adam who was rushing over. This ball Charlie Adam was rushing to foul, and he would rather foul than let the opponent easily counterattack.

However, Barry chose to strike Milner on the right. Even though Milner could not form the first wave of counterattack, he still ran tirelessly and participated in the counterattack. At this time, he just received Barry's pass.

"Milner, pass straight forward and look for Aguero on the right."

"In the speed competition between Jose Enrique and Aguero, don't you have an advantage!"

Yang Feng watched the situation nervously. This time Aguero did not continue to wait for the pass from his teammates in the middle to finish the attack, but went to the side to receive the ball. This was beyond Yang Feng's expectations.

And Jose Enrique was not in an excellent defensive position due to his previous attack, and there was still a huge space behind him, which could not stop Aguero's rapid advancement at all.

Yang Feng was also caught off guard by such a tricky situation at the beginning of the second half.

Glenn Johnson has not yet returned to his position because of the previous assist and pass. Yang Feng can only guard Silva's side by himself, while Skrtel needs to defend Dzeko, but Jose Enrique is in a 3v3 situation. Next, the defense of Aguero failed, which directly disrupted Liverpool's defense.

Although Johnson and Henderson were both chasing quickly, they were still a few steps away.

"Skrtel, stop Aguero!"

"Henderson, look after Silva!"

While commanding his teammates loudly, Yang Feng approached the middle directly, preparing to take up the defensive position after Skrtel left, and defend Dzeko himself.

Although Henderson is still a few steps away from Silva, Yang Feng can only choose to gamble now, at least to solve the threat of Aguero in front of him.

As Skrtel stepped forward to intercept and blocked most of Aguero's shooting angle, Aguero could only choose to continue to accelerate and go directly to the bottom.

Dzeko in the middle moved directly forward and engaged in a fierce physical confrontation with Yang Feng, seizing the dominant position and preparing to grab the spot.

But Aguero's last shot near the bottom line did not look for Dzeko in front of him, but directly exerted force, and swept a half-high ball to the far end!

This pass passed between Reina and Yang Feng. Yang Feng saw the passing route, but he was powerless, unable to rush forward, unable to catch the ball.

Henderson, who was at the back point, was still chasing desperately, but he hadn't rushed to Silva's side, and Silva directly headed the ball into the net from close range without any defense. Reina quickly The save after traversing didn't help!

"GOAL!!!"

"David Silva! In Manchester City's opening counterattack, he scored for Manchester City with a header. Manchester City took the lead 2-0 at home!"

In the second half, Liverpool's offense was not completely launched, and they were hit hard again. Manchester City's counterattack blitz scored and directly pushed Liverpool into the abyss...