Football’s First Defender

Each of these young people in Liverpool is constantly growing and improving.

Young and growable, this is the first impression of this Liverpool team on everyone.

At the beginning of the season, Henderson, who had not yet entered the eyes of Rogers, was in continuous training, successfully squeezed out Rogers' direct player Joe Allen, and successfully squeezed into the current Liverpool starting lineup.

Active, with more running distance, coupled with increasing technical ability, and better defensive ability than Joe Allen, Henderson's upper position is the result of his continuous efforts.

In this kind of strong confrontation, even if Henderson is not playing the midfield position he is good at, and is placed almost in a position on the side, there is still a younger Wisdom behind him, and Henderson is needed Sen to help him complete more defensive tasks, Henderson this game, that is hard work, do their best to do their best.

"Arsenal's offense is still concentrated on the right side of their own side. Although the offensive routine has been seen through by Liverpool players, Arsenal now intends to rely on the hard power of the players to forcibly create opportunities on the wing."

"This time, Wilshere's pass was too anxious. Although the ball was passed to Walcott's feet, there was no room for him to break through on the wing."

"Wesdom and Henderson's front and rear pincers directly steal the ball at Walcott's feet and complete this defense."

"Henderson crossed the ball directly to Lucas, Liverpool's chance to counterattack!"

Liverpool has been under pressure in the second half of the game. At this time, even if there is a chance to counterattack, Arsenal's counterattack on the spot is also very good.

After Lucas received the ball, all the receiving points in front of him that could pass the ball were defended by Arsenal players.

As for his ball position in the midfield, he was also attacked by Giroud behind him and Cazorla in front of him.

"Lucas passed the ball back to Yang Feng."

"After Yang Feng adjusted, he passed the ball directly to the middle circle."

"Suarez returned to the gap where Yang Feng passed the ball, unloaded the football, turned and moved forward."

The tacit understanding between Yang Feng and Suarez through long-term training was fully revealed in this pass.

Suarez just dribbled the ball a few steps across the half, and before he really entered the area where he could make a long-range threat, he met Vermaelen who came to defend him head-on.

He wanted to try to get rid of it, but Vermaelen's position selection was very precise. Suarez couldn't shake the space, so he could only try to use speed to force a breakthrough.

But Vermaelen stepped forward very smartly and hit Suarez head-on. Whether it was called a foul, or even if Suarez passed by, the teammates behind him would defend more easily against Suarez who was out of balance. This time Liverpool's counterattack will end directly.

Vermaelen's collision did make Suarez lose his balance, but before he fell to the ground, Suarez sent the ball diagonally to the middle.

Sturridge's counter-run on the left attracted more defensive attention from Arsenal, while Suarez's pass in the middle had only one insertion point.

"Henderson! From the backcourt, he inserted at full speed, received the through ball from Suarez, and directly dribbled the ball into the penalty area."

Facing Mertesacker and Gibbs' closed goal defense, Henderson moved the football to his right foot during the fast march, avoided Mertesacker's upper grab on the left, and then leaned his whole body towards Gibbs , Interfering with Gibbs' defensive action on the right.

"Pass through the closed door between the two!"

"Mertesacker is still too bulky and was easily passed by Henderson. Henderson is now physically confronting Gibbs and dribbling the ball into the penalty area."

"Gibbs, the pull on the arm, didn't stop Henderson, and Henderson got out of the way and moved on."

"Szczesny's attack, Henderson chose a low shot!"

"Szczesny blocked it!"

"but!"

"besides!"

"GOAL!!!"

"Henderson, score with a follow-up shot!"

"After Szczesny blocked Henderson's first low shot, Henderson moved forward smartly, and before Mertesacker rushed to the defensive position, he easily pushed into the far corner and succeeded."

"Henderson came in aggressively this time and scored Liverpool's second goal of the game, giving Liverpool a two-goal lead."

In the 59th minute of the game, Arsenal's siege in the second half failed, but was counterattacked by the opponent Liverpool again and scored a goal.

Liverpool took a 2-0 lead.

Professor Wenger also felt a little helpless on the sidelines. The team did not score in the offensive, but in the counterattack of the defensive opponent, it has actually done a very good job. But in the case of many defensive players in the backcourt, Henderson was able to see through the cracks, force 1 to 2, enter the penalty area, and scored the goal by supplementary shots. This can only be said of Arsenal. I didn't perform well enough today.

Two goals behind, although Wenger has not made substitutions adjustments, but Arsenal, who are playing at home, many players have begun to unify their thinking and continue to attack desperately.

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"Ramsey's long-range shot hit the goal! It flew straight out!"

"This is already Arsenal's third long-range shot in a short period of time. The two goals behind obviously made Arsenal's players start to choose more simple and rough offensive methods to end the offense."

"But such threats are actually extremely limited."

Liverpool's players have the advantage and are more active in defense.

It's just that mental satisfaction cannot completely relieve physical fatigue. In the last 20 minutes of the game, the physical fitness of most Liverpool players is almost reaching the critical point.

In this game, Arsenal's offense did not go smoothly, which was due to the impact of Liverpool players running and intercepting at all costs.

Although the defensive effect in the previous game was very good, the physical disadvantage will also begin to show in the final stage of the game.

"Sagna with the ball on the right."

"Arsenal have flattened Liverpool's defense this time around."

Walcott had already inserted into the penalty area from the right, but with Henderson following, Sagna wanted to pass a through ball diagonally, but in the end it didn't work, but he crossed to the penalty area line himself. Wilshire plugged in.

After Wilshere got the ball, he had a good long-range chance when Liverpool's defense was completely compressed in the penalty area.

"Henderson dives forward to limit Wilshere's long-range attempt."

Under Henderson's quick defense, Wilshere changed his long shot to a pass, swung his thigh, but when he landed, he chose a rubbing pass and passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area, slightly Ramsey retreated.

Yang Feng stuck close to Ramsey, first preventing him from getting a kick, and then looking for the possibility of directly stealing the ball.

However, Ramsey did not choose to stop the ball. Facing Wilshere's pass, he directly swiped the ball horizontally and handed the ball to Walcott not far away.

"Walcott is empty!"

Henderson defended forward to supplement Wilshere, and the defensive attention of other Liverpool players was taken care of within a range in front of the goal. Walcott was in the right area outside the small penalty area, so Although Yang Feng was aware of the vacancy, he had no spare energy to complete the defense.

"Shoot directly from a small angle!"

"The ball went in!"

"Tiger Walcott!"

"He hit the goal from a small angle and went straight to the far corner. Reina couldn't make a save. Arsenal, in 67 minutes, brought the score back to 1 to 2..."