Football’s First Defender

After defeating Arsenal in the away game, for Liverpool, the first step to test their current strength has been realized, and it also makes Rogers full of hope for using the current team lineup to achieve results.

And the team's second touchstone in a row is of course the "Blue Moon" Manchester City, which is now ranked second in the league.

Three weeks later, Liverpool came to Manchester again, but this time they were going to challenge the city's upstart, Manchester City.

The defending champion Manchester City, although it seems that there is no way to pose a substantial threat to the top Manchester United this season, it also firmly occupies the second position in the standings, and there is still a gap of 6 points with the third Chelsea.

Among them, Manchester City's home record is one of the best in the Premier League. So far in the Premier League this season, Manchester City has achieved an impressive record of 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss at home. The only loss is a 2-3 loss to the leader. Manchester United, it can be said that after years of huge investment in oil capital, today's Manchester City has finally achieved its wish to become a giant team in the Premier League.

Although I felt that Liverpool was on the right track before the game, all pre-match predictions still tended to keep Manchester City unbeaten.

However, after the half-time game, Liverpool took the lead in conceding a goal, and it only took 20 minutes to overtake the score. The away game ended the first half with a score of 2 to 1.

Manchester City played a wonderful frontcourt cooperation in the 22nd minute. Silva and Aguero played a wonderful pass and control cooperation in the area on the left side of the penalty area line. Aguero pulled the ball out of the encirclement on the side and directly distributed it to Silva at the penalty area line. .

When Silva was catching up with Liverpool's defense, he kicked the ball out and passed a pretty through ball. Milner shrewdly inserted into the bottom from the left, received Silva's pass, and went straight to the goal. Entering the restricted area created a huge threat.

Yang Feng rushed forward to block Milner's further move, but before Yang Feng's block was fully in place, Milner had already crossed the ball to the goal.

With a quick pass, Dzeko, who had already been inserted in front of the goal before Reina's fell to the ground, directly hit the net under the defense of Reina Skrtel and won a goal for Manchester City. leading.

However, after falling behind, Liverpool did not appear flustered, but carried out its own offensive tactics steadily in the away game.

In the 28th minute of the game, Liverpool launched an offensive in the frontcourt, and Glenn Johnson made a breakthrough on his right side, causing Manchester City's defense to concentrate on the side.

Although Glenn Johnson did not pass the ball at the first time, but after Manchester City stole the ball, all Liverpool members made an effective press on the spot. Barry did not play the ball in the backcourt in time, and Gerrard and Suarez completed the closed goal. .

The ball rolls to the top of the arc in the penalty area. Sturridge, who has been supporting in the middle, without any hesitation, facing the incoming ball, directly completes a kick with the instep of his left foot.

But the ball did not lift up, but directly added a strong spin, walked on the ground, and flew to the lower right corner of the goal.

Manchester City's defensive players couldn't react to the ground ball in time, while Joe Hart on the goal line was limited by the interference of the angle of view. Action, but it was too late.

The ball directly and quickly rolled into the goal against the right post of the goal.

Facing his first team and scoring a goal away from home, Sturridge chose not to celebrate in order to repay Manchester City for their training...

With a 1-1 score at halftime, there was obviously no way to satisfy the appetites of the attacking players on both sides.

In the following games, the two teams played against each other, hoping to use offense to break down the opponent's defense.

And constantly attacking, the first to achieve results is Liverpool.

The Liverpool midfielder intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Sturridge dribbled the ball directly from the left to complete the pass. Although Suarez was the only contact point in the middle, Manchester City's defensive players had an absolute advantage.

However, Manchester City defender Lescott still completed a header clearance on the safe side and cleared the ball out of the penalty area.

But insurance sometimes does not mean safety.

Gerrard, who followed up in the middle, faced Lescott's clearance ball and volleyed directly at a position more than 30 meters away from the goal when no one was around!

"A kick from Hartmont!" is always a wise saying. Joe Hart, who has a background board attribute, has become the background board of Gerrard's wonderful long-range shot this time.

With a shocking world wave, Gerrard led Liverpool to overtake the score in the 38th minute of the first half.

In this game, Liverpool, who played without fear of confrontation, finally showed their "fangs" to the world!

After Rodgers has experienced personnel deployment and tactical reforms for most of the season, Liverpool finally began to show the strength and demeanor of the top teams in the Premier League.

In the away game against the second-placed Manchester City, they all played well, and even took the lead at halftime. It can be seen how strong this Liverpool team is now.

Like the previous game against Arsenal, Liverpool, after taking the lead, began to focus on building their own defense.

Because of this game, Jose Enrique finally returned from injury, and Liverpool's defense on the left has obviously improved to a higher level. Facing Manchester City's penetrating impact, it is no longer as unbearable as before, and it can liberate Yang Feng even more. Help other defenses and make up for shortcomings.

Manchester City's offensive style is similar to Arsenal's. For Liverpool players, defending a team with a pass-and-control style has been able to grasp the key points of defense well.

It's just that Manchester City's players are stronger, so the threat to Liverpool must be greater than that of Arsenal.

However, after the defense on the left has improved, Liverpool's other lines of defense can get more defensive power, which is equivalent to improving the defensive level of the previous defense against Arsenal in disguise, so Liverpool's defense in this game has not yet been completed. Not bad.

Especially Yang Feng, the core of the defense, once again used his excellent defensive performance to complete defensive tasks time after time.

Especially in the 78th minute of the game, when Manchester City had a chance to counterattack, Aguero used his smart movement to throw off the defender Skrtel, and received a long pass from Silva on the right side of the penalty area. At this time, Yang Feng Originally defending Dzeko's counterattack on the left to follow up, Reina saw that the situation was not good, and when Skrtel lost his position, he had already chosen to attack and block Aguero's angle of attack.

But Aguero flexibly chose to take the ball out of the penalty area, get rid of Reina's interference, and then lob the goal from a small angle. Seeing the direction of the football falling, it will fly directly into the empty goal. Manchester City players are already preparing to celebrate, while Liverpool players , especially when Reina was desperate, Yang Feng once again became Liverpool's hero.

Abandoning Dzeko on the left side, Yang Feng flew directly towards the goal, and then took off with the help of inertia, and threw his body flat, then stretched out his left foot straight in the air, and used a volley side hook to catch the ball that fell towards the goal. The hook came out, and Yang Feng himself fell directly into the penalty area after clearing the siege.

Henderson, who returned to the penalty area, made a clearance before Dzeko came to make a supplementary shot. Yang Feng made a miraculous clearance in this way, and once again relied on defense to enter this round of Premier League...

After a superb defensive performance, Yang Feng worked more conscientiously on basic defensive actions, using the lock-up of the space, the deployment of the team's defensive players, and Yang Feng's own destruction of the opponent's pass at the first time. Although Manchester City's offensive is raging, there are actually not many good offensive opportunities.

It was another victory that relied on offense in the first half and relied on defense in the second half. It was another 2-1 score. Perhaps no one thought that Liverpool could win the away game against two giants teams in a row. Two victories.

Even the second-ranked Manchester City can't stop Liverpool's progress in their devil's home court, so who can stop Liverpool today?

West Bromwich Albion is clearly not the team that can stop Liverpool today.

At Anfield Stadium, Liverpool achieved their four consecutive victories in the league with a hearty 3-0 victory, which also proved that Liverpool, which has found the right way forward, is so unstoppable!