Football’s First Defender

After losing to Southampton as a guest, for Liverpool players, they began to bear more pressure on their record.

Everyone is speechless about the instability of this Liverpool team.

He was able to play back and forth with a top European team like Bayern in two rounds.

It can also be in the league, facing the underdogs in the relegation zone, they frequently lose points.

Of course, the reason for the poor performance in the league can be regarded as the reason why the Liverpool team itself does not have enough personnel reserves.

Because there are not enough strong substitute players, the team cannot have enough personnel to adopt in the team rotation in continuous battles, resulting in the team always being in the next game after a fierce battle. To the game, immediately played abnormally.

Fortunately, the Champions League schedule is over for Liverpool, and Liverpool has also been eliminated from the two domestic cup competitions earlier, so in this league sprint stage, Liverpool can concentrate on one front in the league to compete for the qualification for the Champions League.

Even though the away performance in these few rounds of the league was not good, after a week-long interval between games, the Liverpool players had recovered enough energy and recovered their physical fitness. Although it was another away game, they also challenged the relegation zone team. pull.

But this time, even though Villa played crazily at home, Liverpool did not give Villa too many opportunities.

It's not that Liverpool's defense has improved too much in the previous games, but Liverpool's offense, which blossomed early this time, made Villa have to give up the iron barrel formation and attack at home.

After Liverpool took the lead, the game was much simpler. Without the protection of the iron barrel, in the confrontation between the two sides, Liverpool must be better.

The away game was 3 to 1. Although Villa scored a goal and failed to complete a zero seal, Liverpool still easily took away three points away, and firmly held the initiative to compete for the Champions League qualification in their own hands.

The player who performed the best in this game is naturally Gerrard who scored twice.

In the game, Gerrard made a wonderful 30-meter long-range shot, which gave Liverpool the lead in just ten minutes of the game, causing Villa's defensive system at home to collapse instantly, and they had to come out to fight Liverpool.

Afterwards, when Villa chased the score to 1 to 2 and got a little momentum, Gerrard was in the penalty area again, and he made a clever supplementary shot, completely sealing the victory for Liverpool.

The old captain Gerrard used his excellent and stable performance to prove that even though he is an old player, he can still dedicate more light and heat to Liverpool.

A league victory has effectively alleviated the negative psychology of Liverpool's recent unsatisfactory results in many games, allowing everyone to regain their normal mental state and play a better state in the game.

For Liverpool players, there is enough time to rest and recover, and for Liverpool coaches, there is finally more, enough time to study and focus on their opponents. Tactical preparation.

In the 32nd round of the league, Liverpool, who returned to their home court, faced the blockade of West Ham United. With the only goal of the game scored by Suarez in the 77th minute, Liverpool made a thrilling 1-0 victory and won two consecutive victories.

In this game, with the current league rankings, West Ham United, which should have nothing to desire, has shown its best competitive state and wants to cause trouble for Liverpool in the away game.

In the previous 6 away games, a total of 15 goals were scored, and they lost to such strong teams as Chelsea and Arsenal. At Anfield, they uncharacteristically put up an iron bucket formation and stuck to their own half. On the field, even the counterattack is a luck-trying counterattack by one or two people.

Liverpool, who had no worries about the defense, continued to deploy manpower to increase the offensive end, but they never created too good offensive opportunities.

Liverpool, who scored 13 shots in the half, had an absolute advantage in possession of the ball, but did not create a truly threatening attack.

Most of them are long-range shots from the outside, and under the interference of the opponent's defense, the headers that are barely completed are not too threatening to grab the goal.

In the second half of the game, Rodgers began to make substitutions and adjustments. Coutinho first replaced Lucas to further enhance the team's midfield offensive power and long-range threat.

Afterwards, Sterling, who was faster and more capable of tearing the defense from the side, was used to replace Downing's position on the right.

Although the appearance of the two young men has weakened Liverpool's ability to control the scene, the explosive power of the offense has been greatly enhanced.

In particular, both of them have a good ability to hold the ball and break through. One relies on technology on the left, and the other relies on speed on the right. Different offensive styles are a huge test for West Ham's overall defense.

In the end, relying on Coutinho's wonderful personal breakthrough, he forcibly created a gap for West Ham United's defense. When the visiting team's defensive players concentrated on Coutinho's side, they blocked it.

Coutinho slid a wonderful diagonal through ball into the empty space inside the West Ham penalty area.

Suarez's follow-up did not waste such a rare offensive opportunity, he succeeded with a low shot and scored for Liverpool.

In the following games, Liverpool, who scored a goal, can fully grasp their lead and win the game.

However, after the game, Rodgers considered that the recent team schedule did not have so many strong teams, so in order to avoid the opponent's iron barrel formation, like this game, Liverpool consumed too much offensive time. , Rodgers feels that when facing underdogs, it is necessary to dispatch a more aggressive starting lineup so that one's side can use better offensive firepower. Counterattack or lead the snake out of the hole afterwards and score more goals.

As for the team's defense after strengthening the offensive players, it would be good to learn from Dalglish last season and give Yang Feng more defensive responsibilities.

In an away game against Reading, which is the last in the league and has only theoretical hope of relegation, Rogers sent a very inclined starting lineup.

Lucas, who has always been in charge of midfield defense, was placed on the bench.

Rodgers sent Coutinho, Henderson, and Gerrard, three midfielders who can play a role on the offensive end.

At the cost of sacrificing a certain midfield interception ability, the offensive ability of the team's midfield has been further improved.

As for the selection of the three forwards, Suarez and Sturridge's positions remain unchanged. For the selection of the right winger, Rodgers began to use Sterling, who has a better understanding with Coutinho.

In fact, Sterling and Downing have their own style characteristics, which are enough for Liverpool's right-wing offensive, but in terms of cooperation with the midfielder, Sterling and Coutinho have a better tacit understanding and can form Better chemistry on offense.

Although Downing and Joe Allen on the bench are also very good on the court, but Rogers, who is more inclined to use Coutinho to break through, score the ball, and long-range shooting ability, of course chooses to use Coutinho and Sterling. The combination of Lin.

And when Liverpool's lineup with explosive attack power, facing Reading, who chose to take the initiative to attack in order to get 3 points, directly played the game at halftime.

3-0 at halftime and 5-0 at full-time, Liverpool used explosive offensive firepower to directly beat Reading without any temper.

However, the strong suppression on the offensive end did not cause too many problems in Liverpool's defense. Yang Feng's defense and the central defense formed by Skrtel are still stable. Facing this kind of underdog team, it is not so delicate. Yang Feng and Skrtel relied on their excellent defense to keep a clean sheet.

This big victory made countless people feel a little familiar. On the offensive end, they tried their best to increase offensive players, and on the defensive end, they relied on the performance of Yang Feng and a few players. The dishes are very similar to Liverpool.

However, compared with that Liverpool team, today's team already has a richer tactical system as support, and is capable of achieving better results in strong duels.

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