Football’s First Defender

Although Manchester United's counterattack was extremely thrilling, Liverpool would not retreat at this time in the game.

The rest of the game was just over head-on.

In the second half of the game, in Liverpool's original plan, it was to take advantage of the physical problems of Manchester United's defense, resulting in lax defense, and take the initiative to attack.

This tactical style of play will be carried out throughout, whether Liverpool is behind, tied, or ahead.

Liverpool will always maintain an offensive posture, focusing on Manchester United's defensive weaknesses in the second half, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, even if Manchester United's offense really penetrates their defense first, then Rogers will recognize it.

Yang Feng's almost own goal just now, although the Liverpool players broke out in a cold sweat, it did not affect the determination of the Red Army players on the field to seize the time to attack.

At this time, the team must be more determined to control the ball in the away game, and use offense to suppress Manchester United's improved momentum amidst the cheers of the home fans.

Leaving the defense completely to the trustworthy Yang Feng, Liverpool's offense is still very brave.

Unlike the tepid Liverpool team in the first half, Liverpool in the second half was more aggressive on the offensive end.

The team's offensive development is very smooth. Since the offense is chosen, the offensive tactics will be implemented to the end.

Sturridge showed excellent competitive form in his first game back to his left wing position after Suarez returned.

Without the opposing team's layers of defense in the middle, Sturridge only needs to face the opponent's defense line alone, and he can fully display his strength.

Sturridge dribbled the ball forward slowly on the left, combined with an emergency stop and a quick start, making Ryan Giggs and Valencia on this side a formidable enemy.

With Jose Enrique resolutely going forward from the rear to take away Giggs' defense for Sturridge, Sturridge suddenly began to speed up his personal offensive rhythm, facing Valencia and launching a personal breakthrough.

Seemingly a breakthrough on the left, and then suddenly chose to cut across, intending to go in the middle and cause chaos in Manchester United's defense.

Valencia's defense this time was still very tight, not too close, which gave him room to react and blocked Sturridge's cross-cutting route very quickly.

However, the change of Sturridge's offensive rhythm was really too fast. After Valencia blocked his forward route, Sturridge made another spike, and he took a small jump on the spot to forcefully change his center of gravity. , go left again.

And without going further, giving Giggs room to defend, Sturridge adjusted his figure and immediately volleyed with his left foot to hit the goal.

Another shot hit the goal within the range of the goal frame. De Gea's number of saves was +1 and he successfully blocked the ball.

The players in Manchester United's penalty area reacted extremely quickly and completed the clearance quickly, without giving Suarez a chance to make a supplementary shot.

Liverpool's offensive continued unabated afterwards.

Moreover, due to Yang Feng's excellent long pass ability, in Liverpool's defensive counterattack organization, Yang Feng can serve as the team's passing point, so that Mid-Autumn players can move forward and participate in the counterattack, making Liverpool invest in the counterattack The number of offenses puts more pressure on Manchester United.

After Jose Enrique successfully blocked a pass from Giggs, he handed the ball to Yang Feng, who was responsible for advancing the counterattack.

Although Van Persie's attack was quick, Yang Feng still completed a well-prepared long pass, and the ball was passed directly to the position in front of Bayern's penalty area.

Suarez chose the best position to grab the spot during the run, and under the interference of Ferdinand, he was still able to complete this time.

Suarez headed the ball to the right, and Sterling, who quickly countered and ran over, took the second spot.

Sterling directly dribbled the ball forward and made full use of his speed advantage.

For a while, Manchester United's defense, no one can go up to interfere with Sterling. The process of Sterling going down is very simple, just need to continue to accelerate.

With a horizontal pass, Sterling swept the ball towards the goal during the run.

Although Manchester United's defensive players returned to the defense quickly, the advantage established by Sterling's speed was too great. When Sterling passed the ball, even if two Manchester United players wanted to block the pass with sliding tackles , but none were encountered.

Fortunately, De Gea's reaction was quick, and he immediately rushed forward, fell to the ground with his arms open, blocked Sterling's cross pass, and did not let the ball fly past the goal, giving Suarez a chance to hit the goal. .

After De Gea's block, the ball was still within the range in front of the goal. In a hurry, Vidic first chose to kick the ball to the side, but the ball was still lacking in power to clear the siege quickly. It turned out that the strength was not enough, and it was not kicked out of bounds.

Instead, Henderson on the right got the spot.

Henderson did not give the Manchester United defenders a chance to press forward. After stopping the ball, he directly made a long pass to Suarez who was still waiting at the back point.

However, in the same rush, Henderson's pass did not control the angle and strength well.

Not to mention that the pass was very floating, and it went straight to the bottom line behind the penalty area and passed.

In this counterattack, Manchester United's defensive players were all concentrated in the middle, running from the back point to the back, and Suarez, who was closer to the bottom line, did not have Manchester United players coming to defend immediately.

Mainly Henderson’s pass, the players on both sides saw it, the ball landed outside the baseline, and Suarez still followed the direction of the ball, chasing the ball, it should be a waste of physical energy, there is no way to get the ball up.

It's just that maybe many fans at the scene couldn't clearly see this wonderful stop, but in the TV broadcast, it happened to be the moment when the close-up shots chased Suarez.

Running at full speed, Suarez jumped straight into the air, stretched his right leg straight forward, raised his toes, and then accurately let the ball falling in the air hit his ankle. The ball was hooked.

The ball was hooked back from the air, while Suarez landed on one leg with his left leg. At the moment when he lost his balance, he barely stabilized his figure, and then used both hands to prop up the ground directly, and completed the rising action in the first time.

After Suarez's coherent movements were completed, the Manchester United players came to help defend as if they had just woken up from a dream.

But the distance is too far, Suarez has plenty of time to prepare and adjust.

In the lower left corner of Manchester United's penalty area, he made a direct pass and passed the ball to the goal.

With such a close pass, there is no interference from defensive players. Suarez's pass angle and strength are well controlled, and he directly found Sturridge on the side of the post behind the goal.

Sturridge jumped high and headed home when it was Carrick who defended him instead of any other tall United player.

"GOAL!!!"

"Sturridge!"

"Headed goal!"

"Overtake the score for Liverpool!"