Football’s First Defender

In the penultimate round of the league, Liverpool went to London to challenge the mid-range team Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace is the kind of team that ranks in the middle of the league and loses the league goal early.

However, Crystal Palace, which has been "on vacation" and "playing" several games, seems quite interested in playing the role of "shit stirrer".

Whether it is a player or a coach, it is clear before the game that they must fully demonstrate themselves in front of Liverpool.

Liverpool's away game to London is not easy.

Although Crystal Palace's home record is not too good, the record of 8 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses cannot be said to be extremely impressive.

However, there are few draws, which means that the probability of winning or losing is high. The change of direction shows that Crystal Palace is the kind of team that doesn't kill you, you kill me.

Any team encountering Crystal Palace, especially at their home court, must be careful of Crystal Palace and go crazy directly in the game.

Crystal Palace is at their home court this season, but they have defeated Chelsea and Manchester United one after another. It can be seen that their players, in the league environment with no desires and no desires, still very much want to play in this kind of game with more spectators. Brush your own sense of existence.

Every enterprising player just uses the Crystal Palace as a springboard. They want to use the shortest time to complete the "leveling" in the Crystal Palace and go to a bigger giant and a better team.

Now Liverpool are only two points ahead of Manchester City behind them, and Manchester City, relying on the same terrifying offensive firepower of the team, leads Liverpool in terms of goal difference.

With two rounds left in the league, Liverpool has an unbeaten record and a goal difference of only 54 goals, while Manchester City's goal difference has reached a terrifying 62 goals.

It can be seen how many big-score victories Manchester City has won throughout the season.

Was questioned at the beginning, this kind of inhumane approach, but now it can be regarded as a slight advantage for Manchester City.

Liverpool cannot tolerate a tie with Manchester City, unless Liverpool can use two rounds to smooth out the 8 goal difference.

For Manchester City, as a chaser now, although they are two points behind, as long as they continue to maintain a winning streak, and Liverpool makes a mistake in even one game and fails to win, even if they get a draw, Manchester City will eventually reverse and win the championship.

Unbeaten in 38 rounds, the runner-up, Liverpool can't bear such irony now.

Even if they can't win from Chelsea, at least their unbeaten record is maintained. What Liverpool have to do is to strive to win all the remaining two games and not leave any chance for their opponents.

In an away game, Rodgers, who needs to win, will send Sturridge, who has fully recovered, to the field.

The "3S" striker combination, plus Coutinho, Gerrard, Lucas' midfielder, and the team's defense line that has remained unchanged, Liverpool will directly accept the game in the away game.

Although Crystal Palace declared before the game that they would cause trouble for Liverpool, Liverpool easily took the absolute advantage on the scene at the beginning of the game.

Crystal Palace originally knew that defense was not their strong point and wanted to fight Liverpool.

However, Liverpool's oppressive offense and the tight defense in the frontcourt disrupted Crystal Palace's wishful thinking.

Liverpool used wave after wave of offensives to make Crystal Palace give up their unrealistic fantasies, and instead had to do a good job of defending first.

As for Liverpool, Yang Feng restricted Crystal Palace's possible counterattacks on the back line.

In the 21st minute of the game, Liverpool, who had always held the offensive initiative, finally broke the deadlock on the field.

Gerrard's corner kick was taken, and Yang Feng's header after a vertical take-off in the middle gave an excellent shot angle and passed through the home team's goalkeeper's ten fingers, helping the team temporarily take the lead 1-0.

The goal is scored first, and the rest is very simple.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Sturridge and Sterling completed the exchange in Liverpool's frontcourt attack.

Sturridge, who suddenly came to the right, did not directly choose to go to the bottom like Sterling after receiving a pass from Coutinho. Instead, he moved laterally with the ball in front of the penalty area.

Originally, the defensive players of Crystal Palace kept up the defense, but with Coutinho interspersed and Suarez's running position in the penalty area, the home team players were involved in the defensive attention of Sturridge.

Sturridge caught the opening of the opponent's defense line, suddenly started to speed up, and after taking an extra step, he directly volleyed with his left foot and forced a shot from outside the penalty area.

A low ball was played, the speed of the ball was not fast, but the angle was extremely tricky, which made the goalkeeper's save of the home team futile.

2 to 0, Liverpool's away game further expanded its lead.

With a 2-0 lead, Liverpool already has some chances of winning. What they need to do next is to stabilize the situation in Pisa, win this game, and then return to the home court. If they win, they can win the championship...

In the second half of the game, although Liverpool's offense was much weaker than before, it was still able to create a very threatening offense.

In the 58th minute of the game, Liverpool played an exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt.

Suarez, Coutinho and Sturridge passed consecutively. In the end, Coutinho made a direct pass to find Sturridge in the penalty area.

Sturridge caught the ball with his back and leaned against the opponent's central defender, but he didn't turn around and hit the goal directly. Instead, he flicked the ball horizontally. Suarez took advantage of the situation and took the ball. After catching the ball, he went directly into the small penalty area .

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Suarez calmly shot low and passed through the goalkeeper's wicket, extending the score to 3-0 for Liverpool!

Liverpool have almost sealed the victory.

Countless people think that Liverpool, which has a three-goal lead, has stabilized, but the home team, which has just woken up from a dream, has since made a series of substitutions and adjustments in the midfield to enhance the team's offensive ability.

Perhaps the original thought was just to allow the team to score goals and save some face in the last home game of the season.

However, the sudden outbreak of Crystal Palace's substitute striker almost caused Liverpool to suffer a big loss in the away game.

In the 76th minute of the game, the young forward Gail, who came off the bench, suddenly kicked the goal after receiving the ball from outside the penalty area.

It was not too threatening a long-range shot to hit the goal, but because it hit Sktel who was defending in the penalty area, he changed direction and flew into the goal.

1 to 3! Crystal Palace pulled one back.

Originally, the difference of two goals could still allow Liverpool to do well in the following games.

However, in the 82nd minute, Crystal Palace's offensive came back.

A long pass from the midfielder of the home team passed through the chest of Crystal Palace midfielder Delaney and pushed the ball into the Liverpool penalty area.

Gail's clever movement appeared directly beside Skrtel, and Yang Feng's supplementary defense was not in place, and Gail had already taken the lead to complete the goal.

2 to 3!

After Gail played, he scored twice, giving the home team hope again.

It also allowed Liverpool players to suffer the greatest defensive pressure in the last 10 minutes.

Leading by three goals, if they are equalized again, Liverpool can't afford such a result...

Fortunately, Yang Feng finally led the team and built an impregnable defense line.

Following Gail's long-range shot in stoppage time, Yang Feng, who came out of the supplementary defense, directly stretched his legs to intercept. This is the most important away game for Liverpool, and finally scored 3 points safely!

The team will return to Anfield to face the last opponent in the league and the last battle on the way to the championship...