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Liverpool have finally found their game in the league.

Moreover, after defeating Chelsea before and achieving consecutive victories, although Liverpool still has a big gap in the standings, but in a league with such fierce competition in the Premier League, Chelsea may not be immune to mistakes, and Liverpool can only do so. What needs to be done is to continue to strive for victory, and to further narrow the point difference when Chelsea failed to score 3 points.

December, for Liverpool, is definitely a severe test for the physical fitness of the players.

From December 4th to January 1st, in all competitions, Liverpool will play 8 consecutive games in 28 days, with an average of two games a week, and each week is a double match a week.

In the difficult first game in December, Liverpool challenged Leicester City, the deputy squad leader of the league.

As the champion of the British Championship last season, Leicester City directly became the favorite for relegation after being directly promoted to the Premier League in the new season due to "unfavorable signings". The current situation of the season is also the same. Leicester City, ranked last in the league, is only 3 points away from the relegation zone, but the team background is not enough, the players' personal ability is not enough, and in a state where one win is hard to come by, naturally they don't have enough strength. to get better results.

Leicester City, who are playing at home, continued their 442 lineup.

The team's double forwards, Vardy and Ulloa are both point-grabbing forwards, and they are both extremely good at scoring headers.

The home team continued to focus on the "heroic" style of play in which crosses from the wing and grab points in the center.

Not to mention, although this style of play does not have that much technical content, it is just that when luck is good, it can really create an advantage.

Yang Feng and Koster's defense in the open battle is not bad, but when the home team uses the wing to make a fuss, there are still a lot of set kicks blocked by the defensive players.

In the 22nd minute of the game, the home team's second corner kick opportunity exposed the overall lack of height of Liverpool's defense.

With Vardy and Ulloa themselves putting enough pressure on Liverpool, Leicester central defender Morgan, facing Flanagan's defense, stepped in from the back and scored with a header, opening the scoring for the home team.

Rodgers has nothing to do when the opponent makes such a fuss about his team's height. The team's lineup is built like this, and he can only temporarily endure the disadvantage of set kicks.

After that, Liverpool launched a siege on Leicester, but the home team's tight defense line is united in today's effort to keep the key 3 points on the road to relegation.

For a while, Liverpool's offense did not have a good way. Many sieges failed to achieve the desired effect, and the home team Leicester took the lead and entered the intermission.

Back in the second half of the game, Liverpool continued to suppress Leicester's offense.

Fortunately, today's Liverpool has regained its previous offensive state, not the lackluster attack at the beginning of the season.

In terms of offense, the entire Liverpool team has begun to contribute to the offensive end of the game.

In this game, Yang Feng became the key to Liverpool's break.

In the 54th minute of the game, Liverpool sieged halftime and also created many opportunities for set kicks.

A free kick was taken from the left, and Yang Feng took the lead, rushed to the rear point area, jumped directly into the air to make adjustments, and rushed forward to head the ball.

Little Schmeichel had no time to react, and the ball was directly pushed into the goal by Yang Feng.

1 to 1!

Liverpool equalized the score.

3 points changed to 1 point, the home team was still unwilling, and in the following games, they also organized a certain amount of offense, trying to regain the lead in the score.

But this time, Liverpool was more fully prepared on the defensive end, and when the defense line cleared, it also began to consciously avoid giving the home team a corner kick.

The most important thing is that Leicester's subsequent offense has not yet achieved enough threats, and Liverpool's goal of overtaking the score has already arrived immediately.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Liverpool launched a quick counterattack in the backcourt.

After Henderson received the pass from Yang Feng, he quickly dribbled the ball forward, and in the midfield, after making continuous passes with Sterling and Sturridge, Sturridge finally passed the ball back in the penalty area To follow up Henderson.

Henderson's furious shot from the penalty area line helped Liverpool lead the score 2-1.

Liverpool's sharp offense in the second half seemed to let everyone see the all-conquering Liverpool on the offensive end last season.

Liverpool's excellent offensive state is not over yet. Gerrard, who came off the bench, has gradually adapted to the role of the bench. In the limited half-hour game time, Gerrard can show his full strength outstandingly.

In an attack in a positional battle, Gerrard, who plugged in the attack, reappeared as a flying fairy from outside the sky, and once again pierced Schmeichel's ten fingers with a kick of the world wave.

3 to 1!

Liverpool away to seal the victory.

Liverpool, which is constantly winning, is getting better. Although the team's current style of play has huge requirements on the physical fitness of the players, fortunately, Liverpool's recent opponents are not too strong.

After a proper rotation, Liverpool returned home to face Sunderland, who miraculously relegated at the last moment of last season.

Although Sunderland's tenacious iron barrel defense caused a lot of trouble for Liverpool's offense.

But the final result was good for Liverpool. With the center and frontcourt players resting, Yang Feng once again made contributions to Liverpool by relying on a header in the game.

Yang Feng's offensive ability has been fully developed recently and has become Liverpool's most effective winning weapon at critical moments.

In fact, Yang Feng's threat in set kicks has always existed, but Liverpool had many excellent offensive players before, who could share Yang Feng's offensive threat.

But now, in the set kicks, Yang Feng is almost always the core of the offense. When Sturridge or Balotelli play, they try to move as much as possible to open up space for Yang Feng.

With more offensive opportunities, Yang Feng's header data has naturally improved significantly...

1 to 0, the most practical score, Liverpool beat Sunderland at home, winning five consecutive league victories.

Counting the 3-game winning streak before the upset loss to Newcastle, Liverpool has won 8 games in the last 9 rounds of the Premier League, constantly narrowing the points gap with the top Chelsea.

In the final match of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, Liverpool, who only won the promotion, showed the demeanor of the Premier League defending champion at Anfield at home.

In the battle against Basel, Liverpool, who played at home, had the right time, place and people, and defeated the visiting Basel 5-2 at home.

The two sides played very well on the court, and the investment in the offensive end caused huge problems in the defense of both sides.

However, it is of course Liverpool who create more opportunities and have a stronger ability to grasp opportunities.

In this game, Sterling and Sturridge both scored twice, completely dismantling Basel's defense.

Although Yang Feng was beaten badly by the visiting team when he dug a hole in the midfield facing his teammates, but what I have to say is that Yang Feng and Skrtel only conceded two goals in this game, which is considered to be a good performance .

Basel's offensive power has been fully demonstrated in this game. In terms of offensive strength, it will definitely make all the fans watching the game shine.

After winning this game, Liverpool finally fought hard for 6 games and qualified for the second place in the group, and can participate in the subsequent Champions League knockout rounds.

The consecutive victories have completely brought Liverpool back on track, and they have greater expectations for the future...