Football’s First Defender

The Jie team, who is used to coming off the bench to make contributions, used a long shot to help Liverpool seal the victory.

The Manchester United players who had a certain momentum before and worked very hard on the defensive end have begun to feel depressed after Liverpool scored two consecutive goals.

This is the biggest problem for Manchester United after Ferguson retired. The team did not have the iron-blooded spirit of the Red Devils in the past.

Anyone can play downwind, and they can all play well.

But when the team falls behind, the Manchester United players will actually be seriously affected.

And this kind of gap of more than two goals will make many players lose their hope of regaining their disadvantage on the court.

Unable to fight tough battles and unable to withstand headwinds, this Manchester United team has better exposure, but it has lost the spirit of the year.

The same is true in this game. Although there is still time for the game, after being led by Liverpool at home by two goals, the Manchester United players who fought in a single line feel more tired than the Liverpool players.

If it is said that Liverpool still needs to rely on many backcourt passes during the game to save energy as much as possible and prepare for subsequent games.

As for Manchester United, in the absence of other events, the team actually ran less than Liverpool players at the last moment of the game.

This also makes it quite easy for Liverpool to use the inverted ball in the backcourt, consuming a lot of game time.

In the end, the score of 2 to 0 was maintained until the end. Liverpool, who had recovered, won again in the double red meeting, and it was almost without any suspense, winning under the pressure of the whole audience.

After defeating Manchester United, Liverpool's next opponent is equally strong.

A week later, Liverpool was a guest in London, away to Arsenal.

After Liverpool beat Manchester United last week, they did Arsenal a big favor. In the tense four-game battle, Arsenal, ranked fourth, took advantage of the fact that Manchester United, ranked fifth, lost to Liverpool and continued to expand the standings. The gap between them and the initiative to compete for the Champions League qualification are firmly in the hands of Arsenal.

However, this time, the direct match between Liverpool and Arsenal caused Manchester United to have some entanglements.

As far as the team is concerned, the grievances between Liverpool and Manchester United make the last thing Manchester United players want is for Liverpool to win consecutive league championships and regain their former glory.

However, if Liverpool does not beat Arsenal, Arsenal will continue to score points. If the gap between Manchester United and Arsenal cannot be narrowed, then Manchester United, which has once again lost the qualification for the Champions League, will be under tremendous financial pressure.

It's just that Manchester United fans don't have much time to struggle.

Just 7 minutes into the game, Liverpool took the lead against Arsenal.

Balotelli, who started the game today, received a precise through ball from Coutinho in the penalty area after a successful press from Liverpool's frontcourt.

Balotelli, catching up with the ball, did not need to make too many adjustments, and directly volleyed in the opposite direction and hit the goal.

The ball went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal.

Szczesny's fall to the ground sideways, but compared to Balotelli's fast goal kick, Szczesny's fall speed is really "too slow", the ball is one step ahead of Szczes Before Ni fell to the ground, into the goal.

Balotelli, a freshman in Liverpool, although he didn't play much time, but Balotelli found the rhythm of the game in the second half of the league, and he was always able to seize the limited performance time to provide Liverpool with more offense. s help.

In the away game, Liverpool first scored in a blitz, which is definitely not good news for Arsenal.

Although Arsenal's scumbag defense is expected by everyone, they can usually rely on the team's strong offense to pull back the lagging score. Now facing Liverpool's defense, can Arsenal maintain a strong offensive firepower on the offensive end? ?

Indeed, Arsenal, sitting at the Emirates Stadium, amidst the cheers and cheers of the fans on the scene, even faced Liverpool's fierce frontcourt press, except for the pass error before losing the ball and being intercepted, Arsenal Players, it is quite good to break Liverpool's frontcourt press.

This also allows Arsenal to occupy more ball possessions and have a more calm offensive organization.

It's just that Arsenal can spend the midfield, occupy the ball, and control Liverpool's half-court to make a fuss.

But when he finally wanted to send the ball into the 30-meter danger zone, he was blocked by the Liverpool defense line.

Liverpool did a very good job of defending their positions in today's game.

The team is linked together, and even today's configuration of three midfielders, Henderson, Lucas, and Emre Can all have quite strong defensive attributes.

Bashen, Coutinho, and Sterling used their active running and pressing to form the harassment of the first line of defense.

The combination of the three defensive midfielders focuses on several of Arsenal's offensive strengths and completely restricts the opponent's breakthrough from the middle.

And the defense, under the leadership of Yang Feng, built Liverpool's penalty area defense to be watertight, and did not give Arsenal any space to intersperse.

Ozil, who has a strong head, constantly wants to send the ball into Liverpool's penalty area.

But for Ozil's passing route, Yang Feng, who has time to study more before the game, has a very good ability to predict.

After all, everyone knows that Ozil himself can't shoot. This is an important defensive option for any defender. For Yang Feng, Ozil, who is not threatening to hit the goal, just needs to block him. The passing route can easily complete the defense.

Ozil and Sanchez, two players who relied on their technical ability to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Arsenal's offense, did not perform well under Yang Feng's defense and supplementary defense. Naturally, Arsenal's offense was fully restricted.

Empty has possession of the ball, but no goal threat.

Under the pressure of Liverpool's three midfielders, Liverpool even gave very few long-range shots. In the dangerous area, Arsenal had almost no room for long-range shots.

And for shots from a longer distance, Mignolet will naturally not make a big mistake in the face of such a non-threatening shot without a "butter hand".

Liverpool, which focuses on offense, rarely showed a defensive performance, but was hit by Arsenal.

Confrontation is false, defense is true.

It can only be said that Arsenal's own defensive ability is too poor, and Liverpool scored an early goal, so that Liverpool can be so unscrupulous in the game, after taking the lead, they can safely launch a comprehensive defense.

Moreover, Liverpool also has a very strong counterattack ability. Whether it is Sterling or Coutinho, they can rely on their personal abilities to complete the task of counterattack advancement, while Balotelli in front only needs to act as his own shooter. Responsibility, just be ready to answer the door.

Liverpool relied on counterattack threats to constrain Arsenal's offense, and Arsenal themselves were unable to break Liverpool's defense without daring to attack with all their strength.

The score of 1 to 0 persisted like this, when Wenger had to replace Giroud and others in the last half hour, preparing to use the traditional British style of play and try high-altitude bombing.

Liverpool replaced Lovren, directly sacrificed five defenders, and all retreated. The 541 lineup further improved the defense.

In the end, Arsenal had 17 shots at home, but only 5 shots were on target, and almost all of them were long-range shots. There was no way to score.

Liverpool, on the other hand, used their own defense to win another strong duel.

Facing Manchester United and Arsenal one after another, with zero seals in two consecutive games, Yang Feng and his defensive teammates used their outstanding performance to defend the team's Premier League title and made their own efforts.