Football’s First Defender

Lewandowski's attack was blocked, which seriously affected Bayern's scoring efficiency in front of the goal.

Although Bayern is a team with strong overall offensive ability, it has to be said that with the arrival of Lewandowski, such an efficient and comprehensive shooter has naturally become the absolute core and fulcrum player of Bayern's frontcourt attack .

A lot of Bayern's tactics are arranged with Lewandowski as the end point of the stadium.

This also made it difficult for Bayern to regain their offensive momentum when they suddenly discovered that most of their passes into the penalty area did not have very good results at all.

Lewandowski was restricted by Yang Feng, and Muller didn't have a good way to show his offensive ability when he was defending intensively in Liverpool's penalty area.

In the game, the offense and defense are exchanged, but the superior side still does not have a good chance to create enough threats.

Bayern needs away goals, and Liverpool is not satisfied with a two-goal lead. The two sides fought fiercely on the field.

In the second half of the game, although the two sides still did not score a goal, on the scene, the fast offense and defense back and forth between the two teams also made the fans forget the passage of time in the game.

Before you know it, the game has entered 80 minutes.

For Liverpool, due to their tight tactics in the frontcourt, it is inevitable that most of the players have reached their physical limits at the last moment of the game.

Rogers' substitution adjustments were only made twice. When facing a strong opponent like Bayern, Rogers also needs to leave a backhand to face emergencies on the field.

Even with the replacement of Gerrard and Lovren to strengthen the defense of the midfield, Liverpool's side defense is still shaky.

Ribery's breakthrough and Alaba's forward drive. In the final stage, even though Liverpool began to mobilize more defensive forces and concentrate them on the wing, they still could not form enough defensive strength to limit Bayern's attack.

For Bayern, at the last moment, Guardiola also continued to make substitutions and adjustments to further strengthen the team's offense.

Gotze, Pizarro, and Shaqiri were all replaced one by one to continue to strengthen Bayern's ability to break through from the side and grab points in the middle.

At the final decisive moment, Guardiola simply abandoned the team's pass and control system to the greatest extent, which is to play on the wing, mainly relying on wing breakthroughs and crosses to pass the ball directly into Liverpool's penalty area. A non-pass control method for decisive battles in the final stage.

And Liverpool, being crushed in their own half by Bayern's offense, has not played a threatening counterattack for a long time.

However, after Sturridge left the field, Sterling, who was at the forefront of the offensive line, has been actively participating in the team's defense, but he has not forgotten his offensive responsibilities.

During the empty period when Bayern was preparing to serve a set kick in the frontcourt, Sterling, who was in charge of defending Bayern's peripheral players, bent over and gasped, but stared firmly at the direction of Bayern's half-court.

After staring at Bayern's two central defenders who stepped forward to defend, Bernat and Lahm were in charge of the defensive area.

In the previous games, the two also ran back and forth and were in a very tired state.

Although I dare not be careless, Liverpool has not counterattacked for a long time, which also prevents the two from actively taking small steps and maintaining a state of motion.

And also bent over, while reserving physical strength, preparing for the final stage, continue to do their best to launch the impact.

Sterling was wandering among Bayern's players who didn't serve on the perimeter.

Although it seems to be strolling in the garden, Sterling hides a heart of making contributions under the calm surface.

He is always ready, as long as he has the opportunity, he will immediately burst out all his energy, get rid of the people in front of him in an instant, and attack the Bayern players who are responsible for delaying the defense with all his strength.

There is enough space, and Sterling believes in his teammates and can pass a very good ball to himself.

And I just need to run to the position when the time comes.

Gotze's pass into the penalty area, trying to find Lewandowski who suddenly moved forward.

However, Yang Feng maintained his excellent defensive prediction ability as always.

Although Lewandowski's movement was somewhat sudden this time under the cover of his teammates, he still couldn't get rid of Yang Feng.

Yang Feng stared at the ball and went to the defensive position.

He even chose a better jumping position than Lewandowski. Yang Feng, who had the advantage of the position, directly cleared the ball accurately.

Gerrard, outside the penalty area, after receiving Yang Feng's header to clear the siege, he aimed at Sterling, who had already advanced quickly, and sent a long pass.

Gerrard, who came off the bench, naturally focused much more than other players who played almost the entire game. Gerrard could see clearly the openings in Bayern's defense and passed accurately.

Sterling took the lead in sprinting, and it was Sterling who faced Lahm again. However, Lahm was obviously out of stamina and had no power to parry Sterling's impact.

Combining Sterling's speed and physical confrontation, he directly grabbed the advantageous position for receiving the ball. After unloading the ball brilliantly, Sterling immediately accelerated.

Forcibly attacking Lahm's defense, Sterling seized this opportunity to counterattack and directly entered the penalty area.

Facing the attacking Neuer, Sterling hit the goal early this time.

The goal that flew to the far corner made Neuer's defense fail to stop the football.

3 to 0!

Liverpool extended their lead to 3 goals!

The fans at the scene burst into enthusiastic cheers, celebrating Liverpool's big lead.

Liverpool with a three-goal lead made everyone watching the game full of confidence for the game a week later. After all, the three-goal advantage is there. If Liverpool can score an away goal by then, then Bayern needs to score at least Liverpool. five balls.

With Liverpool currently showing excellent form on both ends of the offense and defense, Bayern's knockout round may be really bad luck.

However, in a football game, you never know what will happen until the moment the game is over.

Just as the Liverpool fans were still immersed in the atmosphere of celebration, Bayern's offense gave everyone a big blow.

Bayern is not an ordinary team to be trampled upon.

Shortly after the game restarted, Bayern played a wonderful combination from the right.

Gotze, who came off the bench, sent a precise through ball to find Shaqiri, who also came off the bench.

Shaqiri broke through directly from the bottom on the right. Shaqiri, whose height is not much different from Moreno who defended him, has a stronger body.

Shaqiri directly relied on his weight, ran over Moreno, and completed the cross from the bottom.

In the penalty zone, although Lewandowski was stared at by Yang Feng, Lewandowski also firmly bound Yang Feng to himself, leaving Yang Feng with no spare energy to defend.

Although Muller's rush to the top at the front point did not score a goal, it also formed a de facto header relay.

The veteran Pizarro succeeded in eating cakes in the penalty area.

Everyone was attracted by Muller at the front point, but Pizarro was in the middle, easily completed the header relay and shook his head to attack the goal.

Mignolet's save did not touch the football.

3 to 1!

Bayern quickly pulled back a goal!

Although there is still a gap of two goals, an away goal and a 3-1 score are definitely much better than 2-0 for Manchester City.

In the end, neither team had the energy to rewrite the score, and the score of 3 to 1 was maintained until the end.

Liverpool could have come close to securing the victory at home, but an excellent defensive line made mistakes at the last minute, giving Bayern greater expectations.

A week later, the second round will move to the Allianz Arena, and there will be more highlights...