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The goal that broke the deadlock started with Liverpool controlling the second point on the periphery.

In this free kick tactic, Liverpool's Henderson was responsible for receiving the ball at the second point on the outside, but the ball rebounded from the point of impact, making it impossible for Henderson to directly catch the ball. After the second landing point, complete the long-range shot from the outside.

Henderson immediately made adjustments to stop the ball, but Everton's defense expanded quickly, forcing Henderson to turn around and retreat with the ball while observing the situation on the field as far as he could see.

Henderson suddenly made a through ball, passed the ball accurately past the defensive player, and passed it to the bottom line on the right side of Everton's penalty area.

Milner, who had previously gone to the penalty area to compete for the top, now retreated and inserted directly into Everton's penalty area knowingly.

Before the ball goes out of the baseline, catch the football and pass it to the goal with one kick.

Yang Feng followed up in the middle!

Yang Feng, who was already preparing to retreat, watched Henderson control the second landing point, complete the pass, and re-enter the penalty area.

At this time, Lukaku, who was defending next to Yang Feng before, had already invested in the team's forward attack, while the backup players were in a panic, and it was obvious that no one came to defend Yang Feng.

Like a high center forward, Yang Feng quickly ran to the front point. Only then did Everton's defense react. Jagielka came to make up the defense, but it was too late.

Yang Feng, who started running, directly faced Milner's fast and low pass from the wing, and hit the goal with a shot from the front point.

This goal kick is extremely fast, with excellent power and angle control, and the ball flies directly into the goal from the near post.

1-0, Yang Feng opened the scoring for Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby.

After Liverpool took the lead, it obviously stimulated the Everton players on the field and the diehard Everton fans in the stands.

In recent seasons, Everton has always been the background board of post-match reports in the Merseyside Derby.

Coupled with the fact that Liverpool got rid of the sinking and returned to glory, the pressure on the rivals Everton in the same city is too great.

They want to get rid of Liverpool's shadow and want to prove the strength of their team.

Everton began to invest heavily on the offensive end, increasing the number of attacks, and striving to equalize the score early.

On the offensive end, Everton began to gradually invest more personnel in anticipation of better offensive opportunities.

And Everton's offense is no longer sticking to the rules, but has begun to use the personal abilities of some players to seek changes on the offensive end.

For Everton, in the frontcourt offense, the most reliable is the "little monster" Lukaku.

Lukaku's comprehensive offensive ability has been fully reflected in the game.

Barry sent a long-distance through pass directly in the backcourt.

Except for Lukaku in the frontcourt, there were no other players to respond, and the ball was passed directly to the depths of the left wing.

On the other hand, Lukaku took advantage of his physical confrontation and speed, pulled directly to the side, threw away Skrtel, and completed the catch.

Lukaku's outstanding strength is that he can not only destroy the team for the team at the center position, but occasionally in the game, pull the side attack, and can also make a huge contribution to the team.

This time receiving the ball on the wing, Lukaku showed his excellent foot skills on the wing in the face of Skrtel who was following up.

Facing Sktel's defense head-on, Lukaku can even make a cycling action during the game to seek to directly break through Sktel's defense.

In fact, in the face of Lukaku's breakthrough, Skrtel still failed to complete a successful defense in the end.

After Lukaku's continuous feint of stepping on the bicycle, he suddenly changed direction and accelerated to the right, and he took the lead in terms of body position.

After that, Lukaku, who got the passing space, directly kicked the ball low and passed the ball to the center of Liverpool's penalty area.

It was Barkley who followed up.

Barkley volleyed the ball, but it missed a little. The ball roared out and flew out of the baseline, scaring the Liverpool players into a cold sweat.

Everton's offensive has continued, and for Liverpool, at this time, they can only try their best to do their best on the defensive end, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

However, Everton, which is playing at home, still has quite strong offensive firepower under the blessing of a good offensive state recently.

In the 27th minute of the first half of the game.

The Everton midfielder organizes the attacking phase.

After Lukaku retreated to receive the ball, he had no chance to attack directly, but chose to pass the ball to Barkley.

After Barkley received the ball, he was immediately surrounded by two Liverpool defenders.

But young Barkley was daring.

A sudden pull to get rid of the ball in the middle of the move directly avoided Milner's grab.

It's just that although Barkley's idea was good, it was blocked by Henderson's shovel and could not make a further breakthrough.

But the referee Atkinson whistled and gave Everton a free kick in the frontcourt.

This free kick opportunity close to the right and over 35 meters is not suitable for hitting the goal directly due to the angle.

However, Everton still seized this opportunity to set the ball, and five offensive players lined up on the line of Liverpool's penalty area.

Moreover, the distance between the players is huge, with 5 players in the horizontal direction stretching a distance of nearly 20 meters, so that the Liverpool players can only defend by man-to-man. It is not known where Everton's passing direction is.

Lukaku is naturally the key player to mark. Yang Feng is close to Lukaku in the back position, just to limit Lukaku's header.

It was Barkley who took the free kick.

After the run-up, Barkley kicked an elevator ball directly, with great force and extremely fast ball speed.

The ball went straight to the goal.

But this ball was not a direct long-range shot, but due to long-distance reasons, the football had already fallen quickly before the small penalty area.

However, thanks to Lukaku, Jajelka rushed to the back position.

Murray's forward rush in the forward position also attracted the attention of Liverpool's defensive players.

But the real target of this ball is Naismith in the middle.

In Liverpool's defensive arrangement, they focused on marking Everton's high points, but ignored the threat of Naismith.

Naismith, who quickly advanced in the middle, directly got rid of Henderson's marking.

Rushing forward to the small penalty area line, Naismith leaped high, directly dived to the top, and headed the ball towards the goal.

"Nay Smith in the middle!"

"Dive to the top!"

"Header!"

"GOAL!!!"

"Goal in, Naismith, took advantage of a free-kick, seized Liverpool's defensive space, finished the top of the goal and equalized the score for Everton."

Klopp on the sidelines also felt aggrieved looking at the Everton players celebrating their goals.

This time, Everton directly scored a goal with a simple free kick. It can only be said that Liverpool's defense itself has a huge problem.

Of course, Henderson should bear the primary responsibility. He missed the man directly, and was completely freed by Naismith, completing the header this time.

However, Mignolet, who is in the goalkeeper position, also has to bear certain responsibilities.

You know, although the free kick from Barkley is fast, the distance is there.

For this pass that landed near the penalty area line, Mignolet, as the goalkeeper, did not choose to attack and catch the ball, but stayed on the goal line honestly. • Smith's header chance this time.

The combined mistakes of the two players made Everton's ultra-long free kick that shouldn't be too threatening this time directly caused the goal to be scored...