Football’s First Defender

This is a peak battle that concentrated on the playing styles of the two teams.

Liverpool's offensive methods were fully demonstrated in the game.

Whether it is the small-scale pass and control cooperation in the midfield that Klopp expects, or in the second half of the game, after Benteke came on the field, Liverpool's extremely impactful offensive style on the wing.

Liverpool got quite a lot of offensive opportunities, but they are still on the finish line and lack decisive scoring data.

Leicester City, who played away at Anfield, played Ranieri's defensive philosophy to the fullest in the away game.

Perhaps, the reason why Liverpool can't complete the shot despite so many hits is that on the one hand, Schmeichel's perfect performance on the goal line and many wonderful saves rejected Liverpool's goal.

On the other hand, it is also possible that the Leicester City players' united defense and the active supplementary defense of the players allowed the Liverpool players to create offensive opportunities, but under certain defensive pressure, there is no way to get enough time Make adjustments for the best shot handling.

The visiting team's defense left Liverpool with no shot data, but the score on the field was still 0-0.

If such a game with a huge advantage cannot be won, it will actually be a considerable blow to Liverpool.

Klopp on the sidelines is also thinking of a way. He doesn't want to let the opponent retreat in his own home in this head-to-head confrontation with the top team to close the points gap.

Klopp needs victories, and he needs more victories to establish his absolute authority in Liverpool's first season.

"Liverpool made another substitution adjustment."

"Lallana was replaced by Danny Ings."

"At the same time, Milner was also replaced, and Emre Can replaced him. Liverpool will start the final decisive battle in the last 20 minutes."

Liverpool is definitely not satisfied with a 0-0 draw. Even at the risk of being counterattacked by the defense, Liverpool also wants to try to score goals and try to win in the game.

"Coutinho again."

"A powerful shot from long distance, but still no way to score."

"Little Schmeichel, today's performance is really outstanding."

"Coutinho hit a lot of threatening long-range shots in this game, but he just couldn't get past Schmeichel's ten fingers and scored a goal."

When facing a goalkeeper and hanging on the goal line, even if the offensive player hits the goal with an excellent long shot, due to the increase in distance, it still cannot have much impact on the goalkeeper.

What Liverpool need now is to be in the game, to be closer to the goal, to create chances, to complete the shot attempts, to complete the goal.

However, this requires Liverpool's offensive attempt to cross the iron barrel defense line composed of Leicester City players in the penalty area and get a chance to hit the goal in the penalty area.

This is not an easy task.

Just as Liverpool continued to attack Leicester City's defense line, the visiting team's counterattack also began to continue at the last moment of the game.

You know, what Leicester City is best at is to score goals at the last moment of the game. When the opponent is exhausted but still presses to attack, the combination of Mahrez and Vardy can always explode Use your best energy to create a counterattack threat.

In the 75th minute of the game, Leicester City finally made another threatening counterattack in the second half.

This time, Mahrez was the starting point for the counterattack. In the process of advancing, Yang Feng was hindered. There was no way to play the counterattack immediately. Leicester City did not end hastily.

But in the game, began to patiently organize an attack.

Kanter and Mahrez completed consecutive short passes in the midfield. After attracting Liverpool's defensive attention with a personal breakthrough, Mahrez directly scored the ball diagonally during the game and gave the ball to left.

Fuchs, the left back, quickly stepped forward to respond.

A direct 45-degree cross from the left into the penalty area.

There was no option for a lob cross, but a half lob with a sharp drop and even a bounce before reaching the goal.

Shinji Okazaki, who responded at the previous point, faced this kind of complicated pass, although it was not conducive to his goal-shooting operation, but he could also prevent Skrtel, who was following him, from completing the clearance in the first place.

"Shinji Okazaki. Facing the rebounding football that is moving irregularly, he jumped up and shrank his legs before completing a kick."

"Mignolet!"

"Quickly fell to the ground and jumped sideways, blocking Shinji Okazaki's close-range shot from the front point."

Henderson, who was driven directly by the ball, completed a big-footed clearance and kicked directly out of the sideline.

And Leicester City's offense is not over yet.

Fuchs directly played the "grenade" tactic in this hand throw, threw the ball vigorously, and threw the ball directly into the Liverpool penalty area.

The ball was even thrown directly near the small penalty area.

Mignolet was unable to attack, and in the previous point, although Skrtel grabbed the first point, due to Fuchs' throwing the ball, he threw a large arc. Huth's interference in the front made Skrtel hit the football, but he didn't control the direction. He didn't even clear the ball, and the second landing point was still in front of the goal.

Vardy rushed over directly, wanting to complete the shot in front of the goal.

In the end, relying on Yang Feng's excellent defensive performance, Vardy's forward route was firmly blocked, and the skillful man was bold. He stretched his legs first and turned the ball in Mignolet's direction.

Although Mignolet was very frightened by this ball, but fortunately there were no mistakes, and he firmly embraced Yang Feng's "pass" in his arms, which ended Leicester City's extremely difficult time. Successive attacking attempts that threaten to score.

And as the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you must have future blessings.

After Leicester City played a continuous attack and threatened Liverpool's goal, Liverpool's offense finally blossomed in the final 10 minutes of the game.

In the 81st minute of the game, Liverpool had a corner kick in the frontcourt.

Set kicks are naturally one of the most threatening offensive methods at this time. Yang Feng and Benteke are both absolute "forward fighters" who are good at fighting for high-altitude balls.

It's just that Coutinho passed a corner kick in front of the goal, but Schmeichel Jr. attacked first and hit the ball with a single punch.

Fortunately, it was Liverpool players who responded on the outside.

After Henderson controlled the second landing point on the outside, he made a long shot forward.

But when the visiting team's defense saved it, the ball was scored to the left.

After Coutinho received the ball, he distributed it to Moreno who was plugging in, and Moreno made another short-range through ball, which was passed directly into the penalty area to find Firmino.

"Firmino, after receiving the ball, follow the baseline and cross the goal."

The continuous small-scale cooperation drew the defensive attention of Leicester City players to the left.

"Pass the ball! Find the center."

Firmino, before being pressured by the defense, passed the ball directly with a cross-kick and rubbed the ball to the front of the penalty spot.

"Yang Feng!"

"A shovel shot after falling to the ground!"

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

"Yang Feng helped Liverpool break the deadlock!"

"Liverpool are 1-0 up at home."

This time, Schmeichel finally appeared "slack" in defense and let go of Yang Feng's sudden tackle this time.

In fact, it can't be said to be slack. Schmeichel Jr. was indeed powerless for this goal.

Liverpool's continuous passing on the left has attracted Schmeichel's attention.

After Firmino got the ball in the penalty area, although he almost broke through along the bottom line, there is still room for a small angle to hit the goal. As a professional player, when there is enough space, he volleys and completes a slight arc. Hitting the goal quickly, it might be possible to score a goal from a small angle, making Schmeichel's defensive attention focused on the near post.

Moreover, in front of Firmino, there were three Leicester City defenders in blue, blocking Firmino's breakthrough route and passing route.

In the eyes of Schmeichel Jr., it is not easy to pass the ball to the middle, and even if it is passed, it is more likely to be the way of picking the pass. The time for the high ball to pass is enough for Xiao Shumei Chell finished his reaction and returned to the defensive position.

But I didn't expect that at this critical moment, Firmino was still a bold man with high skills, and dared to show his delicate footwork as a Brazilian player. When he was under defensive pressure, he could still play "fancy work" , Using a flower-arranging foot pass, the ball was passed, not to mention, it also crossed the defensive area of ​​​​the three of Leicester City, and passed the ball to the middle.

However, Yang Feng made too many adjustments and didn't give Schmeichel little time to react. Yang Feng, who had retreated outside the penalty area, saw his teammates reorganize the offensive and directly stepped forward into the open space in front of him.

And Firmino really passed the ball, then Yang Feng directly used his forward speed to judge the landing position of the half-high ball, and directly completed a shovel shot.

It can only be said that although Yang Feng is not a striker, the control of this kick may be better than many strikers.

After Yang Feng's shovel shot, the ball flew directly to the lower right corner of the goal.

For Schmeichel Jr., the position from the front post to the back post was simply too far.

Although he had tried his best to move and fly to save him, it was still too late.

I can only watch helplessly as this kick rolls into the goal.

Liverpool took the lead at home, and the entire Anfield stadium boiled up. Klopp on the sidelines even more excitedly "punched" to celebrate.

And Yang Feng, who once again contributed a key goal in the league, was caught by his teammates. After Coutinho's "shoe shine" celebration, he returned to the field and waited for the start of the game.

However, there is not much time left for Leicester City.

At this time, Ranieri could only bite the bullet and make substitution adjustments.

Argentine high center Ulloa and local right winger Nathan Dell all came off the bench, replacing Albrighton and Shinji Okazaki to further strengthen the team's frontcourt vitality and ensure that Liverpool will create more vitality in the game. big threat.

It's just that when Leicester City wanted to launch an attack in the game and equalize the score.

Facing the iron barrel formation put forward by Liverpool, he encountered difficulties for a while.

When Liverpool also retreated with all their members and strengthened their sweeping defense in their own half in all directions, Leicester City's offense had no way to play a decent offensive coordination.

Facing Liverpool's defensive players in the penalty area, Ulloa, as a high center forward, still has some rough offensive skills. If he wants to create a threat in the game, it is difficult to get past Skrtel's defense .

Yang Feng continued to stare at Vardy, and under the tight defense, Mahrez's personal offense was unable to exert his greatest offensive threat.

Liverpool focused on the defense of key personnel. For a while, Leicester City, who had no way to create a threat from a wide cross, could only use the last time to try a long shot, hoping to rewrite the score on the field.

However, Leicester City does not have such an excellent long-range shooter as Coutinho, and their defensive midfielder does not have such hard feet as Milner and Henderson.

Liverpool's defense is fortified layer by layer, and they don't even give too many long-range shots.

Except for the blocked shots from the visiting team's ultra-long-range shots, the remaining "fish that slipped through the net" did not provide Mignolet with a chance to save at all.

Even with 4 minutes of stoppage time, Leicester City did not cause a very good offensive effect.

Even in the third minute of stoppage time, in the final corner kick, Schmeichel Jr. stepped forward to participate in the attack.

However, Liverpool still attaches great importance to Schmeichel's defensive arrangement. After all, he is a goalkeeper who once completed a header lore at the last moment of the game. Liverpool still uses the best defensive attitude to defend this final offensive round.

In the last defense, Yang Feng showed his positive defensive attitude. When the opponent's corner kick came out, Yang Feng, who had judged the placement, directly abandoned Vardy who was making a feint, and rushed directly to the front point Location.

Leicester City actually wanted to play under the lights again and hit Schmeichel Jr., but this time Yang Feng rushed to the front point, overwhelmed Schmeichel Jr., and directly completed the header clearance.

The ball flew out of the penalty area, and Coutinho, who was defending on the outside, directly controlled the second landing point, which was a big kick towards the opponent's half.

The referee then blew the whistle to end the game.

"1 to 0! Relying on Yang Feng's lore goal in the 81st minute, Liverpool defeated Leicester City with difficulty at home."

"Although Liverpool still has a certain gap in points with their opponents in the absence of one round, this victory directly wiped out the three-point disadvantage and allowed Liverpool to narrow the gap in the standings. Liverpool Maybe there is no possibility of a counterattack for three consecutive championships in the second half of the league!"