Football’s First Defender

The Liverpool players quit, and the ball was received in the penalty area, which should be regarded as a single-handed opportunity. Just like this, Martial made a collision from the side and rear, knocked down the offensive player, and then there was no foul?

As the captain, Yang Feng was also taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity to discuss with the referee together with his teammates. However, Clattenburg was unmoved and insisted that this was a reasonable physical confrontation.

Seeing that Firmino came over angrily to ask for an explanation, Yang Feng could only quickly step forward and pull Firmino away so that he would not get another yellow card for this.

A suspected penalty was not awarded, which made Liverpool miss the opportunity to continue to lead.

In the next few minutes, both sides had no achievements on the offensive end, and could only barely maintain a defensive state. After the heartburn at the end of the first half, Liverpool temporarily took the lead 1-0 at home.

As the leader, Klopp is not in a hurry to make substitutions and adjustments. He wants to see how his opponent Manchester United plans to make changes.

During the halftime break, Van Gaal emphasized the importance of the team's offense, and in view of the fact that the current three defensive midfielders are not conducive to the development of the team's offense, the first substitution adjustment made was to replace Mata. Schneiderlin.

The 4321 formation, after Mata played, was changed to 4231, adding a ball-holding point in the midfield to organize the attack point to strengthen the team's offensive coordination in the midfield.

Manchester United could only attack desperately in the second half.

Even in the configuration of players on the field, the assist ability of the two full-backs Ashley Young and Damian this season is not strong, but for the team's oppressiveness on the offensive end, Van Gaal can only give two More offensive tasks for people, so that they can make better use of the team's offense in the game.

After Manchester United had Mata to handle the ball in the midfield, coupled with the participation and performance of the two full-backs on the offensive end, the second half of the game was still somewhat effective on the offensive end.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Manchester United focused on using Mata's traction in the center to create opportunities on the wing.

In the 51st minute of the game, Manchester United played the desired cooperation in the frontcourt.

A wave of offense organized by Mata in the middle successfully compressed Liverpool's defense to the front of the penalty area.

Mata, who then retreated with the ball, suddenly distributed the ball to the left and found Ashley Young, who had already advanced quickly.

Although Professor Yang's condition has gradually declined, in the end, he was still able to complete the sprint with all his might, and got a full pass from Mata's kick in advance.

There is no stopping the ball, looking to get rid of the thought.

In the game, Ashley Young went forward directly and quickly, and after receiving the sideways through ball, he immediately made a direct pass with his left foot from the wing.

The ball flies into Liverpool's penalty area.

Rooney pushed forward obliquely, directly trying to finish the goal in front of the goal.

However, Yang Feng and Skrtel's joint efforts blocked, even if Rooney's ball was the first to grab the spot in the front point, it still directly blocked the front point of Rooney's ball.

However, Liverpool's other defensive players did not react immediately in the blink of an eye. The second point of the ball was still in the penalty area, but Martial got it.

For Yang Feng, this time in the penalty area, he needs to go back and forth to defend.

After helping Skrtel defend Rooney's shot, Yang Feng adjusted immediately after landing and threw himself in the direction of the second landing point, seeking to block Martial's shot angle again.

Although this offense was beaten by Manchester United in a hurry, for Yang Feng, how to make up the defense quickly and block the opponent's shooting angle to the greatest extent in the game, in his mind, it was like having a supercomputer, Calculating the best defensive options.

After Martial received the ball, he watched Yang Feng quickly rush over when he had a chance to hit the goal.

Martial wasn't scared.

Observing the situation on the field, his feet also started at the same time.

With a spike and a sideways ball, Martial handled the ball extremely quickly when other Liverpool defenders did not react to defend, and then directly dodged Yang Feng's forward grab, and after pulling the ball to the side, Jr. The angle completes a volley.

The ball was extremely sudden and precise, going straight to the post behind the goal, but fortunately Mignolet's performance on the goal line was world-class.

The extreme side attack after falling to the ground, barely touched the ball, changed the route slightly, slid out the goal directly, and flew out of the baseline, only giving Manchester United a corner kick.

"Everyone cheer up!"

"We must pay attention to the protection of the second landing point, and we cannot let the opponent have the opportunity to grab the second landing point in the penalty area so easily."

After the ball, Yang Feng shouted to his teammates to make everyone more vigilant.

Relying on self-consciousness, it is difficult for the players to maintain a high level of concentration during the game during the 90 minutes of the game.

At this time, it is necessary for the team's core players, players with strong words, to wake up these people and get involved in the game.

After successfully defending Manchester United's offense this time, Liverpool can also rely on their superiority in defensive numbers to resolve the threat of Manchester United's set-pieces in the subsequent corner kick defense.

Except for Fellaini, everyone else lacks absolute high-altitude control, which also makes Yang Feng only need to ensure his own level of performance. Then when Fellaini has no good chance to grab the first spot, Manchester United will simply Not much of a threat.

Mata's corner kick, although the pass route is excellent, a delicate arc pass, passed into the small penalty area, but after Fellaini and Yang Feng "duizier", Milner was the first step in the penalty area Inside, overwhelm Smalling and complete the clearance.

And Coutinho on the outside took the ball and hit a barely threatening counterattack, which can be regarded as defending Manchester United's offense this time.

Can't be careless.

That's what Yang Feng thought after handling the ball in Martial's exquisite penalty area.

It is also what Yang Feng has been emphasizing to his teammates.

Although Manchester United is sometimes in poor form, the personal strength of the players lies there. I don't know when Manchester United can complete a sudden explosion and create opportunities in the game.

Just three minutes later, Manchester United's offense made a comeback again.

It is still Martial's personal ability, but this time, after receiving a pass from Mata, Martial showed his offensive talent outside the penalty area, with excellent ball control at his feet, getting rid of Liverpool's defenders .

Yang Feng in the penalty zone was limited by the distance, but he had no way to quickly complete the attack and form a supplementary defense.

After Martial passed Henderson, he bent his bow and shot an arrow directly outside the penalty area, and shot a wonderful long shot.

The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Mignolet flew to save, but it was too late.

The ball passed Mignolet's palm and continued to fly.

With a "bang", it hit the goal post and bounced out of bounds, causing all Liverpool players to break out in a cold sweat.

For some of Liverpool's defensive players, it was only at this time that they were completely awakened. They understood Captain Yang Feng's words just now, and knew that the game was not over yet, leading by one goal was far from being so safe...