Football’s First Defender

A big home victory over rivals Everton in the same city is a crucial victory for Liverpool, who still want to stage a miraculous comeback at the last moment of the league.

After this make-up match, for Liverpool, the most intuitive point change is that they won the make-up match, making the points gap between them and Leicester City become 7 points.

Recently, Leicester City did not give Liverpool a chance. Liverpool won consecutive victories, and Leicester City also won consecutive victories, which made the point gap not narrowed because of Liverpool's winning streak.

However, although there is still a gap of 7 points, Liverpool still has one round less. If Liverpool can still beat the mighty Chelsea in a make-up match in the following games, then for Liverpool, the point difference It may come to 4 points, and there is hope for a last-ditch effort in the last few rounds, which can put a lot of psychological pressure on the top team Leicester City.

If you want to make a comeback, you must first do a good job of your own results in the league.

Although Klopp didn't say it clearly, after being reversed by Southampton in the away game, many Liverpool players actually understand that if they want to complete the big reversal in the end, they really can't afford to lose a point.

Fortunately, in the final stage of the league, Liverpool's home games are mostly, which gives Liverpool the possibility of creating miracles.

At Anfield Stadium, Liverpool has the confidence to "cut down" any opponent in the game.

Everton has become a ghost under the knife, and the most difficult bone to crack now should be Chelsea after two games.

Fortunately, the games were all played at Anfield, and Liverpool naturally had a great advantage.

In this round of competition, Liverpool continues to sit at home, and their opponent is the relegation zone team Newcastle.

Compared with the championship zone, Liverpool and Leicester City still have a point gap of 7 points, and this year's relegation zone also has a lot of suspense.

Although not as many teams experienced the relegation battle together as in previous years, it doesn't matter if there are fewer teams. The points gap is similar, which gives enough surprises to the relegation battle.

Aston Villa is currently ranked last with 16 points and will definitely be relegated.

Liverpool's opponent Newcastle today is ranked second to last with only 29 points.

But the penultimate "black cat" Sunderland is 30 points.

Norwich, outside the relegation zone, only scored 31 points.

This year's relegation situation is that the three teams compete for a place in the Premier League. If the point difference is within one game, whoever can win a game may immediately occupy the upper hand in relegation.

Even if it is an away game against Liverpool, for Newcastle, at this time, all opponents are not important. Their goal is simple, to score points!

1 point for a draw, or even 3 points for a win, may affect whether they will be relegated in the end.

No one wants to leave the Premier League.

You know, the Premier League's broadcast fee share is too much compared with the British Championship.

Although there is a parachute system, it can avoid the team's financial problems in the first two years.

However, the intensity of the British Championship is not something that any team can easily upgrade if they say they want to upgrade.

Unlike other leagues, relegated horses will have a great advantage in promotion.

The intensive competition in the British Championship and the more physical confrontation style of play are actually a big impact on the relegated horses.

At least, every year, there are actually quite a few people who are relegated and promoted.

Even, due to the loss of the main force of the team after relegation, the team may even suffer from injuries due to not adapting to the intensity of the competition and the intensive schedule of the Championship, and it is possible to directly fall into the League One. .

Newcastle don't want to be relegated.

The players don't want it, and neither does the team owner.

At this time, for them, they also need to grab more points in the game, and get all the points they should and shouldn't get.

Liverpool, playing at home, naturally played with all the main players. Facing a team like Niu Acastle, Liverpool continued to use the recently commonly used 442 offensive combination in the game.

In the second half of the league, when Sturridge ensured his health, the game state was also excellent, which made Klopp have more striker cards and also significantly enhanced Liverpool's offensive strength.

As soon as the game started, the Liverpool fans at home got a reassurance.

In every game, when all efforts are needed to win, being able to score goals early in the game is a rigid requirement for Liverpool.

Today's Liverpool cannot allow a draw, so recently, Liverpool is also on the offensive end, showing strong offensive demands.

Today, just 1 minute and 22 seconds into the game, Liverpool succeeded in a blitz.

Yang Feng made a long-distance pass in the midfield area and directly passed the ball into Newcastle's penalty area.

This kick, the direct connection between Yang Feng and Sturridge, thanks to years of tacit training and cooperation, Yang Feng can control the landing point and the flight trajectory of the ball, which is very suitable for Sturridge to compete for the landing point .

Since the Liverpool players were more concentrated in the midfield area before, it also involved Newcastle's defense. In fact, the coverage in the midfield is relatively large.

When Yang Feng completed the long pass and Sturridge quickly advanced towards the Newcastle penalty area, in fact, Newcastle was the only two remaining defensive players to defend Sturridge 2v1.

However, although Sturridge is not an orthodox center player, he does not have the tall body and strong physical confrontation ability of Benteke.

However, Sturridge was far better than the two defenders in judging where the ball landed.

Accurately judged the landing point, allowing Sturridge to firmly occupy the best position for fighting for the landing point.

Sturridge took off in the opponent's penalty area. Because of the accurate judgment of the landing point, he got stuck in the position first. After Sturridge took off, he was no longer fighting for the top, but he had a great position advantage. to complete the task of taking off the ball brilliantly during the game.

Only when the ball is quickly unloaded can the offensive be launched immediately.

Sturridge chested the ball and then stopped it directly to his left foot while leaning on two defenders with his back.

Before the ball hit the ground, Sturridge tapped his left foot, and then quickly completed a half-turn, with his left foot connected to the football, and directly completed a volley to hit the goal.

"The ball went in!"

"The ball went in!"

"Sturridge! Excellent display of individual ability."

"This is a connection between Yang Feng and Sturridge. The connection between the two champions of Liverpool last season directly created Sturridge's excellent personal offensive display."

"Excellent ability to hold the ball, excellent technique with the feet, and excellent shooting ability."

"Healthy Sturridge is unstoppable like that."

"One person resists the interference of two defensive players, and can still stop the ball with his chest, unload the ball, turn around and volley, all movements are done in one go, and the clouds flow smoothly."

"Liverpool scored their first goal in just over a minute of the opening, which can be said to have taken a considerable initiative."

To score a goal at the beginning, for Liverpool, it must have an obvious initiative, so for Liverpool, in the following games, they can counterattack in the midfield with peace of mind, giving the opponent a greater threat of counterattack up.

For Newcastle, the rhythm of the tactical arrangement was obviously disrupted by Liverpool's blitz score.

In the rhythm of the game envisioned by Newcastle before the game, the team's goal in this game's away game at Anfield is actually not that high. It must beat Liverpool, which has been in excellent form recently, in the away game.

Being able to barely rely on the iron barrel formation to keep a game's draw is also very much in line with the Newcastle coach's wishes.

However, this bloody start made Newcastle send out a 451 formation in this game. Before it played its defensive role, it had to switch to an offensive formation to try to get the score back.

However, playing against Liverpool at Anfield is not a good thing for Newcastle.

After Newcastle fell behind, they stabilized for about 5 or 6 minutes, allowing the team's players to relax, and then began to attack aggressively.

There is no way, losing one is also losing, and losing two is also losing.

At this time, Newcastle can only expect to be able to equalize the score first when they play against each other. If Liverpool score another goal and take a two-goal lead, then for Newcastle, there will be no chance to create a miracle at Anfield. up.

So for Liverpool, in the following games, it is time for them to play their own counterattack.

With a one-goal lead, what Liverpool need to do afterwards is to counterattack better and faster while ensuring the team's defense.

On the defensive end, Yang Feng also played well. For Liverpool, the fault tolerance is still very large.

Just be patient and fight back.

After Newcastle's full-scale offensive, it did create two offensive opportunities in Liverpool's half.

But the so-called offensive opportunity is actually just hitting the ball into Liverpool's defensive hinterland, which did not pose too much threat.

Yang Feng once successfully intercepted a high ball in the middle, and once directed his teammate Lovren to go up and destroy the ball, without even allowing Newcastle to complete a shot.

And Liverpool's counterattack threat has always played an excellent counterattack effect.

Coutinho, Firmino, Sturridge, Lallana.

The four-person team in the front field took turns counterattacking, creating offensive opportunities, but they were all a little bit short on the finishing touches.

But quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes.

Although Liverpool's offensive players, except for Sturridge at the beginning, have not been smooth after that, but the number of shots will still cause changes.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Liverpool's defensive counterattack came again.

Moreno on the left side of this side can push Coutinho's offensive position to the front, allowing Coutinho to increase the team's support point in the middle and further oppress Newcastle in the penalty area. defense.

And when Newcastle's defensive attention was drawn to Moreno, who broke through from the wing, and several Liverpool players in the penalty area.

Lallana at the top of the arc in the penalty area has not received much attention.

Moreno crossed the ball and did not find it in the overcrowded penalty area, but found Lallana in front of the penalty area.

With one kick, Lallana went straight to the corner.

2 to 0, Liverpool's score advantage expanded to 2 goals.

It can be regarded as completely destroying Newcastle's hope of scoring points.

The final score was 3-0 and Liverpool won easily.

Just after Liverpool won the game against Newcastle, the Leicester City game also followed.

After the game, after the cleaning of the Liverpool team, the players did not go back to their respective homes, but all stayed in the locker room to watch the performance of their championship opponents.

In this game, Leicester City is away to challenge the "Hammer Gang" West Ham United

Team.

As a mid-upstream team this season, West Ham United, although they are not demanding in terms of record, but in the face of this kind of focus battle involving the ownership of the championship, West Ham United still has a strong sense of being at home. The wish of the game is to show the personal strength of the players and the richness of the game.

You know, this kind of game with non-rich teams never received so much attention in the past. For many players who want to go further, this kind of game with a lot of attention, if you can If they perform well, then they can take advantage of the excellent results this season to go to a stronger team in the summer, and even attract the attention of the rich teams, so that they can fly to the branches and become a phoenix.

West Ham United's performance today is extremely good, especially the team's midfielder Payet. In the game, not only can he sort out the team's offense, but his own offensive scoring ability is not bad.

In the first half of the game, Leicester City was the first to score a goal from a counterattack by Mahrez.

In the second half of the game, relying on Payet's personal ability, West Ham United completed the lead in the score in the 71st minute of the game.

In the 56th minute of the second half, Parker sent a wonderful through ball and hit directly behind Huth. Huth couldn't catch up and was turned offside by the West Ham striker and successfully scored a goal, allowing the home team West Ham to equalize score.

Then when the two teams were anxious on the field, it was Payet again. During the counterattack in the 71st minute of the game, he kicked the world wave and directly broke through the gate guarded by Schmeichel Jr.

Let West Ham, which is playing at home, overtake the score.

At the moment of desperation, it was Vardy's performance that helped Leicester City at least get points in the away game.

Leicester City, which was overtaken by the home team West Ham United, then launched a siege against West Ham United.

And during the siege, West Ham United's half-court defense was still not perfect.

In a set kick in the 86th minute, Leicester City defender Morgan completed a head-shaking attack in front of the penalty area. Although the ball was saved by the home team's goalkeeper, Vardy in front of the goal tactfully completed the kick Supplementary shots tied the score at 2-2.

In the end, Leicester City scored a thrilling draw in the away game, which is equivalent to a net loss of two points in the comparison with Liverpool after this round of games.

Now there is only a 5-point gap between Liverpool and Leicester City, and Liverpool has one round less.

As long as the make-up match against Chelsea can defeat the opponent, the gap will come to 2 points. In a game situation, the pressure on Leicester City will be even greater now.

If there is another game that cannot be won, it will give Liverpool a chance to overtake.