Football’s First Defender

After experiencing the tight schedule around the New Year, the Premier League teams will usher in a short rest period after the New Year.

In the new week, there will be no intense league dragging down. The exhausted players who have endured for a whole month will be selected by the coach to take a rotation break according to the specific situation of the team. The main task of the team has also become the start after the new year. The third round of the FA Cup in the new season is in contention.

In the third round of the game, it was the Premier League team's turn to play. If they were not too unlucky, they usually encountered low-level teams, and they could use substitute players appropriately to give the main players a week's respite.

Just now in the league, Liverpool, which was terminated by Manchester City for 5 consecutive victories, in the third round of the FA Cup, their opponent is Oldham, a team from the League One.

Oldham itself is not a strong team in the League One. It has been in the middle and lower reaches all the year round, and its strength is not outstanding.

Dalglish, who is committed to the team's primary goal of hitting the League Cup championship, sent a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes to play in this game, which can be regarded as a proper reserve for the semi-finals of the League Cup 5 days later.

Liverpool, with a correct attitude, still sits at Anfield Stadium, and naturally did not leave any chance for Oldham to be upset. At the end of the first half of the game, Liverpool relied on their excellent offensive performance and achieved a huge 3-0 lead.

In the second half, when the outcome was already decided, Dalglish replaced Yang Feng for a rest and replaced Carragher as the vice-team vice-president. While Liverpool were still desperately scoring goals on the offensive end, they also gave the opponent a very reasonable A face ball.

In the end, at home, Liverpool beat their opponents 5-1, sweeping away the haze of the previous league defeat, and then they can devote themselves to the subsequent battle of revenge.

The semi-finals of the English League Cup is a home and away two-round system. This time Liverpool will sit at Anfield Stadium first to face the challenge of Manchester City.

The first round of the English League Cup semi-final match was only 8 days away from the previous match between the two teams in the league.

Many Liverpool players still remember the bitter feeling when they lost the away game. Everyone held back their energy and wanted to prove themselves at home.

With Manchester City still fighting for the league title, Liverpool, which has recovered to a gap of more than 10 points in the league, now pays more attention to the English League Cup trophy that is within reach.

Of course, for Manchester City, they don't think they have too many championships. For an emerging team, every championship is crucial, and it is the foundation of the team's transformation into a giant.

It's just that, unlike Liverpool's good signing in the FA Cup, Manchester City has just played 300 rounds at home with rival Manchester United in the same city. The struggle between the two sides in the league has continued into the FA Cup.

It's just a pity that in this match that both teams didn't want to lose, in the end it was the seasoned Ferguson who came out on top, leading Manchester United to a thrilling 3-2 away win and advancing to the next round.

Ferguson doesn't care about whether he can win the FA Cup this year, but being able to directly hit the momentum of his opponents for the championship will be of great help to Manchester United's next league performance.

As far as physical consumption is concerned, although Manchester City has an excellent reserve of substitute personnel, the successive battles of irreplaceable main players such as Silva and Yaya Toure will definitely affect their performance against Liverpool in this game.

While your illness is killing you, after a "warm-up match" with Oldham, Liverpool is now gaining momentum and wants to avenge the original away game.

Sitting at Anfield Stadium, they also have a slight physical advantage. Liverpool is naturally preparing to play offensive football in this game.

Compared with the previous league clashes, Liverpool made two changes to their starting players. Carroll and Gerrard both started this game. Liverpool is still an extremely aggressive 442 lineup, and they have to play at home. Attacking football.

As for Mancini, the team has just lost in the FA Cup to rival Manchester United in the same city and also this season's title rival. The advantage of ensuring that the subsequent league record will not be affected.

And the underdog is still Liverpool, which has obvious offensive and defensive loopholes, which is naturally the best stepping stone for Mancini to restore the team to a winning state.

Manchester City's lineup on this side has not changed in any way from the previous league game. Since Liverpool could be hoisted up to play, then this game can also be played.

Manchester City's tactics are also active attacks. Even in away games, Manchester City still wants to ensure their attack suppression.

In this game, Liverpool "abandoned" their defense and launched an attack with all their strength.

From the moment the game kicked off, the offensive and defensive transitions of both sides were extremely fast. They all seized the loopholes in the opponent's untimely return and completed the attack directly and quickly.

With the support of home fans and the desire for revenge, Liverpool is the more dominant side on the field.

"Gerrard, dribble the ball quickly, from the center to the Manchester City penalty area."

"Carroll and Suarez effectively pinned down a large number of City's defenders in the box."

"Yaya Toure came out to defend. He blocked Gerrard's route to the penalty area, and with his teammates standing densely behind him, he blocked Gerrard's direct long-range shot from a certain angle."

"Gerrard, pass the ball laterally."

When Yaya Toure and other Manchester City defenders focused their attention on Gerrard who was attacking with the ball, Suarez in the penalty area was very clever and retreated to the vicinity of the penalty area line. Germany's accurate scoring.

"Suarez received the ball, Manchester City players flew over to stop Suarez from hitting the goal!"

Because of the retreat to an empty position, Suarez did have time to fully adjust to hit the goal after receiving the ball, but the shooting angle was actually not much when blocked by many Manchester City defensive players.

"A light dunk! Suarez chose to continue passing the ball!"

"Following on the left is—"

"Tangning!"

"Tangning volleyed straight away!"

When Manchester City's defensive focus, under Liverpool's fast-paced attack, is concentrated on Gerrard on the right side of the center this time, and Suarez who gets the ball in the center after scoring the ball, this time the left side was missed. clean.

Tang Ning, who rushed in from behind, was rewarded for his hard running throughout the half court, and Suarez didn't pass the ball aggressively, which was just right!

"GOAL!!!"

"The ball went in!"

"Tang Ning! A wonderful volley. On the left side of the penalty area, he received a light pass from Suarez. He volleyed the ball directly to the upper right corner of the goal and succeeded. Although Joe Hart made a save, there was no chance at all. Touch the football!"

"Liverpool, just 8 minutes into the game, hit the goal for the third time and scored a goal!"

"In the confrontation between the two sides, the goal was scored early as expected. In this game, can Liverpool, who is at home, complete the revenge of the league a few days ago?"