Football’s First Defender

Bell has been invincible in the Premier League since he was trained as a frontcourt free agent by Lao Lei in the past two seasons. However, when facing Yang Feng, he was always deflated and restricted by Yang Feng's cooperation with his teammates. Play comfortably.

But today, Yang Feng, who was struggling alone, was finally caught by Bell with an excellent 1v1 opportunity. Relying on his outstanding personal ability, he completed an effective offensive finish in front of Yang Feng and scored an equalizer for Tottenham.

Bell was very happy and enjoyed the thrill of scoring this goal very much.

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Liverpool's main attack occupies the ball possession advantage on the field, and also has the initiative to attack. It does rely on the offensive pass and control style of play, trying to complete the penetrating attack. Opportunity.

But on the other hand, Tottenham, which has a low ball possession rate, has been following the defensive counterattack idea proposed by the head coach in this game. Using low ball possession rate and low number of passes to continuously use counterattack opportunities, hitting Liverpool's defense, creating all opportunities for Bale and Defoe in front to take advantage of their speed.

So far in the game, it can be said that the two teams have played what they want on the offensive end. The score of 1 to 1 is also a reflection of the similar strength of the two strong teams.

After returning to the same starting line, Liverpool, who are playing at home, of course continued their main offensive style, using pass control in front, looking for Tottenham's space, and making the last pass to the striker composed of Sturridge and Suarez Delivery of "cannonballs".

Coutinho, who started the game today, not only scored a wonderful long-range shot before, but also his excellent breakthrough and passing ability helped Liverpool to tear apart Tottenham's defense many times in the first half. A lot of credit has been paid.

Coutinho, who has almost all the technical advantages of Brazilians, also has the advantage of daring to face physical confrontation that many Brazilians do not have.

It's not that Coutinho is good at confrontation. With his small body, most of the defenders can cause enough interference for him when they hit the ground.

But Coutinho is not afraid of this kind of defensive player's collision, but dares to face this kind of confrontation, and finds opportunities to either use his own speed or use his own skills to try to get rid of the ball or avoid the opponent's attack. A savage foul, or when Coutinho himself is really knocked down, he will try his best to win a free kick in the frontcourt for the team in a better position and try to create opponents yellow card.

In the first half of the game, on Coutinho, Tottenham's two midfielders, Dembele and Livermore on the right, received yellow cards when marking Coutinho on the defensive end. Tottenham's midfield defense, which had performed fairly well before, has also begun to become intimidated, and it can be easier to tear open by Liverpool's offensive.

Excellent personal technical ability, combined with extremely creative passing, in addition to being young, there are also defensive skills that need to be honed. Rodgers watched Coutinho's performance from the sidelines and found that what he did in the winter window This transaction is really right. At a very low price, Liverpool's midfielder has found another powerful player who can provide combat power.

Coutinho's breakthroughs and crosses on the left wing, always staring at the defense zone of Tottenham centre-back Michael Dawson. As Vertonghen's partner, Michael Dawson's strength will definitely hinder him. Coutinho still knows the reason why persimmons are soft.

Even though he doesn't have that much experience in the game, Coutinho doesn't have the teenage heart to try everything at this time.

Unlike other young people who are always willing to constantly show themselves, now that they know Tottenham's obvious weakness, Coutinho insists on using the same but practical skills to continuously attack this point.

Knowing the weakness of Tottenham's defense, it is towards this weak defensive area, and there is a chance that a through ball will suddenly pass through.

Suarez and Sturridge are both the kind of players who spend half of their skills on the running position. They can always insert from all directions, posing a great threat to Michael Dawson's side.

In the second half of the first half, Suarez and Sturridge each successfully received the ball in Michael Dawson's defense area and converted it into a wonderful offensive cooperation.

It's just that Sturridge's shot was too angle-seeking and missed directly, but Suarez's own shot was saved by Lori's quick reaction, which prevented the score from being further rewritten.

Even though Coutinho, Suarez and Sturridge have not been running in together for a long time, it has to be admitted that Coutinho's passes to the two are always on point.

His connection with Suarez may also be said to be due to the similar playing styles of South American players. Relying on the same playing style, it is easier for Suarez and Coutinho to find a tacit understanding between them .

But he still matches the style of Sturridge, as if he has cooperated for many years, which can only make Rogers think that this is the player's personal talent.

Anyway, I don't know why Inter Milan has left such a treasure unused, so that it has been sitting on the bench this season, which has made Liverpool cheaper in vain.

Rogers has tasted the sweetness of Sturridge and Coutinho, the only two new players introduced in the winter window, and fully enjoyed the fun of Taobao.

"Perhaps if it's okay, we should spend tens of millions of funds to do Taobao in the transfer market, and try to make a big difference with a small one."

"It's like Coutinho and Sturridge, who are obviously very strong, but they just didn't have enough time to prove themselves in the original team. Find more players with such strength but sitting on the bench. , It’s definitely a big deal with a small amount of money!”

Taobao has always been cool, and Taobao has always been cool. Rodgers may be like this. Because of the absolute profit in the purchase of players in the early stage, he will go on the road of "scratching the lottery ticket".

Although the score of the two teams in the first half was 1 to 1, Liverpool's possession rate of nearly 70% and the number of shots of 11 to 5 all have a huge offensive advantage.

Tottenham's defensive line was dragged down as usual after halftime, but today's Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris once again became the iron-blooded goalkeeper of Tottenham, omnipotent. play.

Lloris, who made 5 saves in the first half, is definitely the biggest contributor to Tottenham's ability to keep the current score.

In the second half of the game, Liverpool's offensive continued.

It's just that after Tottenham further strengthened the midfielder's defense near Coutinho's side and the penalty area, Coutinho's pass is not as easy to send to Tottenham's penalty area as before.

Of course, when Tottenham's defense line was tilted, there was a certain amount of space on Liverpool's right side, Downing's side.

Whenever Coutinho has the ball, it is always on the right, there is a natural gap waiting for Coutinho to transfer the ball.

It's just that the tacit understanding between Coutinho and the players on the field has come to an end with Downing.

In a very fast-paced arena, Coutinho and Downing moved the ball a few times to cooperate, which just felt so worrying.

The strength of Coutinho's pass may vary, and Downing's movement may be forward or backward. In short, he cannot complete a very smooth transfer of the ball. In the end, he always stumbles and stumbles, giving Tottenham's defense more time to adjust. , to do a good job of defense on this side.

Tottenham's defense, when Coutinho took the ball, began to dare to defend more aggressively on this side. Anyway, when Liverpool received the ball from the right, the Tottenham players should be able to catch up and defend. As for the back and forth The physical energy consumed by running around, the reason why Tottenham's "long-distance running team" has become a top-ranked Premier League player naturally has sufficient physical energy to support it.

Faced with Tottenham's defensive changes, Coutinho's offensive power began to decline, while Liverpool changed their strategy and simply attacked from the right. Tottenham's side defense composed of Parker and Hector was not afraid of Downing. Glenn Johnson's shock.

The two teams of four British wide players have similar styles on both ends of the offense and defense, and no one can occupy a greater advantage. In the end, it can only be reduced to a competition of four physical fitness consumption. Everyone is on this side of the wing. The state of Dui Zier was completely formed.

Rodgers, who hoped that the East would not shine and the West would shine, failed to wait for the team to complete the self-adjustment on the offensive end. Instead, after Liverpool's continuous onslaught, Tottenham rewrote the score first.

In the 57th minute of the game, Tottenham seized Coutinho's slightly impatient choice of the ball, and directly intercepted the ball passed into the penalty area. Dembele quickly made a long pass to find Bell who was already flying forward. It is Tottenham's iconic counterattack.

Lucas used a very "reasonable" foul to prevent Bell's chance to go straight to Huanglong. Although he also received a yellow card for this, it seemed harmless.

It's just that this one didn't pose much of a direct threat. The free kick close to the right was caught by the left-footed Bell, who took the ball from a long distance with an extremely fast speed and a high-arc free kick.

The ball drew a wonderful arc and flew directly to the back point.

In fact, Yang Feng had already judged the landing point, and he wanted to run forward to make a rescue at the first moment, but Defoe beside him grabbed the hem of his clothes severely, which affected Yang Feng's running.

Yang Feng had a bad run-up, but Vertonghen from Tottenham was well prepared. He adjusted his body to meet the incoming ball, rushed forward, took off and headed the ball, and smashed the ball into the goal from behind.

2 to 1, Tottenham ushered in a go-ahead at Anfield.

While the Tottenham players were celebrating wantonly, Yang Feng had been complaining to the referee that Defoe's foul action had affected his pursuit of the pass, but the referee didn't pay any further attention to it, thinking that there was nothing wrong with the ball...

"It's really Ke blind, there is no place to reason!"

Facing the referee's walk away, Yang Feng could only admit that he was unlucky.

Liverpool was overtaken by one goal in the four battles.

Rogers couldn't bear it anymore. Although Coutinho performed well, the emotional changes as a young player were still too obvious. At this time, Rogers needed more experienced players to stabilize the situation on the court.

With Joe Allen, who is also an attacking midfielder, replacing Coutinho, Rogers is about to start trying to break through the center.

It is indeed not in Liverpool's plan to be scored by Tottenham's set-piece, but since they are behind, Liverpool will naturally use a more violent offensive to fight back the game.

There is still half an hour of game time, amidst the cheers of tens of thousands of fans present at Anfield, Liverpool's offensive unfolded wave after wave.

Joe Allen's debut, compared with Coutinho before, Joe Allen's ball is better in terms of mobilization. Although there is no subtle pass that can directly reveal the murderous intent, it is a one-sided pass. However, Tottenham's defense can be mobilized little by little to give other players more space to play.

With Joe Allen's passing support in the middle, Downing and Glenn Johnson's right flank, they can finally occupy a certain advantage.

Either pass the ball directly to the foot, or send a through ball to give Tangning room to accelerate.

It was different from Coutinho's stealthy shot, which swayed the opponent and also swayed Tang Ning. After all, Joe Allen's pass has been used for more than half a season, and there is still a good tacit understanding with Tangning, and the pass is not so fancy, which also allows Tangning to have better preparation time.

After Joe Allen came on the field, he used the scheduling of the pass to largely maintain Liverpool's offensive threat. However, the team still lacked a hot spot for Liverpool's offensive to blossom and bear fruit.

However, after Coutinho left the field, the left side, which had already been silent, did not have to continue to be silent.

The side of Jose Enrique, who has been suffering all the time, will still seize the opportunity to complete the forward attack in the game, but the number of such attacks is so small that sometimes Tottenham's defense is too small. Not noticed.

When Liverpool began to focus on attacking from the center and the right, Jose Enrique, after his teammates passed the ball continuously and squeezed Tottenham's defense to the vicinity of the penalty area, Joe Allen didn't look for the offensive players in front of him, but chose to pass the ball suddenly across, and passed the ball to the empty space on the left.

Jose Enrique's drive was just right, and he directly received a pass from Joe Allen to go further forward.

Tottenham's defense line in the penalty area, Dembele on the outside, can only make up for it quickly, hoping to limit Jose Enrique's offense.

But the imagined two-step volley with the ball did not come out. After all, Jose Enrique is not Gerrard. According to the position of the ball, if Gerrard inserts it, it must be a comfortable long-range shot. .

Dembele, who jumped out to block Enrique's shot, saw the ball go out from his jumping feet.

A through ball from the front of the penalty area was pushed to the left side of Tottenham's penalty area.

Sturridge moved forward obliquely from the middle to the left, and received the through ball from Enrique. Without too much hesitation and adjustment, he directly followed the trajectory of the ball, and directly completed a sideways kick with his left foot. A body volley hits the goal.

Hitting the close corner from a small angle, such a position, such an angle, is an extremely difficult choice to hit the goal, but Sturridge's foot is hard enough, the angle of this ball is well controlled, and goalkeeper Lori is still slow to react It took half a beat. First, I was surprised by Jose Enrique's through ball. Second, I didn't expect that Sturridge was really skilled and bold, and dared to hit the goal from a small angle in that position.

2 to 2! Jose Enrique's rare plug-in provided a key assist for the team, allowing Sturridge to equalize the score for the team.