Football’s First Defender

The offensive opportunities of both sides are actually equal under such fierce competition in the midfield.

Manchester United made several threatening attacks, but Liverpool did not give up much.

As long as the ball is seized in the midfield, or the pass with a certain risk is successful, then there will definitely be a certain chance of attacking the goal.

Liverpool's offensive system, whether it is a breakthrough on the side or an offense in the middle, has enough offensive firepower to create threats.

It is not that simple to break through the middle. With players on both sides paying great attention to the protection of the middle, Liverpool can only make more risky passes when launching an offense.

When the ball is sent out from the middle and all the receiving points are locked, Liverpool will pass the ball to the backcourt, and Yang Feng, who has the ability to pass the ball, will make a tentative long pass attack.

Yang Feng passed the ball with one kick and accurately found Glenn Johnson on the right.

Glenn Johnson, and Ashley Young, who was marking himself, competed for the spot of the ball on the sideline near the midfield.

Glenn Johnson's header slid forward and the ball rolled along the touchline. After Henderson grabbed the second ball, he dribbled forward and brought Evra out of the defensive position.

Henderson directly kicked the ball and continued to send it to the baseline.

Aspas's oblique penetration was in place, and he received the ball before the ball went out of the baseline.

For Aspers, he is new to Liverpool, and although he has started three consecutive games, Aspers also knows that his position should be a substitute striker role.

When Suarez returns, his position should not be squeezed.

But a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

I transferred from a mid-lower La Liga team like Celta Vigo to one of the giants, which is already a recognition of my own strength, and I have made great progress.

However, in Liverpool, Aspers still has further ambitions. As long as he has a good performance, then he will not worry about the coach not giving himself playing time.

Aspas, who received the ball from the bottom line, faced Ferdinand's defense, who was once the number one central defender in the Premier League, very calmly and did not rush to handle the ball.

Instead, he is constantly using subtle small movements to ensure his control of the ball, and his peripheral vision has been trying to interpret the situation on the field.

Instead of choosing to break free from the bottom line, he passed the ball and found it outside the penalty area.

Gerrard's follow-up, facing Aspers' pass, is definitely Gerrard's own long-range sweet spot.

Don't stop the ball, go straight to the goal with a long shot.

The ball is like an arrow from the string, flying to the goal quickly and effectively.

It's just that De Gea's defense is also brilliant, a side attack that fell to the ground, and the long shot of this low-level ball was also directly pressed with both hands.

The goalkeepers on both sides are in a very good state in this game.

De Gea moved forward in the penalty area with the ball, did not follow the original free throw routine, handed the ball to the backcourt players, and then moved forward steadily.

This time De Gea kicked the ball to the front court with a big kick. Van Persie retreated to catch the ball, first stood in a better position, squeezed Yang Feng's forward route, then Van Persie stopped the ball with his chest, directly gave it to his teammates, and turned around Just pinch Liverpool's penalty area and insert it again.

After receiving the pass from Van Persie, Giggs made a diagonal pass to the right back Phil Jones.

Phil Jones was directly in the midfield, and it was a long pass to find Van Persie in the penalty area.

This time the pass.

Phil Jones' placement is excellent.

Inside the Liverpool penalty area, but it is not the goalkeeper who can easily attack and reach the position of the ball.

Goalkeepers, defenders, and forwards all have the opportunity to compete for this spot.

It's just that goalkeeper Mignolet was the first to give up.

Faced with such a fluttering high ball, Mignolet still chose to trust his goal line skills instead of taking the risk to try to catch the ball.

In the speed competition between Yang Feng and Van Persie, no one has an advantage in terms of body position.

When he took the last step, Yang Feng, who had been honed in the Premier League for many seasons, also used a small trick to pull people, which affected Van Persie's forward rush and take-off height. Instead, Yang Feng came later and jumped higher, overwhelming Van Persie, top this pass.

It's just that when the header is in the forward state of the body, Yang Feng can reach the landing point, which is already quite indefensible. The position control of the second landing point is not so precise.

The second point of the ball still fell into the penalty area, and Giggs's back was inserted nearby, and he had the opportunity to form a threatening follow-up shot to hit the goal.

Fortunately, Jose Enrique's reaction was fast enough. Before Giggs grabbed the ball, Jose Enrique took a step forward, fell to the ground with a shovel, slid directly, and kicked Complete a difficult clearance.

The ball flew to the midfield area. After Sturridge snatched the landing point, he made a diagonal pass to Aspers on the right, but was intercepted by Manchester United's active defense.

Opportunity for Manchester United to counterattack on the spot.

Evra passed a short pass to Carrick, and Carrick sent it directly to Ashley Young diagonally.

Ashley Young has enough space in front of him for him to complete the acceleration and directly hit the hinterland of Liverpool.

Liverpool's midfielder Lucas moved laterally to the right, trying to block Ashley Young's advancing route, but when he was grabbing the ball, Ashley Young made a fried ball and almost passed.

Lucas fouled in time, so that Ashley Young had no chance to enter the penalty area.

Of course, a yellow card is definitely inevitable.

A free kick near the penalty area line, although the position is on the left, there is definitely the possibility of a direct free kick hitting the goal.

Both Carrick and Ashley Young, who created this free kick, stood in front of the penalty spot, constantly discussing who would take the penalty.

Ashley Young's false run, or Carrick's free kick, flew directly to the Liverpool goal and flew to the left area of ​​the goal.

Too much pursuit of the control of the landing point, the speed of this ball is not as fast as expected.

But the landing point is indeed an excellent position. The goalkeeper at the front point near the small penalty area line and the back point position cannot get it at the first time, and both offensive and defensive sides may touch the ball at this point. In the chaos, there was a goal.

Nemanja Vidic hit the goal with the back, and the ball was rubbed to the left of the goal.

Mignolet's save was still flying in the air, but there was already a figure one step ahead, blocking the path of the ball.

Yang Feng, before the ball landed, had already abandoned Ferdinand and stood in the weak space that Mignolet might have.

Once he successfully used his body as a shield to block Vidic's header, and Yang Feng kicked the ball directly out of bounds. To be on the safe side, he just gave the opponent a corner kick.