Football’s First Defender

In this double-red game, although Liverpool is sitting at Anfield, but in terms of their performance on the field at this stage, except for a 1-0 lead, Liverpool did not play the team's previous suppression at home.

The two sides have almost formed a balance of power on the field, and both have certain offensive opportunities, but it is not easy to create excellent goal-scoring opportunities.

Corner kick this time.

Ashley Young is in charge of the main hair.

Manchester United's players in the penalty area used a dispersed position, not giving Liverpool a chance to defend the area in front of the goal. No one knows where Manchester United's players will be scattered at the moment the ball is sent to compete. Grab the landing point.

When Ashley Young ran up, Manchester United's players also ran in all directions, interfering with Liverpool's marking in the penalty area.

Ashley Young finally chose to drive a very low half-high ball, directly looking for the forward area.

Ferdinand is the outflanking point in front of Manchester United.

However, in the case of extremely fast passing, the front point is too close to the corner flag area, leaving Ferdinand with insufficient reaction time.

Ferdinand hurried to catch up, but he was still one step away. He made a strafing action to hit the goal, but the ball was missed.

This half-high ball at the previous point has already fallen and bounced to the ground at the previous point, and after landing and rebounding, it continues to move forward.

Welbeck in front of the middle goal wanted to grab a shot, but in the penalty area, due to the pushing and pulling of Liverpool players, Welbeck did not kick the ball.

The players in the penalty area of ​​both sides were all swayed by Welbeck's gesture, especially Henderson, who came from the rear, faced the ball missed by Welbeck and wanted to intercept it, but was directly hit by the ball. Passed through the crotch, and flew to the back point.

There is only one Manchester United player left after the point, and that is Manchester United's biggest penalty area killer, General Fan Persie.

Van Persie wanted to complete a follow-up shot to Welbeck's "shot" due to his previous rush. When the ball bounced back, it was actually behind Van Persie.

But this kind of ball is not difficult for Van Persie. It only needs a "dragon wagging its tail" to actually create a chance to hit the goal.

Van Persie half-turned and adjusted, quickly finished his preparations, and spun his legs directly.

hit the door!

But the ball didn't go out.

Van Persie's reaction was fast, and Yang Feng's reaction was not slow either. As the central defender who was in charge of guarding against Persie in this game, Yang Feng maintained the greatest concentration and tried not to give Van Persie any chance.

A horizontal leg extension block, Yang Feng stretched his leg directly to the vicinity of Van Persie's shooting foot, completing the block this time.

The ball bounced and bounced again, but it was already slowed down, and the players in the Liverpool penalty area who reacted quickly made a clearance.

Skrtel quickly pulled up Yang Feng who fell to the ground, and even though the ball was still under the control of Manchester United, it did not prevent Liverpool fans from applauding their "father Yang Feng" for his excellent defensive performance.

Van Persie is very helpless, a great opportunity in front of the goal, an unexpected ball, and his fastest way of shooting, but he can still be blocked, how to play this?

In this game, not only was Yang Feng's outstanding performance, the team's midfield area was able to achieve excellent defensive restrictions, which was the reason why Yang Feng could concentrate on dealing with Van Persie.

Lucas's defense needless to say, although it may be compared with the top "black and hard" midfielders in Europe, his defense is still a little worse.

But in terms of position selection and running ability, Lucas is still a qualified starting midfielder.

Today, the old captain Gerrard's "desperate" running in the "Double Red Club" is also an important reason for Liverpool's excellent midfield defense.

In the middle of the first half, Manchester United relied on two fast-paced passes in the midfield to obtain a certain opportunity to break through.

Just when the Manchester United players broke through the tight defense line of Liverpool's midfielder and wanted to keep going forward, entering the penalty area and creating scoring opportunities.

Gerrard can always appear in key positions, relying on excellent defense to complete the protection of the defense.

Giggs first sent a beautiful through ball in the midfield area, and the ball was directly stuffed into a small space in Liverpool's midfield.

Welbeck took advantage of his speed in the middle, crossed diagonally, received a through ball from Giggs, and then led the ball directly forward.

With Liverpool's back line tightly guarding the penalty area, Welbeck used his speed to get rid of the free dribbling of all defenders, and chose to slow down, waiting for other teammates to intersperse, but also looking for opportunities to make his own actions , See if you can create a chance to hit the goal.

However, Welbeck's hesitation gave Gerrard, who had been chasing him behind him, a chance.

Gerrard was at the rear, chasing at full speed, and directly with a sliding shovel from the side, he unloaded the football from Welbeck's feet steadily and ruthlessly, and kicked the ball out, making Welbeck's hesitation pay the price.

Just one minute later, Manchester United's offensive came back from the left. Under the pressure of Henderson, Evra still sent a straight pass from the left to Ashley Young who was in front of him. Professor Yang A kick out of the ball, a diagonal pad behind, just passed a comfortable lead in front of Evra.

Evra accelerated diagonally alone, not only completely getting rid of Henderson who was too late to turn around, but even cutting in before his sudden acceleration, Liverpool

The defensive players in the midfield area don't even have a chance to defend from the front.

At this time, to deal with Evra's full-speed dribbling forward, on the defensive end, Gerrard's oblique upward grab was still sideways, and the position was accurately selected. In the process of Evra's fast dribbling, another oblique Xiang's sliding tackle, even with the ball, directly intercepted it.

Evra still fell to the ground and complained to the referee, but the referee believed that the ball was intercepted first, which was not a foul.

Although it is impossible for Gerrard, a veteran player, to run all over the court and do his due diligence on the defensive end, he can also give full play to his experience in the game. own contribution.

With Lucas's sweeping defense and Liverpool's excellent defense of the back line, after restricting most of Manchester United's offenses, coupled with Gerrard's defensive experience at the right time, Liverpool's impregnable walls, Although it will not completely lock up all of Manchester United's offenses, it will also prevent Manchester United from getting better offensive opportunities so easily.

For the players on both sides, such a fierce midfield fight in the first half of the first half naturally consumed a lot of physical energy of the players. Liverpool made a more retracted defensive tactical adjustment first.

Use a more retreating defense to further reduce the space that can be used by Manchester United players to make up for the lack of running due to the decline in physical fitness.

And Manchester United finally got the initiative they wanted, but in a situation where the team needs to attack after falling behind by one goal, can the physical fitness of the players support the return defense after the back and forth attack?

This is something that Moyes needs to make a decision. At this time, to launch a full-scale attack, should he be the first to break through Liverpool's iron wall, or Liverpool's counterattack, which can create a threat first?