Football’s First Defender

The temporary three-back combination led by Yang Feng, together with some midfielders who returned to the penalty area, effectively withstood the pass into the penalty area caused by the threat of Manchester United's wing attack.

Manchester United has enough players in the middle, but they can't really pose a goal threat.

After a period of unsuccessful offense, Moyes directly put Fellaini to the forefront of the team. A lineup similar to four forwards allowed Liverpool to further increase the number of offensive and defensive players in the penalty area, making the penalty area also become more crowded.

With Fellaini participating in Manchester United's offensive line, Liverpool can only make certain adjustments in the distribution of players in the defensive penalty area.

After all, Skrtel still has to be drawn out to focus on the high point of Fellaini. Fellaini is so good at the high point of headers, so he must be regarded as an orthodox high center for defense. So on the defensive end, after all, an opponent's striker will be missed.

Yang Feng still sternly guarded Pesci, Agger defended Rooney, and Welbeck, who came off the bench, let the team's midfielder Lucas be responsible for marking.

After all, in Manchester United's offense today, except for Carrick who is responsible for scheduling the ball, there is no point to connect the ball. All offensive launches are concentrated on the left and right sides.

Therefore, in addition to keeping Gerrard in the middle to prepare to support the two wings at any time, other players also concentrated on the defense of Manchester United's breakthrough on the wing and the defense of Manchester United's players in the penalty area.

With Fellaini in the penalty area, becoming a high point, although Liverpool's defensive pressure has increased, Manchester United's midfielder also lacks a defensive midfielder. With the addition of two defensive spaces on the wing, it can It is said that today's Manchester United defense is leaking everywhere. As long as Liverpool can complete the defense, turning around is a very threatening counterattack opportunity.

Now it depends on whether Manchester United scored the goal first in the last desperate attack, or Liverpool took the lead in counterattacking and expanding their lead.

Manchester United, which concentrates on attacking from the wing, the biggest threat now is not this kind of grabbing point after a pass from the wing, but the occasional set-piece opportunities that can be created.

This may also be the reason why Moyes is so obsessed with crossing from the side. Although in sports warfare, Manchester United may not necessarily have a big advantage in contention, but when they really get a set kick, Ferdinand and Vidic are two. With high-point players joining Manchester United's offense, Manchester United will have a greater advantage.

This kind of advantage, when players on both offensive and defensive sides are densely packed in the penalty area, is the time to simply compete with the personal abilities of players near the landing point.

Two set-piece chances, Vidic's header and Evra's chaotic volley from the outside all created a certain attacking threat.

Evra's threat was okay. Yang Feng in the area in front of the goal directly used his body to complete the block in the small penalty area, without threatening Mignolet.

But in the 79th minute of the game, Vidic's header almost helped Manchester United tie the score.

Ashley Young's corner kick was sent directly to the small penalty area where the crowd was the tightest.

In the densest area of ​​the penalty area, the offensive and defensive players do not have much space to move, and they almost all jump on the spot to compete for the header.

Vidic's experience has played a role. Although his physical condition is no longer as brave as it used to be, Vidic has done a very good job of grasping the referee's foul penalty scale.

During the take-off process, against Agger's defense, Vidic had a leverage action to press down his arm so that he could jump higher.

However, Vidic closed his hand very quickly. Although he increased his take-off height, it was not a continuous foul action. In the double red game, the referee turned a blind eye. Stop the game.

Just taking advantage of this small advantage of taking off, Vidic grabbed the landing point directly after taking off, and shook his head to attack the goal.

That is to say, Mignolet was always on the goal line, kept moving with small steps, and completed a side attack in the first time.

This goal is more likely to be a prediction, or even luck.

Vidic's header hit Mignolet's face and was magically blocked by Mignolet on the line.

With the victory at your fingertips, in such an important "double red meeting", Rogers finally chose to be a "slave", and Suarez, who had been pressing on Manchester United's defense, was also transferred back to half-court defense.

After all, the game time is less than 10 minutes, and there is not much time left for Manchester United. In the previous few counterattack opportunities, since Liverpool did not seize the opportunity to expand the score, then in the final stage, it is natural to choose to do a good job of defense that has recently performed well Tactics, relying on defense to defend the last period of time.

In the final stage of the game, both the offensive and defensive sides are relatively nervous. This kind of game situation that is only one goal away is the most psychological test of the game.

Suarez was transferred back to defend. While defending well, he still has a great desire for counterattack goals.

Suarez had had an excellent counter-attack opportunity before.

It was just a quasi-single-handed opportunity that was similar to getting rid of Ferdinand, but it was destroyed by De Gea's attack and the defensive interference from Ferdinand's side and rear.

Gerrard and Sterling also had the opportunity to counterattack, but when Manchester United defended Liverpool's counterattack, they still protected the core area of ​​​​the penalty area very well.

As for other positions, Liverpool players' shots are completely dependent on De Gea's personal defense.

Facts have proved that De Gea's performance is still quite good, and he did not allow Liverpool to score a third goal.

Threats were created on both sides, but under the excellent performance of the opponent's goalkeeper, there was no chance to score.

Manchester United is eager to equalize the score, while Liverpool, while defending well, is working hard to expand the score and completely end the suspense of the game.

The game is approaching the end of 90 minutes. Even if Valencia only has him on the right side to attack, but relatively, Liverpool's defensive strength on this side is also insufficient. In the long confrontation with Jose Enrique , Using the emergency stop after accelerating to get rid of, Valencia still created a space to break through the penalty area.

However, the work of Liverpool's defense is still very tight, and Gerrard's defense is very fast.

In the end, Valencia could only choose to pass the ball, but this half-high pass was still hit by Agger's header first.

After that, the second landing point was obtained by Yang Feng rushing forward quickly.

Yang Feng took the ball and ran two steps forward, and took a good look at the situation on the field. He made a long pass and passed the ball directly to the wide space behind Valencia.

The ball fell precisely into the wing area of ​​Manchester United's half, and at this time it was Sterling who was chasing the ball.

From the right to the left, Sterling gave full play to his speed advantage, ran past several Manchester United players who had no physical fitness to run fast, and dribbled the ball directly to the bottom.

In the end, Ferdinand had to step forward to block it, but Sterling had no intention of cross-cutting, so he accelerated to the bottom, so that Ferdinand's defense could only hold a certain line, and Sterling could not touch the outside line at all.

After accelerating near the bottom line, Sterling, who had enough time and space to adjust, swept the ball directly to the middle with a low and flat ball.

Ferdinand's outstretched foot blocked and missed the ball.

Vidic's speed is also not fast enough. Facing the pass in front of him, during the forward rush, he fell directly to the ground and slid the tackle, but still couldn't reach the ball.

The ball eventually continued to slide on the ground to the back point.

The follow-up point is Suarez, who Vidic is responsible for defending.

At the back point, Suarez had more running time and preparation time. When the ball was leaked, Suarez pushed with his right foot while running directly.

"3 to 1!"

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