Football’s First Defender

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool's continuous threatening attacks made Manchester City's defense line jittery and forced Manchester City's defense line to retreat.

Prioritize defense first, and look for opportunities to attack later.

Manchester City, who played at home, retracted their defense, and Liverpool took the initiative in the midfield more easily. In terms of physical consumption, it was much less than before.

Liverpool has been in control of the game since the second half of the game, occupying the advantage of possession and playing against Manchester City.

Due to the impact of Liverpool's extremely threatening offense in the early stage, it is understandable for Manchester City to retreat defensively.

Then retreat, and then try to attack, the Manchester City players find that it is not that simple.

The average age of the Liverpool team is quite young, and almost all of them are young talents. Although the average age of Manchester City's players is not too old, it is still much older than Liverpool.

Young players may not have as much experience as veterans, and they may not have enough game experience, but they have abundant physical fitness and a more high-spirited fighting spirit.

Liverpool had an advantage in the early part of the second half, which directly inspired the "small universe" of the players in the team, allowing every player to adjust their competitive state to the best.

When the Manchester City players escaped the "limelight" of Liverpool's fierce attack and wanted to return to the midfield to fight for the ball with Liverpool.

The Manchester City players on the field suddenly discovered that this Liverpool team was different from the Liverpool team in the first half.

With the Liverpool players being more active, working harder, and running more reasonably, the Liverpool players who are playing well do not give Manchester City players too many opportunities to get the ball.

Liverpool did a great job of pressing high in the midfield, which directly made it difficult for Manchester City to even have a decent chance to organize an attack.

Manchester City players cannot pass through the midfield organization, especially the absolute offensive brain in the frontcourt of the team. When David Silva is firmly fixed by Lucas, Manchester City's simple wing play is the focus of Liverpool. Against, it is difficult to have a threatening offensive opportunity.

Not only is the position offensive not good, but even after Manchester City successfully defends, it is not easy to fight back.

Liverpool's sudden explosion and pressure in the frontcourt made Manchester City's counterattack only possible through long passes from the backcourt.

And this kind of monotonous counterattack situation, for Yang Feng, is the foundation of his foothold in Europe.

Yang Feng started his career in the most "monotonous" counterattack situation like defense.

Manchester City's long pass from the backcourt falls into Liverpool's half-court, and it is often muddled into the sea, and there is no chance to make a few waves.

Yang Feng and Skrtel, the two of them have completed the destruction of most of Manchester City's long passes, especially the tacit understanding of the two private training, so that sometimes Yang Feng can use the "code word" they are familiar with to inform the team as quickly as possible. Go to the point where Skrtel is responsible for the defense zone.

From the 60th minute to the 75th minute of the game, Liverpool's offense as a whole, facing Manchester City's recovery defense, did not have a good offensive opportunity.

And Manchester City's counterattack and attempted offense were also suppressed from the source by Liverpool.

The two sides "developed steadily" for 15 minutes, and they were about to start a decisive battle in the last 15 minutes.

For Manchester City, Dzeko replaced Negredo and Milner replaced Nasri, all hoping to use the impact of the new offensive players to break Liverpool's defense.

On the bench with Manchester City, there are many powerful players who can be rotated, and the cards in Rogers' hands are still extremely limited.

Only in the 72nd minute, Moses was used to replace Coutinho, who was exhausted after running at full strength.

The final decisive battle between the two sides is imminent.

As soon as Dzeko came on the field, he threatened Liverpool's goal with a lob shot from outside the penalty area.

Fortunately, Mignolet's reaction was fast enough, he stepped back and took off, and supported Dzeko's goal with a single palm, preventing Dzeko from making a contribution as soon as he came on the field.

However, Dzeko's shot was Manchester City's best offensive opportunity in the second half.

Liverpool showed what a youth storm is, and what it means for young people to go crazy and you can't afford to mess with it.

The lack of physical fitness that many people imagined did not appear. As the game time passed, the players on the Liverpool field maintained their running speed as always, and maintained the intensity of the high-post press in the midfield. , with no chance of shaping at all.

Moses forced a breakthrough cross from the left, and Suarez followed up with a header in the middle...

Henderson kicked a long shot from the outside, Joe Hart struggled to block it, and Kompany cleared the second point...

Sterling made an inverted triangle pass from the right, and Joe Allen, who followed up from the outside, missed the shot...

Liverpool can always launch a threatening attack every now and then, but Manchester City, in addition to defense or defense.

The offense cannot be attacked, and the counterattack is not yet a threat.

Throughout the second half, it was more like Liverpool sitting at Anfield, rather than Manchester City at their devil's home court.

The Manchester City fans were a little stunned. They didn't expect that the team that could fight Bayern would be so suppressed by Liverpool that they couldn't attack even if they wanted to.

"When did Liverpool become so strong?"

This is the question of many people.

However, it is said that the current Liverpool is not scoring. In the second half, many opportunities were created, but it really couldn't be converted into a goal. This is the most embarrassing.

Liverpool, who performed extremely well in the second half, met Manchester City's solid and abnormal defense line at home, and fought a tough battle.

Although Manchester City can't play offensively, their long-term performance on the defensive end is definitely remarkable.

There are not many opportunities left for Liverpool, and Liverpool has not grasped the limited opportunities.

Liverpool's most threatening attack in the second half must have been the attack caused by Liverpool's wing in the 83rd minute of the game.

After Coutinho and Suarez took turns attacking before, Sabalet's physical energy consumption was already huge, and then facing Moses, who came off the bench and was physically fit, and very good at using his physical advantage, Zabaleta's side, just It has become the biggest loophole in Manchester City's defense.

Even with the supplementary defense of other Manchester City players, it is not guaranteed to be able to defend every time.

In the case of Manchester City's unsuccessful attempt to attack, Liverpool's frontcourt had fewer opportunities to play.

Moses received the ball from Suarez and ran directly on the left side. The one who could also keep up with Moses' speed was Sterling, who was on the right side and accelerated forward in a horizontal position.

Moses dribbled the ball past Zabaleta's defense. After entering the penalty area, he passed the ball directly to the far end while advancing.

At Rogers' request, Moses "learned" to pass the ball, at least not daring to disobey Rogers' tactics.

This pass passed in front of the three Manchester City players, but due to their own speed problems, they did not run in place. Only Sterling, who has a strong acceleration ability, ran to the landing position from the back point and directly shot the empty goal.

"At that moment, I caught up with the passing point, and a half-empty goal was in front of my eyes. I thought I would be able to score, but it turned out..."

After the game, Sterling and Yang Feng confide in their hearts, complaining that they didn't seize the perfect opportunity for the goal.

The fact is that the problem of Sterling's "soft feet" reappeared at a critical moment. He kicked the ball away from close range with a kick and missed Liverpool's best scoring opportunity.

The final score of the game was 1-1. Liverpool had the advantage in the second half, but in the absence of Sturridge, the ability to convert into dangerous shots was too weak. They did not tear apart the opponent's defense and could only be taken away from the away game. A draw.