Football’s First Defender

Leading 2-0 at halftime, for Liverpool, this strong duel was fully incorporated into their own rhythm of the game.

As the current leader of the Premier League, Arsenal is naturally not reconciled to just being caught in the away game. In the second half of the game, Arsenal began to exert force on the offensive end, hoping to regain the initiative on the field.

More power is invested in the offense to ensure Arsenal's offense, maintain pressure, increase the number of attacks, the number of shots, and increase the probability of scoring.

Liverpool's change is more about using new tactics when attacking, so as not to delay Yang Feng's return to the central defender position when defending to restore his previous defense.

It's just that Liverpool's side defense, although it can be in the defensive position most of the time because of the small forward penetration, but on the defensive end, it is still the weakest link in Liverpool's formation, which is also true.

Especially on Moreno's side, although the speed is not much different from his Spanish fellow Bellerin, but Bellerin has long legs, and long legs are justice. Come at speed, get a passing space, and pass the ball into the penalty area.

With Giroud as a fulcrum on the inside, and Ramsey and others advancing forward, Bellerin's pass from time to time forward and sometimes back is a huge test for Liverpool's defense.

Arsenal's suppression at the beginning of the second half allowed the team to obtain a lot of opportunities to threaten offense in the frontcourt.

In the 57th minute of the game, Bellerin passed the ball in front of the goal after breaking through from the wing, and was cleared by Skrtel, which only gave Arsenal a corner kick. In the second half, Arsenal took a second corner kick Chance.

Ozil takes the corner.

In the penalty area, Arsenal's two central defenders, plus Giroud and three high-point players, barely occupy a certain height advantage.

Although Liverpool's average height has an advantage, it's just that in terms of high-point players, Liverpool is still at a disadvantage of 2 to 3.

Yang Feng is responsible for guarding Koscielny, while Skrtel continues to withstand Giroud.

Ozil took the corner kick this time, the ball was extremely fast, and there was a rapid drop, and he passed the ball directly to the goal.

Yang Feng had a bad feeling when he saw the pass in front of the goal in the middle, but with such a fast pass, he had no chance to come to defend.

Giroud's oblique forward thrust to the front point, firmly suppressing Skrtel behind him, stretched out his left foot while walking, and within the small penalty area, he flicked his ankle, aimed at the rapidly falling football, and kicked A pad shot, the ball directly rubbed against the goal post and flew into the goal.

Mignolet fell to the ground and couldn't make a save, so he could only watch and the football rolled into the net.

"1 to 2, Arsenal relied on a set-piece opportunity and Giroud scored a goal."

"Giroud's offensive state this season is excellent. He has scored his 12th goal in the league. Arsenal regained the suspense of the game."

After being used by Arsenal to score a goal with a set kick, Liverpool can only pay full attention in the following games to try their best to keep the victory of this game.

Arsenal continued their attacking posture, while Liverpool was based on defense and then counterattacked.

In fact, Liverpool had a lot of counterattack opportunities in the second half, but none of them turned into goals.

First, Yang Feng completed precise guidance in the backcourt and found Lallana in the front right.

After receiving the ball, Lallana sent a cross directly from the bottom of the right.

The pass went directly to the goal, but Koscielny made a clearance first.

It's just that, because Lallana's pass has a large arc, Koscielny's clearance did not go far, but some kicked.

Firmino, who was near the penalty spot, directly raised his leg, unloaded the football, and after completing a half-turn on the spot, he directly hit the goal.

A sideways volley went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

However, this kick was full of power, but the angle control was a little bit off, the ball slid out of the goal, and Firmino failed to complete the hat-trick.

Three minutes later, Liverpool once again played a wonderful counterattack. Yang Feng, who was in possession of the ball in the backcourt, this time found Coutinho on the left with a long pass.

After receiving the ball, Coutinho rushed forward to attract firepower.

Afterwards, the inverted triangle passed the ball to the feet of Firmino outside the penalty area.

Firmino's smooth feet attracted Arsenal's defensive players to rush forward to defend.

However, he made a cross pass and found Henderson not far away.

Henderson, instead of taking a long shot by himself, sent a through kick to the left side in the game. Coutinho, who had launched the attack before, cleverly countered offside and successfully inserted directly into the penalty area Within, complete a lob shot.

However, he was unlucky, and this kick hit the goal directly on the crossbar.

Liverpool's continuous waste of counterattack opportunities also allowed Arsenal to see the dawn of an equalizer.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Arsenal played exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt. Walcott dribbled the ball across the side, putting huge pressure on Liverpool's central defense.

After Walcott attracted Liverpool's central defense, he passed the ball directly to Ozil from a short distance. Ozil didn't stop the ball, turned directly to one end, and picked the ball into Liverpool's penalty area.

Giroud and Ramsey advanced at the same time, Skrtel's defense was completely blocked by Giroud, and Ramsey made a pick-and-roll cover.

Facing Mignolet who was attacking, Ramsey directly chose to lob and shoot towards the goal. The ball went directly over Mignolet's head and flew towards the goal.

Mignolet fished subconsciously. After not touching the football, he could only accept his fate.

The trajectory of the ball had already fallen, and when it was about to fall into the goal, Yang Feng stood up, quickly retreated to the goal, flew out, and completed a barb clearance with his feet!

"My God! Yang Feng, ran back to the door quickly, and when he couldn't see it, he jumped and flew out, and completed a backhook in the air to clear the siege."

"An unconventional clearance action made Ramsey's wonderful volley goal come to naught."

After that, in order to continue to strengthen the attack, Arsenal sent Welbeck decisively to change into a double striker and continue to exert pressure.

Liverpool's defense, although dangerous, has been digging strong to hold the score.

In the 83rd minute, Arsenal once again played an exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt.

The right side was used as the starting point of the attack again. After continuous passing, Welbeck, who received the ball, went down quickly on the right side of the penalty area, and then sent an inverted triangle pass.

The ball went directly to Giroud in the penalty area.

Giroud made a gesture to meet the ball and hit the goal. After cheating Skrtel's grab, it was a pull action after stepping on the ball. At the same time, he completed a turn, avoided Skrtel's defense, and turned to another Side, direct left foot homeopathic volley.

The movement is smooth and flowing, and the angle of the volley is also chosen very carefully. From the perspective of TV broadcast, this kick went straight to the lower left corner of the goal, and it was another wonderful individual shot.

Then, he was blocked by Yang Feng again.

Wherever there is danger, Yang Feng will appear there. Yang Feng, who slid over again, blocked the space in the penalty area this time, making it impossible for Arsenal to score an equalizer goal.

The "Great Wall of China" once again stood in front of Anfield's goal, allowing Liverpool to rely on defense to win a game.