Football’s First Defender

Rooney's goal indeed brought back the suspense of the game, but it is also a reality that there is not much time left in the game.

For Rooney's goal, Yang Feng first took responsibility for himself in front of the defense. After all, he gave his opponent such an opportunity when he was marking Fellaini.

However, while Yang Feng was taking responsibility, he was also motivating his teammates to continue to pay attention and never make mistakes again.

In the last ten minutes, for Liverpool, it was necessary to use an iron wall to stop Manchester United's attack.

And Manchester United, have to put all their eggs in one basket and launch their final counterattack.

In the final stage of the game, Manchester United's siege and the Red Army's defense became the main theme on the field.

Klopp even continued to replace defensive players to strengthen the defense in the penalty area.

Three central defenders tactic, all retreated, Klopp finally used a tough defensive tactic, successfully defended the game, and let the team, at home, successfully complete revenge against Manchester United.

When facing strong opponents like Arsenal and Manchester United, even if they have home court advantage, it is not easy to still win two consecutive victories.

Before the start of the Champions League knockout round, Liverpool can maximize their performance in the league first, so as to continue to maintain pressure on the team in front of them.

After two home games, in this league game, Liverpool is going to an away game to challenge the "Canary" Norwich team.

Norwich has only one goal this season, which is to avoid relegation.

Although ranked fifth, they are only 2 points away from Newcastle United, which is third from last.

If you don't pay attention, after a loss, Norwich may fall into the relegation zone unluckily.

This also makes Norwich attach great importance to every home game.

After all, in the current league at home, Norwich has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. The efficiency of grabbing points is quite high, which also makes Norwich want to continue grabbing points at home.

Even if the opponent is Liverpool, which has been in good form recently, and Norwich, who has been concentrating on the league, still wants to try to see if they can create miracles at home.

For Norwich, one point may decide the fate of relegation at the end of the season, so at home, facing any opponent, it is a tie and victory. Norwich should strive to lead more points in the relegation zone.

As a newly promoted team, Norwich has its own characteristics.

They do not have strong funds. The team continues to retain the tactical system of the British Championship, and it is more traditional football.

In terms of player composition, there are not too many big-name players, and more British players like Scotland and England are paired with some "skin" and "durable" African players.

Spend the least amount of money to try to improve the combat effectiveness of the team.

Against such an opponent, Liverpool actually has a great advantage.

It's just that everyone underestimated Norwich's combat effectiveness at home and their resilience.

At the beginning of the game, Liverpool was in the game, continuing its oppressive attack in the early stage.

A strong team beat a weak team, and Liverpool achieved nearly 70% of the ball possession rate, which is not too much.

Less than 2 minutes after the start of the game, Yang Feng made a long pass in the midfield and accurately passed the ball to the Norwich penalty area line.

Firmino quickly moved forward and succeeded in anti-offside. When there was a drag behind the opponent's side, he rushed to the landing position and completed a lob shot first.

The goal line of the ball is good, but in terms of the strength of the lob shot, Firmino is a little bit bigger. This ball did not fall within the range of the goal frame, and fell directly into the net behind the goal crossbar. On, a little bit worse.

Liverpool's frontcourt offense was maintained very well, and Yang Feng also played the role of passing the ball in the midfield, constantly passing Liverpool back to reorganize the ball to the most threatening place.

And Liverpool's siege in the midfield finally reaped results in the 16th minute of the game.

Yang Feng sent a through pass in the midfield, and directly found Coutinho, who got the offensive space on the left because of the previous offensive on the right, which attracted the attention of the home team's defense.

After Coutinho received the ball, he directly launched a breakthrough on the left side, facing the defender who rushed over, and directly stepped on a bicycle to break through on the side.

The fast-paced changes, his excellent personal ability, coupled with the defensive players rushing up, did not devote themselves to this defense very well.

Coutinho managed to break through on the left and immediately sent a cross.

The ball passed directly to the left side of the penalty area, near the penalty area line.

Keeping up was Liverpool midfielder Milner who suddenly advanced.

Under the pressure of the opponent's defense, Milner did not choose to stop the ball and give the opponent a chance to defend and grab it. Instead, he quickly poked the ball forward with his left foot and just sent a through ball.

The through ball was passed into the small penalty area, and Firmino, who was interspersed obliquely in front, successfully got it against offside.

Just make adjustments during the running process, and the moment you catch up with the pass, you directly hit the goal with your left foot from a small angle.

The goalkeeper of the home team fell to the ground too slowly. This wonderful kick rolled past the goalkeeper's legs and rolled directly into the goal slowly.

Liverpool took the lead 1-0 away.

And Firmino, continuing his outstanding performance in these few games, once again scored goals in the game.

Firmino is now more and more pleased that he cooperated with coach Klopp's transformation of his position.

Consecutive goals made Firmino feel that he is getting more and more used to the position of striker. It might be possible to become a world-class striker in the future. Firmino even wants to "get involved" in the No. 9 of the Brazilian national team jersey, become another world-class striker star.

And 2 minutes later, Liverpool had another chance to rewrite the score.

Lallana's breakthrough with the ball in the midfield directly caused a foul by the home team's players in front of the penalty area, and Liverpool got a very close direct free kick.

Milner chose a tactical free kick and made a direct cross to avoid the opponent's wall.

And Henderson assisted from the far side, facing the cross pass, and directly hit the goal with a crossbow.

The kick is completed before the defender saves it outside the penalty area.

The shot was powerful and the angle was very tricky. Seeing that the ball was about to fly low and hit the lower left corner of the goal, the goalkeeper of the home team reacted quickly this time.

Let Norwich, the score was not expanded.

Sometimes luck is something that complements each other, and if you survive a catastrophe, you will have future blessings.

Just when Liverpool launched the siege of the frontcourt, Norwich's investment in the counterattack was still quite bold.

Anyway, the current situation of the team is like this. One goal behind is also behind, and two goals behind will be the end of the game.

When Norwich counterattacked, it was very daring to invest in troops.

In the 25th minute of the game, Norwich hit the goal with a long shot in the counterattack, which almost pierced Mignolet's ten fingers.

At the critical moment, Mignolet dedicated an excellent save, and this wonderful long shot with a single palm only gave the opponent a corner kick.

The set-piece tactics are originally what a team like Norwich with a strong Championship style is good at.

After all, there are mostly English players and African players in the team, with excellent physical fitness and confrontation ability, and they all have huge advantages in the competition for the top in set-piece tactics.

Norwich's corner kick tactics this time, because the player's footwork was too rough, even passed the ball to the back point, drawing an arc in the air, and it was about to fly out of the baseline.

Yang Feng was somewhat relaxed, thinking that this should be a goal kick.

But the Bassoon in the home team's lineup actually showed amazing jumping and explosive power at the back point. Before the ball went out of the baseline, he forcibly took off and pushed the ball back to the middle position.

The players from both sides in front of the goal have not yet dispersed, and amidst the chaos, Mcaboni competed with Yang Feng, who was defending him, in front of the goal.

It's just that, when the two reached at the same time and completed their efforts, Yang Feng exerted more force for this ball, and the ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Yang Feng.

However, the Liverpool teammates did not control the landing point of the ball. The ball was still grabbed by the Norwich players, and it was a header again, pushing the football back into the penalty area.

Mkaboni in the penalty area leaned directly against Yang Feng, not giving Yang Feng a chance to step forward at all.

The physical fitness of African players is excellent. Yang Feng was pressed by his opponent and couldn't move forward at all.

However, Yang Feng is also working hard to interfere with Mcaboni's subsequent stop.

As long as the ball is unloaded, Carboni will not be able to turn around and hit the goal at the first time. At that time, other Liverpool players will come to defend and can also snatch the ball.

But Mkaboni made a move that was beyond Yang Feng's expectations.

For this ball, Mcaboni did not unload the ball, and then sought to turn around and hit the goal.

Instead, all attention was focused on Yang Feng's position, waiting for the ball, landing on his own, and rebounding slightly to his feet, when other Liverpool defensive players surrounded him and wanted to grab the ball.

After Mcaboni raised his right foot, he knocked the ball directly with his heel to complete the goal.

"not good!"

Yang Feng secretly sighed that it was terrible, he had never thought that Mkaboni would choose such an unconventional way of hitting the door, which really surprised Yang Feng.

And Yang Feng was not very well prepared, subconsciously stretched his legs to intercept, but still failed.

In the small penalty area, so concealed, so close to the goal, Mignolet has nothing to do.

When the ball rolled into the goal, Mignolet was still in place.

1 to 1!

Norwich managed to equalize with a set-piece, with Mcaboni scoring a brilliant back-heel strike.

The lead was equalized, which is somewhat unacceptable for Liverpool players.

They thought that when they were leading, an opponent like Norwich might raise their hands and surrender, but they didn't expect that the opponent would easily fight back the game.

Liverpool continued to strengthen their offense on the pitch, looking forward to rewriting the score again.

But the Norwich players, who had just equalized the score, were full of morale.

Using his active running and slightly "savage" collision, he rebuilt an excellent defensive system in the midfield.

To make Liverpool's offense, for a while, it was unable to play a too threatening offense, and could only try by long-range shots.

As for the Liverpool players, on the offensive end, due to the inability to rewrite the score, it is inevitable that the players will feel a little unbalanced after the lead is equalized, and there is some impatience in handling the ball.

The offense was not smooth, but it gave Norwich another opportunity to counterattack threats and Liverpool's defense.

Right winger Graham was on the right line in the counterattack, received a pass from his teammate, and was just outside Yang Feng's defensive range.

Although due to the extremely fast return of Liverpool players and the high rate of defensive players in the team, Norwich's counterattack was not allowed to come out at the first time.

But Norwich's counterattack continued as before, daring to invest troops.

More players entered the Liverpool half to seize this rare offensive opportunity.

Graham, who took the ball from the right, dribbled the ball into the penalty area on the right side of Liverpool, attracting the defense of three defenders around him.

Seeing that he was about to be surrounded, Graham leaned against Milner with his back to protect the ball, and his eyes swept forward from the corner of his eyes.

Suddenly a heel knocked the ball directly to the baseline, and successfully passed Milner's feet.

Naismith quickly advanced from the right.

For this run, Naismith can only say that he saw the space in the penalty area, and as a wide player, he advanced to the position.

As for whether the ball can be passed and how to pass it, it is all the teammate's problem. I only need to be responsible for running and finishing.

And Graham's magic stroke this time, a heel tackle, did encircle Liverpool's three players, and Naismith, in the small penalty area, directly kicked the goal from a small angle.

Although Mignolet swung his arm vigorously and barely touched the ball, Naismith's volley was too powerful and the angle was wide enough.

Even if it was touched by Mignolet, it did not affect the angle of the goal too much. The ball still hit the back post and bounced into the net.

2 to 1!

Norwich, who played at home, even overtook the score in the 40th minute of the first half.

After Naismith scored this goal, the entire Norwich home court turned into a sea of ​​joy.

More than 20,000 home fans cheered and shouted heartily, to praise the team heroes who worked hard on the field.

The Liverpool players, on the other hand, were a little confused.

At the last moment of the first half of the game, there was a counterattack that was not an excellent opportunity, which made the home team attack again.

In the case of scoring the first goal 1-0, the opponent pulled two goals in a row. Then you changed the score. This made many Liverpool players feel incredible, and even began to feel a little confused. Can this away game really be won? ?

Fortunately, there is not much time left in the first half.

Although trailing 1 to 2 at halftime, for Liverpool, they can finally take advantage of the intermission and have a better adjustment.