Football’s First Defender

The game against Leicester City is a crucial battle for Liverpool on the way to the championship.

If they win, for Liverpool, they can temporarily reach the top and regain the initiative in the subsequent championship.

However, Leicester City's King Power Stadium is not so easy to break through.

In the Premier League games that have been played this season, Leicester City has achieved a very good record at home.

11 home rounds, 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss record, also ranked in the forefront of the Premier League this season.

The only game lost was at the beginning of the season, a 2-5 loss at home to Arsenal, which was in hot form at the beginning of the season.

With Leicester City, his record in the game began to become even better. In recent home games, Leicester City performed very well, especially in home games, Leicester City The defense of the city is the best.

0 to 0 and Manchester City, which has the most offensive firepower in the Premier League, scored a goalless draw.

2 to 1, defeated Chelsea.

1 to 1, a draw with Manchester United.

Facing several giant teams, Leicester City's performance is always remarkable, and they try to do their best.

In this game, Liverpool, who played away, still made some personnel adjustments.

Sturridge lacked the magic of the past two seasons, forcing Klopp to deploy some offensive players.

The team returned to a 433 formation in the away game.

Jordan Ibe replaced Sturridge as the starter again, and came to fight more intensely in the frontcourt.

Facing Leicester City's excellent counterattack force, Klopp did not dare to let Yang Feng go too far forward, but still had to start offensive tactics in the away game, giving priority to ensuring the team's defense line and not being easily broken by the opponent.

Yang Feng's main duty today is to guard the backcourt and do a good job of defensive tasks.

As for Leicester City, which is playing at home, thanks to the return of the water-drinking Godlin Walkert, the team's midfield strength has become stronger than before.

This is a real championship battle, both sides are playing with all the main players, and it is also the absolute highlight of this round of the league.

For Liverpool, Leicester City's performance at Anfield in the last match has caused them a lot of trouble.

But now, Leicester City sits at home and has greater support from home fans. Maybe the home team's performance will be even better, so Liverpool must go all out.

"The game is about to begin."

"Today, the referee who enforced this focus game is Marina."

"Marina's stomach seems to be standing up a little bit."

"It's probably because I haven't drank less beer these days, and my stomach is closed..."

"Because of the weather conditions we learned before the start of the game today, it should be cloudy to light rain. And according to the live broadcast signal connected before the start of the game, there is also light rain in the sky, so the field may be a little slippery. But the latest close-up From the perspective of the camera, the light rain should have stopped now, and it will not have a big impact on the game."

"With a whistle from Marina, the game officially begins."

"The names of both parties are..."

And while the commentator was still explaining the lineups of the two sides in detail, Leicester City played an exquisite frontcourt cooperation at the beginning of the game.

After the kick-off, Leicester City patiently organized the attack in the backcourt.

And Liverpool still used their frantic press in the midfield to put defensive pressure on Leicester City.

However, Leicester City, who are playing at home, are very daring to show their ability to control the ball in the midfield. The players are very daring to make moves to get rid of Liverpool's pressing defense.

Liverpool's initial high frontcourt pressure did not receive the desired defensive effect.

Starting from Schmeichel, the players of Leicester City have been constantly passing and holding the ball to attract Liverpool players' forward grabs and put more pressure on their opponents.

While passing the ball continuously from the midfield to the backcourt, Albrighton suddenly took the midfield position and sent a long pass to the frontcourt.

Yang Feng played his own defensive ability, completed the header excellently, passed the ball to Vardy, first hit it, and directly pushed it back to his teammate.

Henderson dribbled the ball forward directly in the middle, and sent a kick directly forward to find a pass to Firmino.

It's just that Liverpool wanted to play a quick counterattack, but Leicester City's defense in the midfield was very good.

Kanter quickly went up to grab it, and directly in the game, he stabbed out the ball that hadn't stopped at Firmino's feet.

Drinwakert, under the direct control of the ball nearby, and directly picked the pass forward.

Mahrez unloaded the football in Liverpool's half and went straight forward for a quick drive.

For Mahrez, as his performance this season has gotten better and better, Mahrez has become more and more confident and has shown himself on the court.

Now, Mahrez is very hopeful to achieve a double-double this season.

The number of goals and assists is not far from double digits.

Mahrez's strongest point is naturally his breakthrough ability.

Excellent breakthrough ability is the best way for Mahrez to show himself in the game.

This time, after dribbling forward, Mahrez always interspersed with emergency stops and swayed laterally to put defensive pressure on the opponent.

This is Mahrez's excellent breakthrough ability display.

Excellent speed, explosive power, and an elusive way to break through, and enough fake moves to confuse.

Even Yang Feng, facing Mahrez 1v1 at this time, cannot achieve excellent defensive restrictions.

This is Yang Feng's least favorite defensive method, and it is the most difficult defensive situation for a central defender to deal with.

It's not that Mahrez is really better than those stars who have already made their mark, Yang Feng can't restrain him, but in this direct 1v1 situation, any defensive player, when facing an excellent offensive player , are all in mobile warfare and have absolute disadvantages.

Usually, Yang Feng is always able to complete the restriction on the opponent in defense.

That's because some teammates locked the area in other areas to allow Yang Feng to have a specific defensive area to create pressure on the opponent.

And what is Yang Feng's preferred defense method?

If there is at least one teammate in front, defend first.

In that case, even if the opponent uses his personal ability to complete a breakthrough.

Then Yang Feng, who came to supplement the defense, can also seize the exact timing to make timely defensive choices when the opponent has a fixed trajectory.

But this time, when one's own defensive counterattack was counterattacked by the opponent, Skrtel had to take into account the other side, Vardy who was already pulling the side to the bottom, and could only rely on the nearby Yang Feng When defending Mahrez in individual combat.

Yang Feng's defensive choice is very targeted, that is, to give priority to protecting his own penalty area during the game.

After all, in the game, the distance at which the opponent is most likely to score a goal is still within the penalty area.

Therefore, Yang Feng would rather take a step back and keep the defensive space to ensure the defense in the penalty area.

And gave Mahrez room to attack.

In the process of advancing, after "successfully" swaying Yang Feng's defense away with a feint, Mahrez took a step horizontally to the left and completed a goal with his left foot

After Yang Feng voluntarily gave way to Mahrez to open the defensive space, he also wanted to complete the interception after "cheat" Mahrez to hit the goal.

However, the space given up allowed Mahrez to quickly complete a kick in the game. Yang Feng made another grab, but failed to complete the block as he wished.

Mahrez hit the goal, hit a half-high rubbing shot, and flew directly to the left side of the goal.

Yang Feng could only choose to believe in Mignolet's defensive ability at the whole time, and Mahrez's own poor shooting skills.

A bouncing ball on the ground is definitely a difficult goal for the goalkeeper to defend, and Mignolet did not catch it with a side attack.

However, Mahrez still made some mistakes in controlling the angle of the goal.

This ball directly rubbed against the post and flew out of the bottom line without scoring a goal. It can only be said that it scared Liverpool's defensive players into a cold sweat, but it did not cause substantial damage.

"Mahrez, facing Yang Feng's defense, suddenly took a horizontal step and completed a goal before the penalty area."

"It's just that he wanted to hit a far corner, but there was a slight deviation in the control of the ball. This goal was not scored."

"This season, in Mahrez's offense, this kind of sudden horizontal long-range shot after breaking through the center has been completed quite a few times, but almost none of them have scored."

"Compared with his long-range shooting ability, he is still a little bit inferior."

"Although Mahrez has the most assists and goals this season, he is the most in the Premier League and has become a well-deserved top attacker, but Mahrez can still improve even more."

"If, in positional battles, this kind of long-range shot threat can be further improved, then he can definitely become a first-class offensive player in the Premier League."

"In fact, this season, Mahrez has already achieved his worth in Leicester City, and some giants have even extended an olive branch in Chilblain Wine, but Leicester City is not in a hurry to sell people. After all, the players still have a few years left. With the contract in hand, Leicester City dare to rest assured to use it for a period of time, and wait for a higher bid before completing the sale."

"At least this season, winning the Champions League qualification and even hitting the Premier League championship are the reasons why Leicester City retained the team's main frame and even actively signed in during the winter window."

"I have to mention Arsenal at this point. Arsenal did nothing in the winter window, which caused the team to lose a good game. In the event of an injury, there was no suitable replacement player, which directly let Arsenal's previous lead. Nothing."

Today, the enthusiasm and running ability of Leicester City players on the field have been demonstrated the strongest.

From Liverpool's penalty area, grabbing Liverpool's backcourt, to the interception in the midfield area, and the encirclement of one's own half.

All Leicester City players, except for goalkeeper Schmeichel Jr., used their full strength in the game to press.

It really messed up Liverpool.

Liverpool's passing of the ball in practice was actually very good, and there were no major problems in the multi-leg passing in the backcourt.

It's just that there is a very real problem, that is, Liverpool needs to control the ball and pass it forward for a threatening attack.

In the backcourt, Liverpool's passing and possession of the ball seemed a bit reluctant when they were forced.

When passing to the midfield, the players of Leicester City even showed the team's overall defensive tacit understanding, and they did a very good job in pressing.

Usually 2 or 3 people quickly encircle to create defensive pressure on the receiver.

And when the ball is passed, the defensive players immediately disperse and make a new encirclement.

Constantly defend with more and less, forming a local defensive number advantage, forcing Liverpool's offensive players.

It made Liverpool's offensive launch, which did not pose enough threats at all.

Especially Leicester City's Kanter is a midfielder who can't run to death. In his own half, he gallops all over the field to carry out various defenses, make up, and encircle.

It was under Kanter's defense that when Coutinho was receiving the ball, Kanter stretched out his kick from behind and passed the ball, making Coutinho unable to do it even if he wanted to kick the ball .

And when Liverpool counterattacked on the spot, the Leicester City players who regained the ball can also organize the pass in the backcourt in an orderly manner. Under the defensive confrontation imposed by Liverpool, they can also obtain good possession of the ball. Effect.

In the 4th minute of the game, the home team Leicester City once again created a murderous intention in the game.

Originally, the two sides strangled the ball in the midfield.

When Drinwakert received a pass back from his teammate, he urgently picked a pass in the midfield and passed the ball directly to Liverpool's central defensive area.

Vardy and Yang Feng competed for the top.

This time Vardy chose an excellent position, which made it not easy for Yang Feng to compete for the top.

Although the ball was still pushed back, Yang Feng could only focus on clearing the siege as his primary goal, and could no longer control the ball, so he gave the ball to his teammates to clear the siege.

It was Kanter's sudden appearance again, this time within Liverpool's half, directly controlling the second point and sending a through ball forward.

Although Milner reacted subconsciously, he directly blocked the ball and kicked it out.

But the one who received the ball in the midfield was still a Leicester City player. Drinwakert's forward drive was just above the path of the ball, and he didn't stop the ball. He directly faced the ball and sent another one. Over the top long pass.

Find Vardy at the front.

Vardy vs Skrtel.

Originally, Vardy was marked by Yang Feng, but because Okazaki Shinji suddenly slanted forward to the right, Yang Feng could only chase Okazaki Shinji nearby during the game, and handed Vardy to Scott, who came to defend. tel.

It's just that Skrtel failed to get a place in this new subscription.

The ball was hit by Vardy and went directly to the top of the arc in the penalty area.

It was Mahrez's forward attack again. After unloading Vardy's header pass, he made two consecutive feints of changing directions. After successfully swaying Henderson who had returned from the defense, he directly completed a kick in the penalty area. hit the door.

Fortunately, Mignolet showed a very good competitive state in the game, with a side throw, he saved the ball.

Without letting Mahrez, he scored a goal with a shot on target.