Football’s First Defender

In the first half of the away game, Manchester City did have some anti-customer flavors.

In the game, the team showed strong competitiveness to complete the offensive end of the away game.

Although Liverpool occupies the home court advantage and has a great home court advantage, but when facing Manchester City, it is still possible for Manchester City to catch the opportunity and complete the attack.

One wave is not flat, and another wave rises again.

After Yang Feng's successful defense before, less than 1 minute later, Manchester City's offense made a comeback.

After getting a pass from his teammate on the right, Navas faced Moreno's defense, but he could still give full play to his speed ability.

The characteristic of Navas is his speed, which can always cause great defensive pressure on opponent players on the right.

And in addition to speed, Navas' passing ability at high speed is also very good. He can always rely on his personal ability to create a great offensive threat.

In this attack, after Navas got the ball on the right side, when facing the defense of the Spanish fellow Moreno, he did not simply use his speed to kill Moreno directly.

Navas also knows that Moreno is good at speed recovery, so in the process of dribbling and breaking through, he exerted a certain speed ability, but also interspersed a lot of changing movements to interfere with Moreno's defensive judgment, so as to grasp a greater Offensive initiative.

As a top winger, Navas, who ultimately dribbles the ball himself, is even better.

The so-called offensive initiative was brought into full play by Navas, so that Moreno's defense did not pose too much threat, and was easily resolved by Navas' offense.

After entering the hinterland, Navas continued to shake the bicycle, and then suddenly completed a small-angle shot directly after reaching the edge of the penalty area.

Navas's shot angle is actually very tricky, going straight to the back of the goal.

And this ball is full of power and the ball is very fast.

Yang Feng defended in the middle, wanted to intercept it, but realized it was too late.

Navas' offense this time was fast and decisive, and he fully utilized his personal ability to the extreme.

Fortunately, this goal will focus Mignolet's attention.

If it is said that in some set kicks, or when facing some high-altitude passes from the opponent, Mignolet will always make mistakes.

However, in terms of defense on the goal line, Mignolet is always full of confidence in his ability to save.

In this regard, although Klopp has always wanted to find a more stable goalkeeper, he still fully recognizes Mignolet's goal line ability.

Facing Navas' kick.

Mignolet didn't choose to fall to the ground and pounce sideways. In that case, the time to do the movements on the ground may consume a lot.

Instead, choose to complete the splits immediately on the spot.

Sit on the ground with your legs stretched out to increase your defensive area to complete this defense.

De Gea's defensive actions are sometimes very suitable for these goalkeepers who have played well on the goal line.

Mignolet's outstretched right foot just intercepted Navas' threatening shot this time.

Although due to the great power of the ball, after the interception, the ball broke through Mignolet's block and flew to the back of the goal.

But the blocking still worked, and the ball eventually slid out of the goal and rolled directly out of the baseline.

Relying on Mignolet's excellent defensive performance, this time, he just gave Manchester City a corner kick.

The corner kick was taken by David Silva. Manchester City's players are not bad at set-pieces. After all, for Kompany and Otamendi, the header is the most important thing for them. means of scoring.

It's just that soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals.

The two most threatening points for Manchester City's header are Yang Feng facing Kompany and Skrtel restricting Otamendi.

They are all players with similar styles. In the game, they mark each other.

Kompany, who is not injured, can definitely be regarded as a world-class central defender. His defensive stability and excellent header performance on the offensive end can always serve Manchester City at critical moments, on both ends of the offense and defense. Create greater benefits.

This time, David Silva's corner kick went directly to Kompany in front of the goal.

David Silva's passing skills are indeed among the best in the world. The ball's direction finding was excellent. The ball drew a perfect arc in the air and landed just above Kompany's head.

It's just that a pass is accurate and a position selection is excellent, but none of them can stand up to the most stable defensive point in the Liverpool team, Yang Feng's personal defensive performance.

Yang Feng, who also judged the landing point of the ball, was already stuck in place by Kompany.

But there is no perfect position, Yang Feng can create a position.

Before the pass came, Yang Feng exerted force continuously, from various angles, to hit Kompany, give him a huge impact force, to break his position, and prevent him from completing the header so easily.

Under Yang Feng's continuous defensive interference, especially at the last moment, Yang Feng also jumped high and formed the final interference in the air. Although Kompany's head-shaking attack was not completely blocked by Yang Feng, Yang Feng thought The desired restrictive effect has already come out.

Kompany's shot quality can only be said to be average, and some shot angles were restricted by Yang Feng.

Mignolet was on the goal line, jumped lightly, and blocked the ball with both hands, defusing Manchester City's attack.

Manchester City's anti-offensive offensive in the first half of the first half did make Liverpool lose some offensive rhythm in the early stage of the game.

But this is Anfield Stadium after all. Although Manchester City played a certain advantage, the Liverpool players can still stabilize the situation amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, and then find better ways to attack.

Since you Manchester City want to attack, then Liverpool is also willing. During the game, the team can stabilize the defense first, play a defensive counterattack, catch Manchester City's offensive space, and complete their own threatening counterattack.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Liverpool had an excellent counterattack opportunity.

Manchester City launched an attack in the midfield, and Liverpool's iconic high-position defense actually has a lot of room for use.

Today's Manchester City, before Guardiola took over, the team's pass control did not have much offensive system.

The so-called continuous passing of the ball still relies more on the personal abilities of the players.

Therefore, when the Liverpool players ran tirelessly and started high pressure, the Manchester City players actually struggled to pass the ball.

And the passing started to stumble, which also had a huge impact on Manchester City's offensive development.

As an emerging wealthy team, the strength of a team like Manchester City makes the players extremely proud. Even if they are under full pressure from Liverpool, the Manchester City players will never pass the ball easily. The right is returned directly to the opponent.

Pass the ball patiently, push it forward a little bit, and then, it's a turnover.

Chrissy on the left, as a veteran, has rich experience, but physical problems limit his performance.

Facing Liverpool's high-intensity oppressive defense, Clichy was already under oppression by Liverpool players when he received a pass back from his teammates in front.

In a hurry, he chose to pass the ball back to the central defender.

But he was caught by Lallana, directly completed the interception and grabbed the ball.

Lallana counterattacked on the spot, leaving only Otamendi in front of him.

Otamendi didn't dare to fight, and didn't dare to give Lallana a lot of space behind him to prevent Lallana from completing the ball pass and creating huge offensive opportunities.

Otamendi kept retreating, retreating, preparing to retreat into the penalty area, and then stood still to defend Lallana.

However, Lallana used his own actions to prove that Otamendi thought too much about his defense this time.

Fast forward, this time Lallana has no intention of hitting the penalty area at all.

After all, with Otamendi's defense in the front and Clichy and Fernando in the rear attacking from both sides, Lallana's speed slowed down a little, and this time the attacking opportunity may be gone.

Instead of letting the opportunity miss, it's better to hit a long shot while marching outside!

Go out, hit the door!

The shot during the march was quite concealed, and it was a direct swing of the calf, relying on forceful force, to hit the goal this time.

The ball went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal.

If De Gea is standing on the goal line, there may still be a chance to face Lallana's long shot.

But Joe Hart, faced with such a tricky angle and an extremely fast long-range shot, it is destined to be too late if he wants to fall to the ground to complete the save.

"GOAL!!!"

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

"Lallana! In the 33rd minute of the game, a long-range shot after stealing the ball from the frontcourt directly pierced through Joe Hart's ten fingers."

"Excellent enthusiasm in the frontcourt, excellent long-range shot control, Lallana used his excellent personal performance to help the team break the deadlock in the first half."

Face Hart with a kick.

Joe Hart, who always serves as the background board, was once again pierced by the opponent with a long shot.

Leading 1-0, the scene began to turn more towards Liverpool.

Liverpool can carry out defensive counterattacks with more confidence, use their own frontcourt to press in the midfield, and continue to look for opportunities to complete the frontcourt steals and direct counterattacks.

In the 40th minute of the game, Liverpool's counterattack made a comeback.

Manchester City's offense in the frontcourt is still unable to penetrate Liverpool's defense, and sometimes, threatening passes are dangers and opportunities.

If the ball is passed, it is a good opportunity. If it fails to pass and is intercepted, it is a good opportunity for the defender to quickly launch a counterattack.

Sterling wants to prove his growth in front of Yang Feng where he once struggled.

However, playing habits cannot be easily changed.

Sterling accelerated continuously on the left, changed directions, and after making a breakthrough, he suddenly chose to pass the ball and stuffed it directly into the penalty area.

All the previous offensive moves were illusions, and the real ultimate move was to find Aguero in the penalty area.

However, although Aguero had started running with a tacit understanding, the ball was not passed.

Yang Feng really knows Sterling very well. After all, they used to practice together almost every day. Yang Feng can always guess the intention of Sterling's offensive moves.

This time, Yang Feng happened to appear on Sterling's passing route and directly intercepted the ball, and Liverpool could directly launch a counterattack.

Since there are no Manchester City players around him to press, for Yang Feng, he can take the ball and run a few steps forward by himself. While giving his teammates time to counterattack and move forward, he also observes that Manchester City's backcourt Depending on the situation, the threat of passing the ball will be greater.

With a long pass, Yang Feng chose to hit the ball to the right.

Lallana is moving forward quickly.

In this ball, in the confrontation between Chrissy and Lallana, it is obvious that they do not have any advantage in terms of speed.

Lallana catches the ball first and unloads it.

Although when unloading the football, he was overtaken by Chrissy and was able to defend head-on.

But Lallana made a strong breakthrough again, and the pressure on Clichy was still great.

Just when Clichy was preparing foul tactics, even if he gave the opponent a set kick, he didn't want to give Lallana too many opportunities.

Lallana chose to pass the ball.

Passing the ball back with one kick, he directly found Firmino, who was also advancing quickly.

Firmino had Clichy's defense in front of him, and Fernandinho's chase behind him. Under the double attack, he shot the ball accurately with one kick and directly scored the ball from the right side diagonally. Inside the Manchester City penalty area.

The target of the pass was Milner who was in the counterattack and advanced into the penalty area.

Milner stopped and brought, directly preventing Otamendi's defense from reaching.

Afterwards, when he was chasing the ball, he shot from close range, and Joe Hart was completely caught off guard in front of the goal.

"2 to 0! Liverpool is at home, leading Manchester City 2 to 0!"

"Milner, this time he handled the ball very delicately in the penalty area and gave the opponent a fatal blow."

Manchester City is not without a chance afterwards.

Before the end of the first half, a cross from Manchester City accurately found Aguero. Aguero shook his head and went straight to the dead corner of the left post of the goal.

However, Yang Feng suddenly retreated, directly on the goal line, and completed the clearance, which made Manchester City's idea of ​​moving back a goal first come to naught.

With a 2-0 lead at halftime, entering the second half, for Liverpool, the game was much easier.

In the second half of the game, Manchester City was obviously a little anxious when they were two goals behind, and the offensive end was too simple.

While it was impossible to pose too much threat to Liverpool, on the contrary, its own defense suffered a greater loss.

The game is 55 minutes.

Liverpool once again played a subtle counterattack.

After Lallana received Yang Feng's long pass, he sent a wonderful diagonal through ball in the middle. After Firmino stepped in to catch the ball, he fired an angry shot and pierced Joe Hart's ten fingers again.

The 3-0 score also made Manchester City completely lose their fighting spirit.

In the end, in this strong duel, Liverpool at home was even better, beating the "Blue Moon" Manchester City 3-0 and achieving another crucial victory.