Football’s First Defender

Mignolet's wonderful save this time, indeed saved the Liverpool team in the game.

Hazard's one-handed kick this time, although he hit the goal with his own inverse foot, it was a chance for a single-handed ball after all during the fast march, leaving Hazard a certain amount of preparation time, and there is still enough time attack space.

Moreover, Hazard chose to hit the goal with a low shot from the near corner on the left, and he could also play a big enough threat in the game.

However, in fact, Mignolet's reaction speed in front of the goal was fast enough.

The goal-line reaction ability that Mignolet is proud of, this time helped him to devote himself to the magic attack. This time, the magic attack made the situation of the game not change.

With the score tied between the two teams, Liverpool still only needs one goal to complete the goal of winning.

This time Chelsea's counterattack just scared the Liverpool players into a cold sweat, letting them know that in the game, they must not easily give Chelsea such a large counterattack space to use.

Indeed, Yang Feng's defensive ability is good enough, but Yang Feng's excellent defensive ability must also be established under the condition of being able to make defensive restrictions.

In this way, when many opponents were artificially evil to the hinterland and directly formed the "Duizier" tactic, Yang Feng had nothing to do.

Keep the tie and only need one more goal to win.

In case Chelsea scored a goal in the game, then it is necessary to score 2 goals in the game to win.

Scoring 2 goals against Chelsea is not an easy task.

After Chelsea's counterattack this time, although Liverpool will still find a way to take the initiative to attack, they will not leave Chelsea with a lot of room for counterattack if they don't care about it in the game.

When Liverpool had to take defense into account and did not dare to put all their strength into the game, Klopp also began to make his own substitution adjustments.

Since Liverpool's penetrating style of play cannot deal a fatal blow to Chelsea, Liverpool can also use other offensive styles.

Benteke came off the bench.

At the critical moment when the team needs to attack, Benteke, as a rich point of Liverpool's offensive tactics, naturally goes into battle to give full play to his advantages on the field and use his ability to grab points in the penalty area to complete the team's offensive. Replenish.

After Benteke played, it is indeed a very good supplementary effect for Liverpool's offense.

You know, although Mikel played Chelsea's central defender before, Firmino and Sturridge are also not considered the traditional high center forwards, and they don't have that kind of physical confrontation ability and header ability.

As a result, Mikel should have played as a central defender. Not only did he not suffer any disadvantages, but because of his increased flexibility, he had a better defensive advantage when defending Firmino or Sturridge.

With Benteke replaced at this time, Liverpool will have an absolute high point in the penalty area, which can make Liverpool's crosses from the two wings more frequent and directly hit the area in front of the goal.

As soon as Benteke played, he gave Liverpool's offense a "beacon" in the penalty area at any time.

You know, in the previous Liverpool offense, in many cases, when facing Chelsea's defense, it was too difficult to achieve a good offensive effect.

Constantly pass and cut to cooperate, but it is impossible to hit the ball into the hinterland of Chelsea's penalty area, and can only use more long-range shots from the outside to threaten the goal.

But standing in front of Chelsea is Courtois such a good goalkeeper.

In general positional battles, it is still too difficult to score goals with long-range shots against world-class goalkeepers.

As long as there is no accident like refraction in the middle, a world-class goalkeeper will not be bad at defending long-range shots.

In the case of many unsuccessful attacks before, the appearance of Benteke at this time has played a great role in enriching Liverpool's offensive routines.

At least, now when the combination of passing and cutting cannot be played directly, at least the direct bottom pass from the wing can also become an offensive option.

Moreover, such an offensive routine can not only directly use Benteke's offensive threat.

You can also use more crosses from the side to oppress the opponent's defense and create more corner kick opportunities.

You must know that in the set kicks, Yang Fengjialovren originally had a certain advantage in the competition. Now with the appearance of Benteke, Liverpool will have a greater advantage in the competition for headers.

This is because, even if Benteke's appearance is against Klopp's own offensive philosophy, at this time, the victory of the game must be the most important.

Occasionally playing a rough offense is a kind of adjustment to the team's offense.

Benteke's appearance in the 61st minute directly changed Liverpool's offensive rhythm.

It also made Liverpool's attack times and attack frequency faster than before.

Before, it was necessary to constantly stretch the space, get space for breakthroughs or short passes, and use continuous running without the ball to find offensive opportunities.

But now, Coutinho and Lallana can constantly use their breakthrough threats to disrupt Chelsea's defense.

Moreno, the left back, and Klein, the right back, can also use their speed and the cross assist ability from the side to go forward directly and get the ball space on the side.

Liverpool's offense began to change from the previous ground offense to today's three-dimensional offense.

And Benteke is really inside the penalty area. Under Cahill's defense, there is a lot of offensive space to use.

Cahill is responsible for Chelsea's defense of high-point players like Benteke. It is also the only player in Chelsea's current lineup who can form a matchup with Benteke.

Let Mikel defend Benteke?

In terms of height and strength, the gap is still too large. Benteke will use his physical advantage to directly defeat Mikel's defense.

Of course, for defending Benteke, a Cahill still cannot completely limit Benteke.

Other Chelsea players are also needed to provide nearby defense and cause various offensive troubles for Benteke.

However, after finally coming off the bench, in such a crucial game, Benteke, who got the chance to play, will of course be eager to prove himself in the game.

After Benteke played, he was quite excited and also showed a strong sense of desire for victory.

He wants to score goals, he has to show his ability, show himself, in the game, even if the playing time is limited, he can also have excellent offensive value.