Football’s First Defender

The games on both sides were all draws, so for the fans, the live broadcast of the two games in the last round looks interesting.

If Leicester City can't beat Chelsea away, then it is to leave a chance for Liverpool.

And if Liverpool cannot win, then it is to walk Leicester City to the championship.

The current draw on the scene can be seen as the calm before the storm.

For Leicester City, who are playing at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, an away loss in this game has the same meaning as a draw. All they need to pursue is victory. If they win, they will win the championship. Invincible, they are also champions.

The same is true for Liverpool, but the prerequisite for them to have a chance to compete for the championship is that they must score all 3 points in the away game. If there is no way to win the away game against West Bromwich Albion, then everything is empty talk.

All Liverpool need is this victory. Victory is a prerequisite. Only by winning can they have the condition to see the face of Leicester City.

Another field, news came in real time, showing that Chelsea still maintained a tie.

This is a reassurance for Klopp on the sidelines.

As long as the score of the other field does not change much, then it is Liverpool's chance.

"attack!"

"Look for a chance to score a goal!"

Klopp shouted loudly from the sidelines, guiding the team's offense, and the Liverpool players on the scene were also encouraging each other.

For the game, Liverpool needs to perform better offensive performance in the game to get a better offensive rhythm, and then try to get as many threatening offensive opportunities as possible.

However, throughout the first half of the game, although Liverpool has been seizing the time and launching an attack, there are many shooting opportunities, but there is not a single threatening one.

The biggest goal threat in the first half may have been Coutinho's pocket shot during a breakthrough.

This time, he completed a high-quality shot. The ball shot out with a high arc and went directly to the far corner.

It's a pity that the home team's goalkeeper made a high-quality save, blocked the ball with one hand, and failed to score.

At the end of the halftime of the two games, the score was 0 to 0. Although there were no goals, for the fans of Liverpool and Leicester City, or for the fans who are concerned about the Premier League games, It was a tough half-time game.

Intermission.

On Liverpool's side, Klopp made the final mobilization.

"It's the end of a season and I hope that in an hour we will be on the podium of the Premier League champions!"

"Chelsea next door, at least for now, has won us a chance to compete for the championship. What we have to do now is to abandon all distracting thoughts and find an offensive state in the second half of the game."

"I don't hope that in the end it is our own reasons that make us lose the possibility of competing for the league championship."

"Everyone needs to work hard! We need to work hard. I need you to perform better to score goals and win the game."

"Everyone must believe that we can complete the reversal and win the final championship!"

During the half-time break, Klopp was mobilizing the team on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was also explaining more tactics and arrangements to the players during the game.

Liverpool needs a more targeted offense to open up the game.

West Bromwich Albion's defense needs to be completely disassembled to complete the offensive effect.

And this is inseparable from the performance of several Liverpool offensive core players.

Of course, Liverpool also need to have a clearer offensive fulcrum, on the field, to ensure that Liverpool can launch more attacks, and use the number of attacks to pose a greater threat to the opponent.

In the positional battle, when there was not enough offensive strength, Klopp completed the substitution adjustment at the beginning of the second half.

Sturridge was replaced, and it was still Liverpool's first striker, Benteke, who played.

Even if Klopp thinks that Benteke is not in his plan, Benteke is quite critical of Klopp's use of himself.

But when Klopp points to Benteke, Benteke will try his best to display his offensive ability to help the team more in the game.

As for Benteke, he has half a game to prove his strength in the end.

No matter whether he stays in Liverpool or transfers to leave, for Benteke, having a better offensive data and field performance will be of great help to his future career.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Liverpool showed a different posture on the offensive end.

With Benteke in the penalty area, for these Liverpool players, it is in the game that they are guaranteed to pass the ball at will.

For the team, in the game, there is a good offensive guarantee.

Liverpool's offensive players, at least in the game now, can directly complete the pass in many cases to achieve the maximum offensive performance in the game.

You know, because of the lack of such a decisive role in the penalty area, Liverpool's offense generally does not directly and simply pass the ball into the penalty area in the game except for penetrating the ball and passing the ball.

This also makes the number of attacks in the penalty area not very many in the entire first half.

With Benteke's debut, it is actually a signal for Liverpool's own offense.

That is, you can attack the penalty area indefinitely, play a simple offensive style of play, and use every opportunity to attack to the greatest extent in the game to complete the attack mode.

Although it may not be possible to guarantee that every pass is very accurate, there is no guarantee that Liverpool's offensive efficiency will still maintain a very high part.

However, in the game, it can form an extremely good offensive suppression, and use the number of attacks to get more shots.

This point, the changes in Liverpool, can be seen from the number of passes Liverpool increased per unit time in the second half.

Liverpool's passing speed, the number of passes, the number of threatening offenses, and the number of dangerous passes in the penalty area have all been significantly improved compared to the first half.

Although many passes to the goal, there is no big problem, either because of poor control of the pass in a hurry, or it was intercepted by the defensive player.

And it is easy for the home team West Bromwich Albion to seize the opportunity to fight back.

But quantity becomes quality, and for Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion's counterattack threat is like that.

As a team that is not known for its offense, West Bromwich Albion's offensive ability is actually very limited.

In the game, they can more simply complete some simple defensive counterattack conversions.

Because of the weakness of the team's overall offensive strength and the lack of forward personal ability, facing Yang Feng who put all his energy on defense, there was no chance at all to pass.

In the second half, in order to cooperate with Liverpool's attack in front of the midfield, Yang Feng was ready to withstand the opponent's counterattack, and he must stick to Liverpool's defense until the team scored the first goal.

On the offensive end, Liverpool's main offensive method is still in the game, trying to break through the breakthrough from the middle.

It doesn't mean that if Liverpool replaced Benteke, they must play around Benteke in the game.

Just because of the addition of Benteke, Liverpool players will have a better way to choose when faced with multiple options during the offensive process, and then get some new passing opportunities that can be tried.

Especially in terms of side-to-side transitions, Liverpool can pass the ball back from the side to the center than before, and have a better chance of threatening the goal.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool showed a very good offensive ability in the game.

Especially the team's passing of the ball within a small area of ​​the midfield, due to the adjustment of the midfield and the adjustment of the mental state of the players.

As a result, in the game, the game state of the Liverpool players finally recovered, and in terms of small-scale cooperation, it returned to a normal level.

The small-scale cooperation of the frontcourt players could have put enough pressure on the West Bromwich Albion players, and there was Benteke in the penalty area as a support point. Liverpool's offense played a very good offensive effect in the second half.

Not long after the start of the game, Liverpool sent an exquisite pass cooperation in the frontcourt.

Coutinho, Lallana and Henderson in the middle, the continuous small-scale passing of the ball between the three completely disrupted West Bromwich Albion's defense.

As a result, West Bromwich Albion, during the game, patronized to strengthen the defense before the big penalty area, and pulled back the defensive forces on the left and right sides.

At this time, for Coutinho who received the ball, he saw an offensive opportunity and found an offensive space on the wing.

Pass the ball diagonally with one foot, and send the ball directly to the front right wing.

The ball was sent directly to the space on the right, and Liverpool's right back Klein quickly jumped in to respond.

On the right side of the road without stopping the ball, he sent a pass directly.

Due to Benteke's ability to grab points in the penalty area, West Bromwich Albion players are facing the enemy of Benteke, and they also believe that Liverpool's attack may be a chance for Benteke to create a half-high ball.

But it turned out that Benteke was just a cover. Even Klein's ball from the side didn't hit a high ball. Instead, he kicked a low ball with the outside of his foot and flew directly to the point behind the goal.

The defensive players were caught off guard, and the goalkeeper did not react.

It's just that in the Liverpool lineup, Firmino, who went to the back to outflank, was oppressed by the opponent's defense and small pulling movements, which still affected Firmino's forward speed.

Although Firmino forcibly threw his body out and completed a kick, he did not hit the right part. Under extreme conditions, Firmino only completed the kick.

But the ball was still kicked wide, and the ball flew directly to the baseline.

And 3 minutes later, Liverpool's offense made a comeback.

Milner got the ball on the right side and sent a curve ball directly at 45 degrees.

This time Benteke directly used his physical advantage to accelerate forward, trying to complete the grab.

For West Bromwich Albion's defense, it is in an awkward position when facing Benteke's offense, that is, for West Bromwich Albion, there is no good way, no player, can effectively limit

Live the shock of Benteke.

Although Benteke is not valued by Klopp in the Liverpool team, it cannot deny Benteke's toughness.

The reason why Klopp doesn't value Benteke is because if a top team's team-building policy is used, a center player like Benteke can play against a giant team that is also a top team. The strength that comes out is extremely limited.

Although Benteke has a very good offensive effect when facing some middle and lower teams, but for the rich teams, they should have a suppressing effect against the underdogs, so Benteke's performance is not good. will be so important.

However, in today's game, Benteke's appearance is still so important for Liverpool's offensive help.

Excellent offensive ability, this time let Benteke take the lead this time, and go straight forward to attack the goal. If it weren't for the goalkeeper of West Bromwich Albion, this time he attacked decisively, directly blocking all angles with his body at close range, maybe Benteke Ke's header this time can rewrite the score on the field.

This time the attack failed, and for Liverpool, it was another good opportunity to attack.

But the continuous creation of such dangerous offensive opportunities is quite different from Liverpool's dull offense in the first half.

West Bromwich Albion is under increasing defensive pressure, and can only invest more and more strength on the defensive end.

However, Liverpool is also coming out in full force. For Liverpool, which can only win, except for Yang Feng and Lovren, as well as Mignolet on the goal line, other players are all invested in the offense to strengthen the team's strength. Offensive ability, come in the game, get better offensive performance.

Just to be able to rewrite the score on the field.

And hard work pays off.

In other words, Liverpool's continuous offense in the midfield finally reaped the desired results.

In the 64th minute of the game, Liverpool once again played exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt.

Continuous passing of multiple Liverpool attacking players.

When Klein was opening the space on the right, Lallana sent a diagonal through ball from the front position on the right during the game.

Klein's acceleration to the outside drove away the defender.

Milner, on the other hand, suddenly advanced on the right, and accelerated to get the through ball this time in the front position on the right.

Milner quickly advanced and completed the bottom directly after receiving the ball.

West Bromwich Albion's defense was penetrated again by Lallana's through ball this time.

As for Milner's bottom, although some players came to make up for the defense, the gap in the position at the first time did not have a great defensive impact on Milner who went to the bottom at full speed.

Milner directly completed the bottom pass, and it was Benteke who responded in the middle.

Although Benteke did not directly complete the header with this goal, but after his header relay at the front point, Firmino at the back point scored a head shake in front of the goal and directly scored for Liverpool. ball.

In the two games of the championship, the first goal was scored by Liverpool in the second half. It can be said that Liverpool is now relying on its lead in the game, but instead came to the first place in the real-time standings and won the championship. Advantageous position...