Football’s First Defender

"Be cool, don't be so slack, the game is not over yet."

Seeing that his teammates were a little depressed following Manchester City's second goal, Yang Feng stood up and shouted to his teammates.

In fact, this work of encouraging teammates is usually done by Liverpool captain Gerrard. However, Gerrard is still sitting on the bench and cannot influence the players on the field.

"Everyone brings up morale, there is still time for the game, we still have a chance..."

Although Yang Feng asked everyone to raise morale, in fact, he knew in his heart that there was a high probability that this game would be too bad.

There is a natural strength gap between the two teams in the team lineup. After all, this is in Manchester City’s own home court. With the cheering of the Manchester City fans, the Liverpool players themselves are under great psychological pressure. Now facing the situation of two goals behind, Manchester City does not have a big accident, Liverpool really has no good way to recover the score today.

Even when strengthening the offensive end, Liverpool's own defense may continue to be broken by Manchester City using counterattacks.

As far as Yang Feng is concerned, it is also very clear that his outstanding performance in the few games since his return from self-injury is entirely due to the fact that his opponent does not have such a strong offensive strength.

At that time, I could rely on simple communication and command with my teammates to complete the defense against the opponent's counterattack.

But facing a team like Manchester City that already has the offensive strength of giants, in Liverpool's defense, it is not a very good defensive system by itself, and when it is necessary to deploy manpower to join the offense, huge loopholes will appear in the natural defense.

Even if Yang Feng can quickly and accurately determine the direction of the opponent's counterattack and the area that will threaten the attack, but there are not enough defenders, naturally it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Dalglish was on the sidelines and witnessed Manchester City's counterattack goals. He naturally saw his team's back line. Facing Manchester City's sharper counterattack in the second half, he was somewhat unable to resist.

But the team is now two goals behind, and it doesn't make sense to continue to defend. Dalglish can only bite the bullet and choose to continue to strengthen the attack.

"After being scored by Manchester City for the second goal, Dalglish did not give up and is still deploying troops to fight to the death."

"We saw that Gerrard, who warmed up on the sidelines at the beginning of the second half, is ready to play."

"This is Gerrard's first appearance in the Premier League after 7 games. As the core player of the team's offense, as the first captain of Liverpool, I don't know if Gerrard can lead Liverpool to score goals in such adversity. "

Gerrard replaced the veteran Kuyt, and Kuyt’s own right midfielder was played by Charlia. In fact, the entire right wing mainly relied on Glen Johnson’s attack. Charlie Adam and Gerrard are mainly responsible for the offense from the center, as well as defensive interceptions.

With Gerrard coming off the bench, Liverpool not only has a backbone that can improve the morale of the team, but also a core player who can pass and receive the ball in the middle.

Everyone is more willing to give the ball to Gerrard and let him dispatch the offense in the midfield. Even if Gerrard himself attempts a long shot directly in the middle, no one will have an opinion.

At the critical moment when the score is behind, there must be players who can stand up and integrate the team's offense.

With such a core point of Gerrard's offense, as a transit point for Liverpool's offensive possession, Liverpool's offense can finally be carried out more effectively in Manchester City's half.

"Liverpool captain Gerrard is back from injury in this game!"

"Judging from the previous two-foot long shots, Gerrard has recovered well. His appearance is hoped to bring Liverpool's offense to the next level."

Gerrard's appearance is more demanding for Manchester City's central defense. After all, as one of the "double ethics" of England midfielder, Gerrard has used his years of hard work in the Premier League to prove his offensive strength.

Even if he has just returned from injury, but his reputation is still there, this also makes Barry have to hold Gerrard firmly in the middle when Yaya Toure is at the end and is properly recovered into the penalty area for defense. The defense can only be handed over to Milner and Richards behind him.

After all, Barry is already struggling enough to defend Gerrard alone, and there is no way to be distracted to help the side defense.

As for Aguero, who retreated to his own half, he also has to take on a larger defensive task. He and Silva must jointly afford to defend against other Liverpool midfielders.

With Charlie Adam and Gerrard's move in the midfield, the mobile attack method that is not fixed in one place has also completely disrupted Manchester City's central defense line.

Because of Gerrard's appearance, the two players on the left will certainly benefit the most from Liverpool.

With both Barry and Aguero being constrained by Liverpool’s midfield, Liverpool’s attack on the left side finally did not have to play more with less. In the case of 2v2, they avoided Milner, who has a stronger defensive ability, and Liverpool’s The key offense is directed at Richards.

As long as the ball is passed to the point where it is against Richards, the other person takes Milner's defense. After that, whether it is a bottom breakthrough pass or a direct 45-degree diagonal long pass, it is easier than before. Many.

Gerrard's appearance directly revitalized both the center and left attacks. This is the role of a superstar player.

In addition, Carroll also has a certain advantage in fighting for a high point in the penalty area, and Liverpool's offensive threat is getting bigger and bigger.

"In Jose Enrique's bottom pass, without the help of other players, Richards faced the repeated impact of the two players on the left side of Liverpool. He obviously felt a little powerless!"

"Carol in the middle! I grabbed the first place this time and shook his head to attack the goal!"

"Johart's reaction was swift, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com made a side move and took off the football!"

"Although Liverpool have not scored a goal for a long time, Manchester City's passivity is obvious now. Maybe Mancini should make adjustments..."

Liverpool's frontcourt pressing still continued. Under the leadership of Gerrard, the Liverpool midfielders actively completed the frontcourt and soon forced the Manchester City players to make a big foot clearance to Liverpool half.

Yang Feng accurately competed for the top of the ball and passed it to Scotter beside him.

Henderson received the pass from the rear, dribbled the ball directly forward, and then transferred the ball to the left, which has a significantly more offensive advantage.

After Jose Enrique and Tangning crossed their positions, Enrique suddenly moved laterally, and Milner was transferred away.

Henderson's pass was timely passed to Downing on the left.

Facing Richards's defense, Tangning continuously started from the wing, stopped abruptly, turned to pull the ball, and changed the rhythm several times, finally completely disrupting Richards' defensive rhythm.

After that, Tangning used a wonderful emergency stop to smash the ball directly past Richards's center of gravity, and then directly accelerated, broke through the bottom, and slammed into the penalty area.

Koroture made up the defense at a critical moment, and Yaya Toure in the middle had a tacit understanding of his brother's defense of Carol.

Tangning found that Carol was not taking advantage of Yaya Toure’s defense between the flashing lights, so he directly used a larger passing angle to pass the ball inverted triangle to the penalty spot. Area.

"Gerard's keep up!"

"Volley!"

"The ball is scored!"

"GOAL!!!"

"Gerard! Goal when he comes back from injury! The Liverpool captain made a contribution to the team as soon as he came out, and Liverpool brought back the suspense of the game again!"