super storm

Chapter 501 Double killing the blue army

The long league is always full of ups and downs and uncertainties.

It is impossible for any team to be smooth sailing, and there will always be various problems.

For example, Liverpool has been adopting a four-three-three formation before. After careful polishing, when the team gradually stabilized, an injury to Mohamed Sissoko directly disrupted all the team's plans.

Subsequently, the Red Army experienced troughs and turmoil, and had to adjust, changing from the original [-] to [-], pushing Yang Yang from the left midfielder to the front line, and then ushered in a fantastic December.

The problems encountered by the Red Army will also be encountered by other teams, such as Chelsea.

In the Devil's Christmas schedule, the Blues not only suffered a three-game tie, but also paid a heavy price for the injury of the main central defender Terry. This is definitely a big loss for Chelsea.

Subsequently, Chelsea fought consecutively in the League Cup and the FA Cup, and the players were exhausted.

In the No.20 three-round match of the league, Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic [-]-[-] at home. Lampard, Robben, Drogba, and an own goal by Wigan Athletic, defeated Wigan Athletic with [-] goals at home.

This victory seems to show signs of Chelsea's full recovery, especially considering that in this game, in order to better prepare for the Anfield battle a week later, Mourinho also specially arranged for Carvalho to take turns.

In the central defender's position, Essien started with Ferreira, and his performance was quite satisfactory.

And the complete victory is not without paying a price, that is, the main midfielder Makelele accumulated yellow cards and was suspended for one round.

However, it was raining all night. On the eve of the game against Liverpool, central defender Carvalho suddenly had a high fever and was unable to travel with the team to an away game against Liverpool. For Chelsea, it was undoubtedly worse.

Terry and Carvalho are absent, the two main central defenders are both injured, and Makelele is suspended...

The effects of the Christmas Devil's schedule are gradually being felt.

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Liverpool gave up the two major cup competitions and concentrated all their energy on playing in the league.

In this game against Chelsea, Liverpool once again arranged a four-three-three formation.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Riise, Daniel Agger, Carragher and Finnan, the three midfielders are Aurelio, Harvey Alonso and Gerrard, and the front trident is a combination of Yang Yang, Crouch and Dirk.

And Liverpool's game strategy is actually very, very simple, and it can even be said to be rude and direct.

That is to hit the high point.

How tall is it?

Chelsea's right-back Gremi is 1.8m1.8, Ferreira is 1.7m1.7, Essien is [-]m[-], and Ashley Cole is [-]m[-].

However, among Liverpool's trident that Chelsea's line of defense faces, Yang Yang is the shortest, with a height of 1.8 meters three. This is the latest accurate official data of Liverpool.

Kurit is 1.8 meters four, Crouch is as high as 1.8 meters, Gerrard is also as high as [-] meters six.

Just the height alone is enough to kill Chelsea!
In European football, there are many different understandings of football, such as central defenders.

Ajax can use Heitinga and Vermaelen, who are not tall but very flexible, because this is a team's style of play, that is, fast passing and cutting.

The most typical teams are Ajax and Barcelona.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the ability to control the ball reaches a certain level, as long as the opponent can be suppressed in the midfield, there is no need to worry about height at all.

But this is obviously not applicable to Chelsea.

Benitez is not stupid, so he is very aware of Chelsea's problems, because Yang Yang, the shortest offensive player in the frontcourt, is a little taller than Chelsea's tallest defender. He doesn't know how to take advantage of this advantage?
So, from the start of the game, Liverpool played very simply and rudely.

In the opening 2 minutes, Gerrard took a long shot in the middle and almost pierced Chelsea's goal.

In 3 minutes, Finnan made a cross from the right. Gerrard made a long-distance header and returned from injury. Petr Cech, who was still wearing a helmet, saved it, but Liverpool's offensive had already taken shape.

One minute later, Liverpool launched a long pass from the backcourt, and Carragher's pass accurately found Crouch.

Almost without any challenge, the England center grabbed the first goal and headed to Yang Yang, who was advancing from the left rib. After Yang Yang caught up, he waded through Ferreira when he stopped the ball, and volleyed with his right foot to open the scoring for Liverpool.

The whole scoring process was clean and neat, without any sloppiness, very beautiful!

Just 3 minutes later, another long pass from Xavi Alonso.

Running out of space on the left side, the unguarded Yang Yang suddenly rushed into the penalty area after receiving the ball, but his shot was bravely saved by Petr Cech, but then Crouch kept up with the push and sent the ball directly into the empty goal, [-]-[-].

The two goals were the simplest, most direct, and most efficient way to break Chelsea's goal.

Then Liverpool gradually slowed down their offensive, while Chelsea tried to counterattack.

But in the 18th minute, Yang Yang made a pass from the left, Essien headed the ball to clear the siege, and Dirk Dirk followed up with a long shot from 25 meters away, piercing Cech's goal again, [-]-[-]!
Defeat like a mountain!
Chelsea were in a desperate situation almost from the beginning of the game.

Especially when the game progressed to No. 201 minutes, Robben stopped suddenly during a counterattack and fell to the ground injured.

Soon, Chelsea were forced to make substitutions, Wright Phillips replaced Robben.

At this point in the game, there is no suspense at all!
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Liverpool, who were in good form, met Chelsea, who were full of injured soldiers, and the score was [-]-[-]!
This score is indeed a bit surprising, but it is basically in line with the trend of the game.

Yang Yang was not active in this game, and that goal was considered his routine operation. As for the goal saved by Petr Cech that led to Crouch's successful shot, it was not counted as an assist.

With a three-goal victory over Chelsea, Liverpool double-killed the Blues this season, which can be regarded as a perfect revenge.

This victory also allowed Liverpool's league points to jump to 54 points.

What makes Liverpool even more excited is that in another focus match of this round, Arsenal played against Manchester United at home, and Wayne Rooney scored the first goal for the Red Devils in 3 minutes.

But in the final stage of the game, Van Persie equalized the score in No. 803 minutes, while Henry scored the lore goal at the final moment of stoppage time, helping Arsenal beat Manchester United [-]-[-].

Due to the loss of points in this round, Manchester United's league points are only 54 points, which is the same as Liverpool's points.

According to the rules of the Premier League, Manchester United, relying on the advantage of goal difference, overwhelmed the Red Army and is still the leader of the Premier League.

But being able to go from falling behind by nearly double digits to tying the points now, Liverpool's state since December is indeed very admirable.

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On January 20th, the Premier League No.[-] five rounds.

Liverpool challenged West Ham United away.

Benitez played in a four-three-three formation again, but his performance in the first half was not ideal. After making adjustments in the second half, Yang Yang took the initiative to take on more responsibilities on the wing, opening up the home team's defense for the Hammers.

First, a cross from the left, Crouch headed the ferry and assisted Dirk Dirk to score. Then Yang Yang made a cross from the left, and Crouch volleyed and scored from 19 meters in front of the goal.

Although they were pulled back by West Ham in the 707th minute of the game, Liverpool finally scored all three points in the away game [-]-[-], and once again maintained the pressure on the odd sheep Manchester United.

While Manchester United defeated Watford [-]-[-] at home, Cristiano Ronaldo was very active, helping Manchester United win by a big score with one pass and one shot.

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Before the winter break transfer window was closed, FIFA finally made a ruling, agreeing to loan Mascherano to Liverpool and allow Mascherano to play for the Red Army.

After the approval of FIFA, the FA also quickly gave the green light, and the Argentine midfielder officially joined Liverpool.

At the same time, before the transfer window closed, Liverpool introduced the young Spanish defender Arbeloa from Deportivo at a price of 250 million pounds.

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Three days later, Premier League No.20 played six rounds.

Merseyside derby, Liverpool host Toffees Everton.

The two teams from the same city played very fiercely.

For long-term considerations, Yang Yang was put on the bench and was not replaced until the No.70 minute.

In the No.805 minute, Yang Yang, Crouch and Dirk Dirk cooperated consecutively at the front of the penalty area. Dirk Dirk assisted Yang Yang, who made a successful push from ten meters in front of the goal and scored the only goal of the game.

Liverpool beat Everton [-]-[-] at home!
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Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur [-]-[-] away. Cristiano Ronaldo scored in two consecutive rounds, but they were all penalties.

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In the seventh round of No.20 Premier League, Liverpool challenged Newcastle United away.

The game was played in heavy rain, and Liverpool scored in the opening 6 minutes.

Pennant, who rotated the starting line-up for Dirk, made a cross from the right. Yang Yang scored his No. 20 Premier League goals this season, making him the second-youngest player with more than [-] goals in a single season in the history of the Premier League, second only to the current team veteran Robbie Fowler.

In the 19-25 season, he scored [-] goals at the age of [-], becoming the youngest player in the history of the Premier League to score more than [-] goals in a single season.

However, in this game, Liverpool was eventually reversed by Newcastle, and finally returned [-]-[-] in an away game.

The team's recent winning streak also stopped at six consecutive victories.

But even so, Yang Yang still won the award from the Premier League official website after this game, and won the Premier League player of the month again in January [-]. He is also the first player to successfully defend the player of the month this season.

As for the Premier League's best coach award, it was awarded to Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez.

This is the second time Liverpool have both won the best of the month after October last year.

After playing Newcastle, the team immediately went south to Portugal for training and concentrated on preparing for the Nou Camp.

(End of this chapter)