Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 413 Game

Time passed unknowingly as the two teams came and went against each other. Even when Oliver blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the fans in the stands realized that the first half was actually over.

And from the reaction of the fans, we can know how exciting the game was in the first half. Although both sides failed to score in the first half, this still did not affect the excitement of the first half game.

"We continued to play against Liverpool in the second half," Wenger said at halftime.

The two sides played very well in the first half, but in fact Liverpool fouled a lot in the first half. After all, Liverpool's starting players changed a lot. Although they have played two rounds, the tacit understanding between players cannot be cultivated in two or three times.

Therefore, Wenger decided to continue to speed up the pace in the second half, forcing Liverpool to continue to foul, because this is likely to reduce Liverpool's personnel. In the first half, Liverpool received three yellow cards in total, while Arsenal only had one.

Wenger knew about Liverpool's problems, so didn't Rodgers know? Maybe Rodgers couldn't compare with Wenger in terms of coaching experience. Rodgers, who might become Liverpool's head coach, didn't know that he was too stupid to find out the problems in his team.

So Liverpool changed their tactics in the second half. Liverpool were not fooled when Arsenal tried to speed up the tempo. On the contrary, they tried to use defense and possession to slow down the tempo.

Although Cech couldn't be the opposite of Li Shou, and relied on his own strength to make Arsenal change their tactics, compared to Mignolet, Cech made Rogers feel much more at ease, so it is not impossible to play defensive counterattack tactics.

Liverpool's retreat also relieved the defensive and psychological pressure on the players who took the cards, and Arsenal was not polite and began to press all the way.

Get hit back?To be honest, Arsenal is not afraid. Li Shou has already used a season to prove to his teammates that even if he really hits a counterattack, he may not be able to break through his own goal.

Minutes, Arsenal blasted a long-range shot from outside the penalty area and was saved by Petr Cech. Then Koscielny got a header from a corner kick and went wide of the goal.

In 5 minutes, Arsenal scored again in Liverpool's hinterland. This time, Cazorla sent an over-the-top pass. Giroud beat Skrtel's header from the penalty area and was directly confiscated by Petr Cech.

Two minutes later, Liverpool finally made a quick counterattack. Lucas once again stole the ball and sent a direct pass. Coutinho did not rush towards the ball at high speed.

If Coutinho catches up to the ball, then Liverpool can get a one-shot chance, but can Coutinho really catch up with the ball?

While Coutinho rushed towards the ball at high speed, the figure in front of Arsenal's goal was also quickly leaving the goal and rushing towards the ball.

"Attack~~~ This is Lee's first attack this season." Andy Gray's attack refers to rushing out of the penalty area.

Although the goalkeeper leaving the goal is a very dangerous thing, but at the same time it is very exciting, and Li Shou's attack success rate is guaranteed.

Is Coutinho fast?In fact, it's not fast, but Coutinho's explosive power is good, but these are not enough in front of Li Shou.

"Header clear~~~" Li Shou almost went out to the hinterland of his own half, and then used a header in front of Coutinho to head the ball to his teammate behind Coutinho.

In the transition between offense and defense, Arsenal wanted to make a quick counterattack, but Liverpool did not give Arsenal a chance. Liverpool did not keep up with this counterattack at all, or Li Shou did not have the chance for Liverpool players to keep up at all.

No. In 60 minutes, Liverpool once again attacked Arsenal's hinterland, but this time it was not a counterattack. Firmino broke through from the side. The Brazilian striker has good skills, but his confrontation ability is not strong.

After all, it takes some time for Brazilians to adapt to the Premier League, and not even every Brazilian can adapt to the Premier League, even though Firmino has played in the Bundesliga for five years.

Benteke, compared to Firmino, Benteke has a lot of opportunities, but it is too difficult for Li Shou Benteke to score.

Let’s just say that Firmino’s pass, if replaced by an ordinary goalkeeper, Benteke can definitely take a shot, because at this time he has already squeezed the defensive players behind him.

But at this moment, Benteke didn't even have a chance to shoot, because Li Shou flew out, intercepted Firmino's cross, and directly controlled the ball under him.

In the 607th minute, Arsenal also almost scored. Cazorla passed Sanchez obliquely. After receiving the pass, the latter rushed into the penalty area to attract defensive players to cross Giroud.

Don't look at Giroud's tall stature, but in fact he has good skills at his feet. Giroud, who received a pass from Sanchez, did not take a shot, but instead drew the attention of the defensive player and knocked Griezmann on the right.

Because of the continuous attraction of Sanchez and Giroud, there was a loophole in Liverpool's defense. There were no defensive players around Griezmann. Because of the open reception, Griezmann could even make a slight adjustment before shooting.

The adjusted Griezmann once again hit a shot straight to the dead corner, but the hand that had blocked Griezmann before appeared again.

The Arsenal fans in the stands were suddenly depressed, and the Arsenal fans finally felt the mood of their former opponents, but every time the opponent's intended shot was saved by Li Shou, they probably felt the same way now.

Unable to attack for a long time, this is the situation of Arsenal in this game, and Wenger obviously cannot accept this result, so when the game came to No. 70 minutes, Wenger made the first substitution of the game.

Chamberlain replaced Giroud. Liverpool's intensive defense made Giroud helpless. Skrtel's defense against Giroud was quite successful in this game, although Skrtel paid the price of a yellow card.

The debut of Chamberlain also brought Wenger's new instructions, which is to increase breakthroughs and create opportunities for free kicks.

A free kick after a long attack is a good way to break the deadlock, not to mention that Arsenal and Li Shou have such an exaggerated free kick success rate that there is no impossible data in the game.

After the game restarted, Rogers also immediately discovered Wenger's tactics, and then Rogers also made adjustments. Sakho came off the bench to replace Skrtel with a yellow card, and Moreno replaced Gomez, who also had a yellow card.

Five minutes later, Rodgers replaced Emrejan with the young player Rost. Although the season has just started, there are many injuries in the Liverpool team, so even a young player like Rost is on the bench.

After Rodgers used up three substitutions, Wenger also made the second substitution of the game. In order to increase the chance of breaking through and creating free kicks, Walcott replaced Ramsey, and then Chamberlain retreated slightly to play in midfield.

(End of this chapter)