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Chapter 200 Liverpool's Resilience

After 15 minutes, the Borussia Mönchengladbach players all walked out of the player channel, but the Liverpool players have not yet come out.

Nick wondered: Aren't these guys in a hurry?Or is there a conspiracy?
But now leading by 2 goals, Nick thought to himself that no matter what tricks you play, just stay the same and adapt to all changes.

A few minutes later, the Liverpool players came out. Nick saw that these guys were all in high spirits, not at all like the one behind. Nick secretly admired Houllier as a master tactician, and he adjusted the mental outlook of the Liverpool players so quickly.

At the start of the second half, Houllier made a substitution, McAllister replaced Smicer and Heskey replaced Jankel.

Husky is more adapted to the Premier League team's style of play than Yankel. He is strong and strong, like a black iron tower. Although he is a little shorter than Yankel, his impact cannot be ignored.It is estimated that Houllier saw that Jankel was being stared to death by Borussia Mönchengladbach players, so try another player.

And McAllister's passing is very characteristic, and his footwork is very good. Houllier is obviously ready to change his style of play. He doesn't need to play too thinly. The British impact style is a last-ditch effort.

After the game started, Nick found that Gerrard appeared behind Owen and Heskey, and McAllister was in the position of the midfielder. With Harman, Liverpool had enough passers.

Nick secretly had more thoughts. Heskey's scoring efficiency in history is not high. He should not be the main point of Liverpool's offense. Houllier must still use Heskey's role as a shit stick to create opportunities for Owen and Gerrard.

So, Nick decides to keep up with Gerrard, the kid can't let him steal the limelight because he has a long shot.

Although Liverpool's momentum is good, after all, there is one less player, so you still attack for a while, and I attack for a while, and the scene is relatively balanced.

In the 49th minute, McAllister made a long pass, Heskey overpowered Metzelder and headed the goal directly, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

After 1 minute, Harman's long pass also found Husky, but Husky still chose to head the goal.

It seems that Liverpool have put all their treasures on Heskey.Nick is also a little confused, this Husky is so rough, he won't be entrusted with such an important task by Houllier, right?
Seeing Husky's efforts, both Metzelder and Friedrich leaned over. It was really not easy for one person to deal with Husky, a big piece of meat. Metzelder was hit by Husky and hurt a little.

Seeing this, Nick rushed over and yelled loudly: "Don't pinch! Christopher, keep marking him, don't be afraid of collision, Arney, pay attention to Michael Owen!"

Nick always felt that Houllier had a conspiracy, so he stopped the actions of Metzelder and Friedrich. Husky was far less dangerous than Owen, and now Gerald was eaten to death by him. Seeing that these three people were dead, what danger was there?

Of course, with one less player in Liverpool, Mönchengladbach's offense is still stronger. After Liverpool's two attacks, Mönchengladbach took the initiative.

In particular, Malouda's suppression of Harman shut down half of Liverpool's offense, while Madavikia and Ortega teamed up to make McAllister exhausted.

The advantage in speed gave Malouda and Madavikia a lot of opportunities.

In the 55th minute, Malouda and Nick made a two-for-one cooperation. Nick threw the ball behind Harman. Malouda's speed advantage was obvious, and Harman was dumped.

Malouda soon faced Carragher. Carragher's best position is the center back, but now Houllier puts him at the right back. Carragher has nothing to say about his ability, but his sense of position at the right back is really not good.

Trezeguet understood, and his running position was in place. He stood in front of the point and took off suddenly, then flicked the ball with a header, and the ball directly hit the Liverpool goal.

The ball passed Afesha's ten fingers, but Babel pushed his head off the crossbar. Babel usually played right back when he was at Bayern, but when he arrived at Liverpool, Houllier immediately arranged him. In the position of central defender, now Babel really used his experience to destroy Borussia Mönchengladbach's chance to score this time.

Liverpool's tenacity is really good. They still think about attacking with one less player, and they are also very tenacious in defense. This reminds Nick of that night in Istanbul in 2005. Liverpool people are worthy of respect.

In the subsequent corner kick tactics, Nick ambushed in front of the penalty area again, but this corner kick was pushed out of the baseline by Trezeguet. Slow motion showed that Trezeguet was pushed by Hyypia and Babel one after another, which was uncomfortable.

Afeisha quickly threw the ball to attack, and the ball was thrown directly to Owen in the middle circle. Borussia Mönchengladbach had only Hausweiler in the backcourt because of a corner kick.

So when Nick saw the situation, he immediately ran after him. Owen once scored one of the most classic goals in the history of the World Cup in Argentina in the 98 World Cup. Nick knew that Hausweiler might not be able to prevent Owen.

Nick's speed is faster than Owen's, but the difference is that he is 30 meters behind, so we can only hope that Hausweiler can hold Owen back, as long as he catches up, it will be easy.

However, Owen obviously had a countermeasure long ago, while Hausweiler was staring at Owen while stepping back. Hausweiler is a relatively simple player, but he also knows that Owen is difficult to deal with, so he is also delaying time, waiting for Nick to come back.

How could Irving get entangled with Haus Weiler? After finally catching such an opportunity, Owen rushed up with the ball hotly. He tried to lean towards the middle as much as possible, which gave himself more space to play.

Sure enough, Hausweiler failed to hold back. After retreating more than ten meters, he still couldn't help stepping forward and kicking. At the same time, his hands were ready to start, both up and down.

But Owen suddenly flicked the ball sideways, and in an instant he was a few meters away from Hausweiler, then flicked his ankle, and quickly changed his desire to kill in the penalty area.

One-handed!

Ilgner rushed out without hesitation. He was betting that Irving waded the ball too much, and he was also betting on whether Irving's shot was decisive. If Irving hesitated, he would give Ilgner a chance to steal the ball.

But Irving's state has reached a relatively peak level this season, so facing Ilgner's attack, Irving still rushed over without fear, and then changed direction at a large angle, kicking the ball into the empty goal.

1:2, Liverpool recovered a point.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Michael made a lightning strike and got Liverpool back a point. There is still hope for the game, and the suspense still exists. I hope Liverpool can get at least one point." Bruce finally let go of his gripping heart. As a British commentator, Bruce naturally hopes that Liverpool can use this opportunity to rebound strongly and get the score back.

Riedel also admires Owen, but has no doubts about Monchengladbach's victory in the game. In Riddell's view, Monchengladbach has the advantage.

Huang Jian was pleased with the rebirth of the suspense in this game. A gap of one goal will make the game more interesting.

Anfield has also become a sea of ​​​​crazy Liverpool fans to vent. Liverpool's luck is too bad. Not only were the opponents scored two goals, but they were also sent off as captain. However, Owen's goal has also become the team's life-saving straw.

The Borussia Mönchengladbach fans were a little silent. Everyone was looking forward to the corner kick, but Irving counterattacked successfully. The Borussia Mönchengladbach fans are starting to feel a little flustered. The fans always expect the team to win every game, but now the team's form seems not so stable.

Nick stared at Irving who was running wildly and celebrating with respectful eyes for a while, and secretly praised Owen for being outstanding. The teammate was too eager to concede the goal, and Afeisha reacted quickly to the ball, and Owen also seized this opportunity.

Liverpool's tenacity has once again been demonstrated. The Champions League is indeed a place where dragons and tigers are hidden. Nick finally felt the connotation and heritage of a top team.

"Well, if you want the team to really become the pinnacle, then you have to accept this test, Liverpool, your strength can test whether Borussia Mönchengladbach is mature." Nick was secretly happy. The beginning of this season was so smooth, but now he is a bit frustrated. I am afraid that it is really a blessing in disguise.
(End of this chapter)