our champion dream

Chapter 115 Steady Defense

"Ah! Ah! The ball is in!!!" Martin Taylor yelled after being stunned for a moment. “gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, That Is the fastest goal in the Premier League, Man Utd made history.”

"Rooney! Shot - the goal has been scored!" He Ping was also very excited. He is not a fan of Manchester United or England, but he hopes that Manchester United can win their own championships one by one. This is also the Chinese. 's first championship.

"It's unbelievable! It's unbelievable! It was Manchester United who scored the first goal, and it was only eight seconds into the opening!" he exclaimed. "It's the fastest goal scored in Premier League history."

Martin Taylor chanted non-stop after hissing: "They broke Alan Shearer's record. On January 2003, 1, the legendary striker Shearer also scored a goal for Manchester City in 18 seconds. Just like the inheritance, Rooney took over the baton of the great striker and became the owner of the fastest scoring record in the history of the Premier League. To score a goal that made Premier League history."

Liverpool's on-site commentator was stunned after losing the ball. He kept asking: "Is this true? How did this happen?"

Can't blame him for making a fuss, in fact, Liverpool's players are not much better.

After conceding the goal, they all looked dazed. They never expected that Liverpool would score a goal just after the start of the game... They are sitting at their home court with the momentum of double-killing Manchester United last season. The war between the Red Army and the Red Devils has never been the same is hot.

Rooney was running wildly to celebrate the goal, and Manchester United's players also rushed up, including Li Xiaoming.Everyone knows the meaning behind this goal. Manchester United has left a great record in their own club, and this club is difficult to break.Maybe he will be part of Manchester United's great history.

They passed through the stupefied Liverpool players and caught up to Rooney below Anfield's east stand to celebrate with him.

Rooney turned around and hugged Li Xiaoming, thanking him for his assist.

Then he said in his ear: "I found our fans!" He turned around with his arms around Li Xiaoming, and then pointed to the top of the east stand.

Just as Li Xiaoming was looking into the stands, Berbatov pushed him from behind.

Then countless players swarmed up and celebrated the victory of the game in their favorite way.

Li Xiaoming's screams were covered by boos from Anfield fans.

Liverpool were not happy with their arch-rivals celebrating at home, which they took as shame and provocation.

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While the Manchester United players were still celebrating the goal, the TV broadcast was replaying the goal just now.

Obviously the ball was instigated by Li Xiaoming. After passing back and forth twice in the backcourt, he suddenly made a long pass to find Rooney accurately and completed a sneak attack.The game has only started eight seconds, and Liverpool's players may not have entered the game state yet.

There was some silence in the media seats. In the commentary seat, the Liverpool commentator reacted and began to cheer the team and fans: "Liverpool people have never lacked fighting spirit. We have encountered such things countless times. Our players, our leaders , will make enough efforts to lead us to victory, the Liverpool people never give up, and in the last game, when we were behind by one goal in the away game, we defeated our opponent by a big score of [-] to [-]."

In the mind of the commentator, Liverpool, who are playing at home, has no reason to lose to Manchester United anyway, so there is nothing to worry about conceding the goal.Instead, it's Manchester United's players and fans who should be worried because their goal has angered Liverpool, and they will face a recovered Liverpool who is firing on fire!Liverpool is the strongest team in European football playing against the wind, and Manchester United's lead means that they need to bear the anger from Gerrard and Torres.

In fact, when the game restarted, Liverpool's offensive firepower was indeed fierce.

After being hit by the Liverpool commentator, the Liverpool players were really upset, very, very upset.

They lost the ball in the first eight seconds, and their first reaction when they came back to their senses was-shame!

The second reaction is - revenge!
They have to use more goals to respond to Manchester United's challenge. This is their home court, and Liverpool is the master here. As the master, it is natural to use more goals to entertain the guests from Manchester.In terms of offense, Liverpool does have two peerless weapons in the Premier League, super killers, Gerrard and Torres.

But things are a little different today.

Manchester United, who scored a goal, shrunk their defense after the game started.

That's normal behavior, and it's what any team would do nine times out of ten after leading Liverpool.If they continue to attack, they may concede the ball instead.The explosive power of this team in adversity is too daunting.On a certain day of a certain year, the red and black swordsman team lost to Liverpool's amazing explosive power.

Manchester United retreated and Liverpool attacked.

And they are not simple offense, presumably with their slightly clumsy defense, they have a very strong offensive ability

Their stars can continuously put pressure on Manchester United in the half, and then tear through Manchester United's defense through the super strong cooperation of several stars.

They are a team that focuses on individual abilities.

Liverpool's football style is always full of fighting spirit and high spirits, just like their jerseys, which are red full of blood.They kept passing the ball in uninterrupted running, which seemed like meaningless inversions, but in this seemingly inadvertent passing, several stars were constantly connected together, and the relationship between them The touch of inspiration seems to be able to tear through the opponent's defense in an instant.

This shows how powerful the super personal abilities of several stars are in Liverpool's successful offense.

And this is the privilege that Benitez bestows on several talented stars. The sparks of friction between them can bring a steady stream of inspiration to Liverpool's offense.

But today, inspiration seems to be hitting a bit of a snag.

Agger passed the football to Mascherano. After Mascherano received the ball, he looked up and observed, and he was not in a hurry to pass the football because there was not a good point to get the ball out.

Rooney leaned forward while he was observing, intending to steal the ball.

But Mascherano seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. When he turned around, he put Rooney behind him and protected the football in front of him. At the same time, after he led Rooney up, Manchester United's midfield appeared empty And Gerrard ran into the gap.Mascherano turned around again and passed the football.

This is one of Liverpool's signature ways of playing football, handing the ball to the core of the field who needs the ball most, and let him lead the team to victory.

"Gerrard got the ball!"

When Gerrard received the ball, the voices of the commentators at Anfield were louder, and there was a burst of cheers over the Anfield stadium.

All Liverpool supporters have high hopes for Gerrard. In their hearts, Gerrard is the spiritual leader of the Red Army and Liverpool's past.He is a superstar who can single-handedly tear through the opponent's defense and then blast the football into the goal!
Facing such a player, Manchester United's players also became nervous.

After Gerrard got the ball, Li Xiaoming posted it immediately.Advance to the middle!Although this is not what he is good at, but under the repeated request of Ferguson, he still shouldered the task of harassment.

Facing Li Xiaoming's somewhat clumsy defense, Gerrard made a move to break through to the side, and Li Xiaoming shifted his focus to the side.Gerrard, however, was just a feint, flicking the football inward with the instep of his left foot, jumped up and dodged past Li Xiaoming,

"Gerrard broke through Lai." Martin Taylor exclaimed.

Seeing Gerrard breaking through in a straight line, Manchester United's defense immediately responded, and two Manchester United players rushed towards Messi's defense.

Vidic and Carrick.Carrick took the lead, rushed in front of Gerrard first, and then ran into him.

Gerrard was bumped by Carrick. Although he still firmly controlled the football, it became difficult to continue to break through with the ball.

Perhaps the commentator and the Liverpool fans in the stands were hoping that Gerrard would show off his otherworldly skills and get past Carrick.Then they used their best heavy artillery to blast the ball into the goal. They watched this scene countless times, but they never felt bored. Every time they saw it, they felt excited.

But in Gerrard's heart, he has his own judgment.If you continue to force a breakthrough, it is inefficient.After conceding a goal, what Liverpool need is not to show off, but to equalize the score and score a goal.

So at this time, the best way is to spread the football...

I have already attracted two Manchester United players, so there must be loopholes elsewhere in Manchester United's defense.

So Gerrard passed the football to the left without even looking at it, as he has cooperated countless times.

He knew that Dutch striker Dirk Dirk would definitely be waiting for him over there - countless Liverpool games have proved this point, sometimes they pass each other, and there is no need to observe and determine the position in advance.This is the extraordinary tacit understanding between him, and Dirk, Torres, and they scored one goal after another with this tacit understanding.

It's just that this time, there was a little problem with the tacit understanding between him and Dirk...

Instead of showing his superb footwork to break through Carrick's close entanglement, Gerrard sent the ball out.

The on-site commentator who is very familiar with Liverpool naturally knew that Gerrard was going to pass the football to Dirk.This is the routine they used most often, and Dirk is like the link between Torres and Gerrard.

But Dirk Didn't catch the ball.

Whose feet did the football fall to?

When Gerrard passed the football, he turned his head to look, but found that the football did not fall to the feet of Dirk.

Between him and Dirk, there suddenly appeared a Rio Ferdinand.

He showed up in the passing lane, stretched his foot a little, and stopped the football.

"Leo! Beautiful interception!" Martin Taylor shouted excitedly. "He defended this attack from Liverpool."

Rio Ferdinand stuck precisely in the path of Gerrard's touch.

He didn't stop after stealing the ball, and knocked the football behind his heel directly, and the football was passed to Carrick.

After Rio Ferdinand intercepted the ball and passed the ball to Carrick, Manchester United took the opportunity to launch an attack.It's just that this attack was not successful, and Liverpool gained a lot of experience and lessons this time.

When Carrick passed the football to Wayne Rooney, Liverpool's defensive line was also arranged very quickly. After Rooney received the ball, he didn't have any good chances. He chose to break through Liverpool's midfielder Mascherano forcibly, but because of Without a speed advantage, his breakthrough was destroyed by an equally flexible tackle from Mascherano.

The football rolled over the touchline, and Manchester United's attack only got a throw-in.But think about the fact that their penalty area was under the threat of fire from Liverpool and Gerrard just now. This throw-in is also a good thing for Manchester United.

In the ensuing time, Manchester United's defense has also firmly established itself.

Since Rio Ferdinand's defensive performance greatly exceeded the expectations of Liverpool players, now Liverpool players have to choose long passes or fast passes in order to get rid of Ferdinand's interception of their passes.The practice of long passing means a low success rate, and Torres, who is Liverpool's sharp knife, did not find a particularly good opportunity under Vidic's close defense. The Serbian is very stable this time, and there are many dangerous balls , He chose the safe approach of clearing the siege with a big foot, not procrastinating, and did not give Liverpool's offense any performance.

Compared with the offense, Manchester United's central defender duo performed very well in this game.

So in the first half, Liverpool's offense in the first half was not smooth, intermittent, as if being choked by the throat.

Therefore, until the end of the first half, they failed to blast away Manchester United's goal and equalize the score.

When the first half ended with Liverpool trailing by one goal, many people were surprised.Pre-match predictions, everyone thought that Liverpool would take the lead at home in the first half, but now the actual situation is completely contrary to their predictions. This really broke the glasses of many people...

When the first half of the game ended, the technical statistics of the first half of the game were displayed on the TV broadcast screen.Although Liverpool is behind in the score, Manchester United still has a slight advantage from the scene and technical statistics.Relying on the home court advantage, the momentum of Liverpool fans still caused a lot of trouble to Manchester United.

The ball possession rate, the two sides are almost the same, 50.00% three and 40.00% nine, no one is taking advantage.

The number of shots, in the 45 minutes of the first half, Liverpool had five shots, none of which were within the range of the goal frame.

However, Manchester United had four shots, only one of which was within the range of the goal frame, and it was this one that scored the goal, which was quite efficient.

It can also be seen how successful Manchester United's defense was in the first half. The safe performance did not even allow Liverpool to get a chance in the penalty area. Most of those shots came from Gerrard's long-range shots, although Gerrard's long-range shots were extremely It is deterrent, but under Carrick's harassment, Gerrard can only be said to have the upper hand, but not overwhelming. At this time, the result reflects the vacancy of Liverpool after Alonso left. Lack of a second offensive launch point.

(End of this chapter)