Chapter 688: Christmas Champion (4)

This is also a little thing that Liverpool lacks now, it seems that except for Zhang Yuan, everyone's creativity and imagination are declining invisibly, no one wants to choose the risky way, the breakthrough is reduced, but they are not lacking in imagination, and the ball is rarely passed into the Leicester City penalty area.

After Zhang Yuan said this, Ali in the front court, especially in the back position, had a clear understanding, and sometimes he needed a little risk-taking.

In the 66th minute, after receiving the ball in the middle, Alli made a fake pass, but he suddenly started to dribble the ball, shook Andy King, moved to the left, and Milner switched to the middle, and they and Firmino played a three-man combination to attract most of Leicester's defensive attention.

Huter and Fuchs's attention was drawn to the bustle over there, and Ali suddenly got up and crossed in the middle of the gap, and his pass was powerful and curvature, and it was very sudden, flying directly to the right post.

The ball crossed Hut, Fuchs was in position, but it was too late to jump, Zhang Yuan, who was extremely fast forward, jumped high from the far end, and made a powerful head, pushing the ball close at hand into the dead corner of Leicester City, a dead corner in absolute sense.

Schmeichel moved quickly, but the angle of the ball was too dead, and it was only about two meters away from the goal, so Schmeichel had no time to defuse the goal.

"Ali, the pass from Ali! This young man's pass is really good, just when everyone thought he would choose to split the side to insert Moreno, but he chose to cross from the Leicester City player's sandwich, the landing point and position are just right! Zhang Yuan's rush to the top is very beautiful, Liverpool at home finally took the lead, and the time is not too late!" Zhou Qiang exclaimed excitedly.

"Fuchs can't help it! He shouldn't have ignored Zhang Yuan earlier, he should have blocked Zhang Yuan's running route in advance, instead of trying to clear the siege, and Zhang Yuan gave him a lesson!"

Fuchs's best choice is to keep an eye on Zhang Yuan, take a step ahead, don't care about the ball, but to block Zhang Yuan's running impact, then Zhang Yuan is obviously impossible to touch the ball so easily, even if Zhang Yuan is running to the end, the referee can't give Liverpool a penalty, but he is now the worst way, keep retreating, trying to head the ball out.

Zhang Yuan watched the ball being pushed into the net by himself, and he was not very excited, but waved his fist fiercely, he didn't have too many chances today, he finally scored, this goal can always boost the morale of his teammates!

Morale is very important, especially against the turtle shell, if you don't score for another ten minutes, basically Liverpool is unlikely to win this game, and this time node is still very good.

Of course, Klopp is smiling, sometimes he is helpless, he does not limit the freedom of the frontcourt players, but unfortunately Liverpool has a super striker Zhang Yuan, to a certain extent, Zhang Yuan's existence itself limits the freedom of other players, so that players are used to operating under Zhang Yuan's baton, when Zhang Yuan is restricted, the players are a little restricted, the pass is not highly hidden, the attack is too procedural, to the front of the Leicester City penalty area, it is difficult to penetrate it.

He puffed his palms vigorously, and he sincerely hoped that the Liverpool players could gain some confidence from this goal, not be limited to Zhang Yuan, and have the courage to show themselves.

Speaking of today, Coutinho is not there, if Coutinho is on the field, Liverpool should not be so difficult, Milner is a good passer, Firmino's attack is good, but their imagination is a little lacking, Ali is still young, just now Klopp is already thinking about whether he needs to replace Gerrard, let Gerrard hold the ball on the periphery, and strengthen his long-range shooting ability.

Coutinho dared to hold the ball on the pitch, the fact that when Zhang Yuan and Coutinho were on the pitch, Liverpool was a dual-core, a double-core on the wing, which often made it difficult for opponents to prevent, Coutinho not only dared to dribble the ball, but also had excellent ability to pass a lethal pass at the edge of the penalty area.

Qian Huan also breathed a sigh of relief in the stands, a goal does not mean that Liverpool can win the game, but there is a lot of hope, Qian Huan hopes to win these three points, these three points are of great significance to Liverpool, has been in the third year, Qian Huan feels that his desire for the championship is too strong.

"Just kick like this!Don't be afraid, what if you can't open the situation, send more into the penalty area, the ball is faster, a little more hidden, I don't believe they can hold two penalties every time, we just need to grasp one or two chances are enough!" When the Liverpool players celebrated, Zhang Yuan also said this to Ali, Milner and Firmino.

He said bluntly, no one will admit that they are afraid, of course, the Liverpool players are not afraid, they may not be afraid of any opponent, but they have some concerns when facing strong teams, commonly known as thinking too much.

In fact, today's Leicester City's forward line in general caused Liverpool is really limited, one is that Ranieri did not succeed in the first half of the start of the attack, so he chose to retreat, and the support for the two big players on the front line is limited, and the second is that Vardy's state in this game seems to be a little less satisfactory, so far in the game, his number of touches is pitiful, only 10 times, his type of striker, of course, does not need too many touches, maybe wait until the next touch Leicester City may have scored, but this also reflects from the side that his running seems to be a little lessใ€‚

At this time, Ranieri who was standing on the sidelines was very anxious, and the city finally broke after defending most of the half, the key is how to attack Liverpool Ranieri has no way at all, Ranieri's team is very dependent on the play of Vardy and Mahrez, and the role of these two people is simply not replaced by other personnel, so when Mahrez plays average, Vardy is even worse, Ranieri does not have a good way.

The worst thing is that after Liverpool scored a goal, their morale really improved a lot, and the players in the front field began to dare to act, and the full-backs inserted more frequently, putting a lot of pressure on Leicester City's side.

First in the 69th minute, Milner crossed the low flat ball on the left side, Firmino shot with his heel, and was magically blocked by Schmeichel Jr., and then in the 72nd minute, Emrejan suddenly hit the left side with a penetrating long pass in the midfield, Zhang Yuan successfully countered offside, passed back to the middle of the penalty area, Ali followed up and hit the goal, and it was another goalpost.

Leicester City were lucky, but it was inevitable that Liverpool would still concede another goal, and Ranieri had to replace Jamie Vardy with a midfielder in the 75th minute, leaving Shinji Okazaki alone.

Italy's head coach knows the importance of defense from the bones, and Leicester City seem to need goals more now, but Ranieri knows better what the use of scoring a goal is if his team can't hold on, so he chose to continue to strengthen the defense and use the depth of the midfield to stop Liverpool's attack.

The effect of the adjustment is still there, Liverpool's attack has slowed down slightly, but the pressure on Leicester City is still very high.

In the final minutes, Claudio Ranieri returned to Slimani and switched back to a two-striker strategy, but it was no longer possible, allowing Liverpool to finally win them at home to their first win in the last four rounds.

'It was a well-deserved win, we had a lot of chances, we had two centres today, so if we had a little more luck maybe the result would have been more convincing!' Jurgen Klopp said after the game.

"In the first half we didn't play well, we didn't have chances, but at half-time Mr. Klopp asked us to move, we created a lot of chances and we took one of them, we got the win, they deserved to be at the top of the table, they were tenacious!" Zhang Yuan told reporters after the game.

He could sense that Leicester City were not particularly in great form, but he was still impressed by the opposition's defence in the face of adversity.