Koeman was too worried, and the subsequent development of the game, Liverpool did not go as smoothly as he imagined, the main reason is that Southampton is quite strong in midfield, and the combination of Wanyama and Schneiderlin's double back plays a good role as a barrier. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition, there are a lot of mistakes in Liverpool's passing, Zhang Yuan has fallen into a kind of silence, and he has tried to retreat to the midfield to get the ball many times, but Wan Yama and Schneiderlin dare not be careless, and they don't easily grab his ball, and he dribbles the ball a few times, Wan Yama and Schneiderlin's strategy is to keep a certain distance, delay Zhang Yuan's dribbling speed, and let his teammates have enough time to deploy.

Southampton's attacking style is simple, but the disadvantage of this is that it is easy to see through, Liverpool after adapting, their attack is difficult to work, but Coman is not in a hurry, Liverpool's left side of Manquillo is a weakness, can still be exploited, maybe when it will work.

Clattenburg blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Liverpool temporarily led 1:0, but this score is not safe, Zhang Yuan heard Digan say, 2:0 is not necessarily a safe score, Premier League teams have always been willing to attack, fast-paced counterattack can easily cause the opponent to make unintentional mistakes, and the cooked duck may fly away at any time!

Zhang Yuan is a little distressed, he is confident but not arrogant, it is difficult for him alone to pass Southampton's defense every time, but the tacit understanding between him and his teammates, alas, is really a problem, sometimes get the ball in the midfield, there is no point in the front, Coutinho and Sterling are too close, even if they pass the ball back to the midfield, sometimes it is difficult to form a strong cooperation with the midfield.

Rogers is not stupid, he knows this problem, but there is no way to change it, which needs to give Zhang Yuan some time.

It's true that Conte said that the switch between attack and defense in the Premier League will leave a gap for Zhang Yuan, but Southampton today is completely adopting the tactics of keeping an eye on Zhang Yuan, no matter where a person is definitely close to him, a small foul is not a problem at all, relatively speaking, they are not so much in the energy of guarding Coutinho and Sterling.

Rodgers made personnel adjustments at halftime, Lucas was replaced by him, don't look at him as Brazilian, but the passing skills are not at the top level, it is originally offensive and defensive, and his fellow Coutinho is not very good, there were several passing errors, and Rodgers replaced Joe Allen.

Joe Allen is relatively small, but he has strengths, he is good at getting rid of the ball in the midfield, can control the ball, and the level of passing is better than Lucas, Rodgers replaced him with nothing more than hoping that his team can do a better job in ball control, especially not to let Coutinho and Zhang Yuan retreat to play the role of the organization, which to some extent weakens the attack on the side and the deterrence in the penalty area, originally Coutinho's side of Manquillo was a little difficult to deal with the defense, the attack did not dare to press too forward, and the support for Coutinho was really not too much。

After listening to Rogers' arrangement, Zhang Yuan remembered a person, that person was Balotelli, in fact, he not only thought of Balotelli at this time, but also remembered Sturridge, if only there was Sturridge on the side.

Sturridge can cross and switch positions with Sturridge in him, Sturridge's height has the body, and he can also stand in the center forward position, so that the frequent change of position will not affect the attack point in the penalty area.

But Sturridge's problem is that his passing skills are not particularly good, Balotelli is just right, he has skills, and he can also be a center forward, but he may be worse than Sturridge in terms of speed.

At the end of the fifteen-minute break, Zhang Yuan came out early, Zhang Yuan met the referee Clattenburg on the way to the court, and he said to Clattenburg: "Mark, your blowing penalty in the first half was too loose, several times they obviously fouled, you didn't blow it!"

Clattenburg didn't mind and smiled: "This is the Premier League!"

Zhang Yuan smiled and shook his head and didn't say anything, this is also a kind of pressure, Clattenburg is a famous blind eye in the Premier League, and it is necessary to put some pressure on words.

But he underestimated Clattenberg's blindness.

In the 49th minute, it was Zhang Yuan's retreat again, and he got Joe Allen's pass, Wan Yama stabbed Zhang Yuan from behind and with the ball with his feet, but Zhang Yuan sat on the ground in pain and hugged his feet, and Clattenburg didn't say anything, the steal was effective, Southampton launched a counterattack, but fortunately, Pelle's final header hit the crossbar high.

This is no longer Zhang Yuan expressing his dissatisfaction, Gerrard angrily ran to Clattenburg and pointed at Zhang Yuan, saying that you can't see such an obvious foul? !

The referee is the biggest referee on the pitch, and Clattenburg made such a decision, and it was useless for the Liverpool players to be angry.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself, Nima's, don't you think I fell badly enough!

In other words, he is not specifically aimed at Liverpool, Southampton also has tragic times, in the 55th minute, Sterling jumped left and right in the Southampton penalty area with his flexible body, the ball was cut off by Schneiderlin, but Sterling fell to the ground!

Well, Clattenburg was awarded a foul on Schneiderlin and Liverpool were awarded a free-kick from 23 yards out on the right.

Southampton's players are dissatisfied, Coman is dissatisfied, and they are really speechless to the blind man, isn't the first half good, why did they get nervous in the second half?!

Liverpool's current No. 1 free-kick taker in the team is Zhang Yuan, and he has repeatedly shown Rodgers and his teammates his skills in training, and everyone is not convinced, for which Gerrard abdicates and Coutinho can only be ranked third.

However, standing in front of the ball at this time are Zhang Yuan and Gerrard, Gerrard actually has a good free kick kung fu, and his powerful shot is also a beautiful scenery in the Premier League.

The two of them covered their mouths and discussed there, the ball was too far to the right, and it was very difficult to shoot directly, and the ball was passed in the air, Liverpool's side was not dominant, and several of Southampton's players were not low in height, Maya Yoshida and Wundt were both about 1.9 meters tall, Wan Yama was close to 1.9 meters, and the main high points on Liverpool's side were Deegan and Skrtel, both of whom were more than 1.9 meters tall, but this height was not dominant in the crowd.

Zhang Yuan said to Gerrard: "Steve, this direct shot is obviously unlikely, I have had such a cooperation with Pirlo before, but it was a corner kick at the time, I went around the front point from the center of the penalty area and volleyed on the perimeter!

"It's going to be difficult, but it's not a great chance anyway, it's not very far from the box, the pass is powerful and the ball is curling, it's fast, it's not easy to scramble!" Gerrard said.

"Are you coming or am I coming?!" Zhang Yuan continued to ask.

"Come on, I'll shoot!" Gerrard said.

"I won't pass the curveball, I will push the ball to the middle, I don't know if it will succeed, if they have someone between you and me blocking this line, then I can only cross and let Degan and them fight for the top!" Zhang Yuan elaborated on his thoughts.

Then Gerrard left, Zhang Yuan is a player with a balanced left and right feet, this position can actually be passed with both feet, so Zhang Yuan stands in front of the ball not far away, so that Southampton's players can't guess which foot he wants to use, the left foot still has the possibility of shooting, but the angle is very small, and because of the attack on the far corner, if Foster is not possessed by Seaman, Zhang Yuan is almost impossible to succeed, the chance of success is the ground ball hit the wall under the body, or the left foot arc shot into the near corner, because the far point can hardly put too much energy, Foster's focus is on the near corner, so the ball is difficult to shoot directly。

Clattenburg's whistle blew, Zhang Yuan passed, the power and speed were grasped, the ball was close to the ground and often went in the big penalty area, Gerrard not only had to retreat but also to shoot at the ball.

Gerrard is very smart, Southampton's players reacted not unfast, Schneiderlin first retreated to the front of the goal, but soon found that Zhang Yuan's ball was not in front of the high-altitude ball passed to the goal, and immediately braked sharply to stop, at this time Gerrard happened to shoot, Schneiderlin had to fall sideways, trying to block the shot, but Gerrard's focus was not on power, but on a curved ball, the ball went around Schneiderlin's left side, and turned into the door of Southampton when he saw that he was about to go out!