Chapter 721: The Twin Towers

Klopp's anger at half-time still played a big role, no Liverpool player would be willing to let Chelsea mess up the championship night, Liverpool's morale was boosted at the beginning of the second half, and the short break at halftime still gave everyone a chance to breathe, and after returning to the pitch, Liverpool finally concentrated and stabilized their position.

Not only that, but Liverpool also started to have some decent attacks, but they were still a little bit short of scoring, and luck was a wonderful thing.

The Liverpool fans in the stands couldn't see the smiles on their faces at this time, they were all staring at the pitch, and usually when they were behind, they would sing a cheering song to the players on the pitch, but today they didn't.

As for Qian Huan, he no longer talked eloquently among the people around him in the first half, smiling like a flower, but looking at the situation on the pitch with a solemn face, when Liverpool missed several opportunities that were not good opportunities in the second half, they caused him to be very dissatisfied!

"Damn, it's so simple to not enter?!"

"He's kicking like shit!"

He scolded a lot of players on the field, the only one who could not be scolded by him was Zhang Yuan, he was restraining himself, after all, Zhang Yuan is not only a player, but also his good buddy, this can't be scolded, if Zhang Yuan is not Zhang Yuan, it is someone else, Messi is Ronaldo, this boss who has never had a good temper may have scolded a long time ago.

The game only gave Liverpool about 20 minutes, and when the start of the second half was gone, Liverpool was once again in an embarrassment, and Chelsea began to take the initiative on the pitch again, gradually suppressing Liverpool, but the pressure could not be as strong as the first half.

The more I watched, the more frightened I became, and at this time some Liverpool fans remembered that we seemed to be doing something, what could we do?!

So Liverpool's team anthem, the song sung to the players on the pitch gradually sounded, the sound became louder and louder, and the players on the field of Liverpool heard the singing, and they were gritting their teeth and insisting, insisting on not the backline.

The back line is relatively good today, at least so far has not conceded the second goal, the key is the front, the midfielder personnel, has always been limited by Chelsea's style of play, plus the state is not good, Zhang Yuan is a sudden burst, but his effect today is not very good.

Offense can not bring a great threat to Chelsea, naturally the pressure of bad luck is pressed on the defense, offensive and defensive balance, offensive and defensive balance, this attack and defense are one and the other, Liverpool has to attack can not pose a threat to Chelsea, it will inevitably cause the opposite direction to Liverpool to carry out a counterattack, fortunately, Hiddink's team is still relatively simple in terms of play, and there are not many routines.

Liverpool's defense is not a big problem, but now the problem is that Liverpool need to score, they are behind, only to get a draw they completely lock the title, no one wants to come to see in the last round.

Zhang Yuan also looked a little helpless on the court, he called for someone in his heart, Klopp!

Now in such a situation, only substitutions, only the increase of new forces can change the situation of this game!

Zhang Yuan thinks so, and Klopp on the sidelines also thinks so, he can't watch Liverpool's situation improve and be suppressed by the bottom, substitution is an inevitable choice.

From the 66th minute to the end of 73 minutes, Klopp made three substitutions in a row, used up three substitutions, and adjusted the formation to 442, with N'Golo Kante in the middle partnering with Emrejan, the wings became Milner and Henderson, and Zhang Yuan partnered with Sturridge to become a double striker.

442 To be honest, Klopp has hardly used such a formation since his arrival, and the 442 formation is also a more old-school formation of the Premier League team, emphasizing the use of the impact of the center, the cross of the two wings, and now Liverpool is so swinging, in fact, this is what it means, to force the cross, specifically play the cross, play the twin tower tactics, of course, Liverpool's twin tower tactics are still an upgraded version, Zhang Yuan and Sturridge's speed is very fast.

This is Klopp's method after thinking about it, and whether it works or not has to be said for another day!

After such a substitution, Liverpool has a sudden increase in long passes, because it is unable to fully control the midfield, this is also a very good way, the problem is Zhang Yuan, from the confrontation Zhang Yuan and Sturridge's partner in the central defender partner of Terry and Cahill will not suffer, but Zhang Yuan has more physical confrontation with the opponent in front, and now the physical strength is declining, and the confrontation may suffer.

Zhang Yuan had a short communication after Sturridge came on the field, Zhang Yuan covered his mouth and said to Sturridge: "Later, you go to stand in Terry's position and fight against Terry, he is getting older, and his physical fitness is declining faster, at this time you are a new force, you can make trouble for him, and I will be responsible for containment around!"

Sturridge nodded!

Terry has been famous for a long time, as one of the best central defenders in the Premier League, there is really nothing to say about the ability to fight head-on, but after all, the current age is not those years, Chelsea is in such a bad situation this season, it is impossible to say that it has nothing to do with their age, Chelsea's relatively old and slow central defender partner really has to bear this pot, and Mourinho can't all be carried.

Sturridge's usefulness is that he is relatively fast, he is tall, he is strong enough, he has just come on again, and he is enough to cause problems for Terry, who has been tired for most of the game.

Cahill is a little younger and a little more difficult to deal with in comparison, and Zhang Yuan has left the centre-back to himself.

It should be said that this arrangement is just right for Terry and Cahill's appetite, and Zhang Yuan is not happy to return, but Terry understands very well that if he goes to fight Zhang Yuan alone, he will suffer very much, people are younger than him, he already has a card on him, Sturridge is at least not as difficult to deal with as Zhang Yuan, Cahill is a little smaller than himself after all, now is not the time to compete with Zhang Yuan, I want to see Zhang Yuan cry, and when this game is won, I can naturally see Zhang Yuan cry!

However, the next two times really surprised Zhang Yuan, Sturridge fell behind in the battle with Terry twice in a row, Zhang Yuan was doubting whether his judgment was correct, this old thing can still move, you must know that Firmino is not in good shape, but he also tossed a lot of time with them!

Terry was smiling bitterly in his heart, both times he relied on his experience to stand up first, forcing Sturridge not to jump, but if Liverpool had to pass the ball a little more early, he would have suffered, and the speed could not keep up with Sturridge at all.

Hiddink also made a mistake at this time, he thought Klopp's tactics were trapped, and he also relied too much on the centre-back combination of John Terry and Cahill, so tactically he still chose to control the ball as much as possible and attack forward.

This season, Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Diego Costa are in very bad shape, Hazard only found some form during this time, this game played better, Hiddink has bet on Hazard and Diego Costa hoping to score another goal to seal the win, so Hiddink tactically still follows the original method, and the midfield starts to try to put strong pressure on Liverpool.

The consequence of this is that the distance between the midfield and the defenders will inevitably increase, and Liverpool's defenders will start to play long balls frequently, while Henderson and Milner on both wings will return to defense while paying special attention to playing behind Chelsea's John Terry and Cahill, Zhang Yuan and Sturridge will consciously or unconsciously choose the opportunity to run between the central defenders and full-backs.

The English media and the European media have been saying that Liverpool's attack is very good and strong, an important reason is that they always have a decisive Zhang Yuan in the team, and others are happy and willing to serve him, and a mistake in any game may allow Zhang Yuan to seize the opportunity.

Zhang Yuan's performance in this game is not very good, it does not mean that he does not have such ability, Hiddink's lack of attention, always want to focus on me and finally suffered, in the 79th minute, ten minutes after Sturridge came on the field, Chelsea's front attack did not work, Liverpool won the ball and advanced to the midfield, Henderson kicked a long pass behind Terry.

Sturridge deliberately distanced himself from Terry earlier, at this time Henderson's long pass was just right, Sturridge used speed to counter offside, Terry wanted to chase the foul was too late, so he had to run backwards desperately, fortunately, Henderson's ball was an oblique long pass, and the amount of advance was relatively sufficient, if Sturridge's stop ball was not handled well, it would still give Terry a chance to intercept successfully!