Chapter 50: The Battle for Liverpool
Liu Han scored a hat trick in the first half of the fifth round of the Premier League between Arsenal and Bradford, and his performance was unanimously cheered by the Arsenal fans, but Wenger in order to ensure that the players can keep up with the next round of the league and Liverpool, so at halftime Wenger used up the three-point substitutions, replacing Liu Han, Bergkamp and Vieira, anyway, the first half was already three goals ahead, Wenger is not worried that Bradford, who lacks attacking power, can catch up with the score. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Arsenal, who replaced young players, played more vigorously in the second half of the game, but in the face of Bradford's tight defense, their attack was always only blossoming and fruitless, and finally the two teams exchanged blanks in the second half, and Arsenal relied on three goals in the first half to win the promoted Bradford team.
There's a reason why the Premier League's fixtures are scolded by many Premier League clubs, and the Young Saxons have put down their reserve in the face of interests, and the Premier League's fixtures are basically set for ratings, and in order to hold on to the Premier League's ratings during the weekend, almost all the big team matchups are played on weekends, which makes Arsenal have to go away to Liverpool less than 48 hours after a game against Bradford.
Houllier's Liverpool team is no longer the Liverpool team that swept across Europe in the seventies and eighties, after the "Heisel" tragedy and the "Hillsborough" tragedy, the Liverpool team has fallen to the altar, although they have been considered to have the possibility of winning the championship every year since the establishment of the Premier League, but when it comes to the game, the Liverpool team has always lacked some luck and courage.
However, there are a lot of talented players in the Liverpool team coached by Houllier, not to mention Michael Owen, the 98 World Cup was born and shining all over the world.
Robbie Fowler, another boutique produced and sold by the Liverpool youth training system, the "God" in the eyes of Liverpool fans, their god is very good except for a little less luck, before every big game, Fowler will always be inexplicably hurt by some things, so that he has no way to participate in the game.
Steve Gerrard, still a Liverpool academy product, this young player born in the 80s, like Owen, has performed well in the first team as soon as he arrives, is reused, and is regarded as the main midfielder of the national team in the future.
Jimmy Carragher, Liverpool's academy talent, one of Houllier's most trusted full-backs in the defensive line, is a young but very solid player.
These four players can be regarded as Houllier's descendants, after all, they are all excellent players produced by Liverpool's academy, in addition, the Liverpool team also has a number of outstanding stars such as Redknapp and Danny Murphy, this Liverpool team should not be underestimated.
Arsene Wenger did not dare to play a back three against the flexible forward line of Owen and Fowler, with Dixon, Winterburn, Keown and Adams in the back line being experienced.
Midfielder Arsene Wenger did not play a three-midfield again, and he honestly put on a diamond-shaped 442 formation in this game. Patrick Vieira still sits at the back in midfield, the two wing-backs are Ljungberg and Overmars, and the veteran Parloel controls the tempo.
Up front, Arsene Wenger has sent a combination of Bergkamp and Liu Han for insurance, so that the combination of high and fast and flexible can give Arsenal peace of mind on the front line.
Liu Han walked through the tunnel of Anfield's away players, and Liu Han also saw the classic "This is Anfield" slogan, and Liu Han also said those circulating jokes Liu Han has also said to many teammates, but he did not make any moves against this slogan, for Liu Han, he disdains to target opponents off the field, and his desire to fight is to conquer opponents with his own strength in the game.
Although Arsene Wenger had made appropriate changes to his squad and rotated his players in the last game, the less than 48 hours of rest still left many players feeling a little tired. After all, the game of football is a little longer than in some other sports.
So after the start of this game, the Arsenal team played quite a little powerless, although the four veterans in the back line are experienced, but in the face of two extremely flexible opposing strikers Owen and Fowler seem a little too clumsy, Wenger obviously made a mistake in this game.
The two teams in midfield are evenly matched, but Parlour has always lacked the ability to "pass forward", which makes Arsenal's midfield and frontfield a little disjointed, and Liu Han and Bergkamp in the front line are more single-handed, without forming an effective echo.
Less than ten minutes into the game, Liverpool scored.
Liverpool midfielder Redknapp sent a very dangerous ball to Owen, but Keown's very sharp tackle blocked the ball, and the ball changed direction and rolled to the feet of Fowler, who was lucky enough today to miss such a good opportunity and scored directly with his right foot into the far corner.
Liverpool took the lead in less than 10 minutes, which is good news for Liverpool, who have not had a good start to the season, and it is a good cheer for Liverpool to win the league at home.
Arsenal had won five in a row before this game, sitting high at the top of the Premier League table, and they had barely lost a game throughout August, and if they did win this game, Arsene Wenger would be the best manager of the month in August.
However, it is clear that Houllier has no intention of letting Arsene Wenger easily take away the Manager of the Month of August.
The Arsenal team, which was one goal behind, launched a fierce attack, but because the midfield was a little disjointed, the ball never reached Liu Han's feet, and the Liverpool team obviously studied Liu Han, and their defensive strategy for Liu Han was to try not to let this guy get the ball, even if he got the ball, he was forced to go to the side, and the middle couldn't let this guy easily take the ball and shoot.
Liu Han's long-range shot scared many team managers.
Bergkamp also felt that the team seemed to be a little chaotic, the defenders could not attack on the line, the four veterans were more than capable of defending the city and not enterprising enough, midfielder Parlour did not dare to do anything out of line, honest mess, Liu Han had no way to receive the ball, Bergkamp decided to retreat his position, strengthen the transmission and cooperation of the midfield, and see if he could pass a good ball to Liu Han.
Bergkamp's retreat made Arsenal's attack finally improve, and when the game was thirty minutes into the game, Liu Han pulled to the side to receive a pass from Bergkamp, he did not take more, but passed the ball to Bergkamp who came to answer again, and then he made a basketball reverse running action and suddenly cut back from the bottom line, Bergkamp realized Liu Han's run, and his pass with a spin just crossed Liverpool's backline.
Liu Han received the ball and pushed it directly into the far corner, and the ball went in.
Just when Liu Han was about to celebrate, the referee signaled that the goal was invalid, and the linesman raised the flag when Liu Han just ran the position. (To be continued.) )