"In three minutes of stoppage time, Liverpool got a free kick opportunity in front of the field in a fairly good position, but Yang Yang did not take this free kick, but gently kicked the ball away, and the referee Howard Webber was also very knowledgeable and blew the final whistle."

On the day after the game, the Guardian newspaper made a front-page headline with this opening to describe last night's main event.

According to the Guardian, this is a crucial matchup that has been hyped up by fans around the world before the game, and the process is quite dull, and the players generally did not play their best, which made people a little drowsy, but it ushered in a big explosion in the closing stage, and it was a very ups and downs of the strong dialogue.

Therefore, the Guardian believes that Yang Yang's goal not only saved Liverpool, but also saved this strong matchup in the Premier League.

"Without Yang Yang's goal, it would have been a disaster game!"

Does that mean that this game has no gold content?

Neither is it!

The Guardian believes it was a very non-Premier League game because the managers of both teams were full of rationality and restraint.

Chelsea know that Liverpool have a strong attack and a solid defense, especially Yang Yang, so Scolari has formulated a strict defense and a strategy of passing and controlling the ball in the middle and back, hoping to give full play to the passing and possession advantages of Deco and Mikel in the midfield.

"The weak attack has seriously dragged down Chelsea's pass-and-possession style of play, and even Drogba's return cannot be changed."

Liverpool saw that Chelsea's attack was weak, but Benitez did not dare to take risks easily, and even in the first hour, the Reds played very well, leaving no chance for Chelsea, so that the Blues had no way to start.

"The turning point of the game came in the 60th minute, when Benitez made a decision that could be said to change the whole game, he replaced Crouch with Gareth Bale, giving up the commanding heights of the front court and pushing Yang Yang to the top of the front line."

"This is a very surprising substitution, in the past three seasons, Liverpool has been rotating between four-three-three and four-four-two, and occasionally played four-five-one, but like today, it is indeed very rare and very sudden to push Yang Yang to the front alone."

"But the facts have proved that Yang Yang is at the front alone, he has been given a great deal of freedom, he can give full play to his physical advantages, and he can run in a wide range at the expense of physical strength, making it difficult for Chelsea's defenders to limit him."

"Follow, the defense line will be chaotic, if you don't follow, Yang Yang will get a chance, this is a dilemma."

"And in the end, it was Yang Yang who pulled to the left periphery of the penalty area, and after receiving Garethbelle's pass, he got rid of Carvalho's defense, passed Mikel, shook Terry, and hit the far corner with a curling ball."

"It was definitely a brilliant on-the-spot command from Benitez."

"But the Spaniard said in his post-match press conference that it was all a strategy that the coaching staff had laid out before the game."

"Benitez said, 'We had a plan in place before the game, and we were very aware of the problems we would face on the road and how to deal with them, including pushing Yang Yang up front, which was a very interesting attempt, and Yang Yang's versatility also gave the try a very high success rate.' ”

The Guardian ridiculed that Benitez was a dead duck with a hard mouth, obviously a temporary command, and made a sudden decision, but insisted on saying that it was planned before the game, which was obviously to avoid the outside world thinking that Liverpool won by chance.

But the Guardian believes that this is not necessary, because Liverpool did show great tenacity in this game.

'The combination of Steven Gerrard, Xavi Alonso and Mascherano is not very good at passing the ball and it is normal for Liverpool to be at a disadvantage in terms of passing and possession against a midfield of Frank Lampard, Deco and Mikel.

'However, Liverpool were very tight throughout the game, the defence was very well organised, and they didn't give Chelsea the slightest chance, but more importantly, the belief that this team showed in the game to win, and that admirable fighting spirit.

Yang Yang, Daniel Agger, Mascherano, Skrtel, Xavi Alonso, Gerrard, Carragher, Reina, Kuyt...... From these players, you can see Liverpool's mental strength, which deeply infects everyone in this team. ”

"Some people will think that this team won this game very lucky, the finale goal, but if you watch the Champions League final in 05 years, after seeing them concede two goals in a row before, four goals against Manchester City, it is not difficult to find that Liverpool won is not surprising, because this is the real Liverpool!"

The Guardian also says Yang Yang is Liverpool's most valuable asset, and not just because he can score goals on the pitch.

"We can't deny that Yang Yang is the world's No. 1 top scorer and attacker, which is an immeasurable asset for any team, but for Liverpool, Yang Yang is a world-class superstar who perfectly matches the team's mental strength."

"Look at him in the final stages of the game, still running with all his strength, look at the picture of him struggling to stop the ball under the pressure of Terry, who is taller and stronger than himself, and then look at the tenacious tenacity with which Carvalho put his elbow on his neck and grabbed his ears with his hands, but refused to fall......

'He was born to play for Liverpool, he was born to be a contagious fighter!'

Finally, the Guardian believes that whether it is a 4-2 win over Manchester City or today's finale win over Chelsea, Liverpool have shown the temperament of a strong team, and if they maintain their current spirit, the team will achieve a satisfactory result this season.

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The Times also made a front-page headline about the game.

They believe that Benitez has gone through three stages since taking charge of Liverpool.

The first is the foundation period, which was before Yang Yang joined, even if Liverpool reversed AC Milan at that time, it still didn't feel like a top European team, on the contrary, that Liverpool team didn't look strong, especially in attack.

This was followed by a period of promotion, marked by Yang Yang's arrival at Liverpool, which represented Liverpool's overall improvement, and Benitez's team began to get better, with a top superstar who can provide a consistent forty or fifty goals a year, Benitez has enough ability to create different tactical styles of play and adapt to different opponents.

Finally, there is the maturity period, and from the beginning of this season, Liverpool's entire performance has undergone a noticeable metamorphosis.

"In the past two years, a Champions League championship and a Premier League championship have greatly improved the psychological quality of Liverpool players, and the burden originally pressed on the team has also been completely released.

"So far, Liverpool has reversed their opponents in five games, which can be called the Premier League and even the reversal king of Europe, and this means that Liverpool's psychological quality is fully mature and very stable."

The Times believes that the game against Chelsea was also a very good proof, because even in the final stages of the game, in the 90th minute, Liverpool still played very organized, and did not show any signs of being too impatient, and finally Yang Yang's goal beat Chelsea.

"Benitez pushed Yang Yang to the front line, which should have been a helpless move, but he didn't expect it to completely liberate Yang Yang, so that he could devote himself to attacking, and his all-round situation allowed him to deal with any situation in the front court."

"If you are a fan watching the game, you will probably have a feeling that Yang Yang's tactical role looks even more obvious than Crouch, and after he went up, he directly suppressed the defense of Terry and Carvalho."

Scolari also said in an interview with the media after the game that Yang Yang was put on the front line, which completely changed the trend of the game.

'From that moment on, we started to lose control of the game because Liverpool put the most disturbing weapons in our box and it left us unsafe at all times.

The Times says this is undoubtedly the highest rating given by the opposing manager.

Of course, Scolari also complained again about Chelsea's signings, which were nothing more than that he couldn't get the players he wanted.

Benitez also praised Yang Yang after the game, "Everyone in the team is very hardworking, every player is full of motivation in the competition, but Yang Yang is different, he is a key player, he can change a game, he is a very lethal threat to defenders."

"In football, there are some tasks that other players can't do, but Yang Yang can, that's what makes him the most different, to have such a player is the proudest thing for all teams and all managers."

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In addition to the Guardian, The Times and The Daily Telegraph, media and fans all over the UK and around the world are covering this matchup.

Yang Yang relied on this finale goal to reappear on the front page of major newspapers, and everyone believed that he was still the number one favorite for this year's World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or.

But there are also many media who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, as Cristiano Ronaldo expected, used Yang Yang to refuse to fall to the ground under Carvalho's hard entanglement, to satirize Xiao Xiaoluo's fake fall against Everton, and then draw conclusions.

"Cristiano Ronaldo didn't score because he deliberately fell on his way to score a goal!"

This obviously malicious report quickly caused a crossfire among the media.

It's November soon, and it's December soon.

The two supreme awards will also be unveiled soon, and the last month will be the most intense competition between the two, and it is also the most lively time for media hype.

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