The ups and downs of professional footballers are regular.

Liverpool's tactics of rushing to the start of the season have worked very well, with six consecutive league wins and a big win over Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup, which is the best proof of this, which has allowed Liverpool to lead the Premier League table from the start.

After six rounds, the Reds are at the top of the standings with 18 points.

Arsenal, who are behind Liverpool, have only 14 points, four points behind Liverpool.

Further back, Manchester City have 12 points, Manchester United have 11 points and Chelsea have only 10.

The Blues' poor start to the season has led to ongoing rumours that Jose Mourinho is likely to be sacked as a result.

However, being out of form from the start also has pros and cons.

The advantage is that the advantage is preemptive, but the disadvantage is that with the intensive schedule, especially the arrival of the national team and the Champions League, the form of the players will inevitably rise and fall, especially when injuries hit.

Liverpool's fatigue was evident after Portsmouth, and if it weren't for Yang Yang's goal in the 83rd minute, the game could have ended up being a 0-0 draw.

But even so, Liverpool still had to usher in injury attrition after the game.

Xavi Alonso, Reese and Mohamed Sissoko will all miss the Champions League in midweek and even the seventh round of the league at the weekend.

The absence of the three generals still has a very big impact on Liverpool.

Rafa Benitez had to switch to a 442 formation for the midweek game against Porto.

In the front, the two-striker combination of Yang Yang and Kuyt was lined up, the midfield was partnered by Pennant, Gerrard, Mascherano and Aurelio, the back line was Finnen, Carragher, Hyypia and Arbeloa, and the goalkeeper was Reina.

As a top team in Portugal, Porto not only has excellent technical ability, strong passing and control ability, and even does a good job of pressing at his home stadium, and the head coach Ferreira has made a special arrangement for Yang Yang.

From the very beginning of the game, Porto launched a fierce attack on Liverpool and constantly created chances.

In particular, in the eighth minute, Reina made another mistake when he was a step late and brought down Porto striker Seketioyi, only to be punished by the Slovak referee.

Porto took the lead from a penalty kick in eight minutes.

In the first ten minutes, Liverpool didn't even have a shot on goal.

The reigning Champions League champions have been forced into such a mess that the Reds' form can be said to have fallen into a collective slump.

Yang Yang still worked very the court, because he only played half an hour in the league on the weekend, and his physical fitness was still relatively full and his condition was better.

But in front of Porto, especially in the away game, when Liverpool is in a slump as a whole, it is difficult for Yang Yang to change the situation alone, because it is impossible for him to change the state of his teammates.

Thankfully, the team's defence was well organised, with Mascherano being as solid as ever and playing a key role in midfield, which left Liverpool in a collective slump, but Porto unable to pose a threat in attack.

Yang Yang also began to patiently look for opportunities in front, and in the 37th minute of the first half, Aurerio sent a left-sided pick-up pass, Yang Yang quickly plugged in, grabbed before Bosingwa, stopped the ball in front of his chest, rushed into the penalty area with the ball alone, forced a breakthrough, and passed the low ball with his left foot to the middle.

Kuyt clapped his horse to catch up, calmly pushed in front of the goal, and sent the ball into the goal, 1 to 1!

But the good times didn't last long, just three minutes into the second half, Pennant unnecessarily shoveled the opponent's defender from the side and back during a frontcourt press, and was shown the second yellow card of the game by the referee, and was directly sent off with a red card.

This made Benitez extremely dissatisfied on the sidelines, and the Liverpool players on the pitch were also devastated.

The second half has just begun, so it's like this?

Soon after, Benitez had to make a substitution, bringing on Lucas Rewa for Kuyt, with Steven Gerrard being pulled up on the right and Lucas Reva partnering Mascherano in the middle.

Yang Yang was at the forefront alone.

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Watching a long pass from Liverpool sent to the front, Yang Yang was sandwiched by two defenders of Porto, desperately trying to grab the landing point, but he still didn't grab it, and returned in vain, when he walked back with a depressed face, in front of the away team's coach's box, assistant coach Paco Yesterdam shook his head helplessly.

"He's never fit to be at the front."

After the start of the second half, Yang Yang felt very lonely on the court.

He worked hard, worked hard, and had a strong desire to win, but he was left alone.

Because Liverpool really can't help him much.

"It's all that damn red card!" Benitez said through gritted teeth.

The Spanish coach was really angry, and when Pennant was off the field, he didn't even walk over to comfort him, didn't even look at him, and directly asked him to go back to the dressing room.

Jesterdam nodded, he understood Benitez's situation and knew his helplessness.

A red card so early was too big a blow to Liverpool.

In the entire first half, Liverpool only had two shots on goal, and Yang Yang's assist helped Kuyt push the goal in front of the goal, so it can be said that Liverpool showed great tenacity.

Every team has its peaks and lows, and Liverpool are at a low point right now, and it was really good to have the kind of performance in the first half, but Benitez was still gearing up to turn the opponent back in the second half at half-time.

But who would have thought that in the first three minutes, Pennant was red carded.

In this case, Benitez had few options but to defend.

But in this way, the team's offensive pressure is all on Yang Yang.

"Let's hope he can handle it." Jesterdam said worriedly.

Benitez grabbed a handful of stubble lips and chin, nodded vigorously, "I believe him!" ”

His eyes were full of determination as he looked at the court.

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Porto had the advantage, but in reality, they didn't have many really dangerous chances on goal.

Quarese was lively on the left in the half, creating a number of corners for Porto, but in the second half he suddenly switched to the right, the left of Liverpool, to try to play Arbeloa's side.

Arbeloa is characterized by being balanced, very stable, and does not have too obvious advantages, but there are also no big slips.

Unable to play on either flank, the lack of a strong centre-forward in the middle, combined with Mascherano at the edge of the box, and Porto's lack of effective penetration through the middle, have made it difficult for the Portuguese giants to create a threat.

In the past few years, Benitez's training at Liverpool, especially the building of the defensive system, has been quite successful.

One side is passive, the other side cannot create opportunities, and this stalemate has been maintained.

Time passed quickly, and before I knew it, seventy-five minutes had passed.

Liverpool was still suppressed in the half, and even Yang Yang, who was at the front, had to retreat over the middle line to respond, and it was not difficult to guess how embarrassed the scene was.

Porto couldn't attack for a long time, and I was still a little impatient in my heart.

After all, this is their home stadium, and there is one more person than the opponent, so they naturally want to win.

But Yang Yang is like a sharp dagger, pointing at them from afar, so that they dare not relax in the slightest, and the head coach Ferreira even requires the back line not to be careless.

God knows, when did Yang Yang get the opportunity and suddenly broke out?

When Yang Yang retreated, Porto's central defenders did not follow, but handed over the task of marking Yang Yang to Meireles and Asunço in the midfield, which is probably also taking into account the gap behind him.

If the central defender also follows, at Yang Yang's speed, Liverpool passes behind him with a big foot, and Porto will disarm.

But in this way, when Yang Yang frequently runs back and forth between the central defender and the midfielder, looking for opportunities, there will inevitably be a gap when the Porto players are handed over in defense.

In the seventy-eighth minute, Yang Yang ran back from the front again and raised his hand high to ask for the ball.

Mereles paid attention to Yang Yang, but he didn't expect that Yang Yang retreated a little deeper this time.

Aurelio quickly passed the ball over.

The Portuguese midfielder quickly caught up from the side and back, spied on Aurelio's pass, and made a direct sliding tackle, wanting to steal before Yang Yang and destroy the ball.

But Yang Yang's reaction speed was also fast, knowing that if he stopped the ball, he would definitely be cut off, so he grabbed the ball and gently picked the ball behind him, avoiding Merreles' sliding tackle.

As if hearing Yang Yang's command, the ball crossed Mereles's right foot and body and landed in the area behind him, while Yang Yang quickly turned around, started quickly, and chased after him directly.

Porto were aware of the danger, and right centre-back Bruno Alves wanted to pounce on Yang Yang at the first opportunity.

But unexpectedly, Yang Yang's start speed was faster and he caught up with the ball first.

The Portuguese central defender is very experienced, and when he judged that he couldn't catch up with Yang Yang, he quickly stuck to the inside of Yang Yang, rushed all the way to the penalty area with him, and tried his best to block all the angles of Yang Yang's shots.

In the exclamations of the fans, Yang Yang took the ball all the way into the penalty area from the left side, but Bruno Alves is also very experienced in defense, following him all the way, never making easy moves, and was not thrown away by him.

But today's Yang Yang is no longer the Yang Yang of the past.

With his current ability, against a defender, even if you don't leak a drop, he has to do everything he can to create holes.

So, Yang Yang deliberately dribbled the ball with his right foot, and at the moment of rushing into the penalty area, his left foot had a movement that seemed to be about to get up.

This immediately deceived Bruno Alves, and he directly started to block, but Yang Yang took the ball forward with his right foot.

Seeing that Yang Yang was about to get rid of the opponent's trick, Bruno Alves was very tenacious and grabbed Yang Yang's right foot, arm and shoulder.

This caused Yang Yang to take another step slower.

The two chased after each other at the same time again, but Yang Yang's speed was still a little faster than Bruno Alves.

His attention fell on Porto goalkeeper Nuno.

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