The first half of the game went smoothly.

After Liverpool took the lead, they played relatively steadily, both offensively and defensively, and tried to be steady.

Chelsea were more steady, and the Blues' strategy was simple: if they had conceded a goal, they would have to make sure they wouldn't concede it again, and then slowly look for opportunities to counter-attack.

After Yang Yang's goal, Liverpool completely controlled the situation on the field and frequently launched attacks on Chelsea.

Especially from the thirtieth minute, for fifteen minutes, Liverpool completely suppressed Chelsea in the half.

Kuyt, Crouch, Gerrard, Yang Yang......

Long shots, corners, penalty grabbing......

All sorts of attacking methods continued to appear in Chelsea's half, especially in the last few minutes, which made Chelsea very embarrassed and extremely passive on the field.

For fifteen minutes, Chelsea didn't even get a shot on goal, which made everyone feel Chelsea's inferiority on the pitch, as if they could be scored anytime and anywhere.

Mourinho was clearly aware of this, so he made a decisive adjustment at half-time.

Striker Pizarro, who has just moved from Bayern Munich this season, replaced Kalou and partnered Drogba in attack.

The Portuguese is clearly hoping to bring more dynamism to the team's attacking side with the help of Pizarro.

Mourinho, meanwhile, also replaced Wright Phillips with Brazilian centre-back Alex.

So, at the beginning of the second half, Chelsea's formation suddenly changed from the original four to four and two.

Malouda dropped back into the middle and formed a midfield three with Mikel Mikel and Frank Lampard.

Alex was present at the back, forming a central defence-back alongside Ben Haim and John Terry, plus Essien and Ashley Cole, Mourinho is looking to stabilize his team's backline with a back five.

But it would be a mistake to think that Mourinho was overly conservative because of that.

At the start of the second half, Chelsea took the initiative to launch a round of attacks.

In the 47th minute, Frank Lampard's header was crossed, Pizarro's header was crossed, and Mikel's close-range header was slightly high and failed to threaten.

Two minutes later, Essien crossed from the right and Pizarro rushed to the back post to head it just wide.

Less than five minutes into the second half, Chelsea made two dangerous attacks.

Mourinho's big gamble of changing two people in the midfield is certainly not to be able to keep the score 0-1, but to stabilize the defense and get more opportunities in the offensive end.

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'In fact, it's not uncommon for Mourinho to make high-stakes substitutions.

"Three days ago, when he played Reading away, he fell behind by one goal in the first half, and at the same time, the main central defender Carvalho suffered a thigh strain and left the game early, Mourinho also made a decisive gamble, and even gambled more than tonight."

"At that time, Mourinho made two substitutions in a row at halftime, and he used up three substitutions at half-time, and he also replaced Pizarro at that time to strengthen the team's attack."

"Not only that, but after the substitution, Chelsea also launched a sudden counterattack after the break, and scored two goals in the 47th and 50th minutes to successfully reverse the score and hold the score 2-1 to the end."

'Tonight, Jose Mourinho obviously wants to do it again, but Liverpool are not Reading.

"It should be said that Mourinho's substitutions did have some effect, especially Pizarro, who was very active, but in the end he still failed to take advantage of the opportunity to break Liverpool's goal, after all, the Reds' defensive hardness is incomparable to Reading's."

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With Chelsea's opening three axes failing to work, Liverpool quickly launched a counter-attack.

Benitez didn't guess that Mourinho would gamble, but the players will adjust themselves according to the situation on the pitch.

After surviving Chelsea's opening attack, Liverpool were quick to hit the back burner.

First, Kuyt crossed from the right, which was cleared by Terry's header, and Yang Yang shot directly from outside the penalty area, slightly off.

Then there was another pass from the right, Gerrard shot from distance in front of goal, but was blocked by Mikel's foot, and Gerrard followed up and shot again, which was blocked by Terry.

Just two minutes later, Gerrard burst into the right flank and, after a beautiful combination with Finnen, Finnan crossed low from the right and Kuyt slid out again.

After surviving Chelsea's counter-attack, Liverpool's attack came even more violently.

At one point, Chelsea had to huddle within 30 metres of their own side, and even Drogba retreated to midfield, even at the edge of the penalty area to participate in the defense.

In the 57th minute, Ashley Cole was booked for a foul on Kuyt, and at the same time gave Liverpool a free kick on the right side of the field, which Aurelio took and hit the wall and failed to threaten.

Liverpool's left wing-back looked depressed as he remembered that Steven Gerrard had scored a direct free-kick in the first game.

Gerrard and Xavi Alonso then had a succession of long-range chances from outside the box, but neither could threaten.

Liverpool's attack was heavily defended by Chelsea.

When the Blues huddle in their own half, or even in the 30-metre zone, no team can easily knock on their goal, including Liverpool.

But after seeing Liverpool's strong attack, all the fans in the stadium were convinced that it was only a matter of time before the team won.

But things often change when everyone feels like they have a win.

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In the 61st minute, Chelsea were in a struggling defence and played a quick counter-attack, Essien's cross from the right to the back post was met by Malouda, who retreated and caught up with Malouda in the box.

But in the seemingly non-existent contact between the two, Malouda suddenly fell to the ground, and the referee Robb Styles quickly ran to the left, blew the silver whistle in his mouth without hesitation, and pointed directly to the penalty spot despite raising his hands and looking at Finnan with an innocent face.

Penalty kick!

The whole Anfield stadium was amazed!

That's a penalty?

Why did you get a penalty?

The Liverpool players were also stunned, compared to Malouda who fell to the ground, the Liverpool players obviously believed in Finnan more, and the innocent Liverpool right wing-back was fiercely protesting to the referee, thinking that it was not a penalty, he did not knock down Malouda at all, and it was the Frenchman himself who lost his balance and fell to the ground.

But referee Styles was very tough, believing it to be a penalty and not accepting any rebuttals.

Chelsea accepted with peace of mind as Frank Lampard stood on the penalty spot and calmly converted it into the back of the net.

One-to-one!

Who would have thought that Chelsea, who did not even have a single threatening attack in the whole game, would break through Liverpool's goal with their first shot on target, when they took the penalty?

This is definitely the main plot that can only appear in the street fighting!

But in reality it just appeared, and it happened!

Not only abused once, but also abused a second time.

After a miserable equaliser, Liverpool quickly stabilized their position.

Rafael Benitez kept urging his players to calm down from the sidelines, and the most important thing for the team was to continue to strengthen their attack.

The Reds were quick to make a substitution, with Pennant coming on for Mascherano.

It was a very clear signal to strengthen the team's attack.

As soon as Pennant came on the pitch, he immediately made a yellow card for Benhaim with a cross because he fouled Kuyt.

Then Gerrard shot twice in a row, and also sent a wonderful pass to Yang Yang, allowing Yang Yang to volley, but it was a little bit away from the goal.

Frank Lampard was then booked for a foul on Xavi Alonso.

The players on both sides are also getting more and more angry.

In the 74th minute, Liverpool launched another attack.

Yang Yang was holding back his strength and quickly cut in from the left rib with the ball horizontally.

Essien had already carried a yellow card in the first half, his actions were a little hesitant, he didn't dare to foul at all, and was easily thrown away by Yang Yang.

But just when Yang Yang met Benhaim, the Israeli central defender didn't know whether he was in too much of a hurry or deliberately, he chose to foul Yang directly, knocking down Yang Yang.

At this time, the referee Styles blew the whistle again.

Nearby John Terry and Essien both rushed to the front, as they both knew very well that Benhai had already had a yellow card, and if he got another card, it would really be a red card and he would have been sent off.

Both Chelsea players were putting pressure on the referee, with the Liverpool players agreeing it should have been a card move.

With Yang Yang's strength, if it weren't for Ben Haim's foul, it would have been possible to score.

There was some anger on both sides, with John Terry and Essien clashing with Liverpool's players and pushing Liverpool's players on their own, but referee Styles dissuaded both sides in time and gave each of Chelsea's two first-movers a yellow card and slowly stepped away, giving Liverpool a free-kick on the left side of the box.

But at this time, Liverpool's captain Steven Gerrard asked the referee loudly why he gave Essien a yellow card, but not another red card?

That's an exaggeration, isn't it?

"Stiles' enforcement tonight is truly flawed."

"Malouda's fall just now was not a foul on Finnan at all, but he gave Liverpool a false penalty."

'And now, he gave John Terry and Essien a yellow card each, which is Essien's second yellow card of the game, but it didn't turn into a red card, which has to be said to be a very low-level mistake and very undeserved.'

"This is what we have been saying all along, and the referees in the Premier League should still appropriately strengthen their law enforcement capabilities."

The entire Anfield stadium was booed.

Is there such a thing in the world?

Two yellow cards without a red card?

Coupled with the unwarranted penalty just now, I'm afraid that even those online competitions don't dare to write like this, right?

This abuser is also too obvious, too unusual, right?

Whoever dares to write like this will be pulled out and shot by readers every minute!

But the reality is often more absurd and exaggerated than it comes.

But the game still has to go on after all, how to punish this free kick? Who is fined?