Against teams that are good at short passes, Liverpool are still very experienced.

Last season's Champions League two-legged game against Barcelona and two games against Arsenal each season, both teams are very good at playing short balls, and Liverpool have never lacked experience in playing against such opponents.

In the first leg against Barcelona, because it was a home game, and the team's current four attacking players formed a good form of formation, and the cooperation was becoming more and more tacit, Benitez chose a more attacking tactic.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the backline is Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Arbeloa, the midfield is Mascherano and Xavi Alonso in a back two, Gerrard is up front, Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt form a trident.

This is also Liverpool's best attacking phalanx in recent times.

Liverpool's overall tactics are still the same as before, with no major changes.

Pressing high positions, compressing the opponent's space as much as possible, and pressing the opponent's possession, so that the opponent cannot find the rhythm of the game.

Almost since Benitez took charge of Liverpool, he has been constantly instilling this set of ideas in the team and into the minds of every player, including Yang Yang.

The difference is that Gerrard's role in this game is somewhat similar to that of a libero in the central midfielder to the midfield position.

In attack, he has the option to cut in to make the team look more like a 424 formation, while defending he needs to press on the opposition midfielder Yaya Toure, as well as Xavi and Andres Iniesta.

Barcelona also played the main game in this game.

The goalkeeper was Valdés, Abidal, Milito, Puyol and Zambrotta at the back, Yaya Toure in midfield, Xavi and Iniesta in the middle, and Thierry Henry, Sato'o and Bojan in the front three.

Stars Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi are both sidelined with injuries.

On the one hand, the people are strong, but the overall strength is slightly inferior, and on the other hand, the camp is full of injuries, but the overall strength and passing and possession have advantages.

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Yang Yang had heard a lot of rumors about Barcelona before the game, such as Rijkaard going out of class, or Ronaldinho making a move, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

But as soon as the whistle blew at the start of the game, he immediately realized that something was wrong with this Barcelona team.

How so?

It's just that I feel like the opposing player isn't trying to make a difference.

Running or running, chasing or chasing, but it doesn't seem to be able to keep up with the pace of the race.

The game has just begun, and it is clearly not the result of Liverpool's attack, it can only be said that Barcelona itself is in trouble.

And it was not only Yang Yang who realized this, but also players such as Gerrard, Xavi Alonso, and even Benitez on the sidelines were aware of this problem, so Liverpool changed their tactics and pressed directly at the beginning.

Just one minute into the game, Liverpool went on the attack and Crouch dropped back to get the ball back to Xavi Alonso.

After the Spanish midfielder won the ball in the middle of the field, he faced Xavi and Iniesta's pressing.

Gera Della opened Yaya Toure and Crouch rushed into the box with Milito and Puyol at the same time.

And Yang Yang suddenly ran horizontally from the right side to the top of the arc of the penalty area.

It's a team set-up that Liverpool often use in training on weekdays, and it's often used in games as players get more and more connected, but it's a bit surprising that Barcelona can be pulled away so easily.

Xavi Alonso's ball came to Yang Yang's feet, and there was no one around to defend, which surprised Yang Yang himself and hit a curling ball with his right foot.

However, as soon as this kick came out, Yang Yang himself regretted it a little.

Because the quality was not high, the ball was held by Valdés.

Yang Yang raised his hand to his teammates apologetically and walked back with a wry smile.

He really didn't think about it, why didn't Barcelona's players seem to be out of shape?

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As the game progressed, Liverpool began to pull out of formation, especially on the wings.

Yang Yang and Kuyt both occupied two flanks, with Crouch up front and Gerrard at any time on the back.

Once the game started, both teams played very fast, and the ball changed hands frequently.

Barcelona quickly counter-attacked, with Thierry Henry picking up a corner on the left, Xavi heading in a corner and Samuel Eto'o fired from beyond the centre but couldn't threaten Liverpool's goal.

However, the pace of the game was always under Liverpool's control, and Barcelona played a bit chaotically.

As the game deepened, Yang Yang gradually realized that Barcelona's players were really out of shape.

Originally, they were good at short passes, but tonight they let Liverpool pull the formation apart, and the defensive formation was spread wide.

So, soon, Yang Yang got a chance.

After Xavi Alonso won the ball in the middle, Yang Yang raised his hand on the left side to ask for the ball, and Aurelio quickly stepped in to respond.

Yang Yang stopped the ball and turned around, dribbled forward, and went head to head with Aurelio.

Xavi and Yaya Toure came over at the same time to cover the front and back, but Yang Yang didn't give them such a chance and took the lead to send the ball to the outside of the left corner of the box.

Crouch came here to answer, and after getting the ball, the England high-tech guy gave the ball back to Yang Yang under the interference of Puyol.

Barcelona's defense should also become very fast this time, when Yang Yang received the ball again, Puyol had already shaken off Crouch and blocked Yang Yang's front, and Iniesta also returned to the front of the penalty area.

There is no more chance!

Yang Yang quickly judged the situation and immediately passed the ball back to Gerrard, who was inserted behind.

Andres Iniesta pounced on Gerrard as soon as possible, who had to pass back to Xavi Alonso.

And at this moment, Xavi Alonso suddenly saw an opportunity and directly picked the ball to the top of the penalty area.

Crouch was a tall man who was in the best position to get out of the way, keeping both Puyol and Milito at bayo, chesting the ball and pushing it back gently.

Yang Yang chased after it as fast as he could, met the ball that Crouch nudged over, and hit it directly!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！”

"The ball is in!!!"

"In the eleventh minute, just eleven minutes into the opening game, Liverpool took the lead in scoring Barcelona's goal by Yang Yang!"

"Oh my God, Liverpool started this game very fiercely, almost firmly holding Barcelona down."

"It's unbelievable!"

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After Yang Yang scored the goal, he was also very excited, and rushed out of the court laughing.

Amid the cheers of the Liverpool fans all over the venue, Yang Yang excitedly rushed to the front of the KOP stands and opened his arms to the Liverpool fans in the stands, as if he wanted to hug them, accepting the overwhelming sound from the stands.

1 to 0!

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'Barcelona are really problematic and loose defensively.

'It's really strange that they shouldn't have given Liverpool space to pass so easily.'

"Of course, the cooperation of several attacking players in front of Liverpool is indeed very wonderful and clever, but Barcelona's defensive space is too large, which is also a very serious problem, Rijkaard should cheer up as soon as possible and remind his players, otherwise, with the momentum of Liverpool's start of this game, it is estimated that Barcelona will suffer."

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Yang Yang opened the scoring and completely ignited the enthusiasm of Anfield Stadium.

More than 50,000 fans cheered hoarsely, making the Liverpool players on the pitch more full of fighting spirit.

And more importantly, anyone can now see that the form of the Barcelona players is sluggish.

It was as if they couldn't keep up with the pace of Liverpool's game, and they seemed to be completely stunned by the Reds.

Just two minutes after Yang Yang's goal, Liverpool launched an offensive once, and it was still Yang Yang's left side.

This time, it was Yang Yang who took the initiative to create opportunities for his teammates, and Aurelio was tripped by Zambrotta.

The Brazilian left wing-back took a free-kick into the box, but it was cleared by Barcelona, and Xavi Alonso's long-range shot from 30 yards out was saved by Valdés and held onto it.

Liverpool's offensive is like a tide, and when they see an opportunity, where are they willing to give up?

After a succession of attacks down the left, Xavi Alonso suddenly split the ball down the right.

Arbeloa cut in and played the ball to Kuyt, who was fouled while defending Kuyt, giving Liverpool another free-kick on the right side of the pitch.

Steven Gerrard stood at the penalty spot.

This time the corner was in a bit of a position and it was not appropriate to hit the goal directly, so Gerrard would have chosen to assist.

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"Liverpool's set-piece chances up front."

'This time it's Steven Gerrard who takes the penalty and look at the free-kick this time.

'Steven Gerrard takes a free-kick and passes into the box......

"Mid ......"

"Yang Yang ......"

"The ball is in!!!!"

"Yang Yang! Brace!!! ”

"Oh my God, what's going on in Barcelona?"

"There was such an obvious leak in their free-kick defence, not only Yang Yang, but also Crouch, Skrtel and Carragher at the back post."

"Even if Yang Yang doesn't get this corner, several other Liverpool players behind him will definitely be able to create a threat."

But Yang Yang calmly seized the opportunity, he jumped high and scored Barcelona with a brilliant header, which was his second goal of the game!

"Defeat is like a mountain!"

"In just 20 minutes, Barcelona conceded two goals in a row."

'Rijkaard looked frustrated on the sidelines, and he should have felt frustrated because his team looked badly out of shape in this game, both defensively and offensively, it didn't look like they were playing as well as they used to.

'Liverpool have scored two goals in a row and have already established the lead.

"Yang Yang's form tonight also looks quite excited, becoming Liverpool's most dangerous player on the pitch."

"Two to zero, Barcelona have to be careful."