On 27 April 2014, Borussia Dortmund did not practice in the afternoon, and the whole team watched a match of the 36th round of the 2013/2014 Premier League season in the conference room of the training base: Liverpool v Chelsea at home.

Liverpool lead the Premier League scorers with 80 points, behind Manchester City on 77 points and Chelsea on 75, and with three games remaining, the Liverpool are close to winning the first Premier League title in the club's history.

If you only look at the statistics, Liverpool crushed Chelsea in this game, they led 26-11 on goal, 8-4 on target, 14-3 on corners, and 73% of possession...... They controlled almost everything on the field, but ......

At the last moment of stoppage time in the first half, Sako crossed, Gerrard slipped on the soles of his feet in the backfield and made a low-level mistake, Demba Ba broke the ball and single-handedly entered the penalty area, and calmly scored in the face of Mignolet, 1:0!

The Dortmund players in front of the TV were stunned, and everyone was talking about the fatal mistake of the Liverpool captain, which allowed Chelsea to score, and it may be quite difficult for Liverpudlian people to score.

'Look, Chelsea are putting up the bus, it's harder for the Liverpudlians to score.' Captain Kyle said.

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Dortmund's guess is very correct, Chelsea's tactics in this game are defensive counter-attacks, especially after Demba Ba took advantage of Gerrard's mistake to score first, Chelsea once again sacrificed 901 bus tactics in the second half, so that Liverpool had no choice.

The Chelsea men fought hard, with both players fighting cramps in quick succession, with Schurrle and Mikel both suffering cramps in the 75th minute due to the passive defence in the second half.

Seeing this scene, the most happy is the Dortmund, they rotated in the game against Bayer Leverkusen, while the Chelsea people did their best, and it was a strong dialogue with Liverpool, doing their best, which will greatly drain the Chelsea people's physical energy.

Former Liverpool golden boy Fernando Torres came off the bench in the second half and shrill boos rang out from the Anfield stands. In the final minute of stoppage time, Torres burst into the box to set up Willian's game-winning goal.

The camera gave a close-up of the Liverpool players, the Reds players with confused expressions and some players sobbing under their breath, and the defeat was a huge blow to them.

Jiang Chenxi also saw Salah on the bench in the camera, his friend looked confused, the team lost the most important game of the season, at the same time, after Salah joined Liverpool, he has not been reused, and has always been a rotation role on the bench, Salah also called Jiang Chenxi to confide, he felt confused about his future in Liverpool, and was discussing countermeasures with his agent......

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Liverpool lost 2-0 at home to Chelsea!

The suspense of the Premier League title battle is back! Liverpool's home defeat to Chelsea narrowed the gap to two points, Chelsea saw the hope of winning the league title, in addition, after Manchester City won this round of games, they were level on points with Liverpool, and climbed to the top of the table with a goal difference, Manchester City was the biggest beneficiary of Liverpool's loss.

Speaking to reporters at the post-match press conference, Jose Mourinho said: "Now we can proudly say that we have achieved a double win against the league title this season! Whether the title ends up being Liverpool or Manchester City! After taking those three points, we only need one more point to lock up a top-three finish and finish a good season. However, the champions will be Liverpool or Manchester City, so we have nothing to celebrate. I know a lot of people were expecting us to lose 3-0 or 5-0 at Anfield, but the lads from the Blues did really well and I'm very proud of them. ”

Sky Sports: 'Goals from Demba Ba and Willian helped Chelsea win 2-0 at Anfield to Liverpool, the Blues dealt a severe blow to the Reds' dream of winning the title, and now the initiative is back in the hands of Manchester City, just as it was two years ago. ”

"Daily Mail": "Such a key game to win the title, but Liverpool captain Gerrard slipped and gave gifts, Liverpool finally lost to Chelsea by 2 goals at home, ending an 11-game winning streak, and the dream of winning the title was dealt a big blow. ”

The photo of Gerrard slipping and falling also became the front page photo of many media around the world after the game:

The captain slipped and gave gifts, and Liverpool and the championship passed by?

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Liverpool's sadness and frustration, it has nothing to do with Dortmund.

The Chelsea man won and the league was once again in sight, and it had nothing to do with Borussia Dortmund.

They are most pleased that Chelsea have played a very hard game that will certainly affect the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Borussia Dortmund in midweek.

Since the end of the first leg, Jurgen Klopp has been thinking about the second leg against Chelsea.

News from London suggests that Chelsea captain John Terry and their goalkeeper Petr Cech could both be out of action for the second leg due to serious injuries.

In the league game against Liverpool, neither Cech nor John Terry played.

Of course, this is also likely to be a smokescreen for Mourinho and Chelsea, in order to stay strong against Dortmund, and beware of being deceived.

Borussia Dortmund's coaching staff analysed the information and concluded that Cech could be too injured to play, and that it would be difficult to say what happened to John Terry.

Jurgen Klopp has decided not to consider the opponent's injury for the time being. Let's take the idea that Chelsea can put out the strongest lineup.

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In terms of scoreline, Dortmund led 2:1 in the first leg, so Klopp made a judgment that the one who was in a hurry should be Chelsea.

In this game, Chelsea have to press out and attack.

So, what should Dortmund do?

Against Chelsea?

Or is it a defensive counterattack?

In the end, Klopp decided to choose a more secure tactic at home, focusing on defensive counterattacks.

Because, if it were a head-to-head attack, once the Chelsea scored a goal, then the situation would be grim, which would mean that the Chelsea would be able to equalise with one more goal, which would have a subtle effect on the psychology of the players on both sides.

Klopp's decision was supported by the coaching staff.

We've already reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, so it's right to hold on to something.

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In the end, Klopp decided that in the second game with Chelsea, Jiang Chenxi would be left alone in the frontcourt, and then stationed in the backfield, first solid defense, and then counterattack when he had the opportunity.

In this way, as long as Chelsea don't score in the first half, then Chelsea will be more impatient in the second half, and Dortmund will be closer to the Champions League final.

Tactics set.

In the following two or three days, Dortmund's training has been mainly defensive, and the attack is also mainly practiced various counterattack routines, and the problem that Reuss and Mkhitaryan and other midfield attackers have to solve is how to quickly advance to the front court in the counterattack and pass the football to Jiang Chenxi's feet (overhead).

Borussia Dortmund are theoretically 90 minutes away from the Champions League final......