Chapter 250: Shooting from a distance
Chelsea need to figure out how to do it, otherwise they may suffer their first defeat of the season at Anfield, and this defeat may be the beginning of the collapse! Chelsea have conceded goals in a number of games this season, and many of the backline breaks down in the games, and many of them are personal mistakes by defenders who have led to the opponents being broken by the opponents!
It's hard to say which player made a low-level mistake in a game like the one that was found twice by Liverpool at Anfield today, but Liverpool played well overall and were very tactically targeted, which will make the mentality of Chelsea's players nervous.
As Liverpool celebrated, Jones walked to the midfield, called Cesc Fabregas and Costa, and said to them: "We can't press too hard, Liverpool just wait for us to do this and then take the opportunity to play a lethal counter-attack in the most relaxed conditions!" ”
The two nodded in agreement with Jones's opinion, everyone knows the situation, but how to adjust it is a new problem, team operations, players can not change according to their own ideas, in that case, you want to do this, he wants to do that, and the tacit understanding of the overall cooperation of a team will collapse bit by bit.
Costa said seriously: "I dropped back into midfield to help with the ball and also strengthened the defence. ”
Cesc Fabregas then said: "I cut down on assists. ”
Jones nodded: "Not only that, you two will shoot more long shots in the next time!" We're going to put some pressure on their backline from distance. ”
Costa and Cesc Fabregas nodded in agreement, and they instantly understood Jones's intentions, and as Chelsea set the ball in the centre circle for kick-off, Jones exchanged a few more words with Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante, to create long-range opportunities for Costa and Cesc Fabregas.
With only 30 minutes to play, Chelsea were two goals down, and their team-mates were afraid to play casually at this time, but instead gathered a united force, and when Jones stepped up to direct everyone to adjust their attacking strategy, their team-mates expressed their support.
Jurgen Klopp frowned slightly on the sidelines after the restart, as Chelsea reduced pressure on Liverpool's back line and tightened control of the midfield, which may have looked like a defensive adjustment for Chelsea to be afraid of conceding again, but it was a different scenario than Klopp had anticipated.
It stands to reason that the more teams lag behind, the more they will invest in the attack, just like the core philosophy of England's long ball: to get the ball into the danger zone as quickly as possible! Putting more players up front and creating more pressure is also a practice that looks like it will increase the probability of scoring.
If that's the case, Chelsea will be crazy about their forward line and try to press as hard as possible, then Liverpool's counter-attack will have better attacking space and maybe be able to completely destroy Chelsea in this game!
However, the situation is exactly the opposite of Klopp's expectations, and Chelsea have strengthened their midfield defence, although it will not be as strong as it has been in the past, but it will also make it difficult for Liverpool to find good counter-attacking opportunities.
In other words, if Liverpool want to break down Chelsea through positional warfare, it will be very difficult, and Klopp has to think on the bright side: maybe Chelsea are just a little panicked, and then say.
In the 32nd minute, Hazard dribbled the ball on the right flank, and when he came to Moreno, he crossed the ball to Jones, who was struggling to get rid of the ball under Milner's follow.
He pushed the ball diagonally behind with the outside of his instep, and Fabregas, who was inserted in the back, made a long-range shot from 30 yards from goal, Matip immediately came to block, but Fabregas faked the ball with a real shot, dribbled the ball sideways and avoided Gomez's interception, and then passed the ball to Costa who ran diagonally into the middle.
This time, Costa is shooting directly from distance to meet the ball! Fabregas's long-range shot just now did not have a good angle, and Liverpool's defensive strength was concentrated on this side, and the line, angle, and space were not good.
After moving to Costa's side, although the distance from goal was only 30 yards to about 25 yards, Costa had a better angle to shoot, and Costa hit the goal with a heavy shot.
The ball runs from the space between Clavan and Matip to the bottom left corner of the goal! Goalkeeper Mignolet fell to the ground and pounced to block the ball out of the bottom line with one palm, and Mignolet, who turned his head in front of the goal line, broke out in a cold sweat, and he saw with his own eyes that the football was rolling out of the bottom line by grazing the outside of the goal post, and he almost went in!
The Reds fans in the Anfield stands also pinched a cold sweat and secretly said that it was so dangerous! 'Chelsea's long-range shot almost scored! Costa's long-range shot put Mignolet to the test, and although the ball was saved by Mignolet, it was a moment that sent Liverpool fans back in mind. ”
It seemed that the Chelsea players were in good spirits as Jones continued to drive a corner that was cleared by Joel Matip and Liverpool had a chance to counter-attack in the 34th minute.
However, Chelsea's midfielders were well prepared defensively, and after Coutinho pushed forward on the right flank, his cross to Henderson was intercepted by Cesc Fabregas, and Zampa Costa was tasked with Henderson!
At this moment, Klopp sat in the dugout with a frown, he had a sense of foreboding, he felt that Chelsea were adjusting themselves in the game, and this adjustment would suppress Liverpool's counter-attacking tactics!
In the 37th minute of the game, Costa passed the ball diagonally to Jones on the left side of the front, and in order to have space for possession, Jones retreated to receive it while shaking off Clavan, stopped the ball and dribbled two steps laterally before sending a through pass to Alonso.
Alonso, with his back to goal under the mark of Jordan Henderson and Moreno, slotted the ball straight to Hazard, who cut across the middle, and then dribbled back to shake off Gomez, who watched the situation in the middle before Matip came to block.
Jones stepped forward and saw both Jordan Henderson and Philippe Coutinho drop back to the edge of the box and concentrate on the left, leaving a gap in the middle and Hazard himself attracting Henderson and Coutinho.
Chelsea kept the opposition at bay with superior individual possession and a superstar one-man threat, with Cesc Fabregas cutting in and Hazard crossing to Cesc Fabregas, who fired from a good position from distance.
Moreno came to Hazard after Hazard had the ball, his interception failed, Cesc Fabregas stopped the ball and adjusted his pace, followed by a right-footed volley, the football flew past Moreno a meter away, it was a half-high ball!
Mignolet was so angry that he had blocked Chelsea's shots in the box five times, and now he had to face Chelsea's more accurate long-range shots!
After a quick run, Mignolet pounced and single-handedly blocked Cesc Fabregas's long-range shot off the line! Liverpool's mentality began to change after two threatening shots from Chelsea from distance in the space of five minutes.
They don't know if they let Chelsea shoot from distance like this, and if there will be a big problem if they continue to shoot from distance like this! In particular, Mignolet's two saves were thrilling, it was like a roller coaster.
Chelsea were rewarded with another opportunity to attack from a corner.