Chapter 249: Two Goals Behind
'Chelsea came close to an equaliser from Liverpool, Costa had a shot that hit the post unluckily, Jones stumbled the ball from behind his imaginative back in front of the penalty area, tearing Liverpool's defence apart, and there was a lot of resistance in Chelsea's positional battle, but Chelsea still confidently insisted on fighting like this, because they believed the team was creative enough to destroy the opposition's defence.
Klopp suddenly got up from his seat, he walked to the sideline with his hands in the pockets of his trousers, he stared blankly at the stadium, it was not that he didn't study Jones, but no amount of research was now useless rubbish.
The sudden and unreasonable performance of ordinary players is called a flash of inspiration, but for talented players, a flash of inspiration is simply their daily routine, and it is impossible to prevent it if you want to defend.
If Liverpool wants to win, it must rely on attack, but the premise of attack is defense, defense and then counterattack! Despite Klopp's mental preparations, he really didn't expect to encounter unimaginable difficulties in the battle against Chelsea.
Jurgen Klopp has studied a lot of Chelsea's Bisse, and after analyzing, researching and summarizing, Klopp has integrated his own tactical thinking, and the tactics of restricting Chelsea are about to come out.
But tactics are tactics, and whether tactics can be realized depends on the team's ability to execute tactics, and Liverpool did a perfect job in the first 25 minutes of the game! The backline limited space and the midfield was surrounded by frenzied pressing to disrupt Chelsea's attacking organisation.
Then with a decisive push to the counter-attack when the Chelsea attacking group was unable to defend, Liverpool's tactical vision made it look like they had already figured out Chelsea.
In the 29th minute of the game, Jones switched to the left wing, he dribbled on the left side, and before coming to the penalty area, he changed direction laterally, and the Liverpool defenders thought Jones would perform a good trick of cross-cutting dribbling in front of the penalty area.
However, Jones pulled the ball behind Clavan when he came up to press him, and then controlled the ball again at his feet before going straight to the bottom line, at which point the Liverpool defence was forced to retreat and almost returned to the six-yard box.
They were afraid of the threat posed by Jones' continued possession, especially if Jones crossed in front of goal, someone had to be able to block his cross, Jones dribbled into the box, and in the face of Clavan's pressing again, he calmly pulled the ball back and dribbled a step outside.
Gomez rushed to press, Jones passed the ball to Fabregas who was cut in behind, and then he passed Gomez, Fabregas passed the ball back to Jones, at which point Jones was in a situation surrounded on all sides, Goklavan, Matip, Gomez behind him, and Milner who moved in the compressed space in front of him.
In the crowded penalty area, Jones picked the ball into the goal, he wanted to hit a corner, he also saw the line of the ball, but perhaps too much to control the footwork, the ball he picked out was easily confiscated by Mignolet.
Jones gritted his teeth and said secretly in his heart: the ball speed is still not enough! The angle is controlled, but the strength is not enough, the light ball naturally flies not fast, don't look at Mignolet in the air to catch the moon is very relaxed, in fact, he is already a little afraid in his heart, if the ball speed is faster, he is afraid that he can only look at the ball and sigh, after hugging the football, Mignolet rushed straight to the edge of the penalty area.
The Chelsea players woke up like a dream, damn it! It's coming again! Liverpool's quick counter-attack! It was another good counter-attack opportunity as Mignolet tossed the ball on the edge of the box and flicked it to Henderson, who dropped back in midfield.
Henderson scrambled the ball from behind Zampa Costa to Coutinho, who came up on the wing, and immediately after the pass Henderson spun around and ran forward, Coutinho strode forward with a meteoric slot, and he cut inside.
He was trying to seduce Christensen to help defend and create better space for Henderson, and Christensen really took the bait! He simply couldn't sit back and watch Coutinho push forward so recklessly.
He had just run two steps before Coutinho played the ball quickly and the ball rolled behind Christensen, Henderson kept pace and let the ball go in front of him, and began to dribble forward in the rush forward, Salah cut in diagonally from the left to the right in front of the penalty area, and Henderson passed the ball straight to Salah diagonally to the line when Alonso rushed up to block.
Salah had just run in front of Cahill, he stopped the ball with his right foot, then took a small step back and then turned unexpectedly! He had just run from left to right, and now he had completed the turn from right to left.
At the same time as Cahill's interception failed, Zampacosta rushed over to break the ball at Salah's feet with a fierce look, Salah grabbed Zampacosta's kick, and gently stabbed the ball behind Zampacosta, and then dodged Zampacosta's interception and rushed forward directly!
Mohamed Salah's form today is nothing short of spectacular, just like the incredible form he was in when he arrived in the Premier League! Salah, who rushed forward to control the football, has formed a single knife momentum! Gary Cahill returned to the box and rushed towards Salah, who also dropped out to widen the defensive area and run in Salah's direction.
Salah took a diagonal step to the front of the right, then tackled the bottom of the ball with his toes just as Cahill and Courtois were about to block him, and the ball flew up and flew diagonally to the right rear of Courtois!
Cahill's flying shovel is out, and it won't help! Courtois's raised arm staggered past the football, and the two looked back together, only to see the light ball slicing through a small parabolic trajectory and finally falling into the bottom left corner of the goal!
Anfield shook again, and the Reds fans shouted Salah's name proudly and proudly, their eyes fixed on him alone, as if the most dazzling protagonist on this stage today was it!
Salah slid to his knees to the sideline with a smile on his face, and Henderson rushed from behind, grabbed him over the head and kissed him the head, before the two laughed together and shook their fists into the stands and roared.
Jurgen Klopp tilted his head slightly on the sidelines, then he turned and walked back to the dugout and sat down, calmly saying to his assistant: 'They found the right rhythm of the game, which is good, Chelsea are not as strong as we thought. ”
After all, there are very few teams that can lead Chelsea by two goals this season, and it can even be said that in this season's game, only Manchester City led Chelsea by two goals in the game, and was finally equalized!
'Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool to take a 2-0 lead over Chelsea, it was another quick counter-attack, Liverpool's tactics today were very restrained against Chelsea, we could see that Liverpool's fast advance and passing were very effective on the counter-attack, but we have to praise Mohamed Salah for his individual performance.
After receiving a pass from Henderson, he first turned on the spot to get rid of the defence, then dodged and broke through Cahill's defence, and finally calmly picked up the far corner of the net and sent the ball into the back of the net!