Chapter 251: The First Half Ends

Eden Hazard went for a corner from the right of the pitch and after he had set up the ball he quickly kicked it back to the back of the wing, with Cahill rushing up to meet Hazard's tactical corner.

At this time, in the middle of the penalty area, Costa was waiting there, and the Liverpool players who were originally crowded in the penalty area immediately rushed out when they saw this! They fear that Cahill's pass to Costa will allow Costa to hit another dangerous long-range shot unmarked!

Just as the defender was rushing out, Cahill crossed the ball! An overhead cross sent the ball over the head of the Liverpool player, then began to fall in the middle of the box towards the back of the net, where a Chelsea player slid and kicked the ball into the Liverpool goal!

The Anfield stadium was filled with cheers from the visiting fans.

"Jones! Jones pulled a goal back for Chelsea and it was him who stepped up at a crucial moment! Gary Cahill's cross was aimed at the back post and Jones shook off all the Liverpool players who were marking him before slotting home! ”

Jones ran straight inside the goal after the goal, holding the ball in his arms and walking towards the backfield, 2-1 Chelsea pulled a goal back, now Chelsea can breathe a sigh of relief, after all, it is not as dangerous as it was 2-0, after all, Chelsea are playing away from home.

Jurgen Klopp sat in the dugout with a heavy expression, and he finally confirmed that Chelsea's self-adjustment after conceding the second goal was real, and definitely not an accident, Chelsea after strengthening the control and defense of the midfield, Jones, Cesc Fabregas, Hazard in the forward line to cover the midfield, and threaten the Liverpool goal with long-range shots.

Chelsea, who are proficient in all kinds of offensive means, long-range shooting is also one of their sharp weapons this season, especially Jones's long-range shooting is the greatest threat, at this time, the main use of long-range shooting means can disrupt Liverpool's defensive rhythm, and the most important thing is the impact of thinking! Two consecutive long-range shots are not saved, but the flaws in the defense are also presented, with flaws and loopholes, the thinking inertia of the defending side is naturally to fill, but in the process of filling, new problems will erupt.

No defense is perfect, but in the face of Chelsea, Liverpool still wants to be perfect, just like their manager Jurgen Klopp is a perfectionist himself, when the game is completely impossible to go to one side, no team can be perfect, and Liverpool's current over-obsession is the result of being involved in the whole body! In the end, it will not only fail to get close to perfection, but even decline overall!

Liverpool looked at the game time before restarting the game, the remaining time of the first half was running out, Klopp stood up and gestured to the team to control the pace of the game, it is best to walk into the dressing room with the lead, in the 43rd minute of the game, Henderson sent a through ball to the left side of the front, in the absence of teammate support, Salah and Henderson to do a one-two line at a glance, the football was cut off by Zampacosta in the penalty area.

Chelsea continued to instigate the attack, and their routine remained unchanged, after a halfway pass, Jones knocked the ball back on the left side of the box to Costa, who cut across the middle behind him, and Costa fired a long-range shot that made the Liverpool defence extremely nervous, but he sent a straight ball to the ground the moment he touched the ball!

The ball rolled past Joel Matip and cut through the gap between Gomes and Milner, and N'Golo Kante's clever counter-offside was successful, but he was too far off the net and when he caught up with the ball, he half-turned and swept the ball across the other side of the box.

As the ball rolled past, Jones appeared on the trajectory of the ball's rolling, and Moreno and Clavan slid to block Jones' leg-up shot!

They were all afraid of giving the opponent a penalty, so they mainly blocked the shooting line, Jones saw Matip in the middle, he did not smash the ball to shake off Moreno and Clavan's sliding tackle to block the opportunity, at this time he was still behind Gomez less than two meters away, he could only barely get up.

Jones blasted the ball out of the middle of the four Liverpool players, because it was too close, the ball hit Matip's leg and bounced into the stands, the collision made a loud noise, but in fact did not cause any physical damage to the players, after the shot, Jones reached out and lifted Carragra up, Matip accepted Jones's kindness, they didn't say anything.

This kind of thing happens often in training, if you make a big fuss, it is unprofessional, even if the opportunity is slim, the players have to grab it, sometimes you have to be tough! Although Liverpool defended Chelsea's attack, they were already a little flustered.

Because Chelsea continued to use the vertical space up front, first to threaten from distance, and now Costa dared to send a through ball directly, Liverpool's defence was leaky, and it was really difficult to be reassured.

Jones walked to the corner, it was a tactical corner, he passed the ball to Costa, and then Costa crossed and the ball changed direction to get rid of Coutinho's defence, and then he went to the left side of the penalty area and curled a shot aimed at the far corner of the goal.

The ball arced around the back of the goal, Mignolet raced to the far post and jumped to the wing of the box with one hand, Moreno chased the ball and wanted to launch a counterattack, but after seeing Hazard rush over and ready to counter-attack him, Moreno kicked the ball into the front.

One minute later, at the end of the first half, with Chelsea trailing Liverpool 2-1, the two sides walked into the dressing room, and at half-time, Kodic summed up the two goals conceded in the first half before making a more detailed tactical arrangement, and overall Chelsea's tactics after 30 minutes were correct.

But there are still areas for improvement, such as the support of the central midfield for the attacking attack, the main defensive target when the main defensive is to stifle Liverpool and put on the threat, etc., after Kodic's adjustments, the Chelsea players walked out of the dressing room.

As they walked onto the pitch, Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Jones walked together, and Jones said to the two of them: "Pay more attention to my movement in the second half. ”

Costa laughed, "You little ghost, what did you think of again?" ”

Jones shrugged: "Liverpool's defence is starting to get a little tight, and I think the three of us could switch positions frequently to interfere with their marking. ”

Fabregas asked suspiciously, "How?" ”

Some adjustments and changes are easy to say, but they are not necessarily as easy as they say, communication between teammates is the most important, especially in such a critical game, everyone does not want to fail to understand the intentions of teammates and lead to mistakes in coordination, Jones walked between the two and simply said his thoughts, Fabregas and Costa nodded in agreement after understanding.