Chapter 492: Counterattack Goal
Liverpool have put up a lot of obstacles in his path, so he can ignore them now, and as long as he pulls back his position, Liverpool's close attention to him will inevitably be much smaller.
He can threaten opposition defences with his own passes, play long balls and hang himself, Costa and Eden Hazard are both impactful players, and the excellent individual qualities of N'Golo Kante and Cesc Fabregas may not be able to break down the Liverpool goal.
Sure enough, Jones started running back and forth at the back, and Liverpool were much less marked against him.
He beckoned to Cesc Fabregas, who didn't hesitate and passed the ball straight over.
Jones took a few steps forward with the ball, and near the center circle, Chamberlain posted it again, Jones did not blindly choose to break through, he turned to protect the ball, saw that there were no good chances, and passed the football back to his teammates.
After that, Cesc Fabregas passed the ball back, and Chamberlain followed Jones in the direction of the ball, and Jones was faster, taking the ball first, and then dribbling the ball back to get rid of Chamberlain's entanglement.
Chamberlain didn't follow either, and as long as Jones didn't dribble the ball into his own half, his defense was successful.
Only, Jones took two steps back with the ball, then turned around and continued to dribble forward unhurriedly.
"Liverpool's marking of Jones has reached an extreme, and under pressure from the opposition, Jones can only return to his own half to receive the ball."
'A Jones at the back, I don't think he can pose too much of a threat to Liverpool.
The commentators in the commentary seat all opened their mouths when they saw the scene where Jones could only slowly dribble the ball in the backcourt.
In their view, Jones is just a goal-scoring striker, and now that Liverpool have trapped him in their own half, Chelsea's attack has undoubtedly dropped a notch.
However, they forgot that Chelsea are not just Jones, Costa and Eden Hazard are both very capable players, and they both have the ability to score a goal.
On the pitch, Jones slowly carried the ball forward, looking for an opportunity to rush forward, Chamberlain was near the midfield, staring at Jones tightly, as long as Jones made a move, he would pounce as soon as he moved.
Suddenly, Jones lifted his foot on the spot and kicked the ball with his right foot, sending the ball straight out.
Jones' pass was sudden, and the ball flew towards Chelsea's left, and in that direction, Alonso was sprinting at high speed.
Jones didn't make any moves when Alonso cut in from the left, and what no one expected was that after a while, when everyone was almost forgetting about Alonso's forward.
Jones suddenly sent the ball deep down the left flank, a long ball that caught Liverpool off guard, and the ball also had an advance that Alonso made himself as fast as possible, and then Alexander-Arnold caught up with the ball first.
Alexander-Arnold is in a very awkward position, if he goes forward to chase the ball, it is estimated that he will not be able to match Alonso, who has already run fully in terms of speed, and if he retreats, Alonso can change direction and kill in the middle.
Alonso didn't give Arnold much time to hesitate, catching up with the football, he took the ball forward and ran towards Arnold, who could only rush up to block.
It's just that at this time, Alonso caught up with the football again, smashed the ball, changed direction and killed in the middle.
Alexander-Arnold tried to change the line but it was too late, and Alonso adjusted slightly and crossed the ball diagonally into the box.
"Aaron catches the ball and breaks through! Alonso crosses the ball into the box! ”
"Costa and Hazard jumped at the same time!"
It's a long time, but it's actually a matter of seconds, and this time Chelsea's attack was very fast, and it was very simple, Jones made a long pass to Alonso, and Alonso took the ball and broke through directly, changed to a cross, and then it was up to Chelsea's two attacking players.
Costa at the front post pressed Van Dijk and shook his head to rub the ball to the back post, and the follow-up Hazard shook his head sharply, and the ball changed direction and flew towards the Liverpool goal.
Karius on the goal line didn't react and the ball flew into the goal from his right hand!
The Anfield stadium fell silent for a moment, save for a handful of a few thousand Chelsea fans yelling excitedly.
"The ball is in! Chelsea were suppressed by Liverpool throughout the first half, but it was this attack that Chelsea actually scored!
It was Eden Hazard who scored for Chelsea, and it had the potential to change the situation for Chelsea on the pitch! ”
'It was a simple and straightforward combination, with Jones playing a long pass at the back, Alonso cutting in a cross from the wing, Costa heading and Hazard heading and the whole process in just a few seconds, a beautiful goal! Nice fit! ”
'I think the Chelsea fans should be able to breathe a sigh of relief because they were in a terrible situation in the first half, but at least in terms of the scoreline, they have equalised.
Jurgen Klopp's face is not very good, they have worked hard for so long, but only scored one goal, his idea is to take a two-goal lead in the first half, but now there is not even a one-goal advantage!
Eden Hazard opened his arms excitedly and began to celebrate the goal, with Costa and Alonso running towards him, several of them waving their fists together and yelling.
The other players were cheering for the goal, but Jones was smiling and waving in celebration, and he didn't run over to celebrate, because they were too far away and had to come back, so Jones just waved in place.
The Liverpool players who were equalized did not have any surprised expressions, and were ready to attack again, Oxlade-Chamberlain took the ball at the back and distributed the ball to the side, Salah sprinted forward a few times, and saw that there was no chance to break through, so he knocked the football back to the middle, and Henderson quickly moved the ball to the right immediately after getting the ball.
Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled and dunked, changed the line and took two steps down the middle, then passed the ball to Henderson's feet before running forward himself.
Henderson didn't pass the ball to Oxlade-Chamberlain, who drew attention while Oxlade-Chamberlain made a through ball and sent it to the gap between Cahill and N'Golo Kante, where Firmino pulled out of the box to receive the ball.
Christensen put his body against Firmino to prevent him from turning, but Fermino didn't want to turn at all, he blocked the ball with the instep of his foot, and the ball went back the way it came.
By this time, Henderson had already rushed up, and kicked the football vigorously against the football, and the football rushed towards the goal.
Courtois was very focused at the moment, and he leaped to the ball and it was kicked out of the line, and Azpilicueta quickly followed up to clear the ball and kick it off the touchline.
Although the shot did not result in a goal, Liverpool still won the cheers of the fans.
This attack was really beautiful, with continuous passes without any stagnation in between, showing Liverpool's attack to the fullest.
The home team's dismissal exclaimed again and again: "This is Liverpool!" This is the Liverpool we are familiar with! After Chelsea equalised, Liverpool used a wonderful team attack to tell Chelsea, this is Anfield, we are Liverpool! ”
Other dismissals are also praising Liverpool's attack.
"More than a dozen passes in a row, Liverpool didn't make any mistakes, if this goal had gone in, it would have been a beautiful team goal, but unfortunately Courtois blocked this goal!"