139 TNTvs Tsar (1)
On April 22, the 33rd round of the English Premier League was postponed due to the FA Cup semi-finals, and Liverpool will face Arsenal at home, which is also the last game in Liverpool's Premier League big4 civil war, and the previous 5 big4 domestic wars Liverpool is 4 wins and 1 draw, occupying an absolute advantage among the four giants.
Liverpool's coaches and players are more optimistic about this game, we have beaten Manchester United and Chelsea twice, and will we be afraid of a scarred Arsenal at Anfield?
Only Liu Ting was faintly worried about this game.
Bale did well in the last game away to Bayern Munich and it was the assist for Fernando Torres' goal, but Bale felt muscle discomfort after the game, and this time Aurelio replaced him, and Modric replaced the injured Gerrard.
Liverpool started goalkeeper Reina, with a back four of Aurelio, Carragher, Ague and Arbeloa, and the injured Ague starting in place of Skrtel, the midfield three of Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Luka Modric, and the forward trio of Liu Ting, Torres and Kuyt.
On Arsenal's side, Arsene Wenger lined up a 4141 formation, with the goalkeeper as a substitute goalkeeper Fabianski, the back four being Gibbs, Silvestre, Kolo Toure and Sagna, Alexander Song as a single midfielder, Nasri, Denilson, Cesc Fabregas and Arshavin in front of him, and Bendtner as a single arrow.
Alan Hansen is commenting: "In fact, this game is the most likely trouble for Liverpool in the last six Premier League games, as long as they cross this game, Liverpool will only be challenged in the final round of the league against Tottenham. Of course, there are also games with Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion in the relegation zone, and it is difficult for the relegation team to play in the final stage of the league, which everyone knows, but the relegation team is always weak, they rely on the breath of relegation, Liverpool only needs to take it seriously and can finish the season with a full win. ”
"The current team is also difficult for Arsenal to cause trouble for Liverpool, Arsenal has just been eliminated from the Champions League, morale has been hit, the team is scarred, the main goalkeeper Almunia, the main central defender Willian Garra, the main strikers Van Persie and Adebayor are all injured, this Arsenal is a defective forward and backline, I believe Liverpool is not a problem."
"Liverpool is still 2 points ahead of Manchester United in the standings, but one less round is always a hidden danger, fortunately, Manchester United's next opponents are Tottenham, Manchester City and Arsenal may snipe Manchester United, Liverpool only needs to win all of them, I believe Manchester United will make mistakes, and the championship will belong to Liverpool."
As soon as the game began, Liverpool took the initiative.
In the 3rd minute, Modric passed the high ball to the penalty area, Torres and Sagna won the competition and pushed the ball to Liu Ting, Liu Ting received the ball and buckled it, even stopped and threw away Alexander Song, and then changed direction left and right in the penalty area to shake Toure and hit the goal.
“o…… Arsenal's Polish substitute goalkeeper Fabianski made a brilliant save! ”
Liu Ting thought that Arsenal's substitute goalkeeper should be easy to deal with when he came on temporarily, but he didn't expect that this shot that he thought was very threatening was actually saved by him.
Although he didn't score, Liu Ting still had to thank Torres for the ferryball and give him a thumbs up.
At this time, Wenger on the sidelines can rest assured for the time being, Fabianski is doing well, so at least it will not become a colander.
The first attack did not score, and the whole Liverpool team did not pay attention to it, and soon launched another attack.
In the 7th minute, Torres dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area, Colo Toure decisively shoveled the ball down, the ball rolled to the feet of Modric, and the magic flute himself came with a low shot, and the ball was again confiscated by Fabianski.
The Arsenal coaching staff on the sidelines applauded Fabianski, and it was clear that Fabianski's performance today was as good as the Arsenal coaching staff expected.
In the 10th minute, Kuyt's through ball in front of the penalty area tore through the Arsenal defense, Liu Ting's anti-offside position was successful, Fabianski didn't know which way the door god possessed the body today, it was actually very beautiful to attack decisively at the moment when the defense line was broken, Liu Ting just received the ball He had already pounced in front of him, Liu Ting had no room to adjust or dribble the ball, so he had to barely get up and hit the goal, Fabianski immediately fell to the ground and pounced on the ball, and he was not afraid of being kicked by Liu Ting to his head, and the ball was pounced on the side by him, Torres reacted quickly and followed up in time to shoot again, and he reacted quickly to block the ball off the line with his thigh.
Liu Ting didn't kick Fabianski immediately after shooting, Liu Ting didn't want to hurt people on purpose, if he accidentally kicked the opponent out of the problem, he would be labeled as violent and brutal, the most important thing is that since Cech was 'headshot', the Premier League has been much stricter on the penalty for hitting the goalkeeper, and if the opponent can't get it right, he will be punished, and if Liverpool loses the game, he will become the sinner who lost the league championship.
In the 8th round of the 06/07 Premier League season, Chelsea challenged promoted Maredding away, just 30 seconds after the opening, Reading had already held the ball in a forward pass, but Reading's Hunt forced his feet when he couldn't kick the ball, kicked Cech's head vigorously, and knocked Cech unconscious on the spot. There is no accurate account of how badly Petr Cech was kicked, some say it was a skull fracture, some say it was a comminuted skull fracture, in short, Cech became a helmet, and the doctor did not allow him to play without a helmet in every game.
Hunt, who stunned Petr Cech in that game, did not even receive a yellow card from the referee, and the Chelsea substitute goalkeeper was injured in the second half, forcing Chelsea to have John Terry in front of goal in the final moments of the game to make a cameo appearance.
Cech's injury also led to Chelsea's failure to win the league title that season to complete the Premier League three in a row, and the conflict between Abou and Mourinho also began, resulting in Mourinho being sacked by Abou at the beginning of next season, and Cech's injury was also one of the triggers for the Magic Bird's dismissal.
Since that game, Premier League referees have begun to pay attention to protecting the goalkeeper, and Liu Ting does not want to deliberately hurt people, so he can restrain his feet.
Zhan Jun said: "The opening 10 minutes have become Arsenal's substitute goalkeeper Fabianski's performance time, he has destroyed Liverpool's threatening goals again and again, if it weren't for his performance, Liverpool would probably have a two-goal lead, Fabianski is the hero of Arsenal on the field, and Wenger also applauded him on the sidelines." ”
Liverpool continue to attack and Fabianski continues to perform.
In the 14th minute, Xavi Alonso's long-range shot went wide.
In the 18th minute, Liu Ting and Xavi Alonso collided with the wall and then a sudden volley from the edge of the penalty area on the left side was saved by Fabianski.
Although Fabianski's outstanding performance was beyond everyone's expectations, Heynckes on the sidelines was not too worried, a team cannot win with the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper can guarantee not to concede the ball at most, the goalkeeper can hardly score, if the field is completely disadvantaged, it is difficult to even guarantee not to concede.
As is often said in European football: a good goalkeeper can save one or two shots, three or four shots, but he can't save every shot.
For Arsenal to win, someone has to step up and score, and now it's a step up and shoot.
Alan Hansen said: "Now that the game has been going on for more than 20 minutes and Arsenal haven't had a shot on goal, are they going to let Fabianski save until 90 minutes? ”
Alan Hansen's words were a bit of schadenfreude, and Liverpool were completely dominant on the pitch and he was certainly happy.
In the 30th minute, Arsenal finally completed their maiden shot on goal.
Gibbs' cross from the left was headed wide by Agger and Cesc Fabregas fired wide from the edge of the box.
Arsene Wenger on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief that Arsenal finally had a shot on goal.
Although there were games in which one of the teams did not have a single shot on goal throughout the first half, it was when the difference between strength and weakness was too great, such as in some cup competitions, when the giants of the top league played against the weaker teams of the lower leagues, and that happened occasionally.
Liverpool and Arsenal are big clubs these days, and if Arsenal didn't have a shot on goal in the first half, they would certainly be ridiculed.
Arsene Wenger looked at the pitch with a frown, wondering who in the squad could step up and help the team at this time.
In the past, he would have looked for Bam Adebayor or Robin van Persie, but with both of them injured in this game, it was clear that Bendtner, who started the game, was not very useful.
Arsene Wenger finally looked at Cesc Fabregas and hoped that the young captain he had high hopes for would step up.
No one expected that Arsenal, who were extremely passive on the scene, would instead buck the trend and score first.
In the 36th minute, Arsenal's attack was blocked, Mascherano broke the ball from the feet of Nasri, perhaps it was the advantage on the field that made the little horse float up, he actually wanted to take the ball forward after breaking the ball, and was quickly snatched away by the reflexive Nasri, Nasri burst into the right side of the penalty area with the ball and passed straight forward, Fabregas stepped forward to receive the ball, and passed back to the middle near the bottom line, Arshavin was unmarked in the middle and pushed the goal from close range.
The London TV commentator was shouting: "The ball is in!" Arshavin!! His first shot of the game, he broke through the door for Liverpool, and he broke through the opponent's goal on his first visit to Anfield! Help Arsenal take the lead! ”
Arshavin was running to the broadcast camera in a booing gesture that was his trademark celebratory move.
Alan Hansen was saying: "The Londoners were shit lucky, the second shot from the team, the first shot from the Russian, they scored. The goal was caused by Mascherano's carelessness and the lack of attention from Carragher in the middle gave the Russians too much space. ”
The moment Mascherano was cut off, Liu Ting also ran back from the midfield to defend, just in time to see Nasri's pass to Fabregas seemed to be a bit offside, so Liu Ting immediately raised his hand to signal that the referee was offside, and at the same time, Mascherano who lost the ball and Ag on the back line also raised their hands, but the linesman never raised the flag.
Gerrard is injured, and the current captain of Liverpool is Carragher, and after the ball was scored, Carragher immediately went to the referee to explain that the goal just now was an offside goal, but the referee kept shaking his head to say that the goal was not offside.
Soon, the replay footage in the TV broadcast showed that at the moment of Nasri's pass, Fabregas was indeed half in an offside position, so Fabregas's next return pass to assist Arshavin naturally could not be counted.
In a home game, if your own team scores an offside goal and is awarded a good goal, the screen in the stadium will basically not play that replay screen, but the opponent's offside goal will benefit and will naturally be released for the fans to see.
Soon the Anfield fans saw the replay of the goal on the pitch screen, and the Anfield immediately booed and cursed.
"Black Whistle! Black Whistle! ”
Alan Hansen finally had something to say: "It's an obvious offside goal, Arsenal led Liverpool with an offside goal, o, I think the referee's eyes must have grown to the butt, and I can't see such an obvious offside." ”
In fact, Hansen himself didn't see clearly that the goal was offside when he scored, and he only knew it from the replay screen.
In any case, the goal has been ruled out as a valid goal, and Liverpool can only protest in the hope that the next game will allow the referee to give Liverpool a little bit back.
The game will go on, and both teams will come back to kick off.
Liu Ting stepped on the ball in the center circle, Arshavin stood opposite him, didn't speak but moved his eyebrows up twice, Liu Ting didn't know what that meant, but it certainly wouldn't have any good meaning.
In fact, Arshavin is just a provocation, last year in the League Cup he led St. Petersburg Zenit and Liu Ting led Bordeaux to meet, the first leg was caught off guard by Bordeaux 3:0, back to the home Zenit although under the leadership of Arshavin back a 3:0, but in the end Zenit still lost to Bordeaux in the penalty shootout and was eliminated, Arshavin has always remembered, now he scored to help Arsenal lead naturally can't help but provoke the other party.
What do you think? This time I was the first to score ahead of you.
Before the game, there were also tabloid reports on Liu Ting and Arshavin fighting again, whether Arshavin can take revenge, etc., but the battle between the two in this giant duel is obviously just a small attraction and has not attracted much attention, but Arshavin himself remembers that even if Arsenal is full of injured soldiers now, the tsar will work hard to get revenge.
Now the first goal is just a little bit of interest, and what the Czar wants is to beat Liu Ting and Liverpool and end the hopes of winning the league title.