Chapter 099: On the Cultivation of the Immortal Ball
Liverpool relied on Gerrard's goal to win the game at home and continue to lead the standings.
Manchester United and Chelsea won this round, Chelsea beat Dark Mahr City 3-0 away, and only Arsenal played 4-4 against Tottenham in the north London derby.
Three days later, on November 1, the 11th round of the Premier League came.
The midweek after this game will be the fourth Champions League group stage match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, and the Premier League schedule is really tight, and Liu Ting is still a little uncomfortable with this kind of consecutive weekly double matches.
A few days ago, Ferguson said in an interview: "Although Liverpool is now at the top of the table, but their manager is the first year in charge of the Premier League, and there is a star who played in the Premier League in the first year, they will definitely fall behind in the devil's schedule at Christmas, Manchester United and Liverpool 7 points gap can be recovered at that time, we are still the biggest favorites to win the title." ”
Heynckes did not adapt to this kind of schedule, which either had a thick squad or a good rotation for the manager to rest the players.
Chelsea relies on a thick squad to fight, Manchester United is not thin, Ferguson has also played for more than 20 years, and the Premier League has long had its own set of methods for rotation.
The media have come out to analyze, and Liverpool does not seem to be in a very good situation.
Liverpool's squad is not thick, the main squad is not afraid of fighting with anyone, the substitutes are worse than Manchester United and Chelsea, and now there is a manager who led the Premier League in his first year, Ferguson said that it seems to be really like that.
Heynckes decided on the lineup for the match against Tottenham, Bale and Modric were rotated, and Robbie Keane also replaced Liu Ting to start, also to allow Robbie Keane to return to face his old club.
Tottenham Hotspur is currently in the bottom 1 with 1 win, 3 draws, 6 losses and 6 points, before the last round of the game, the manager Ramos was sacked, and the old coach Harley Redknapp was invited to coach, the first game in charge was the north London derby, and the result was a 4:4 draw with Arsenal, this result made Tottenham very satisfied, the old Redknapp coaching journey had a good start, but immediately ushered in the game with the top Liverpool.
Tottenham are in dire condition and have just changed their manager, so Heynckes will be ready to play the midweek game against Atletico Madrid, which will have a big stake in who will finish first in the group.
Heynckes obviously forgot one sentence - changing the commander is like changing the knife!
Four minutes into the game, Kuyt broke the deadlock and burst into the box to score after Gerrard's pass to give Liverpool the lead.
Liverpool kept Tottenham at bay throughout the first half, with Steven Gerrard hitting the post twice and Xavi Alonso having a shot that grazed the post.
Tottenham striker Darren Bent came close to scoring an own goal from a corner, but Liverpool didn't take the opportunity to extend the score.
The two sides returned to the dressing room with a score of 1-0, and Heynckes did not make too many changes, but Tottenham made two changes at the start of the second half, replacing midfielder O'Hara with Russian striker Pavlyuchenko, while left wing-back Upper Hutton replaced the underperforming Cameroonian full-back Esso Héctor.
The substitution quickly paid off, and Pavlyuchenko was very active after coming on the pitch, constantly attacking the Liverpool defence.
Heynckes was already planning to make a substitution, but Liverpool's goal was breached first, in a strange way.
In the 67th minute, Pavlyuchenko won a corner for Tottenham, Bentley took a corner, which was originally a corner kick without much danger, and there was no Tottenham player near the curve too flat landing point, but Liverpool's deputy Carragher actually put the ball into his own goal.
The angle of the ball is also tricky, goalkeeper Reina flew to save the ball without touching the ball, and Tottenham captain Ridley King behind Carragher clapped his hands in joy, this may be a major mystery of Liverpool's vice-career, he has given a big gift in the game against Tottenham for the third time, as if he likes to mistake the direction of the goal as soon as he touches Tottenham.
A bizarre own goal helped Tottenham equalise and Heynckes made a change immediately, with Liu Ting coming on for Riera and Gareth Bale coming on for starting full-back Dosena.
Liverpool's formation has changed to the strongest 433 formation, with Robbie Keane in the middle and Liu Tingkut on both sides.
Liu Ting and Bale's play curbed Tottenham's rising momentum, the two sides tug-of-war with each other, Liverpool still had a slight advantage, that own goal did boost Tottenham's morale, but after all, the strength was weaker than Liverpool.
"Bell!! The rapid advance of the side road was passed to Liu Ting...... Pretty!! Liu Ting went straight back, Bell went in, and crossed in front of the door!! ”
"Robbie Keane knocked the ball away, which was a shame."
In the 73rd minute, Gareth Bale's side advanced quickly, and passed the ball to Liu Ting in the front court, Liu Ting saw that he was still actively inserting forward, and directly plugged it in front of him, Bale got the opportunity to enter the penalty area, attracted the defense and then crossed the goal, the first point of Robbie Keane knocked the ball away under interference, in fact, Kuyt behind him was already ambushed at that time, as long as the situation leaked over it was an opportunity to hit the empty goal, Robbie Keane wanted to prove himself too much, and his mentality was obviously a little unbalanced.
Wasting this opportunity, Kuyt didn't say anything, he is a good old man, he doesn't blush easily, even if he bumps his head with his opponent on the field, he gets up and cleans up by himself, and he won't trouble his opponent.
However, Heynckes on the sidelines was furious and wanted to replace Keane, but this was a game against his old club, and replacing him at this time was likely to cause a locker room conflict.
Bale and Liu Ting's arrival immediately created a killing chance, pouring cold water on Tottenham, and Tottenham played more steadily.
Liverpool once again dominated the field, Tottenham played solidly and the Reds just couldn't score.
"Liu Ting!! Strong burst in the middle!! ”
"Change direction to the right!! Past Bentley, continue to move forward, Ledley King comes, Liu Ting...... Marseille Roundabout!! ”
"Pass the gold, pass!! was cleared by Woodgate, Robbie Keane was a one-man knife when the ball just passed, and the experienced Woodgate cleared the ball early. ”
In the 79th minute, seeing that the team couldn't open the situation, Liu Ting chose to break through with the ball by himself, passed Bentley flexibly in the middle, and then Marseille maneuvered past Ledley King, who was robbed, Liu Ting attracted most of Tottenham's defenders and saw Robbie Keane's big gap, so he passed it directly, but he didn't expect to be cleared in advance by Woodgate.
Woodgate was also a top-level talented defender back then, but unfortunately he went to Real Madrid as a glass man for two years and did not meet expectations, and after returning to England, he was rejuvenated at Tottenham, but there were still many injuries.
Unable to break the deadlock, Liverpool can only choose a simpler way of playing, passing the ball to the penalty area or shooting from a distance, and Liu Ting is strong with the ball.
In the 81st minute, Gerrard's long-range shot was blocked by Woodgate.
In the 84th minute, Xavi Alonso picked up a cross into the box, but Kuyt and Keane couldn't get the spot.
Time passed by a minute, Liverpool still failed to score, and Heynckes on the sidelines were thinking about whether to accept the score with peace of mind, anyway, a draw is not unacceptable.
Liu ...... Not again!! ”
"Accelerated to shake off Jenas, dribbled sideways to the middle, smashed the ball beautifully, dunked past Woodgate, and got up to ...... Knock on the door!! ”
“Gooooooal!!! Liu's goal helped Liverpool overtake the score again!! "The whistling of the English commentary.
In the 88th minute, Liu Ting took the ball on the left side, accelerated to shake off Janas who was following the defense, cut horizontally to the middle, Woodgate came to press, Liu Ting smashed the ball twice in a row at his feet and flashed Woodgate, directly kicked the goal, the ball flew directly into the lower right corner of the goal, Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez made a save action but failed to touch the ball.
"Roaring ......"
Liu Ting rushed to the sidelines and waved his arms and roared, depressed for a long time and finally broke the turtle shell.
In fact, Tottenham's tactics are not conservative, but they give people the feeling of a turtle shell and never attack.
Liu Ting's celebration caused boos at the White Hart Lane stadium, and all kinds of angry scolding came, Liu Ting has been used to playing in the Premier League for so long, and continues to celebrate with his opponents.
The game restarted in the 90th minute, Tottenham kicked off and quickly passed to the front of the field, to the feet of Pavlyuchenko, Pavlyuchenko outside the box adjusted a step and hit the goal directly, Reina jumped high, but the ball went around his finger and into the goal.
This is an ending that no one expected, so he broke his goal with a fairy ball.
Liverpool's comeback in the last two minutes was ineffective, and they had to accept the draw with their opponents in frustration.
Liu Ting said in an interview after the game: "It was a very unfair ending, we scored three goals, they only scored one dribble, and it ended in a draw. ”
Liu Ting really experienced the depression of Mourinho's two Champions League semi-finals losses to Benitez, and was defeated by a fairy ball from the opponent, and Mourinho still suffered two times in a row.
In the 04/05 semi-finals, it was Luis Garcia's fairy ball that beat Chelsea, or the controversial fairy ball, with Luis Garcia's long-range shot from outside the box that smashed into the goal and bounced off the goal line, even after watching the replays, there were mixed opinions.
In the 06/07 season, Chelsea led 1-0 at home, and when they came to Anfield, Liverpool never seemed to be able to break Chelsea's blue bus, but in the second half, a long-range shot from outside the Ague box flew directly into the corner of the goal, and finally Liverpool won the penalty shootout, Mourinho was defeated by a defender who played a fairy goal.
No wonder Mourinho is not convinced, this kind of ball makes the opponent kick 100 times he may not be able to kick it, Agger's ball is the best performance of his life, but Mourinho has been hit continuously.