173. The genius who missed
April 21, 2009, Anfield, Liverpool, England.
Today will be a key match for the 33rd round of this season's English Premier League, between home Liverpool and away Arsenal.
Liverpool are top of the league table and they are very close to the title. However, they are now only one point ahead of Manchester United, and now there are five games left before the end of the league, and Liverpool cannot afford to take the next games lightly.
Especially now against Arsenal, Arsenal is not a weak team. And Arsenal are fourth in the league but they can't guarantee fourth in the league, they haven't qualified for next season's Champions League, and now they have to fight Liverpool.
It's a chance for Manchester United, and of course, Liverpool are certainly not willing to let Manchester United have that chance. In this game, Liverpool can only have one goal, and that is to win, not even a draw.
Today's Anfield stadium is full of fire, and the KOP stands are even more powerful, and this kind of home atmosphere is really worthy of the devil's home field.
However, Arsenal fans don't seem to be scared, as they are familiar with Anfield, having played at Amphegem three times last season. The two teams met in the Champions League quarter-finals last season, when Arsenal lost to Zuihou's champions Liverpool.
Today, the Arsenal team is also clamoring for revenge. However, they have been clamoring for revenge many times this season, but they are the ones who have lost every time, and now the hatred between the two sides is accumulating more and more, and the Arsenal team is here today.
Not to be outdone, Arsenal fans sang the Arsenal anthem loudly to cheer on the team and fight the Liverpool fans.
"Hello everyone, this is Sky Sports, I'm Tim 61 Laurson!" Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said: "A key match of the 33rd round of this season's Premier League will be played here today, Liverpool vs Arsenal. ”
'It's a game that Manchester United are looking forward to, and it's a good opportunity for Manchester United to get back to the top of the league.' Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker also said.
At this time, the players of both sides were already waiting in the tunnel of the players, and they were all waiting for the game to start.
"Haode, the players from both sides have come on under the leadership of the referee, now let's introduce the starting line-ups of both sides for this game." Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said immediately.
"Haode, first of all, let me introduce you to the visiting Arsenal starting list for today." It was still Thiem 61 Laursen who spoke, "Wenger was in a four-four-two formation today, and it was Almunia in the goalkeeper position. ”
'In the back four, it's Klich, Gallas, Kolo, 61, Toure and Sagna. In the midfield four are Nasri, Denilson, Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott. In the two-striker position are Robin van Persie and Bam Adebayor. Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson continued.
"Okay, that's the starting list for Arsenal today, and then let's take a look at the starting line-up for Liverpool today." Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker said, "Rafael Benitez was in a 4231 formation today, and the goalkeeper position is still Reina. ”
'In the back four, it's Aveloa, Carragher, Skrtel and Jorluka. Carragher, who has just returned from injury a few days ago, finally started today, and it seems that the last game against Manchester United gave Benitez confidence. Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker said.
"In the double midfield position are Xavi 61 Alonso and Mascherano, it is said that the captain of the Liverpool team Gerrard has a recurrence of an old injury in training not long ago, so Gerrard did not appear in the starting list for this game today, which has a great impact on the Liverpool team." Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker explained to the fans.
The three in the forward line are Arshavin, Chris 61 Qiu and Robbie 61 Keane. Yes, Robbie 61 Keane started today, but it was still not his familiar forward position. Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker said, "At the top of the pack is Spanish striker Fernando 61 Torres. ”
"Although Robbie 61 Keane started this game, but the news came before, Robbie 61 Keane is very dissatisfied with his position in the team now, he doesn't like to play as a full-back, he prefers to play as a striker. Now it is said that he is clamoring to leave the Liverpool team. At this point, Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson suddenly spoke.
Indeed, Robbie 61 Keane was very unhappy in Liverpool, and at the beginning of joining the Liverpool team, Robbie 61 Keane did not play well, which once made Liverpool fans think that Robbie 61 Keane was a parallel import. However, later, this guy seized the opportunity in the little playing time, and gradually made the Liverpool fans accept him. If it weren't for Fernando 61 Torres playing too well, maybe this guy would have threatened Fernando 61 Torres' starting position. Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker said.
'There were plenty of appearances, but the Irishman wasn't content with being on the bench and didn't want to play elsewhere. So, now Robbie 61 Keane is very awkward at Liverpool, that's why he thinks of leaving. Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said.
'The guy was still in the right midfield that he didn't like, and that might have strengthened the Irishman's desire to leave Liverpool.' Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker said.
"Haode, the players from both sides have already played, and this game is about to start." Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson immediately said as he saw the players from both sides taking their positions in the middle of the pitch.
At this time, the fans in the stadium held their breath and stared at the stadium tightly, looking forward to the start of the game.
The referee of the match was Taylor, who looked down at the watch in his hand, then looked up again at the situation on the court, and Zuihou blew the whistle for the start of the game.
With a beep, the Arsenal striker handed the ball back to the midfielder.
"Haode, the 33rd round of this season's English Premier League Liverpool home match against Arsenal has officially started, and the first kick-off is the away team Arsenal. Arsenal wore the yellow shirt from away today, attacking from the left side of the TV screen. The home team, Liverpool, wore their traditional red home kit and attacked from the right side of the goal to the left. Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said.
The game officially began, and as soon as the Arsenal team came up, they pulled away and rushed towards the Liverpool team's penalty area.
Arsenal's attack is quite a bit like that of Dutch football, especially the two full-backs who assisted forward very much. Once the game began, Arsenal's two full-backs were very wide-pitched.
And this game was led very quickly by both teams at the beginning, which is also in line with the basic characteristics of the Premier League.
Playing away, the Arsenal team hopes to take the initiative from this passivity, so they are mainly anti-visitors at the beginning and frantically hit the Liverpool goal.
Arsenal's attack is controlled by Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas, although this guy is young, but he became famous at a young age, he started playing in the Premier League at a very young age, and became the absolute core of the Arsenal team, the brain of the midfield.
Cesc Fabregas is very good, especially when it comes to organising attacks. He was always able to spot gaps in the opposition defence and then deliver a simple and direct threat in central midfield, a pass that directly endangered the opposition goal.
Therefore, Fabregas is a very dangerous guy, and as soon as the game started, Qiu Ze strengthened his defense against this guy. This is Benitez's request for Qiu Ze before the game, because Qiu Ze can be used as a midfielder.
Qiu Ze started out as a defensive midfielder at Sporting Lisbon, and he has the body and liliang, which is exactly the type Fabregas fears.
Therefore, after the start of the game, Cesc Fabregas was stopped by Liverpool. Arsenal's attack was only launched through a series of attacks on the two flanks, but it seemed to work well.
Nasri's side is Jishu is very good and fast. Walcott's side is a typical fast horse, these two guys rushed up, and the wings flew together, but it caused a lot of pressure on Liverpool's backline, and Arsenal's attack was very dangerous.
At this time, the French boy Nasri on the side took the ball and rushed to attack with the ball. Nasri is France's star of hope, known as the "new Zidane", and this guy's jishu and speed are very good. Moreover, this guy actually has a very big relationship with Liverpool.
Because last summer, Liverpool also had a crush on Nasri and hoped to bring in this guy, but this was preempted by Wenger. So later, the Liverpool team chose the Russian Tsar Arshavin.
If Liverpool had moved a little quicker, Nasri would have been playing in the Premier League wearing a different red shirt.
At this time, Nasri took the ball very quickly and rushed towards Liverpool's full-back Joel Luka. Joel Luka is tall, and although he is not clumsy, he is still a little slow to react in front of a little fast spirit like Nasri.
Between Nasri's feet, after two flickering and three changes, Joel Luca was a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of the French. Suddenly, the Frenchman burst into flames, accelerated his way past Joel Luka's side and cut inside into the Liverpool penalty area.
Liverpool's centre-back Skrtel pounced immediately. However, the cunning Frenchman immediately picked up the football and kicked it into the Liverpool penalty area. The ball flew up at a rapid pace, flying over Skrtel's head and speeding behind him.
"Adebayo!" Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson suddenly roared wildly, which startled Liverpool fans.