Sunderland's first shot was taken by their leading scorer, Defoe, who found Halilovic on the ball from the back, who found Defoe with a penetrating through ball when he broke free from a defender and took advantage of the opposition's unstable defence. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Defoe took the ball and fired a low shot from the well-timed Everton goalkeeper Stekelenburg, but his shot was brilliantly blocked by Stekelenburg's right foot, and Sunderland missed a must-score goal just 40 seconds into the game, and the crowd sighed after Defoe's solo goal.

Everton also invested a lot of troops in the attack in this game, and their goals in the Premier League this season are on par with Sunderland, especially their centre-forward "Little Monster" Lukaku, who is currently only one goal less than Carlos and ranks second in the scorer list; At the same time, Ross Barkley and Mirallas also scored in double figures, which can be described as full of offensive firepower.

In the 11th minute of the game, the away Everton team also ushered in an excellent opportunity to score; Draxler and Defoe made a mistake in a combination and lost possession, and Everton's centre-back Williams also handed the ball to midfielder veteran Barry as soon as he got the ball; Barry received a pass from a teammate and transferred the ball to Lennon on the left in time, Lennon's speed and ability to combine the ball were very strong, so Sunderland's defenders did not dare to slack off when he held the ball.

Everton's Lennon and Lukaku are the two players that Nan Xiao focused on restricting before the game, so as soon as Lennon got the ball, Sunderland's right midfielder Carlos immediately clung to it, and his purpose may not be to directly find a way to break the ball, but to interfere with Lennon, on the one hand, to slow down the speed of his ball advancement, and on the other hand, to create a certain degree of psychological pressure on him.

But Carlos is not a defensive player after all, so after a stop-and-go change of direction by Lennon, he lost his center of gravity and lost his defensive position; Lennon did not choose to continue with the ball after escaping Carlos's defence, but instead chose to cut inside laterally and pass the ball to teammate McCarthy who was picking up in the middle as he approached the edge of the box.

McCarthy stopped the ball and was very clever to defend the ball against Sunderland defender Jedinak, which resulted in a foul on Jedinak and Everton had a very well-placed set-piece on the edge of the box.

Lukaku and Milaras were both in front of the ball, and because this position was slightly to the right, it would theoretically be better for Lukaku to be the left-footed player; Mannone is also constantly commanding his own wall, and due to the low average height of the Sunderland team, their wall height is also a big disadvantage, except for Kirchhoff and Jedinak, who are 190 cm tall, and the other players are at most in their 180 cm.

"I'll go, Mingshuo, this position is a bit hanging?" Shen Chao said nervously with clenched fists.

'Well, Lukaku does have a kick in this position, it's dangerous.

"Is it the black man standing next to the ball called Lukaku?" Lu Ying asked, pointing to Lukaku on the pitch.

'Yes, it's him, he's a Belgian player, he's very capable and he's the second highest scorer in the Premier League. Shen Chao had been staring at the situation on the court and hadn't noticed Lu Ying's question, so Chen Mingshuo introduced her.

"So who's the number one goal scorer right now?"

"It's Carlos of our team, the Brazilian, that's the one, the one standing on the outermost side of the wall." Chen Mingshuo stretched out his hand and pointed to Carlos, who was wearing the No. 35 shirt on the court.

With the referee's whistle, Lukaku and Milaras are ready to hit the goal, although this position is what Lukaku is good at, but no one can guarantee that Milaras will not come to catch people off guard, so it is very nervous for Mannone at the moment.

"Milaras runs, gets around the ball and Lukaku follows up with a shot!!"

"The ball hit the crossbar!!"

"I'll you!" Shen Chao faced Lukaku's shot that hit the crossbar with a kick that almost flew out in fright.

Romelu Lukaku also had a look of disbelief on his face after the ball hit the crossbar, holding his hands behind his head and looking very sorry for the crossbar.

"The Sunderland team escaped!"

Just 10 minutes into the game, both teams had a chance to get past the goal.

After a fierce 20 minutes of battling between the two teams, the two teams gradually leveled off, and Sunderland slowly began to take over the game; Once the pace of the game slows down, Sunderland's control in midfield will become more apparent, and with Everton's two main midfielders absent, it will be difficult to compete with Sunderland in midfield.

In the 25th minute, Sunderland ushered in a small climax in the attacking end, they formed a wave of continuous pressure for about five minutes or so, and successively completed a number of dangerous shots by Defoe, Draxler and Halilovic.

'Sunderland are starting to dominate the game, Coach Zhan, do you think Sunderland will score before the end of the first half as things go now?'

'It's hard to say yet, but one thing is for sure that Sunderland are getting closer to the goal, first of all, Everton are now consciously recovering the formation, so that Sunderland can have more opportunities to organise attacks in the opposition half; Sunderland weren't very good at this kind of attack in the first half of the season, but they also have a weapon to deal with dense defence after the transfer of German Draxler, and the German's excellent explosive ability will make it easier for Sunderland to open up the opposition defence. ”

"So you're still optimistic about the current situation of the Sunderland team, right?"

The siege momentum of the Sunderland team lasted until 30 minutes, and the two teams brought a very wonderful visual experience to the fans on the scene and the fans watching the game in front of the TV and computer from the opening confrontation to the tug-of-war and then to the one-sided battle, but the two managers of Nan Xiao and Koeman were very nervous and distressed in the face of this situation, because the more intense the game, the higher the requirements for the manager's on-the-spot command ability, so they did not dare to be careless.

"This Everton is really a tough bone to gnaw!" Shen Chao sat in the audience and said.