After Zhang Tiehan scored, Liverpool felt very helpless, especially coach Benitez, the helplessness in his heart was expressed on his face, when the camera camera came, he didn't cover it up at all, just pursed his lips and watched the game, with a worried and helpless look.

Benitez has real reason to feel helpless.

He knows Zhang Tiehan very well, he knows Zhang Tiehan's ability to be comprehensive, and he also knows Zhang Tiehan's threat in front of the goal, so he has formulated a lot of letting go strategies to deal with Zhang Tiehan, in fact, these strategies are also very effective, Zhang Tiehan's chances have decreased significantly, it should be said that he has almost no chance in front of the goal.

But that's why it's impossible to completely limit a talented player on the football field.

In addition to the normal game, there are also corner kicks, free kicks, and during the game, it is impossible for every player not to make mistakes, and it is impossible not to give Zhang Tiehan a chance at all.

Just like this time, Gerrard and Lescott's defense was fine, but when the football flew over, the two of them finally failed to limit Zhang Tiehan, which is the gap in personal ability.

It's hard to make up for that gap, it's a lot to give, so Rafa Benitez understands that if you want to beat Chelsea, you have to defend well and score more goals than them.

But at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's turf, Liverpool obviously do not have an advantage, and it is not easy to get in.

He suddenly had an idea that a player like Zhang Tiehan was simply a bug on the field, and he shouldn't be allowed to play at all...... Of course, this can only be thought about casually, it is impossible to prevent Zhang Tiehan from playing because Zhang Tiehan is not in Liverpool, that must be the biggest joke in the world.

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In Benitez's frustration, the game between the two teams will continue.

Liverpool really did a lot of work to defend Zhang Tiehan. Even if he scores a goal, it doesn't mean that Zhang Tiehan can play at will, in fact, in an ordinary attack, he can't contribute much to the team, and Liverpool's defensive restrictions make him feel helpless.

In the case that Zhang Tiehan has nothing to say. On the pitch, Chelsea don't have much of an advantage.

Liverpool played very conservatively, defended very well, Chelsea wanted to find another opportunity is a little difficult, the two teams on the field changed the attack at a time, Liverpool's defense is good, the attack is not bad, but without Gerrard, it is not easy for them to break through Chelsea's defense, but it is undeniable. They still have a chance.

Towards the end of the first half, Liverpool had a good chance.

It was Garcia's attack on the flank, as he dribbled past the Chelsea players and then delivered a good ball from the baseline, before Crouch headed it to Pennant in the box, who almost opened the scoring with a powerful shot from the ball, but Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech did well to save the dangerous goal.

The shot also denied Chelsea. Liverpool are still a threat.

However, it was still Chelsea who dominated the pitch and the game between the two teams was still dominated by Chelsea's attack. Liverpool spent most of their time playing on the counter-attack, holding back late in the first half to make it 0-0 at halftime.

Both teams breathed a sigh of relief and returned to their respective locker rooms.

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It was a must-win game for Chelsea because it was a Stamford Bridge game. As those media said, this is the first time Chelsea have faced a strong team in the new season.

Now that they're ahead, the players are relaxed.

Head coach Grant was also delighted, praising everyone's performance in the first half, but he also stressed the need for more movement. "You ran a little less in the first half, the opponent defended against Zhang's point, if you can run more, not only can you make the offense more flexible, but also open up the opponent's formation, find more opportunities, and by the way, reduce the defensive pressure for Zhang......"

Grant said so.

Everyone nodded. Grant only mentioned Zhang Tiehan, which seemed to mean that Zhang Tiehan's performance was more important, but no one pursued this, because anyone knew that Zhang Tiehan was indeed the strongest player on the team, and the only goal in the first half also came from him.

But Zhang Tiehan still felt very depressed.

He has to admit that he was really limited, and despite scoring a goal, he didn't play much in normal games and the opposition did a really good job of defending against him.

For the first time, he felt a slight sense of frustration.

In the face of Benitez, a master tactician, he can really do not do much, but Zhang Tiehan is not discouraged, he is a little excited, and looks forward to the second half of the game to start quickly.

He doesn't want to be restricted, he has to keep scoring goals!

By the way, he challenged the opponent's defense against himself, he didn't believe that Liverpool's defense could do so well and didn't give him any chance.

After communicating with the players, Grant didn't mention the game anymore, he didn't have much to say about the game, and the rest of the time was left to everyone, so that everyone could rest and prepare for the second half of the game.

But Grant still has his own ideas.

This is the fourth round of the league, the summer transfer has ended, the team's lineup will not change, there are a lot of stars in the team, and almost everyone has game time during this time, among which there are good tables and bad ones, as a head coach, he naturally has to keep the players' tables in mind.

A good player can play in an important game, and a bad player will look for an opportunity to play in an unimportant game.

That's what he thought.

Grant doesn't need to announce any main lineup, in fact, it is not necessary in Chelsea, everyone defaults to the value and table xiàn, your value is high, the contract is big, you can have a chance to start, naturally the main player, but the main player is also divided, those who are high-value, big contract, and bad table, the chance to play will naturally slowly decrease.

Among them are two in the starting line-up for this game - Shepchenko and Wright-Phillips.

Shepchenko's fame is big enough, his value is high enough, his contract is big enough, in fact, he is the most valuable player among the players introduced by Chelsea other than Zhang Tiehan, and his contract salary is also the same as that of Ballack on a free transfer, which is exactly why. Shepchenko was able to start back-to-back games.

But it had been several games, and Grant was gradually losing patience.

One or two games can wait, but the continuous table is not good, it is not a matter of adapting or not adapting, if it is an ordinary player, such as Kalou. He is also a small star, he looks good in training, but Grant will not give him time to adapt to the team at all, and even he has no chance to adapt to it.

Shepchenko got a chance to adapt to the game because of his value, but it is no wonder that his performance is not good.

If Shepchenko had been replaced in the second half and his playing time had been gradually reduced, Shepchenko himself would have been dissatisfied, but Grant couldn't care less. The star said this, he can't make everyone satisfied, he can only work hard to make more people satisfied, while ensuring the team's results, and the latter is more important, fans and media will support his decision, even if everyone is satisfied with him without results, it is useless.

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Time passed quickly during the break, and fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye. The players of both teams returned to the field of play for the second half of the battle.

Neither team made much of a change in the second half.

Tactically, Chelsea are definitely attacking at home. At the same time, Chelsea also put a lot of emphasis on defence, with the 442 formation ensuring a relatively balanced attack and defence, while Liverpool were suppressed and could only counterattack.

What Chelsea need to guard against is a counter-attack from Liverpool.

Grant stressed this at half-time, telling everyone to pay more attention to Liverpool's counter-attack, and the backfield players should not attack too far forward, as long as they do not give them a chance. Even if you score a goal, the team can still win.

From this point of view, in fact, Grant, like Mourinho, is a coach who takes winning as the most important thing, of course. It is estimated that 95% of the coaches in the world are like this, it doesn't matter how good the game is, the victory is much more important than that.

Football, after all, is the world of the winner, and the loser, no matter how good it is, it is useless.

In the case of the winner, beautiful attacking football is called offensive football, and in the case of the loser, attacking all the time can only be called 'self-defeating', and this is the reality.

In this mentality, there is nothing to say at the beginning of the second half, the only thing worth noting is Chelsea's substitution, Shepchenko was replaced, and it was Kalou who replaced him, I have to say that Kalou's appearance made Chelsea's attack more threatening, he and Drogba were originally teammates of the Ivory Coast national team, and the forward line formed by the two was the forward line of Ivory Coast, and this forward combination was called' 'No. 1 in Africa' may not be a big deal in Europe, but given Chelsea's midfield ability, the effect is quite obvious.

In the 63rd minute, Frank Lampard's pass gave Drogba the chance, and with a tacit understanding with Kalou, Drogba sent the ball to the feet of Kalou with an overhead to the feet, and Kalou met the ball and volleyed directly into the second goal for Chelsea.

The score also became 2:0.

This score made the Liverpudlians despair, they were still hopeful to be one goal behind, but two goals behind, and the game was very passive, so what chance could there be?

But at this time, their spiritual pillar on the field did not fall!

Gerrard!

At a time when many Liverpool players were desperate for the game, Steven Gerrard stepped up and in one attack, he used his running to dodge Zhang Tiehan and used a long-range shot to break through the Chelsea door and pull a goal back for Liverpool.

After the goal, Gerrard looked at Zhang Tiehan and shouted excitedly.

Zhang Tiehan also looked at Gerrard, and at the same time cheered for his watch, he was not annoyed or anything, but found it very interesting, he didn't experience the feeling of being restricted for a long time, although he scored a goal in the first half, he knew that he was indeed a little restricted.

Gerrard, who is now defending himself, has also scored.

Seem...... This game is a very unsuccessful one? Thinking of these, Zhang Tiehan was not disappointed, but had a lot of excitement.

There's nothing more wonderful than having a pursuit.

Next, let's see if Benitez's Liverpool can really limit itself completely! (To be continued......)