Away team locker room

Benitez didn't get angry this time, he waited calmly for the players to come in, and said with a pleasant face: "We played badly in the first half, it's normal to be suppressed, it's not your fault, it's our tactical misarrangement, and our bad luck, we hurt Ager, Hyypia hasn't played this level of play for a long time, it's normal to not be able to prevent Kalou, and the other players didn't look at Kalou in the last game......"

I have to say that Benitez, as a world-class coach, still has a knack for ridiculing the psychology of players, and he knows what to say when and when. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info His opening remarks calmed the frustration of the players a lot, and Hyypia's eyes, which had been full of shame and a major blow to his self-confidence, lit up.

'Chelsea were more patient than we were in this game, they did a good job defensively, the forwards and defenders were able to drop back to the edge of their box and even their own bottom line to assist in the defence, which we didn't do. In the second half, I wanted everyone to be active, in the first half the opponent made good use of the gap where Riser inserted the assist, and in the second half, Riser still needed an assist, but the other players had to pay attention to the left side...... Hyypia is slower to turn, Mascherano, you have to pay attention to the defense, Hyypia, your header is better, you can go forward more, the opponent in the first half kept hitting the high ball in the middle of our back line and the midfield line......"

After talking about defense, Benitez shifted his focus to offense again, "...... In the second half our focus is on goals, we have to score, at least two goals before we can go to Moscow, in the first leg we focused on the right side of Chelsea, this time the right side changed to Essien, this side is difficult to get through, our focus in this game should still be in the middle of the road, now Chelsea's back is Mikel, Mikel is strong, good ball control, the overall situation and the ability to read the game is also good, and can also share the ball and pass through, but he and Makelele can't compare, he is slow, There's no Makelele handling the ball as well, that's where we can take advantage of it, if Lampard gets in the middle and we can play more in the middle, Chen Yu, you go in the middle in the second half and wait for your chance between Mikel and Terry......

After arranging the tactics, Benitez did not leave, the morale of the players is low, he must boost their morale, "This season is very important for us, in the life of any player, there are basically not two chances to win the treble, we have to take this opportunity, now the league is worry-free, the opponents in the FA Cup are very weak, only the Champions League, this is the most difficult title, we have to give it our all, even if it costs anything for the only dream in life, I think it is worth it, boys!" Fight for your dreams! ”

With that, Benitez shook his fist at the players and turned to leave the locker room.

Home team dressing room

Grant hugged each player and praised them for their performance on the field.

When all the players were in place, Grant said: "We had a perfect first half, we didn't give the opponent a chance to score, we created a lot of chances, against Liverpool we never had such an overwhelming advantage, I hope we can continue to be like this in the second half, how important this game is, I don't think I need to repeat it, this is the only title we can win this season, this is our only chance to prove that Chelsea are giants. This is our best chance to wash away the shame of not winning against Liverpool over the years, and I hope we can continue to do it to the end. ”

Grant didn't make too many adjustments to the tactics and lineup, just put more emphasis on defense, requiring players to ensure safety before assisting.

After the start of the second half, Liverpool and Chelsea did not make any substitutions, but Liverpool made changes in the style of play, Chen Yu came to the central striker position, and Kuyt dropped back to play in the attack.

Chelsea is not too vigilant about such changes, Chen Yu's position in the front court has not been fixed, playing on the left and right in the middle, basically a free man in the frontcourt, sometimes a little more on both sides, sometimes a little more in the middle, Chen Yu is in a transcendent position in the team, he has this power and this freedom, and now Chen Yu has come to the middle, Chelsea players feel that this is just a normal change.

Liverpool's tactical changes still play a significant role, Chen Yu's activities in the middle of Chelsea, although sandwiched between the central defender and the back, there are not many opportunities to get the ball, but once Chen Yu gets the ball, Mikel is slow, it is difficult to have time to help Terry and Carvalho, can only watch Chen Yu directly impact his own backline.

Mikel was in and out of position at this time, too close to his own backline, he could help defend Chen Yu, but he couldn't provide support for his own forwards and forwards, and he was too close to the forwards to support the forwards and defenders, but he couldn't help defend Chen Yu.

Liverpool took advantage of Chelsea's discomfort to launch a fierce counter-attack.

In the 49th minute of the game, Alonso held the ball, Chen Yu's run attracted Chelsea captain John Terry and midfielder Mikel to follow, Alonso took advantage of the opportunity to pass the long pass, Gerrard quickly inserted into the left side of the penalty area to head the ferry, Kuyt fell to the ground at the penalty spot and stabbed.

It was too close for Cech to fall to the ground, and he decisively stretched out his leg to intercept the ball, which bounced off Cech's leg and Ashley Cole stepped in to clear the ball and flew off the touchline.

Steven Gerrard rushed over to take the throw-in, Chelsea manager Grant rushed over to call for his players to mark, and the two collided just in time, and Grant was knocked to the ground by Gerrard.

Chelsea fans in the stands were in an uproar, accusing Gerrard of being deliberately rude to Grant.

Steven Gerrard doesn't care what the Chelsea fans are shouting about, and he is now bent on equalising as soon as possible.

Gerrard threw the throw-in hard, Chen Yu came from the middle to answer, he flicked the header and passed to Kuyt on the wing, Kuyt quickly crossed the bottom, Drogba kicked the ball out of the bottom line in the small penalty area.

The centre-forward cleared in his own six-yard box, a microcosm of Chelsea's tactics for the game, and he illustrated just how aggressive Chelsea's defence was in this game, and why Liverpool were so tough in the first half.

Liverpool's attack was better than in the first half, but it couldn't stop Chelsea from counter-attacking.

On the counter-attack, Didier Drogba was a bridgehead, drawing attention and playing the ball to his team-mates, and Chelsea launched two attacks in quick succession, with Frank Lampard and Joe Cole taking two shots from the edge of the box, which were denied by Liverpool goalkeeper Reina.

After 65 minutes of battling with Chelsea, Liverpool finally made a substitution, with the more delicate Benayoun coming on in place of Babbel and Liverpool once again launched a fierce counter-attack.

Benayoun and Babbel have different technical characteristics, his playmaking skills are better, and when he was walking towards the bottom line with the ball, he saw right-back Arbeloa rushing up, he made a sharp stop, made a pass to Ashley Cole, bluffed Ashley Cole, but Benayoun suddenly cut inside to the edge of the Chelsea penalty area.

With Frank Lampard still on the right, Mikel hesitated to run over to intercept Benayoun, even if it was a foul, it was better to be able to stop Benayoun on the flanks than in the middle.

Benayoun was trying to draw Mikel out, and as soon as Mikel moved to this side, Benayoun made a feint and suddenly crossed diagonally into the Chelsea box.

This is definitely a clever pass, and Benayoun and Chen Yu did not make any hints but had the same idea, Chen Yu did not move when Benayoun feintmed, and the moment Benayoun passed, Chen Yu suddenly started.

Carvalho also realised the danger after seeing Benayoun's pass, and instead of going to defend Chen Yu with Terry, he fell to the ground and tackled the ball in an attempt to intercept it.

Benayoun had already calculated the line when he passed the ball, but Carvalho couldn't touch the ball and the ball rolled at his feet into the box.

Carvalho's defensive awareness is very good, Terry is more sensitive, when Carvalho intercepted, he was in position for the first time, slightly sideways, to prevent Chen Yu from breaking through in a straight line in the face of the penalty area, and at the same time be ready to foul to prevent Chen Yu from breaking through from his side.

Chen Yu and Terry have played many times, full of respect for this resolute central defender, he did not dare to underestimate his defensive ability at all, when grabbing points, he did not run straight, the first time to avoid Terry to grab the pass of the middle and back point.

Terry was stuck according to common sense, he didn't expect Chen Yu to run the diagonal line by himself, and he went straight to his side and back.

Things went unexpectedly, and Terry immediately turned around and chased the ball in a hurry.

This is a stupid decision, since Chen Yu dares to take a slash, it is because he is confident in his explosiveness and speed, Terry is not good at speed, and fighting speed with Chen Yu is not good at attacking the enemy with his own shortcomings.

Chen Yu inserted into the penalty area diagonally at high speed, and the ball also crossed the penalty area diagonally, and the person and the ball were almost in the same direction, and it was almost impossible to shoot directly.

Terry also saw this, he was worried that Chen Yu would stop and dunk him when he got the ball, so Terry didn't dare to run with all his strength, he left a point of strength, and waited for Chen Yu to steal or tackle when he stopped the ball.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech didn't move the moment the ball was passed into the box, firstly because Carvalho shook him when he intercepted it, and secondly, where Terrica was located, and he needed to judge Chen Yu's intentions.

When Chen Yu ran diagonally behind Terry, Cech immediately understood Chen Yu's intentions, and he decisively moved to the right side of the goal, so that even if Chen Yu broke through Terry's defense, he could block Chen Yu's shot angle.

However, Terry and Cech were both wrong, and Chen Yu was able to become the World Footballer of the Year because his thinking was different from ordinary people.

Chen Yu neither stopped the ball nor shot directly, but only slowed down slightly, stepped past the front point of the ball with his front foot, and when the ball rolled past the front foot, he flicked the ball on his back toe and flicked the ball to the bottom left corner of the goal.

It was an absolutely incredible shot.

Petr Cech is stupid!

Terry is stupid too!

Both men even forgot to disrupt the shot, which they actually couldn't reach.

The players on the field, the fans in the stands, the coaches and substitutes on the sidelines all looked stupid, they couldn't figure out how Chen Yu could come up with such a way of shooting.

The two forces canceled each other out, and the ball became very slow, and it slowly rolled into the back corner of the goal under the watchful eyes of the fans.

1:1

Chen Yu's miraculous toe pluck equalised for Liverpool.

"Ahhh......hh

“goalgoalgoal……”

"God!"

Liverpool fans went crazy, some jumped up and shouted, some hid their faces and cried, some applauded desperately, and some kept scratching crosses on their chests, in a variety of postures and strange shapes.

Benitez ran into the pitch excitedly, wanting to hug his players, but the Liverpool players all ran towards Chen Yu, and Benitez pounced in the air, so he had to throw his fist at the sky and roar.

Hicks and Gillette in the VIP box were also so excited that the two even forgot about their suspicions and hugged each other directly.

The Chelsea fans were silent, but some people did not feel too sad in their hearts, but respected Chen Yu's goal, which is really admirable.

Chelsea's head coach Grant held his head in his hands and his mouth wide enough to fit an egg, "it! I actually entered! The goal was scored! My God! This damn Chinese. ”