Chapter 1021: Forced to Fight Back (Part I)
In such a top-of-the-table battle, it was not only the fans who came to the stadium to watch the game, but also some of England's business celebrities, entertainment stars and local Liverpool dignitaries who came to Anfield to cheer. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Liverpool commentator on the scene was very proud of this, "The most eye-catching thing in the original Premier League is the red and blue battle between Manchester United and Chelsea, every time the war will be attended by celebrities from all walks of life, now it is Liverpool's turn, there is no doubt about it, the Liverpool game is a wonderful game, we have the strongest superstar Chen Yu in the Premier League, we have the most glorious history, we are the most powerful contenders for the championships, and it is strange that we are not sought after by the fans......"
While the commentators were talking, the main players of Liverpool and Arsenal walked out of the dressing room, and their appearance also made the fans at the scene burst into warm applause and cheers.
To the surprise of the commentators on the scene, the voice and number of shouting the name of "Gerrard" surpassed Chen Yu, which is a very rare phenomenon since this season.
Last season, Chen Yu only started playing for Liverpool in the second half, and his popularity was not as good as that of the native Gerrard, but Chen Yu used his solo savior and life-turning performance to make him quickly catch up with Gerrard, and after Liverpool magically won the double in the end, Chen Yu's status in the hearts of Liverpool fans also caught up with Gerrard, and his popularity was far more than that.
After the on-site commentator was stunned for a moment, he immediately realized: "By the way, today is Captain Gerrard's 400th game for Liverpool, for more than 9 years, the Jie team has made great contributions to Liverpool, he is the mainstay of Liverpool, after Chen Yu came, the Jie team did not have the position of the tactical core in the team, but he is still the spiritual leader of Liverpool, Dinghai Shenpin, without Gerrard, Chen Yu alone will not be able to lead Liverpool to win the double, it is the cooperation of the two of them, That's why Liverpool is what it is today. ā
On the field, the players of Liverpool and Arsenal are shaking hands, the two sides are rivals, and they cannot be said to be hostile to each other, but the confrontation is still very heavy, so when they are in close contact, everyone secretly puts pressure on the opponent, hoping to gain a psychological advantage before the game starts.
After shaking hands, the captains of both sides, Steven Gerrard and Silva, exchanged flags and crests to pick the goal, and the game was about to begin.
At this time, the Chinese commentator Duan Xuan also followed the team from Turkey to Liverpool, this game made him the commentator is also very excited, after introducing the starting lineups of both sides, Duan Xuan said: "This game is very important for Liverpool and Chen Yu, now Arsenal is Liverpool's biggest opponent, don't look at Arsenal young, young people have passion If they let them play morale and confidence, they may follow Liverpool last season and play 20 consecutive wins, If Liverpool can sustain Arsenal's upward momentum today, they may be able to stop a rival from rising. It is also important for Chen Yu, this is the last game in October, after this game, the results of the World Footballer of the Year selection will also be announced, at this time if Chen Yu can play well, the World Footballer is basically no suspense...... Anyway, the game has begun, let's take a look at the game first, and then I'll introduce it to you later......"
As he spoke, the Arsenal players playing away had launched a fast attack.
The biggest feature of Arsenal's football is that their passing and receiving are fast and accurate, the pace of the game is very fast, facing Liverpool at home today, Arsenal obviously knows where their advantages are, they also know that Liverpool is now returning from a long journey, and one less day of rest, the physical fitness is definitely not as good as them, they are ready to drag down Liverpool's physical fitness from the beginning of the game today.
After Bam Adebayor and Cesc Fabregas kicked off in the centre circle, the ball was directed to the back and drew the Liverpool players to the edge of their box, before the ball snapped across the halfway line and into Liverpool's half.
Arsenal fielded five midfielders today, while Liverpool only had three midfielders today, Arsenal's technical advantage is obvious, and now there are two more people, and they pass Liverpool's midfield as smoothly as crossing the road at four o'clock in the morning.
Almost effortlessly, the ball was directed to Liverpool's 30-meter area, and Arsenal began their very individual frontfield short pass penetration, the ball was quickly passed in the gap between Liverpool's defenders, Liverpool's players wanted to steal the ball very much, and then it was too late to grab, and they changed their minds to destroy the ball, but they found that it was too late to destroy, so they had to adopt the tactics of fouling the ball holders and receivers, so as to stop Arsenal's rapid advance.
In the first minute, Arsenal were awarded a free-kick in front.
The penalty for this free kick is the Spanish midfielder Fabregas, Fabregas has scored 10 goals this season, as well as 9 assists, his skills are ahead of the entire Premier League, Fabregas only scored 4 goals last season, and now it has doubled after only 2 months, after Henry left, Fabregas has been playing better and better, many people think that Fabregas's amazing form is the biggest reason why Arsenal got a super start.
This is a free kick almost 278 meters away from the goal, in the left side of the goal, Arsenal has no long-range shooters, and Fabregas, who took this goal, has a mediocre long-range shooting ability, so he takes the penalty, mainly passing.
Fabregas didn't shoot straight at goal, but instead played the ball into the Liverpool penalty area and let his team-mates scramble for the header.
Although Liverpool is technically inferior to Arsenal and has a worse passing and receiving level than Arsenal, Liverpool is more than a notch better than Arsenal when it comes to competing for aerial balls.
Cesc Fabregas's ball was passed into the penalty area, and the Liverpool players in the box first stuck in the box and then grabbed the points, blocking the Arsenal players behind them, and even the senior striker Adebayor could only watch the Liverpool players push the ball out of the box.
Arsenal and Liverpool have played each other more than once, and they all know that grabbing points in the penalty area is not as good as Liverpool, so when Cesc Fabregas took a free kick, Arsenal did not send all their forces to grab points in the penalty area, and the rest of the people were waiting on the periphery to grab the ball.
Arsenal made the right choice, they didn't have a chance in the box, but the ball flew out and fell to the feet of the Arsenal players.
Arsenal got the ball and the ball was completely different from other teams, they took advantage of the fact that Liverpool's players were not on a firm footing, quickly penetrated forward, and tried to penetrate the ball into the Liverpool penalty area.
Arsenal's fast passing is already annoying, and the most annoying thing is that the skills of the Arsenal players are also very superb, after Arsenal's continuous dazzling passes, Cesc Fabregas suddenly passed through, and the Gunners lone striker Adebayo stopped the ball at the edge of the box and turned around, shaking off his defender Ager and entering the Liverpool penalty area.
Now just two minutes into the game, Arsenal won a free-kick and scored into the Liverpool penalty area, which made the Liverpool fans in the stands nervous, and some began to draw crosses to seek God's blessing.
Adebayo is a Nigerian, but has Togolese nationality, Adebayo is 93 meters tall, and has a strong center-forward body like a heavy armored car, but through Arsenal's tempering, he has completely transformed. He may not be as fast as Thierry Henry, but he has good work on his feet and is not weak in heading. Good sense of cooperation with teammates in the front field is also a sharp weapon for Arsenal to attack the city.
Adebayo entered the penalty area, Liverpool's defenders were nervous, it was a mistake to let the opponent enter the penalty area, in the position of the penalty area, the defenders were completely at a disadvantage, the player with the ball can pass, can shoot, and even break through, there are many options, the defender is to take care of one or the other, if there is no numerical advantage, it is impossible to fight the striker in the penalty area.
Adebayo is also going to play fast today, after entering the big penalty area, he adjusted his pace in two steps, and raised his foot to shoot.
But at that moment, a foot came along and shoveled out the ball that was still being shot, and Adebayo's foot was kicked right on the leg of the clearancer.
It was Liverpool centre-back Carragher who arrived in time to intercept Adebayo's shot.
Carragher and Ager cooperate very tacitly, to the point that they have a little bit of understanding, and now Ager has just returned from injury, Carragher knows that his speed and consciousness are not at his peak, so when Adebayo broke through, Carragher quietly followed, and it was precisely because Carragher found it in time that he blocked Adebayo's inevitable shot.
Arsenal were awarded another corner.
It's no more than three minutes before the start of the game.
Corners are still driven by Cesc Fabregas, and Arsenal still have few attacking players in the Liverpool penalty area, and it is clear that they are not prepared to compete with Liverpool in the header rush.
Fabregas was born in La Masia, the youth training base of the Spanish football giant Barcelona, he is a friend of the Argentine rising star Messi, Fabregas left Barcelona and came to Arsenal, it was because Wenger personally came out to persuade him, and Arsenal treated Fabregas very well, arranged for him to enter the first team at the age of 16, and gave him the opportunity to play, which is not given by the talented Barcelona.
Cesc Fabregas inherited the aura of the Barcelona people, he saw the two players fighting for each other when he took the corner, and the only high point, Adebayor, was entangled by two Liverpool players, Fabregas felt that even if he penetrated the ball into the box, the possibility of his team-mate getting the ball was very small.
At this time, everyone's attention was focused on the penalty area, and no one paid attention to what kind of ball Cesc Fabregas would pass, and it was impossible to see clearly.
Cesc Fabregas saw that everyone was not paying attention to him, and he kicked a corner kick close to the goal and spun very badly.
This corner kick arc is very high, and there are not many players who can grab the landing point, that is, a few people such as Adebayo.
Just when the players of Liverpool and Arsenal felt that Cesc Fabregas's pass was a bit substandard today, Liverpool's goalkeeper Reina noticed that something was wrong, he looked at the flying arc of the ball, and suddenly realized that the Spaniard was lobbing into the back corner of the goal.
Although it was unlikely that the corner would be lobbed into the back corner, Reyna could not withstand even the 1 in 1,000 chance of it, and he moved quickly backwards to lift the ball out.
But how can the speed of people be as fast as the ball, just before Reina has passed the middle of the goal, the ball has reached the top of the goal, which makes Reina almost close his eyes in despair, and he doesn't even dare to look at it.
The probability of a corner kick was really unlikely, and even though Fabregas had exerted all his strength in this shot, the ball still went over the crossbar and fell into the net behind the goal.
At this moment, the fans in the stands did not see the goal, but they had already seen the net moving, and many people thought that the goal had been scored, and the Arsenal fans began to cheer.
However, before the call was halfway through, the fans in the stands stopped abruptly because the referee did not point to the centre circle, but to the goal, much to the disappointment of the Arsenal fans.
Then Arsenal continued to play the whirlwind fast, bringing the speed and accuracy of passing and receiving the ball to the extreme, the ball came and went at the feet of the Arsenal players, passing like mercury, but even if the Liverpool players couldn't touch it, they couldn't steal the ball at Arsenal's feet except for fouls.
Liverpool was still struggling with Arsenal to play against the attack and defensive counterattack, but now because Arsenal's passing is so good, they have no choice pain, only shrink the formation to counterattack, and do not give Arsenal room to pass and break through.
Seeing such changes in Liverpool, Duan Xuan, the commentator on the scene, said: "In fact, this is the most suitable for Liverpool, defensive counterattack is Liverpool's magic weapon, Liverpool can't attack Arsenal for the sake of good looks and face, with Arsenal's offensive speed, Liverpool is simply looking for death in the backfield to give Arsenal space." ā
Liverpool's on-site commentator also said at this time: "Although Liverpool is now very passive and counterattacking, the face is definitely not good-looking, but Liverpool's hope of winning has greatly increased, and now there is at least sixty percent certainty." ā
Anyone with a discerning eye can see where Liverpool's threat is, and the facts quickly proved it, after being suppressed by Arsenal for almost seven minutes, Liverpool won the ball in the middle, Alonso made a long pass, Benayoun quickly counterattacked, and passed the ball to the front of Arsenal's penalty area, Chen Yu chased out of the penalty area, and an upside-down golden hook hung the ball to the left side of the goal, but Arsenal's goalkeeper Almunia was in a good position, and he didn't need much movement, a sideways pounce, and his fists hit the ball out of the bottom line.