Derby County were full of fighting spirit and were not affected by Liverpool's goal, but rather did better, in contrast to Liverpool, who felt the pressure in the game, and in the face of that pressure, combined with a goal advantage, their attack slowed down a bit.

As the clock wore on, it became clear that Derby County had a tight grip on the situation.

Before you know it, the media and fans have found out that Derby County has the initiative on the field, they have more attack than Liverpool, and the attacking threat is greater than Liverpool.

The media and fans found out, and Liverpool manager Benitez naturally found out.

At this time, Benitez's no-no has been slightly wrinkled, just now he didn't have anything to worry about the game, the team scored a goal first, and the game was at Anfield Stadium, he thought the game would be smoother, but he didn't expect the situation to become like this.

This Derby County team is more difficult to play than I imagined!

The Spaniard suddenly realised that he was still underestimating his opponents, and the start of Van der Vaart and Ivan Crewe in this game was unexpected, but the most unexpected thing was that Derby County put on a posture against Liverpool.

From other people's point of view, Liverpool are not good at attacking, while Derby are good at attacking, and the dominant side is naturally in Derby.

But in Benitez's view, Liverpool has the advantage, this is Anfield Stadium, Liverpool's turf, plus the strength of the whole team is no worse than Derby County, the team is an experienced veteran on every front, led by Steven Gerrard, the core of the midfield, and Liverpool will not be afraid to play against any team in this stadium.

As for Liverpool's defence?

Liverpool are not a team that is good at defending in the first place, and in previous games, they have been shrinking their defence to focus on defense, in fact, the reason is that Liverpool's defense is not good, which sounds a little strange. But in fact, just look at the reports on Liverpool's analysis in the summer and so far, although Liverpool's forward line is not good now, defense is also a big problem, and now Liverpool's defense still relies on the veteran Hyypia, and Gerrard, as the core of the midfield, also has to pay a lot of energy to defense.

It can be said that the current Liverpool, it is the defense that drags down the attack.

In the summer, Rafael Benitez brought in players such as Xavi Alonso, Luis Garcia and Cisse to strengthen the team's attacking capabilities, but Xavi Alonso was not the exception. The other new additions are very mediocre, and the reason for this is the drag of the defence, and Benitez simply does not dare to let a very attack-oriented defender like Luis Garcia play, so that Liverpool's defense will become very vulnerable.

Now Liverpool just wants to use the attack to fight with Derby County, so the lack of defense, Benitez no longer cares, just fight to attack and score, in his mind, Liverpool can at least compete with Derby County. But what I didn't expect was that after scoring a goal, the situation became more and more passive?

Rafa Benitez quickly figured out the crux of the matter – the team was still not comfortable with the attacking style of play, especially when the opposition pressed the whole game. The pressure on the team was very high, and many players subconsciously began to shrink the defence, as they do on a daily basis.

But it can't go on like this!

This game is all about attacking with Derby County and scoring a goal to defend. That will put the team in a passive position, not only will the offense not play well, but the defense will also play badly.

Benitez quickly realized the danger.

But when he wanted to make adjustments. It's already a little too late

Xavi Alonso is holding the ball and slowly carrying it forward.

As Rafael Benitez's first Spanish star to come to Liverpool and buy by name, Alonso has arguably been in the spotlight at Liverpool, having previously been a member of Real Sociedad and captained Real Sociedad in 2001 when he was 20 years old.

In 2003, it was the turning point of Alonso's rise to stardom, as he became a key figure for Real Sociedad, and together with an excellent combination of forwards, helped the team to finish second in La Liga, behind the then star-studded Real Madrid, who had previously struggled with relegation.

It was this performance that impressed Benitez, and in the summer Marcos Alonso joined Liverpool for £10.5 million.

After arriving at Liverpool, Alonso quickly secured a starting position, and now for more than half a year, he has become an absolute mainstay in the middle of the midfield and Steven Gerrard.

Alonso was also partnered with Steven Gerrard in this game, but now he is dribbling on the left side, not because he wants to dribble here, but because he is being squeezed to the left, mainly because he finds himself facing a lot of defensive pressure.

Whenever Alonso gets the ball, he has to face two people, one is Van der Vaart and the other is Leon Osman, Van der Vaart is better, he just drops back to defend, Osman really makes Alonso miserable.

Alonso has only been in England for half a year and has a good appearance in the Premier League, but that doesn't mean he has fully adapted to the Premier League, and now he has to face the pressure of playing against Osman, and because of this, he has been squeezed to the left, because the middle position has to face Osmanne - he is a little scared.

The position on the left side will be much less resistance than in the middle, so Alonso is attacking on the left, he has the ability to break through, the passing ability is stronger, Liverpool's core is Gerrard, but now Ronso is also very important, so when Liverpool attack, it is a little tilted to the left, so that the right midfielder Ivan Crewe and the right back Leto Ziegler are quite key in the defense.

But in the end, the most important thing is the Ottomans!

As long as Osman plays, he is the biggest barrier in front of the Derby County team, especially Van der Vaart's defensive ability is not as good as Morris, Osman has become more critical, his running range is larger, and the area to be defended follows the light, and before the game, Wan Sheng told Osman not to let Alonso play at will, so Osman naturally took more care of Alonso, but Alonso took the ball to the left side, and he couldn't always follow the opponent.

Now Osman was slowly running back beside Gerrard.

He kept an eye on Alonso's dribble, keeping an eye out for his passes. A lot of people were staring at Alonso because the football was at his feet, so Osman's attention didn't go unnoticed by Alonso, who dribbled across the halfway line and glanced at the positions of his team-mates. Judge how to pass the ball.

At this time, Osman suddenly distanced himself from Gerald.

He didn't do it on purpose, it's just that he couldn't keep an eye on Gerrard, and when Gerrard ran too far forward, it was the job of the centre-back to defend, except for special moments such as corners, and the area he defended was always a little bit forward.

He's a midfielder, not a centre-back.

This is a normal defensive rotation in Derby's defensive system, but Alonso noticed it, so he decisively played the ball to the right front. It was about to get the ball in front of Gerrard.

Suddenly, the stadium stands shouted louder!

But Gerrard couldn't get the ball, he didn't have a chance at all, because Osman turned around and stretched out his foot to block the ball, his toe touched the ball, and the ball turned and rolled to the feet of Luis Garcia, but then, Louis Garcia had to face Ziegler and Ivan Crewe, Garcia seemed to be trying to show his outstanding footwork. But as a result, between shaking left and right, he lay directly on the ground, and he hurriedly shouted to the referee to signal the opponent to foul, but unfortunately the referee ignored this scramble at all.

Two people rob one person. It's normal to crash to the ground!

After cutting off Luis Garcia's ball, Ziegler decisively passed the ball to Ivan Crewe, who then crossed to Van der Vaart diagonally. Van der Vaart took two steps forward with the ball and shifted laterally to Ribery on the left, while he ran forward without hesitation.

After passing on two or three legs, a wide range of transfers is completed. Liverpool's defence panicked and their attack turned into a great fast-break opportunity for Derby!

Seeing the ball flying towards him, Ribery knew his chance had come, and instead of waiting for the ball, he rushed towards it.

This shortens the distance between him and the ball and allows him to receive the pass as quickly as possible.

At this time, half a second is extremely important!

In the Derby County counter-attack, Ribery's dribbling has always been quite important, his speed is fast, his individual dribbling skills are quite outstanding, in the football training master system, his dribbling ability is close to Van der Vaart, but in the actual game, Ribery's dribbling is more expected than Van der Vaart, which may be due to position, but also related to the habits of the two in the game.

Franck Ribery is very fond of breaking through with the ball on his own, while Van der Vaart prefers to play the ball together.

So in the actual game, everyone felt that Ribery was better at dribbling than Van der Vaart, and with his blistering speed, when Ribery got the ball and rushed forward, it really felt like he was about to fly.

The Liverpool players, who were on level with Ribery, simply didn't have time to defend, let alone stand in the Derby half.

Ribery was open in front of him.

But if you want to say that there are still players who can come over to defend, it is Liverpool's full-back Reese, Reese is a 'jack-of-all-trades' player similar to Russi, who can be competent in any position and can do well, but what he wants to do very well is not, but Reese can play for Liverpool, and his ability and reputation are better than Roussy.

When the media commentator chanted "this is a Derby counter-attack", Ribery and Riser had a direct collision, Ribery did not pass the ball directly, which made Ribery, who was ready to intercept at any moment, feel that he was being belittled, but soon as Ribery changed the ball to one side and jumped past him quickly, it didn't matter what Ribery thought, because he had been easily left behind by Ribery.

Suddenly, the Liverpool fans let out an exclamation, and the Derby County fans who came with the team cheered.

Seeing Reese shaken with ease, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez jerked up from his seat.

His eyes were fixed on the court.

Danger arises.

Derby County's counterattack was very fast, Liverpool was just attacking, and the only players who could defend at the back were Riser and two central defenders, but Riser was shaken off, and only two central defenders remained, but Derby County had three players rushing to the front, in addition to Ribery with the ball, there were Van der Vaart and Bolton Reiter.

3 to 2, dangerous!

Wan Sheng also watched this scene, his fist clenched tightly, at present, scoring goals is too important to the team, because the game is not enough to have confidence and fighting spirit, and at the same time, scoring goals is also a source of faith and fighting spirit, with goals, the team can have more confidence and fighting spirit.

Liverpool lead. The score is not good for the team, so if you want to win, or even want to win big, then it is necessary to tie the score quickly, otherwise you can only think about it if you want to win big.

Now is the perfect time!

Ribery continued to run wildly with the ball, and there was a blank space in front of him after passing Reese, but he was not carried away by the situation.

He was very calm.

Having learned the lessons of the last time, Ribery knows that as a wing-back he wants to play better and even succeed. You have to know when to pass the ball, when to dribble, it sounds simple, but to judge accurately depends on your own ability, just now he chose to pass himself, that is confidence in himself, and now he knows that he should pass.

But when passing the ball is a problem, just passing the ball like this is a waste of chance.

Ribery dribbles the ball. While observing the position of the opposing defender, he was very fast, and the opponent had to pay attention to the defense when he retreated, so Ribery quickly rushed over.

Saw Ribery rushing towards him with the ball. Both Hyypia and Finnan knew they had to split up to defend and now it was a 3-on-2 situation and they were '2'. You have to miss someone, and when you are a player with the ball, you have to defend.

The two looked at each other, but Finnan rushed over.

See each other's adjustments. Ribery smiled, 3 to 2 is this benefit, how the opponent wants to defend, is expected, so there is no need to think about what to do until now, the offensive routine has been fully designed, it depends on whether the temporary play can go all the way to the end.

When Finnan arrived, Ribery passed.

With a long diagonal pass, the ball was sent into the open space in front of Bolton Reiter, and the pass was so fast that both Finnan and Hyypia could only watch the ball roll past while they were happy.

In their opinion, this pass is a bit big!

"Ribery's mistake!?" Even the on-site commentators at Anfield Stadium were puzzled.

He didn't dare to judge with certainty, but he said it based on his experience of watching football.

It didn't take long for him to know that he wasn't right, because the young striker from Derby County was very fast!

Ribery and Reiter have been working together for a season and a half, and there is quite a tacit understanding between the two, and when Finnan rushes over, Reuter knows that Ribery will definitely pass the ball to him, and when Ribery gets up to pass the ball, he rushes forward as soon as possible.

In fact, Leiter's explosiveness is not strong, his speed is faster than Ribery, Van der Vaart and others, but that is the speed of running, in the initial explosion, affected by the flexibility of the body, he can only be regarded as average, but this can not stand Leiter's reaction fast, when Ribery got up and passed, Leiter has started to run forward, so when he saw the football flying over, following the direction of the football to see Leiter, it gave people an illusion - this young high school forward is really fast!

Reiter stepped up on two long legs, spanned a distance of several meters in three or two steps, and stopped the ball with the inside instep with his left foot forward.

He has already faced goalkeeper Dudek.

"Single-handed"

At this moment, Reiter's mind suddenly remembered that at the end of last season, when the team was in the relegation stage, he started as a striker for the first time, and after facing the goalkeeper and choosing to pass the ball to Ian Taylor, Wan Sheng said to him, "You must be confident in the face of the goalkeeper, only if you believe in your own ability and maintain a steady mentality, you can be more likely to score!" Otherwise you can't be a qualified striker! ”

Now Derby County are in the Premier League schedule to play against a strong team like Liverpool.

But in the same way, he still often thinks of what Wan Sheng said to himself, which gave him a lot of confidence and motivation, and now he is facing the goalkeeper again.

Liverpool's goalkeeper?

What is it called?

Reiter couldn't scream, he only knew that the other party was his opponent now, and while he quickly dribbled forward, this opponent had already rushed out of the goal, and the opponent was tall, with both arms spread out, as if he were a praying mantis!?

Rett didn't have the heart to laugh, he just stared at the other party.

When the opponent rushed a few meters in front of him, he swung his right foot high and immediately pumped it the football. After a muffled sound, the ball slammed out of the grass and flew straight towards the goal!

After kicking the ball, Reiter was still staring.

He saw that the opponent subconsciously waved his arm to block the ball, but the football rushed from the left side first.

He smiled.

At the moment when the football flew into the goal, Leiter also waved his arms fiercely and jumped up excitedly, and then the audience was silent, and the voice of the TV commentator also sounded, "The ball is in!" ”

“Gooooooooooooooal！！！”

"Burton—"

(To be continued......