Chapter 1173: Fast and Slow (I)
With the warm-up of the league game, the Champions League match between Liverpool and Arsenal almost came to a climax at the beginning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Arsenal is playing at home, the players seem to be particularly excited, for this game, Arsenal has taken the strong dialogue of the league as training, and when it comes to the main field, it can not beat Liverpool to death.
Liverpool's main team had a lot of mental and physical consumption in the last league game, and they knew that Arsenal would definitely play fast in this game, which was premeditated, but Liverpool must not be led by Arsenal, they must slow down the tempo and try to save energy so that they can find a chance to win.
Liverpool's players try to control the ball at their feet, only by controlling the ball at their feet, can the rhythm slow down, the ball will speed up immediately at the feet of the Arsenal players, the Gunners have all become fast gunners today, that is, to play a speed, not accuracy, which is almost similar to the league three days ago, the difference is that this time Arsenal is the main force, although the pursuit is fast-paced, but the degree of tacit cooperation is much stronger than in the league, but it is difficult for Liverpool's players to achieve their goals, Arsenal's pressing was even more ferocious and faster than in the league.
In the sixth minute of the game, Arsenal made a midfield tackle.
The ball was passed to Fabregas as fast as possible, Fabregas took two steps forward, waited for his teammates to start cutting forward, quickly distributed to the wing, and used the wing as a breakthrough to quickly launch a comprehensive attack on the Liverpool penalty area.
Hleb broke through from the left with the ball, Liverpool's right-back Finnan was dazzled by Hleb's dazzling feints, and Hleb took advantage of Finnan's stunned moment to break through from the outside with an acceleration.
Finnan had fought Hleb many times, and knowing his speed, he didn't make risky tackles, so he turned and chased after him.
Finnan made the right choice, Hleb broke through from the outside, if he wanted to cut inside, he had to pass him again, if he wanted to cross the bottom, as long as he could keep up, he also had a chance to intercept, as a defender, his task was not to grab the ball and counterattack, but to stop and interfere with the opponent's attack.
Hleb has the idea of cutting inside, but he didn't cut inside, he knows where the key to the team's victory is today, in Wenger's words, the key is not to score, Liverpool can score more goals than Arsenal, the key is to drag down Liverpool, even if it is 0:0 in the end, it is a good result, in this way, Hleb must also speed up the tempo, personal breakthroughs should be as concise and clear as possible, do not let the opponent's players have a chance to breathe.
Hleb went down to the baseline and crossed directly to find his player who was outflanked in the middle.
Arsenal's tactics were unified today, and when Hleb went down, at least three players in the middle flanked the box, and there were players running towards the box to prepare for a second wave of attacks.
Liverpool were ready to defend and counter-attack today, there were a lot of defenders in the box, the central defenders and midfielders were almost all in the box, and the ball from Hleb was grabbed by Carragher, and he met the ball and the ball flew to the sideline.
This is an experienced centre-back who does not push the ball to the middle, because if he goes to the middle, once he is directly hit by the opponent's player, he will pose a big threat to his goal.
The ball was snatched up by an Arsenal player in front of the touchline and then hoisted into the Liverpool penalty area.
At the moment, Liverpool's penalty area is a bit chaotic, and as soon as Carragher cleared the ball, Liverpool's players began to expand outward, ready to counterattack, and also to prevent Arsenal players from grabbing the ball and shooting from distance.
When the ball is hoisted into the penalty area again, Liverpool can no longer find the object of the previous marking, everyone is looking for Arsenal players to defend, at this time there will definitely be players who miss the defense, at this time it depends on whose head the ball falls in, and it falls on the head of the attacking player, it is possible to break the goal and fall on the head of the defender, and the attack will be futile again.
Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna is very keen on the situation, and the first time Hleb crossed he didn't come out to get the ball, this time he hit the lob.
When Reyna came out, Bendtner was also rushing towards the ball, and Reyna jumped up on his knees and clenched his fists to hit the oncoming ball.
Reina's move is exquisite, lifting the knee is to prevent the player who comes to grab the point from touching his body, if Bendtner is determined to compete with Reina, this knee must be on his body first.
Punching instead of reaching for the ball is also a deterrent to the attacking player who grabs the point, because no one can guarantee that the fist will not fall on the head of the attacking player.
If this is a less important game, Bendtner estimates that it will be conceded, but this is a Champions League quarter-final, this is Arsenal's home stadium, such a game, Arsenal must fight for every inch of territory, and must not retreat in the slightest, because the opponent is Liverpool, it is Liverpool with Chen Yu, if the home team can't win, the away side will have no chance, they must go all out.
Bendtner didn't back down, gritting his teeth and rushing to head the ball in front of Reina's knees and fists for that 50 per cent chance of scoring.
The chance was really half-and-a-half, and when Bendtner's head touched the ball, Reina's fists also touched the ball.
The ball was almost flattened by forces from both directions, and then flew out sideways.
Like fighting a bull across the mountain, the power of Reiner's fists was transmitted to Bendtner's head, and his knee was also pushed to Bendtner's crotch, but fortunately, Bendtner was alert when he was fighting for the top, otherwise Reiner's knee would have caused him to go into shock.
Even so, Bendtner's head was so stunned that he almost lost consciousness, and when he fell from the air, he had lost the ability to protect himself.
Bendtner didn't get up when he fell on the turf, and after Reina hit the ball out, he saw that the ball had fallen at the feet of his teammates, so he came to see Bendtner, and he felt that his fists were not light, although they didn't hit Bendtner's head directly, but it was his head after all, and he couldn't stand being hit by the ball.
Reina was startled when he saw that Bendtner was lying motionless on the ground, and quickly stretched out his hand to beckon the team doctor on the sidelines to enter.
At this time, Arsenal players also surrounded him, and an Arsenal player angrily pushed Reina, "Less charge ****** good person, that is, you played a big book." ā
Reyna clenched his fist, but considering that Bendtner was still on the ground, he sneered and stepped aside, not bothering the Arsenal player.
The team doctor quickly came on a stretcher and carried Bendtner to the sidelines for emergency treatment.
At this time, the Arsenal fans in the stands were anxious, the game had just begun, and their main striker was injured, which is a bad sign, and some fans are talking about how Bendtner was injured? Where is the injury? Can I continue to play? Some fans directly blamed Bendtner's injury on Reina, jumping and pointing at Reina.
Bendtner wasn't actually injured, but he was stunned by Reina's punch from across the mountain, fell down and fell again, and almost woke up when he was lifted to the sidelines, but the team doctor didn't dare to risk letting him play right away, so he let him lie on the sidelines for a while and wait until he was fully recovered.
It was impossible for the game to be stopped for a long time, and the referee, after consulting with the fourth official, blew the whistle to let the game continue.
Only seven or eight minutes into the game, Liverpool fully felt Arsenal's strong pressure and strong desire to win, they knew that they wanted to suppress Arsenal, who was not inferior to them in the away game, with high morale and physical fitness, it was unlikely, and now Bendtner did not play, Arsenal only had 10 men to fight, this was a good time for Liverpool to play with momentum, so Benitez decided to let the players attack.
Benitez walked to the sidelines, waved to the players and made a forward offensive gesture.
Liverpool's players have begun to attack at the beginning of the game, but the back line and the back are still a little hesitant, Liverpool's tactics today are defensive counterattacks, so there is no clear opportunity, they dare not press forward, after Benitez waved, Liverpool's heart was bottomed, the coach decided to attack, what else did they deliberately hesitate, just do it bare-chested.
Liverpool began to attack, their attack is different from Arsenal, Liverpool is a body flow, impact style of play, with Chen Yu, he and Gerrard's breakthrough and passing have also become an important way for Liverpool to attack, but it is still based on the impact of the opponent's penalty area.
Liverpool naturally do not play a game of short pass penetration with Arsenal, and in this regard, no one but Barcelona plays better than Arsenal, Liverpool go beyond the midfield and fight directly with Arsenal's backline in midfield.
Arsenal is really afraid of such a simple and rough style of play, such a style of play will weaken Arsenal's midfield advantage and the speed of passing and receiving, if the opponent has a center forward like Drogba, then Arsenal's penalty area is dangerous, but Liverpool's starting Crouch today is not much worse, he goes to Arsenal's penalty area, and it is not so easy for other players to grab the landing point.
Crouch has basically been on the bench this season, and his fitness is very good, and he has been constantly running, pressing, and suppressing Arsenal's serve at the back.
Crouch's speed is certainly not as fast as a small person like Chen Yu, but he has long legs and a large interception area, and Arsenal has to readjust the line when passing the ball in front of him, try to stay away from Crouch, and don't let him interfere.
In the tenth minute of the game, Arsenal's striker Bendtner had already woken up and had not had time to play, at this time Liverpool's morale was getting stronger and stronger, and finally got a good chance to shoot at this time.
This is Chen Yu's 45-degree angle cross, the effect is certainly not as good as the bottom cross, but Arsenal's penalty area has a Liverpool striker Crouch who is more than two meters tall, with him, there is hope for grabbing a header.
Crouch lived up to expectations with a powerful header that got in front of his captain, Steven Gerrard.