Chapter 1027: The Last Fight (Part II)
Chen Yu also knows something about Walcott, after all, this is a young genius who has been compared with him, and he knows that his speed is fast, if he is not cautious, he will be shaken by his feints, I am afraid it will be difficult to chase. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Chen Yu stared at the ball at Walcott's feet, thinking that this little guy should at least shake it or make a change of direction, but he didn't expect Walcott to disdain to do this at all, and directly put the ball forward, ready to use speed to force overtake.
Although Chen Yu has been playing for nearly 70 minutes and his physical strength has decreased, he does not intend to escape the challenge, and when Walcott started, Chen Yu decisively followed closely from the inside.
Walcott was confident in his speed, and when Chen Yu was chasing closely and there was an interception full-back Finnan in front of him, he still did not slow down, but split the ball alone, trying to overtake Chen Yu and Finnan from the outside.
At this time, Chen Yu was accelerating, and he could still keep up with Walcott, but Finnan couldn't, as soon as Walket accelerated, he couldn't keep up, and he was left out of position in three steps.
Walcourt caught up with the ball near the baseline, and without looking at Chen Yu's running, he directly crossed with his feet.
The young man is so confident, he doesn't calculate whether Chen Yu is likely to block the ball, and he doesn't mean to stop the ball organization, that is, according to the coach's intentions, he wants to cross one by one.
Chen Yu did not catch up with Walcott, but he was not thrown away, when Walcourt crossed, Chen Yu decisively stretched out his foot to intercept, the ball just flew up and was stopped by Chen Yu, and the ball flew out of the bottom line with a bang.
Corner kick!
Walcott seemed a little dissatisfied, and kicked the corner flag as he walked back to the pitch.
However, Arsenal's players were pleased with Theo Walcott's corners, and with two high forwards in place, their threat from set-pieces increased dramatically, and if the quality of the low cross was not good, it would be better to let a player with good footwork like Cesc Fabregas take the corner.
However, after Crouch came on, Liverpool was not so passive when defending Arsenal's double center forward, Crouch could defend a Bendtner, Carragher and Ager assisted in defending Adebayo, and after Cesc Fabregas took a corner, Liverpool was rarely grabbed by Arsenal again, and Carragher pushed the ball out.
The ball flew to the edge of the area and fell to the feet of the Arsenal player, who was hoisted back into the box in an attempt to create chaos in the box, but goalkeeper Reyna rushed into the crowd and flew into his arms.
Reyna tried to launch a quick counter-attack, but was tripped by Arsenal defender Gallas with his outstretched foot in the box, and the crowd in the box was chaotic at the moment, and referee Webb did not see it.
Reina saw that there was no chance of a quick counter-attack, so they waited for the Arsenal players to retreat before passing the ball to the wing, allowing Reiser to attack from the wing.
After being repeatedly attacked by Arsenal for most of the half-time, Liverpool actually didn't have much physical strength to attack, and Reese didn't dare to take the ball forward as quickly as he used to get the ball on the side, but took one step and two steps to slowly dribble the ball forward to see if there was a chance for a long pass.
Arsenal's players are also less physical now, just a little better than Liverpool's players, but they have been impacting for so long, and seeing that Liverpool's players have been a little stronger, their confidence came, and they continued to press Liverpool all over the field, trying to squeeze the last bit of fitness out of Liverpool's players.
Without physical strength as a guarantee, any action will be weak, seeing the Arsenal players pounce so fiercely, if it is full of physical energy, Reese will directly deduct the opponent, but now Reese does not dare, but very conservatively passed the ball to the central defender Carragher.
At this time, Arsenal's two center forwards did not stand on the pile, and immediately came over to press, especially Bendtner, who had just come on the field, the young man was like clockwork, chasing the ball everywhere in the front court, as if he wanted to vent all his energy in these ten minutes.
Carragher hurriedly kicked forward, but Bendtner was too tall and Carragher kicked Bendtner's face and bounced towards the goal.
Bendtner was smothered and stubbornly rushed forward to try to grab the ball and shoot, but goalkeeper Reina came out a little faster, and he flew to save and held the ball in his arms.
Carragher made a mistake and quickly went over and patted Reina, apologizing to him.
Reina waved his hand and said, "The opponent pounces fiercely, so it's better to be cautious." ā
Reyna passed the ball to Carragher, who did not dare to be careless and immediately passed the ball to Alonso, who distributed the ball.
Alonso himself is a relatively slow action rate, and now his physical fitness is also in a period of decline, seeing Arsenal pressing so fiercely, he didn't dare to stop the ball for a long time, took the ball and looked at the front court, and also kicked the ball forward to find Crouch.
Crouch had just come off the bench, and he was full of fitness and desire to perform, and he still grabbed the header under the scramble of Gallas and Toure, and he knew that he couldn't hold the ball, so he ferried back to the midfield to find his teammate Chen Yu.
Probably because of poor physical fitness, almost all Liverpool players are very conservative at the moment, just want to control the ball and run out of time, but Chen Yu didn't think so, he quickly broke forward after receiving the ball, trying to attract the defense and create opportunities for his teammates.
Arsenal's players were very afraid of Chen Yu holding the ball, and immediately two players came over, and other players also came to cut off the passing line between Chen Yu and other Liverpool players.
Chen Yu did not pass the ball out because the Arsenal player came to wrap it, but walked to the side with the ball, ready to make a detour to the penalty area.
Arsenal's players spared no effort to defend Chen Yu, and even if they lost their position, they resolutely followed Chen Yu.
When Chen Yu took the ball to the side, Gerrard on the side immediately walked to the middle, crossed with Chen Yu to change positions, and then shouted Chen Yu's name for the ball.
If it was another player, Chen Yu might continue to carry the ball, but the captain Gerrard asked for the ball, and Chen Yu trusted Gerrard very much, so he immediately knocked his heel and passed the ball to Gerrard.
Gerrard held the ball and slammed into the box.
At the moment Arsenal's midfielder Gilberto. Silva was taken away by Chen Yu, and now Gerrard is facing Arsenal's centre-back Gallas directly at high speed.
Gallas is Gerrard's old rival, the two were inseparable when they were at Chelsea, and now that Gallas is at Arsenal, the two are still rivals.
Gallas is very strong, can attack and defend, can play in the middle and can also play on the wing, and has excellent physical fitness, and Gerrard does not have much chance of winning against him alone.
Gerrard didn't force Gallas, he flicked the ball, took two steps laterally, and shot with his foot.
Gallas, who is an old friend of Gerrard's, seemed to have anticipated Gerrard's long-range shot, and when Gerrard was shooting, he stretched out his leg to block the ball, and the ball hit his leg and flew out.
Steven Gerrard's shot was always powerful, and the ball bounced off the ball so hard that it flew straight back into the Liverpool half, where it was picked up by defender Ager.
Ager crossed diagonally to the side to find Riese, and this time Riser did not choose a long pass with a big foot, but directly dribbled the ball along the side to Arsenal's half.
Reese's assist timing is very good, at this moment Arsenal's defense is attracted to Chen Yu and Gerrard, Reese assists when there is almost no obstacle in front of him, except for a fullback Sagna near the penalty area, but now Reese's physical fitness is not good, he is not ready to break through Sagna, just plan to pass the ball to the penalty area to find his striker, the worst can also consume a little time.
Reese quickly dribbled the ball past the half, full-back Sagna did not dare to come and intercept, because his back space, once it was broken through by Reese, it was not only a matter of crossing, Reese could completely cut inside and shoot, Reese had a very good long shot.
After Riese dribbled the ball past half-time, he suddenly saw Chen Yu quickly cutting diagonally from the wing into the Arsenal penalty area, and raised his hand to ask him for the ball.
The opportunity is fleeting, and now there is still some distance between Chen Yu and the defender, if Chen Yu approaches the penalty area, then Reese's pass will not have much effect.
Reese no longer continued to dribble forward, and a big curling ball was passed between Chen Yu and Arsenal's defenders.
Chen Yu's running position is very weird, the attention of the Arsenal player who just wrapped him was on Rise who was holding the ball and assisting, but as soon as he was distracted, Chen Yu threw off the player who was following him, and saw Rise's pass, Chen Yu immediately accelerated again, saw the ball landing, and a diving fish jumped to the top, and pushed the ball towards the goal at the edge of the penalty area.
The Arsenal players looked at Reese's pass and Chen Yu's running position, and then realized the danger, but by the time they ran over to clear the siege, it was too late, and Chen Yu took the first step to shoot directly.
It was an ultra-long-distance header, but Chen Yu's header was very awkward, like a volley, flying straight towards the far corner of the goal.
Arsenal's goalkeeper Almunia didn't expect Chen Yu to shoot directly at the goal, in his opinion, it is difficult for this ball to shoot directly, unless he stops the ball and shoots again, he didn't expect Chen Yu to jump directly to the top and hit the goal with a header.
Although the power of attacking the goal with a header in this position is too small, Chen Yu's shot is unexpected, an angle, if the goalkeeper reacts slowly, he may be defeated by such a header.
Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia was a little unexpected, but his reaction was extremely fast, and when he saw the ball flying over, he quickly moved sideways, flew away, and saved the ball.
Liverpool had a rare chance to take a corner, and now that the clock is 77 minutes, there are almost sixteen or seventeen minutes left on the game, which makes the Liverpool players more inclined to spend time rather than score another goal.
Liverpool's action slowed down significantly when they took corners, and they deliberately caused trouble when they were stuck in the penalty area, wanting to spend a few more minutes.
Alonso and Gerrard also sent a tactical corner to control the ball at their feet, pass it into the box, or return the ball to their own half.
Arsenal's players are of course out of action and time is becoming more and more important to them, with Liverpool spending one more minute and they having one minute less time to chase points.
At this time, the players in the Arsenal penalty area also ran to the side and participated in the pressing of Alonso and Gerrard.
It was in Arsenal's half, and in the face of the Arsenal players who were quickly pressing, Gerrard decisively crossed to his striker Crouch.
Gerrard's cross was still dangerous, bypassing the defenders in front of him and finding Crouch.
Crouch saw goalkeeper Almunia standing in front of him, he jumped slightly, smashed the ball into the six-yard box, and headed a rebound ball.
The rebound ball actually has high requirements for shooting, if you are close to the goalkeeper, it is likely to cross the goal, and if you are far away from the goalkeeper, the height of the reflection is too low, and it is easy for the goalkeeper to get it.
Crouch's idea was good, but his header was not very masterful, the bounce ball landed far away from goalkeeper Almunia, the angle of the rebound was too large, and goalkeeper Almunia easily jumped up and grabbed it with both hands.
At this time, goalkeeper Almunia was unpresented, and he had not fallen to the ground when he pounced, which was a good opportunity for a quick counterattack.
Almunia didn't give up the opportunity either, as he threw the ball almost into the centre circle and found his midfielder Hleb.
Hleb was facing his own goal, he didn't expect the ball to come so quickly, he pulled the ball and turned around in surprise and delight, and sped towards the Liverpool goal.
Hleb's ability to break through with the ball is the best at Arsenal, he breaks through with the ball, and the players in his dribbling line dare not be careless, and the attention is all on him.
At this time, Arsenal's tall forwards went to defend corners in the box and were not able to return to their positions, and now at the front are two young men, Cesc Fabregas and Walcott.
Walcoat is extremely fast, and he is the most terrifying when he counterattacks, so when Hleb dribbles the ball, Chen Yu rushes to Walcott at the speed of a 100-meter sprint to prevent him from using his speed to form a single ball opportunity.
At this time, everyone's attention was on Arsenal's passing king Hleb and the extremely fast Walcott, but neither noticed the movement of Arsenal's new core Cesc Fabregas.
When everyone saw Fabregas's run, Hleb's overhead ball also came out, and the unmarked Fabregas suddenly accelerated, overtook Liverpool's backline, and successfully countered offside, forming a one-handed opportunity.
Even the Liverpool fans in the stands only noticed Fabregas's movement at this time, and they also felt a bitter chill, they held their breath and stared nervously at goalkeeper Reina, hoping that he could save Fabregas's one-on-one goal.
Cesc Fabregas knew how much responsibility he had, but he showed maturity that did not match his age, and he saw Reina rush out as fast as he could, Fabregas suddenly changed direction sharply, avoiding the onrushing Reina, and kicked the ball into the goal on the left side of the penalty area.
At this time, Reina thought of a variety of possibilities, but he was passive, Fabregas's change of direction was so big, he fell to the ground and couldn't save, so he could only follow, but no matter how fast he followed, he was a beat slower, when Fabregas shot, Reina couldn't save anymore, and could only see the ball fly past him and roll into the goal.
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Cesc Fabregas took advantage of a one-on-one chance to equalise for Arsenal.