Babbel's volley was the closest Liverpool came to scoring, but Liverpool's morale was greatly boosted, running more and more aggressively, and fighting more and more boldly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Everton was able to fight against Liverpool in the first 20 minutes, completely relying on a breath of support, they ran more than Liverpool, fought harder, and now Liverpool ran faster than them, fighting more fiercely than them, Everton couldn't parry, even lost the ball, the midfield couldn't control, in order to make up for the holes in the backline, Everton's players could only retreat to the half.

It's cool to suppress the opponent in the half, but Everton's players are not restrained, their defensive intensity is still the same, the half-court space is small, Liverpool's passing and receiving becomes more difficult, and there is the possibility of being tackled and counterattacked at any time, the advantage is that Liverpool's players are active in Everton's half, and once the cooperation is successful, they can immediately form a shot.

Liverpool is the kind of team that plays very toughly, the technique is not so delicate, after a few short passes penetrated by the steal and counterattack, Liverpool's players took the initiative to adjust the style of play, reducing the pass in the middle and breaking through the wing.

If the side breakthrough is successful, the ball will be passed to the middle for the outflanking players to grab the point, and if the side breakthrough is unsuccessful, it can also open up the space in the middle, allowing Alonso, Gerrard, and Chen Yu to shoot from a distance.

This style of play is a little simpler, the success rate is not high, but Everton has fewer opportunities to steal and counterattack, and can give full play to Liverpool's strong long-range shooting ability.

Seeing their team gain the upper hand and overwhelm their rivals in the same city, Liverpool fans were very happy, clapping at the stadium and singing the team song, setting off the atmosphere of the stadium in full swing.

McKenna, the leader of Liverpool's die-hard fan group Shankly's Soul, was pleased with the performance of the Liverpool players and the atmosphere in the stadium, but he felt that there was still a little bit of fire, and this fire was a goal, and only a goal could detonate the whole game, so that the game and the atmosphere reached a climax, so he began to chant "One more!" again. ”

McKenna chanted, Shankly's Soul fans chanted, they were the guides of all Liverpool fans, their shouts slowly spread, and soon the whole stadium responded with the shouts of "one in".

Of course, it is not without noise, some of Chen Yu's die-hard fans are shouting "Chen Yu into one", and Everton, which has only 10,000 people, is also cheering for their team, but they are neither as large as Liverpool's fans, nor as well organized as Liverpool fans, and they are suppressed worse than their players, so many people can only make some noise.

Liverpool, who are mostly experienced players, know that dominance does not mean they can win the game, and it is common for them to be scoreless, and they are eager to turn their advantage into a victory, and turn the lead on the pitch into a lead in the scoreline.

Everton's players are pressing very tightly, even if they are out of position and leaking, they will never give up easily, leaving Liverpool with very little room to make moves, and the time is extremely short, and the slightly anxious mentality of Liverpool players is not enough to grasp the fleeting opportunity, but was counterattacked by Everton.

In the 25th minute of the game, Arteta grabbed the ball and launched a counterattack along the left side, at this moment most of Liverpool's players were in Everton's half, and there were not many players left in their own half.

The bottom cross in the counterattack is very threatening, and Liverpool's defenders have to look at the arc and landing point of the pass while also following their own defensive players.

Liverpool's defenders were only keeping an eye on Yakubu and Calis, but Everton's full-back Osman actually moved from the full-back position to the penalty area, and when no one was marked, he grabbed the header before the returning Mascherano scored.

Osman's header had already rushed into the penalty area, and such a header was also very difficult to prevent, and in terms of viewing coefficient, it was no worse than the volley of Babbel not long after the start of the game.

Osman felt after the header that it was so close and so comfortable that it was not easy for the goalkeeper to react.

However, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina is not an idle person, he saw Everton goalkeeper Howard play so bravely, he has long been stimulated, and he wants to find opportunities to perform, but Everton is very suppressed, there are few shooting opportunities, Reina rarely has the opportunity to perform, when Osman grabbed the point to shoot, Reina, who had been prepared, saved like a cannon ejecting the chamber, and saved the ball out of the bottom line when the ball was about to completely cross the goal line.

"Good!"

Liverpool fans saw Osman's header so powerful and so tricky, their hearts were already half cold, and they thought that it was impossible for Reyna to save this header, but they didn't expect Reyna to save it, and their blood gushed out with excitement, and the word "good" almost blurted out in unison.

Liverpool's defenders have long been shocked into a cold sweat, if this goal is scored, they are most responsible, the ball was saved by Reina, and they still have palpitations.

Vice-captain Carragher was the first to thank Reina, and although he only patted Reina on the shoulder, the meaning was very deep.

Then Liverpool's defenders passed over one by one, Finnan's patted on the shoulder, Reese's hug, and Agger punched Reina in the chest, Reina's face couldn't hide the excitement, he bent his forearms, showed his well-drawn muscles, and shook it at the opposite side, the meaning of provocation was obvious.

Everton takes a corner.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Everton only got two shots on goal, they wanted to score, set-pieces were very important, Moyes developed four sets of set-piece tactics before the game: rush to the front point, grab the back point, long shot from the edge of the penalty area, tactical free kick, this time Everton sent a tactical free kick, Phil. Neville returned the ball and Pienal passed the ball straight into the box without stopping.

The corner kick came as a surprise to Liverpool, as the defenders didn't follow up and were headed by black striker Yakubu.

Carragher was so experienced that he was robbed of half of his body by Yakubu, but he did not give up the defense, and even collided and pulled, interfering with Yakubu's header, and Yakubu pushed the ball directly out of the bottom line.

Everton's face sank on Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez with two shots in a row, and now they have two shots in two minutes after only one shot in the first twenty minutes.

Benitez saw that Liverpool's problem was that he was a little anxious to score, except for the goalkeeper, everyone's mind was on the goal, even when the opponent was attacking, the players were thinking about how to counterattack, and there were too many ideas, which gave Everton the opportunity to shoot.

"Calm down! Calm down! Don't be in a hurry! Give the ball to Chen Yu! To Gerald! Benitez shouted to the players to give the ball to Chen Yu and Gerrard, both of whom have a strong ability to read the game, control the tempo, and break the balance, and it is more reliable to hand the ball to them when people are impetuous.

The game played more than 20 minutes without scoring, Everton was pressed to the half, but the confidence was not lost, the hard work is not worse than Liverpool at all, it can be said that Liverpool is only dominant on the field, to say that winning the game, from the past situation, the difficulty is still not small, and there is even the possibility of being counterattacked for a long time.

Chen Yu and Gerrard, as the two thighs of the team, must stand up at this time to break the deadlock, at least to change the status quo, even if Benitez does not give the order, the two are ready to break through the ball.

Passing and receiving the ball is not something that can be passed at will, nor is it something that the coach can pass if he wants to. If a player wants to get the ball, he not only needs to run out of position, but also needs the player with the ball to have a good passing line, and he also has to look at the opponent's marking, otherwise if it is broken, the opponent may play a wave of counterattacks.

Chen Yu's position is forward, the threat is greater, and he is very strict by Everton, and it is much more difficult for him to catch the ball. Gerrard is in the midfield and often returns to his own penalty area, Everton's defense against Gerrard is relatively loose, and Gerrard has a lot more chances to get the ball than Chen Yu.

In the 25th minute of the game, Gerrard retreated to the center circle to get the ball.

Gerrard has a defender behind him, even if the ball is cut off, the opponent is not much of a threat, and the ball in this position is not much of a threat to the Everton goal, Everton's players did not foul Gerrard at the first time, and Gerrard was speeded.

A star like Steven Gerrard has a strong combination of man and ball, and when he gets up to speed, it's hard to stop him without fouling.

Everton midfielder Pienal's long-range tackle to cut off Gerrard's ball was deftly deflected away by Gerrard, and then Carsley chased after him from behind.

Everton's players were scared and couldn't let Gerrard take it any longer, and at this time they didn't care about the people they were marking, and three or four players came to surround Gerrard.

Gerrard is not Pennant, Babel kind of stunned green, addicted to dribbling, don't pass until the dead ball, he saw that three opponent players were attracted to come, swept the front court, and appeared in his sight Chen Yu, Kuyt and Babel, Babel had no one around him, but he dealt with the ball frizzy, Kuyt was in the middle, and there were defenders around him, Chen Yu was moving to the side at this time, and the defenders were on his side.

After a glance, Gerrard knew who to pass to, Chen Yu and Kuyt were followed, but Chen Yu ran in the direction of the side, there were no defenders in front, there was a goalkeeper in front of Kuyt, and it was difficult for Gerald to pass the ball to a position where Kuyt could get it and goalkeeper Howard couldn't get it, not to mention that there was a defender who was eyeing him, and Chen Yu's speed was fast and explosive, as long as Gerrard passed the ball to the space in front of Chen Yu, Chen Yu had a great possibility to throw off the defender and get the ball.

Gerrard didn't wait any longer, he slowed down, adjusted his pace and slammed his right foot under the ball, which rose from the ground past the defenders and headed straight for the right side of the pitch.