Chapter 693: Bitter Battle (I)

The 30th round of the first U field, of which Manchester United and Bolton are the most eye-catching, in Manchester United's remaining 9 opponents, the top six are only Bolton and Chelsea, many fans think that this season's dark horse Bolton has the ability to cause trouble for Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea are also looking forward to Bolton can upset Manchester United down.

However, the battle was a disappointment for fans outside of Manchester United, who showed no signs of fatigue after two international matches, cheering on 70,000 fans at Old Trafford as they fled with a 4If Bolton that looked like chopping melons and vegetables.

Manchester United's defeat of Bolton is certainly not an upset, but Manchester United won so easily is really unexpected, both fans and the media think that Manchester United will not win too easily even if it wins, a small victory is not bad, I didn't expect Manchester United to be easy and happy, even easier than Chelsea to play Sheffield United, Chelsea only came in Sheffield United 3 goals, Manchester United came in 4.

Manchester United's win has brought a lot of pressure to Liverpool, although they have not lost against Aston Villa for four years, and have not lost in Villa Park for 9 years, but history is just history, and this psychological advantage is actually very fragile.

The Champions League eliminated Barcelona to reach the quarterfinals, and the quarter-final opponent was Fiorentina, which lost Chen Yu, and Liverpool's morale was high, but at this time, due to the national team competition, many Liverpool players ushered in a two-week break, such a long rest is not necessarily a good thing for the giants who have been playing two games a week, although the players' physical fitness will be restored to a certain extent, but the state may also decline due to the interruption of the game.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez expressed concern before the game, saying: "It's not easy to have a week or 14 days off, it's always hard when we play two games a week, but we have a lot of players who don't play for their national team and when you don't play for two weeks it's hard to stay in good shape, so I hope the players can pick themselves up and make sure we win this game on the road." ”

Aston Villa, on the other hand, have a slim number of internationals, were knocked out of the Carabao Cup and FA Cup early, O'Neill's side have played just two league games in the month's fixtures, and the club have even taken their players on holiday to Spain, spending a rare 'English holiday' between the beautiful beaches and the training camp.

O'Neill shares Benitez's concern that too long a break will affect the form of the players: "If you take too long a break, it might be better if you can spread it over to Christmas, and for the team it's important to have a sense of rhythm and if you get out of rhythm it's hard to stay in good shape. We have a strong opponent who have won 16 games in a row, but the long hiatus in the league is also a test for them and if their form also slips it will be an opportunity for us, we haven't won against Liverpool at Villa Park for nine years and I hope we can break that embarrassing record. ”

Liverpool is bent on winning this game, Aston Villa also hopes to break the record of so many years of winless at home, as a team that is worry-free about relegation and hopeless in Europe, there is little fan support in previous games, and the sudden explosion of attendance at home at this time can show how eager Villa fans are to beat Liverpool.

Although Liverpool is bound to win this game, Benitez is unusually solid when arranging the lineup, and he does not even put out the 433 formation that is commonly used when dealing with weak teams, but a 44 formation that is balanced in attack and defense.

Aston Villa is different from Liverpool, they want to win very much, but they are not afraid of losing, they are not like Liverpool, if they lose this game, they will lose the hope of winning the title, and they are not like other weak teams, every point is the same as the root of life, one less point may eventually become one of the four most unlucky relegation teams, so the manager O'Neill instead discharged an offensive formation of 433.

Seeing Aston Villa so bold and enterprising, the commentator on the scene was very happy, "Villa needs a coach with courage, we have not been able to achieve better results for so many years, it is because our coach is rich and safe, lack of positive and enterprising spirit, Chairman Ellis invited O'Neal is definitely the most correct of the 14 coaches he hired, this is also the last contribution of the old chairman to Villa, and now the owner of the team has become the American owner Randy Lerner, Lerner is not an ordinary rich man, He is a sports mogul, owner of the professional baseball brown team, and former chairman of the board of directors of the American credit card company NHNA, and he spent $119 million to buy Aston Villa not for mediocre food and clothing in England, but also for the league title and the Champions League...... The good game has begun, I will watch the game first, and I will slowly introduce the lineups of the two sides...... Liverpool line-up 44-Reina; Finnan, - Carragher, Ager, Reese; - Aurelio, 14 R. Longso, - Mascherano, 8 Gerrard; 9 Chen Yu, 18-Kuyt...... Aston Villa line-up 41 Sorensen; - Badsley, 4 Melberg, 1 Cahill, 16 Bouma; 11 Petrov, 8 McCann, Barry; 17 River Shri. Jan, 15-Abanglaho, 1O-Kalu......"

After the start of the game, Liverpool, who was fighting away, attacked aggressively, wanted to open the situation quickly, avoid falling into a hard battle, let the game produce variables, deal with the weak team, and not let them have the ambition and confidence to win, it is best to score two goals in a row to lay a good situation, let them die of the idea of an upset, once the game is deadlocked, then anything can be born.

In the second minute of the game, Argentine new signing Mascherano made a long diagonal pass at the back, and the full-back Rise, who had already assisted Villa's side of the penalty area, cut inside and shot directly from 3o yards in the middle.

Reese is Liverpool's heavy gunner, after he got the ball, Villa goalkeeper Sorensen was on guard, although Reese's shot was far away, Sorensen was not caught off guard, he was very steady and flew to the ground.

Reese's long-range shot seemed to blow the horn of Liverpool's attack, and then Liverpool's attacking rhythm became faster and faster, and they pressed faster and faster with full energy, Sorensen just drove the ball out, and in less than 3o seconds, the ball was at Liverpool's feet again, and the ball hit Villa's penalty area again.

Chen Yu picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area, Kuyt ran to meet it, and on both wings, Liverpool's full-backs also assisted to the side of the box.

Back Barry and central defender Cahill two people against Chen Yu one, after occupying the numerical advantage, Barry and Cahill are not in a hurry to foul, but a top defense, a bag steal, other Villa players also know Chen Yu's power, they did not feel safe because the two players dealt with Chen Yu, they also moved to the middle at the same time, forming a situation of encirclement of Chen Yu.

Chen Yu did not panic in the face of the defense of the two, the ball control zhì at his feet, it is not easy for the opponent to grab it, if the opponent fouls, it will be even better, Liverpool is good at taking free kicks at the front of the penalty area There are many players.

Calmly controlling the ball, Chen Yu quickly showed the holes in the opponent's defense, seeing Reese plugged in, Chen Yu passed the ball to the side before Cahill arrived, looked for Reese, and he also turned and swept past Barry and rushed to the penalty area.

Chen Yu is Liverpool's fastest knife, without Chen Yu, Liverpool will definitely not have today's 16 consecutive wins, and it is impossible to eliminate Barcelona to reach the semifinals, Aston Villa's defense of Chen Yu has been prepared to the extreme, and almost every attack of Chen Yu has been designed by O'Neill before the game.

Barry saw that he was out of position and was erased by Chen Yu, and he did not hesitate to reach out and grab Chen Yu's jersey to delay Chen Yu's opportunity.

Barry's defense was successful, and after Chen Yu passed the ball, the referee's eyes followed the ball to Reese's body, and he didn't notice Barry's foul pulling without the ball.

Liverpool is going to play fast today, after Reese got the ball, Villa's full-back Bouma was still waiting for Reese to go down, but he didn't expect Reese to pass directly to the penalty area.

Chen Yu was dragged and started a step late, but Liverpool still has Kuyt, although the Dutchman's running position is not as weird and erratic as Chen Yu, but he is very diligent and always does not know the tired running, which makes it difficult for defenders to defend, and as a result, Kuyt grabbed this landing point in an unguarded state.

Kuyt's header was not what he was best at, and Reese was hard-footed, the pass was too powerful, the ball was too fast, Kuyt didn't fully top it, he wanted to use his forehead to push it into the top left corner of the goal, but it ended to be over his head, and the ball flew high into the stands.

Missing a good opportunity, Kuyt touched his head regretfully, very unhappy with himself.

Chen Yu was pulled by Barila and missed the point, he angrily found the referee Garson and complained to Barry, but Kuyt's header was finished, at this time Garson of course ignored it, he waved his hand at Chen Yu, signaling that he already knew, let Chen Yu hurry up and play the game, don't be wordy.

Chen Yu had no choice but to return to his position and wait for the opponent's ball.

Aston Villa kick back in the scoring.

Sorensen kicked the ball out and found his striker Kalou.

Kalou is 1.95 meters tall and weighs 9o kilograms, this height and weight, even in the face of Liverpool's tall and large backline, Sorensen came with a big foot, Kalou squeezed Alonso at the front of the penalty area, occupied the landing point of the ball, Mascherano jumped up to fight for the top did not have any impact on Kalu, was grabbed by Kalou to the landing point, and the header was ferried to another striker, Nigerian-British, Abang Laho.

Villa is a combination of tall and fast today, Karui is also tall among all English forwards, only shorter than Crouch, and Abang Lajo can also be called fast among all strikers, and Abang Lajo is comparable to Chen Yu in sprinting.

Kalou crossed behind the defenders and Abonlaho started with an astonishing degree of intensity, rushing between Liverpool's centre-backs, so fast that Liverpool's two centre-backs, Carragher and Agger, didn't have time to close the door.

If you get it, it's a single knife, and if you can't get it, it's a passing error

Abonlaho also ran with his life, hoping to get the ball before the attacking goalkeeper Reina attacked.

If Reina hadn't studied Abang Laho in detail, he would have been slow to attack today, but Abang Laho's degree was already famous all over the world, and Reina couldn't have been unaware that he rushed out when Karui was ferrying.

Reina's decisive strike saved Liverpool as he scrambled in the arc of the box and slotted the ball forward.

There was a sigh of regret over Villa Park, and all the home fans had just seen hope, and at this time they could only express their disappointment with a sigh.

The commentator at the scene sighed: "A strong team is a strong team, which position is very strong, if this ball is slower than Reina, the situation will not be good." ”

However, the news came quickly, and before the Villans could get past the regret of missing the opportunity, the Liverpudlians went on the offensive again.

Reina's clearance was too high for Alonso to be caught and the Spaniard showed the visitors his good footwork, deftly unloading the ball with the instep of his feet before finding his strikers Chen Yu and Kuyt.

It's a typical Alonso-like long ball, with a quick ball, accurate landing and a bit of spin, making it difficult for opposition defenders to guard against and easy for his teammates to handle.

The landing point of this ball passed between Chen Yu and Kuyt, Chen Yu and Kuyt both ran towards this landing point, but Kuyt did not take the ball, but ran directly with Chen Yu, Chen Yu did not stop the ball directly, he pushed the ball on his chest, pushed it to the corner of the big penalty area, and then followed in a few steps, half-turned and volleyed directly into the far corner of the goal.

Liverpool's attack is very ingenious, Kuyt and Chen Yu's cross-switching has taken away a defender, Chen Yu seems to want to stop the ball with his chest, but he pushes the ball to the corner of the penalty area with his chest, and deceives two Villa players, and when Chen Yu shoots in the corner of the penalty area, he is completely unguarded.

Chen Yu's shot was very sudden, and Sorensen thought that Chen Yu would stop the ball, but he didn't expect Chen Yu to shoot directly half-turned.

It was too late for Sorensen to retreat, he ventured out and jumped high to disrupt Chen's shot in the middle.

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