After Liverpool won the Champions League, the confidence in the team was very strong.

This allows them to be cautious against Arsenal at home, but not overly conservative.

Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of Reds fans at Anfield, Liverpool immediately instigated an offensive after the opening.

Alonso is very comfortable in central midfield, because Arsenal's formation is relatively lagging behind, Arsenal continue the strategy set out this season, to play away games, mainly to prevent counter-tactics.

Gerrard received Alonso's pass as he ran forward, and then handed the ball to Zenden in the confrontation with Qin Xiong, the Dutchman veteran dribbled the ball directly down the wing, Lauren's defense was even, and when he didn't encounter an opponent's breakthrough, he didn't look like there was any problem with his positioning and follow-up.

Zenden's cross was of poor quality and was cleared by Toure's direct header.

The football fell to Cesc Fabregas and Gerrard immediately counter-attacked, and after Fabregas had won three league games and scored himself, his confidence had obviously increased and he was praised by the outside world.

He flicked the ball sideways away from Gerrard, and then sent the ball to Qin Xiong with a straight pass without any delay.

When playing the defense and counterattack away from home, Qin Xiong saved the work of organizing and controlling the field, and he turned to face Liverpool's half while stopping the ball, and directly began to dribble and break through.

Alonso had already consciously retreated, but he didn't expect Qin Xiong to advance too fast!

He didn't have time to form a joint defense with Sissoko at all, so he had to stand in a position to intercept Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong's movements paused a meter in front of him, and he made a gesture to rush to the left front, and Alonso was wary that Qin Xiong was a feint. When Qin Xiong's body retracted its center of gravity. His mind was alert: sure enough!

Just as he decisively dropped his foot to break the ball. He found that Qin Xiong's body was rushing to the left front again!

Alonso was stunned to see Qin Xiong passing by his side, and suddenly realized: This was premeditated!

It is true that Qin Xiong's first tendency to move his body to the left front was premeditated, but his retraction of gravity does not mean that he is about to break through in another direction, but rhythm deception!

When passing by Alonso, Qin Xiong saw the black and hard back to replace the old Mehmann's Sissoko to grab up, Sissoko wanted to help Alonso and form a double back joint defense. But he didn't expect that Alonso would be directly broken through by Qin Xiong, and he didn't even entangle!

When he rushed, Qin Xiong changed direction again, and the ball went to the right front, and Sissoko immediately stopped and started to follow Qin Xiong.

Two successive changes of direction have slowed down Qin Xiong's speed, and it is a little difficult for him to get rid of his opponent when he is very close to Sissoko, but he does not plan to break through again, Sissoko's cleverness is to always keep enough distance from the back line, which makes Qin Xiong want to get rid of him. It is bound to fall into the secondary interception of the back line.

In that case, the probability of conceding a goal is very high.

Qin Xiong decisively crossed the ball diagonally to the left in front of the penalty area. Pire ran into place, there was a gap in front of him, and he shot straight at goal, and the ball flew towards Liverpool.

Liverpool's new goalkeeper Reyna made a wonderful save and blocked the ball off the line with one palm!

"Arsenal's attack tested Liverpool's new goalkeeper Reina at the beginning, Qin Xiong continued his unstoppable form, he broke through Alonso beautifully in front, and then diverted the attack with Sissoko following the defense, Pire chose to shoot with his feet, this is a shot of great quality, Reina's save is very wonderful! If he had lost his mental strength a bit, I'm afraid Liverpool would have conceded a goal soon after the opening! ”

Alonso was unable to participate in this defense after being broken through by Qin Xiong, when Arsenal was preparing to take a corner, Alonso glanced at Qin Xiong, he regarded Qin Xiong as a rare opponent in the Premier League, he thought that he and the team reached the Champions League, which is a proof of strength, and it also means that his first season in England is very successful and has made great progress, but at the beginning of the new season, Qin Xiong, whether intentionally or unintentionally, let Alonso dispel the idea of becoming stronger in the head-to-head confrontation, because now he feels the pressure, It was Qin Xiong who exuded it invisibly, but it made him more difficult than when he played last season.

Arsenal's corner kick didn't work, Liverpool seized the opportunity to play a wave of counter-attacks, Gerrard sent a threatening through ball directly in midfield, Morientes hesitated slightly in front of Sendros, Silva cut the ball off from behind, and Arsenal successfully defended Liverpool's fast attack.

The "unreasonable" Qin Xiong did not flexibly switch positions to attack, but concentrated on putting pressure on Alonso in the middle.

He is clear-headed.

Alonso is the pivot of Liverpool's offensive and defensive transitions, and the more pressure he puts on Alonso, the more pressure he puts on Liverpool's defence, he is also attacking Liverpool's attack!

The effect is a double harvest.

In the 18th minute of the game, Qin Xiong passed the ball horizontally to Ljungberg in front of Alonso, and then he stepped forward, Alonso immediately retreated, but Qin Xiong stopped again, and Ljungberg passed the ball back to Qin Xiong.

At this time, Alonso saw that the distance between himself and Qin Xiong was widening, and he chose to step forward again, but regretted it after taking a step.

Because he saw that while he was moving forward, Qin Xiong also burst out with an acceleration ball forward!

This time he was passed too easily, both of them were moving forward, and in the staggered face-to-face, Alonso didn't have time to force it, and Qin Xiong just passed by him!

Alonso was stunned to see Qin Xiong's wave of accelerated forward ball breakthrough after turning around, and he was able to change direction freely, Qin Xiong distanced himself from Sissoko, and then observed between the lightning and flint.

Henry is always the number one target of Liverpool's defensive marking, Hyypia and Carragher will not let Henry go wild in the Liverpool penalty area, Qin Xiong can't send a wonderful pass to Henry, and he still has a good shooting space, so Qin Xiong simply came by himself!

He fired from close to thirty yards from goal!

The ball hit Liverpool's goal like a cannonball, Reyna made a save, but he missed and his hand couldn't touch the thunderous ball!

Bang!

The ball hit the goal crossbar and bounced out.

Pire followed up with a volley outside the penalty area, but unfortunately his footwork could not be controlled well, and the anti-aircraft gun was released.

The hearts of the Reds fans were pounding, it was a false alarm, they didn't expect that although Arsenal's attack was not violent, the attack that could hit the front court was very threatening!

"Liverpool's goal was almost missed! Qin Xiong's long-range shot bounced off the crossbar, what happened to Alonso today? Is he out of state? I can't see it, his passing is as accurate as ever, and his defensive movement is not too problematic, but in terms of defense at key points, he is always a beat slower than Qin Xiong, maybe Qin Xiong is too fast, his good state is shocking, and the choice of breakthrough timing is amazing! Liverpool has to think about countermeasures, and if they continue to play like this, I'm afraid it will be a matter of time before they concede goals. ”

Benitez walked to the sidelines, his mood was a little heavy, and the game was very unoptimistic. (To be continued......)