Although Liverpool was almost forced to draw by Aston Villa in the first round, which gave West Ham United some encouragement, but the 44-game winless history of Anfield made West Ham United at a psychological disadvantage, facing Liverpool who was not in the best state and the main scorer suffered an emotional crisis, West Ham United's head coach Kobishley still cautiously and cautiously chose a more conservative, 541 formation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

West Ham's line-up is as follows: goalkeeper 1-Green; Back five: 5-settled. Rio Ferdinand, 4-Gabiton, 3-McCartney, 2-Neil, 6-Upson; Four midfielders: 8-Parker, 17-Mullins, 16-Nobray, 29-Bowyer, 7-Ljungberg; 10 - Bellamy, single striker: 9 - Ashton.

This formation is said to be a 541 formation, in fact, Bellamy in this formation is between strikers and forwards, such a formation can actually become a 532 formation at any time, but no matter how it changes, West Ham United's lineup is conservative.

The Sky Sports commentator believes West Ham's attitude is very pragmatic, and against an opponent who has not won on the road in nearly four decades, Kobishley's choice of more respect and fear will actually help them make history.

Although affected by Manchester United's draw by Portsmouth before the game, Liverpool's coach and most of the players are a little sad, so in the face of their defeats, Liverpool's lineup is not so aggressive, the original 433 formation commonly used for weak teams has not been discharged today, or the traditional lineup of 442, compared with the previous game, Benitez only changed two people in the midfield.

Arbeloa rested, Argentine midfielder Mascherano started, Pennant came off the bench and Benayoun made his debut.

Although the formation is not a pure offensive football formation, Liverpool's giant mentality is still obvious, and the formation is pressed very high at the beginning of the game, completely suppressing the West Ham United team playing away from the momentum.

After the start of the game, Chen Yu was not active, although his position was a striker, in the original Chen Yu did not always stay in the position of a striker, his range of activities was very large, either retreating to assist the midfielder to control the ball, or pulling the edge to help the defender break through, but today Chen Yu is mainly active near the penalty area of West Ham United, just like a standard center forward waiting for his teammates to create opportunities for him.

Liverpool's players all know that Chen Yu is in a bad mood now, and his condition in training is average, and it is unrealistic to expect Chen Yu to solve the game by himself like the original, they are all actively running, breaking through, and creating opportunities for Chen Yu and Kuyt to score.

West Ham United is known as a nervous knife, losing a clean 0-2 at home to Manchester City in the first round, showing no fighting spirit and resistance, but after the start of this game, they showed a very eye-catching performance and a very solid defense.

Although Liverpool's striker Chen Yu was not active enough at the beginning, his performance was average, but Liverpool's attack was not bad, and the attacking combination composed of Gerrard, Alonso, Benayoun, Pennant and Kuyt was enough to fight against most of the giants in the world, not to mention that even if Chen Yu was not in good shape, no team dared not to mark him.

Last season, Chen Yu was injured for almost half a year before playing, at the beginning Chen Yu's state and strength were only more than half of the usual, many teams didn't take Chen Yu too seriously, they all felt that he was on the field to find a feeling, playing soy sauce, I didn't expect Chen Yu to score every game after coming on the bench, and when everyone felt bad later, Chen Yu had found the feeling of scoring goals, and his state had recovered.

In the face of such a demonic striker, as long as Kobyshley is not crazy or stupid, he must not treat Chen Yu as air, and will definitely send someone to defend him.

The reason why the first round of the game with Aston Villa was so difficult was because the start was not good, allowing Aston Villa to hold the first half, so in this game with West Ham United, Benitez emphasized the need to score as soon as possible, never build up defensive confidence for the opponent, and made scoring a goal in the first half a tactical goal.

However, West Ham's defensive performance was surprisingly tough and steady for Liverpool, who opened the game for five or six minutes, but did not even have a chance to shoot on goal, but West Ham United took the lead in the sixth minute to complete the first shot of the game by both teams.

It was former Arsenal midfielder Ljungberg who shot the shot.

Ljungberg is even more familiar with Liverpool than Bellamy, who once played for Liverpool, because the top four are mortal rivals, whether in the league or the cup, everyone is the favorite, there are many opportunities to meet, and they are almost studied to the bone.

Bellamy forced a breakthrough with speed on the wing, and although the ball was destroyed by Mascherano's flying tackle, the ball flew to the feet of Ljungberg, who was cut forward in the middle, and Ljungberg took the ball past Alonso, took two steps forward and got up directly, and the ball went straight to the left side of the goal.

The shot was powerful, but not sudden enough and not very angled, which did not pose much of a threat to Liverpool goalkeeper Reina, who flew to pounce on the ball.

Although Ljungberg's shot was not a big threat, it was a major blow to Liverpool's face, and it must have been uncomfortable to face opponents who had won for 40 years, and they were playing at home, and they couldn't find a chance to shoot in the first five minutes.

It was evident from the applause in the stands that when Reyna confiscated the ball, it was not the Liverpool fans who applauded, but the West Ham United fans.

Obviously, the West Ham fans will definitely not applaud Reina at this time, they are applauding their own player Ljungberg.

Coach Benitez didn't say anything from the sidelines, but the Liverpool players themselves couldn't stand it, and driven by their pride, the Liverpool players immediately stepped up their attack.

Generally, Liverpool's full-back Finnan rarely attacks at the beginning, and the assists are Liverpool's left-back Reese, but today's Finnan seems to have been aroused, and he also boldly assists forward, forming a situation where the wings fly together.

Once Liverpool's two full-backs all assisted, Liverpool is equivalent to investing about seven or eight people in attack, except for Benayoun, the other people's cooperation is very tacit, once they exert their strength, even Chelsea, Manchester United and other giants have to avoid the edge.

Seeing this, the Liverpool fans in the Anfield stands applauded, thinking that this wave of attacks should be able to have a certain effect.

However, West Ham United seemed to be preparing for the worst, not panicking in the face of Liverpool's sudden intensification of attack, continuing to recycle and compress space to block Liverpool's attack.

Liverpool attacked for another three minutes, but still did not find a little hole in the West Ham United defense, under the strong and smart defense of West Ham United, Liverpool still could not find a chance to get up, seeing that it had been three minutes since the West Ham United shot, and the strong Liverpool also immediately responded with a long-range shot to the goal of Ljungberg.

In the tenth minute of the game, Reese broke through on the left side, but there were five defenders in West Ham United, Reese did not completely dodge the defenders after breaking through on the side, and it was not easy to pass the ball to a good ball in the middle.

The ball reached Gerrard, who immediately dribbled into the flanks of the penalty area and after attracting the defence, Gerrard gently crossed the ball and set up a gun for Alonso behind him.

Alonso and Gerrard have worked together for many years, knowing each other's movement with their eyes closed, and being blindfolded can know the opponent's intentions, Alonso knew as soon as Gerrard's consciousness saw that he was helping him create shooting opportunities.

If Chen Yu is Liverpool's engine, then Alonso is Liverpool's brain, he knows what Liverpool needs most at this time, what is it? That's definitely the goal, although Gerrard's battery doesn't pose much of a threat to the West Ham United goal, and it's still a bit far away, but now it's not about the goal, it's about morale, and the courage of the husband, once the morale is low, then nothing can be saved.

When Alonso understood the situation, he was very decisive to follow up with a powerful volley.

Alonso's shot was violent, he had a precedent for scoring from 60 meters, and Liverpool fans were full of anticipation for his shot and began to applaud when they saw him get up to his feet.

Alonso's shot was powerful, but like Ljungberg's shot, it was too far from goal and not sudden enough, and West Ham goalkeeper Green did not hesitate to fly to press the ball under himself, ready to confiscate the ball like Reyna had just done to demoralize the opponent.

Green thought well, but Alonso's long-range shot was not comparable to Ljungberg, and Alonso actually added a little outside instep when shooting, although the ball could not be seen when it was flying, but it was felt when Green saved, and the ball spun around in his hand like a catfish, and actually slipped out of him.

Originally, he slipped out and slid out, after all, the ball was pressed by Green's hugging, and the speed couldn't be slower, as long as Green turned over again and grabbed the ball, but Green's eyes suddenly found a red figure running to his side like lightning.

The red jersey can only be a Liverpool player, although it is not clear who it is, West Ham United goalkeeper Green was instantly frightened into a cold sweat, he almost desperately turned back, his arms protected the ball under him, and at this moment, the foot of the Liverpool player who ran over also tackled.

Green's movements are still very standardized, just holding the ball in the middle with both arms, and the foot of the tackle is just shoveling his arm, and he does not tackle the ball.

Neither Liverpool fans nor West Ham fans thought about how dangerous this ball would be, and they knew that this was a retaliatory shot, a battle of will, but no one thought that after Green's save, it was dangerous, at first Green did not hold the ball, and then someone almost shot the ball into the net.

Everyone in the stands let out an exclamation, and the Liverpool fans chanted the familiar name, "Chen! It's Chen! ”

After Chen Yu shot, it was given in slow motion, and at this time the fans saw the whole process, it turned out that Chen Yu had already run to goalkeeper Green when Alonso shot, and this strong sense of supplemental shooting almost caused the goal.

Although there was no goal, Alonso's long-range shot and Chen Yu's supplementary shot were dangerous, the face of Liverpool fans was saved, and the morale of Liverpool's players also rose, because they found that even a general Chen Yu would help them, and they remembered that Chen Yu, who had just come back last season, did not run much and could not break through, but with his elusive running position and keen sense of smell, Chen Yu scored a lot of goals.

As the game continued to start, West Ham United were frightened and played more conservatively, with the exception of striker Ashton, the rest of the players shrunk into their own half and set up a bucket formation waiting for Liverpool to attack.

Although this is a bit of a scoundrel, but the iron bucket formation is a subject that the giants must study, they have at least a third of the time in a season to deal with the opponent's iron bucket formation, facing West Ham United's iron bucket formation, Liverpool's players are not angry, not in a hurry, but patiently looking for opportunities, they know that although the iron bucket formation is difficult to break, but once the goal is scored, the opponent will basically collapse, and the back is very good.

In the 13th minute of the game, Reese crossed from the left, Chen Yu didn't know when he ran to the front to nod the ball, and the ball went to Kuyt, which was a great opportunity, Kuyt's position was already 7 meters in front of the goal, but the goalkeeper was attracted by Chen Yu. However, Kuyt's header was interfered with by Anton Ferdinand and his header went wide.

In the 18th minute, Kuyt came to the right sideline near the cross, Chen Yu suddenly shot in front of Anton Ferdinand from the middle, and shot sideways with his right foot 11 meters from the goal, but the ball hit the leg of goalkeeper Green, and West Ham United escaped again.

In the 20th minute, Liverpool made a comeback, Alonso received Mascherano's cross from 27 meters and his long-range shot was blocked by Upson, who made his 200th league appearance.

Liverpool are attacking more and more fiercely, West Ham United is also very tenacious in defense, in the face of Liverpool's tidal attack, they follow one after another, using crowd tactics and desperate blocking tactics to block Liverpool's attack.

After a few shots in a row, Liverpool's players were getting more and more excited, and many people forgot the lesson of Manchester United's Portsmouth draw before the game, feeling that West Ham United were already lambs to the slaughter, and if they put a little more pressure, the defeat would collapse again, repeating their previous 44 tragic end at Anfidel Stadium.

At this time, even the Liverpool on-site commentators believed that Liverpool's goal was only a matter of time, and as long as Liverpool could keep the attack going, West Ham would simply not be able to block it.

At this time, no one remembered the nickname of the West Ham Axe Gang Hammers, forgot that it was a nerve knife, and ignored the vengeance of a team that had lost at Anfield for decades, when it seemed that the closest thing to victory was, in fact, the most dangerous.