Chapter 53: Equalizer
"Damn it." Seeing that on the pitch, Maxlit was once again cut off by Chelsea defender Gallas, and Houllier couldn't help but curse.
"The winter break transfer market is coming, and it seems that it is time to replace the blood." Houllier stared at the situation in the arena with his eyes, and at the same time thought to himself. During this time, Maxlett's performance has been very poor, and it can even be said that his form has dropped significantly, which has also made Maxlit included in Houllier's purge list.
You must know that a team, unless Maxlit is a player who came out of Liverpool's youth camp and has been in Liverpool for a long time, otherwise, when Maxlit performs very badly like he is now, it is inevitable that he will be purged by the club.
"It seems that Maxlit's fate is my fate, and now that I'm in good shape, should I also consider retiring!" Redknapp, who was on the bench, had already figured out that it would be difficult for Willett to stay at Liverpool after the winter break when he saw Hollier's eyes looking at Maxlett.
Thinking of this, Redknapp also thought that he was now older, and his condition began to decline gradually, although he was the captain of the team, he was afraid that one day he would inevitably face a situation like Maxlit being purged by the club.
Thinking of this, Redknapp secretly decided that he would also leave Liverpool after the end of this season at the latest. Because Redknapp doesn't want to be purged by the club like Maxlett, he chooses to leave by himself if he wants to go, and he walks in a beautiful way.
If Houllier knew that he had a look, he would have let the captain of the team, Redknapp, make this decision, and I am afraid that he would regret it to death. Because Redknapp is not only the captain of the team, but also the most popular player on the entire team, except for Irving. When the time comes, with Redknapp also leaving Liverpool, the fans' dissatisfaction and opinions will definitely be great.
It's a pity that Houllier didn't know all this, just stood on the sidelines, calmly watching the situation on the field, and at the same time thinking about how to get the team out of the current deadlock.
In the 39th minute, Gerrard used his strong body to squeeze past Frank Lampard in a very savage way, snatched the ball and passed it to Hamann in the back, while he also began to rush to the Chelsea penalty area.
Receiving Gerrard's pass, Hamann paused, looked at the situation on the field, and finally passed the ball directly to the unguarded Murphy on the right side of the pitch.
Murphy rushed towards the bottom line with the ball, and at this time, Chelsea's defender Gallas also began to rush towards Murphy, trying to break the ball.
Murphy, who was carrying the ball, suddenly made a sharp stop to open the gap, and immediately got up and crossed, and the ball turned into a beautiful arc and landed on Owen's head. Although Owen is not very tall and is not very proficient in heading, the nature of the striker also makes Owen subconsciously make a header on goal.
With less than four metres to go, Cudicini leaped to his feet and grazed the ball with his fingertips, causing it to change direction and roll slowly off the line for Liverpool to win a corner.
"O~ great save, Cudicini is telling Liverpool in his own way that it is impossible to break through the door of Chelsea."
The commentator commented passionately, and at the same time kept praising Cudicini, who had just made a world-class pounce. Tens of thousands of Chelsea fans applauded across Stamford Bridge and gave their applause to Cudicini, who made a brilliant save.
With Owen's expression of regret, Cudicini quickly got up from the ground and let out a loud roar to vent the excitement in his heart. Although Owen's header just now, the power is not very great, and the angle is not too tricky, but the victory is close. If it weren't for Cudicini's quick reaction just now, I'm afraid Owen's header would have been scored this time, and Cudicini was of course very excited to be able to make such a wonderful save.
"Cheer up, don't let them go down so easily." As Chelsea's captain, Desailly yelled at his team.
Desailly is anxious, it was the luck of his own team just now, no one can guarantee that Owen will attack the goal like Owen just now, Cudicini can save every time, and the reason is not because his team's defense is not tight enough, so that Liverpool can easily cross the bottom.
Murphy's corner kick was pushed out of the box by Desailly directly in front of Owen, and Lampard grabbed the ball and began to rush towards the Liverpool penalty area, ready to impress a new round of attack.
Owen looked at Desailly on the side depressedly, you are 1.88 meters tall, you have to guard against people of Hyypia's height, what are you doing. While depressed, Owen also had to sigh that Desailly was able to get the nickname "Rock", and his strength should not be underestimated.
Desailly was actually depressed, and looked at his French compatriot Gallas beside him, this kid does have strength, but he has a bad temper, and at the same time rarely pays attention to the situation on the field, only recognizes the opponent, rushes towards the opponent like a bison, and sometimes forgets even the most basic fill-up, thinking of this, Desailly also has to miss his former partner Leboeuf.
However, this nostalgic thought only disappeared from Desailly's mind in an instant, because Desailly saw a young player on the bench of his team, and the serious Desailly couldn't help but smile a little.
"After being taught by me and Leboeuf, I believe that his future achievements will definitely be greater than mine. The kid is still young and can only be used as a substitute, but he has the potential to grow into a world star, after all, this kid is the next generation of leaders for the Blues that he has specially trained, and I believe this kid will not disappoint me. ”
Thinking of this, Desailly put aside those thoughts in his head and began to concentrate on the game, and Desailly had just looked at the young players on the bench, who were the soul and captain of the Blues in the future: John Terry.
Seeing that there was really no way to get into the Liverpool penalty area, Lampard could only reluctantly shoot from distance, hoping that the ball could hit a player again, and the sound of the line was drilled into the net, although such a chance was unlikely.
The ball eventually bounced off Henkz's foot and Reese scrambled straight into the ball before Lampard was ready to take a second shot.
Because it was a hurried clearance, Reese's pass was not purposeful, but simply passed to the midfield to solve the danger in front of the Liverpool goal. In the end, the ball was picked up by Litmanen, who looked around and used a scalpel-like through ball that pierced the entire Chelsea defence and crossed diagonally to Owen.
Owen relied on his speed advantage to catch up with the ball in an instant, and at this time, Owen was already on the penalty line. Don't Garras rushed over to clear the siege and hit the goal with his feet.
This time Cudicini's miraculous save didn't happen, although Cudicini reacted quickly and made a save, but unfortunately this time Owen's shot was fast and tricky, drilling into the net from the crossbar and post junction on the right side of the goal, a theoretical dead corner.
“Cooooooal!!! Michael Owen. A blind spot that leaves our Cudicini helpless. ”
Seeing Owen score, although the commentator was very unhappy, it was not like a commentary, but the work ethic made the commentator have to say it, but compared with the excited tone when Zola scored just now, this time the tone was listless.
Regardless of the commentators, or what the Chelsea players and fans thought, after scoring the goal, Owen rushed to Litmanen, who passed the ball to him, with a smile on his face. Indeed, the credit of this goal is definitely not small, it is Litmanen's through plug that tore through the entire Chelsea defense, so that Owen can have a chance to score with a single goal, Owen is naturally grateful for Litmanen's pass this time.