Chapter 133: Against Arsenal (2)
", how do you play football!" Or maybe it's because this game is so important for Liverpool and Arsenal that neither can and dare not lose. No, the game has just begun, and the contradictions and conflicts between the two sides are already showing signs of exploding.
It turned out that the game had just begun, Arsenal kicked off, and after a few passes, Alonso took advantage of the fact that the game had just begun, and everyone had not yet fully entered the game, and suddenly came out and cut off the ball at Ljungberg's feet.
In such a critical and important game, if you lose the ball, what should you do, it is natural to immediately counter-rob on the spot. And Ljungberg did the same, but at the same time as the counter-grab, the movement of his hand was a little big, pushing Alonso to the ground.
"That's it, I can't go back to your mother and cry!" Ljungberg is not a good bird either, and even in the national team, he was a mad dog Graveson who fought against him. Therefore, after hearing Alonso's words, Ljungberg suddenly said without thinking, and at the same time looked at Alonso coldly, ready to fight the other party at any time.
Joke, it's not Anfield, it's Highbury, Arsenal's home turf, and as the owner of the home, Ljungberg has no reason to be afraid of Alonso. Men, sometimes this face will be taken very seriously, and this is the case at this time. Knowing that he was wrong first, he pushed Alonso, but in front of tens of thousands of fans at home, Ljungberg naturally would not be polite.
"Shit~" Ljungberg's answer was obvious. Alonso was furious, and rushed towards Ljungberg with a furious face, ready to start beating Ljungberg.
"Forget it, Xavi, calm down, the game has just begun. Well, you can't go down early to rest. Fortunately, George was in the front court at this time, and something was wrong, and he rushed back in time. Seeing that Alonso showed signs of moving, George hurriedly hugged Alonso and persuaded him.
An excellent midfield commander, come back. None of them are reckless people. Alonso was the same, he was a little angry when he wanted to do it just now, but at this time, after George's reminder and persuasion, Alonso also calmed down, and there was no overreaction, just glanced at Ljungberg coldly and snorted coldly.
God testifies that it looks like this match for both Alonso and Ljungberg. It's a drain.
When the referee on the side saw this scene, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, because. The referee also knows how important this game is for both teams. If it weren't for the FA's arrangement, I'm afraid the referee of this game enforcement would definitely not accept the task of law enforcement in this game.
"Boy, don't drag too much, be careful later." See Alonso already. After calming down, George breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly walked to Ljungberg's side, glaring at the warning.
"I'm this~" Yongbei. Li originally wanted to shout, but Ljungberg suddenly appeared, the target changed from Alonso to George, thinking of George's glorious achievements, although Ljungberg was very unhappy, but there was no way, he could only forcibly swallow this breath.
"Hey~ What are you calling at me, at my brother." Just when Ljungberg was in a very embarrassing situation, Arsenal's captain Vieira also walked over with a serious face at this time, and after hearing George's warning, he immediately frowned and said to George.
"Hmph~" Hearing Vieira's words, George didn't continue, because George knew that Vieira was not a fearful master, and the current situation on the field was not to the point where the two sides were moving, because after hearing Vieira's words, George was not afraid, but felt that there was no need, and after glancing coldly at Ljungberg and Vieira, he turned around and left.
Liverpool got a free-kick opportunity, Reese looked up at his team-mates in front, and when there was no chance to take advantage of it, he gently passed the ball to Smitchell on the side, and he rushed towards the front of the field quickly.
Smitchell faked past the Brazilian Silva who was standing in front of him, and immediately rushed straight towards the Arsenal penalty area with the ball. When his current teammates did not have a chance to receive the ball, he shot directly from 28 meters away from the goal.
"Lehmann~~~~ The German was in excellent form today and reacted quickly!" Smitchell's long-range shot was directly blocked by Lehmann, who was mentally concentrated, and the ball was obtained by Toure on the side, and he immediately passed to the front of the field with a big foot.
The ball was directly ferried by Pire's header to Bergkamp behind him, and the Dutchman directly faked past Gerrard, who rushed over to make a tackle, and immediately stuffed the ball straight into the Liverpool penalty area, while Henry began to add and chased the ball quickly.
"Thierry~~~~ It's a pity, this kick is too right!" At the moment when Henry shot, because of Carragher's interference, the ball was too straight and was directly confiscated by Dudek.
"Damn it~" If it was usual, even if a shot like this didn't go in, Henry wouldn't say anything, he would only blame his bad luck. But this game is so important that even Henry is a little nervous. Seeing that his shot was confiscated by Dudek, Henry couldn't help but curse and looked at Carragher on the side. It was Carragher's interference that made Henry's shot too quick and didn't adjust the angle.
Less than three minutes into the game, Liverpool and Arsenal had each had their first shots on goal of the game. Or it can be seen from here that this game is destined to be an offensive battle.
Dudek tossed the ball and handed it to Yepes on the right, and Liverpool began to organise a new attack again after withstanding an attack from Arsenal.
"O~Saul~ Saul will always be the anchor of our Arsenal backline, anyone, any player who wants to break through Arsenal's goal, must first ask Saul if he is willing."
After a few passes, the ball instantly came to Owen's feet, and Owen was just about to take a feint to break through, but he was directly slid by Campbell on the side, breaking the ball, not giving Owen the slightest opportunity to show his gorgeous footwork.
Arsene Wenger is also well aware of his defensive problems and the characteristics of Liverpool's forward line. Therefore, as early as before the game, Wenger repeatedly stressed that he would never be able to let the Liverpool striker run and be decisive.
It was clear that Campbell meticulously carried out Wenger's orders, and without waiting for Owen to finish his feints, he directly slid the ball off.
Seeing this scene, Lao Bei couldn't help but look at Wenger with a serious expression on the side, and couldn't help but nodded: Sure enough, he was one of his two biggest enemies. As for who the other person is, I believe I don't need to say it, everyone knows it, look at the teams in England that can still bring trouble to Liverpool at this time, naturally Manchester United is undoubted.
"Be positive, be positive!" Although I admire Wenger's coaching level, this is not the time to run over and fart with Wenger. Seeing that Liverpool's forward line did not play a role in pressing and threatening the Arsenal goal, Lao Bei was dissatisfied and stood on the sidelines shouting loudly.
Five minutes later, Liverpool made a comeback, and this time Owen learned the lesson of the previous time, and after receiving Colwill's pass, he did not continue his feints, but instead honestly protected the ball at his feet without giving his opponent a chance.
Seeing this scene, Campbell also hesitated, whether he would kick out or not, if he could break the ball, it would be okay, if he couldn't break it, according to Owen's degree and explosiveness, I am afraid that the goal would be dangerous.
"Michael~" At the same time as Owen and Campbell were in a stalemate, George had already begun to add and began to cut diagonally into the Arsenal penalty area in front of the left side of the penalty area. On George's side, Toure followed him.
"Oops!" Hearing George's voice, Campbell suddenly screamed badly, and hurriedly rushed towards Owen, and immediately cut off the ball at Owen's feet, at least he couldn't let Owen pass the ball.
"Good chance!" It's a pity that Owen didn't give Campbell a chance to perform, and when he heard George's reminder, he immediately stuffed the ball straight into the penalty area, and the ball rolled directly between Campbell and Sigan towards the penalty area.
"Pascal ~ watch him!" Watching George rush towards the penalty area with great vigour, it was clear that a Toure could not stop George's progress. Seeing this, Lehmann couldn't help but remind his teammates loudly.
In fact, without being reminded by Lyman, Sigan knew what to do, and hurriedly rushed towards the ball, and after a distance between the two sides and the ball, Sigan hurriedly took a sliding shovel and began to block the eye.
"Phew!" Almost as hard as Toure pushed, George gave up control of his centre of gravity and began to force his shot before Sigan could block it. Unfortunately, due to Toure's pushing, it seems that George lost his center of gravity and did not hit the right position, and the ball suddenly hit Sigan's leg and bounced towards the goal again.
It's just that the ball is already very slow at this time, and Lehmann runs forward a few steps very easily, holding the ball that rolls towards him firmly in his arms.
"Foul, referee, it's a foul!" Because of Toure's pushing, George, who lost his center of gravity at the same time, fell to the ground hard. When George got up, he immediately shouted loudly to the referee on the side.
Not only George, but also Owen and Colwill and Gerrard on the side also began to surround and ask the referee for a penalty.
Seeing that the Liverpool players began to besiege the referee and put pressure on the referee, this is still worth it~ Arsenal's players are not stupid, and they hurriedly rushed over and explained, while vaguely separating the referee from the Liverpool players.
"It's not a foul, it's a beautiful defense, and you can only blame yourself for hitting the goal too well, right on Pascal's leg." Campbell also used it to say at this point, and it was clear that the first sentence was addressed to the referee, and the latter sentence was addressed to George.
"Damn, it's not a foul to push me like that?" Hearing Campbell's words, George couldn't help but be furious. You must know that when George shoots, his body is almost twenty or thirty degrees forward, as long as anyone with a discerning eye can see that George was pushed by Toure and lost his center of gravity, and was about to fall.
If it weren't for that, if it were normal, no matter how bad George's shooting skills were, he wouldn't have kicked the ball directly towards Sigan when he shot.
At that time, it was entirely because George himself lost his center of gravity and could not restrain himself, which led to this.
"Give me all back, go back, and keep playing!" Looking at the players on both sides who were constantly arguing around him, the referee couldn't help frowning and said with a serious face.
"What is this, it was a foul just now, we deserve a penalty." The referee's words came out, Arsenal had no opinion, but Liverpool didn't do it. No, even Cowell couldn't help but say angrily.
"I'm the referee, I have my own penalty scale, if you don't go back, I'm going to draw the cards." Seeing that Liverpool was still chattering, the referee had no choice but to use the referee's biggest weapon.
"OK~OK~ Forget it!" George on the side saw that the referee really showed signs of pulling out cards, so he nodded and said quickly, and at the same time began to push Gerrard and others out and began to persuade his teammates.
In fact, George also knows that in such a major game, a game related to the ownership of the league championship this season, the referee generally does not dare to blow the whistle in his mouth easily, let alone award a penalty.
George can also understand the referee's embarrassing situation, and the reason why he didn't give up just now was just to put a little pressure on the referee. After all, this is Highbury, not Anfield, and on Arsenal's turf, the referee will be somewhat affected by the home field, so that the law enforcement will favor the referee's side.
However, George believes that after this pressure, the referee is afraid that in the next game, Liverpool's punishment will be treated more or less strictly, and will definitely not come indiscriminately.
"Damn, that's obviously a foul, it's obviously a penalty, how are you the referee, do you have a referee certificate?" Lao Bei began to stand up as early as the moment George fell, came to the sidelines, and quietly waited for the referee to give a penalty. But Lao Bei couldn't have imagined that the referee would ask everyone to continue the game. Seeing this, Lao Bei was naturally dissatisfied, what should he do if he was dissatisfied, of course, he yelled.
"Hmph~ no quality!" Wenger couldn't help frowning after hearing Lao Bei's yell, thinking with disdain.
"Sir, please control your emotions and don't interfere with the referee's decision." The fourth official came to Lao Bei's side with a serious face and warned Lao Bei of his words.
But Lao Bei is especially a person who can be honest and obedient if he says a few words casually. No, after hearing the warning of the fourth official, Lao Bei couldn't help frowning and said angrily.
"Damn, are you trying to fix me, fix us Liverpool!"
Hiss~ Dude, don't talk nonsense, I don't have the courage to do this, who doesn't know now, after the last time you said this, the dignified UEFA President Johansson stepped down, I'm just a small fourth official, don't play me.
Hearing Lao Bei's words, the expression in the eyes of the fourth official suddenly changed, and it became very difficult to look at. You must know that in the recent period, Lao Bei's words in his mouth are very sensitive. Even if the fourth official has any dissatisfaction with Lao Bei, but after thinking of the Champions League match between Liverpool and Barcelona a few days ago, the fourth official didn't dare to say anything about Lao Bei.
"Damn~ Why don't you have anything to say, Lao Tzu knows that this is the case. Don't think I don't know, this referee is an authentic Londoner, of course, in favor of Arsenal. Seeing that the fourth official did not speak, Lao Bei suddenly said fiercely.
"Hmph~ You're just a head coach, what qualifications, if you can do it, you can go up and try it yourself." The fourth official, who couldn't bear it, finally couldn't help it, and said coldly to Lao Bei.
"Damn, even if I'm a fool, I'm better than that damn Londoner." Lao Bei is not a person who will easily admit defeat.
"Forget it, I can't afford to mess with you, can't I hide from you?" Seeing that Lao Bei had fallen into a rampage at this time, there was no reason to talk about it at all, the fourth official shook his head, ignored Lao Bei, and walked towards his small territory, preparing to leave the dangerous area of Lao Bei temporarily.
Huh~ You still shook your head, why don't you accept what I said. Seeing the fourth official shaking his head and walking away, Lao Bei couldn't help but think.
"Forget it, the game has just begun, do you want to go to the stand area to direct the game." At this time, assistant coach Thompson finally walked over, pulled Lao Bei towards the bench, and persuaded as he walked.
'Arsenal have to take every opportunity they get and know that any waste is a shame.' In the 22nd minute of the game, Henry once again received a pass from Cole, and the direct push was blocked by Dudek sideways.
You must know that during this time, Arsenal got two or three good chances, but unfortunately because of the last kick on the goal, it was unable to break the deadlock on the field.
"Calm down, seize the opportunity, don't rush!" Arsene Wenger came to the sidelines and shouted loudly at the disciples in the field, reminding them.
Arsene Wenger knows very well that Liverpool is a very scary team, not only in attack, but also in defense, Liverpool's defense can be said to be the top in the whole of England.
Arsenal squandered one chance at this point, one less chance. Against a strong team like Liverpool, there are not many opportunities in the first place, and if it is wasted like this, even Wenger on the sidelines will feel pain in his eyes and heart.
Pire took a corner kick and Dudek went straight to the attack, grabbing Campbell's header before he could get the ball in the air. However, this also caused Dudek and Campbell to collide in the air, and Dudek, who did not have Campbell's strong body, lost his center of gravity directly in the air and fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Hyypia on the side was sharp-eyed and quick-handed, and helped him in time, so that Dudek directly avoided the consequences of falling.
"Defend tightly, be aggressive, don't give the opponent any gaps!" Seeing Arsenal attack several times, they relied on a straight stopper, passed the ball between two Liverpool players, rolled into the penalty area, and then Henry or Bergkamp hit the goal.
As the core of the defense, Hyypia naturally saw the current problems in Liverpool's backline, and thinking of this, Hyypia suddenly shouted loudly to his teammates to remind him.