Chapter 92: Fight Gerald Again

In the face of Suarez, who attacked alone, Jose did not rush to attack, but kept an eye on his opponent's every move, and at the same time was ready to save at any time.

Eight yards on the left side of the penalty area, Suarez knew he couldn't get past Jose, so he didn't push forward, so he chose to push into the far corner.

The moment Suarez pushed, Jose also moved, and he had already judged the opponent's shooting line.

Jumping sideways and grabbing his hands, José stopped his shot in front of Suarez.

At half-time, Villa maintained a 1-0 lead.

If the scoreline remains until full-time, Villa will have 55 points and will still have their hopes of finishing in the top four with seven rounds remaining.

In addition, Jose's clean sheet tally will reach 16, one more than Manchester City's Joe Hart's 15, with the Premier League Golden Glove award on the horizon.

In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues, and the battle continued.

After the opening, in the battle for midfield, Liverpool had a slight advantage.

Steven Gerrard played a long ball from the side and the ball reached Coutinho.

Coutinho picked up the ball and immediately crossed diagonally into the box as he saw a red figure creeping into the Villa box.

That's Liverpool's Jordan Henderson.

Villa's backline has once again leaked.

Jose tried to open his mouth to warn his teammates, but it was too late.

The big team is still in the midfield position and has not yet had time to return to the defense, while several defenders such as Vlaar and Baker have been attracted to the flanks by Coutinho.

Coutinho's pass, which landed exactly in the box, was picked up by Henderson.

Once again, Liverpool have formed a one-on-one trend.

Henderson was decisive and fired straight into the far corner, and he was sure Jose would never be able to catch his shot.

Under normal circumstances, it would be exactly what Henderson thought.

Abnormally, Henderson met Jose, an abnormal goalkeeper.

"Time and space pause."

The first stunt of the game is thrown out.

And then there was no then.

One missed opportunity after another made Gerard start to become a little impetuous.

In the 48th minute, the midfielder of Abang Laho took the ball and was ready to advance, but Gerrard was in a hurry and directly flew the tackle and flew out with the ball.

Steven Gerrard received his first yellow card of the game.

The appearance of the yellow card made the players on both sides calm down instantly.

In the next ten minutes, Coutinho, Glen Johnson and others came close to breaking through Jose's goal, and their shots hit the post one after another.

Liverpool fans sighed in the stands.

Only Jose knew in his heart that their shots would either hit the post or go wide, and as long as they deflected a little bit in the direction of the goal, they would inevitably be directly blocked by themselves.

Jose's grasp of the shooting route has gone beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

José could sense that the evolution of his body was about to be completed.

The game came to the 60th minute in the blink of an eye, and Suarez pulled the ball to the side.

On the right edge of the Villa penalty area, Baker defended Suarez one-on-one, and saw that Suarez was about to deduct himself and burst into the penalty area.

"Ahh Suarez screamed and was brought down by Baker on the edge of the box with the ball.

"Beep, beep..."

The referee blew the whistle and pointed to 12 yards.

Penalty kick.

Liverpool were awarded a penalty.

"Judging from the video, there is no problem with this penalty award, Suarez has entered the box when Baker put the tackle, it can only be said that Baker is impulsive." The on-site narrator said.

"Hey, in my opinion, Baker's foul is inevitable. After this game, his defense of Suarez had almost no effect, so I guess Baker was thinking, since I can't defend you, then I'll put you down. It's a pity that he chose the wrong timing and position. Director Zhang echoed.

This season, in the first leg against Liverpool, Villa were awarded a penalty.

Now, Villa have been awarded a penalty again, leaving one wondering what to say.

It was Gerrard who took the penalty.

Jose never expected that before a season was played, he would all meet the three major penalty takers in the Premier League more than once.

Although only Frank Lampard has scored from the penalty spot so far, Jose still can't say he is absolutely sure, at least when facing the absolute dead corner of the top left and the top right.

Of course, there are not many people in this world who can kick these two dead corners.

Is Gerald among these people?

Jose didn't know, because this time Gerrard chose the bottom left corner.

The bottom left corner is a difficult position for most goalkeepers to save.

However, Jose is not one of the vast majority of goalkeepers.

Therefore, Gerrard's penalty could only be returned in vain.

"Miracle, Gerrard took two penalties and Jose saved them." The on-site narrator screamed.

"According to some sources, Jose has only breached the door on penalties three times since his debut, namely Loftus-Cheek, Frank Lampard, John Terry, hey, all from Chelsea." Mr. Zhan is very clear about the data of Premier League players, and when he saw Jose's data, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Does that mean that when you face Jose on penalties in the future, do you have to learn from Chelsea?" Teacher Zhan quipped.

Steven Gerrard's penalty was a big blow to Liverpool's morale.

In the following time, Liverpool's attacks were all rushed and could not threaten the gate guarded by Jose at all.

On the contrary, Villa's counter-attack was more effective, but Reina played equally well, blocking Villa's must-have shots on a number of occasions.

In stoppage time, Villa made a successful steal at the back and passed directly to the back of the Liverpool defence, and Benteke scrambled to get the ball first.

Single-handedly facing Reina, Benteke picked up the shot.

Just as Benteke was about to celebrate, he realized that the linesman had raised the flag.

Offside.

Unfortunately, Villa were unable to extend their scores.

In the end, the Villa team defeated Liverpool by one goal and completed the double of the season.

Post-match wrap-up.

Liverpool had a total of 23 shots on goal and seven hits on target, and if it weren't for Jose's bravery, Villa would have been beaten into a sieve by Liverpool.

Villa, on the other hand, had just 10 shots on goal and hit the target just 4.

It's good luck to be able to beat your opponent.

However, in terms of possession time, there is not much difference between the two sides.

At the end of this round, there was no change in the top six teams' standings, only a narrowing gap between them.

Jose's clean sheet added one, two more than second-placed Joe Hart.

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After Liverpool, Villa will face two relatively easy opponents in the next two rounds.

First of all, in the round of 34, Villa will travel to Bet365 Stadium to take on 14th-placed Stoke City.

At present, Stoke City is in 14th place with 34 points from 7 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses, and with 7 rounds left in the league, they are only 4 points above the relegation zone, and they still have great pressure to relegate.

Now facing a Villa team who have fought for relegation like them in previous years, Stoke City will surely go all out.