Chapter 374: Passing this hurdle is a smooth road

The slightly aggrieved way of being eliminated by Grand Paris can be regarded as a wake-up call for other European powerhouses.

Chelsea only need to score one goal in two legs to suffocate the top Champions League team, and this defensive skill is still amazing.

The result of the second leg of the big Paris attack at Stamford Bridge and still no results, can be regarded as another experience of the terrifying advantage of Chelsea at home.

It's been three seasons since a team has beaten Chelsea's home turf.

This exaggerated unbeaten run is like a silent reminder to all Chelsea challengers:

If they want to decide it out with Chelsea, they will have to try to get the lead on their own home turf, otherwise they will be greeted by a ruthless defeat at Stamford Bridge!

For Chelsea's players, the fact that they are on a home run can give them a psychological advantage.

After successfully defeating Paris Saint-Germain to reach the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League, Leon organized his teammates to have a generous dinner.

And this time there is far less gossip in the media.

Often scolded by the fans, these media are not without brains, and this time they will at least have to wait until Chelsea lose to speak out on the matter.

In the near term, their most likely chance of turning around is to expect Liverpool to give Chelsea a head-on blow in the league.

If Chelsea are at home to Liverpool, the media don't dare to expect too much.

But Liverpool's next league game is at Anfield against Chelsea, so it's a different story.

Klopp failed to lead Liverpool directly into the top four of the Premier League this season, but there is no doubt that the Liverpool under his command is indeed "stronger" than the previous season.

It was a kind of spiritual tenacity and bravery.

Perhaps in terms of strength, the gap between Liverpool and Chelsea and Manchester City is still relatively large, but their mental construction has obviously kept up with the pace of strong teams.

What Liverpool lack now is consistency, but at Anfield they are no slouch for their ability to play hard.

Chelsea's coaching staff is well aware of this, so before the start of the game against Liverpool, the whole Chelsea team also completed the preparation training in a targeted manner.

Not to mention other Liverpool players, Coutinho will probably have a hard time making a difference against Chelsea in this round of the league.

As for the crazy running tactics that Liverpool is playing now, the whole Chelsea team is not too worried, after all, this set of tactics is also familiar to Chelsea.

Chelsea can play all the tactics that Liverpool can play, but Liverpool can't play the tactics that Chelsea can play.

To put it bluntly, the current Liverpool is just a beggar's version of Chelsea without superstars, and the chances of winning against their Chelsea are still very large.

Five days after the clash with Paris Saint-Germain, the Chelsea squad travelled away for their 30th Premier League clash with Liverpool.

At this stage, Chelsea and Liverpool, which are not dragged down by the English domestic cup competition, have more adequate time to rest.

Therefore, in this round of the league, Liverpool still chose to play Chelsea with all the main players, and they also put on the most powerful 433 starting formation at Anfield.

After Raheem Sterling and Suarez left Liverpool, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino quickly rose to the top and are now the new favourites at Anfield.

The duo's personal data has also been growing smoothly under Klopp's correct use and tactical tuning.

Firmino's Premier League stats now stand at 10 goals and six assists, while Coutinho's Premier League stats this season are 10 goals and five assists.

The duo of the new forward duo have also been able to complete their scoring mission this season.

It's a pity that Sturridge has been in a state of injury and suspension, but even so, he has scored seven goals in 12 appearances, and his scoring efficiency is extraordinarily high.

This also made more neutral fans feel sorry for Sturridge.

If he has a healthy body, it will not only be Liverpool able to harvest a strong new striker trident, but the England national team will also have Kane + Sturridge as an all-round striker.

It's a pity that such an excellent striker who should have been in his peak form has been battling injuries.

Sturridge was also out again due to injury in this round of the league, and Klopp could only push Lallana up front.

It's also the strongest offensive trio he's been able to pull his hands on right now.

In contrast, Chelsea's forward line after rotation is still the envy of Klopp.

Hazard + Llorente + Salah.

The rotated Chelsea front trident is still capable of breaking down any defence in the Premier League.

On the Chelsea bench, Gnabry and Kevin De Bruyne, who is resting today, are still on standby.

Klopp looked at Chelsea's bench, and then at Benteke, who had a clear and stupid look in his eyes on his own bench, and finally could only shake his head helplessly......

The game started at 3pm on time, and Chelsea, who were the first to kick off, did not rush to put pressure on the Liverpool defence, but first controlled the field, seducing Liverpool's midfielders to attack.

However, the tactical execution of the whole Liverpool team is much stronger now than before.

Jurgen Klopp didn't nod his head, and no Liverpool midfielder dared to break the coaching staff's pre-match tactical plan.

In the face of the constant possession of the ball in the Chelsea midfield, the whole Liverpool team was unmoved, and the two teams were more cautious in attacking and defending the test, and Li Ang quickly changed his organizational thinking when he saw this.

After the first 10 minutes of the opening kick, Leon and Kroos sent the ball more to the wings.

Mohamed Salah, who started on the right flank today, prefers to have the ball down to Kevin De Bruyne, and he and Eden Hazard were able to penetrate Chelsea's wings today.

Chelsea's attack may seem less nuanced with less playmaking from the flanks, but the more direct breaking style of the two wingers is also more able to put pressure on Liverpool's backline.

Seeing that Hazard and Salah were playing normally, Leon also generously conceded the offensive ball, allowing them to break through with the ball more to find a feeling.

With him and Kroos in midfield combing and transferring the ball, Hazard and Salah don't have to worry about not having enough balls.

They also shared the ball at this time, Llorente, who acted as the fulcrum in the middle, could play without the ball, and the rest of the team could also serve them.

After feeding enough of the ball, Chelsea's attacking aggression on both flanks was as Liverpool's backline shrank and shrunk.

They can't shrink their formation at this point, and Moreno and Klein are only good full-backs in the Premier League, but they are far from the top.

After shrinking the formation, Liverpool can at least further concentrate their defensive forces to consolidate the central defence, and if they have to be hard topped, then it will not be as simple as losing on the wings.

Jurgen Klopp's tactical decision to break his wrist was still very effective, with Eden Hazard and Mohamed Salah having more success at the bottom, but the way they completed the threatening pass was basically a cross.

Liverpool, who have cemented their central defence, have no major problems in terms of defence, and although Llorente has a huge aerial duel advantage, Lovren and Toure are also tough in their defensive defense.

Llorente didn't have much space to rush forward, and in a static aerial battle, he could only suffer in the face of a pack defence.

After withstanding the first wave of Chelsea's onslaught, Liverpool relied on the active scrambling of the central players and grabbed several good counter-attack opportunities.

Liverpool don't have a striker with great speed, but their quick counter-attack relies more on one-foot passing and an overall system of running off the ball.

James Milner acted as a hub for the counter-attack in the middle, with Roberto Firmino playing a pivotal role and Philippe Coutinho and Lallana playing on the sides of each other's defensive forces.

Their counter-attacking play was layered, with a set of passes that often led to a chance in Chelsea's defensive third.

That is, Leon did his homework in advance and watched Firmino on the counter-attack very deadly, otherwise the Brazilian striker who was running in a ghostly position might have been able to seize the opportunity to threaten the Chelsea goal.

As for Philippe Coutinho, the striker, who is often able to shoot super, has been even more thoroughly understood by Chelsea's defenders at the back.

Forcing him to handle the ball with his left foot, without giving him the slightest chance to shoot with his right foot, Curinho was no more dangerous than passing the ball on the counter-attack.

The two teams played back and forth in the first half of the first half, and the pace of the game was fast, and it still looked quite exciting.

However, after understanding Liverpool's defensive paths, Mourinho decisively made tactical adjustments first, signaling Leondo to participate in the attack!

Llorente had previously been hard to defend by the packs, but his height and weight advantage was huge for both Toure and Lovren.

It may be difficult to get him to finish the battle for the ball with the two of them, but it's easy to let him carry the defensive pressure and play the ball.

Mourinho asked Leon to be more involved in the attack, which was to further release Llorente's fulcrum role.

This tactical change immediately further revitalized Chelsea's attacking system.

Eden Hazard and Mohamed Salah don't need to make any major changes to their style of play, and they can still play the ball under Liverpool's wings with relative ease, but the responsibility for finishing has shifted from Llorente to Leon.

Liverpool's defensive heaviness in the penalty area has also become an ornament, and the heavy artillery bombardment inserted by Leon is extremely threatening, and if they want to stop him, they will have to expand their defence.

Klopp didn't hesitate for long, mainly because he didn't have a choice, and in the end he had to let the attacking players in front of him also drop back to help his teammates defend first.

However, as soon as they withdrew, Kroos and Nemanja Matic pressed directly into the top of their half-court circle to organize a pass!

The Chelsea backfield players also pressed straight across the board.

The task of getting down could be left to the two full-backs, with Eden Hazard and Mohamed Salah now able to move more on either side of Liverpool's flanks.

Mourinho's successive tactical changes immediately overwhelmed the whole Liverpool team.

Chelsea's attacking wave has been relentless and unstoppable, forcing them to keep their defensive focus at all times and not dare to make any defensive mistakes.

But there are very few teams in football today that can do this defensively, and Liverpool are not among the top defensive teams like that.

And, to put it mildly, if you put Lovren on the front line and fight the opponent's center hand-to-hand and let him charge, he's a good fit.

But if you let him be a defensive commander, and you have to keep a clear head at all times and make fewer mistakes, isn't this embarrassing for him!

Toure was at his peak, but he is now 35 years old and has a lot of defensive experience, but the ceiling of his ability has long since fallen.

No matter how strong Klopp's ability to adjust the defense is, relying on these two central defenders to lead the team to the top six in the Premier League is the limit.

If they can withstand Chelsea's all-out attack, Liverpool will now have at least one place in the top four of the Premier League.

The hard top is unrealistic, the upper limit of ability has been seen, and Liverpool after expanding the defensive line has not been able to hold out for long.

In the 30th minute of the first half, Leon's kick-shot from the edge of the Liverpool box denied Mignolet.

Eden Hazard stabbed the ball towards the back of the Liverpool goal in the chaos, and Salah, who slapped the horse, fired a decisive low shot to send the ball into the Liverpool goal!

Leon patted his head and pointed at Salah, who was running wildly in excitement:

"You're catching Liverpool and scoring goals now, aren't you?!"

If Leon remembers correctly, Salah has scored against Liverpool in several rounds in a row!

Such a fact is too comical for Leon to become a veritable Liverpool killer?

This tmd......

But spit and spit out, and the celebration is still to be celebrated.

After scoring the Liverpool goal first, the second half was much easier for the whole Chelsea team.

First of all, he withstood Liverpool's counterattack and kept the score 1-0 until halftime.

At the start of the second half, Chelsea played the counter-attack they are most familiar with.

Liverpool did their best in attack, trying to get the ball forward throughout the second half, but they didn't have much to do with Chelsea's bucket formation.

In the second half, when Klopp replaced Benteke, Mourinho's side also directly replaced Gary Cahill.

As a result, Benteke's dominance in the battle for the top disappeared in front of Maguire and Gary Cahill.

In the 76th minute of the second half, Leon seized the opportunity of Coutinho's passing error to send a counterattack long pass, and Llorente's header helped Hazard get a single chance directly!

The Belgian king did not have a soft foot in the face of his national team teammates, and a decisive shot made Liverpool directly lose the last hope of equalizing.

And Chelsea also took away a 2-0 win from Anfield!

After the game, Leon encouraged the slightly frustrated Firmino and Coutinho and cheered them on, wishing them a good finish in this year's Europa League.

His blessing made Liverpool's two young strikers feel much better.

After all, they are the "famous mouths" who have opened up in European football, and if Liverpool can really win the Europa League this year, then they can't be regarded as a failure anyway.

A European champion plus qualification for next season's Champions League, how can they be counted as earning!

Leon is not untargeted, after all, he remembers that Liverpool had a chance to win the Europa League at the beginning of their rise.

Reached the final, and the gap between the strength of the opponent and the opponent is not large, with his butterfly effect, Liverpool may really reach the top in the Europa League this year.

Compared with other teams, in the absence of a conflict of interest, Leon is of course more supportive of Liverpool.

The attitude of blessings he expressed to Liverpool after the game also made him instantly gain the favor of the vast majority of Liverpool fans.

After the end of the 30th round of the Premier League between Chelsea and Liverpool, football has also ushered in another wave of public opinion.

It has nothing to do with the progress of the leagues in various countries, and the arrival of this wave of public opinion carnival is only because of the end of the draw ceremony for the 1/4 knockout round of the Champions League.

This year's Champions League knockout round is full of gold, and only Benfica is considered a "gift package" among the teams that break into the final quarterfinals.

The remaining seven teams are Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid from La Liga, Chelsea and Manchester City from the Premier League, Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga and Juventus from Serie A.

Almost every draw will be a strong conversation.

And when Chelsea and Bayern Munich, the old enemies, were drawn to face off again, the fans' discussion carnival officially arrived!

Li Ang is actually quite satisfied with the result of such a draw.

Among the teams that have reached the final quarterfinals of the Champions League this year, the strength is relatively similar to Chelsea, and there is really only this Bayern Munich!

Atletico's defensive system can't cause too much trouble for Chelsea, and after a two-legged encounter with Real Madrid, Chelsea are more certain of beating their former Champions League giants.

Juventus lost Carlos Tevez and Andrea Pirlo in the summer window, and their attacking strength has plummeted, and they don't look to be afraid for the time being.

Only Bayern Munich, after continuing to strengthen, is still the team that poses the greatest threat to Chelsea.

So instead of fighting the final against a fully evolved Bayern team at the end, Leon feels that it is really better to kill it now!

After this battle, it's all easy!

(End of chapter)