In the 41st minute of the game, Liverpool was still leading 1-0.

Baldwin Zenden, who had just arrived on a free transfer from Middlesbrough this season, attacked down the left flank and played the ball to Reese on the flanks against Parker's defence.

After receiving a pass from Zenden, Reese stepped forward quickly and acted more like a winger than Zenden.

Facing Mills who came up, he first accelerated the ball past Mills, and then made a sharp stop, with a left-footed buckle, which dunked Mills who caught up with the defense.

Mills immediately stopped, turned and went to guard Reese.

Reese had already begun to cut inside at this time, and Mills had no choice but to pull Reese.

When he pulled, he was harder, and Riser was pulled to the ground by Mills.

"du~" The referee gave Liverpool a set-piece on the left side of the box.

Not only that, but in the face of Mills, who was constantly arguing with the referee, the referee also showed a yellow card.

Mills thought he was stealthy and said he didn't have any additional moves, and Reese fell, which was a fake fall.

But in fact, Reese had already passed him by then, and if Mills hadn't brought him down, the threat would have been even greater.

It was precisely when the referee on duty, Reynée, recognized this and showed Mills a yellow card.

Van der Sar began to direct his team-mates to set up the human wall, and because this position is quite threatening, Van der Sar paid more attention to the set-piece defense this time.

"Not enough, not enough, add another one to the human wall." Van der Sar shouted.

Then I saw Alan Smith, who had returned to defend in the box, also walked into the wall, and Leeds United defended a full five people from this set-piece.

The other five were all marking in the box, leaving not a single attacking player waiting to counter-attack.

George Lee looked at the data of the last half on Chris Casper's computer and was ready to change his tactics at halftime, otherwise it would be difficult to win this game against Liverpool, who had almost no weaknesses.

At this time, George Lee glanced at the field and saw that Liverpool here Reese was standing behind this set-piece, Liverpool was the only one here, and it was obvious that Liverpool was ready to let Reese take the ball.

Here at Leeds United, Smith made a wall at Van der Sar's request.

Suddenly, something flashed through George Lee's mind.

“Fxxk！” He yelled.

Then he hurriedly said to Mai.

"Quick, let Alan not enter the wall, quick!"

"What, what did you say?"

"Let Alain ......"

Before George Lee could finish, the referee blew the whistle, and then Reeser began to run.

The Norwegian's shot is of the kind of powerful and heavy, so he is called the "Norwegian heavy artillery", so his run-up distance is relatively long.

After Risser's run, he was ready to hit the door.

Firmly step on the turf with your right foot, behind the right side of the field, lift your left leg, then lean your body, and finally pump your left foot heavily on the ball.

"Knock~"

It was as if everyone on the pitch could hear it.

Leeds jumped up and the ball hit the wall hard.

Then a player in a white jersey fell to the ground.

The ball bounced far away, and Finnan, who was defending at the back, received the ball that bounced near the midfield, looked up at the situation in front of him, and prepared to launch another counterattack.

However, this time Finnan did not see his team-mate coming back to pick him up, but instead gathered in front, with the Leeds United players also surrounding him.

"Kick it out, kick the ball out......"

Liverpool captain Steve Gerrard hastened to signal Finnan to kick the ball out.

Finnan kicked the ball out of bounds and started running up to see what was going on.

Finnan rushed to the front and saw a Leeds player lying on the ground, motionless.

"Team doctor, team doctor...... Come on. Van der Sar kept urging the team doctor to come over.

Leeds United's Graveson and Parker crouched on the ground to check on the situation.

Finnan approached again, finally seeing who was on the ground.

The number 17 is written on the trouser leg and the captain's armband is worn on the left arm.

Alan Smith.

The team doctor finally came to the center of the field to check on Smith.

Finnan looked up at the big screen at Anfield on the sidelines, where the situation was playing.

Reese's powerful free-kick hit Smith as he jumped.

Slow motion and close-up shots clearly show that the ball hit Smith's chest, although Smith had one hand on his crotch and the other hand to protect his chest, but from the replay, the ball could still be seen hitting Smith's chest heavily.

With the help of the team doctor, Smith on the ground finally reacted a little, but Smith, who was a little more awake, was still holding his chest, obviously in great pain.

The team doctor motioned for the stretcher to come up quickly.

In the stands on Anfield Road, George Lee and Casper also saw the replay on the big screen.

"Do you see clearly?" George Lee asked Casper.

"It must have hurt."

"It's not legs, is it?"

"It's your chest, are you not eyesighted?" Casper asked rhetorically, he felt that it was a little abnormal since George Lee shouted for Smith not to enter the human wall just now, as if he could expect Smith to get hurt.

"It's not the support legs, you saw it, right?" Lee asked Casper again.

This time Casper didn't answer, he felt that the two were not in the same key.

The stretcher finally lifted Smith to the sidelines.

George Lee hurriedly asked Kidd about Smith on the sidelines through the communication device.

"Hit in the chest...... Not legs...... Good good...... It's a bit stuffy, right...... No need to try, right, right...... Direct substitution...... Yes, replace Smith with De Jong...... Yes, Gravison pushed forward a little bit...... Okay, okay, send it directly to the hospital for careful examination...... Yes, don't listen to him, go to the hospital, don't play again. ”

George Lee communicated with Kidd for nearly five minutes, and by the time he continued to see the pitch, Leeds had already made a substitution, replacing Smith with Frenkie de Jong.

"How?" Seeing that Lee and Kidd had finished communicating, Casper asked George Lee about Smith's situation.

"It's not a big problem, it's a false alarm, but I think it's better to check it carefully."

"Yes."

"Show me the data again."

Hearing that Smith's situation was more optimistic, George Lee was ready to continue the work that had not been done just now, and was ready to make a little change in the midfield, after all, his team on the field was still from the backward side.

I just had a little thought before, but I was interrupted by Reese's kick, and now I need to think of a new way, because of Smith's departure, George Li can only replace De Jong first in order to consolidate the midfield, and stabilize the defense of the midfield.

"Damn ......"

George Lee slapped his leg hard, thinking that his two most capable attacking players were not on the court, and as soon as Smith went down, Van Persie was still some time away from returning.

"Hiss~" Casper was in pain and shouted.

Because George Lee slapped his leg.

“du~du~”

At this time, the referee blew the whistle and the first half stoppage time ended, and Liverpool led 1-0 at home into the half.