After Torres scored, Liverpool were in high spirits and attacked a number of times in the next few minutes, all in the form of finding Torres for this point.

Once it was Babel who won the ball on the flank, and Torres cut in from behind, only this time it was immediately disrupted by Woodgate.

Another time it was Gerrard's through ball and it was Woodgate who followed up in time to poke the ball away.

The campaign lasted for almost 10 minutes, but gradually Liverpool's manager Rafael Benitez noticed that his team's attack had stalled, most notably when they couldn't get the ball under Torres' feet.

The Liverpool players on the pitch may not feel it, they just find that the team's attack will inexplicably lose the ball, or make a mistake in their own passing, anyway, there is no such smooth attack after the opening period.

Torres crossed his waist and gasped for air.

He leaned over, and then kept glancing at the Leeds United captain next to him. Smith was also gasping for air.

Just now, Benayoun on the right side of Liverpool passed the ball to Gerrard, and Gerrard wanted to try to pass the ball again to Torres, who was about to take the ball with his back in front of him, but the ball was cut off by Smith who ran over on the side.

As soon as the ball was poked away, Smith went to chase it with Torres.

Torres got off to a fast start, while Smith was on the run, and the two kept battling each other in the chase for the ball. Finally, when he chased all the way to the sideline, the ball was still being picked up by Torres, who was still speeding up from behind, and was kicked forward by Milner, who was hurrying from the other side.

The kick was so quick that the ball flew straight out of the touchline.

This caused the two men who grabbed the ball to have to stop and rest and watch Liverpool play the touchline ball at the back.

George Lee looked at the two people who were panting, and just now he got what he wanted through Chris Casper's data analysis.

In order to target Torres's play, it is also to limit Gerrard's forward insertion. George Lee moved Smith back a bit, allowing him and Parker to form a two-man midfield configuration.

The change wasn't immediate, though, as Torres was given the chance to attack at the start. But after a brief period of adaptation, Smith found the feeling, and that was to keep sweeping the midfield.

Anyway, when he is really defending, there is Parker in the midfield to give him a back, so he doesn't have to worry about his rash rush to hit the opponent behind. Parker has also been greatly liberated by Smith's retreat, and he can now run more to block the opponent's passing lanes and limit the opponent's movement, instead of going around like a headless fly to make up for the defense.

"Do you think Benitez will change his tactics?" George Lee saw that his targeted arrangement had paid off, so he asked Brian Kidd.

Kidd thought for a moment, first communicated softly with Casper on the side, and then turned to George Li and said: "I don't think so, Chris also told me just now, Benitez has always liked to use the 4231 formation." ”

"But there's no denying that Benitez is really a master tactician. On that night in Istanbul, there was a set of tactical adjustments in the midfield, and maybe he would change his style of play in the second half. ”

'I don't know if he changes the formation or not, but we need to find the weak points on the other side and you see we are still on the backward side. Kidd reminded Lee George.

"If you don't say it, I know it, the score is hanging there." George Lee pointed to the big screen in the Elland Road stadium, on which the score of "0:1" was printed on it.

After George Lee pulled Smith back, it greatly limited Liverpool's attacking front, at least Torres will definitely have someone watching him next to him no matter where he is now, and as soon as he gets the ball, he will immediately fall into the siege of Leeds United.

Torres, on the other hand, had no way to break through and get out of space, so he had to pass the ball to his teammates.

The two wings were also focused on by Leeds United's wings, and the only thing he could give himself a little support was Gerrard in the back.

However, Gerrard also found out today that no matter how he plugged in, he just couldn't get the ball. Parker and Sneijder will be watching him firmly on the route where Torres makes the ball, and if Torres is not paying attention, he will make a mistake in passing.

After a few of the above situations, Gerald did not dare to rush in. As soon as they make a mistake here, Leeds will start attacking immediately, and they will be no worse than Liverpool's.

Liverpool's counterattack here is mainly a single arrow of Torres, so Leeds United has more arrows here. In particular, several fast wingers like to run to the middle when counterattacking, which puts more pressure on the midfielders and central defenders.

Because when attacking, it is necessary to give up the wing to the full-back, so Arneson went to the middle as soon as he had a chance to counterattack today, and Liverpool's right-back Finnan followed up, and it was not good if he didn't follow.

With 36 minutes played, Leeds played an efficient counter-attack.

Alonso will be looking for Benayoun on the right with a long ball this time, as he finds that there is less chance of a good chance in the first half if he is looking for Torres, unless Leeds make a mistake themselves. So Alonso first used a half-turn to get rid of Sneijder, and just raised his foot to prepare a long pass, he was cut off by Smith who ran over from the other side.

After Smith was deployed in the midfield position in the first half, he began to sweep Liverpool's midfield like a "mad dog".

Often, after defending Liverpool's side from the left wing, they run to the other side to defend Liverpool's wide area.

This time he struck straight from behind and cut off the ball that Alonso wanted to pass.

This movement is so big that you could say it's a bit like a pedal, or you can say it's a leg lift that is too high. But because he didn't kick anyone, the referee didn't blow either.

As soon as the ball rolled to the side, Smith landed on a start-up to catch up with the ball.

Arneson in front of him had already started to cut diagonally into the middle, and Finnan had begun to shrink inside.

However, after seeing Finnan move, Smith chose to distribute the ball to the wing, and Baines, who was inserted in the back, caught up with Smith's ball from behind.

Coming to the corner of the penalty area, Baines did not observe, but decisively chose to cross.

There, Leeds United striker Kuyt had shaken off Carragher behind him and struck a header after a hard jump to the ball.

The ball hit a thief, and after being rubbed by Kuyt, it bounced off the ground and flew towards the back of the goal, and even had an acceleration movement after hitting the ground.

George Lee and Leeds United's bench were ready to celebrate.

But they forgot that there is another person here in Liverpool.

That's Reina.

The Spanish goalkeeper exerted all his strength, made a side pounce, and finally touched the ball with the tip of his finger and knocked the ball off the line.

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

George Lee and all the Leeds United fans in the scene exhaled almost at the same time and expressed their regret.