0244 Good Half-Time
George Li didn't expect that the idea put forward at halftime could have such a good effect.
When Leeds attacked, Kuyt gave Liverpool the feeling that they were everywhere.
One moment he had just dropped back to help Sneijder organise the attack, and the next moment he stepped on to the wing to cross the bottom. If you think that's the end of it, then the Dutch will show you what is more terrifying about him.
In the 69th minute of the game, Leeds United had a not very good attacking opportunity.
Again, the same routine as before, Charlotte Black cut down the middle and passed the ball to Kuyt, who had come to the wing.
This time Reese learned to be obedient and did not get out of his defensive coverage area, but immediately returned to his own wing to defend.
Seeing that there was no chance to break through and no chance to cross, Kuyt came directly to a wide range of transfers.
The ball went straight from Leeds on the right to Baines on the left.
Baines was less lively in the second half than he was in the first half, and he kept in mind the manager's plan to stand on the defence and then take the opportunity to attack.
Next to him was Parker, who had just come from the right, and a little further ahead was Sneyd. It's just that Sneijder was watched closely by Mascherano and seemed to have little chance.
Directly ahead of him, Smith was running a cross with Arneson.
Smith headed down the middle to the left, while Arneson headed for Liverpool's right-back and halfway centre-back.
Baines found that Liverpool's defense was not very dense in the direction where Arneson ran, and Arneson also found this opportunity and was looking back to signal to Baines that he could give him a through stopper.
As soon as Arneson turned his head to make a gesture to ask for the ball, he saw a round object appear at his feet.
In the final analysis, Baines belongs to the kind of full-back who has excellent assist ability, so his passing skills are still relatively deep. This is only reflected in his crosses, but his short balls and through balls are also quite good.
This pass to Arneson was a good example of this.
Arneson received the ball very comfortably, and he didn't take any more moves, but chose to turn his body sideways to play a far corner.
"Knock~"
Arneson kicked the ball hard to the bottom left of the ball, and the ball arced into the distance.
But the ball he used a bit more force, and was touched by Reyna with his outstretched hand.
Fortunately, the ball was not picked up by Reina, but flew to the other side, to the right side of the goal.
Kuyt, who was still on the wing just now, appeared like a god soldier descending from the sky at the place where the ball landed.
"Haha~"
George Lee had already laughed proudly, this scene was too familiar to him, and he could guess what the outcome would be. Immediately Kuyt would stab the ball into the Liverpool goal with a flick.
The coaches around him all pulled their butts out of their seats, and the rest of the substitutes pulled their hands together to celebrate the goal.
But it was disappointing that someone prevented the inevitable goal.
Kuyt touched the ball, but a slight pull caused him to tackle and not hit the target.
Even though Kuyt tried his best to kick the ball into the back of the net before falling to the ground, he could only get a light touch and let the ball slowly roll into the goal.
By this time, Reyna had already finished getting up, and then when half of his body was still on the ground, he jumped hard and threw himself towards the ball.
At the moment when the ball was about to roll into the goal, Reina magically held the ball down.
Then he crawled to the goal line and held the ball tightly.
The audience who was originally going to celebrate was dumbfounded, how else could it be like this?
The referee first signaled that no goals had been scored, and then said that the game would continue.
This suggests that the ball certainly didn't cross the goal line, and that Kuyt's foul on Carragra wasn't a foul.
"Referee, that's definitely a foul."
Seeing that the opportunity was missed like this, and it was not wasted by itself, there was a little other factor in it.
It's just that the referee ignored it and continued to run towards the midfield, because here in Liverpool, Reina had already started a counterattack by throwing the ball with his hands.
The ball was tossed to Reese, who passed it to Liverpool winger Babel in front.
Liverpool tried to take advantage of the chaos to launch a counter-attack, but they were immediately stopped by a well-organized defence.
Leeds United got into the groove and went back to the game after protesting on and off the pitch and off the pitch, after all, the team is still behind.
Babbel faced Milner and opted to turn and pass the ball to Mascherano in the middle.
Just as the Argentine was about to pass to the rest of his teammates, he suddenly heard a familiar voice in Spanish.
"Beware!"
Alonso hastened to alert his teammates that there was someone behind him.
It was Kuyt, who had just shot fruitlessly, and he didn't know when he chased after him and squeezed Mascherano away with his body.
"Little Pony" was knocked to the ground by this sudden physical contact.
However, the referee may not dare to blow for Leeds United foul again because of the previous blow in the Liverpool penalty area, and also said that the game continued.
Like a switchback run, the referee turned around again and ran in the direction of Leeds' attack.
Kuyt snatched the ball from Mascherano and protected it as he tried to grab it as he fell to the ground. He took two steps forward and saw that Liverpool was a little loose in defence here, so he quickly looked around.
Seeing a man in a white No.8 shirt nodding at him, Kuyt immediately passed the ball and ran forward.
Because of the continuous offensive and defensive transitions, Liverpool's defense here is indeed a bit chaotic, which gives Leeds United a good opportunity to counterattack.
Sneijder finally sent a perfect through ball this time around, and the ball went past Carragher's side and into front of Kuyt, who had successfully countered offside.
Because Hyypia fell behind when Liverpool advanced here just now, Kuyt was not offside at the moment when Sneijder passed.
By the time Hyypia reacted, it was too late.
Kuyt is already single-handedly facing Reina.
This time, Reyna was not so lucky, Kuyt did not give him a chance to judge the direction of the shot, but used a pendulum dribble that he is not usually good at to pass Reina and push the empty goal.
1 to 1.
Leeds equalised thanks to Kuyt's goal.
Kuyt was also very excited after the goal, and came to the sideline to celebrate with Sneijder, who passed the ball to him.
It was a gesture that even the entire Leeds United dugout shook in celebration.
^^^
Leeds were in high spirits after the goal, and the pace of the attack was wave after wave, but in the end there were not many who threatened the goal.
It's also very strange that when they were behind just now, the whole Leeds team played quite well. Now the score is equalized after the goal, but some combinations can't be played.
There are two reasons, one is that it is true that this tactical system is relatively new, and the whole team lacks tacit understanding. For example, Smith, who was a defender for the whole game, was a little unable to run in the end, and the midfield interception ability of the whole team dropped a notch.
There is also Liverpool has also made certain targeted changes, Benitez just insists on 4231, he can't let the game go because of this insistence, and he then also deployed troops to rewrite the score.
In the end, the two teams ended with a score of 1-1.
When George Lee and Benitez shook hands, he could feel the other party's unwillingness.
But who isn't?