Chapter 476: Substitute death

After the away draw with Everton, Liverpool's lead in the standings has been further expanded.
In the competition among the six giants of the Premier League, no one can guarantee that they will defeat their opponents.
Arsenal, ranked second in the league, was planted at Old Trafford this round.
In the Premier League, the old and sophisticated Wenger finally fired the first shot of "defending Moyes", allowing Manchester United to win a home against a giant team, and allowing the Red Devils fans to enjoy a rare high-quality game Victory.
But for Liverpool players, new problems still plague them.
That is the player's physical fitness and injury factors.
The two main full-backs have a serious injury and a minor injury, and both need a period of rest.
On the back line, Scotter has also been slightly strained recently due to the intensive schedule.
In midfield, Gerrard had some old injuries, and Lucas also had some minor problems.
The best health in Liverpool as a whole may be the strikers, all of whom are in a healthy state and even maintained a very good game state.
In the match against Marseille, Rogers made substitutions and adjustments in every position except for the striker.
Although the overall strength of Liverpool's midfield and backcourt has declined somewhat, with the striker showing off, Marseille still does not have a good chance to get the first points in the Champions League at Anfield.
2 to 0!
Marseille's five-game losing streak!
Although Marseille has created a lot of offensive opportunities in this game, it is limited by the personal strength of the opponents and our players. Marseille’s offensive players have weak offensive capabilities. Faced with a world-class defender like Yang Feng, even if their partners are familiar with Skrtel replaced Koroture, but he can also use his excellent defensive performance to make effective predictions of Marseille's offense and interference.
Marseille's offense did not pose a real big threat, and Liverpool, although it is also under rotation, the midfield organization and offensive ability have declined.
However, it is easy to deal with Marseille's "slag line of defense".
In this game, Joe Allen and Moses scored a goal each, without using Liverpool's precious "killing knife", they easily won the victory and saved a wave of energy for the weekend.
However, when going to Wales on the weekend to face Hull City, facing the home of Tiger City, Liverpool players did not show their best game state.
A mid-lower team like Hull City relies on their home record to get points. The home record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss is definitely a better existence among all Premier League teams.
Liverpool is at the home of Hull City and encountered a stubborn resistance from their opponents.
As always, the standard iron barrel formation of the weak team, the defensive arrangement of the five-back and three-back midfielders, shows Hull City's determination to defend the home court.
In the frontcourt duo, Hull City is equipped with two offensive players.
There is not too much counter-attack tactics, that is, after finishing the defense, rely on the players' personal speed to launch a surprise attack on Liverpool's rear defense.
Of course, when the team is defensive, these two offensive players must also retreat to halftime and join the overall defensive system of Hull City.
Facing the iron barrels, Liverpool's ability to break defenses this season is still good.
However, today, when the two full-backs are not so strong and the midfielder still lacks Gerrard's big peripheral threat, Liverpool's three-dimensional attack is somewhat difficult to develop.
The team relies more on the personal performance of the strikers.
However, without the effective containment of other peripheral players, it is difficult for Suarez to create an offensive threat every time in the face of Hull City's defenses.
There are offensive threats, but it is impossible to get a perfect shot every time.
Several shots were finally created, but they were rejected by the Hull City goalkeeper.
The weak team went out goalkeeper, today the "goal god" was met by Liverpool.
After halftime, Liverpool had a lot of advantages, but the score was still maintained at 0 to 0.
In the second half of the game, it was obvious that some Liverpool players who had an offensive impatience were slammed by Hull City's quick counterattack.
There is no technical content, just a brainless long pass after a successful defense. Hull City made many long passes like this in the first half, but this time, unlike the past, it finally succeeded.
The opponent's striker fully used the advantage of speed and directly avoided Yang Feng's defense. From the other side of Koroture's defense zone, he forcibly broke through with his speed advantage.
1 to 0, with a low shot into the goal, Liverpool fell behind on the road.
The fans of Hull City were celebrating, as if their team had won the Premier League championship.
For these lovely fans, being able to take the lead in the game against the Premier League leaders this season is enough to make them excited.
And their excitement continues and continues.
In the Liverpool team's offense, even after falling behind, Rogers further adjusted his formation and tended to be on the offensive end, but he still had no chance in the face of the powerful Hull City.
It's just that, the Hull City fans, the desired victory did not come in the end.
In the 83rd minute of the game, when Liverpool had a corner kick, Yang Feng was in the penalty area, against the defensive player, forcibly jumped header and scored ~EbookFREE.me~ to help Liverpool equalize the score.
This is the key to Liverpool, who can always come forward to save the team in times of crisis.
Sturridge is like this, Suarez is like this, and so is Yang Feng today.
The 1-1 draw was maintained until the end of the game.
In the two consecutive Premier League away games, Liverpool just scored a draw, which also caused some doubts.
Losing four points in the two games is not against a giant team. This also makes the outside world begin to question whether this Liverpool can really complete the "turn over" this season and win the first Premier League championship in team history.
And this kind of questioning became more widespread after the subsequent game against Norwich.
If there is a draw with Everton in the away Merseyside derby, it is understandable and acceptable.
A draw by Hull City in the away game can also emphasize the strength of the opponent at home.
The home scene is against the mid-lower team Norwich, which is still a team that has been defeated by Liverpool for many years. Liverpool only hit a 1-1 draw. It can be said that most people have to start to doubt this Liverpool. Real strength.
Indeed, Liverpool's strikers performed well, and the midfielder is still OK. However, the core problem of Liverpool is the player's substitute, many of which cannot form a connection with the main players.
The substitutes do have strength, but they are not integrated with Liverpool's current tactical system.
This is also the root cause of certain problems in Liverpool's offense and defense.
In the long season, it is obvious that the main players cannot guarantee complete health. If Liverpool's substitute players cannot exert a certain strength, then Liverpool, who performed well at the beginning of the season, may really be another busy season in vain...