Chapter 485: Excellent defense at the end of the half

Not only can Manchester City’s counterattack create opportunities, Liverpool’s offense can also create a considerable offensive threat.
In particular, the tacit cooperation of the attacking team composed of several people in the front court of Liverpool can raise Liverpool's counterattack threat to a higher level.
Before the end of the first half of the game, the two teams took turns in threatening offensive attempts.
In the 41st minute, Liverpool player Henderson completed a steal in midfield and fought back on the spot.
Henderson's straight pass, fast forward, although it gave Coutinho a sharp ball in the middle.
But Coutinho was surrounded by two Manchester City players, fell directly to the thigh for a round and swept the ball to Suarez on the left. He also quickly got up and went to the side to insert.
After Suarez received the pass from Coutinho, he accelerated directly. In front of the defense line composed of two Manchester City players, Suarez did not fight alone, but gently returned the ball to the back of the center. Joe Allen entered, and there was no one guarding him at this time.
Manchester City's line of defense had to separate one person to block the offensive threat created by Joe Allen's attack.
When Kompany's top grab was not yet in place, Joe Allen had already made a pass with a kick and took the ball directly to the left of the Manchester City penalty area.
Suarez, who had completed the pass to Joe Allen before, kept moving forward. When Joe Allen picked the pass, he was just in front of Lescott and was not offside.
The linesman's eyes did not go wrong this time, and he accurately judged that it was a good shot.
When Suarez continued to maintain his forward penetration speed and received a pass from Joe Allen deep in the Manchester City penalty area, the receiving position was at least two more positions than other Manchester City players, as if it was an obvious offside position. The Manchester City defense line collectively raised their hands to signal offside, but the referee impartially enforced the law and remained unmoved.
When Lescott made up his defense fully, Suarez did not greedy the attack, and directly hit the goal from a small angle.
Rather, after he controlled the football, he knocked it back with one kick, just avoiding Lescott’s route back to defense, allowing Coutinho, who moved from his left to his right, to be in the penalty area. There is better room for receiving the ball and hitting the goal, and can directly complete a shot that is more threatening.
With a non-stop push, Coutinho hit the far corner directly.
It’s just that Joe Hart’s performance this time is excellent. He fell to the ground and split his legs directly. His left foot just blocked Coutinho’s shooting route with his kick, making Coutinho a wonderful one this time. Hitting the door did not cause substantial damage.
After you sing, I will be on the stage. After half a minute, Manchester City has the opportunity to reorganize the attack. Taking advantage of the Liverpool players' retraction and delay in defense, Manchester City speeds up the attacking rhythm of the game.
Yaya Touré made a straight pass from the backfield to find David Silva near the center circle.
David Silva takes the ball and accelerates directly.
Using an excellent fake move, he shook the front defender Joe Allen and continued to dribble into Liverpool's halftime hinterland.
After forcing the few people on the Liverpool line to shrink to defend in front of him, David Silva sent a precise through ball to the right and found Negredo who was still in front of him.
Negredo inserted diagonally to the right. After receiving the pass from David Silva, he had already reached the penalty area and could directly complete a kick.
Fortunately, Negredo's kick is limited in angle.
Yang Feng, who had been chasing him, judged that he was right.
The moment Negredo hit the goal directly after receiving the ball, Yang Feng had already laid himself on the ground and shoveled out. His stretched right leg just blocked Negredo's threatening kick.
In the final stage of the first half, it seemed to be Yang Feng's defensive performance time.
After successfully limiting Negredo's counterattack, Yang Feng made an excellent defensive interception in the midfield.
In the case of Liverpool's unsuccessful attack and Manchester City's quick counterattack, Fernandinho sent a precise long pass in the backcourt.
David Silva has a very strong technical ability at his feet. Even if Fei Bird’s pass is too powerful and the ball is too fast, he still takes the ball very easily at the feet of David Silva. Unloaded on the feet.
Fei Bird passed the ball through the three-man defense, so that after David Silva received the ball, he directly had a 2-on-2 offensive opportunity in the frontcourt.
David Silva dribbled the ball forward quickly. It was Yang Feng who was defending in front of him. On the left side, Scotter's position was level with Yang Feng, and the teammate on the left waiting to be picked up was Nasri.
Between Yang Feng and Skortel, there is a huge space, and there is a depth of 20 meters available behind them.
David Silva, who is familiar with Nasri’s accelerated sprint level, looked at the gap between Yang Feng and Scotter, and directly sent a diagonal through ball with the goal of piercing the two defenses and let Nass Li can speed up behind Scotter to complete the offense.
As long as this through ball can cross the two-person defense zone, it can provide Nasri with enough acceleration space, and even a single-handed shot.
David Silva believes that his pass has been well controlled. As long as Nasri can play his speed advantage, he can definitely play an excellent offensive threat.
Nasri did accelerate from the outside to get rid of Scotter's mark. UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com just passed the ball, but did not reach the speeding Nasri foot.
Before Silva's through ball was completed, Yang Feng had already seen it through.
Yang Feng knows the gap between himself and Scott very well. After all, the two people's defenses are only. When the gap is large enough, to complete the defense is tantamount to a dream.
What Yang Feng can do in handling this ball is actually trying to limit Silva's breakthrough, even if he pays a yellow card to prevent him from taking the ball forward.
Taking into account Silva's passing attributes, combined with Yang Feng's private research on Silva, Yang Feng feels that there is a high probability that Silva will still choose to pass the ball more safely.
When considering the Nas inside against Scott, the biggest advantage is speed.
And to play Nasri's speed advantage, it is easy to be received by Nasri to complete the offensive pass, and definitely need to walk on the ground, it can only be a long-distance through ball diagonally.
With a basic pass judgment in an instant, all Yang Feng left was to focus his attention on Silva who was holding the ball.
When Silva paused to complete a kick, Yang Feng reacted instantly and made a split action similar to Joe Hart's just now.
Increase the blocking area of ​​the extended foot so that the tip of the toe blocks the pass.
After the ball was blocked by Yang Feng's toes, it changed its direction and flew directly to Scotter's defense area.
Before Nasri’s top grab was completed, Skrtel took the time to complete a kick. Then the referee looked at that half of the stoppage time had passed, and simply blew the whistle at the end of the half game. .
At the end of halftime, Liverpool, who was an away challenge, drew a 1-1 draw with Manchester City at home.