Chapter 561: Champions League Cup

Back in the Premier League, facing the "hometown" Southampton, Liverpool continue to maintain their good competitive form.
Lallana, who started the game, showed off his excellent offensive strength against the old home in the away scene.
Perhaps for Lallana, in front of the fans who once cheered for him, contributing a wonderful performance is more like a wanderer outside, showing his growth to his hometown elders.
One goal and one assist. In this game, Lallana showed a burst of performance, relying on his own strength to help Liverpool beat Southampton 2-0. And Lallana, who had a goal, also used his way of not celebrating when scoring a goal to repay the love of these lovely fans in those days.
Sometimes, this is the cruelty of modern professional football. The team transforms players from being ignorant to teenagers and nurturing them into talents. In a few years, fans have witnessed the growth of a young talent, but eventually they have to face the players leaving. The team pursues the dilemma of a higher stage.
For Southampton players, there will always be a better team, beckoning to the star players in the team, this is also a stage that fans must go through. For these lovely fans, the most enjoyable moments may be the occasional victory moments the team gets...
While the league continued to advance, Liverpool finally waited for the English League Cup final.
The short-term second match between Liverpool and Tottenham took place as scheduled at the neutral Wembley Stadium.
This is a game that is bound to win for both sides. From the very beginning, the game process went beyond the expectations of many fans.
The two teams just fought against each other two weeks ago, allowing fans to see the offensive style of the two teams. However, in this game, Tottenham changed the tactical play they had previously attacked and didn't even try to attack.
In addition to forward Harry Kane, there is also the core of the midfield organization Eriksson, and other Tottenham starters, all have certain defensive attributes, which makes Tottenham deploy an excellent bus from the beginning to block Liverpool’s attack.
Although I guessed that Tottenham would be weak, Rogers did not expect to play such a "curvature" on the field in the face of an offensive team like Tottenham.
Liverpool began a siege on Tottenham from the beginning of the game.
However, today's Tottenham, in the game, the defense was implemented quite thoroughly.
The matchup in the league two weeks ago made Pochettino and his disciples know that there is still a gap between the two teams on the offensive end.
For the championship of this cup, under the arrangement of Pochettino, in the past two weeks, Tottenham has increased the training arrangement on defense in daily training.
Pochettino knew that to win the championship, he had to make some targeted changes when his strength was at a disadvantage.
Tottenham’s defensive endeavor has really made Liverpool ill-prepared.
In the face of Tottenham’s full retreat and aggressively pressing, Liverpool’s offense has apparently stalled.
And when Liverpool was ready to "lead the snake out of the hole", Tottenham, two or three directly launched a counterattack, simply did not invest enough people, but also let Liverpool's strategy empty.
Liverpool's strikers, facing the layer after layer of defense laid out by Spurs, simply cannot create too good opportunities in the Tottenham penalty area.
Set kicks and long shots have become an offensive weapon that Liverpool regards as reliance on.
It's just that the dense defense in the penalty area makes the long-range shot angle very small, not to mention that Liverpool's expected wing pass is almost useless.
Among the set-pieces, Yang Feng, who has contributed a lot of headers in the game recently, has also received the key care of Tottenham’s defense.
Vertonghen's close defense, coupled with the supplementary defense of nearby Tottenham players, made Yang Feng unable to get enough offensive space to complete the adjustment.
The halftime score is 0 to 0!
Liverpool occupies a huge advantage in possession rate, with a 9 to 1 shooting ratio, but in the entire first half, there was no kick, which formed a huge threat to the goal.
During the intermission of the game, the players can return to the locker room to rest and adjust, but for the fans of both sides, it is to continue fighting in the stands.
The cheering of the fans from the two factions one after another, became another unique scene on the field.
This kind of anxious scene and a tie game is the best way to arouse the emotions of both fans at the same time.
In the second half of the game, Liverpool took the lead in completing the change.
In response to Tottenham’s barrel formation, Rogers was the first to adjust it was veteran Lambert.
Rogers, who has always advocated pass control and technical flow, had to choose a different approach when the offense was stagnant in the first half, and was prepared to play a dozen more traditional British long passes.
Facts have proved that Lambert's appearance has provided a great boost to Liverpool's offensive system.
In the penalty area, Lambert and Sturridge competed, Liverpool's cross from the wing, began to create some threats.
Although Lambert's appearance will affect the defensive ability of Liverpool's midfielder, at this time, Rogers chose to believe that Yang Feng can defend the defense and provide a number of assistance to the team's offense and direction.
Tottenham also saw the openness of Liverpool's midfield, but only Harry Kane and Eriksson wanted to penetrate Liverpool's defense and complete a successful counterattack. There are still some idiots dreaming.
Yang Feng took out 100% of the competitive state of the game today, did not give Harry Kane any offensive opportunities, excellent follow-up moves, and steal the ball on the ground in due course~EbookFREE.me~ Harry Kane has few chances to hit the goal. , But also by Yang Feng's defense interference.
Yang Feng's excellent defensive performance solved the worries of Liverpool's defense. On the offensive end, Yang Feng's threat in positioning the ball is also a huge threat to Tottenham's defense.
However, within 90 minutes, the two sides still battled to a 0-0 draw!
Into the overtime.
Spurs were quite resilient on the defensive end today. Even though Liverpool made continuous substitution adjustments and replaced offensive players like Gerrard and Balotelli, Tottenham's defense still persisted until the end of the 90 minutes.
However, it is not easy for Tottenham's defense to withstand Liverpool's continuous attack within 90 minutes.
In the first half of the overtime game, Gerrard finally shot a high-quality long-range shot with a third shot from the outside of the game.
Lori couldn't make a save, the ball whizzed out, and the Jie team opened the scoring for Liverpool in the first half of overtime.
But Tottenham, who was desperate at the last moment, was caught by Liverpool with a chance to fight back.
After Yang Feng finished his defense, he planned a counterattack opportunity for Liverpool.
With a long pass, he found Sterling who was fast forward.
Sterling continued to explode his last physical energy, swiftly sprinting speed, throwing off a group of Tottenham defenders, and facing the goalkeeper after receiving the ball.
This time, Sterling did not choose science to hit the goal, but faced Lori who was attacking, exhausted the last bit of strength, and continued to change directions and accelerate forward. After passing Lori, he pushed with a small angle while moving quickly. Shot, extended the score to 2-0 for Liverpool! The game completely lost its suspense.
In the end, Liverpool defeated Tottenham 2-0 with two goals in overtime and won the League Cup in the 14/15 season!