Chapter 567: Defensively wins

The outstanding team, which has become accustomed to playing off the bench and making contributions, used a long shot to help Liverpool secure the victory.
The Manchester United players who had a certain momentum before and worked very the defensive end have begun to frustrate after Liverpool scored two consecutive goals.
This is the biggest problem for Manchester United after Ferguson's retirement. The team does not have the iron-blooded spirit of the Red Devils in the past.
Anyone can play downwind and can play well. But when the team is behind, the Manchester United players will actually be seriously affected.
And this lagging gap of more than two goals will make many players lose the hope of getting back on the court.
Unable to fight tough battles and unable to withstand headwinds, this Manchester United has a better exposure, but it has lost the spirit of the year. The same is true in this game. Although there is still time for the game, the Manchester United players who are single-lined after being led by Liverpool by two goals at home feel more tired than the Liverpool players.
If it is said, Liverpool still needs to rely on many backcourt passes to save energy as much as possible in the game and prepare for the subsequent games.
In the case of Manchester United, in the absence of other events, the team actually ran less than Liverpool players at the end of the game.
This also makes it easy for Liverpool to use the ball in the backcourt and consume a lot of game time.
In the end, the score of 2 to 0 was maintained to the end. Liverpool, which was restored to form, won again in the double red club, and it was almost without suspense. The audience maintained a suppressed state to win. After defeating Manchester United, Liverpool's next opponent is equally strong.
A week later, Liverpool visited London and challenged Arsenal away.
After Liverpool beat Manchester United last week, they helped Arsenal a lot. In the intense four battles, Arsenal ranked fourth, taking advantage of Manchester United who ranked fifth and lost to Liverpool, taking advantage of the situation to continue to expand the standings. The gap, the initiative to compete for the Champions League qualification, is firmly in the hands of Arsenal.
However, in this game, the direct match between Liverpool and Arsenal caused Manchester United to have some entanglements.
As far as the team is concerned, the grievances between Liverpool and Manchester United make the last thing Manchester United players want is that Liverpool won the league championship consecutively and regained the glory of the past.
However, if Liverpool do not beat Arsenal, Arsenal will continue to score points. If the gap between Manchester United and Arsenal cannot be narrowed, then Manchester United, which once again loses the Champions League qualification, will be under tremendous financial pressure.
However, Manchester United fans do not have much time to struggle.
Just 7 minutes into the game, Liverpool took the lead in the match with Arsenal.
Balotelli, who started the game today, got a precise through ball from Coutinho in the penalty area after a successful frontcourt by Liverpool.
Balotelli, catching up with the ball, didn't need to make too many adjustments, and hit the goal with a reverse volley.
The ball goes straight to the bottom left corner of the goal.
Szczesny's falling to the ground side, but compared to Balotelli's rapid progress in the goal kick, Szczesny's falling speed is really "too slow". The ball is in Szczens first. Before Ni fell to the ground, he entered the goal.
Balotelli was a freshman at Liverpool. Although he didn't have much playing time, Balotelli found the rhythm of the game in the second half of the league. He was always able to seize the limited performance time and provide more for Liverpool's offensive end. s help.
In the away game, Liverpool scored first in a blitzkrieg, which is definitely not good news for Arsenal.
Although everyone expects Arsenal's scum defense, they can always rely on the team's strong offense to pull back the lagging score. Now facing Liverpool's defense, can Arsenal maintain strong offensive firepower on the offensive end? ?
Indeed, Arsenal, who is sitting at the Emirates Stadium, amidst the cheering of the fans on the spot, even in the face of Liverpool's fierce frontcourt press, except for the pass error and steal before the ball was lost, Arsenal Players, cracking Liverpool's frontcourt press is still quite good.
This also allows Arsenal to occupy more possessions and have a more calm attack organization.
However, Arsenal can spend the midfield and control the ball within Liverpool's half.
But in the end, when he wanted to send the ball into the 30-meter danger zone, he was hit by the Liverpool line of defense, the tightest block.
Liverpool did a very good job defensive position in the game today.
The team is linked to each other, and even today's three midfield configuration, Henderson, Lucas, and Emre Can all have quite strong defensive attributes.
Bashen, Coutinho, and Sterling use their active running and forcing to form the first layer of defense to harass.
The combination of three midfielders focuses on Arsenal's several offensive strengths and completely limits the opponent's breakthrough from the middle.
The back line, under the leadership of Yang Feng, built Liverpool's penalty area defense without any leakage, and did not give Arsenal any room to intersperse.
The head of Ozil, constantly wants to send the ball into Liverpool's penalty area.
But for Ozil's passing route, Yang Feng, who has time to study more before the game, has an excellent predictive ability.
After all, everyone knows that Özil can’t shoot. This is an important defensive option for any defender. In Yang Feng, Özil, who is not threatening to shoot, only needs to block him. You can easily complete the defense with the passing route.
Özil and Sanchez, two players who rely on their technical ability to take on Arsenal's offensive task, but under Yang Feng's defense and supplementary defense, they did not perform well, which naturally made Arsenal's offensive be fully restricted.
He has possession of the ball, but no threat of hitting.
Under the pressure of Liverpool's three midfielders~EbookFREE.me~, even long-range shot opportunities are given by Liverpool. In the danger zone, Arsenal has almost no room for long-range shots.
For longer-range shots, Mignolet would not make a big mistake in the face of such a non-threatening shot without a "butter hand".
Liverpool, the main attacker, rarely played a defensive performance, and was hit by Arsenal.
Counterattack is false, defense is true.
It can only be said that Arsenal's own defensive ability is too poor, and Liverpool scored a goal early, allowing Liverpool to unscrupulously in the game, after taking the lead, confidently launch a full defense.
And Liverpool still has a strong counterattack ability. Whether it is Sterling or Coutinho, they can rely on their personal ability to complete the task of counterattack advancement, and Balotelli in front only needs to act as his own shooter. Responsibilities, just ready to answer the door.
Liverpool relied on the threat of counterattack, which hindered Arsenal's attack, and Arsenal itself was unable to break Liverpool's defense even when they did not dare to attack with all their strength.
The score of 1 to 0, just insisted, when Wenger had to replace Giroud and others in the last half hour, ready to use the traditional British style of play, try high-altitude bombing.
Liverpool replaced Lovren, directly offered five defenders, all retired, and the 541 lineup further improved the defense.
In the end, Arsenal had 17 shots at home, but only 5 shots were on goal, almost all of them were long shots, and there was no way to score. Liverpool, on the other hand, used its own defense to win another strong matchup.
Facing Manchester United and Arsenal one after another, with zero seals in two consecutive games, Yang Feng and his defensive teammates used their outstanding performance to defend the Premier League championship for the team and make their own efforts.