Chapter 674: First defeat in the new year

　　 Benteke contributed to the team at the beginning of the second half of the game. It can be said that Liverpool completely grasped the initiative in an instant.
　　 One goal lead is enough for Liverpool to fully integrate the game into its own rhythm with peace of mind.
　　 Sunderland also had to pull out to attack when he fell behind by one goal at home.
　　 However, the huge gap in the team's strength makes Sunderland's offense unable to cause too much threat.
　　 Even if the team is behind, Sunderland wants to take the initiative to attack, but under Liverpool's close defense, Sunderland's offense is obviously not a big threat.
　　 Sunderland, who fell behind at the beginning of the second half of the game, wanted to organize an offense, but in the end, the whole game only completed a 3-foot shot and a shot.
The kick that 　　 shot on the right did not create any threat to Mignolet. It can be said that under Liverpool's defense, the home team Sunderland did not get a chance on the offensive end.
　　 Sunderland’s offense was completely blocked with a pressing defense in front of Liverpool and Yang Feng’s sweep and interception.
　　 was even caught by Liverpool and had a few excellent counterattacks.
　　 In the 64th minute of the game, Coutinho moved laterally and received a diagonal pass from Klein.
　　While continuing to move to the right, he suddenly stopped and smashed the ball, and then moved in the reverse direction to get rid of the defender's defense, and once again completed an inverted left foot long shot from the periphery.
　　 It's a pity that Coutinho's position is too right. The left foot shot completed in an instant, although sudden, but there is not enough angle to rotate back to the shooting area.
　　 Before the bottom line, there was still a gap of about 10 cm from the post, and Liverpool did not score the second goal.
　　 In the 72nd minute, Liverpool's counterattack had another great opportunity.
　　 Danny Ince received a through ball from his teammate from the wing, received the ball directly on the left side of the penalty area, and then completed the pass in an inverted triangle.
　　 Coutinho, who followed up in the middle, made a push shot and was blocked by the defender in front of him. The ball bounced back to the vicinity, allowing Coutinho to keep up with another volley.
　　 This time the supplement shot, the ball hit high quality, went straight to the goal, but the Sunderland goalkeeper reacted in a godlike manner, and once again blocked the kick with a side throw, letting Coutinho return without success.
　　 Coutinho didn’t have the luck of scoring in this game. He created a lot of offensive threats, but he was always a little bit less lucky to score.
　　 Before the end of the game, Liverpool still had a chance to expand the score. Coutinho sent a subtle pass forward in the counterattack.
　　 Danny Ince, who received the ball in front of the penalty area, didn't stop the ball, and he passed the ball directly from his heel and kicked it directly to Benteke, who received the ball from the bottom on the right.
　　 Benteke hit the ball and made a cross to the center.
　　 Emre Can, who followed up in the middle, pushed directly and hit the upper left corner of the goal.
　　 is just a bit tricky in the angle of pursuit. Although he avoided the goalkeeper's save, he flew out of the bottom line on his side and didn't score a goal.
　　 In the end, Liverpool defeated Sunderland 1-0 in the away game and won a very cost-effective 1-0 victory on the road.
　　 This time not only won the victory, the most important thing was to give some players a chance to breathe, have better physical fitness, and face the next two difficult opponents.
　　 In the first game of the New Year, Liverpool is a guest to challenge West Ham United.
　　The state of West Ham United has been quite good recently.
　　 Especially the performance at home, except for the two home games at the beginning of the season, because of the team's running-in reasons, they lost to Leicester City and Bournemouth, and they maintained an unbeaten record for nearly 7 points at home.
　　 even beat Chelsea 2-1, drew Everton 1-1, and drew 0-0 with Manchester City.
　　 West Ham United’s excellent home fighting power makes this game for Liverpool
　　 is definitely not an easy game to win, Liverpool needs to use its full strength.
　　 With Jordan Ibby’s comeback, Klopp’s version of 433 was once again presented. The team maintained the most stable set of starting this season and came to challenge their opponents away.
　　 As for the home team, the 442 formation is still at home.
　　 Andy Carroll, one of the two strikers, is Liverpool's abandoned player.
　　 The hope star of the England striker, who came to Anfield for the same value as Yang Feng, failed to play the value he deserved.
　　 Unlike giants like Liverpool, they have different configurations in various positions. As an ordinary Premier League team, West Ham United’s player configuration has its own unique style.
　　 West Ham United’s offensive style is actually very monotonous.
　　 A combination of high and one fast on the front line, and in the midfield, Lancini is just a breakthrough player, or a player who transfers on a large scale.
　　 West Ham United’s main attack direction is all wing attacks.
And unlike other teams, who are willing to use some speed-type and skill-type players for breakthroughs on the wing, West Ham United’s team building idea is unique. The offense on the wing is all made of the kind of "black and hard". The player is done.
　　 Antonio, Kuyat, and full-back Obona on the back line.
　　 West Ham United’s wing breakthroughs were almost always driven by bulldozers, relying on their physical fitness to forcefully create murderous intentions on the wing.
　　 And such a player configuration not only creates pressure on the opponent's side defense, but also puts pressure on the opponent's center defense.
　　 When attacking on one side of the wing, the player on the other side came directly into the penalty area to help the header fight for the top. Relying on their physical ability to fight, they can still achieve quite good results.
　　 In this game against Liverpool, it was Antonio who was the first to break the deadlock for the home team.
Kuyat sent a cross from the right to the front~EbookFREE.me~ Yang Feng’s primary target was naturally Andy Carroll. Although Carroll had various problems, he was striving for the top in the penalty area. There is still nothing to say about this, but Yang Feng naturally needs to spend energy to deal with it.
　　 And Scotter also needs to look after Valencia, another striker of West Ham United in the game.
　　 Therefore, when Antonio came to the penalty area as the third point, Liverpool’s defensive arrangement, using Klein to defend him, was an obvious weakness.
　　 Then Antonio pressed Klein from behind the small penalty area to complete the header, which made Mignolet too late to react.
　　 The goal was directly scored by Antonio and gave West Ham a lead.
　　 West Ham United is now at home, fully capable of attacking opponents.
　　 In this format, both sides have created many opportunities on the offensive end.
　　 It's just that Liverpool had 23 shots in the game, but due to the frequent physical confrontation of the home team players, they only shot the goal twice.
　　 Such a low shot accuracy makes Liverpool's attack always thunder and rain.
　　 Not to mention the offensive weakness. In the second half, after West Ham United’s just-wounded midfielder Paille came off the bench, there was another wonderful outside world wave, which completely lost the suspense of the game.
　　 2-0, Liverpool lost for the first time in the New Year, and was sent by West Ham.
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