The last day of March, 13:30 UK local time.

In the 2012/13 season, a focus match in the 21st round of the Premier League started at Villa Park.

Before this game starts, many games have ended.

Among the four main opponents, Tottenham and Arsenal have won.

Chelsea lost 1-2 away to Southampton, and Benitez failed to lead Chelsea to a higher level.

Therefore, there are rumors that Mourinho will step down from Real Madrid after the season and return to Stamford Bridge. Regarding this rumor, the reliability is very high. There is no irreconcilable conflict between Abramovich and Mourinho.

Grealish was very curious about Jose's thoughts on possibly playing under Mourinho in the future.

"I don't know what will happen under Mourinho, but I'm sure he doesn't like you like this. But in addition to Mourinho, there is also Guardiola, so you can look forward to it."

Jose responded to Grealish's curiosity.

Not to mention that Jose's answer was meaningless, Grealish was really starting to look forward to the feeling of playing under Guardiola.

Putting aside the digression for the moment, let us focus on the match between Villa and Liverpool.

In terms of starting lineup.

The overall Villa team has not changed much, the only change is that Jacoba Sylla, who joined in January, got a starting opportunity.

The Liverpool team has made many changes. Main goalkeeper Reina has returned from injury, and Carragher, Henderson and Lucas have taken turns.

The specific list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Reina.

Defenders: Jose Enrique, Agger, Carragher, Glen Johnson.

Midfielder: Lucas, Henderson.

Attacking midfielder: Coutinho, Gerrard, Downing.

Center: Suarez.

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After the opening, both sides were relatively conservative and simply tested each other, but the effect was not great.

First, Agbonlahor missed the ball in front of the goal, and then Suarez dunked Bannan and then shot the ball into the side net.

Jose and Reina were both given a false alarm.

After finding out the opponent's situation, the two sides officially opened their swords and fought.

In the 10th minute, Glen Johnson broke through from the wing, brought the ball to the right side of the penalty area, glanced at the middle of the penalty area, dunked past Bennett's defense and then passed the ball to the middle.

Facing Glen Johnson's pass, Nathan Baker immediately stepped forward to intercept it.

"Be careful, don't." Jose shouted, but it was already too late.

Nathan Baker's active interception not only failed to clear the ball, but instead blocked the ball towards his own goal.

This is the rhythm to create an own goal.

Jose gave the warning because he had foreseen this possibility.

Seeing the ball rolling toward the goal, Jose jumped with all his strength, like a predatory tiger, and blocked Baker's own goal at the goal line.

"Huh." Villa fans let out a long sigh.

"I'm sorry." Baker said a little embarrassed.

"Be careful, I can't block it every time." Jose hugged the ball tightly, feeling a little unhappy, but he held it back in the end.

The goal kick is taken and the game continues.

The battle in the midfield began to become fierce, and both sides began to make more passing errors.

In the 16th minute, Villa got an excellent chance to score.

Lowton took the ball from the wing and cut inside, attracting several Liverpool players to surround him.

Before the opponent player approached, Lowton passed the ball diagonally into the penalty area.

The ball was passed to Agbonlahor.

At the edge of the small penalty area, the unmarked Agbonlahor stabbed directly.

Unfortunately, Agbonlahor's stabbing direction was too direct and was blocked by Reina with his body.

Villa missed a great opportunity to score.

Three minutes later, Glen Johnson made another cross from the wing.

From 16 yards inside the penalty area, Suarez shot hard against three Villa players.

The ball speed is very fast and the angle is good.

If Jose is not careful, Suarez's shot will most likely score a goal.

But there are no ifs. Jose is always paying attention to the changes on the field. When Suarez takes a shot, he has already calculated the possible shooting route.

Very steadily, Jose confiscated Suarez's shot directly in front of the goal.

"Yasu is really strong. Even the three of them, Villa, can't stop him."

"Yasu is very strong, but Villa has Jose."

"What's the use of a strong goalkeeper? Can he stop a group of people's attacks by himself?"

Those who say this are not speaking out of thin air. Statistics show that Liverpool has scored 57 goals this season, second only to Manchester United and Chelsea. However, they have also conceded the most goals among the Big 6.

For the goal conceded, Rogers attributed it to Reina's injury.

Now that Reina is back from injury, Rogers is more than a little confident.

...

During the heated discussion among netizens, the competition also became more and more fierce.

The number of shots taken by both sides began to increase, and Suarez really put great pressure on Villa's defense.

In the 25th minute, Liverpool got a chance to counterattack.

Coutinho made a direct pass to Suarez during the counterattack.

In the penalty area, at the 12-yard position, Baker interfered with Suarez, but the effect was not great. Suarez still completed the kick.

At this moment, Villa's defense was ineffective under the impact of Suarez.

However, Villa still has Jose.

The moment Suarez got the ball, Jose began to calculate the opponent's direction, so Suarez's forced shot did not surprise Jose at all.

Jose once again used his own judgment to accurately block Suarez's shot.

Before you know it, half an hour has passed, and the score on the field is still 0-0.

"The quality of this game is very high. I don't know which side can score first." Teacher Zhan said in the live broadcast room.

"I don't know who will score first, but I know Teacher Zhan hopes Lily will score first." One netizen replied.

"So sad. Teacher Zhan is also a fan. I hope my favorite team scores first. Is it wrong?"

"Of course it's true, it's just..."

At this moment, an unexpected appearance appeared on the field.

Villa got a chance to counterattack.

Bannan made a long pass, and the ball went directly to the bottom line of the opponent's penalty area.

Seeing that the ball was about to roll out of the baseline, Agbonlahor flashed and stopped the ball from the edge.

At the same time, Benteke also entered the penalty area.

Facing Reina's block, Agbonlahor knew that the angle of his shot was not good, so he decisively chose to pass it back to Benteke behind him.

Facing a pass from his teammate, Benteke fired a semi-volley directly.

Agbonlahor and Benteke's transfer cooperation, Reina couldn't react in time, and the ball went in.

Villa leads the opponent 1-0.

Benteke's goal gave Villa fans hope of victory.

But it also sparked a more intense attack from Liverpool.

In just ten minutes, Gerrard, Suarez, Henderson and others had multiple shooting opportunities, but they were all bravely intercepted by Jose.

Jose's heroic performance made Villa fans feel extremely reassured.

However, during half-time stoppage time, there was a scene on the field that made fans from both sides extremely nervous.

Villa's new aid Xila made a mistake in returning the ball and the ball passed to the feet of Suarez.

After Suarez got the ball, he started quickly and easily got rid of Vlaar and others. In the blink of an eye, he single-handedly entered the Villa penalty area.
Chapter completed!