Although Liverpool was almost tied by Aston Villa in the first round, this gave Ham United certain encouragement, but the history of 44 games away from Anfield made West Ham United at a disadvantage in his heart. Facing Liverpool, whose main scorer was in a relationship crisis, West Ham United head coach Kobeshley still cautiously and cautiously chose a more conservative 541 formation.

West Ham's lineup is as follows: goalkeeper 1-Green; five defenders: 5-Anton. Ferdinand, 4-Gabeton, 3-McCartney, 2-Neal, 6-Upson; four midfielders: 8-Parker, 17-Mullins, 16-Norble, 29-Bowyer, 7-Yongberg; 10-Bellamy, single forward: 9-Ashton.

This formation is called a 541 formation. In fact, Bellamy in this formation is roaming between the forward and the forward. Such a formation can actually become a 532 formation at any time. However, no matter how it changes, the lineup of West Ham United is relatively conservative.

In this regard, Sky Sports commentator believes that West Ham's attitude is very pragmatic. Faced with an opponent who has not won away in the past for nearly 40 years, Kobeshley's choice of more respect and fear is actually more helpful to them to create history.

Although Liverpool's coach and most players were a little sad when they were tied by Manchester United by Portsmouth before the game, so when facing the defeated players, Liverpool's lineup was not so radical. It turned out that the 433 formation commonly used for weak teams was not out today, and it was still a traditional lineup of 442. Compared with the previous game, Benitez only changed two people in the midfield.

Abero A took off in the round, Argentine midfielder Mascherano made the start, Pennant substitute, and Benardon made the start.

Although the formation is not a pure offensive football formation, Liverpool's giant mentality is still very obvious. The formation is very high at the beginning of the game, completely suppressing West Ham United, which is playing away from home in terms of momentum.

After the game started, Chen Yu did not perform positively. Although he was a forward, Chen Yu did not always stand at the forward position. His range of activities was large. He either retreated to assist the midfield in controlling the ball or pulled the side to help the forward break through. However, today Chen Yu mainly moved near the penalty area of ​​West Ham United, waiting for his teammates to create opportunities for him like a standard center.

Liverpool players all know that Chen Yu is in a bad mood now and is in average condition during training. It is probably unrealistic to expect Chen Yu to solve the game by himself as before. They all actively run and break through, giving Chen Yu and Kuyt a chance to score goals.

West Ham United is known as a nerve knife. They lost to Manchester City at home with a clean and neat 0:2 in the first round, and they showed no fighting spirit or resistance. However, after the start of this game, they performed very well and their defense was very steady.

Although Liverpool's striker Chen Yu was not active enough and performed averagely at the beginning, Liverpool's offense was not bad. The attack combination composed of Gerald, Alonso, Benard, Pennant and Kuyt was enough to fight against most of the world's giants. Moreover, even if Chen Yu was in a bad state, no team dared not to guard him.

Last season, Chen Yu was injured for almost half a year before playing the game. At the beginning, Chen Yu's condition and strength were only more than half as usual. Many teams didn't take Chen Yu too seriously. They all thought that he was looking for a feeling and playing soy sauce. Unexpectedly, Chen Yu scored goals every game after he came on the bench. When everyone felt bad later, Chen Yu had found the feeling of scoring and his condition had recovered.

Faced with such a monster striker, Kobe Shili must not treat Chen Yu as air as long as he is not crazy or stupid. He will definitely send someone to defend him.

The reason why the game against Aston Villa was so difficult in the first round was because the start was not played well, which allowed Aston Villa to defend the first half. Therefore, in this game against West Ham United, Benitez emphasized the need to score goals as soon as possible and never build confidence in defense for the opponent, and made scoring a goal in the first half a tactical goal.

However, West Ham's performance in defense was beyond the expectations of Liverpool's people. Liverpool scored five or six minutes at the start, but he didn't even find a shot. Instead, West Ham United took the lead in completing the first shot of the two teams in the game in the sixth minute.

The shot was former Arsenal midfielder Lungberg.

Lungberg is even more familiar with Liverpool than Bellamy, who once played for Liverpool, because they are all arch rivals between the semi-finals. Whether in the league or the cup, everyone is a big hit and has more chances to meet. They have almost studied each other's bones.

Bellamy broke through with speed on the side. Although the ball was damaged by Mascherano's flying tackle, the ball flew to the feet of Lungberg who was in front of the middle. Lungberg took the ball and shook Alonso with it, and took two steps forward and started the ball directly to the left side of the goal.

This shot is not small, but suddenly he is not good enough and the angle is not very tricky. This does not pose any threat to Liverpool goalkeeper Reina. He flew over and threw the ball under him.

Although Lyonberg's shot is not very threatening, it is a major blow to Liverpool's face. Facing an opponent who has won for 40 years, he played at home again. He did not find a shot at the beginning of five minutes, and was shot first by his opponent. This feeling must be very uncomfortable.

From the applause in the stands, it can be seen that when Renner confiscated the ball, it was not Liverpool fans who applauded, but West Ham United fans.

Obviously, West Ham United fans will definitely not applaud Renner at this time, they applaud their own player Lungberg.

Head coach Benitez did not say anything on the sidelines, but Liverpool players themselves couldn't stand it. Driven by self-esteem, Liverpool players immediately strengthened the offensive a little further.

Generally, Liverpool's full-back Finnan rarely attacks, and assists Liverpool's left-back Liverpool's left-back Liverpool seems to be aroused today. He also boldly assists and formed a situation with Liverpool's wings flying together.

Once all the Liverpool's two full-backs assisted, Liverpool would invest about seven or eight people in offense. Except for Bernardon, the others cooperated very well. Once they made efforts, even giants like Chelsea and Manchester United would avoid the edge.

Seeing this, Liverpool fans in the Anfield stands applauded and thought that this wave of attack should have a certain effect.

However, West Ham United seemed to have made the worst plan. Faced with Liverpool's sudden strengthening offensive, they did not panic and continued to reclaim the formation and compress space to block Liverpool's offense.

Liverpool attacked for another three minutes, but still did not find any loophole in West Ham United's defense. Under West Ham United's strong and smart defense, Liverpool still couldn't find a chance to start. It was three minutes after West Ham United's shot just now, and Liverpool, who could not defeat the strong, immediately used a long shot to return to the goal just now, with a long shot.

In the tenth minute of the game, Liser broke through on the left, but there were five defenders at West Ham United. After Liser broke through on the side, he did not completely dodge the defender. It was not easy to pass the ball in the middle. Liser simply passed the ball back to the midfield, allowing his midfield to continue to allocate and find an opportunity to shoot.

The ball was passed to Gerald, and Gerald immediately dribbled the ball into both sides of the penalty area. After attracting the defense, Gerald gently passed the ball across and set up a turret to Alonso on the back of him.

Alonso and Gerald cooperated for many years, and they knew the other person's running position with their eyes closed, and they could know the other person's intentions even if they covered their ears. Alonso knew that he was helping him create a shooting opportunity when he saw Gerald's consciousness.

If Chen Yu is Liverpool's engine, then Alonso is Liverpool's brain. He knows what Liverpool needs most at this time and what is it? It must be a shooting. Although the fortress Gerrard used does not pose much threat to West Ham United's goal, the distance is still a bit far away. But now it is not a goal, but morale and courage to fight. Once morale is low, then nothing can be saved.

After Alonso understood the current situation, he followed up very decisively and volleyed hard.

Alonso's shot was very violent. He had a precedent for a 60-meter goal. Liverpool fans were full of expectations for his shot and began to applaud when they saw him kicking.

Alonso's shooting was very strong, but like Lungberg's shot, it was too far away from the goal and was not very good at all. West Ham United goalkeeper Green flew without hesitation and pressed the ball under him, preparing to confiscate the ball like Reina just now and hit the opponent's morale.

Green thought it was good, but Alonso's long shot was not comparable to Lyonberg. When he shot, Alonso actually added a little bit of an outer instep. Although the ball could not be seen when flying, Green felt it when he saved it. The ball was spinning in his hand like a catfish and actually slid out from under him.

Originally, it would slide out, but after all, the ball was held and pressed by Green, and the speed was too slow to be slower. As long as Green turned over, he grabbed the ball, but after the light of Green's eyes, he suddenly found a red figure running to his side like lightning.

The red jersey can only be a Liverpool player. Although he couldn't see who it was, West Ham United goalkeeper Green was still in a cold sweat. He almost desperately turned backwards, protecting the ball under his body with his arms. At this moment, the Liverpool player who ran over also tackled the feet.

Green's movements were still very standardized. He just held the ball in the middle with his arms, and the tackled foot was just shoveling to his arm, but the ball was not shoveled.

Neither Liverpool fans nor West Ham United fans had thought about how threatening the ball would be. They also knew that this was a retaliatory shot, a battle of intent, but no one expected that after Greene saved it, it was dangerous. At first, Green did not hold the ball, and then someone almost shot the ball into the net.

Everyone in the stands exclaimed, and Liverpool fans were shouting the familiar name, "Chan! It's Chen!"

After Chen Yu shot, the slow motion was given. At this time, the fans saw the whole process. It turned out that Chen Yu had already run to goalkeeper Green when Alonso shot. This strong sense of supplementary shooting almost caused the goal.

Although there was no goal, Alonso's long-range shot and Chen Yu's supplementary shot were both dangerous. The face of Liverpool fans was saved, and the morale of Liverpool players also suddenly increased, because they found that even Chen Yu, who was in a normal state, would help them. At this time, they suddenly remembered that Chen Yu, who had just returned last season, did not run much and could not break through. However, with his elusive running position and keen sense of smell, Chen Yu scored many goals.

The game continued to begin. After being frightened, West Ham United played more conservatively. Except for striker Ashton, the other players shrank to their half and set up an iron barrel formation waiting for Liverpool to attack.

Although this is a bit rogue, the Iron Barrel Formation is a topic that giants must study. They have at least one-third of their time to deal with their opponent's Iron Barrel Formation in a season. Facing West Ham United's Iron Barrel Formation, Liverpool players were not angry or anxious, but were patiently looking for opportunities. They knew that although the Iron Barrel Formation was difficult to break, once they scored, the opponent would basically collapse and it would be very easy to play later.

In the 13th minute of the game, Riser made a cross from the left. Chen Yu ran to the front and headed the ball in front of Kuyt. This was an excellent opportunity. Kuyt's position was already 7 meters in front of the goal, but the goalkeeper was attracted by Chen Yu. However, when Kuyt headed, he was disturbed by Anton Ferdinand, and the header headed out of the empty goal.

In the 18th minute, Kuyt came to the right side line and made a cross. Chen Yu suddenly broke out from the middle and snatched in front of Anton Ferdinand. He shot with his right foot 11 meters away from the goal, but the ball hit goalkeeper Green's leg, and West Ham United escaped another disaster.

In the 20th minute, Liverpool made a comeback. Alonso received Mascherano's cross pass from a long shot from 27 meters away, but Upson, who made his 200th league appearance, stretched his legs to block out of the baseline.

Liverpool's attack is getting more and more fierce, and West Ham United's defense is also very tough. In the face of Liverpool's tide attack, they continue to use the human-sea tactics and the self-defeating and eye-catching tactics to block Liverpool's offensive.

After several consecutive shots, Liverpool players became more and more excited. Many people forgot the lessons of Manchester United's BePortsmouth's draw before the game. They felt that West Ham United is already a lamb to be slaughtered. As long as they put a little more pressure, the defeated player will collapse again, repeating their previous tragic ending at Anfield Stadium 44.

At this time, even the commentators at Liverpool's live view believed that Liverpool's goal was just a matter of time. As long as Liverpool can maintain this offense, West Ham would not be able to stop it.
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