Chapter 863 Derby (5)
In the first twenty minutes, Liverpool took the lead and had the advantage at Everton's doorstep. Both the ball control time and the number of shots exceeded Everton, but Everton is not a weak team. Under normal circumstances, the gap between them and Liverpool is only half a distance away from Liverpool. At his doorstep, Everton cannot tolerate being suppressed and beaten by Liverpool. Twenty minutes later, Everton opened the curtain of a counterattack.
Everton's attack was still launched from the side. This was when Everton's players suddenly concentrated their troops on the right and launched a fierce attack on Riser and Bernardon. Riser and Bernardon were still immersed in the attack. Unexpectedly, the opponent's attack was so large that they were stunned for a moment. With only a small number of enemies, Everton was soon broken through the defense line.
After a simple and fast pass and cut cooperation, Everton midfielder Ottoman reached the bottom line without defense and formed a crossing opportunity.
Ottoman also knows that Liverpool's defense is high and the goalkeeper is also world-class, so he passed a low ball with little spin but the ball is very fast. Such a ball may not be able to grab the landing point, and it will be fatal if you grab it.
Reiner saw this pass and was very dangerous, but it was very close to him. He took the risk and hit the ball outside the penalty area with both fists.
Reina's attack was very determined and he also hit the ball, but the ball was too fast. Reina was fully focused when attacking and did not dare to distract herself at all. When hitting the ball, he had no time to observe the situation around him. The ball was actually hit by Everton's forward Yakub.
Yakub was also caught off guard, and the ball flew towards him. He subconsciously stopped the ball with his chest and planned to wait until the ball fell before shooting. However, there were so many people in the penalty area at this moment, so how could he give him the chance to wait until the ball fell before shooting? On the way the ball fell, Benayon kicked over and kicked the ball out of the sideline.
Although this was a foul pedaling move, the referee ignored it because it did not hurt anyone.
The commentators on the scene felt sorry for Everton's missed opportunity. They all believed that if Yakub could turn around to protect the ball, then Benayon's pedal would be a red card, or if he was more alert and bent over to head the ball directly, he might score the goal.
This is the second time Everton has formed such an opportunity since the opening, which is very morale. When serving the ball outside, it is obvious that Aniche, who was catching the ball, was very bold in making moves. He actually picked the ball over Pennant, who was behind his back, and tried to turn his back and pass by.
Of course Pennant could not bear the humiliation. As Anichebi turned around, he reached out to hold his jersey, and tripped him up to the ground.
Force! The referee Clattenberg's whistle sounded, signaling Pennant to commit a foul, but did not show Pennant a yellow card.
This is a free kick near the sideline. Since Everton had few opportunities to attack before, Everton also attached great importance to this free kick. A large number of offensive players came to Liverpool's penalty area to prepare for the goal, and Arteta also took the free kick in person.
Arteta passed a cunningly with a forward point. Phil Neville at the front point followed the header and flew to the back point, which disrupted Liverpool's defensive formation. The landing point was grabbed by Everton's forward Arnichebi. He jumped high from the back point and smashed the ball towards the near corner of the goal.
At this time, goalkeeper Reina was still moving towards his far corner desperately. As long as Annichebi could push the ball into the goal, the ball would definitely go in. However, Annichebi was worried that Reina would be able to save, so she was a little too pursuing the angle. The ball hit the post and bounced out of the sideline by Liverpool defender Hepia.
The Everton fans in the stands were already standing up and ready to cheer. Some impatient fans even shouted and applauded. Seeing the ball hit the goal post, they couldn't help but sigh loudly.
Everton coach Moyes sighed, and the words most Premier League coaches wanted to say at this time appeared in his mind. If Chen Yu was shooting... there was no way, this is the gap between ordinary forwards and world-class forwards, ordinary players and superstars. The only thing that made Moyes happy was that the team gradually found its state and could create opportunities to score goals.
The Liverpool players who escaped from death were almost sweating. Several defenders and goalkeepers encouraged each other, thanking for their failure.
The Liverpool fans in the stands were singing before. When Anichebi shot, he stopped singing. They clenched their fists and stared at them quietly. They were relieved and lying on the seat with lingering fear.
Benitez felt huge pressure at this moment. He was worried that Everton's offensive momentum would rise, so he walked to the sidelines and made a forward gesture to the players, telling them not to play so conservatively, press forward and defend against the enemy outside the national goal.
Even if Benitez doesn't command, Liverpool players know that the opponent has taken shape. If Everton's momentum is not maintained, the subsequent game will only be more difficult.
After Liverpool received Benitez's instructions, the players not only did not recycle the formation, but moved forward about five meters, and not only did the formation change. At this time, Liverpool's players also strengthened the midfield's fight. They launched a counterattack on the spot when they got the ball, and if they couldn't get it, they would foul on the spot. In short, they would not allow their opponents to turn around near their penalty area.
Liverpool itself is stronger than Everton. They put down their airs to press, and Everton's ball operation immediately became stagnant, and it became extremely difficult to attack Liverpool within 30 meters.
However, due to the premise of Liverpool's formation, the space behind has increased. After Everton took the ball, he began to attack behind Liverpool's defender frequently, hoping to use Yakub's speed and explosive power to fight to an anti-offside position.
Liverpool's defender is more than strong, but not fast, especially Hypia, who is older, so he turned around and tried to compete with Yakub and Anitchbi, which was a big deal.
In the 28th minute of the game, Arteta passed directly in the midfield, and Anichebi quickly stepped forward, but Hypia and Mas behind him
Cherano chased her hard, Anichebi was good at speed, but the ball was not fast. Anichebi looked at her and probably couldn't get rid of Hypia and Hypia. She just entered the penalty area and headed the ball hard.
As long as the goalkeeper is focused on shooting at such a distance, there is basically no problem. After all, the power of the header is limited.
Reina was also very prepared. Seeing that his teammates were following closely, as long as Anichebi dared to stop the ball, Hypia and Mascherano would definitely have enough time to surpass him, forming a double-teaming force, and then did not attack, and stood on the goal line and waited for the rabbit. Now, he was on the right side and confiscated the ball.
With the ball in hand, Liverpool tried to change the situation, but Everton was excited and pressed extremely fiercely. The frontcourt players worked together to never let Liverpool pass the ball to the striker.
Liverpool's defender was forced to pass the goalkeeper back, and goalkeeper Renner drove the ball to the frontcourt to be on the safe side.
Everton is not only in good shape, but also in good luck. After Renner's big foot drove to the frontcourt, he was grabbed by Everton's defender. After Everton's big foot drove to the frontcourt, the ball was grabbed by Everton's forward Jakub.
Yakub, who was a little overly excited, did not pass the ball and directly dribbled the ball into the side.
Since people around Yakub reached out to ask him for the ball when he got the ball, and Yakub had mostly divided the ball and went to the middle to grab the ball, so the Liverpool players did not expect him to break through directly and were caught off guard by him.
Yakub seized the opportunity and used his speed to seize Liverpool's full-back Finnan and made a cross to the bottom line.
Although Liverpool did not defend Yakub, their protection for the goal was quite good. Carragher in the middle grabbed the ball and headed the ball to clear the ball, but his clearance was not handled well. The ball flew in front of Everton midfielder Ottoman, who volleyed two meters outside the top of the penalty area without hesitation.
Needless to say, the difficulty of volleyball was not a skilled star, nor Ultraman, so he directly pulled into the stands.
Everton fans didn't expect much from him. After the ball was knocked away, the fans even made a burst of teasing laughter.
Everton hit Ottoman and now he has been attacking for almost ten minutes. He shot three times in these ten minutes, but their counterattack momentum has not declined and it is heating up.
In the 31st minute of the game, Lescott made a 45-degree cross from the left side of the penalty area, and quickly inserted into the penalty area. Arteta headed the ball to his striker Yakub.
At this moment, Yakub ran away and could no longer shoot, but the black man's flexibility was indeed good. For such an extremely difficult ball, Yakub directly made a barb shot.
Maybe this is the only way to shoot directly, but it is definitely very difficult to reverse the gold hook. Many times, the goal depends on luck.
Yakub had good luck, not enough, but it wasn't good enough to get this a bit outrageous inverted gold hook into the goal, and the ball just flew out of the lintel.
Liverpool has already been on the defensive strength, but with the cheers of tens of thousands of fans, Everton's offense is still continuing and the game is getting more active.
In the 33rd minute, Arteta again, he dribbled the ball alone and made a decisive cross after passing Benardon's crotch on the left.
This kind of cross at a 45-degree angle is much worse than that of a corner kick. Liverpool's defender is easy to clear the ball, and Liverpool's forward Arnichebi is even more back to the goal.
Chapter completed!