With the warm-up game of the league, Liverpool and Arsenal entered the Champions League game almost at the beginning.

Arsenal plays at home, and the players seem particularly excited. For this game, Arsenal regards the strong dialogues in the league as training. When he arrives at the main game, he can still not beat Liverpool to death.

Liverpool's main players consumed a lot of energy and physical fitness in the last league game. They knew that Arsenal would definitely play very quickly in this game. This was their premeditated plan, but Liverpool must not be led by Arsenal. They must slow down their pace and try their best to save physical fitness so that they can find a chance to win.

Liverpool players try to control the ball under their feet. Only by controlling the ball under their feet can the rhythm be slowed down. The ball will be accelerated immediately when it reaches the feet of Arsenal players. The Gunners have all become fast gunners today, just to play speed, not precision, which is almost similar to the league three days ago. The difference is that Arsenal is the main force this time. Although they pursue fast pace, the tacit understanding of cooperation is much stronger than in the league. However, it is difficult for Liverpool players to achieve their goals. Arsenal's pressing is even more fierce and faster than in the league.

In the 6th minute of the game, Arsenal completed a midfield steal.

The ball passed to Fabregas at the fastest speed. Fabregas took two steps forward, waited for his teammates to start to step forward, quickly divided it to the side, using the side as a breakthrough, and quickly launched a full-scale attack into Liverpool's penalty area.

Hlaib broke through from the left with the ball. Liverpool's right-back Finann was dazzled by Hlaib's dazzling fake moves. Hlaib took advantage of Finann's moment and accelerated to break through from the outside.

Finnan had fought with Hleb many times, and knew that he was fast and did not make risky steals, so he turned around and chased after him.

Finnan's choice was the right one. Hleb broke through from the outside. If he wanted to cut inside, he had to pass this level again. If he wanted to cross from the bottom, he would have the opportunity to intercept. As a defender, his mission was not to grab the ball and counterattack, but to stop and interfere with the opponent's attack.

Hleb has the idea of ​​cutting inward, but he does not. He knows where the team's victory is today. In Wenger's words, the key is not a goal. Liverpool can score better than Arsenal. The key is to drag down Liverpool. Even if it hits 0:0 in the end, it is a good result. In this way, Hleb must speed up the pace, try to be concise and clear in personal breakthroughs, and don't give opponents a chance to breathe.

Heleb went to the bottom line and made a direct cross to find the player who was surrounded by him in the middle.

Today, Arsenal's tactics were unified. When Hleb came down, at least three players in the middle were circling the penalty area, and there were players behind him running towards the penalty area to prepare for the second wave of attack.

Liverpool was ready to counterattack today. There were many players defending in the penalty area, and the center back and midfielder were almost in the penalty area. The ball passed by Hleb was just grabbed by Carragher. He hit the ball and the ball flew to the sideline.

This is an experienced central defender who does not push the ball to the middle, because if he hits the middle, once the opponent's player gets a direct shot, it will pose a significant threat to his goalkeeper.

The ball was still grabbed by Arsenal players in front of the sideline, and then it was hung into Liverpool's penalty area.

Liverpool's penalty area is a little confused at this moment. Just after Carragher cleared the ball, Liverpool's players began to expand outward and prepare to counterattack, which is also to prevent Arsenal players from shooting long shots after grabbing the ball.

When the ball was hung into the penalty area again, Liverpool could no longer find the target he had been guarding before. Everyone was looking for Arsenal players to defend nearby. At this time, there would definitely be players who missed defense. At this time, it was time to see who the ball was hung on and fell on the offensive player's head, and it was possible to score and fall on the defensive player's head. This attack returned in vain again.

Liverpool goalkeeper Renner is very keen to judge the situation. He did not attack and get the ball for the first time when Heleb made a cross, and he attacked the ball this time.

When Renner came out, Bentner was also rushing towards the landing point of the ball. Renner raised his knees and clenched his fists to hit the incoming ball.

Reiner's move is very particular. Raising his knees is to prevent players who come to grab the points from touching their bodies. If Bentner is determined to compete with Reiner, the knee will definitely hit him first.

It is also a deterrent to clench the fist instead of reaching out to hold the ball? Because no one can guarantee that these fists will not fall on the offensive players.

If this is a less important game, Bentner probably gave in, but this is a Champions League quarter-final, which is Arsenal's home court. In such a game, Arsenal will fight for every inch of land and must not retreat at all, because the opponent is Liverpool, Liverpool with Chen Yu. If you can't win the home court, there will be no chance of going away. They must do their best.

Bentner did not retreat. For the 50% chance of scoring, he faced Reina's knees and fists, gritted his teeth and rushed forward and headed the ball.

The chance was really half and half. When Bentner's head touched the ball, Renner's fists also hit the ball.

The ball was subjected to force from both directions and was almost flattened in an instant, and then it flew out to the side.

Just like fighting a cow across the mountain, Reiner's fists were transmitted to Bentner's head, and his knees were also pushed to Bentner's crotch. Fortunately, Bentner alertly turned his body when he was fighting for the top, otherwise Reiner's knee would have caused him to fall into shock directly.

Even so, Bentner's head was stunned and almost lost consciousness. When the person fell from the air, he had lost the ability to protect himself.

Bentner fell on the turf and did not get up. After Renner hit the ball, he saw the ball fall to his teammate's feet and came over to see Bentner. He felt that his punches were not light. Although he didn't hit Bentner directly on his head, it was his head after all, and he couldn't stand being hit by the ball.

When Renner saw that Bentner was lying on the ground motionless, he was startled and quickly reached out to greet the team doctor on the sidelines to enter the court.

At this time, Arsenal players also surrounded him. An Arsenal player angrily pushed Renner and staggered, "Stop being the best person, you played the big book."

Renner clenched his fists, but considering that Bentner was still lying on the ground, he sneered and walked aside, not quarrel with the Arsenal player.

The team doctor quickly took a stretcher and carried Bentner to the sidelines for emergency treatment.

At this time, the Arsenal fans in the stands were anxious. The game had just begun, and their main striker was injured. This was a bad signal. Some fans were discussing how Bentner was injured? Where was the injury? Can the game continue? Some fans directly blamed Renner for his injuries, and jumped and pointed at Renner and scolded him.

Bentner was not actually injured, but was shocked by Reina's punch like a bull across the mountain. He fell down and fell again. He was almost awakened when he was carried to the sidelines. However, the team doctor did not dare to take the risk to let him go on the court immediately, so he let him lie on the sidelines for a while and waited until he fully recovered before playing.

The game cannot be paused for a long time. After consulting the fourth official's opinion, the referee blew the whistle and let the game continue.

Only seven or eight minutes into the game, Liverpool fully felt the strong pressure and strong victory. They knew that it was unlikely that they wanted to suppress Arsenal, which was not inferior to them, and the morale was high and physically strong. Now Bentner has not played, and Arsenal has only 10 players to fight. This is a good time for Liverpool to play with momentum, so Benitez decided to let the players attack.

Benitez walked to the sidelines and waved to the player and made a gesture of attacking forward.

Liverpool players started attacking at the beginning of the game, but the defense line and the midfielder were a little hesitant. Today, Liverpool's tactic was defensive counterattack, so they did not dare to push forward without a clear opportunity. After Benitez waved, Liverpool had a clear mind and the coach decided to attack. What else do they hesitate to do it? Just do it with bare shirt.

Liverpool began to attack, and their offense was different from Arsenal. Liverpool was physically flowing and impact-type play. With Chen Yu, his breakthroughs and passes with Gerrard also became important ways for Liverpool to attack, but it was still mainly aimed at the impact on the opponent's penalty area.

Liverpool naturally won't play a short pass penetration game with Arsenal. In this regard, no one except Barcelona plays better than Arsenal. Liverpool crosses the midfield and directly fights Arsenal's defense in the midfield and frontcourt.

Arsenal is really afraid that such a simple and crude style of play will weaken Arsenal's midfield advantage and pass and catch speed. If the opponent has a center like Drogba, then Arsenal's penalty area will be dangerous. However, Liverpool's starting Crouch is not much different today. Once he stops in Arsenal's penalty area, it will not be so easy for other players to grab the landing point.

Crouch has basically been a substitute this season and has very good physical fitness. He has been running, pressing and suppressing Arsenal's backcourt serve in the frontcourt.

Crouch's speed is definitely not as fast as those who are not tall like Chen Yu, but he has long legs and a large interception area. Arsenal must readjust the route when passing the ball in front of him, try to stay away from Crouch and not let him interfere.

In the tenth minute of the game, Arsenal striker Bentner had already woken up and had not had time to play. At this time, Liverpool's morale became more and more prosperous, and finally got a good opportunity to shoot at this time.

This is Chen Yu's 45-degree cross, and the effect is definitely not as good as the bottom cross. However, there is a Liverpool striker Crouch who is over two meters tall in Arsenal's penalty area. With him, there is hope for grabbing the header.
Chapter completed!