Chapter 1018 Selfless Assist
Crouch finally came on the court, and he replaced Wallenin.
After Crouch came on the court, Kuyt's position did not change. He and Crouch partnered in the middle to form a double center.
Crouch is tall, Kuyt is strong, Crouch is tall but not stupid, with excellent skills, Kuyt is strong but not lazy, and does not hesitate to physical strength. The two are in Arsenal's penalty area, so Arsenal's penalty area will not be peaceful.
In the 78th minute of the game, Liverpool's midfielder Alonso made a long pass in the backcourt, and Crouch took advantage of his height to head the ball back and find his teammates who were inserted in the back row.
When Crouch headed the ball, Kuyt flew around like a fly, which gave the defensive players a headache.
When Arsenal players took their eyes to Crouch and Kuyt, Gerald had already stepped forward quickly and was ready to shoot.
Gerald and Chen Yu must be the ones who are focusing on guard. When Gerald shot, Toure blocked it immediately. The ball hit Toure's butt and refracted to the right side of the goal.
Gerald's shot was about to hit the left, and Amunia also moved one step to the left to prepare to save. The sudden change of the ball caught Amunia off guard, her body could not keep up with her brain, and she sat on the ground.
Gerald's shot was very powerful, and the ball was still very fast after changing direction. Fullback Krish flew to intercept, but he was still one step late. The ball flew from his toes to score the goal net.
3:2
Arsenal took the lead again.
Gerald didn't expect that it could be reflected into the net. He was surprised and happy, and ran to the stands with his arms wide open.
When Arsenal rewritten the score to 2:2, Liverpool players were in their throats. After all, there was not much time left. Gerald's goal almost made his teammates crazy. They rushed over and threw Gerald to the sidelines.
"Steve!"
"Steve! Great!"
“It’s too timely!”
...
The teammates slapped and grabbed Gerald, and the joy was hard to describe in words.
Gerald finally got up, but at this time he calmed down and said to his teammates: "The game is not over yet, will it be for the phone? Not small. Once they score another goal, we will be eliminated. We need another one below."
Alonso said: "But don't worry, what we are anxious about now is them. We are ready to fight back and try to seize the opportunity. Arsenal is not a weak team."
Chen Yu said: "Strengthen the fight and prevent them from raising their morale."
The teammates nodded and agreed with the opinions of the three bigwigs of the team.
Liverpool unified their ideas. After the game started again, the players gave up controlling the ball and tried their best to press in the middle. When they got it, they hit the ball forward and if they had the chance, they would pass directly behind the defender. They had no chance to find their own high center forward Crouch, and let Crouch ferry to Gerald and Chen Yu, and launch a counterattack as fast as possible.
Liverpool's tactics are not good-looking, but they are simple and practical. Especially Alonso's long pass skill is very good. At least seven or eight times ten counterattacks can be passed to his teammates, which makes Arsenal unable to concentrate all his energy to launch a counterattack.
After the 84th minute of the game, Arsenal did not care about Liverpool's counterattack anymore. They pressed forward from three lines, concentrated all their forces, took out the last little strength to launch the most fierce attack on Liverpool since the start of the game.
Under Arsenal's strong pressure, Liverpool was unable to maintain the midfield's battle and was forced to retreat to its 30-meter area defense.
With Liverpool's strength and intensive defense in the 30-meter area, it is very difficult to break through their defense line. There are not many teams in the whole of Europe, but Arsenal can be regarded as one of them.
In the 87th minute of the game, Arsenal made a wonderful short pass penetration in the dense crowd of Liverpool. The players continued to cooperate with the wall. Before the Liverpool players could react, Fabregas stuffed the ball into the small penalty area. At this moment, Arsenal's forward Adebayo happened to arrive. He stretched out his long legs and fell to the ground to shoot. The ball rolled towards the goal from Reiner's feet, who was attacking the goalkeeper.
Adebayo's shot was very close. Reina could see it but didn't have time to react, so she could only watch the ball rolling from her feet towards the net behind her.
At this moment, all Arsenal players thought the ball would definitely score, but the ball hit the post and bounced out.
This was a goal that might determine the outcome of the game, and a burst of exclamations and sighs suddenly sounded in the stands.
The ball just bounced to Liser's feet, and the shocked Norwegian immediately drove the ball towards the front court with his feet.
At this moment, almost all Arsenal people were involved in the offense, with very few people left behind in the backcourt, and Liverpool only center Crouch staying in the frontcourt. After Lisser kicked out, he fell within Crouch's control.
Crouch jumped high and prepared to control the ball because his teammates had not kept up, but the opponent obviously would not give him a chance to control the ball. Toure behind him jumped towards Crouch without the possibility of grabbing the ball, and pressed heavily on Crouch. Before Crouch could exert force, he fell to the ground and the ball bounced aimlessly back to the midfield.
There is a large gap between the defender and the midfield. This disconnect is caused by Arsenal's urgent attack on the midfield. When Liverpool's defender Riser cleared, Arsenal's defender retreated, but the midfielders have not yet reacted. They are still regretting Adebayo's tackle just now.
Arsenal midfielders saw the ball fall into the air and ran desperately towards the landing point. It would be too dangerous if they were picked up by Liverpool players in this position.
When the Arsenal players ran back, they found that Liverpool had actually run ahead of them. What made them even more panicked was that the player was Liverpool's killer Chen Yu.
Originally, Crouch and Kuyt were closest to Arsenal's penalty area, but Kuyt was too diligent and returned to his own penalty area every time he returned to the defense. When counterattacked, Chen Yu's position was closer to the opponent's goal than him. Chen Yu was a striker and had a strong sense of forwarding. When Riser cleared the ball, Arsenal's midfielder was in a daze, and Chen Yu had already stepped forward, so it was natural that he was faster than others.
Galas rushed towards the ball at the first time, but he was not going to grab the ball. He had already determined that he could not touch the ball first. His goal was to go against someone. At this position, it was absolutely worth stopping Chen Yu's counterattack at the cost of a free kick and a yellow card. If Chen Wuwaited the ball, the possibility of the goal being unstoppable is almost 80%.
Chen Yu knew Galas' purpose very well, but he could not guarantee that he could avoid Galas' foul after dialing the ball. Galas was only one step behind him at most. How to get the ball and avoid Galas' foul is a difficult problem.
At this moment, all the fans who know a little about football know the key point at the moment. They have focused their attention on Chen Yu to see how Chen Yu handles this ball.
Chen Yu accelerated twice in a row and finally hit the ball. At this time, Galas arrived immediately. He was ready to give Chen Yu a bear hug.
Chen Yu was almost two meters away from Galas but still did not slow down. However, before Chen Yu touched the ball, he swayed his upper body and suddenly changed direction to sprint towards Galas' side without touching the ball.
Galas's goal was originally a man rather than a ball. When the distance was so close, his attention was on Chen Yu. He didn't even bother to see if Chen Yu touched the ball, so he reached out and rushed to Chen Yu to grab it.
If Chen Yu touched the ball, his speed would definitely slow down and his impact would decrease. However, Chen Yu did not touch the ball, his speed was very fast and his impact was very strong. Galas' arm was a little slower and he was not caught tightly, and Chen Yu rushed past him.
A man who doesn't touch the ball has scored the ball!
The wind swept across Galas, and Chen Yu caught up with the ball and waded into Arsenal's penalty area.
At this moment, Arsenal's only defensive player was left Toure, while Liverpool's offensive team included Chen Yu and Crouch, and the others were left behind.
Toure decisively gave up Crouch and headed straight for Chen Yu. The two evils were the least. If Liverpool had to face goalkeeper Amunia alone, Toure would rather be Crouch than Chen Yu.
The situation on the field is already very clear at this moment. Chen Yu either passes the Toure or passes it diagonally to Crouch. In the third zone of the attack, it is normal for Chen Yu to make any choice.
At this time, the fans in the stands seemed to remember Chen Yu's goalkeeper's goalkeeper's goal, and they were shouting "Chen! Enter one!" "Chen! Enter one!"
Chen Yu had at least 600% chance of passing Toure, but he didn't take any risks? Crouch kept raising his hand to ask for the ball, and his position was better. At this time, Chen Yu chose to trust his teammates. He swayed his upper body and passed the ball to Crouch.
When Toure was guarding Chen Yu, he did not forget to intercept Chen Yu's ball output route, but Chen Yu's fake moment was very effective. Toure was disturbed and did not intercept it as soon as possible. The ball was easily passed to Crouch.
Crouch was almost desperate when Chen Yu was silly. He thought Chen Yu would not pass it on and wanted to work alone. Chen Yu had this status and ability. He did not expect that Chen Yu would pass it on to him at the last moment.
Crouch stood up and broke into the penalty area from the corner of the penalty area.
Arsenal goalkeeper Amunia had no choice. He rushed towards Crouch from the small penalty area and was about to save the ball from Crouch's feet.
Facing Amunia who was attacking fiercely, Crouch did not hesitate. He pushed the ball into the far corner with a arch.
Chapter completed!