Football’s First Defender

The referee blew off Suarez's quick free kick and scored, which directly caused a strong rebound from the Liverpool players.

Especially Suarez who "goaled" and Coutinho who fell in the penalty area a few minutes ago. ball.

The Liverpool players were holding back their anger, and they didn't know whether to vent to the referee or their opponents.

An ordinary free kick tactic was not in the penalty area crowded with Newcastle players, so that the main players in the dispute, Yang Feng and Skrtel, took advantage.

In the following games, Liverpool was obviously affected by the referee's penalty, and there was a trace of anger and anxiety in their offensive attitude during the game.

And this abnormal offensive state naturally affected the team's offensive cooperation in the frontcourt.

The top referee's interference with the game is definitely not simply "blind" and directly blowing black whistles, but a tendency to judge penalties that are free from the penalty scale. In some 50-50 penalties, there is a tendency to further affect The mentality of the underdog players.

For Liverpool, there are very few home whistlers. The so-called personal connections, for Liverpool, a down-and-out giant, may really not be as rich as Manchester City.

And this kind of mentality problem that did not adjust immediately also made the young Liverpool make a big mistake in such an important game.

Although there is still plenty of time in the game, the missed penalty and the blow of a goal obviously made the Liverpool players anxious. They want to score quickly, take the lead, and end the suspense of the game early. Championship celebration.

However, this anxious mentality made Liverpool's offensive start a bit chaotic.

Coutinho made a forcible breakthrough with the ball, and Newcastle defenders completed a two-person encirclement and intercepted the ball, and then Newcastle directly launched a counterattack.

A long pass from the back to the left side of Liverpool's half, Glenn Johnson plugged into the huge space left behind.

Regarding Yang Feng's wide-range defensive coverage ability, everyone now knows that he can only create a counterattack threat by pursuing long-distance passing and finding the wing area.

Newcastle's two long passes from the backcourt before were both crosses from the side in pursuit of the limit, but they were passed directly out of bounds and did not cause a chance to counterattack.

This time, Newcastle's long pass from the backcourt finally reached the limit of the wing.

The two defenses of Yang Feng and Skrtel are powerless against the pass to the corner.

If you can't clear the siege immediately, you can only step back and meet the opponent's counterattack.

Fortunately, Newcastle didn't invest too much counterattack force. Even if Gufran pushed forward quickly, he was much faster than Skrtel in terms of speed. He wanted to overtake from the outside and directly entered the penalty area.

But when there is only one outflanking player in the middle, Yang Feng can follow and defend very well.

And on the other hand, Henderson and Gerrard are desperately chasing back, and if they are dragged back for two seconds, Liverpool's defense will be more stable.

Gufran did not slow down. When Skrtel rushed straight back into the penalty area, Gufran accelerated diagonally from the left sideline and had already entered the penalty area, and relying on absolute speed, even if he ran Although he has covered more distance, but still in the horizontal direction, he is closer to the front area than Skrtel.

However, with Skrtel guarding the inside line, Gufran did not choose to speed up and look for opportunities. Instead, he continued to slant down to the bottom in one go, all in order to create a greater passing angle.

Dribbling the ball quickly, before going out of bounds, Gufran made a low and flat pass and swept directly to the goal.

In the process of returning to defense quickly, Skrtel also fell to the ground with great experience and slid to block the passing route.

However, the ball passed by Gufran was not close to the ground, but kicked slightly higher.

Skrtel chose the sliding tackle close to the ground. After seeing the pass slightly higher than his legs, he could only raise his legs at the same time, trying to block the ball.

However, the passing speed is too fast, the distance is too close, and Skrtel's sliding tackle at full speed is also too fast, which does not leave much time for Skrtel to react and act .

Barely enough, Skrtel blocked the football, but didn't stop all of it, but just touched the bottom of the football with his legs, the ball hit Skrtel's body, rebounded, and directly refracted towards the goal.

"Ball! Go in?"

Skrtel is dumbfounded!

Yang Feng was also dumbfounded!

Henderson and Gerrard, who rushed back to defend, also froze in their own penalty area for a moment.

Is this shot a threat?

Gufran's passing breakthrough this time is indeed a huge threat, but Yang Feng has restricted Newcastle's only striker to follow up, and Henderson has also rushed to the back point to avoid holding the front point Yang Feng missed the ball, or Gufran hit the ball over the top after the pass.

With Yang Feng and Henderson's 2 defense and 1 defense, the opponent actually has no chance, but Skrtel's too "aggressive" sliding tackle this time made everything futile.

Refracting the goal, Liverpool actually scored an own goal by one of their own players in the key battle for the championship, forcing themselves to create more pressure.

The fans at the scene were stunned. Many Liverpool fans couldn't believe the own goal that happened between lightning and flint.

This was the first time Newcastle hit a goal, and it wasn't even counted as a goal. It was just a pass, but it directly caused Liverpool's own goal.

Newcastle players were celebrating crazily. Even under the boos of tens of thousands of Liverpool fans at the scene, Newcastle players were still celebrating their goals unscrupulously.

If they can defend and end Liverpool's Premier League title dream this season, then Newcastle's exposure and benefits tomorrow will definitely exceed people's imagination.

"Don't worry! We still have time!"

The most taboo thing at this time is that the team is stunned and becomes unable to play football.

The game has only been going on for 20 minutes now, and there is still enough time for Liverpool, whose offensive power is bursting, to complete a comeback at home.

Now, only players like Gerrard and Yang Feng who can keep calm can play a role on the court, stabilize the game form, and let the players recover their mental state.

After 3 minutes, Liverpool, who had obviously not recovered, almost suffered another bad news. Sturridge, who was eager to break the deadlock, made a personal breakthrough on the left and was successfully intercepted by his opponent.

Newcastle's counterattack followed immediately.

The Newcastle players who played in form once again sent a precise pass from the side. This time Gufran changed to the right, and after receiving the ball, he accelerated and rushed directly into Liverpool's penalty area.

Yang Feng did not have an advantage in the speed competition with Gufran, but when Gufran entered the penalty area half-single-handedly and faced goalkeeper Mignolet's attack, he was about to hit the goal.

Yang Feng accurately grasped the timing of Gufran's pause and adjustment, and a sliding shovel from the side and rear directly destroyed the ball, allowing Gufran to hit the goal and kick it into the air.

Yang Feng's excellent defense this time resolved the opponent's threatening counterattack this time. Otherwise, if Newcastle scored two goals in a short period of time, then Liverpool's most critical game may really be more ominous...