After seeing Ribéry bypass Alonso in Liverpool's penalty area and shoot from an angle, the people watching the game all over the world, whether it was the Liverpool fans, the Bayern Munich fans, or even the neutral fans, all had the same thought: Liverpool's defense has dropped too much, isn't it?
Ribéry was very strong, but he might not be able to compete with Iniesta, let alone Ronaldo and Messi.
But in Liverpool's past three Champions League games, Messi and Ronaldo had never done what Ribéry did, ravaging Liverpool's defensive line so easily and getting such a good opportunity in the penalty area.
A conjecture flashed through everyone's mind.
Liverpool became arrogant after winning the Premier League title. They started to relax and slack off. This was a huge mistake!
In fact, it was not.
Although Kerman was nervous on the sidelines, it wasn't as if he wasn't prepared for this.
Liverpool's defensive quality dropped entirely because of tactical reasons.
Today, they did not use a tight defense to deal with Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich's strength was that they could tear apart the opponent's defensive line horizontally to the limit.
Ribéry and Robben were on the two flanks, and the threat they brought happened to be the top two horizontally on the defensive side. It could be said that Barcelona and Real Madrid did not have such an advantage.
Liverpool faced Bayern Munich head-on, and naturally had to bear the cost of the current defensive line being disrupted by the opponent.
If it was a tight defense, Ribéry and Robben would not be able to stir up trouble in Liverpool's penalty area most of the time at least.
After Ribéry swung from an angle to shoot from Liverpool's penalty area, Carragher had to block his shooting angle. The chain reaction was that Skrtel had to keep a close eye on the striker, Olić, and Mascherano had to keep a close eye on the shadow striker, Muller, as he retreated.
At this time, Ribéry unexpectedly did not choose to shoot. Instead, he slightly diagonally passed the ball back!
In the corridor in front of the penalty area, Bayern Munich's right flank attacked horizontally!
Robben!
He touched the ball in front of Mascherano and continued to dribble the ball horizontally. This made it so that even if Mascherano wanted to start to close in on Robben, there was nothing he could do.
Robben dribbled the ball for two steps and suddenly raised his leg to shoot. He did not choose to shoot with a sweep shot that he was good at. Instead, he cut back and used a volley shot!
The goalkeeper, Reina, originally blocked the left near post. After Ribéry passed the ball, he returned to the middle of the goal. When Robben crossed the ball, he moved two steps to this side.
Raynor was almost broken!
After Robben's shot, Reina did not make a save at all.
His thoughts and body movements had been completely toyed with!
Robben's reverse cut volley sent the ball into the top right corner of Liverpool's goal!
Allianz Arena was in an uproar.
Robben's expression was one of arrogance and savagery as he laughed wildly and ran!
"Bayern Munich opens the scoring! The combination of Ribéry and Robben is the strongest attacking wing in European football this season!
Ribéry broke through Johnson and Alonso from the left flank and attracted the attention of many players in Liverpool's defensive line. Then, he passed the ball to Robben, who had unexpectedly charged into the penalty area. Robben used his best dribbling method to swerve the angle of the shot. Then, he cleanly sent the ball into Liverpool's goal with a volley!
Is Liverpool regretting that they did not adopt a defensive counterattack strategy to deal with Bayern Munich?
After they did not put up a tight defense, their defensive line was like a house with holes everywhere. Compared to the quality of their previous defense, the contrast is really huge! "
Louis Van Gaal stood up from the technical area and waved his fists as he roared. He celebrated with his assistants and cheered for Robben's goal.
Comain also had a trace of self-doubt at this moment.
Maybe he was wrong.
He should still adopt a defensive counterattack strategy to deal with Bayern Munich. In that case, he might be able to replicate the game against Barcelona and Real Madrid.
And win the game in the end.
But there was a fundamental reason why he did not do that.
Liverpool had already eliminated the two La Liga giants in the same way.
It was difficult to do it again and again.
The opponent was not a nobody. Louis Van Gaal was not an irrational manager.
If he did not change, then Liverpool's tactics could be said to be no secret. It was not impossible to be restricted by the opponent or find a new breakthrough point.
Comain hesitated for a moment and shook his head. He could not make a change at this time. It would completely negate his arrangements in the pre-match preparation. It was also very likely to confuse the players.
Just as Comain made up his mind to go head-to-head with Bayern Munich in this game, there was a sudden change on the field that caught him off guard!
"Penalty! Penalty! The referee pointed his finger to the penalty spot! After Robben opened the scoring for Bayern Munich, he won a penalty for the team a minute later! "
Comain was slightly distracted just now. He did not see the whole process of what happened on the field.
He walked over to Sammy Lee and asked him what had happened.
After Liverpool restarted the ball, Liverpool wanted to launch a wave of fast attacks and play a blitz game.
Gerard and Alonso were both in the front field. When Alonso sent a straight pass to Torres, Demichelis pulled and pulled from behind to secretly interfere with Torres's stop of the ball. Torres protested and complained to the referee, but the referee ignored him.
After Bayern Munich intercepted the ball, Van Buyten passed the ball straight to the midfield. Lahm got rid of Qin Xiong's pursuit and crossed the half of the field. After receiving Schweinsteiger's pass, he strode to the offensive danger zone.
Liverpool's wave of fast attacks did not succeed. Instead, they were counterattacked by Bayern Munich!
Lahm crossed the ball when he faced Aurelio, and Robben ran into the penalty area. Robben already had a chance to shoot, but the angle was too small. When Carragher came to block, he chose to kick the ball back and swing it to a wider angle to shoot.
Carragher hurriedly stretched out his leg to intercept. Robben took the lead, but Carragher's leg tripped Robben.
After Robben fell to the ground, the referee whistled.
The referee pointed to the penalty spot as he walked towards Carragher.
This was a situation that made all the Bayern Munich fans in the Allianz Arena go crazy.
In the opening 15 minutes, they had a chance to lead Liverpool by two goals.
And to make matters worse, Liverpool were not only awarded a penalty kick when they were one goal behind.
After Carragher tripped Robben, he fell to the ground instead!
He sprained his ankle!
The agile Robben changed directions too quickly. Carragher paid the price of an injury in order to keep up with his rhythm and complete the interception. And this price was completely borne by Liverpool!
Carragher was checked by the team doctor and was determined to be unable to continue the game. He had to be substituted!
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