After Arsenal conceded the goal, Wenger immediately could not sit still.
He walked to the sidelines and gave orders to the three armies.
Defensive counterattack!
Arsenal had to play defensive counterattack at home now that they were down one player and behind in the score!
Fàbregas retreated to the defensive midfielder position and Nasri retreated to the side midfielder position. They could only rely on Walcott to advance in the counterattack and van Persie to receive in the middle.
Comain also conveyed instructions to the players on the sidelines to adjust their tactics.
After Arsenal was forced to play defensive counterattack, Liverpool did not intend to retreat.
It was not necessary at all. In this game, Comain just wanted the main players to play to their heart's content.
Arsenal retreated and Liverpool attacked!
Liverpool could sit back and relax as long as they held the opponent's main counterattack point.
Tiote's range of activity started to become targeted. He specifically went to kill the tiger cub, Walcott. On the other hand, he adopted a flexible defense against Van Persie. He could create offsides, or he could close in on him and seal him off.
Arsenal's positional attack could not play any tricks anyway, because one less player meant one less point to receive, which was very important in a strong confrontation.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Liverpool played a threatening offensive in the front field. Johnson received Gerard's wonderful pass and crossed the ball from the bottom. Suárez cut in diagonally behind Djourou and snatched the header to attack the goal.
Seeing that the football was about to fly into Arsenal's goal, Szczesny bravely blocked the ball out of the end line with one hand.
Immediately after, Liverpool opened a corner kick. Gerard's corner kick fell well, but unfortunately, Qin Xiong lost the fight for the header with Koscielny.
The ball that was cleared out fell at the feet of Fàbregas, who quickly passed the ball to the left side.
After Nasri stopped the ball, he was ready to cross the ball himself, but when he saw that Liverpool's side had Alonso and Johnson's joint defense, he dismissed the idea.
He looked at the situation in the front field. The young tiger, Walcott, ran forward quickly and sent out a long kick. His footwork was quite accurate. Unfortunately, the football flew in the air for too long.
When the football fell, Tiote, who was already prepared, squeezed Walcott away, but he could not stop the ball and directly stopped the ball out of the sideline.
In this regard, the Liverpool players did not blame Tiote for his mistake. Anyway, they had already stifled Arsenal's counterattack. The whole formation retreated and re-adopted a defensive posture, allowing Arsenal to play positional warfare. Liverpool was not afraid at all.
Sure enough, when Van Persie was about to receive Fàbregas's penetrating pass, Skrtel took the lead to intercept the ball successfully.
Liverpool began to take control of the pace of the game.
In the 39th minute of the game, Liverpool continuously passed the ball horizontally in front of Arsenal's penalty area. Alonso plugged in from behind and suddenly sent a straight kick.
Qin Xiong's running position and Alonso's passing were seamless together.
When Qin Xiong cut into the penalty area, Koscielny turned around and immediately gave chase. The moment Qin Xiong touched the ball, Koscielny fell to the ground and slid to block Qin Xiong's forward path. If Qin Xiong had passed the ball and cut across the front of the goal area, then he would have been intercepted directly by Koscielny.
However, Qin Xiong raced against time to send a cross. His feet were like a dragonfly skimming the water as he sent the ball to the middle.
Koscielny turned his head and saw Suárez, who had shaken off Djourou, charging diagonally in front of the goal to head the ball in the goal area.
About ten yards away from the goal, Szczesny could not stop Suárez's sudden attack even if he was a god.
The football flew into the upper left area of the goal.
Szczesny helplessly turned around and walked into the goal. He picked up the ball and threw it to the midfield.
Suárez had an extremely excited smile on his face after he scored with a header.
He rushed to the sidelines and ran with Qin Xiong with his arm around his shoulder halfway.
After reaching the sidelines, Suárez put his arm around Qin Xiong's shoulder and smiled at him. "So unlucky."
Qin Xiong was stunned and asked, "You're still unlucky after scoring?!"
Suárez nodded and continued, "Yes, I can't fight in the Champions League with you!"
Only then did Qin Xiong understand. He smiled and said, "Next season, we can fight together and conquer Europe!"
Suárez nodded fiercely.
"With about five minutes left in the first half, Liverpool scored their second goal of the game. This goal showed the gap between Liverpool and Arsenal's skills and tactics. When Liverpool continued to control and suppress Arsenal in the midfield, they could suddenly speed up and then play a threatening offensive, catching the opponent off guard. This goal was scored by Alonso's straight pass, Qin Xiong's pass, and Suárez's header. It all happened in an instant. This is what makes Liverpool so fearsome. "
"It looks like Liverpool is focused on attacking Djourou. The cunning Suárez is a character that Djourou can't defend against. Especially with Qin Xiong in Liverpool's lineup, Djourou will definitely be distracted, which will make him unable to do his job well."
"It looks like Arsenal, who have no hope of winning the title this season, must strengthen their rear defensive line if they want to make a difference next season. Otherwise, how can they win the trophy? Rely on a young attacking line? Or a midfield that is not tough enough? Or a rear defensive line that is full of flaws? "
Wenger was in a terrible fix on the sidelines. He was very dissatisfied with the defensive line's performance. Perhaps it was a matter of philosophy.
Qin Xiong, who had played under him, knew that Wenger always used offensive training to hone the defense!
In other words, the team's offense would impact the defenders, and then improve the defense through such confrontation.
Regardless of whether such a training method would make the defensive players too monotonous in their defensive habits, they would be flustered when faced with an offensive team.
The most fatal point was that such a training method had almost nothing to do with the defense of set pieces!
Wenger pursued a gorgeous combination of passes and cuts in the ground attack.
And one thing that could not be ignored was that the defensive players of Qin Xiong's era were not bad themselves.
For example, Vieira, Campbell, Lauren, Ashley Cole, Gilberto Silva, and so on.
But now?
The players' individual strengths were at the top of the world, but they could not stand firm in the top game. At best, only Koscielny and Eboue were at a higher level. Was Djourou a first-class defender? Diarmuid himself had the conditions to rise to a higher level. Unfortunately, he played and stopped. His opponent was not the English powerhouses, not the European heroes, but the illness!
In this way, Arsenal's defense was a big problem.
Therefore, Arsenal would often play crazy games against strong opponents. It was very easy to understand. They would either crush their opponents smoothly, or they would be defeated by their opponents!
Now, trailing by two goals in the first half, Liverpool was not going all out. After all, it had nothing to do with the league title.
Would Wenger reflect on himself? No one knew.
It was just that today's game was destined to not reduce the pressure on him after the game.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
