Torres did not succeed in breaking through alone. When he passed Las Diarra, the ball was a little big and Cannavaro came forward to intercept the ball.
Liverpool played defensive counterattack today, so the counterattack in the middle and front field was not strong, giving Real Madrid room to breathe after the successful defense.
In the sixth minute of the game, Qin Xiong suddenly sent a straight pass over the top after a series of exchanges with Snede in the midfield.
The football flew over the heads of Liverpool's defensive players in the back waistline. When Carragher and Agger focused on marking Higuaín, Raúl plugged in from the back and formed an unexpected attack point. He rushed forward to head the football when it fell. Unfortunately, the angle of the header was too right and the ball was directly confiscated by Reina.
Liverpool's defense in the backfield was tight, and Real Madrid could not penetrate their opponents every time they passed and cut.
This allowed Qin Xiong to occasionally try simpler and more brutal ways to create opportunities.
Liverpool's positional attack was not ideal. They had to slowly push forward from the backfield, and it took a certain amount of time for the receiving players to run from the back to the front. Before Real Madrid pressed heavily, it was difficult for them to shake Real Madrid's defensive line by passing and cutting.
In the 11th minute of the game, Qin Xiong controlled the ball and pushed forward. His speed was a little slow. When Gerard intended to press behind him, Qin Xiong suddenly sped up and took a step forward, causing Gerard's press to fail.
When he dribbled the football to the defensive zone of Liverpool's double defensive midfielders, the space left for him to handle the ball became narrow.
At this time, Snede suddenly ran horizontally towards him. Liverpool's defenders naturally saw Snede's running position and were immediately alerted.
When Snede rushed in front of Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong suddenly started and dribbled horizontally to open up an angle in front of Mascherano. Alonso's attention was held by Snede's running position.
As Mascherano quickly moved to Qin Xiong's side, Qin Xiong passed the ball to Mascherano's right side and cut back the passing route!
Mascherano looked back and saw Raúl appear in front of the penalty area to receive Qin Xiong's pass.
He felt the wind behind him and turned his head to look, only to see Qin Xiong was gone.
Qin Xiong cut diagonally from the other side of his body in front of the penalty area!
Under the cover of Raúl and Higuaín, Qin Xiong received Raúl's cross pass. He strode with the ball to accelerate and directly charged diagonally into the penalty area. He forcibly cut out a corridor between Carragher and Agger that pierced into Liverpool's heart!
But Reina had already abandoned the goal at this time. Reina was less than a meter away from Qin Xiong when he charged into the penalty area with explosive acceleration to create an opportunity to shoot.
In a flash, Qin Xiong made a choice and pushed with his foot!
Reina reacted quickly. He lowered his body's center of gravity and his left foot touched the football. It was just a slight touch!
But the football still rolled in the direction of Liverpool's goal. Reina looked back in horror.
Bang!
The football hit the goalpost and bounced out!
Higuaín immediately went to grab the spot to make a follow-up shot, but Agger, who grabbed the ball before him, swept the ball to the side.
The Red Army fans in the Anfield stands had a false alarm, while the Real Madrid fans who came from afar were disappointed!
What made the Real Madrid fans even more frightened was that Liverpool actually got a very good chance to fight back after escaping death this time!
Five Real Madrid players came to the offensive danger zone.
And when the football, which was swept to the side, was kicked to the front midfield by Arbeloa, Kuyt rushed forward and rushed to the front field without any hindrance.
At this time, the full-back Heinz rushed up and pounced very fiercely. His momentum was enough to scare people. But when Kuyt passed the ball to Gerard in the middle in front of him, bypassed him and continued to rush forward, Heinz did not even have a chance to chase back!
Gerrard then passed the ball diagonally to the front of the right flank. Kuyt sprinted with both legs and rushed forward in big strides. A very simple but very effective combination against the wall allowed Liverpool to play the fiercest counterattack.
Las Diarra, Cannavaro, Pepe, and Ramos were all retreating quickly. But the retreat in the open space could not maintain enough distance to form a joint defense, especially for Torres and Gerard, who were attacking from the middle of Liverpool's attack. Their running positions were certainly not the same.
And Kuyt had a tendency to cut inside after he dribbled into the offensive danger zone!
Cannavaro had just moved to block Kuyt from the front, but Kuyt, who was coming diagonally, kicked the ball in the direction of the end line. After he rushed past Cannavaro, it could be said that Real Madrid's defensive line was already broken and disorganized.
Las Diarra, who had good speed, rushed to intercept Kuyt. At this time, Kuyt passed the ball diagonally to the middle on the penalty area line parallel to the small penalty area line and returned to the trajectory of the inverted triangle.
Torres rushed diagonally to the football, and Pepe followed like a shadow. He even used a hidden move in the penalty area to interfere with Torres' running.
Both of them missed the football!
But after Torres, there was still a Red Army player charging aggressively towards them on the rolling trajectory of the football that no one had interfered with!
The soul of the Red Army, Gerard!
Casillas had just run to the goal near the goalpost, and this hasty move to the middle obviously made him lose the opportunity to save in front of the goal.
Gerard received the ball from a small angle and shot low into the lower left corner of the goal. After a clean shot, Casillas could only look at the ball and sigh!
Ramos, who was blocking the goal, almost hit the goalpost himself, but he could not stop the football from rolling into the goal!
After Gerard saw the football go in, he roared in high spirits and went to the sidelines to celebrate.
Anfield was like an earthquake, and the Red Army fans excitedly celebrated Gerard's goal.
"The ball is in! Gerard! Liverpool captain Gerard helped the team to open the scoring!
Liverpool played brilliantly in this wave of counterattack. Kuyt's 60-yard dash to assist was the first credit. Although Torres missed the chance to shoot, Gerard calmly pushed the shot near the penalty spot and pierced through Casillas' fingers!
Real Madrid's defense is terrible. Heinze and Cannavaro are both responsible for this goal concede!
Now the total score is 3: 2, Liverpool is in the lead. "
Real Madrid's players saw the team's goal being breached first, which was bound to be a huge psychological blow.
Especially Liverpool's lightning-quick counterattack, they could not find a way to limit it.
Was there a defensive interception force in the midfield?
If Las Diarra could cover the entire cross-section alone, then he would have been a world-class defensive midfielder.
Was the defensive strength of the rear defensive line reliable?
Don't be ridiculous. Heinze, Cannavaro, and even Pepe and Ramos would occasionally go crazy. The first two's form had fluctuated this season. When they were good, they were as stable as Mount Tai, and when they were bad, they were terrible!
It seemed reasonable to concede a goal when a team of Liverpool's caliber counterattacked.
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