As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 92 Fight Gerrard Again

Facing Suarez who was attacking single-handedly, Jose did not attack rashly, but kept an eye on his opponent's every move, and at the same time was ready to save at any time.

At 8 yards on the left side of the penalty area, Suarez knew that he could not pass Jose, so he did not continue to advance, so he chose to push the far corner.

When Suarez pushed the shot, Jose also moved, and he had already judged the opponent's shooting line.

Throwing sideways, his hands grasping, Jose blocked his shot in front of Suarez.

At the end of the half, Villa maintained a 1-0 lead over their opponents.

If this score is maintained until the end of the game, Villa's points will reach 55 points. With 7 rounds left in the game, they still retain the hope of entering the top four.

In addition, Jose's zero seal games will also reach 16 times, one more than Manchester City's Joe Hart's 15 games, and the Premier League Golden Glove award is just around the corner.

In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues, and the battle continued.

After the opening, in the midfield battle, Liverpool was slightly better.

Gerrard split a long pass from the backcourt and the ball reached Coutinho's feet.

After taking the ball, Coutinho made a slight adjustment and immediately passed a diagonal pass into the penalty area, because he saw a red figure quietly breaking into the Villa penalty area.

That's Liverpool's Henderson.

Villa's defense once again leaked.

Jose wanted to speak to remind his teammates, but it was too late.

The big team is still in the midfield and has not yet had time to return to defense, while several defenders such as Vlaar and Baker have been attracted to the wing by Coutinho.

Coutinho's pass landed accurately in the penalty area and was taken by Henderson first.

Liverpool once again formed a single-handed trend.

Henderson was very decisive, stopped and shot, and directly pushed the far corner. He was sure that Jose would never catch up with his shot.

Under normal circumstances, it would indeed be as Henderson thought.

Uncharacteristically, Henderson met Jose, an uncharacteristic goalkeeper.

"Time and space pause."

The first stunt throw of the game.

Then no then.

Missing good opportunities one after another made Gerrard start to become a little impetuous.

In the 48th minute, Abang Lahor took the ball in the midfield and prepared to advance. Gerrard directly shoveled in desperation, and Abang Lahor shoveled the ball away.

Gerrard received the first yellow card of the game.

The appearance of the yellow card made the players on both sides calm down instantly.

In the next ten minutes, Coutinho, Glenn Johnson and others almost broke through the gate guarded by Jose, and their shots missed the center post one after another.

The Liverpool fans in the stands sighed.

Only Jose knew in his heart that their shots were either in the center of the post or missed. As long as they moved a little bit towards the goal, they would definitely be directly blocked by him.

Jose's grasp of the shooting route has surpassed the understanding of ordinary people.

Jose could feel that the evolution of his body was about to be completed.

The game came to the 60th minute in a blink of an eye, and Suarez took the ball from the side.

On the right edge of Villa's penalty area, Baker defended Suarez one-on-one. Seeing that Suarez was about to dunk himself and break into the penalty area, Baker directly shoveled in desperation.

"Ah." Suarez screamed, even dribbling the ball was brought down by Baker on the edge of the penalty area.

"Beep"

The referee blew his whistle and pointed to 12 yards.

penalty.

Liverpool won a penalty.

"From the video, there is nothing wrong with the penalty kick. Suarez had already entered the penalty area when Baker shoveled. It can only be said that Baker was impulsive." The on-site commentator said.

"Hehe, in my opinion, Beck's foul is inevitable. After this game, his defense against Suarez was almost ineffective, so, I guess Beck is thinking, since I can't defend you, then I will Put you down. It's a pity that he chose the wrong timing and position." Director Zhang echoed.

This season, Villa was awarded a penalty in the first leg against Liverpool.

Now, Villa was once again awarded a penalty kick, making people wonder what to say.

Gerrard still took the penalty kick.

Jose never expected that before the end of a season, he would encounter all three of the Premier League's three penalty shooters more than once.

Although so far, only Lampard has scored his goal in a penalty kick, but Jose still dare not say that he has absolute certainty, at least when facing the absolute dead ends of the upper left and upper right, Jose is still out of reach .

Of course, there are not many people in this world who can reach these two corners.

Did any of these people include Gerrard?

Jose didn't know, because this time Gerrard chose the bottom left corner.

The lower left corner is a position that is difficult to save for most goalkeepers.

However, Jose is not one of the vast majority of goalkeepers.

Therefore, Gerrard's penalty, can only return without success.

"Miracle, Gerrard made two penalty kicks, and Jose managed to save them both." The on-site commentator screamed.

"According to the data, so far since Jose's debut, the number of penalty kicks to break the gate guarded by him is only three times. They are Cheek, Lampard, and Terry. Hey, they are all from Chelsea." Teacher Zhan said The data of the Premier League players is very clear. When I saw the data of Jose, I still couldn't help being stunned.

"Does that mean that when you face Jose on penalties in the future, do you want to learn from Chelsea?" Mr. Zhan joked.

Gerrard missed a penalty, which dealt a huge blow to Liverpool's morale.

In the following time, Liverpool's attacks were hastily kicked off, not threatening the gate guarded by Jose at all.

On the contrary, Villa's counterattack was better, but Reina played equally well, blocking Villa's must-go shots many times.

In stoppage time, Villa succeeded in stealing from the backcourt and passed directly to the back of Liverpool's defense line. Benteke got the ball first.

Facing Reina single-handedly, Benteke succeeded in lobbing.

Just when Benteke was about to celebrate, he found that the linesman had raised the flag.

Offside.

Unfortunately, Villa failed to expand the score.

In the end, Villa beat Liverpool by one goal and completed the double-kill opponent of the season.

Summary after the game.

Liverpool's total number of shots reached 23 times, and the number of hits reached 7 times. If Jose hadn't played bravely, Villa would have been sieved by Liverpool.

On the other hand, for Villa, the total number of shots was only 10, and the number of hits was only 4 times.

Being able to defeat the opponent is really lucky.

In terms of ball possession time, there is not much difference between the two sides.

After this round of competition, the rankings of the top six teams have not changed, but the points gap between them is narrowing.

Jose's zero seal games plus one, two more than No.2 Joe Hart.

……

Having passed the level of Liverpool, Villa will face two relatively easy opponents in the next two rounds.

First of all, in the 34th round, Villa will go to the Bet365 Stadium to challenge the 14th-ranked Stoke City away.

目前斯托克城7胜13平11负积34分排在No.14位，在联赛还剩下7轮的情况下，比降级区仅仅高出4分，他们依旧存在着极大的保级压力。

Now facing the Villa team who fought for relegation like them in previous years, Stoke City will definitely go all out.

(End of this chapter)