Football’s First Defender

　　 Sometimes morale on the football field is to give players various spiritual blessings.

　　 The performance of the Liverpool team is actually not bad, but today it is impossible to show its suppressive power when facing Newcastle.

　　 It's not that Liverpool played abnormally, but Newcastle players, who played supernormally in the home game.

　　 Newcastle only took a 1-0 lead at halftime. The Liverpool players would also like to thank Yang Feng for his desperate return to defense at the last moment and blocked Newcastle’s threatening counterattack.

　　 For Klopp, I don't want the team to lose points when facing such underdogs, even if it is 1 point in a tie, Klopp doesn't want to, let alone lose directly on the away game.

　　 Regarding the team's current predicament, Klopp felt that it was due to the team's insufficient offensive firepower and there was no way to completely suppress it.

　　 In the midfield, due to injuries, there is really no player that can be replaced.

　　 Klopp can only focus his adjustment on the forward line.

First of all, because Liverpool faced Newcastle’s unconventional style of play in the game, it was unable to play its frontcourt defense and counterattack ability on the spot, which made Jordan Iby’s personal performance on the right side. Was greatly affected.

Jordan Iby’s limited performance in the offensive position always caused Liverpool’s offense to stagnate. After Klopp struggled in the midfield, he replaced Jordan Iby directly at the beginning of the second half. On Sturridge, who just returned from injury.

Klopp did not try, and immediately used Benteke to play. In Klopp's view, the team does not need to lean the ball to the side. This stage of header bombing can completely let Sturridge play. Continue to try this kind of pass-and-control play that shows a little technical flow.

　　 Klopp believes that all these technical offensive players, gathered together, can bring the desired surprise to the team's offense.

　　 At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool created good opportunities on the offensive end.

Firmino, Sturridge, Coutinho and Lallana formed a four-person offensive team that made a continuous pass in the defensive hinterland of the opponent's frontcourt and passed Coutinho. With a straight kick, he immediately penetrated Newcastle's defense.

　　 Although the angle of the ball is not large, it still attracted all Newcastle defensive players to retract to the front of the defense.

　　Firmino, who received the ball, did not force the goal from a small angle. Instead, he passed the ball back and gave the ball to Coutinho outside.

　　 Coutinho keeps up with an unadjusted long shot.

　　 This kick shot from a long distance and flew to the upper right corner of the goal.

　　 is just the angle. Although the strength is excellent, it is still a little bit worse in terms of height control. The ball almost flies off the bottom line against the crossbar, slightly higher than the goal.

　　 The offense at the beginning of the second half made Klopp feel a pity, but it also convinced Klopp that the players have the ability to rewrite the current unfavorable situation of the team in the second half.

　　 When Liverpool began to control the offensive, many fans in front of the TV believed that it might be a matter of late that Liverpool scored a goal.

　　 However, 5 minutes passed, 10 minutes passed, and 20 minutes passed in the second half.

　　 Although Liverpool had an offensive on the scene, it turned out to be thunder and rain, and failed to score an equalizer goal.

　　 In the final shot processing, the team seems to always have some haste, or some small problems in the control footwork, and can not shoot on the target. How can it be scored?

　　 And just at Klopp, Benteke and others have been ordered to warm up and prepare to play in the game to continue to strengthen the offensive. Newcastle's long-awaited counterattack opportunity suddenly appeared.

　　 It was Liverpool's midfielder who made a mistake.

　　 Sturridge, who had been missing the battle for a long time, made a communication error with Lallana when he retreated to adjust the offensive position.

　　Lallana thought Sturridge wanted to retreat as the fulcrum of the team's offense to catch the ball, and passed the ball to Sturridge the first time.

　　 And Sturridge himself just wanted to retreat slightly to adjust his position, and did not notice the pass from Lallana's side, but immediately regained the front.

　　 This also made this time an error between the offensive players in the game directly caused the Newcastle players to easily complete the defensive interception, and immediately pushed back quickly without pressure.

　　 seems to be just a passing error between two people, but because Liverpool fully presses on the offense, in other positions, Liverpool is involved in attacking players, and there are quite a lot of players who have already moved in and are waiting for the pass.

　　 When the team suddenly switches from offensive to defensive, it is not easy for these players to quickly return to their defensive position.

　　 The players of Newcastle fully seized the opportunity of this counterattack. The team invested a number of midfielders and participated in this counterattack.

In particular, Shelway took the ball to the wing with fewer defensive players, but in front of him, there were three Newcastle players crazy forward. They all quickly approached the penalty area, ready to finish grab points, and let Liverpool stay behind. The pressure on the three-person defense is great.

　　 And Yang Feng is only able to take care of Cisse at this time, it is simply unrealistic to want one defense against three.

Under such circumstances, Shelvey, who was quickly dribbling the ball on the right flank and was about to be chased by the Liverpool defender, directly sent a half-high from the wing and made a diagonal pass. The pass passed accurately. The defense zone of three returning Liverpool players ~www.readwn.com~ passed into the penalty zone.

　　 And the location is right in front of Scotter and Newcastle young midfielder Wijnaldum.

Wijnaldum is tall, but he does not lose his flexibility and explosive power. He stretches his leg and swipes the ball to the outside. Then he successfully leaned against Skrtel, after adjusting to catch up with the football, he finished a kick without adjusting. His volley hit the goal.

　　 This kick hit the goal directly and hit an opposite corner. Wijnaldum volleyed from the right to the bottom left corner of the goal.

　　Mignole was already struggling to save, but he couldn't do anything about the tricky shot from this angle.

　　 2-0, Newcastle hit Liverpool again in the 68th minute.

　　 Two goals behind. At this time, for Liverpool, being able to chase two goals in a row and ensure that they retreat completely on the road seems to have become a luxury.

　　 The two substitution adjustments after Klopp proceeded very quickly.

　　 Benteke and Origi both came off the bench. Klopp hopes that the appearance of these two can further strengthen Liverpool's ability to finish in the frontcourt.

　　 However, the morale of Newcastle, amidst the cheering of the home fans, has become more and more tenacious on the defensive end.

　　 Newcastle's goalkeeper, also opened and hanged again and again, let Liverpool's offensive return without success.

　　 Liverpool had 23 shots and 10 shots in the game, but in the end they couldn't turn into even a goal in the away game.

　　 In the end, Newcastle defeated Liverpool 2-0 at home, ending Liverpool's winning streak, making the Premier League situation this season even more confusing.