Chapter 501 Double Killing the Blue Army

A long league is always full of ups and downs and uncertainty.

It is impossible for any team to be smooth sailing, and there will always be various problems.

For example, Liverpool, which has always adopted a four-three-three formation before, after careful polishing, when the team gradually stabilized and formed, an injury of Mohamed Sissoko directly disrupted all the team's plans.

Subsequently, the Red Army experienced lows and turmoil, and had to adjust, from the original four-three-three to four-four-two, pushing Yang Yang from the left midfielder to the striker, and then ushered in a fantastic December.

The problems encountered by the Reds will also be encountered by other teams, such as Chelsea.

In the Devil's Christmas schedule, the Blues not only suffered three consecutive draws, but also paid a painful price for the injury of the main defender Terry, which is definitely a big loss for Chelsea.

Then Chelsea fought in the League Cup and the FA Cup in a row, and the players consumed too much.

In the 23rd round of the league match, Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 at home. Lampard, Robben, Drogba, and an own goal from Wigan Athletic beat Wigan Athletic with four goals at home.

This victory seems to be a sign of Chelsea's full recovery, especially considering that in this game, in order to better prepare for the Anfield battle a week later, Mourinho also specially arranged for Carvalho to rest.

In the position of central defender, Essien's partner Ferreira started, and his performance was quite satisfactory.

And the complete victory is not without a price, that is, the main midfielder Makelele accumulates yellow cards and is suspended for one round.

But the house leak happened to rain overnight. On the eve of the match against Liverpool, the central defender Carvalho suddenly had a high fever and was unable to go with the team to the away game against Liverpool, which was undoubtedly worse for Chelsea.

Terry and Carvalho were absent, the two main central defenders were injured, and Makelele was suspended...

The effects of the Christmas Devil's schedule are gradually being revealed.

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Liverpool gave up two major cup competitions and concentrated all their energy on playing the league.

In this game against Chelsea, Liverpool once again arranged a four-three-three formation.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the back line is Riise, Daniel Agger, Carragher and Finnan, the three midfielders are Aurelio, Xavi Alonso and Gerrard, and the front three are Yang Yang, Ke A combination of Rauch and Kuyt.

And Liverpool's game strategy is actually very, very simple, and it can even be said to be rough and direct.

That is to hit high.

How tall is it?

Chelsea's right back Gremi is 1.80, Ferreira is 1.82, Essien is 1.77, and Ashley Cole is 1.72.

However, among Liverpool's tridents faced by Chelsea's defense line, the shortest is Yang Yang, who is 1.83 meters tall. This is the latest accurate official data from Liverpool.

Kuyt is 1.84, Crouch is 2.02, and Gerrard is 1.86.

Just height is enough to kill Chelsea!

In European football, there are many different understandings of football, such as central defenders.

Ajax can use Heitinga and Vermaelen, the type of ball-playing central defenders, who are not tall but very flexible, because this is a team's style of play, which is fast passing and cutting.

The most typical teams are Ajax and Barcelona.

In theory, as long as the ball control ability reaches a certain level, as long as the opponent can be pressed in the midfield and frontcourt, there is no need to worry about the height problem at all.

But this is obviously not applicable to Chelsea.

Benitez is not stupid, so he is very aware of Chelsea's problem, because Yang Yang, the shortest offensive player in the frontcourt, is a little taller than Chelsea's tallest defender. He doesn't know how to take advantage of this?

So, from the beginning of the game, Liverpool played very simple and rough.

In the opening two minutes, Gerrard took a long shot from the middle and almost pierced Chelsea's goal.

In three minutes, Finnan made a cross from the right. Gerrard headed the goal from a long distance. He returned from injury and Cech, who was still wearing a helmet, slammed it, but Liverpool's offensive had already formed.

A minute later, Liverpool launched a long pass from the backcourt, and Carragher's pass found Crouch accurately.

The England center grabbed the first spot almost without being challenged, and gave the header to Yang Yang, who was rushing in from the left rib. After Yang Yang caught up, he waded past Ferreira when he stopped the ball and pumped his right foot. Scored the goal and opened the scoring for Liverpool.

The whole scoring process was clean and neat, without the slightest sloppiness, very beautiful!

Just three minutes later, another long pass from Xavi Alonso.

Running out of neutral on the left, Yang Yang, who was unguarded, suddenly entered the penalty area after receiving the ball, but his shot was saved by Cech, but then Crouch kept up with the push and sent the ball directly into the penalty area. Empty door, two to zero.

Both goals were the simplest, most direct, and most efficient way to break Chelsea's goal.

Then Liverpool gradually slowed down the offensive, and Chelsea tried to fight back.

But in the 18th minute, Yang Yang made a cross from the left, Essien headed the ball to make a clearance, Kuyt followed with a long shot from 25 meters away, and once again pierced Cech's goal, 3-0!

Defeat like a mountain!

Chelsea were desperate almost from the start of the game.

Especially when the game went to the 21st minute, Robben made a sudden stop during a counterattack and fell to the ground injured.

Soon, Chelsea was forced to make substitutions, Wright Phillips replaced Robben.

At this point in the game, there is absolutely no suspense!

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Liverpool, who was in good shape, met Chelsea, who was full of injured soldiers, and the score was three to zero!

This score is indeed a bit surprising, but it is basically in line with the trend of the game.

Yang Yang was also not active in this game. That goal was considered his routine operation. As for the goal saved by Cech that led to Crouch's successful shot, it was not counted as an assist.

A three-goal victory over Chelsea, Liverpool doubled the Blues this season, a perfect revenge.

The victory also made Liverpool's league standings jump to 54 points.

What makes Liverpool even more exciting is that in another focus game of this round, Arsenal are at home against Manchester United, and Rooney scored the first goal for the Red Devils in the 53rd minute.

But in the closing stages of the game, Robin van Persie equalized in the 83rd minute, while Henry scored the final goal in stoppage time to give Arsenal a 2-1 win over Manchester United.

Due to the loss of points in this round, Manchester United's league points are only 54 points, the same as Liverpool's points.

According to the rules of the Premier League, Manchester United, with the advantage of goal difference, overwhelmed the Red Army and is still the leader of the Premier League.

But being able to go from falling behind by nearly double digits to now tying the points, Liverpool's wave of form since December is indeed very admirable.

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On January 30, the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League.

Liverpool away to West Ham United.

Benitez once again formed a four-three-three formation, but the first half did not play well. After making adjustments in the second half, Yang Yang took the initiative to take on more responsibilities on the wing, opening up the home team's Hammers for the team. line of defense.

First, a cross from the left, Crouch headed the ferry and assisted Kuyt to score, and then Yang Yang made a cross from the left, and Crouch scored a volley from 19 meters in front of the goal.

Although they were pulled back by West Ham United in the 77th minute of the game, Liverpool eventually won all three points from the away game 2-1, maintaining the pressure on Manchester United.

While Manchester United beat Watford 4-0 at home, Cristiano Ronaldo was very active, with a pass and a shot to help Manchester United win by a large margin.

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Before the transfer window closed in the winter break, FIFA finally made a ruling, agreeing to Liverpool's loan Mascherano and allowing Mascherano to play for the Reds.

After FIFA passed, the FA also quickly gave the green light, and the Argentine midfielder officially joined Liverpool.

Meanwhile, before the transfer window closed, Liverpool paid £2.5m for young Spanish defender Abeloa from Deportivo, a difficult negotiation that lasted more than a month. In the end, Liverpool made an appropriate concession on the price and got the Spanish player.

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Three days later, the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League.

Merseyside derby, Liverpool sits at home against Toffees Everton.

The two teams from the same city played very hard.

For the long-term consideration, Yang Yang was placed on the bench and was not replaced until the 70th minute.

In the 85th minute, Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt cooperated in a row at the front of the penalty area. Kuyt assisted Yang Yang and made a successful push from ten meters in front of the goal, scoring the only goal of the game. Particles into the ball.

Liverpool beat Everton 1-0 at home!

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Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 away, Cristiano Ronaldo scored in two consecutive rounds, but both were penalties.

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In the twenty-seventh round of the Premier League, Liverpool played away to Newcastle United.

The game was played in heavy rain, and Liverpool scored in the opening six minutes.

Pennant, who alternated Kuyt's starting lineup, made a cross from the right, Yang Yang scored a low shot in front of the goal, and scored his 20th Premier League goal this season, which made him the Premier League's record in a single season. The second-youngest player with a ball over 20, behind current veteran Robbie Fowler.

In the 1994-95 season, he scored 25 goals at the age of 19, becoming the youngest player ever to score more than 20 goals in a single season in the Premier League.

However, in this game, Liverpool was finally reversed by Newcastle, and finally returned with a 1-2 away game.

The team's recent winning streak has also stopped at six straight.

But even so, Yang Yang still won the Premier League official website award after this game, and won the Premier League Player of the Year in January 2007 again. The best players.

As for the Premier League's best manager award, it was awarded to Liverpool coach Benitez.

This is the second time that Liverpool have won the best of the month after October last year.

After playing Newcastle, the team immediately went south, went to Portugal for training, and concentrated on preparing for the battle of Camp Nou.