Chapter 731: Sacrifice Flag

Yang Yang often said that fans always underestimate the competition of professional football.

Why do you say that?

Because it is easy for them to overlook one thing, that is, from professional players to professional coaches, they all rely on football to live their lives, they eat, sleep, and rest... Everything is for the sake of playing well.

When a person focuses on one thing for a long time, how terrifying the ability that bursts out, I believe many people can guess.

What if a group of people focus on the same thing for a long time?

What about when two groups of people focus on doing the same thing at the same time, from different angles?

The reason why European professional football is the top professional league in the world is because it is the most fiercely competitive place in world football.

Three days ago, Liverpool suffered a blow to the head in a 3-1 loss to Chelsea at their home.

Everyone felt that Liverpool was finished. Not only did they have no hope of winning the championship, but they could only hope for a miracle to advance.

There are even a lot of people who think that Liverpool may be defeated, because after the second leg of the Champions League, they will play Arsenal and then Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final.

This kind of devilish schedule can definitely cost Liverpool a whole season of hard work once they lose.

But what Liverpool have to face is not only from within the team, but also from outside the team.

Why did Liverpool lose to Chelsea 1-3? Where do you lose? What is there to learn from?

Blackburn coach Allardyce immediately gave the answer!

In just three days, the famous local coach in England, who is known as the first to analyze tactical data, gave a move that was also full of courage and seemed risky, but at the same time pinpointed Liverpool's weakness.

He pushed Samba, who was originally a central defender, to the forward line, forming a center twin tower with Santa Cruz!

It was definitely an adventure, but Allardyce seemed confident.

Because three days ago, Chelsea took advantage of Liverpool's lack of high defense ability to make a fuss and scored three goals.

For three days, he did not believe that Benitez could find an effective solution to the problem, not to mention that Liverpool had just suffered a terrific home defeat to Chelsea and lost their Champions League prospects, which was an opportunity for Blackburn to take advantage of.

But no matter how cunning Allardyce tried his best, he obviously couldn't change a fact.

That is, there are things Chelsea can do that Blackburn simply can't.

Whether it is Samba, who is a guest center at the center, or Santa Cruz, who has performed brilliantly this season, they are not Drogba.

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April 15 is the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. As Liverpool played away to Chelsea, the team held a brief moment of silence in advance of their home game against Blackburn.

For a full minute, the entire Anfield stadium was dead silent.

From players to fans, everyone's face is full of solemnity.

The club has clearly conveyed a notice that the day after the Chelsea game, the team will all come to Anfield to participate in the twentieth anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy, which is also an incentive for Liverpool players.

If the away game really can't come back and lose to Chelsea, what face does the team have to participate in this event?

And playing Blackburn, is Liverpool's outpost against Chelsea.

From the start of the game, Liverpool played very proactively.

Although Blackburn formed twin towers in the frontcourt, Liverpool did the opposite, adopting the tactics of midfield suppression, isolating the two front high center forwards, and comprehensively suppressing Blackburn's midfield, especially the flanks.

If the midfield can't play the ball, the high center in front becomes a decoration.

Whether it is the individual strength of the players or the overall level of the team, Blackburn could not take advantage of Liverpool at all, and they were completely restrained after the game started.

Just five minutes into the opening, Liverpool seized an opportunity and Carragher kicked the ball into the front with a long pass.

Yang Yang slanted behind the left defense line at the fastest speed, and on the left periphery of the top of the penalty area, facing the falling ball, he directly volleyed the ball into the goal guarded by David Robinson.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Five minutes! Only five minutes to start! Liverpool scored first!"

"One to zero!"

"Yang Yang's goal came very timely and beautifully. A volley from the outside of the penalty area, David Robinson didn't have time to react at all, and the ball was already scored."

"We could see that Blackburn's defence was obviously a little late to this."

"Allardyce pushed the main central defender Samba to the front line, and wanted to take advantage of Liverpool's body, but in the end, he exposed the weaknesses and deficiencies of his own defense line."

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Subsequently, Liverpool continued to attack Blackburn.

The suppression of the midfield and the onslaught of the back line made Blackburn struggling to cope.

In the 16th minute, Kuyt made a straight pass from the right, and Mascherano's push shot from 12 meters almost broke Blackburn's goal.

The whole Anfield is on fire!

The fiasco against Chelsea three days ago, everyone was full of anger and had nowhere to vent. Now, Allardyce's Blackburn took the initiative to send it to the door to give Liverpool the flag of the expedition to London!

Liverpool have been steadily pressing their opponents, patiently looking for opportunities.

In the 33rd minute, Yang Yang took the ball from the left and cooperated with Aurelio. After fouling Aurelio, Andrews was given a yellow card and gave Liverpool a free kick from the left.

Aurelio took the free kick and delivered a precise cross.

Liverpool attracted the attention of Blackburn's defenders through personnel movement. Yang Yang suddenly broke out of a gap when there was no defense at the back point, jumped high ten meters in front of the goal, and headed the goal. Two to zero!

At the moment when Yang Yang scored with a header, more than 50,000 fans in the entire Anfield stadium rushed out of the seats frantically.

When Yang Yang ran all the way and rushed to the bottom of the stand, the fans in the audience were shouting his name.

"Forty-first league goal!"

"Yang Yang! The great Yang Yang!"

"It's been a crazy season!"

"Yang Yang showed his astonishing attacking power. He scored twice in this game and once again raised his league goals to 41 goals!"

"It's absolutely a shocking miracle!"

"You must know that before Yang Yang, the top scorer in the history of the Premier League only scored 34 goals, but now Yang Yang has improved to 41 goals in one breath, and the league is still going on, he still has the opportunity to continue scoring."

The fans in the entire Anfield stadium were screaming for Yang Yang, and the Liverpool players were rushing to catch up, besieging him.

This goal completely stabilized Liverpool's military heart and can basically help Liverpool win this game.

But more importantly, this goal gave everyone at Liverpool hope.

There is a Yang Yang who is in full swing, so what else is impossible?

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After conceding two goals in a row, the problems of Blackburn's back line became more serious.

Allardyce originally wanted to use the samba to move forward to take advantage of the fire, but he didn't expect that stealing chickens would not turn a profit. Instead of stealing to Liverpool, he exposed his goal to the opponent's artillery fire.

Soon, Yang Yang made another pass from the left and almost assisted Kuyt to score a header.

And until the 43rd minute, Benayoun passed the ball, Daniel Agger shot from a distance of 30 meters, and once again pierced Blackburn's goal, 3-0!

In just three minutes, in stoppage time in the first half, Carragher suddenly dribbled the ball in and made a cross from the right. Gareth Barry headed the ball away from close range, and Gerrard followed and scored, 4-0 !

In the final stage of the first half, Liverpool scored two goals in a row!

Anfield fans are going crazy!

Everyone felt that Liverpool had just lost a 3-1 defeat to Chelsea, and they should be demoralized. Like Manchester United's loss to Fulham, they would face Blackburn at home, or even lose to their opponents.

Unexpectedly, Liverpool not only did not mess up, but also played a surprisingly crazy state. In the first half, they won the opponent with four goals. This is a huge encouragement for everyone in Liverpool.

Six goals against Manchester United, five against Aston Villa, and now four goals at half-time against Blackburn...

How about, with Liverpool's current attacking firepower, are they worried that they won't be able to score three goals away from Chelsea?

The fans in the stands are getting more and more excited and more and more excited, and even many fans have begun to shout that the team needs to keep pushing.

"We're going to advance!"

"We want the Champions League!"

"We don't want to be eliminated!"

At the end of the first half, as Liverpool players walked down the pitch, the fans stood up and applauded.

Yang Yang and Gerrard also greeted the players, lined up in front of the player tunnel, and bowed to thank the fans for their love and support.

Especially Yang Yang.

In the years he has played, he has never seen a team with fans so enthusiastic, so loyal, so full of iron and fighting spirit as Liverpool fans.

Sometimes he even thinks that maybe he won't be able to meet a second team as unique as Liverpool, and this unique group of fans.

Therefore, in order to avoid leaving regrets in the future, he will go all out and do everything he can to realize the wishes of this group of fans and satisfy their desires.

Allardyce walked down the court with his head drooping.

The famous English coach was disgraced, and he failed to make a sneak attack, but suffered a fiasco. I believe he will see the facts more clearly in the second half.

Liverpool, on the other hand, walked into the player tunnel with their heads held high.

Whether it was Yang Yang and Gerrard who were at the forefront, or other players, everyone gained confidence from the first half of the game, and they all believed that they were indeed capable of reversing on the road and creating a new Miracle.

Liverpool's knife has been sharpened, just waiting for the game to come!

Everyone is eager to make a name for themselves at Stamford Bridge, and tell everyone with the facts that Liverpool lost to Chelsea at home, and it was just a fall by Liverpool.

The real Liverpool is still invincible!