Chapter 333 The Five Best Players in the Premier League
On the afternoon of November 8, 2014, Liverpool.
The eyes of fans across the UK and even the world are focused here, on Anfield Stadium.
The reason for this is of course not only because this is the focus of this round of the Premier League, Liverpool vs. Chelsea at home.
The main reason is that Chelsea's form this season is really amazing, with a winning streak all the way.
After breaking the record for the best start to the Premier League with ten consecutive wins in the last round, many people are already looking forward to them hitting the longest winning streak record of 14 consecutive wins set by the undefeated Arsenal team that year.
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Of course, some relatively rational fans believe that Pan Yi has indeed created amazing miracles in leading Chelsea this season, but there is no team in the world that can truly win all the way to the end.
In other words, Pan Yi will lose sooner or later.
But the question is, when will he lose?
No one knows the answer to this.
At least judging from the current development trend, it is still difficult to find the logic that they will lose normally.
What, didn’t Chelsea already lose the League Cup when they were eliminated by York City on penalties?
First, that scene was not normal;
Second, that game was also a draw during regular time;
However, such a shot inspired the Liverpool players a bit, and they quickly made a comeback two minutes later.
"Their defense is actually not particularly good, especially when defending set pieces." Pan Yi explained to starting center Lukaku, "Don't take it hard when the opportunities in the frontcourt are not particularly good. If you have to, just fail.
Just like your predecessor Drogba is so smart, you understand?"
"Coutinho! An arrow piercing the clouds, thousands of troops are coming to meet you!"
After all, this is also a head-to-head battle between last season’s runner-up and third-place finisher!
As the other party in this focus battle, Liverpool's head coach Rodgers certainly hopes that he can be the one who can really stop Pan Yi's progress.
What's more, it was such an unexpected goal.
"It can be said that during the entire scoring process, the Chelsea players did not make any mistakes, but the ball just went in."
As we all know, Zhan Jun is a die-hard Liverpool fan.
Captain Gerrard is there to assist.
"No problem, boss."
Less than a minute into the game, Sterling broke through with the ball on the right, but Ake stuck him tightly and blocked Sterling's path to the baseline.
Especially when Gerrard and Coutinho had a long-range shot, Pan Yi specifically warned him before the game.
If we could have a system like that in football games, we might be able to see that the arrows indicating the status and morale of all Chelsea players are pointing straight up.
However, Pan Yi still gave a few instructions, don't make it special!
This is too far!
But Chelsea did not press forward to grab the ball as they had in the past, but steadily retreated. This allowed Liverpool to quickly secure the ball and advance quickly through the half.
But the overall situation on the field is that Liverpool is the main attacker and Chelsea is the main defender.
This happened to be the visiting team's stand where Chelsea fans were, so everyone burst into happy laughter and applauded Sterling to show encouragement.
At this time, in the visiting team's dressing room, Pan Yi was putting Liverpool's starting lineup on the tactical board, preparing to give one final emphasis on tactics to his players.
Pan Yi coughed lightly and pointed at the tactical list again.
"Previous games have told you and me that as long as we can hold our ground and not panic at any time, we can always equalize and overtake the score, right?"
Center: Balotelli.
Pan Yi raised his arms and shouted, and the players all jumped up from their seats like springs!——
"Viewers, welcome to watch the 11th round of the Premier League in the 2014-2015 season. This is Liverpool's home game at Anfield against the visiting Chelsea."
Finally, there are the two midfielders.
Sometimes there is just no way. Even if the players make no mistakes, the ball will still go in.
Chelsea's starting three central defenders today are Ake, David Luiz and Gary Cahill.
It can be said that there are countless Dragon Country fans watching this Premier League highlight battle through various channels during this prime time match.
Moreover, what is being discussed now is the Premier League winning streak!
"Obviously, so far this season, Chelsea's signs of winning the championship have been very obvious. Not only Liverpool, I also don't think any team can stop Pan Yi and his team."
They are both good at offense and defense, and can basically cover Pan Yi's various tactical ideas. They can also be said to be a one-size-fits-all combination.
Zhang Lu's question seemed normal, but it was actually a bit difficult to answer.
These questions naturally make fans all over the world curious.
"Now it seems that his strategy has been successful. I just don't know what coach Pan Yi will think about this and how to deal with it?"
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"It's okay, cheer up and remember what I just told you!"
Pan Yi looked confident on the sidelines, clapped his hands constantly to encourage the players, and was not anxious at all when he spoke, as if he had not been scored at all just now.
After all, no one knows which game was the one where Pan Yi started to lose. Everyone wants to witness this moment with their own eyes.
But as a player who promotes "happy football", he was really disappointed at the last moment, so Pan Yi also told Ake a more detailed defensive strategy.
This is an important battle to win three points and an important battle to regain confidence!
And since the boss said it doesn't matter, then it definitely doesn't matter.
Zhan Jun: "It seems that Director Zhang is still as confident in Pan Yi as ever."
Can this record be raised to a level that is unattainable for future generations?
In Rodgers' view, the Champions League group he is in can allow Real Madrid to win and qualify, and then compete with two relatively weak teams, Basel and Ludogorets.
"You have to help the team maintain a compact formation and keep a good distance between each other. Their main offensive method is to counterattack, and if the formation is too loose, it will easily create opportunities for them to counterattack."
"Although Liverpool's lineup is clearly meant to counterattack us, we cannot ignore the individual offensive capabilities of their players."
But Zhang Lu, as a guest, does not need to do this.
This time, Courtois was a little beyond his reach.
After hearing Pan Yi's instructions, Ake, David Luiz and Gary Cahill agreed in unison, with Ake shouting the loudest.
Everyone is full of confidence. This is the spirit brought by the winning streak.
Since everything is under the control of the head coach, why panic?
They all have inexplicable confidence in Pan Yi.
Sometimes the other person shoots beautifully, but you just can't prevent it, you have to admit it.
"After guarding their opening attack, our two wingers and wing-backs must also actively move forward and suppress the opponent's two full-backs, including their wingers, at all times, so as to relieve our defensive pressure.
,understand?"
"It's just that now it seems that this Liverpool team is the last one that has any hope of beating Chelsea."
Who is Sterling? He is a man who will occupy the most important position among the top five players in the Premier League in the future.
"For Chelsea, this is undoubtedly a head-on blow. They conceded the goal in the first three minutes, which is obviously quite disadvantageous for them."
At this time, the Chelsea players in the locker room immediately stopped playing and sat upright.
"Understand!"
Of course, the players and coaches on both sides now have no time to enjoy the fans' performances.
The ball flew high and landed in the penalty area. David Luiz pushed the ball out of the danger zone with a header.
"Understood!" Hanhan said.
"You can also create corner kick opportunities when you should, understand?"
Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois did not dare to neglect, and for the sake of safety, he turned his palms into fists and hit the ball directly.
This is also true. Is it unusual to concede a goal at Liverpool's home stadium?
While the live TV was playing back in slow motion, the commentator Zhan Jun suppressed his inner excitement and spoke:
"The development process of this goal is actually very simple, but to be honest it is a bit surprising."
During this period, Sterling appeared more as a right winger, using his speed and hips (?) to break through, and then create opportunities for teammates in the penalty area, more like a traditional winger's style of play.
"The whole Anfield stadium has become a sea of joy."
Due to Pan Yi's presence, Chelsea has become the number one home team in the eyes of the majority of Dragon Country fans. If you don't answer well, you will offend people, and you will offend a lot of people.
Keep up the good work!
Liverpool took the lead in winning the ball.
"Hehe." Zhang Lu's voice sounded, "In today's game, I don't know which side you are more optimistic about? In other words, which side do you prefer to win?"
Lukaku now has Pan Yi's guidance and is breaking away from the five absolutes and no longer a stick king;
But Sterling's life is not so good now, so he will continue to be happy.
In Pan Yi's view, only the players in the best condition and the players most suitable to play when facing a certain opponent.
But if you lose...
Can Pan Yi break through?
"The game time is coming soon. Let's take a look at their performance on the field!"
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With the referee's whistle and the cheers of the Liverpool fans in the audience, the game finally started.
"Since so many strong teams in the past couldn't defeat Chelsea through various methods, Rogers found a new way to score goals by enhancing long-range shots, increasing the number of shots, and causing chaos in Chelsea's defense."
Today's starting winger Hazard, seat B, and wing backs Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta all agreed.
But on the football field, everyone has to react within a few tenths of a second. If everyone requires everything to be perfect, it would be too strict.
"Tottenham, the last BIG6 team, has been in even more ups and downs this season, and I feel like they have no chance to challenge Chelsea."
Kanter and Matic are actually the combination that saves Pan Yi the most.
Although the players have just finished their warm-up match and the game has not officially started yet, the fans' enthusiasm is obviously more enthusiastic than before, with all kinds of cheers, songs, and boos filling the sky.
Zhang Lu mused: "Under normal circumstances, midfielders will not shoot from such a long distance. The efficiency is too low. In many cases, they give the ball away."
Defenders: Moreno, Lovren, Skrtel, Johnson.
"To take a step back, I won't be too surprised even if they score our goal first, and I believe you won't be too panicked either."
But what is a bit unexpected is that after receiving the ball, Gerrard just gently pushed the ball out and then shot!
At this time, the ball is still about 35 to 40 meters away from the goal.
Of course, Rogers came to Anfield with great confidence this time.
As Pan Yi expected, Rogers’ formation today was indeed his best 4231 formation:
On the contrary, Chelsea played more steadily, organized the defense more carefully, and began to defend tightly in the ten or even twenty meters area in front of the penalty area.
What Rogers wants to do now is beat Chelsea in the Premier League!
This time he switched to the left wing where Emre Can was. His breakthrough ability was not as sharp as Sterling. After getting the ball, he saw that Gary Cahill had already established his position, so he moved the ball to the center.
pass.
"And they are playing at home today. Even if their main strategy is defensive counterattack, there may be a wave of attacks at the beginning to disrupt our rhythm."
Maybe it means that when everyone needs to hold high and play high, Kanter is not needed very much...
Even if he is still the King of Chunks, he is still an evolved King of Chunks.
Pan Yi is not a coach who is too harsh on his players, otherwise everyone wouldn't be so convinced by him.
"Directors Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu will bring you today's live commentary."
As long as he can win Chelsea, Liverpool fans' doubts about Rogers will disappear. He can continue to reform Liverpool's tactics step by step, and he may even seek opportunities to recruit reinforcements in the winter window.
"Judging from the starting lineups and rosters of both sides, neither side has any special tricks, such as a big circle to poke 514..."
After all, he is a professional commentator, but he still cannot show his own tendencies during the commentary process.
"But at this time Coutinho was waiting there and ended the attack with a world wave."
Goalkeeper: Mignolet.
Moreover, as far as Rogers' current situation is concerned, results in the Premier League may be more important than the Champions League.
This game attracted the attention of the whole world, including of course the Dragon Kingdom.
The players on the field also thought that the boss did emphasize the matter of Liverpool taking the lead in the locker room just now, which shows that this was within his expectations.
Pan Yi's shouts came from the sidelines.
But the next destination belongs to Liverpool players.
It's just that things are a little different today.
The black and white pair of midfielders also nodded.
Upon seeing this, Kanter immediately went over, preparing to disrupt Gerrard's action of catching the ball. At worst, it could also affect Gerrard's next plan.
"good."
However, Gerrard's power was very sufficient, and the ball blasted towards Chelsea's goal like a cannonball.
"In BIG6, Chelsea has defeated Arsenal, Manchester City, and Manchester United. This is the fourth team, which is Liverpool."
Although he never expressed any obvious favoritism during his commentary, he certainly wanted Liverpool to win in his heart.
He still looked calm, showing no sign of the impact of a bad start on him.
After he jumped up, his fingertips almost touched the ball, but the ball was too fast, and the arc of rotation happened to bypass his fingers.
If Courtois can directly confiscate the ball, if David Luiz can push the ball to a safer area, if someone interferes as soon as Coutinho shoots...
Pan Yi began to make targeted arrangements for some key locations:
"Their speed in the frontcourt is still very good, especially Sterling. You must pay attention to maintaining the level and depth of the defense at all times, especially Qin and Ake. You must always pay attention to your position and destroy his cross.
You can let him shoot farther away from the goal."
After all, the Premier League is the bottom line. If you fall out of the top four, your coaching position will most likely be lost;
As Liverpool, who participated in the competition for the first time in recent years, lost to a team like Real Madrid in the Champions League, Liverpool fans would not blame it too much - at worst, they would just keep it in mind and calculate it later!
Therefore, losing two back-to-back games against Real Madrid is a reasonable result after conserving strength.
"Finally, let's set foot on Anfield and conquer the fans here!"
Using Ake in the left center back position means using his speed and flexibility to fight against Sterling.
You know, he pushed captain Terry to the bench, which shows how much Pan Yi values him.
"Those like Sterling have strong breakthrough abilities, while Balotelli and Moutinho have very strong shooting abilities."
He prepared carefully for a week, just to let Pan Yi taste the sharpest defensive counterattack in the Premier League!——
Anfield was packed as always.
But Zhan Jun still laughed and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter who I hope wins, because strength speaks for itself on the football field."
"Both sides are regular 4231 vs. 343. In other words, it depends on the coaches of both sides' control and targeting of details, as well as on-the-spot command."
After all, everyone knows that in Pan Yi's eyes, no player must play.
"So I think if Liverpool still can't score points against Chelsea at Anfield today, then Pan Yi is really unstoppable."
Liverpool will fall out of the European competition in the standings, which will inevitably cause a new round of dissatisfaction among fans. Rogers may be dismissed midway.
"And in his formation, there happen to be so many players who are good at long-range shooting. Although the efficiency of long-range shooting is relatively low, random punches can kill the master..."
This time it's Coutinho!
I saw him at a distance of about 28.9 meters from the goal, directly bending his bow and setting an arrow, and kicked a curved ball with excellent power and angle!
Frontcourt: Emre Can, Coutinho, Sterling.
They all knew that Pan Yi was about to start his final speech.
If it breaks, where will it end?
"But maybe this is one of Rodgers' strategies today? He may have realized that it would be difficult to penetrate Chelsea's defense through normal ball control or counterattack, so he asked the players to strengthen long-range shots."
This resulted in Liverpool having fewer opportunities to take long-range shots.
He said bluntly: "In terms of the strength and state of these two teams, I really don't think Liverpool can beat Chelsea, even if they are playing at home."
This is quite strange.
Third, it is an irrelevant League Cup, a competition that even many Chelsea fans feel they need to strategically abandon.
Sterling had no choice but to cut in, took a step and then shot with a kick!
The ball flew into the stands ridiculously.
Midfielder: Henderson, Gerrard.
The players responded in unison: "Yes, we got it, boss!"
Zhang Lu also nodded: "We'll see if Rogers can restrain the performance of Chelsea's generals tonight."
Which five skills?
East tilt - Nunez, West tilt - Grealish, South tilt - Anthony, North Chu - Lukaku, Middle - Sterling.
"Just like Chelsea played Manchester United before, Manchester United fans all over the world must have hoped that Manchester United could win, but in the end they were massacred by Chelsea."
In order to prepare for this game, he even did not send all the main players to play in the Champions League group match against Real Madrid two days ago, resulting in the loss to Real Madrid in the away game.
"So we have to start more steadily. Our priority is to control the rhythm and possession of the ball, stabilize our defense, and when their momentum passes, it's time for us to take over the game."
As a result, the ball turned directly into Chelsea's goal with a strong spin!
"The goal went in!!!!!!! Beautiful long shot!"
It's a bit like playing basketball. Someone throws it at the basket in the backcourt, but the ball goes in. What can you do?
You can only admit that you are unlucky, then collect your emotions and try to get the ball back.
Of course, Pan Yi will also explain clearly to the players the changes in the lineup due to tactical reasons, so substitute players including Terry will not have any complaints.
Of course, at Anfield, the most famous song is often played from time to time:
“Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone"
And if this record is broken, can the Premier League's highest scoring record, highest win record, etc. also be broken?
"It's Moutinho, including Gerrard in the defensive midfielder position, and even Henderson, who also have long-range shooting skills, which we need to focus on guarding against."
In addition, this is another focus game against the Premier League leaders, and it is even harder to get tickets. Those who can get in are basically season ticket holders and die-hard fans.
Of course, it cannot be said that the Chelsea players did a perfect job in conceding the goal just now.
Naturally, they already knew this most basic tactical requirement.
"Maybe this is the role of stars. The long-range shooting ability of Gerrard and Coutinho played an important role."
Liverpool game tickets have always been difficult to buy, whether they are home tickets or away tickets.
Sterling's speed, movement, and breakthrough ability are all very strong, and he can be said to be the biggest highlight in the frontcourt of this Liverpool team.
"Grard's team actually chose a long shot from such a long distance. After the ball was punched out by Courtois, David Luiz also pushed the ball out of the penalty area normally."
When it comes to defending against a quickie like Sterling, Ake is of course more suitable. Otherwise, if Sterling breaks out, Terry will have no choice but to make an aircraft carrier U-turn, which will delay things.
Therefore, even if it is a relatively clear-cut game like Chelsea playing QPR, the ratings can compete with the Manchester derby, let alone today's strong dialogue with Liverpool.
As a result, what Liverpool fans wanted to see, the scene where Chelsea players panicked and made repeated mistakes did not appear.
"So, all predictions before the game are meaningless. In the end, it all depends on the performance of both sides on the court."
"In the third minute, just three minutes into the game, Liverpool took the lead in breaking Chelsea's goal!"
"Come on, remember what I said and keep playing hard!"
They want to know even more, if Pan Yi is going to lose in the end, when will he lose, how will he lose, and who will he lose to?
This makes all fans pay close attention to every game of Pan Yi.
After all, in almost all games this season, Chelsea dominated the game and then ended the game with a big or small score.
Why is it different today?
Not to mention that Chelsea had already conceded a goal in such a short period of time, so why didn't they look anxious at all?
Liverpool head coach Rogers looked on from the sidelines and felt a little flustered for no reason...