April 21, 2009, Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England.
What will be played here today is a focus battle in the 33rd round of the English Premier League this season. The two sides are the home team Liverpool and the visiting team Arsenal.
Liverpool is now ranked first in the league, and they are very close to the league championship. However, they are only one point ahead of Manchester United behind them, and there are still five rounds of games before the end of the league. The following games
, Liverpool cannot take any game lightly.
Especially now against Arsenal, Arsenal is not a weak team. And Arsenal is currently ranked fourth in the league, but they are not guaranteed to be fourth in the league. They have not yet qualified for the UEFA Champions League next season.
, now they have to fight with Liverpool.
This is an opportunity for Manchester United. Of course, Liverpool is definitely not willing to let Manchester United have this opportunity. In this game, Liverpool can only have one goal, and that is victory, not even a draw.
The Anfield stadium was ablaze today, and the KOP stands were even louder. The home atmosphere was indeed worthy of being at the Devil's home stadium.
However, the Arsenal fans who came to the away game did not seem to be afraid. They were very familiar with Anfield Stadium. Last season, they came to the Anfield Stadium three times to play. Last season, the two teams finished four points in the UEFA Champions League.
They met in the final of 1, when Arsenal lost to the eventual champion Liverpool.
Today the Arsenal team is also clamoring for revenge. However, they have clamored for revenge many times this season, but they are the ones who lose every time. The hatred between the two sides is becoming more and more. Arsenal is here today.
Looking for a venue.
Not to be outdone, the Arsenal fans sang the Arsenal anthem loudly to cheer for the team and at the same time fight against the Liverpool fans.
"Hello, viewers, this is Sky Sports, I am Tim Laursen!" Sky Sports commentator Tim Laursen said, "Today the 30th match of this season's Premier League will be held here.
A highlight of the third round is the match between Liverpool and Arsenal."
"This is a game that Manchester United is looking forward to. This is a good opportunity for Manchester United to return to the top of the league." Sky Sports commentator Gary Lineker also said.
At this time, players from both sides were already waiting in the player tunnel, waiting for the game to start.
"Okay, the players from both sides have played under the leadership of the referee. Now let's introduce the starting lineups of both sides for this game." Sky Sports commentator Tim Laursen said immediately.
"Okay, first of all, let me introduce to you the starting lineup of the away team Arsenal today." The speaker was still Tim Laursen, "Wenger arranged a 442 formation today.
The location is Almunia.”
"The back four is Clichy, Gallas, Kolo Toure and Sagna. The midfield four is Nasri, Denilson, Cesc Fabregas and Wall.
Kurt. In the double forward position, it is Robin van Persie and Adebayor." Sky Sports commentator Tim Laursen continued.
"Okay, this is today's Arsenal's starting lineup. Next, let's take a look at today's home team Liverpool's starting lineup." Sky Sports commentator Gary Lineker said, "Benitez's lineup today
It’s a four-two-three-one formation, and Reina is still the goalkeeper.”
"In the four-back position, there are Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel and Joel Luca. Carragher, who just returned from injury a few days ago, finally started today. It seems that he came on as a substitute in the last game.
The game against Manchester United gave Benitez confidence," Sky Sports commentator Gary Lineker said.
"In the double midfielder positions are Xavi Alonso and Mascherano. It is said that Liverpool captain Gerrard relapsed from an old injury in training not long ago, so Gerrard did not appear today.
In the starting lineup for this game, this has a very big impact on the Liverpool team." Sky Sports commentator Gary Lineker explained to the fans.
"The three people on the forward line are Arshavin, Chris Chiu and Robbie Keane. Yes, Robbie Keane started today, but it is still not the forward position he is familiar with." Sky Sports commentator
Gary Lineker said, "The one at the front is Spanish striker Fernando Torres."
"Although Robbie Keane started this game, news came out before that Robbie Keane is very dissatisfied with his current position in the team. He doesn't really like to play as a wide midfielder. He prefers
Playing forward. Now it is said that he is making noises about leaving Liverpool." At this point, Sky Sports commentator Tim Laursen suddenly said.
"Indeed, Robbie Keane was very unhappy in Liverpool. When he first joined Liverpool, his performance was not ideal. For a time, Liverpool fans thought that Robbie Keane was a parallel import. However, later, this
The guy seized the opportunity in his limited playing time, and gradually the Liverpool fans accepted him. If Fernando Torres hadn't performed so well, maybe this guy would have threatened Fernando Torres' starting position." Sky Sports
Commentator Gary Lineker said.
"Although he has more opportunities to play, the Irishman is not satisfied with being a substitute, let alone playing other positions. Therefore, Robbie Keane is now very awkward in Liverpool, so he thinks of leaving." Sky Sports
Commentator Tim Laursen said.
"Today this guy still appears in the right midfield position that he doesn't like. This may strengthen the Irishman's idea of leaving Liverpool." Sky Sports commentator Gary Lineker said.
"Okay, the players from both sides have already taken the field, and the game is about to start." Sky Sports commentator Tim Laursen said immediately when he saw the players from both sides taking their positions on the court.
At this time, all the fans in the stadium held their breath and stared at the stadium, looking forward to the start of this game.
The referee of this game was Taylor. He looked down at the watch in his hand, then looked up at the situation on the court, and finally blew the whistle to start the game.
With a beep, the Arsenal forward handed the football back to the midfielder.
"Okay, the 33rd round of this season's English Premier League match between Liverpool and Arsenal at home has officially started. The first to kick off is the away team Arsenal. Arsenal is wearing the yellow jersey of the away team today. They heard from the TV
The left side of the screen attacks to the right side. The home team Liverpool, wearing their traditional red home uniforms, attacks from the right side of the goal to the left side," Sky Sports commentator Tim Laursen said.
The game officially started. As soon as the Arsenal team came up, they opened up their posture and rushed towards the Liverpool team's penalty area.
Arsenal's offense is quite a bit like Dutch football's total attack, especially the two full-backs' assists that are very large. After the game started, Arsenal's two full-backs were very aggressive.
Very big.
Moreover, the game was led very quickly by both teams from the beginning, which is also in line with the basic characteristics of the Premier League.
In an away game, Arsenal wanted to take the initiative from being passive, so they turned against the away team from the beginning and frantically attacked Liverpool's goal.
Arsenal's attack was controlled by Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas. Although this guy is young, he became famous at a young age and matured at a young age. He started playing in the Premier League at a very young age and became the absolute core of the Arsenal team.
The midfield brain.
Fabregas' ability is very outstanding, especially in organizing offense. He can always find gaps in the opponent's defense, and then send simple and direct threats from the midfield and backfield positions. This pass is directly dangerous.
into the opponent's goal.
Therefore, Fabregas is a very dangerous guy. As soon as the game started, Qiu Ze stepped up his defense against this guy. This was Benitez’s request for Qiu Ze before the game, because Qiu Ze was
Can be used as a back waist.
Qiu Ze initially played as a defensive midfielder when he was at Sporting Lisbon. He was physical and powerful, which was exactly the type that Fabregas was afraid of.
Therefore, after the start of the game, Fabregas was contained by Liverpool. Arsenal's offense could only be launched through turns of attacks from the two wings, but the effect seemed to be good.
Nasri's side is very skilled and fast. Walcott's side is a typical fast horse. The two guys rushed up and flew together on both wings, which caused great damage to Liverpool's defense.
The pressure on Arsenal's offense is very dangerous.
At this time, the French boy Nasri on the wing took the ball and ran quickly with the ball. Nasri is France's star of hope and is called the "new Zidane". This guy's skills and speed are very outstanding.
Moreover, this guy actually has a very close relationship with Liverpool.
Because last summer, Liverpool originally took a fancy to Nasri and hoped to introduce this guy, but Wenger beat him to it. So later, Liverpool chose the Russian Tsar Arshavin.
If Liverpool had acted a little faster at that time, it would be impossible to say that Nasri would be wearing a different kind of red jersey and fighting in the Premier League at this time.
At this time, Nasri took the ball very quickly and rushed towards Liverpool's full-back Cioluka. Cioluka was tall, although not clumsy, but in front of a little quickie like Nasri
It still seems to be a little slow to react.
Suddenly, Nasri's feet were covered with flowers. After two and three changes, Cioluka was unable to keep up with the rhythm of the Frenchman. Suddenly, the French suddenly burst out, accelerated and changed direction, broke through Cioluka's side, and cut inside.
Rushing towards Liverpool's penalty area.
Liverpool's center back Skrtel immediately pounced on him. However, the cunning Frenchman immediately picked up the football and passed it into the Liverpool penalty area. The football flew up quickly and immediately jumped over Skrtel.
Ter's head flew quickly behind him.
"Adebayor!" Sky Sports commentator Tim Laursen suddenly roared crazily, which shocked the Liverpool fans.