Chapter 638 Two goals ahead

Henderson, the current captain of Liverpool, once said of Sturridge, "I know people have a high opinion of Sturridge's last shot, but he doesn't just score goals."

It can be said that Sturridge's breakthrough ability in Liverpool is definitely not inferior to any main force, but frequent injuries have ruined his career. However, this kind of short-term confrontation match seems to be too much for Sturridge. So relaxing.

Facing Arnold's defense, Sturridge could be said to be familiar with the tricks and used fake moves and speed to eat his teammates alive. Then he took a few steps forward and passed the ball to the center.

At this time, Van Dijk in the middle had been attracted by Sturridge. When the ball was passed to the middle, Lovren was the only one in front of Li Qing who received the ball.

The Croatian defender was a little nervous in front of Li Qing, and was stunned by Li Qing's fake moves during his high-speed advancement. Seeing this, Robertson had to run along with Li Qing's pace.

Seeing this situation, Klopp frowned on the sidelines. When he saw a figure from the substitute side advancing from the right, his heart suddenly jumped.

When Origi accelerated his run, Li Qing had already passed the ball. When Robertson realized the space behind him, Origi had already gotten the ball and started to break into the penalty area.

In front of the main team's goal, all the forwards of the substitute team rushed into the penalty area, and the defenders of the main team were instantly panicked.

The running of Li Qing and Sturridge made the main team's defense look very passive. Origi suddenly made a cold arrow at this moment. Alisson was blocked from sight and the ball hit the net.

The ball went in? The main players on the field were stunned, and the substitutes were stunned for a moment, and then cheered and hugged each other.

Klopp frowned even more on the sidelines. Liverpool's defensive formation and positioning were fine when they conceded the ball just now, but the substitute actually scored a goal, and it wasn't Li Qing, the only main player among the substitutes, who scored. .

Henderson looked ahead with some disbelief, and Milner was also in disbelief. The substitute's offense looked ordinary. Sturridge broke through and scored, Li Qing received the ball and passed through, and Origi received the ball and broke into the penalty area to shoot. .

These are the most common fast break methods used by the Liverpool team in daily training, but the problem is not there. Looking at the embarrassed assistant coach on the sidelines, Milner patted Henderson on the shoulder.

"Let's kick off and get the score back. It seems we were careless. The strength of these substitutes is not weaker than ours!"

Henderson nodded and the match resumed. Milner received the ball from Mane and Curtis immediately appeared in front of him.

‘This little guy can really run today! ’ Milner had no choice but to pass the ball back. He had noticed that Curtis was running all the time in the game.

But he is not running without purpose, but echoing each other with Fabinho. Both of them cover a very large area in the midfield. If the main lineup wants to advance quickly, the midfielder must get past them first. One level.

No matter Wijnaldum, Henderson or Milner, they are not good at handling key passes. This is also because the forwards in the frontcourt do not have high points, so they do not have many choices in the passing process.

Mane in the frontcourt is less than 1.8 meters, Shaqiri is not even 1.7 meters, and only Firmino is of average height. However, there is a lack of high points on the court, and the opponent is densely defending, making it difficult for Liverpool to hit the fast break. , even long passes are difficult to achieve.

Therefore, Mane, Firmino and Shaqiri frequently retreated to get the ball. As a result, Liverpool's offensive line posed a much smaller threat to the substitute team. Instead, they followed the midfielders and got into trouble with the opponent. In the middle of the melee.

Klopp, on the sidelines, has already seen the crux of the main team's problems. The weak ball-playing ability in the midfield and the excessive retracement of the forward players have caused the main team to be completely unable to attack on the court.

And even if the forward line retreats to get the ball, the main team frequently makes some blinding mistakes. Klopp knows that if the main players on the field don't think of a solution, the second goal will be conceded sooner or later. .

Sure enough, as soon as this idea came into Klopp's mind, Curtis stole the ball from Milner's feet and passed it diagonally to Li Qing, who was already running on the wing.

Li Qing immediately started running, and when Henderson intercepted him, he handed the ball to Sturridge.

Sturridge didn't stop for a moment after receiving the ball and passed directly across the ball. Li Qing received the ball at the top of the penalty area and passed it back to Sturridge with a through ball. By this time, Sturridge had already used his own With such speed, he got rid of Arnold and caught the ball at the same time.

Lovren rushed forward in a panic. Facing his team's main central defender, Sturridge took a quick step and completely shook off Lovren, who was about to get him stuck.

When the Croatian came to his senses and wanted to step forward to block the ball, Sturridge had already completed the shot. The ball flew into the goal from the opposite direction of Alisson. Sturridge deceived the goalkeeper and volleyed. Score.

Klopp covered his face and shook his head. He saw this goal clearly. Lovren was actually distracted again just now, and this opportunity was actually seized by the substitute team.

Lovren was completely unable to keep up with Sturridge's rhythm in the penalty area. His momentary relaxation further increased the team's deficit.

After Li Qing and Sturridge celebrated, they glanced at Lovren, who looked frustrated, and sighed slightly in his heart. This guy probably didn't expect Sturridge to break in so quickly. He was distracted for just a moment. Being eaten alive by teammates using speed.

Lovren was obviously a little panicked. There were problems in defending Xuanwei and actually intercepting. And even if he didn't have any problems, Li Qing just saw Robertson coming to help defend.

However, when Robertson came to help defend, there was a large space on the left. Lallana and Origi were already outflanking him. Even if Sturridge couldn't shoot, he still had enough time to distribute the ball to his teammates who were already empty for the second round. attack.

Therefore, the main team's replacement, tacit understanding and defensive system among the players this time were all exposed at that moment.

When masters compete with each other, any flaw will become the key to victory or defeat. However, when the main team conceded the second goal, they obviously did not realize the problem they had. They also blindly thought that it was because Li Qing was organizing the offense on the court that the substitute team had Chance to score.

But then Lallana, Origi and Sturridge completed an attack that left no one on the main team speechless.