Chapter 87, It's Not That Easy

In the twenty-third round of the league, Liverpool challenged Stoke City away. This is a very ordinary league game.

Liverpool once beat each other 2-0 at home, and Stoke City is definitely not the kind of opponent that can cause trouble for Liverpool.

But at home, Stoke City showed their mettle.

Their tenacity and aggressiveness in the game took many people by surprise.

Even the commentator Andy Gray said: "... Stoke City's performance is surprising. They are fierce like... like they are relegation. Such a fierce Stoke Toke City players are still very difficult to see, they are constantly tackling and fouling in the game. It makes it difficult for Liverpool's attack to advance..."

"When Liverpool's team is not in good condition, this is a very useful countermeasure. It uses fouls to curb the performance of Liverpool's players, so that they can't find the rhythm of attack..." Rein Kerr went on to explain.

On the pitch, Liverpool did play very passively, and it was difficult for their offense to be advanced to a place where they could threaten the Stoke players.

Instead, Stoke City took advantage of the fierce press and grabbed the ball many times to launch an attack, threatening Liverpool's goal.

And not only is the scene dominant, in terms of score, Stoke City, who are playing at home, are now leading Liverpool 1-0

The shouts of Stoke City fans in the stands were deafening, creating a terrible atmosphere at home.

And the players of Stoke City also played with extra vigor amidst the cheers of the fans.

This has put tremendous pressure on Liverpool's players.

In such an environment, Liverpool can still play well.

In the media seats, John Hunters, a reporter from the "North London Horn", snorted: "It seems that Su Han's rhetoric in the first game is about to become a joke."

Yes, many people feel that Liverpool is very likely to lose the game.

Not because Stoke lead Liverpool by one goal at home.

One goal behind is nothing to Liverpool. They can equalize the score even if they fall behind by more goals, or even turn defeat into victory.

The main reason why people feel that Liverpool can't win this game is that people didn't see any possibility of Liverpool equalizing the score through these dozens of minutes of the game. They were heavily resisted by Stoke City in the attack, and Liverpool almost Unable to organize a decent attack.

Their players' personal status is not very good, and they make a lot of active mistakes.

In this way, how can people believe that they can equalize the score?

The game progressed to the 77th minute, leaving less and less time for Liverpool.

The singing of Stoke City fans in the stands became louder and louder.

At this moment, Stoke City's defenders fouled Modric 30 meters from the goal and Liverpool won a direct free kick.

Su Han stood at the penalty spot holding the football.

He began to place footballs.

The players of Stoke City had a symbolic argument with the referee, and then backed away.

Ended an attack by Liverpool, and he has not yet received a yellow card. This foul is very cost-effective for the foul player.

But when they started to put up the wall, the Stoke City players only reacted.

Su Han's free kick is also very good

This location...

Is it a little too dangerous?

But now it is too late for them to repent.

Su Han has set up the football and stood up, stepped back, and was ready to run for a free kick

The human wall in Stoke City became tense. It was originally a human wall of five people, but two people were added to become a seven-person human wall.

Block half of the goal tightly.

The Stoke City goalkeeper was on the other side.

The Stoke City fans in the stands also reacted ——— Su Han's free kick was also very high, so this is an attacking opportunity for Liverpool

They stopped their uninterrupted singing and looked nervously at the area at the front of the restricted area.

Andy Gray, the commentator, turned up the volume: "If Liverpool are to avoid defeat, this will be their best chance to take advantage of Su Han's direct free-kick. …

Lineker said from the side: "A direct free kick is not just a goal. How can it be so easy to score at this time?"

"Like breaking Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten streak?"

Andy Gray asked back.

Lineker laughed. .